Afternoon walk along E bank and a look at adjacent drains. Waterbirds were concentrated around three small areas of open water, apart from Snipe, Woodcock, Lit. Egret and a few Mallard on the drains. Total no. spp. was 36 including the following.
Mute Swan 16 Teal 19 Mallard 110 Tufted Duck 4 Little Grebe 3 Cormorant 5 Little Egret 1 Sparrowhawk 1 (f. briefly mobbed Kestrel) Buzzard 1 Kestrel 1 Peregrine 1 Moorhen 6 Coot 23 Snipe 3 Woodcock 2 Black Headed Gull 30 Common Gull 1 Barn Owl 1 Song Thrush 8 Goldfinch c. 80 Bullfinch 3 Yellowhammer 15 Reed Bunting 3
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