Cress Marsh 2021

Hi Phil,
One of the requirements to visit site is to read the site risk assessment, complete the form and submit it to Rachel / Sian. The forms are located in the hide.
Surprised to hear that the hide was locked as this is the first time since I started visiting the site in the summer of 2019 that I have heard of this happening. I will contact Sian to find out more!

Bumped into Rachel at the council’s deputy halfway up the path today. She said to go into the hide, pick up one of the cards she had left there, and phone Rachel to do a mandatory risk assessment (covid?) She took my name and said she would pass in on to Rachel who would expect my call. This I couldn’t do because she had locked the hide! Another chap had the same experience. Hope this saves someone a wasted visit.

14th February
Weather: Overcast, very cold, strong SSE wind
Time on site: 07:35-08:50
Most of the scrapes were frozen. The lagoon was 2/3 frozen over.

Black-headed Gull 4
Blackbird 2
Buzzard 1
Canada Goose 6
Carrion Crow 1
Fieldfare 14
Gadwall 28
Golden Plover 1
Goldfinch 15
Great Black-back Gull 3
Greylag Goose 2
Herring Gull 25
Lapwing 4
Linnet c150
Magpie 3
Mallard 23
Mute Swan 3
Pochard 1
Shoveler 2
Starling 100
Teal 36
Wigeon 3

Fox 1

All records entered into BirdTrack.

7th February
Weather: Snow showers, cold, E gale
Time on site: 11:40-12:40

Blackbird 1
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch 9
Gadwall 13
Great Black-back Gull 13
Greylag Goose 20
Herring Gull 30
Lapwing 28
Little Egret 1
Magpie
Mallard 26
Mute Swan 6
Pheasant 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Pochard 1
Redshank 2
Reed Bunting 1
Shelduck 3
Shoveler 3
Teal c150
Tufted Duck 2
Wigeon 6

All records entered into BirdTrack

31st January
Weather: Sun, cold, E breeze
Time on site: 08:00-09:15

Black-headed Gull 35
Buzzard 1
Carrion Crow 2
Gadwall 7
Goldfinch 12
Great Black-back Gull 8
Green Sandpiper 1
Greylag Goose 9
Herring Gull 44
Lapwing 226
Linnet 15
Magpie 4
Mallard 28
Meadow Pipit 1
Mute Swan 13
Peregrine 1
Pheasant 2
Redshank 4
Reed Bunting 3
Shoveler 11
Skylark 3
Starling 15
Teal 139
Wigeon 4
Woodpigeon 2

All records entered into BirdTrack

24th January
Weather: Overcast, cold (heavy frost), still
Time on site: 12:30-14:00

Black-headed Gull 59
Blackbird 1
Carrion Crow 4
Fieldfare 3
Gadwall 15
Goldfinch 22
Great Black-back Gull 14
Herring Gull 104
Lapwing 59
Linnet 7
Little Egret 1
Magpie 6
Mallard 34
Mute Swan 10
Peregrine 1
Pheasant 3
Redshank 10
Reed Bunting 8
Shoveler 13
Starling 31
Stock Dove 2
Stonechat 1
Teal 90
Wigeon 10

All records entered into BirdTrack.