June WeBS count
Mute Swan - 78. Two families noted, one with one cygnet and another with two cygnets
Canada Goose - 59. No young noted. It appears there was one brood hatched, but these were assumed predated at some point.
Greylag Goose - 164. Only three of this years young noted. Carrion Crow predation of young goslings was seen this year - could it account for the loss of more broods?
Egyptian Goose - 50. Includes broods of two and three of this years young.
Elsewhere Garden Warbler still in song and four Common Terns still present. A nice scattering of invertebrates, the highlight of which was a Tobacco-coloured Longhorn Beetle, previously recorded at Whitlingham but a new species for me.
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