A couple of days of counting! Monday WEBs and Tuesday Swan count.
Monday 8th
The morning saw us at work carrying out this months WEB count over three of the washes. Flooding wasn't complete so areas of land were still visible.
Large numbers of Lapwing were challenging as they were forever on the move! Not many Whooper Swan but good numbers of Greylag and Canada Goose. Amongst the wildfowl the real surprise were the number of Pintail with 266 in our count alone. Wigeon totalled 1863.
Full sightings list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287807724
Tuesday 9th
Early morning start being out on the Crag Bank by 6.30 am. My area was from the suspension bridge to the railway bridge. The weather was pretty ropey with strong winds and rain showers but as the sun rose it became more settled.
With so much of the washes flooded the swans were spread out and the poor weather made counting difficult. However counted 992 Whooper and 6 Bewick, two of which were youngsters.
After breakfast off to do the arable count covering Prickwillow, Great Fen and the Earith and Sutton. No large flocks but a nice small flock of Whooper near Aldreth which contained six ringed birds. These were two adults:
and four Juvenile
Juv: Neck collar (tracker): White Ring: 13B: Left Leg
Juv: White Ring: 13A: Left Leg
Juv: White Ring: 12V: Left Leg
Juv: White Ring: 12X: Left Leg
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| Adult Whooper with tracker collar |
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| Whooper Swans near Aldreth |
