Nene Washes

Forum post: Recent sightings

Charlie Kitchin — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:44:00 GMT

Highlights from Januaries WeBS: Bewick's swan 1362, whooper swan 551, wigeon 20,460, pintail 1237, Teal 3916 and black-tailed godwit 1340. There were a couple of ringtail hen harriers then and one or possibly two still present, going to roost 1/2 mile west of Eldernell with 4+ march harriers. On the 3rd Feb there were two peregrines sitting out on the Eldernell grassland, and buzzards are everywhere. Pair of cranes still present but surprisingly difficult to find. Flooded fields of March Farmers are best area for waterfowl.

Photo: Corncrake translocation update

Jonathan Taylor — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:06:00 GMT

Further increase this year to 21 singing males. Wild breeding was proven when a team led by the RSPBs Rhys Green caught 4 juvenile corncrakes in August, 2 of which were only 19 days old. A female was also controlled that was amazingly the oldest known wild corncrake on the planet at 4 years. She was released as a chick on the Nene in summer of 2006 and along with two 3year old males in 2010 demonstrates that the genes of our founder population are very good.

Less juveniles were released this year so we are banking on good productivity in the wild to maintain the year on year increases.

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