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Hi Bri..it would appear that the terns further down the river severn must have followed it up to shropshire and veered off Staffs, but saying that I would have thought Grimley would have got some. Its strange how Gloucestershire got so many and even Shropshire had some as well as good totals in Staffs. The East Mids didn't have as many as yesterday so they didn't come from the east. That's what is so intriguing about Migration we just don't have all the answers.

Hi John,

Yep, that somes it up really. Maybe our tern tomorrow :t:

Brian
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Arrived at the Moors east gate at 5pm to catch the Little gull gaining height and then flew off NE. After another 5 minutes 4 ravens (2 prs) engaged in a territorial skirmish.
From the east hide there was a very large group (c250) of all 3 hirundines including 150 swallows. At 5.35 a commotion amongst the BHG drew my attention to my 3rd Osprey of the year, coming over the Education reserve from the west. I looked across to the west hide to see if the birders had picked it up, but it hadn't come into their view when it was attacked by LBBG's, luckily it was not put off and started hovering , by which time the 3 people in the hide managed to see it. It stayed in view for 10 - 15 minutes finally catching a smallish fish.
other species seen included: GCG 4, Teal 2 fems, gadwall male, shelduck 2 males (in addition to the pair at the Flashes). Snipe 3, LRP, common sand, lapwing 2, oystercatcher 4, common tern 3, herring gull,
Not a bad 45 minutes before the management meeting, which also went well.

That was Tim & Mary Owens and myself in the West Hide. We picked up the Osprey pretty soon after the gulls went up and were wondering if you had;). Chuffed for Tim & Mary as this was a lifer for them:t:.

In total we saw 4 raptor species: Buzzard, Kestrel & Sparrowhawk also put in an appearance on what was a miserable evening weatherwise. Our Common Tern count from the West Hide was 48-P.

A record shot of the Osprey taken from the West Hide:
 

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That was Tim & Mary Owens and myself in the West Hide. We picked up the Osprey pretty soon after the gulls went up and were wondering if you had;). Chuffed for Tim & Mary as this was a lifer for them:t:.

In total we saw 4 raptor species: Buzzard, Kestrel & Sparrowhawk also put in an appearance on what was a miserable evening weatherwise. Our Common Tern count from the West Hide was 48-P.

A record shot of the Osprey taken from the West Hide:

Nice shot mate , better than mine8-P. Didn't realise you were there. Dave texted me that Mary and Tim had seen it. I bet Mary was well pleased, I bet she got a pic as well. Oh well a joint find then;)
 
I am quickly becoming addicted to UW, the variety of birds is fantastic and the photos of the species when I can't get there are great too. Thank you, I am learning so much from your posts...

I have a question which someone may be able to answer, I recently visited Chelmarsh Pool, not in the same league as UW but there were lots of freshwater mussel shells littered around the pool and I was wondering what may have caused this. I was told it may be down to fisherman as they use them as bait, I didn't see any oystercatchers there. Any ideas?

Many thanks
 
I am quickly becoming addicted to UW, the variety of birds is fantastic and the photos of the species when I can't get there are great too. Thank you, I am learning so much from your posts...

I have a question which someone may be able to answer, I recently visited Chelmarsh Pool, not in the same league as UW but there were lots of freshwater mussel shells littered around the pool and I was wondering what may have caused this. I was told it may be down to fisherman as they use them as bait, I didn't see any oystercatchers there. Any ideas?

Many thanks

I think freshwater mussels feature quite prominently in the diet of Tufted Ducks - not necessarily the cause though. Did you see many diving ducks up there?
 
I think freshwater mussels feature quite prominently in the diet of Tufted Ducks - not necessarily the cause though. Did you see many diving ducks up there?

Many thanks for the reply

There were some pairs of tufted duck, some Great Crested Grebe, a pair of teal and some grey lag geese on the water. Several other smaller species dotted around the woodland eg reed bunting
 
For the record there was a Common Gull parked in front of the new Flashes hide yesterday afternoon. Also Sedge Warblers are beginning to appear in front of the Hen Pool hide.

Peter
 
John reports some activity this morning. Arctic Tern at the Moors plus 2 Swift 3 Common Sand 3 Yellow Wags followed by a further 2. 8 Blackwits in the transmitter field plus 2 Common Sands on the Flashes
 
Why do these things always turn up on week days? Good result for the reserve though, even if it's yet another one I'll miss.
 

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