Upton Warren (5 Viewers)

[Phil Andrews]

Little Gull now on the Sailing Pool

Now heading towards the Flashes as per the Cookie Monster

Edit: confirmed on the Flashes

Edit: back at the sailing pool at 5pm

 

[Phil Andrews]

Other news for today - second summer Med Gull still at the Moors Pool plus 10 Common Tern. Also 2 Dunlin, 4 LRP and 1 Common Sand

 

[Phil Andrews]

Date for your diary

Our very own Gary Prescott, aka the Biking Birder, is going to be on Springwatch from Minsmere on Tuesday 26th May; featuring at 7.00am for the Springwatch Extra show and then in the audience at 9.00pm on BBC2 for the main event.

Gary is currently on 217 species, having added Temminck's Stint at Hickling Broad today.

 

[cooky1]

A couple of pics of the 1st summer Little Gull:t:

Many thanks to Phil for keeping the forum updated for me. My 3G didn`t want to play.

ChrisB

 

[keithr]

Great snaps...love the last one.....

 

[Janner Falcon!]

Is this normal behaviour?

Seen Thursday from concrete hide;

Adult female robin feeding begging adult male robin a large white grub. She then flew off and the male nipped across into the hedge. She returned with another similar white grub and hunted around in the bramble calling and looking for him. She then flew across to the hedge taking the grub with her.
Is this bonding behaviour?

 

[Phil Andrews]

Seen Thursday from concrete hide;

Adult female robin feeding begging adult male robin a large white grub. She then flew off and the male nipped across into the hedge. She returned with another similar white grub and hunted around in the bramble calling and looking for him. She then flew across to the hedge taking the grub with her.
Is this bonding behaviour?

Hi Margaret - have a butchers at this thread: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=170874

 

[Janner Falcon!]

Hi Margaret - have a butchers at this thread: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=170874

Thanks for this Phil.
It prompted me to look again at my pics. The angle of view in the posted photo convinced me it was a male receiving the food. My second shot shows a female in exactly the same position, but sideways on. So the behaviour appears to be exactly as described in the quoted thread.

It was the accompanying baby-bird noises which alerted me at the time.

 

[upstarts1979]

As with previous years it will start to get very confusing trying to moniter all the Avocet families so here is a stab at a naming convention for each brood that has emerged so far so we can track there numbers and locations. Working left to right:

Brood A - 4 young on the foreshore to the left of the hide
Brood B - 4 young on the left hand end of the "pipe" island. Ringed bird "64" appears to be the father
Brood C - 3 young on the middle of the "pipe" island. Had ventured onto the foreshore earlier in the day. Female potentially still sitting on 1 final egg
Brood D - 2 young ranging between the right hand side of the peninsular to the left hand end of the delta
Brood E - 3 young ranging between the right hand side of the delta and the secondary fox fence
Brood F - 4 young on the "beach" in front of the third Flash

This evening broods B and C were at times less than three foot apart so I suspect one will be forced off the island soon.

Dave J now has 8 broods

 

[Phil Andrews]

Today Dave J had the second summer Med Gull and a Dunlin at the Moors Pool; Common Sand, Dunlin, 8 Shelduck and 8 broods of Avocet with 23 young (4:3:2:3:4:1:3:3) at the Flashes

 

[forgetfulelephant]

Common? Crane over Moors flew north east.

 

[Phil Andrews]

Common? Crane over Moors flew north east.

F-ing hell Rob - any photos? Another potential Upton first :t:

 

[RGUEST3]

F-ing hell Rob - any photos? Another potential Upton first :t:

Yes give me your email addy I will send you them

 

[forgetfulelephant]

Today's Crane over the Moors. No leg rings as far as I can see but will check all my pics!

 

[upstarts1979]

Today's Crane over the Moors. No leg rings as far as I can see but will check all my pics!

cracker Rob :t:

 

[UW82]

Today's Crane over the Moors. No leg rings as far as I can see but will check all my pics!

:t::t::t::t::t::t::t:


Des.

 

[keithr]

Today's Crane over the Moors. No leg rings as far as I can see but will check all my pics!

WOW...now thats a big B***** ...Congrats.....nice one :t:

 

[Janner Falcon!]

Today's Crane over the Moors. No leg rings as far as I can see but will check all my pics!

Great Crane Project (Slimbridge) rings (blues & blacks) showing on left hand leg tucked up against the body.

Margaret

 

[cooky1]

Well done Mr Evans for spotting and getting pics.

Chris

 

[Phil Andrews]

Well done Mr Evans for spotting and getting pics.

Chris

Unfortunately TOO good 8-P