Shustoke Reservoir lies two miles east of Coleshill on the B4114 Coleshill to Furnace End Road, south of the River Bourne. At 1.5km west to east, the main pool is only 400m at its widest point. The River Bourne feeds the smaller eastern pool (8 acres), the water is then transferred to the main reservoir (92 acres). Disturbance at weekends can be a problem.
Thursday 31 December 2009
31st December
2 Goosander were again present. Ruddy Duck had increased to 3 birds, with 4 Gadwall also on the main pool. The Marsh tit was present with a small tit flock along the stream between both pools, as was a Treecreeper. L Johnson...
I know it may sound a little knit picky but is there any chance you could remove the sightings of Ruddy Duck?
You might have seen Lee Evan's blog post asking people to not report ruddy duck sightings here- http://uk400clubrarebirdalert.blogspot.com/2009/12/plea-for-non-reporting-of-british-ruddy.html
Im sure you wouldn't want defra turning up at shustoke and racing round in boats with guns and shooting! Just thought i'd let you know, otherwise keep up the good work and this great blog
Hi Lee, Tim, On the one occasion I saw the species at Earlswood this year I reported them as "Rμ**Ϋ Ducks", but perhaps just using astericks would be similarly effective if you want to report them but prevent DEFRA from finding your sightings in a search engine. Matt
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I know it may sound a little knit picky but is there any chance you could remove the sightings of Ruddy Duck?
You might have seen Lee Evan's blog post asking people to not report ruddy duck sightings here- http://uk400clubrarebirdalert.blogspot.com/2009/12/plea-for-non-reporting-of-british-ruddy.html
Im sure you wouldn't want defra turning up at shustoke and racing round in boats with guns and shooting! Just thought i'd let you know, otherwise keep up the good work and this great blog
Hi Lee, Tim,
On the one occasion I saw the species at Earlswood this year I reported them as "Rμ**Ϋ Ducks", but perhaps just using astericks would be similarly effective if you want to report them but prevent DEFRA from finding your sightings in a search engine.
Matt
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