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DECEMBER 2005
Diary and News
from Chasewater |
All the
latest sightings, news and photos from Chasewater,
Cuckoo Bank,
Clayhanger/Ryders
Mere
and
surrounding areas.
All records are welcome, please send them to
Graham at chasewater.org.uk (substitute @ for at)
and jpeg your photos and Zip them -
OR
submit your records via
Chasewater Chat FORUM
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Friday 23 Dec
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Lake: Male Smew, 182 Lapwings, 5 Cormorants (GE). Roost: 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (1st winter and adult), 100 Great Black-backed Gulls,
Cuckoo Bank: 10 Snipe, 5 Teal, 3 Herons, 1 Kestrel (GE, PJ). Goscote Valley: 8 Chiffchaffs (PJ).
1st winter Yellow-legged Gull (GE). |
1st winter Yellow-legged Gull (GE).
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Thursday 22 Dec |
Swag: 145 Wigeon, 14 Gadwall Slurry Pool :2 Scaup. North Shore: 25 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe (PJ). Lake: male Smew, 6 Goosander, 5 Cormorants., 1 Chiffchaff . Gull Roost: 1 adult Mediterranean Gull, 1 adult Yellow-legged Gull, 11000 Black-headed Gulls, 100+ Great Black-backed Gulls, very few Lesser Black-backs greatly outnumbered by mainly argentatus Herring Gulls (GE, JA, PJ).
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Wednesday 21 Dec |
Swag:
101 Pochard, several Gadwall, good numbers of Wigeon (GE). Goscote Valley: 11 Chiffchaffs (PJ). |
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Tuesday 20 Dec |
Gull Roost:
2 Yellow-legged Gull (PJ) The Ferruginous Duck is now back at Belvide. |
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Monday 19 Dec |
Swag:
1 male
Ferruginous Duck Slurry Pool: 2 Scaup (adult male and 1st w) Lake: 1 male Smew |
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Sunday 18 Dec
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Lake: 1 male Smew , 20+ Great Crested Grebes, 2 Kingfishers. Swag: 1 male Ferruginous Duck, 18 Gadwall (a site record) (GE). Slurry Pool: 2 Scaup (adult male and 1st w), 650+ Tufted Ducks (GE). North Shore: 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel Feeding Station: 8 Bullfinches, 4 Willow Tits, 3 Coal Tits, Siskin (GE, N, NS, PS, IW) Fly Pool: 40 redpolls (IW). 1 Buzzard perched on a lamp post at the end of Pool Road (GE). Gull Roost: 1 Yellow-legged Gull (IW). |
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Sat 17 Dec
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Swag:
1 male Ferruginous Duck,
1 male Smew, 14 Gadwall,
155 Wigeon, 93 Pochard, 100+ Goldeneye (GE), 2 male Goosanders (GE) North Shore: 1 Short-eared Owl, 6 Jack Snipe, 12 Common Snipe, 1 Water Rail (GJM). 2 Chiffchaffs (GE, BW), 240 Lapwings, 5 Cormorants, 6 Shovelers, 2 Herons (GE, PJ).1 Woodcock (PJ) 2 Smew (Pager).
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Male Ferruginous Duck (GE) |
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Fri 16 Dec
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Swag: 1 male Ferruginous Duck, 1 male Smew, 119 Goldeneye, 16 Gadwall (IW). Slurry Pool: 2 Scaup (adult male and 1st w) Gull Roost: 1 adult Mediterranean Gull (IW).
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Thurs 15 Dec |
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Wed 14 Dec
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One male Smew close to the sailing club- a first for me (so I was a
little over excited).
Male Goosander, male Scaup on the Slurry (took me a little while to find amongst all those tufties), 6 Bullfinches, 3 Jays, 200 Lapwings, 10 Meadow Pipits, 1 Green Woodpecker, lots of Goldeneye, 2 Herons, 2 Grey Wagtails (N) |
Scaup, Smew and Goldeneye (IW) |
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Tues 13 Dec
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Cuckoo Bank:
Plantation: 5 Goldfinches, Song Thrush (JH). Today I was speaking to landscape management from coal mine company he said the area supposed to be Heathland he is going to get cattle to graze, to get the rushy grass down and bramble. In my opinion the area is too wet for heathland - it is more like moorland compared to the Sherbrook Valley. The tussocky grass is good for Snipe, Jack Snipe, Short eared Owl at present I think the habitat is good like it is) (JH). |
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Mon 12 Dec
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Slurry Pool: 1 adult and 1 imm Scaup (IW). Gull Roost: 1 adult Caspian Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (IW).
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Sunday 11 Dec |
Swag: 1 prob immature Scaup (GE), 12 Gadwall (IW). Cuckoo Bank: 9 Stonechats (4 pairs +one male), 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Teal, 6 Grey Partridges (GE).
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Sat 10 Dec |
12 Gadwall (IW). | ||||
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Fri 9 Dec |
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Thurs 8 Dec |
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Wed 7 Dec
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Cuckoo Bank: Heathland and plantation 3 Short eared Owls {one over plantation}. Owls being mobbed by crows and Kestrel. Stonechat, Water Rail, 9 Common Snipe, Lesser Redpoll with 6 Goldfinches in plantation on alders, 6 Meadow Pipits, Fieldfare flew over, 19 Red Deer Fields: 2 Stonechats on fence, C50 Skylark, C80 Linnets. Woodland edge Burntwood side- 2 Green Woodpeckers, Great Spotted Woodpecker, flock of 8 Bullfinches (JH). |
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Tues 6 Dec |
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Mon 5 Dec |
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Sunday 4 Dec
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Slurry Pool:
900+ Tufted Ducks,
1 Scaup, 10 Goldfinch (BC) Main Pool: 1 Red-necked Grebe (early morning by dam) but disturbed by power boats and disappeared (IW), 1 drake Goosander, 4 Little Grebes, c12 Great-crested Grebes. (BC) 1 Garganey on the South Shore (NS).
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Sat 3 Dec |
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Frid 2 Dec |
Gull Roost: 2nd Winter Iceland Gull, 3 Kittiwakes, 1 Yellow-legged Gull. (IW) | ||||
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Thurs 1 Dec |
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