Pond Tours – 7th February 2013

Good to get out of the house.

Chief sightings on a south east county tour were;

Holywell Pond:  400+ Lapwing, 7 Gadwall, 30 Curlew, one Buzzard.

Newbiggin Bay:  Good selection of waders plus one Med Gull.

Cresswell Pond:  Many Wigeon.  Two drake plus a female R b Merganser.
One Long-tailed Duck.  Sadly a dead Swan (mute?) under an overhead line at north end of pond.

Bothal Pond:  Loads of Canadas and sprinkling of other water fowl.

Woodhorn field near Alcan entrance:  Four Greenland Whitefronts with Pink Feet flock.

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