Gyptians

At Collingham Pits this afternoon, a pair of Egyptian Geese on Ferry Lane Lake were number 78 for the patch yearlist; not a guaranteed species, so got to get this early on. Other stuff on this part of the site included 4 pairs of Shelduck (returning rapidly now for spring!), a Green Sand, and good numbers of wildfowl (c.90 Teal, and several times that number of Wigeon). Elsewhere, 8 Whoopers were west of the Trent with the Mutes, a pair of Goosander were on Mons Pool, and on the Silt Lagoon there were a gang of 11 Redshank, plus 4 Curlew and a Snipe. 

1 of the 2 Egyptian Geese