Friday, 2 March 2018

SNOW days 2nd March 2018

Well the snow set in here around 3pm, as forecast really fine dry stuff.
It's amazing how quickly the wildlife seems to have been affected by this cold snap, it's been building up for a few day with easterly winds however the snow made an immediate impact with quite big cold weather movements observed, and especially this morning.




I went to check the cattle, (well that was my excuse) which were all fine, but the numbers of REDWING, FIELDFARE, BLACKBIRD, SONG THRUSH, LAPWING and GOLDEN PLOVER on the reserve was interesting.




Probably 500-1000 Redwing, 50+ Fieldfare small flocks of Blackbirds and Song Thrush,  with around 100 each of Lapwing and Golden Plover.




Hopefully a thaw will set in soon which will give the birds time to recover.



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1 comment:

  1. Unknown3 March 2018 at 00:49

    The weather has ben dreadful for wildlife but you seem to have observed large numbers of interesting birds.

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