20th April 2017
Staff: Daniel Wade (DWE)
Weather: Very windy after 9am, cold start.
Projects: Wetlands Census, Goose Census
Part 1 of the Wetland Census was begun today, unfortunately without super powers covering the whole site in a day before 10am is impossible, but for the third set of results for the survey there will be many more personel on hand to assist.
A pre-breeding Greylag Goose count is conducted early in the season in order to establish how many adults are using the site, half of this was conducted this morning.
Fågelsjön
Mute Swan: 1 pair
Greylag Goose: 41
White-fronted Goose: 14
Mallard: 2 pairs + 1
Gadwall: 3
Teal: 14
Tufted Duck: 5 pairs
Goldeneye: 1
Lapwing: 4 pairs
Redshank: 1
Snipe: 3
Coot: 7
Black-headed Gull: 4
It was nice to see the first Common Tern of the year this morning feeding around Öbymaden; spring will arrive whether the weather gets warmer or not!
Åslasjön
Red-necked Grebe: 1
Greylag Goose: 34
Mallard: 2 pairs + 1
Gadwall: 1 pair
Teal: 1 pair
Tufted Duck: 2 pairs
Goldeneye: 1
Coot: 4
Fiskingemaden
Mute Swan: 2
Whooper Swan: 1 pair
Greylag Goose: 9
Mallard: 4 pairs + 8
Gadwall: 17 pairs
Wigeon: 44
Shoveler: 1 pair + 1
Teal: 177
Lapwing: 8
Redshank: 1
Green Sandpiper: 1
Curlew: 1
Snipe: 26
Coot: 5
Herring Gull: 1
Common Gull: 4
Black-headed Gull: 133
Crane: 1 pair
This year there has been some alterations to the water levels here at Kvismaren and it has made some fantastic habitat at different spots, one of these being Fiskingemaden, there is noticeably more habitat available here for breeding and migratory waders and it will be very interesting to see how it develops over the coming months.
Värstamaden
Whooper Swan: 1 pair
Mallard: 5 pairs + 1
Gadwall: 10 pairs + 1
Teal: 65
Goldeneye: 1
Green Sandpiper: 3
The fields surrounding all the wetlands census areas covered today were also counted for Greylag and Canada Geese in order to estimate the breeding population. 402 individuals were counted of Greylag Goose and 11 of Canada, with 1 Barnacle x Canada Goose Hybrid that has not been noted before so likely will move off soon.
DWE