10th April 2017
Staff: Daniel Wade (DWE)
Weather: Windy and wet
Projects: Wetland Census, Marsh Harrier
And they are off! The 2017 season opened this morning, starting off with the wetlands census. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t onside so much today but was pleasant enough before 10am.
Highlights of the day were a Black Woodpecker by Fiskingemaden and a fly over Black-throated Diver (not so common here at Kvismaren). The Marsh Harriers were fairly active early on in the day but became less so as the weather deteriorated with 4 females around Åslasholmen and 1 male.
Fågelsjön
Mute Swan: 1 pair
Greylag Goose: 27
Canada Goose: 1 pair
Mallard: 2 pairs
Gadwall: 2 pairs + 5
Teal: 18
Goldeneye: 5
Tufted Duck: 3 pairs
Lapwing: 3
Green Sandpiper: 1
Coot: 21
Herring Gull: 1
Black-headed Gull: 4
Åslasjön
Red-necked Grebe: 2 pairs + 1
Mute Swan: 1
Greylag Goose: 21
Mallard: 1
Gadwall: 7
Goldeneye: 1
Coot: 1
Fiskingemaden
Greylag Goose: 5
Mallard: 8 pairs
Gadwall: 12 pairs
Teal: 125
Wigeon: 16
Lapwing: 11
Snipe: 3
Green Sandpiper: 1
Coot: 6
Black-headed Gull: 38
Värstamaden
Grey Heron: 2
Mallard: 4 pairs + 1
Gadwall: 5 pairs
Teal: 18
Goldeneye: 1 pair
Green Sandpiper: 1
Fingers crossed for the weather to be as forecast for part 2 of the Wetland Census tomorrow morning!
DWE