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 02-Feb-2010  2 Great Northern Divers present, a juvenile off Stones Island and an adult behind Millfields Island.
3 Shoveler at WLC.
 
Clive Ashton  02/02/2010 
 01-Feb-2010  1 Great Northern Diver off Stones Island.
46 feral Barnacle Geese on Stones Island.
1 drake Goosander on Millfields Island.
149 Lapwing on Sailing Club foreshore.
55 Teal and 1 female Shoveler from Sheepwash. 
Roger Carrington  01/02/2010 
 25-Jan-2010  Of note: Great Northern Diver (1) - off Horseshoe Island, Grey Heron (1) by Wildlife Centre Creek, Barnacle Goose (10) - flying with Canadas, Yellow-legged Gull (1) - by Wildlife Centre Creek eating a dead fish! Bullfinch (4; 3 males & one female) - near ranger base.  A Tittesworth Snippet: The latest Tittesworth site wildlife newsletter is available from the visitor centre reception. The bird sightings cover October to December 2009.   Ray and Margaret Perry  25/01/2010 
 20-Jan-2010  Great Northern Diver, female Scaup, female Peregrine, male Sparrowhawk, 2 Ravens, drake Goosander, Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Greylag Geese, 45 Barnacle Geese.   Dave Newcombe  20/01/2010 
 18-Jan-2010  4 Goosanders, 8 Goldeneye, 4 Snipe, Peregrine, Raven, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 6 Siskin and Skylark.   Dave Newcombe/Clive Ashton  19/01/2010 
 18-Jan-2010  3m + 1f Goldeneye Dam wall
4m Goosander Millfields island
2 small egrets Horseshoe Island 
Bob and Gill Smith  19/01/2010 
 18-Jan-2010  Great Northern Diver, juv, near Millfields, 1200hrs.
Little Egret near Wildlife Centre.
Adult Yellow-legged Gull eating a Little Grebe on shoreline in front of Sailing Club, left the carcase and skin with feathers floating on the water.
2 Skylark flying east. 
If you see this bird eating on site please send me any details, this is the third occasion of it eating a Little Grebe.  Roger Carrington  19/01/2010 
 17-Jan-2010  WeBS count for January: Mute Swan 28,Canada Goose 107,Wigeon 23(compared with 210 last Jan),Gadwal 36,Teal 49,Mallard 122,Pochard 134,Tufted Duck 596,Scaup 1, Goldeneye 12, Goosander 3,Great Northern Diver 1,Little Grebe 46,Great Crested Grebe 45,Cormorant 31,Grey Heron 3,Moorhen 11,Coot 1424,Lapwing 7,Snipe 2,Black-headed Gull 7,Common Gull 19,Lesser Black-backed Gull 27,Yellow-legged Gull 1.  Virtually all these numbers are well down on 18/01/2009.Quite incredibly the number of Mallard counted last year was 122 as well.Sorry for posting these so late on the web page.  Peter Gibbon and John Bradley  29/01/2010 
 11-Jan-2010  Female Scaup, female Pintail, Yellow-legged Gull, Little Egret, Raven, c40 Siskin, 7 Goldeneye, 3 Redshank, 2 Snipe, 6 Bullfinch and 2 Grey Heron.   Dave Newcombe  11/01/2010 
 06-Jan-2010  Juvenile Great Northern Diver off Stones Island, Yellow-legged Gull at Sheepwash, 8 Goldeneye, 18 Gadwall, Skylark, 10 Siskin, female Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Raven.  Dave Newcombe  07/01/2010 
 04-Jan-2010  Juv Great Northern Diver near Watersports Island.
Little Egret near Wildlife Centre until 1100hrs when it flew over dam and probably landed.
25 Barnacle Geese on Horseshoe Island.
35 Siskin by path to P S Hide. 
Roger Carrington  04/01/2010 
 01-Jan-2010  1 Little Egret-Wildlife Centre near the fence that runs to the water on the left.
1 male Bullfinch-Wildlife Centre Feeders 
Sam Pedley  01/01/2010 


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