WEBS Wildfowl Count Sunday 10th March

 

 Oystercatcher - photograph © Tony Bedford

Andy Harding recorded the following species at HESC on Sunday

 

G.C.Grebe 6

Little Grebe 1

Cormorant 25

Heron 19, mainly in the heronry

Little Egret 3

Mute Swan 14

Canada Goose 2

Wigeon 44

Gadwall 32

Teal 13

Mallard 3

Shoveler 2

Tufted Duck 73

Pochard 4

Goldeneye 3

Coot 22

Moorhen 2

Others

Oystercatcher 1 ( +1 on the bank of Black Horse lake)

Also what was very probably a female or immature Merlin, but too brief to be a certain record. However something to keep a look out for.