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Thursday 27 April 2017

Broadwater Gravel Pit Nature Reserve 02-04-17

A late morning visit in sunny, mild conditions provided the following species:- 
Great Crested Grebe (30 inc 4 pairs), Great Cormorant (28 inc 26 occupied nests), Grey Heron (4 inc 3 occupied nests), Mute Swan (10 inc 2 pairs), Greylag Goose (14 inc 4 pairs), Domestic Greylag Goose (1), Egyptian Goose (2), Mandarin Duck (3 inc 2 males), Gadwall (3 inc pair), Common Teal (9), Mallard (40 inc 5 pairs), Northern Shoveler (8 inc pair), Common Pochard (15), Tufted Duck (151 inc at least a pair), Red-crested Pochard (male), Common Goldeneye (female), Goosander (pair on river colne), Common Buzzard (2), Common Moorhen (13 inc pair), Eurasian Coot (100 inc copulating pair), Eurasian Oystercatcher (pair), Northern Lapwing (pair), Black-headed Gull (34), Herring Gull (8), Lesser Black-backed Gull (1), Woodpigeon (6), Common Kingfisher (1), Grey Wagtail (2), Wren (50 inc 49 singing males), Dunnock (5 inc 3 singing males), European Robin (14 inc 12 singing males), Common Blackbird (6 inc 2 singing males), Song Thrush (3 inc 2 singing males), Cetti’s Warbler (5 singing males), Blackcap (25 singing males), Common Chiffchaff (10 inc 9 singing males), Goldcrest (3 singing males), Long-tailed Tit (2), Blue Tit (6 singing males), Great Tit (9 inc pair), Common Treecreeper (4 inc 2 singing males), Eurasian Jay (1), Western Jackdaw (8 inc pair), Carrion Crow (7 inc pair), Common Chaffinch (6 inc female collecting nest material), Common Reed Bunting (singing male), European Goldfinch (17).

 Blackcap (male).


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