More fencing & very few ducks

                                                        Peregrine

Redwing

Linnet

Grey Herons

Any visits to Salford Priors continue to be difficult. The possible lease of the main pit to a local bird groups has never been further away. We now have more fencing being erected, model air planes buzzing and the gamekeeper using bird scaring devices.

For the record this was the WeBS count conducted in thick fog. 2 Shelduck, 20 Little Grebe, 8 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 14 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Geese, Zero Canada Geese, 6 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 210 Mallard, 3 Shoveler, 1 Pochard, 35 Tufted Duck, 1 Peregrine, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Grey Partridge, 12 Moorhen, 105 Coot, 1 Snipe (Pophills), 4 BH Gull, 5 LBB Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 20 Skylark, 30 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Pophills), 40 Linnet & 2 Brambling.

Photographs above taken on previous weekend.

Late addition

After a message from Francis I visited the site where a male Goldeneye was showing distantly which was the 132nd species of the year. In addition, there were also three Wigeon (2 drakes).