30th
Water Meadows – Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Wigeon 144,
Teal 19, Common Gull 8, Lesser Black-backed Gull 4,
Athelhampton – Teal 46, Canada Goose 233, Mute Swan
2, Mallard 8, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Starling 31, Meadow Pipit 4.
Waterbarn Cottages – Egyptian Goose, Mute Swan,
Wigeon 32, Mallard 3, Common Gull 5, Herring Gull 35, Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Yellowhammer 24, Reed Bunting, Chaffinch 25, Linnet 39,
28th
Water Meadows – Raven 4 (SW Family group), Egyptian Goose
5, Green Sandpiper, Snipe 2, Lapwing 130, Wigeon 35, Teal 5, Canada Goose 72, Greylag
Goose, Common Gull 2, Starling 60, Pheasant 37.
Athelhampton – Canada Goose 57, Wigeon 57, Teal 33, Little
Egret, Stonechat.
Waterbarn Cottages – Egyptian Goose, Kingfisher 2,
18th
Water Meadows – Wigeon 123, Canada Goose 123,
Egyptian Goose, Greylag Goose 3, Lapwing 80, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret 4,
Starling 45.
WeBS Site counts:
Green Sandpiper 4 (2 Sludge tank, 2 Water Meadows),
Mute Swan 4, Wigeon 78, Teal 48, Mallard 32, Little Grebe 9, Swan x Greylag
Goose, Canada Goose 177, Greylag Goose 3, Herring Gull 297, Lesser Black-backed
Gull 8, Little Egret, Cormorant 2, Grey Heron 7, Moorhen 3, Sparrowhawk 2,
Kestrel 3, Buzzard 7, Kingfisher 2.
Winter Finch Site Counts:
Yellowhammer 30, Reed Bunting 2, Chaffinch 50,
Bullfinch 5, Linnet 134, Goldfinch 8, Greenfinch.
Water Meadows – Pintail 1w M, Green Sandpiper, Egyptian Goose 26 Flight S, Swan x Greylag Hybrid, Greylag Goose 2, Canada Goose 156, Wigeon 28, Mallard 34, Teal 45, Yellowhammer 2, Stonechat.
Waterbarn Cottages / Fields – Fieldfare 16,
Yellowhammer 23, Chaffinch 32, Stonechat 2, Red-legged Partridge 10, Green
Sandpiper, Peregrine.
Water Meadows – Egyptian Goose 8 (5 flight NW), Canada Goose 160 on meadows, Swan Goose (esc/feral), Lapwing 16, Wigeon 28, Teal 8, Wood Pigeon 242 S, Stock Dove 55 S.
Waterbarn Cottages – Yellowhammer 4, Chaffinch 14,
Linnet 70, Fieldfare 20, Redwing 5.
2nd
Water Meadows – Fieldfare 119 and Redwing 313 all W
to SW between 0730 and 0850hrs, Wood Pigeon 354 all S, Canada Geese 274 N to NW
(78 stopped over), Greylag Goose 8, Egyptian Goose 7 S at 0906hrs, Wigeon 54,
Teal 5, Lapwing 5, Mallard 18,
Waterbarn Cottages – Redwing 2 Fieldfare 28 SW,
Little Egret 4, Lapwing 5 (believed from PWM),
Water Meadows – Egyptian Goose 6, Wigeon 2, Teal 8,
Mallard 12,
Waterbarn Cottages – Lesser Black-backed Gull 4,
Kestrel 2,
(Puddletown - Egyptian Goose 19 NE at 1532hrs, Canada Goose 191, Greylag Goose 11)
Water Meadows - Sand Martin c70 over Mill Mead, Canada Goose +goslings Athelhampton - Egyptian Goose 2 +goslings Egyptian Goose and Goslings...
