30 January 2010
We had a great trip on the river today – fantastic weather considering the forecast with only a short flurry of sleety snow, otherwise bright and sunny with that perfect clear light a northerly wind brings.
Highlights were a total of 7 Spoonbills including two ringed birds; the juvenile that has been with us since November and a new one that is possibly the same bird that Nigel Climpson photographed on Kingsmill Lake last year. I’ll need to check the photos and notify Otto in Holland to confirm this. Seven is a record number for our cruises and is maybe 25%-30% of the UK wintering population at the moment. 255 Avocets was a record number this winter, as was the 300+ Wigeon, whilst the 14 Knot and 10 Grey Plover were unusual records. The immature male Scaup at the mouth of the River Lynher was a new species for our trips. I’ll be posting some of Tony Jones’ photos on the gallery soon – he has some superb Spoonbill shots.
The full list of species follows. I’m not sure what happened to the formatting – it was fine on the spreadsheet. I’m still finding my way round this site!!
| SPECIES CHECKLIST | |||||
| Recorded | 30-01 |
Common Redshank |
/ | / | |
| 06-09 | 2010 | Common Greenshank |
1 |
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| Great Northern Diver |
/ |
Common Sandpiper |
/ |
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| Red-throated Diver |
/ |
Ruddy Turnstone | / | ||
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Little Grebe |
/ | 2 |
Mediterranean Gull |
/ | |
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Great Crested Grebe |
/ | 12 |
Black-headed Gull |
/ | / |
| Great Cormorant |
/ |
/ | Common Gull |
/ |
/ |
| European Shag |
/ |
Herring Gull | / |
/ |
|
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Little Egret |
/ | 5 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull |
/ | |
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Grey Heron |
/ | / |
Great Black-backed Gull |
/ | / |
| Eurasian Spoonbill |
/ |
7 |
Black-legged Kittiwake |
/ |
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| Mute Swan |
/ |
/ |
Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon | / | / |
| Canada Goose | / |
/ |
Stock Dove |
/ |
|
| Brent Goose |
/ |
7 |
Woodpigeon |
/ |
/ |
| Common Shelduck |
/ |
/ |
Collared Dove | ||
| Eurasian Wigeon |
/ |
300+ |
Common Kingfisher |
/ |
|
| Scaup |
1m |
Great Spotted Woodpecker |
/ |
1 |
|
| Common Teal |
/ |
20 |
Skylark |
/ |
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| Mallard |
/ |
/ | Meadow Pipit |
/ |
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| Northern Pintail |
/ |
Grey Wagtail |
/ |
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| Northern Shoveler |
/ |
Pied Wagtail |
/ |
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| Common Scoter |
/ |
Wren |
/ |
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| Red-breasted Merganser |
/ |
2 |
Dunnock |
/ |
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| Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
/ |
European Robin |
/ |
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| Common Buzzard |
/ |
4 |
Blackbird |
/ |
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| Common Kestrel |
/ |
Fieldfare | |||
| Peregrine Falcon |
/ |
1 |
Song Thrush |
/ |
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| Marsh Harrier |
/ |
Redwing |
/ |
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| Pheasant |
/ |
1 |
Mistle Thrush |
/ |
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| Common Moorhen | Long-tailed Tit |
/ |
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| Eurasian Coot | / | Great Tit |
/ |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher |
/ |
/ |
Blue Tit |
/ |
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| Pied Avocet | / |
255 |
Coal Tit |
/ |
|
| Great Ringed Plover | Eurasian Jay |
/ |
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| European Golden Plover | / | Magpie | / | ||
| Grey Plover |
/ |
10 |
Eurasian Jackdaw | / |
/ |
| Northern Lapwing |
/ |
Rook |
/ |
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| Red Knot |
/ |
14 |
Carrion Crow |
/ |
/ |
| Dunlin |
/ |
100+ |
Common Raven |
/ |
3 |
| Black-tailed Godwit |
/ |
c20 |
Common Starling |
/ |
|
| Bar-tailed Godwit |
/ |
1 |
Chaffinch |
/ |
|
| Common Snipe |
/ |
Greenfinch | |||
| Eurasian Curlew |
/ |
/ |
Reed Bunting | ||
| Spotted Redshank | / |
1 |
Total |
76 |
37 |