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Log for 1999

1 Feb 1999:

First Moorhen nest building - the earliest ever.

24 Feb 1999:

Moorhen eggs being incubated. During incubation major battles took place with another pair of birds. The incumbents kept their territory but the male looks like a boxer who lost.

13 Apr 1999:

First Moorhen hatched - soon to be 7

17 Apr 1999:

Another first - two more moorhens are nesting on 'Round Pond' (see Birds eye view) with 2 eggs so far. We have regular skirmishes between the ponds but the territories seem established.

25 Apr 1999:

8 eggs being incubated on 'Round pond'. First cuckoo yesterday.

12 May 1999:

At least 3 hatchings on 'Round pond'. Without the 'hide' that is our house they all flee and its hard to count! First brood on main pond now down to 2 after suspected fox attack (at 03:28 one morning last week).

15 June 1999:

First of what became 6 youngsters hatched on the main pond.

11 Aug 1999:

4 new hatching on the main pond (unusually from a nest on the island rather than the reed bed) being fed by the 2 adults and an assortment of juveniles. They seemed to totally ignore the 95% eclipse!

 

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