Monday 29 January 2018

December & January WeBS counts for Cors Caron

I did both these counts in waders and despite this was not able to follow/complete my normal route! Surprisingly good total for each of them as follows:


18th -Dec-2017:
Little grebe, 3; Cormorant, 3; Grey heron, 10; Little egret, 1; Mute swan, 4; Whooper swan, 5; Greylag goose, 58; Canada goose, 80; hybrid goose, 1; Wigeon, 195; Gadwall, 1; Teal, 338; Mallard, 133; Goosander, 1; Water rail, 1; Snipe, 31; GBB gull, 3; Hen harrier, 2; Buzzard, 6; Red kite, 7

26th January 2018 (last Friday):
Grey heron, 7; Great White Egret, 1; Little egret, 4; Mute swan, 12; Whooper swan, 1; Greylag goose, 32; Canada goose, 179; Wigeon, 232; Teal, 346; Mallard, 175; Goosander, 3; Moorhen, 4; Snipe, 1; LBB gull, 20; GBB gull, 3; Buzzard, 9; Red kite, 9; Kestrel, 1

And this evening as we walked out to the main hide a cormorant flew over our heads and six whoopers were flying downriver. We passed Liz snell on her way out to watch the harriers at dusk.
Thanks to John V.'s information from Maesllyn today as well, I shall add that to my totals - a redshank in mid-winter is pretty unusual.