Access to the pits during recent weeks has been very difficult with the start of the shooting season & the restoration of the farming areas has gone up a gear.
There have been five addtional year ticks in recent weeks which are juvenile Scaup, Redpoll, Marsh Harrier, Grey Partridge and a female Ruddy Duck. The Ruddy Duck's brief visit, now been departed for over a week, was the first sighting since 2006 when a post breeding flock of 23 were recorded by Jon. Four pairs raised young in the year before their habitat was destroyed the following year.
We had seen an increase in waterfowl in recent week and its always great to see and hear the Wigeon. With difficult access and a lack of management at the site it's ceratinly effecting my enthusiam to visit the site.
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