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March Snipe Flush Count

Here is the tally of birds seen at the March (and final) snipe flush.

There were a total of 39 snipe (29 common, 10 jack) :

  • Hay Meadow 5 (all common)
  • Upper Sowerholme 4 (all common)
  • School Pond 4 (3 common, 1 jack)
  • Big Meadow 26 (17 common, 9 jack)

The following birds were also spotted by the team:

  • heron on Cromwell’s Pond, seen again on School Pond
  • 2 meadow pipits in School Pond, 3 in Big Meadow
  • 3 mallards in the School Pond rush
  • long-tailed tits in the School Pond hedge
  • 2 teal on the West Field scrape
  • little egret flying about
  • moorhen on the ponds by Aldcliffe Road
  • several pheasant