We had a bit of time on our hands after we had left Riverbank Road so we decided to see if we could catch any of the small number of Black-necked Grebes that had recently arrived at their traditional breeding site. We weren’t disppointed and we managed to see three of these lovely birds, albeit they seemed pretty hungry and spent 90% of the time (or more) under the water. We still managed to get satisfactory views, though, so we were happy.<\/p>\n
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Other than that, it was pretty much as expected. There were Sand MArtins in the air and the bed resounded with the racket of Black-headed Gulls. There were good numbers of Gadwall and Pochard and there were countless Chiffchaffs singing all over the site. We didn’t manage to see the female Ruddy Duck that had been seen there but we will try to get back there again soon.<\/p>\n
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| Species<\/th>\n | Count<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|
| Greylag Goose<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Canada Goose<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mute Swan<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Shelduck<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gadwall<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Northern Shoveler<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Pochard<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tufted Duck<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Pheasant<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Great Crested Grebe<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Black-necked Grebe<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Buzzard<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Moorhen<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Coot<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Northern Lapwing<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Black-headed Gull<\/td>\n | 100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Magpie<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sand Martin<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Great Tit<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Blue Tit<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Chiffchaff<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Reed Bunting<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Chaffinch<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| European Greenfinch<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Woolston Eyes : 8th April 2016 We had a bit of time on our hands after we had left Riverbank Road so we decided to see if we could catch any of the small number of Black-necked Grebes that had recently arrived at their traditional breeding site. We weren’t disppointed and we managed to see … <\/p>\n |