Large areas of floodwater south of the village again this
evening. Birds on here included a record count of 22 Shelduck…
These flying birds included calls I have never heard before,
high pitched almost passerine like.
I also had only my third parish records of both Gadwall
(four birds) and Shoveler, a drake and this female…
A pair of Teal and eight Tufted Duck…
Plus Two Little Egrets…
Six Curlew, 120 Fieldfare and around 150 gulls including 40+
Common Gulls…
This gives just a small indication of how good the village
must have been when it had managed flood meadows here and there were wartime reports
of large numbers of wildfowl on the floods.
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