Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Status at Longham Lakes
Fairly common winter visitor, especially in cold or freezing weather. Small numbers appear in the summer.
Colour-marked Recovery;
A Pochard from France colour-banded with a blue nasal saddle has been seen at Longham:
DB102520, a female, was originally captured on 4th June 2008 at Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, Loire-Atlantique, France (about 400km south-west of Paris). It was controlled there on 29 May 2013.
It was spotted at Longham on 10th January 2015 (Martin Wood), 410km from its presumed breeding site.
Maximum numbers per month:
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 30 | ||||||
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||||||
| 2009 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 44 | |
| 2010 | 73 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 86 | |||||
| 2011 | 47 | 122 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5+ | 12 | 37 | |||
| 2012 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 2+ | 1 | 2 | 4 | 32 | |||
| 2013 | 40 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 27 | ||||||
| 2014 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 33 | ||||||
| 2015 | 30 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | ||||
| 2016 | 41 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
Birds of Longham Lakes
