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2007 |
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| 2nd |
Excellent Start to the Year : 150 Field Fare, 30 Redwing, Golden
Eye, Barn Owl, 2 Whooper Swans + 2 Mute Swans |
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| 3rd | Male Hen Harrier (T.C. Baxter) | |||
| 7th | 4 Pink Footed Geese | |||
| 9th | Snipe, Little Grebe & Usual Swans | |||
| 20th | Pintail, Shoveler and Pochard | |||
| 28th | Sparrow Hawk, 47 Wigeon + 62 Teal | |||
| 30th | Redwing + 2 Whooper Swans still on Site | |||
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FEBRUARY |
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| 1st | Redwing, Lapwing + Grey Lag Geese | |||
| 3rd | 25 Pink Footed Geese, 19 Grey Lag Geese, 2 Whooper Swans | |||
| 13th | 3 Shoveler, Sparrow Hawk + Kestrel | |||
| 16th | 2 Canada Geese, Stonechat | |||
| 17th | 26 Greylag Geese | |||
| 23rd | 2prs Little Grebe | |||
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MARCH |
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| 13th | Oyster Catcher, Shelduck + Pochard | |||
| 22nd | 2 Barnacle Geese, Cormorant + Gt. Spotted Woodpecker | |||
| 23rd | Otters seen!! | |||
| 24th | Osprey Perched in Tree Far side of the Tarn. | |||
| 25th | Osprey Mobbed by Corvids, settled on a Bush far side of Tarn - stayed 5-10mins (S. Kendall) | |||
| 28th | Last sightings of Whooper Swans | |||
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APRIL |
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| 3rd | Otter seen in middle of Tarn | |||
| 4th | 2 Ravens overhead, Shelduck | |||
| 8th | FIRST SWALLOW!! | |||
| 15th | 2 Shelduck, Willow Warbler | |||
| 26th | A huge mass of Tadpoles just in front of the Hide. | |||
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MAY |
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| 5th | FIRST SWIFT! Also FIRST Sedge Warbler | |||
| 9th |
FIRST Sand Martins, Mute Swans sitting on Nest, Canada Goose
nesting; 4 Coot Chicks being fed and 3 more Coots sitting on Eggs; 2 male Shelduck fighting. |
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| 19th | Mute Swan on Nest, Coots feeding; 3 Chicks minus one on last week's count. Swifts, Sand Martins; Swallows & House Martins hawking over the Tarn. | |||
| 20th | King Fisher on Branches to right of the Hide. Fishing & Preening. | |||
| 24th | Mute Swan on nest. Coot chicks now only one! 2nd pair feeding - 2 tiny chicks. 3 pairs of House Martins nesting on the house. House Sparrows feeding Young. | |||
| 30th | Mallard with 9 Chicks. No sign of Canada Geese Chicks. 3rd pair of Coots feeding chicks - 3 this time. | |||
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JUNE |
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| 7th | Shelduck chick appeared; Sand Martins feeding young. 1st Moorhen chicks; Mallard Brood now only 7! | |||
| 8th | Mute Swans still nesting . 1000's of Tadpoles in front of Bird Hide. | |||
| 17th | At last 2 Cygnets appeared - 5 eggs in nest only 2 hatched (Rob) | |||
| 20th | No sign of Shelduck Chick; Little Grebe carrying Nest material. Huge No. of tiny Frogs everywhere. | |||
| 27th | Only x1 Cygnet and No Shelduck chicks | |||
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JULY |
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| 6th | 2 Mute Swan but No Cygnets, Mallard chicks now only x5. | |||
| 15th | Redstart - first for the Reserve. No Mute Swans, new Brood of Mallard chicks - 2 Common Blue Damselfly; Blue Tailed Damselfly (S.B.) | |||
| 19th | 4 Little Grebe plus once Chick; 3 Moorhen Chicks. | |||
| 26th | Barn Owl hunting over Plantation. | |||
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AUGUST |
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| 4th | Golden Eye; Grey Wagtail; Little Grebe 4 + 2 juveniles. | |||
| 16th | Maximum count of Mallard = 104 | |||
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SEPTEMBER |
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| 13th | Large Charm of Goldfinches approx. 50. Sparrow Hawk. | |||
| 20th | 5 Barn Owls flying inside Barn (Rob) 2 Barn Owls seen from the Hide at Dusk | |||
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OCTOBER |
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| 4th | 6 Swallows feeding over the Tarn (Last Swallows of the year). Barn Owls active at Dusk; 3 Buzzards being mobbed by Crows, 1st Redwing of the Autumn. | |||
| 9th | 3 Barn owls hunting over the Plantation (6:30-7pm) | |||
| 18th | 1st Field Fare of the Autumn | |||
| 26th | Return of the Whooper Swans 10 Adults + 1 Cygnet | |||
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NOVEMBER |
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| 2nd | New Family of Whooper Swans - 3 Adults + 4 Cygnets. Previous 11 have moved on. | |||
| 7th | Pin Tail Male on site but no Whooper Swans | |||
| 13th | 8 Whooper Swans (new group - all adults) previous x7 have moved on. | |||
| 20th | 8 Whooper Swans; 2 Stone Chat | |||
| 27th | 8 Whooper Swans; 2 Mute Swans, Dead Barn Owl in one of the Buildings (Rob) | |||
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DECEMBER |
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| 5th | 5 Whooper Swans | |||
| 11th | No Whooper Swans. Tarn part frozen, Gt. Spotted Woodpecker on dead tree. Brambling (S.B.) | |||
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No. of Species
Recorded Jan 2006 - Dec 2007 Breeding Species = 23 Non-Breeding Species = 62 |
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