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Spring is on its way despite the snow

This week has seen the arrival of a couple of willow warblers on the reserve and our chiffchaff count is now up to at least 4 birds singing. We have seen the start of the hirundine arrivals with sightings of swallows, house martins, and sand martins with a dozen swallows been seen briefly in the middle of the week. Of course our skylarks are now in good voice across the merse and the tree sparrows are starting to show signs of nesting. There are about 50 whooper swans hanging on at Thwaite just outside the reserve and about 90 pink-footed geese have been seen today. Although we only saw 240 barnacle geese on the reserve we think there are approximately 1000 in the area.

Photo credit: Alex Hillier

Around the reserve:

Mute Swans 6 (1 pair nesting, 1 pair showing interest)

Canada Geese 6

Barnacle Geese 240 on the reserve (but 1000 in surrounding area)

Pink-footed Geese 90

Shelduck 3

Mallard 29

Wigeon 6

Teal 46

Gadwall 4

Shoveler 16

Tufted Duck 15

Moorhen 5

Little Egret 7

Grey Heron 1

Lapwing 25

Golden Plover 200

Black-tailed Godwit 2

Redshank 60

Black-headed Gull 18

Rookery 62 nests

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