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BTO Waterbird Count

Spike in Shoveler numbers

As expected, the coordinated waterbird counts for the Wanstead Park lakes, Hollow Pond (Whipp’s Cross) and Eagle Pond (Snaresbrook) conducted on Sunday 8 March for the British Trust for Ornithology showed that most of our wintering wildfowl have now gone. That said, a count of 56 Gadwall in the Park is still an impressive figure, …

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