Birding the ‘patch’ the last
week has been livened up by the number of duck on the percolation pond.
Construction work in the area has prevented many people walking their dogs and
driving their bikes around the area of the pond and as a result the number of
duck has increased significantly. High counts include 45 Common Pochards, 110
Northern Shovelers, seven Mallards, three Gadwalls, four Tufted Ducks, ten
Ferruginous Ducks and six Eurasian Teal. The Black-necked Grebe found the
previous week was still present and five Little Egrets and forty Western Cattle
Egrets were also using the pond to roost in. Numbers of Great Cormorants have
also built up in recent days and now over twenty are using the pond in the
evening. Other interesting birds around the pond have included Bluethroat,
Water Pipits, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Indian Reed Warblers and Common Chiffchaff.
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| Common Pochard |
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| Mallard |
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| Black-necked Grebe |
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| Black-necked Grebe |