upstarts1979
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Today at the Moors
A full hide late morning with plenty of the work party crew, from both past and present. Good banter and a nice selection of 'brand new scopes and bins courtesy of http://www.birders-store.co.uk/. on show.
Both the Flashes (Bob O) and Moors (Clive L)were covered from before first light.
Andy P took over the Flashes and plenty of people were scattered about most of the day.
A quiet start at the Moors, but by 10am there was plenty to see.
The snipe numbers have very obviously increased. With at least 30 on 'snipe island' At 9.10 a flock of birds from the Flashes dropped in, this included many shoveler and the avocet. Good numbers of duck were present, mostly concentrated along the southern end of the Moors and Amy's marsh. A bit of Vis Mig involved small numbers of skylark, meadow pipit and redwing.
Species counts for Moors
GCG 5, little grebe 7, cormorant 11, greylag 28, gadwall 5 (2prs + male) same as last years early autumn birds. wigeon 2 fems, shoveler 58, teal 6, Pochard 14 ( 8 males + 6 fems included the fem with the blue 'saddle' on its bill), tufted 20, GOOSANDER female arrived at 1.18pm and flew out 20 mins later - this was an adult female as opposed to the imm fem at the Flashes 15th Oct. coot 90, water rail saw 3 heard 6 others. Snipe 45, jack snipe, Avocet, lapwing 40, common gull 1st winter, herring gull 8, LBBG 5, BHG 250, kingfisher 2, great spotted woodp, grey wag 3, cettis warbler 2 singing,
5 birder quality pics8-P
A full hide late morning with plenty of the work party crew, from both past and present. Good banter and a nice selection of 'brand new scopes and bins courtesy of http://www.birders-store.co.uk/. on show.
Both the Flashes (Bob O) and Moors (Clive L)were covered from before first light.
Andy P took over the Flashes and plenty of people were scattered about most of the day.
A quiet start at the Moors, but by 10am there was plenty to see.
The snipe numbers have very obviously increased. With at least 30 on 'snipe island' At 9.10 a flock of birds from the Flashes dropped in, this included many shoveler and the avocet. Good numbers of duck were present, mostly concentrated along the southern end of the Moors and Amy's marsh. A bit of Vis Mig involved small numbers of skylark, meadow pipit and redwing.
Species counts for Moors
GCG 5, little grebe 7, cormorant 11, greylag 28, gadwall 5 (2prs + male) same as last years early autumn birds. wigeon 2 fems, shoveler 58, teal 6, Pochard 14 ( 8 males + 6 fems included the fem with the blue 'saddle' on its bill), tufted 20, GOOSANDER female arrived at 1.18pm and flew out 20 mins later - this was an adult female as opposed to the imm fem at the Flashes 15th Oct. coot 90, water rail saw 3 heard 6 others. Snipe 45, jack snipe, Avocet, lapwing 40, common gull 1st winter, herring gull 8, LBBG 5, BHG 250, kingfisher 2, great spotted woodp, grey wag 3, cettis warbler 2 singing,
5 birder quality pics8-P
