Another awe-inspiring visit to Otmoor this morning in much more pleasant weather than previous days. WeBs counters over recent days estimated about 3500 Golden Plover and 3000 Lapwings and there must be 2000 or so Wigeon. Scarcer birds present include White-fronted Geese, Curlew, Grey Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Merlin and 38 Barnacle Goose SEE HERE . What with the estimated 50,000 Starlings HERE that come into roost there must be well over 60,000 birds at Otmoor at the moment. My ebird list for today HERE the highlight being 10 White-fronted Geese, including 7 (4 adults, 3 juvs) flying around and 3 on Ashgrave. I thought I might have found one or two White-fronts at last this morning as there were 10 yesterday (two groups of 5) with 12 seen in all today, so the group of 7 might have included two newly arrived birds. Who knows?- I better keep looking!
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