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SU88375 15/02/04
Seventeen adults, six children and two dogs gathered for the Wildfowl Walk at Little Marlow Gravel Pits on Sunday 15th February , 2004.
Under the expert leadership of WDC Ranger Phil Horwood, a total of 47 bird species were identified , among them a male Pintail , repeatedly duck-diving, so that all could see his splendid tail projecting upright from the water, and a group of three male Goldeneye . A Kingfisher was also seen , perched in some bushes. People were able to view all of these birds clearly through Phil’s telescope. Meanwhile , flocks of Lapwings wheeled overhead, and , of course , the thrilling but no longer unusual spectacle of a Red Kite patrolling the sky. As a further point of interest, Phil also showed us the remains of a Reed-Warbler’s nest in the rushes.
In spite of a brief shower before the walk started, the weather remained dry throughout, a vast improvement on the previous walk in November 2003..
Thanks to you, Phil, for a most satisfactory morning’s bird watching.
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parakeets (2) Mute Swan (2) Tufted Duck Pochard Kingfisher Black-headed Gull Common Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Large flocks of Lapwing Heron Cormorant Red Kite Carrion Crow Magpie Jay Wood Pigeon Wren Blackbird Starling Blue Tit Chaffinch Bullfinch Redwing Great Crested Grebe Little Grebe Coot Moorhen Male Goldeneye (3) Male Pintail Shelduck Wigeon Shoveler Mallard Greylag Goose Gadwall Teal Ruddy Duck Canada Goose Pheasant Green Woodpecker Robin Mistle Thrush Great Tit Long-tailed Tit Greenfinch Dunnock |
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Male Pochard
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