Saturday 7 December 2013

Snipe and Teal increase

A quick walk around the car park and 2 Goldcrest was all worth noting.

At Tern Scrape, 14 Snipe showed and there could be more out of view, so again I remain optimistic a Jack will show up. Still good numbers of Teal, 15 Pochard, 1 female Goldeneye, 1 male Sparrowhawk, 6-10 Fieldfare, a few Redwing, a Water Rail at the back of the scrape for few moments.

I completely forgot to say that the WSL Bittern on the 1st was too dark to be the Lavell's October bird, as for Peter's 2nd Dec bird, I still haven't seen it.

Tonight I revisited Bittern Hide and Steve and Marek had already reported near, or over 100 Teal, I think as it got dark a handful more dropped in and the count may have been near to 110.

It is only since 2009 that Teal numbers broke the 100 barrier, first in January with 112 to 130 between the 1st and 11th during a big freeze. Then in December 2009 a new record of 206/19th, also during a snowy spell. The record was broken again and stands at 263+/31st Jan 2010, with 250+/1st Feb. The 100 barrier was next broken with 150/1st Jan 2011 and 100+ still present 14th. Finally 100+/11th December 2012.

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