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Disturbance at the Flashes

The Flashes has suffered more than its fair share of disturbance over the years ..be it low fly air balloons, shooting, microlights etc. But this evening a new one for the record..I have been told that a photographer was on the shore line between the cuckoo hide and Avocet hide.. consequently all the roosting birds had departed.
Hopefully he never got a shot of the barn owl that appeared later on.
Please keep to the paths and hides on all parts of the reserve :t: john
I have posted a brief film off him on my Twitter site . Click on link below
 
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Today's work party at MOORS

A great turn out today considering the conditions
Thanks to all 20 of the crew split into 5 groups.
Andy A, Alan D, Bob O, Bobby P, Bob R, Dave H, Graham L, Ian Joh, Jim B, Julie W, Kim W, Paul M, Ray C, Roger S, Steve S, Steve T Sue T, Terry W, Tony B and meB :)

The car park was strimmed and overhanging bramble and scrub removed. The brash and cuttings were piled up to create a habitat pile along the west side of the North Moors. The car park increased by 6 foot in width along the whole length :eek!:

The brash in the secret garden was piled up and burned ready for the spring cut.

The east hide screening fence was repaired, the new hide window modification was completed. The North Moors viewing screens were repaired.

A new dead hedge along the west side of the North Moors was started today. Brash and willow branches were woven into the verticals, the willow branches came from willows along the west side that had been pollarded.
Dead hedging help creates habitat where previously nothing grew, in time bramble, blackthorn and ground cover will increase. This in turn will attract more insects and foraging birds , nest sites will also be created. If you check out the area in the north end of the North Moors you will see a thick living hedge that looked exactly how today's new area looked 3 years ago.

A stretch of hedge was layered along the west track of the Moors pool. Hedge laying prolongs the life of a scrubby hedge and thickens it up, which in turn provides habitat for a rang of wildlife and provides nest sites for birds.

The last two tasks will be completed next week.:t:

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1. the car park after strimming
2. the dead hedging on west north moors before we started work
3. Hedge laying along west Moors track.
 

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Birding Moors Today

A somewhat curtailed session today , before and a little during the work party.

Whooper and a mute swan. Little Grebe, Shoveler 12+, teal 25, Wigeon male, Shelduck, Pochard 15, Tufted 12.
Curlew 10, only 1 snipe seen by Ray C,
Green Woodp
Cetti's W,
I had 3 new birds today for my #PWC2018 Wigeon, Sprawk, Siskin, now up to 62:t:
 
Today's highlights on a day of very foggy conditions:fog that did not lift all day, therefore counts are nowhere near complete.

MOORS:
Whooper Swan---------------------Shelduck
Curlew (9)----------------------------Lapwing (1)
Gadwall (2)---------------------------Teal (30)
Shoveler (10)-------------------------Pochard (4)
Mute Swan (3)------------------------Little Egret (1). Also seen at the North Moors.
Little Grebe---------------------------Sparrowhawk
Chaffinch (3)--------------------------Herring Gull (2 ad)
B H Gull (c100)-----------------------Green Woodpecker

SAILING POOL**/SALWARPE*
Tufted Duck (25)---------------------G C Grebe (4)
Cormorant (12)-----------------------Kingfisher
Goldcrest*

** The Sailing Pool birds could only be seen from the Ed Res.

FLASHES:
Lapwing (c300)-----------------------B H Gull (c160)

Des.
 
The OS calls the row of houses fronting the A38 near the BP garage Henbrook whilst the tweet did enquire about sightings in Wychbold and Upton Warren.
 
Andy P further reports from the Flashes:

Adult winter Common Gull, Little Egret, c500 Lapwing, 10 Curlew, 3 Snipe, 24 Teal, 6 Fieldfare.
 
First visit for a while arrived around 7am in pitch dark great morning at the flashes managed to tick the Barn owl great banter with Andy P, also managed a tick with Whooper swan at the Moors -

All species seen today and area seen in -

THE FLASHES –

Lapwing, Mallard, Black headed gull, Teal, Canada goose, Shelduck, Coot, Moorhen, Curlew, Carrion crow, Magpie, Robin, Blackbird, BARN OWL, Buzzard, Green woodpecker, Jackdaw, Wren, Lesser black backed gull, Common snipe, Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Blue tit, Kestrel, Fieldfare, Song thrush, Redwing, Great tit, Goldfinch, Long tailed tit & Stock dove

THE SAILING POOL –

Grey heron, Cormorant, Mallard, Carrion crow, Black headed gull, Tufted duck, Coot, Great crested grebe, Mute swan, Wren, Blackbird & Robin

THE MOORS POOLS –

Blue tit, Wood pigeon, Great tit, Magpie, Carrion crow, Curlew, Jackdaw, Goldfinch, Redpoll, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Goldcrest, Moorhen, Teal, Shoveler, Little grebe, Mallard(Hybrid), Mallard, Shelduck, Tufted duck, Wigeon, Pochard, Black headed gull, Coot, WHOOPER SWAN, Mute swan, Grey heron, Little egret, Buzzard, Wren, Dunnock, Lapwing, Gadwall, Herring gull, Water rail, Jay, Long tailed tit, Song thrush, Greenfinch & Reed bunting
 
Dave J reports from the Moors Pool:

Whooper Swan (which flew off at 08.31 and had not returned by 09:43), 2 Little Egret, 22 Pochard, 3 Gadwall, Meadow Pipit, 10 Curlew, second winter Common Gull

I had overlooked that Dave's Meadow Pipit last Sunday was new for the year - species #79
 
From the Flashes early morning Tim O reports:

Barn Owl at 7.51am, 8 Curlew, c500 Lapwing, 5 LBB Gull, 50 BH Gull, Shelduck just flew off in the direction of the Moors
 

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