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Covenham sightings - Sept 25
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27 Sep 2021 17:06 #4583
by Nick Coulbeck
Replied by Nick Coulbeck on topic Covenham sightings - Sept 25
The cormorants were there last year Jim. I had never seen so many before in one place. I think they are a similar success story to Goldfinch and Magpie!
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27 Sep 2021 11:53 #4581
by Jim Wright
Covenham sightings - Sept 25 was created by Jim Wright
Judging by the number of feeding cormorants (100+) at Covenham Reservoir over the weekend, there must have been some sort of population explosion of fish.
On Saturday morning (9.30-10.30), there were also 30+ great crested grebes, c 10 little grebes and a heron on one of the banks.
I didn't see any of the scarcer waders/gulls/grebes reported earlier in the week.
Probably the best birds were a common sandpiper, a ringed plover and a great spotted woodpecker flitting between the dead/dying trees adjacent to the car park (It's in the pic somewhere!)
I imagine the population of feral grey lag geese must be approaching 300 (maybe more) and there were about 40 Canada geese.
There were a few tufted duck but I don't recall seeing any mallard.
On Saturday morning (9.30-10.30), there were also 30+ great crested grebes, c 10 little grebes and a heron on one of the banks.
I didn't see any of the scarcer waders/gulls/grebes reported earlier in the week.
Probably the best birds were a common sandpiper, a ringed plover and a great spotted woodpecker flitting between the dead/dying trees adjacent to the car park (It's in the pic somewhere!)
I imagine the population of feral grey lag geese must be approaching 300 (maybe more) and there were about 40 Canada geese.
There were a few tufted duck but I don't recall seeing any mallard.
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