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Survey Observations Nov 17th WeBS Nov 19th Brent Dec 3rd Brent Dec 11th Brent
Total 931 Brent on river. 262 in section 1 centred on TM310400 where cable will go under river. Feeding on saltmarsh and loafing. (R Johnson) 370 Brent in section 8 on Kirton and Corporation Marshes at TM300410. Flares used by farmer in section 9 to scare Brent off seawall. (P Whittaker)
Approx 120 Brent seen on Alderton Marshes as I approached Bawdsey. By time I had walked out along seawall they had all left. No birds on other side of river around Falkenham Creek. Winter wheat is still quite short. Brent appear to be feeding on mud and saltmarsh.
8 Brent flew upriver from Ramsholt Marshes. No other birds on east or west of river. Went down to Felixstowe Marshes where counted 230 Brent feeding on winter wheat.
10:25hr – 235 Brent on oil seed rape and winter wheat over two fields (centred at TM320396). Away from edge of field with bird scarer. 36 young Brent counted which is 15%, a good number from this sample. 10.55hr – 120 Brent flew over wall on to saltmarsh and water’s edge where they fed and washed. 11:15hr – Brent returned to field (up to 235 again). 11:40hr – all Brent flew off, probably because of bird scarer, some to water’s edge and c 150 over river towards Felixstowe Marshes. None returned before 12:00hr. Whilst feeding one in 10/11 birds had head up “on guard” at any one time. Constant low-level contact calls. Birds did not like bird scarer. Birds initially unsettled when I arrived but soon settled as I sat in grass on river wall.
Dec 15th WeBS Dec 27th Brent
Jan 10th 2014
Brent
Total 651 Brent in section 1. All on saltmarsh and water’s edge until tide too high. Half feeding others washing and loafing (R Johnson).
35 Brent on mud near Bawdsey – TM325389, loafing. 62 Brent on saltmarsh at Green Point – TM310397, feeding.
7 Brent on mud just north of Bawdsey at TM325389 at 11:30hr. 560 Brent on Ramsholt and Alderton Marshes at 12:00hr. By 14:30 they were all on Ramsholt Marshes at TM316405 feeding on wheat. At 12:00hr there were small groups (one of 15 and one of 12 birds and some singletons) scattered on fields on Alderton and Ramsholt Marshes. They gradually all moved up to the main feeding flock. All 560 still in flock when I left at 15:00hr.
Jan 15th Brent Jan 19th WeBS Jan 24th Brent
c.550 Brent feeding in same region (TM316405) seen from Ramsholt. 980 Brent feeding on fields at TM313397 (L Potter).
Feb 3rd Brent Feb 11th Brent Feb 16th WeBS
Approached from Ramsholt end as Brent nearer. 12:15hr - 950 Brent TM313397 – TM315398. Tightly packed feeding flock in same place as recorded in WeBS count on 19th January. One in ten again with head up while others feeding. Continuous feeding with little alarm. At 14:30 the 1500+ Lapwing and 650+ Golden Plover nearby all went up. Couldn’t see what caused it. All the Brent alerted. All birds settled. At 14:45 all the Lapwing and Golden Plovers went up again in mass alarm. Flew off. Again couldn’t see what caused alarm (possibly a fox?). Brent started to follow until they all upped and went over the seawall onto the mud and water. Stayed over wall for 10 minutes and then started to come back in small groups of 20 or so. Not all came back. Birds from mud flew over river to the west. All remaining birds on fields followed. Surveyed from Ramsholt. Approx. 475 Brent at TM315405. Feeding.
565 Brent at TM325388 at 13:45hr. At 14:10 c.350 flew west over river towards Felixstowe Marshes. 215 flew on to Alderton Marshes at TM330397, where they fed until I left (15:40hr).
385 Brent Geese on saltmarsh at TM310400 at high tide.
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
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