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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.
BS




Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Wild Wildfowl Day

Nothing special around the village today due to dense fog lasting until mid morning followed by a cold SW>4 and rain.
Yesterdays heavy rain followed by overnight fog was a perfect recipe for wildfowl and waders being brought down on local waters and that is just what happened today.
First was a phone call from KM with amazing reports from Oxenhope reservoir and nearby Leeming reservoir.
This was followed with a text from DJS at Fly Flatts and finally a report from fire officer Craig from Mixenden reservoir.

A later report from Spurn told of record numbers of Wigeon heading inland and also Whooper Swans beginning to show down the coast.

The reports were as follows :-

Oxenhope res
49 Wigeon
2 Shoveler
4 Pintail
1 Dunlin
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Ringed Plover
         KM

Leeming res :-
24 Wigeon
         KM

Fly Flatts res
13 Teal
    DJS

Mixenden res
2 Common Scoter
  Craig M.

And whilst all this was going on I was at work, Great !
Thanks to all for reports.
BS