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Yes, Dave, adult. The heavy downpour brought a load of gulls down but I did only see the one Kittiwake. And no sign of the Yellow legged Gull.
 
Today's news Chaffinch 50+, Reed Bunting 15+, Raven, Goldeneye x3, Common Gull, Kingfisher and the regulars on Forge Mill

Good Birding YAMYAM
 
Had ninety minutes watching Swan pool between 3pm and 4.30pm. Decent number of Lesser black backs and Herring Gulls. Unfortunately nothing other than that.
Five Cormorants did fly high straight over, west to east.
 
c40 Lapwing flying high over Park Farm at dusk, heading towards Forge Mill. Interesting to know where they came from, seemed to be comical in from Gt Bridge direction? Per Matt Hadlington
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
33 were present on the small islands just after 4. Not much else. Wildfowl well down. Per Pete Hackett
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
Teal numbers have plummeted. Think the work has affected them. Normally a few handfuls on river. Best I've had recently was 15. Pochard peaked at 37 in the week. Shoveler and Goosander also declined this week.per Pete Hackett
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
Swan: 11 Wigeon, 9 L. Grebe, 6 Gt Crest, 4 Gadwall, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Pochard, Cormorant, Water Rail. CB's Treecreeper, Goldcrest. Maize field 30+ Chaffinch, 10+ Reed Bunt, 9 Redwing, Linnet. Peregrine flushed 300+ Wood Pigeon.per Pete Hackett
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
Spent the last hour up to 4pm on swan pool gulls still coming in when I left 60+ herring and 37ish LBB few coming and goings all the time not much else to report per John Clarke
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
3pm-4.30pm Swan pool.
Pre-roost observations....... At 3.30pm there were 110 LBB Gulls and 88 Herring Gulls. LBB's departed en masse at 3.45pm in a north easterly direction.
Herring Gulls departed in two groups, the first flew out north east at 3.50pm. The second (smaller) group, plus Black headed Gulls flew out north east at 4pm. By 4.05pm there were no gulls left on the pool.

Male Goldeneye still oresent, 8 Wigeon.
 
21 Wigeon 9 little grebes and not much else on swan pool at 230pm the Wigeon maybe dropping down from ice house per John Clarke
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
Seems there were more Mallards and Tufted ducks on Swan pool this afternoon than there has been over the last week. Coot numbers have remained steady during that period.
 
Passerine numbers around Swan pool have been generally low. Small tit flock parties today, with a few Chaffinches and Goldfinches.
Hardly any corvids, parakeets or Woodpigeons. Two Cormorants flew over high north east today.
 
An unexpectedly good morning yesterday. Forge Hill/North island area 8-9: 100+ Redwing SW, 70+ Fieldfare SW. 55+ Redpoll flew over the marsh East. 45+ Siskin around north island. 6 Song Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Linnet.per Pete Hackett
Good Birding YAMYAM
 

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