27th April 2016
Staff: DWE, MLA
Weather: Cold start, but actually a quite warm day with the odd shower
Projects: Wetland Census, Goldeneye Nestboxes, Spotted Crake
Today we censured all of Östra Kvismaren that was not completed yesterday, and to our horror the geese already have chicks, making the counting harder. We joke, we love it really.
Fiskingemaden
Greylag Goose: 1
Teal: 131
Shoveler: 3 pairs
Gadwall: 4 pairs
Lapwing: 1
Black-headed Gull: 10
Bittern: 1
Värstamaden
Greylag Goose: 8
Mallard: 2 pairs
Teal: 5
Gadwall: 4 pairs
Goldeneye: 1 pair + 1 adult
Coot: 1
Garganey: 1 pair
Bittern: 1
Sörbyjön
Whooper Swan: 1
Teal: 5
Black-headed Gull: 63
Little Gull: 1
Killingemaden
Greylag Goose: 4
Teal: 1 pair
Lapwing: 1
Redshank: 2
Hammarbotten
Whooper Swan: 11
Greylag Goose: 6 pairs with 19 chicks and 16 adults
Mallard: 1
Teal: 268
Shoveler: 1 pair + 1 adult
Garganey: 1
Lapwing: 25
Canada Goose: 1 pair
Black-headed Gull: 25
Hammarmaden
Mute Swan: 1 pair + 1
Greylag Goose: 7 pairs with 42 chicks and 32 adults
Mallard: 1 pair + 3 adults
Teal: 41
Wigeon: 80
Shoveler: 1 pair
Gadwall: 1 pair
Goldeneye: 1 pair
Lapwing: 1 pair + 1 adult
Black-headed Gull: 1
It is interesting to see so many Shoveler pairs on the reserve, with no confirmed breeding in Kvismaren that I know of, we shall be keeping a close eye for developments.
This afternoon we checked all the larger Goldeneye Nestboxes and sadly non were occupied this year. We shall check the Tawny Owl boxes around the reserve in the next few days when the weather allows for it.
No Spotted Crakes called on Hammarmaden this evening, however a Jack Snipe did, nice to finally hear one after 3 nights of failings.
DWE