The Lincolnshire Bird Club

32 present on Swanholme this afternoon 19 males and 13 females

Chris,
Were the Goosanders (presumably 19 males and 13 females) favouring one lake or spread around the lakes ? Thanks for the info.

Freddy

No Freddy they were all on one lake. I viewed them on the way to fetch my car back from its MOT
As I am not sure of the names of the various ponds the best way to tell you where I saw them from is position 53 degrees 12 minutes 19 seconds and 0d 35m 08s. From the railway side of the lake in the morning and Birchwood Ave side in the afternoon.

This lake is fairly large with a dogleg which stops you from viewing it all from one location. You can also try 53d 12m 30.7s/0d 35m 22.s. They were not at the latter location as I went through the park but seemed to be drifting towards this location. Positions taken off Goole Earth

I hope that helps

I accessed Swanholme from Doddington Road by the level crossing today (with parking in nearby Swanholme Close), arriving late morning. The first Swanholme lake you come to (on your left) is Coot Lake - the 'dogleg' lake - and I joined it at the 'Coot Minor' end with the lake then doglegging further away left towards the Coot Major end by the Swanholme main entrance from Hartsholme.

The Goosanders were still showing well, split into two distinct groups and certainly numbering into the middle 20s and above, and with drakes outnumbering the females. It is always difficult to get an exact number with their continual diving but Chris' 32 could well still be present.
Thanks, Chris, for the info.

Also good numbers of Gadwall on Coot Lake (20+ pairs) and Wigeon (25+ pairs).

If it helps for future reference :
the large lake in a direct line from the Coot Minor to Coot Major ends (ie.in the dogleg open space) is Sanctuary Lake with the smaller, narrow lake alongside it being Tadpole Lake. The 4th of Swanholme's 4 lakes is Dragonfly Lake between Sanctuary Lake and the Black Bridge.

Here endeth the first lesson.

Freddy

That is unbelievable - living on the doorstep this is the first time that I have seen the lakes names in print