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  1. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    You wouldn't be the only one thinking this is a 'garganey' type duck. There are many female mallard that show pale loral spots and dark lower cheek line. This combined with a strong supercillium and black eye stripe can initially give a garganey appearance, but generally most female mallard will...
  2. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Hi Geoff when did your avocet family leave. Last Friday two adults and two very fresh (brown) juvs appeared on the Flashes.
  3. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Any time Steve & Steve. we've had a very poor wader passage and like you say the size of the Middleton is in its favour. The lapwings at upton are more feisty than the Avo's and the lapwings are winning hands down. B (:John
  4. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Hi Steve Your Avocet chicks will be 18 days old today, so they are probably safe from avian predators. When threatened the good thing about avocet chicks, unlike most other waders that freeze and hunker down, is that they run off and swim. Obviously having webbed feet they are in their element...
  5. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    your not wrong Geoff;) B (:John
  6. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    well done Geoff.....I like the comment not much else:-O you can have our not much else from upton, for that one8-P B (:john
  7. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Thanks Geoff you know how much I love waders and their haboB (: John
  8. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Hi Geoff After all the work has now finished, could you show some photos of how the habitat is looking now, especially the wader habitat.B (:John
  9. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    B (:we do our best, but you can't please everyone;)john
  10. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Hi Geoff I heard 2 bitterns at Upton, giving deep gutteral croaking call similar to a LBBG type call. However both birds were in flight and migrating flying off east at the end of last winter. Hope you are wellB (:John
  11. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Fox Fencing Sounds like most of you would hate Upton warren with our 7 foot fox fencing. 8-P
  12. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    :t: :t:thanks Geoff. Thanks to the likes of yourself and the 100's of vols over the years. Hope to see you soon, at our next 'biggy';)
  13. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Nice to see and read some positive things about Middleton. In my eyes potentially the best site in the West Midlands. I only wish the RSPB had got involved with Upton warren many years ago, when they were based in Droitwich. B (:John Belsey
  14. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    That is a good article John. One I read several years ago. At Upton Warren we have only ever used one method. That was to dig up a 'block' of reeds and rhizomes, 2 feet square and 1 foot deep. We planted in several parts of the reserve and all these areas have now got thriving reed beds. The...
  15. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Cant open link...Tree Bumbles, had them breeding in a birdbox on the side of my house last year. Really pretty things. Only had them a few times at Upton warren:t:
  16. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Thanks John. Maybe we could get to them to sort an Autumn all-dayer out thenB (:John
  17. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    John as Geoff is away on holiday, do you know if Middleton is doing the all-dayer this Saturday. Last year if I remember rightly, you won it.B (:John
  18. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    John The only thing with rough grassland is that it doesn't stay that way. In an ideal situation, it would be great to have every type of habitat. At Upton Warren, we have small areas of rough grassland which did attract owls over the years. However we have never managed those areas, it is now...
  19. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    I do ...but it was 27 years ago, give us a clue8-P PM me :t:
  20. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Is that you Nik;)
  21. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    B (:MATE. Just hoping that they re-colonise, after they were all wiped out 2 years ago in that severe winter.
  22. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Geoff are any of your Cettis warbler singing, we have a couple at Upton but only their trilling is being heard. I know our previous birds were relatively quiet at this time of year. B (:JB (:ohn
  23. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Cheers for that Geoff . I always like to see wetlands being worked on to improve them. Its been a long time since we had some diggers at Upton warren, but we have plants a foot for some improvements.B (:John
  24. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    My jaw dropped when I saw those pics Geoff, it looks like Titchwell. If Middleton looked like that then it would be a great place to bird in.B (:John
  25. upstarts1979

    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    any photos of the work? sounds like a big job
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