27/01/2014 Good numbers of wildfowl in area. With a site count today of c250 mute Swan, 31 Whoopers, c140 Greylag Geese, c75 Canada Geese and 326 Shoveler......
Walters Farm - Single Brambling with c100 Chaffinch + c120 Fieldfare & Sparrowhawk in sheepfields.
Chainbridge NR Scrape: 5 Ruff, Oystercatcher, 3 Little Egret and 4 Goosander, 8 Shelduck, 2 Buzzard over. + Chiffchaff feeding in reeds along riverbank.
Neatholme Scrape: Dunlin, male Pintail, 2 Shelduck.
Neatholme Fen: 5 Ruff (Presumed same as Chainbridge birds)
Bellmoor lake: 9 Goosander, 4 goldeneye, 15 Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck, 3 Snipe.
Adjacent Clayworth Common & Tiln Nth. Lakes: 31 Whooper Swan, 200 Mute Swan, 3 Goldeneye, 10 Tufted duck.
No recent reports of Firecrest, Lesser Whitethroat or Sibe. Chiffchaff at Hallcroft Fishery.
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