Monday 1 November 2010

November 1st (New Hythe)

Nice day,light NW. 8.am-10.am.river - high tide.
Since my last visit a few days ago,wintering wildfowl numbers have at last started to build up.
Birds that I noted were - Brookland lake- Tufted Duck (50) Pochard (5) Coot (25) and Little Grebe (1) a Grey Wagtail flew over.
Abbey Mead lake - Tufted Duck (15) Coot (25) Great Crested Grebe (9) and Pochard (2).
Railway lake - Tufted Duck (15) Pochard (2) Coot (20) Great Crested Grebe (2) and Little Grebe (5).
Johnsons lake - Shoveler (1) Coot (45) Tufted Duck (20) Great Crested Grebe (3) Mallard (6) and Chiffchaff (1).
Little Tesco - Pochard (3) Coot (20) and Tufted Duck (10).
Big Tesco lake - Coot (150) Great Crested Grebe (4) Tufted Duck (40) and Whooper Swan (1).
Streamside lake - Gadwall (8) Tufted Duck (40) Shoveler (3) Coot (25) and Mallard (5).
Redwings are still present in the area and as I was walking back to my car along the millstream path,a flock of (80) Fieldfare flew over NW.

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