Friday 28 November 2008

November 28th.

Common Pochard...........photo by S Seal.

Large flocks of Common Pochard winter on the region,s larger lakes, reservoirs and gravel pits, but is a scarce and sporadic breeding species.Within the region, a significant change in winter distribution began in 1980,s when large flocks first gathered at the new purification lakes at Coton/Lea Marston. Shustoke Reservoir is also frequently used as a refuge when birds are disturbed from elsewhere. But over the last decade numbers have dramatically declined.
Oct04, 210...... Nov04, 281...... Dec04, 160.
Oct05, 17....... Nov05, 35....... Dec05, 73.
Oct06, 37....... Nov06, 49....... Dec06, 56.
Oct07, 11....... Nov07, 28....... Dec07, 65.
Oct08, 9........ Nov08, 21......

S Seal.....

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