Monday 27 December 2021

Weather: Light rain/drizzle throughout visit. The path out to Ringmere is quite boggy in places with the recent rain.

 

Cows at the Ringmere hide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sightings from Ringmere:

Mute Swan (2)

Shelduck (8)

Shoveler (5)

Gadwall (35)

Mallard (1 - drake)

Teal (50)

Tufted Duck (19 - 8 drakes and 11 females)

Coot (30)

Little Grebe (3)

The highest count of Shelduck from East Wretham so far this winter.  

Peak counts of Shelduck at East Wretham

 

 

Sightings from Fenmere:

Shoveler (1 - drake)

Moorhen (5)

Coot (1)

Sightings from Langmere:

Mute Swan (9)

Egyptian Goose (3)

Shoveler (22)

Gadwall (20)

Wigeon (2 - drake and female)

Mallard (86)

Teal (119)

Pochard (13 - 10 drakes and three females)

Tufted Duck (8)

Moorhen (21)

Coot (5)

Little Grebe (1)

Black-headed Gull (P)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (P)

The gull roost dispersed for some unknown reason before having any chance to do any counts. Whatever caused the disturbance did not appear to have affected the other birds on Langmere, with notably high counts of both Teal and Pochard today. Two Mute Swans also flew off south at the start of my visit.

Shelduck at Ringmere

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rest of the reserve:

Pheasant

Stock Dove (1 - flying south over Langmere)

Woodpigeon

Green Woodpecker (1)

Jay

Jackdaw

Rook

Carrion Crow

Coal Tit

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Long-tailed Tit

Goldcrest

Wren

Treecreeper (1)

Song Thrush

Redwing (3)

Blackbird

Robin

Dunnock

Pied Wagtail

Chaffinch

Goldfinch

Siskin

Yellowhammer

Rabbit

A total of 40 species recorded this afternoon.