STATUS AT LONGHAM LAKES
Common resident, with small numbers breeding.
Breeding:
2005: Adults with 2 broods of 4 chicks, 27 May 2005.
2008: 1 female raised a brood of 7 chicks to independence on the Quarry (Steve Morrison). Also 1 other female with 2 small young (didn’t survive).
2009: 30th June, broods of 7, 8, 3 and 1 chicks seen (Trevor Thorpe). Adult with 8 ducklings, 7th April 2007, then 6 on 24th April. 3 broods of chicks seen in that month. Broods of 4 and 2 chicks, 16th April.
2010: Broods on 12 and 9 chicks, 25th April.
2011: 10 young seen in one brood on 10th April. Four broods of chicks seen on 19th April (Trevor Thorpe). Three broods of 4-5 well grown chicks, 17th June.
2012: 3 broods, adults with 2, 3 and 12 ducklings respectively, 3rd May. 1 with 8 newly hatched ducklings, 24th May. Females with broods of 5 and 6 chicks, and a group of 7 unaccompanied juveniles, 29th Jun.
2013: Female with 9 young on 23rd March (CP). Young seen on 26th April (LB).
2014: 15th April: 2 females with <1 week old young, 6 each. (DC). There was one female with 4 ducklings on 20th June (Trevor Wilkinson).
2015: A female with 5 young on 11th April; 2 broods on 14th May, 1 with 4 young; 1 female with a single duckling, 14th July.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | 10 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 58 | 3 | 20 | ||||
| 2005 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | |||||
| 2006 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 2007 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 2008 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 28 | ||||||||
| 2009 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 60 | ||||||
| 2010 | 14 | 14 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 26 | ||||||
| 2011 | 56 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 44 | 38 | 21 | 32 | 24 | 31 | 25 |
| 2012 | 39 | 9 | 22 | 12 | 33 | 76 | 62 | 54 | 24 | 48 | 16 | 33 |
| 2013 | 72 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 43 | 51 | 48 | 16 | 32 | 29 | 66 |
| 2014 | 28 | 17 | 47 | 24 | 24 | 40 | 75 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 61 | 72 |
| 2015 | 69 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 33 | 40 | 65 | 50 | 13 | 27 | 29 | 29 |