Today's plan to make the monthly Webs counts at all six of my sites was scuppered by the return of the arctic weather. In the end I managed to cover just Hales Hall, Blake Hall and Croxden. Unsurprisingly there were very few birds to count. At Croxden there were just nine birds on a tiny area of open water on the Sandy Lane pool. Normally at this time of year it would hold around sixty Coots.






Hales Hall: Mandarin 1, Mallard 43, Moorhen 1, Black-headed Gull 44, Greenfinch 20.



Blake Hall Fishery: Lapwing 15, Mallard 38, Black-headed Gull 20.



Croxden Quarry: Mute Swan 2, Mallard 7. AB