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Saturday, 9 December 2023

Mid-Cherwell Valley 9th December

A walk along the canal from the Great Western Arms towards Somerton. Not a huge number of ducks or geese on the floods. Not many gulls either. A remarkable number of Fieldfares.

Teal - c100

Wigeon - c50

Shoveler - c20

Gadwall - c10

Lapwing - single flock of 128.

Sparrowhawk - 1

Fieldfare - hard to estimate but over a thousand. Constantly in the air and in almost every hawthorn bush. Far outnumbering Redwings. Quite a spectacle.

Reed bunting - 2





2 comments:

  1. I'm finding very low numbers of Redwing compared to Fieldfare this Autumn/Winter

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  2. Yes, I've not really seen decent numbers of either so far but it was clearly in favour of Fieldfares yesterday.

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