Wildfowl numbers seem to be down this year at most Warwickshire waters, and Shustoke is suffering the same , below is list of past Tufted, Wigeon and Pochard records.
Wigeon............
Jan 04 (179) ,
Jan 05 (98) ,
Jan 06 (160) ,
Jan 07 (113) ,
Jan 08 (67) .
Pochard.........
Jan 04 (38) ,
Jan 05 (217) ,
Jan 06 (49) ,
Jan 07 (86) ,
Jan 08 (71) .
Tufted Duck....
Jan 04 (182) ,
Jan 05 (132) ,
Jan 06 (86) ,
Jan 07 (154) ,
Jan 08 (29) .
During the late 1980,s and early 1990,s around 300 Wigeon could be seen regular and in Jan 1985 a count of 1,600 Tufted Duck was recorded, and during Nov 1996 at total of 1,250 Pochard. These figures above show just how much our wildfowl are disappearing from midland waters.
(S Seal).
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