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Joined: Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:06 am
Posts: 1930
Location: Boston, South Lincs
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Brief 45 mins with Dad today produced:
Mute Swan - 2
Little grebe - 7
Goldeneye - 2 female
Mallard - usuals round the car park
Wigeon - 500
Shelduck - 20 on shoreline
Canada Goose - few thousand on wetland
Brent Goose - few thousand on wetland
Lapwing - many all over reserve
Redshank - 20
Golden Plover - large flock of roughly 3000 on shoreline
Snipe - 5
Curlew - several feeding on wetland
Goldfinch - 1 in VERY good voice in shrubs near car park
Chaffinch - 1 semi-tame male in car park shrubs. Got to within 1.25 metres of it!
House Sparrow - 5 male, 3 female
Blackbird - 3 male, 1 female
Great Tit - 6
Robin - 1
Starling - 40 or so on wetland with Canada Geese
Mistle Thrush - 2
Pied Wagtail - 5
Black-headed Gull - usual lot around and about
Herring Gull - group of 10 calling in flight over reserve
Greater Black-backed Gull - 2
Kestrel - 1 hunting near Hobhole Drain
Sparrowhawk - 1 near Cowbridge golf course
Magpie - 8 (seems to be increasing in number)
Jackdaw - 8
Rook - small group in fields near Freiston village
Wood Pigeon - usuals all over place
Collared Dove - 20 at reserve, many more on way to reserve
Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) - usual group at reserve
Pheasant - 8 in fields, 1 in grandmother's garden after reserve visit
Might be able to do an afternoon's birdwatching at Boston Cemetery tomorrow if weather is good enough.......
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