17th May 2016
Staff: DWE, MLA, LST, LAR, MBR, JRD
Weather: Cold, windy with showers
Projects: Great Reed Warbler, Wetland Census, Ortolan Bunting, Marsh Harrier, Night Census
Today was the Wetland Census where all the staff covered the area. Below, you can checked the lists. For the GRW, LAR was in charge for Sörbysjön area and tried to ring a third male but found two new males and a possible female. So, we have now 5 males in the area. JRD covered Åslasjön and Fågelsjön and find also new arrivals (up to 5 new males). MLA tried also to find Ortolan Bunting around Ängfallet but no one have been detected. DWE, LST and MLA continued also the work of finding Marsh Harrier nest.
Fräknabotten
Sörbyjön
Greylag Goose: 9 pairs + 44 chicks
Canada Goose: 1
Mallard: 1
Redshank: 1
Water Rail: 3
Common Sandpiper: 1
Black-headed Gull: 40
Little Gull: 2
Killingemaden
Greylag Goose: 23 pairs + 98 chicks + 3 adults
Mallard: 2
Wood Sandpiper: 4
Lapwing: 2
Hammarbotten
Mute Swan: 1 pair
Greylag Goose: 12 pairs + 35 chicks + 168 adults
Canada Goose: 2 pairs + 6 chicks + 1 adult
Mallard: 1 pair
Gadwall: 4 pairs + 1 adult
Wigeon: 1 male
Crane: 9
Wood Sandpiper: 21
Lapwing: 22
Black-headed Gull: 36
Common Tern: 4
Hammarmaden
Mute Swan: 1 pair + 2 adults
Whooper Swan: 1
Greylag Goose: 70 pairs + 132 chicks + 99 adults
Mallard: 1
Gadwall: 2 pairs + 2 adults
Wood Sandpiper: 4
Common Sandpiper: 3
Lapwing: 3
Fiskingemaden
Shovelers: 1 couple
Wigeons: 2 couples
Redshank: 1
Bittern: 1
Mallards: 1 couple + 9 adults
Teals: 5
Gadwalls: 16
Greylag goose: 6
Whooper swan:1
Common terns: 11
Black-Headed Gulls: 26
Värstamaden
Wood Sandpiper: 1
Mallards: 7
Crane: 1
Gadwalls: 6
Bittern: 1
Greylag Goose: 1 couple with 8 chicks +11 adults
Åslajön
Greylag Goose: 2
Mute Swan: 1
Coot: 4
Red-necked Grebe: 1
Fågelsjön
Mute Swan: 6
Greylag Goose: 8
Canada Goose: 1 pair
Mallard: 1 pair + 8
Wigeon: 1 pair
Gadwall: 4 pairs +3
Shoveler: 1 pair
Goldeneye: 6 pairs
Tufted Duck: 1 pair + 1
Coot: 20
Water Rail: 1
Ruff: 14
Wood Sandpiper: 38
Redshank: 2
Spotted Redshank: 3
Black-headed Gull: 34
Common Tern: 1
MBR