This morning Craig & Mike headed down to Wheldrake at first light with the hope of getting another successful catch at the whoosh net, there were hundreds of birds on the pool but not many in the catching area. They came away with 4 Wigeon and 1 Mallard.
From Wheldrake we then headed to North Duffield to try our luck there, no birds were in the area at first but not long after a few Wigeon started heading for the catching area. 8 birds made their way up to the grain but as the net fired 5 took off leaving us with 3 new birds to ring, 2 adult males and an adult female. Also, the duck trap continues to be successful with 4 new Teal, all female.
Female Teal
Mike & Craig comparing Teal
Out of interest this is as it stands today for the total number of wildfowl caught on the reserve since January = 865.
Canada Goose 16
Coot 6
Cormorant 6
Gadwall 7
Greylag Goose 80
Little Grebe 1
Mallard 328
Moorhen 17
Mute Swan 13
Shelduck 59
Shoveler 9
Teal 187
Tufted Duck 1
Whooper Swan 1
Wigeon 134
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