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Eccleston Mere

The Mere was very choppy this morning, the waves were coming over the sides on the North bank. I don't think I've ever seen so many cormorants at the mere, 8 were hunkered down in the low trees on the leeward side of the island, 4 more were on the water and 1 was flying in as I left. One of them was in breeding plumage with lots of white on it's head, I'd like to have had a photo to exclude sinensis but didn't take my camera, probably just an old male.

Cormorant 13
Pochard 6m
Little Grebe 1
Gadwall 2 (1m,1f)
Sparrowhawk 1

Damian
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