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Upton Warren (14 Viewers)
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Janner Falcon!
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upstarts1979
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Unusual for the spring there were a few Rooks on the field. Not normally seen until the Autumn. Has anyone seen activity on the raven nest, maybe the female is sitting pretty tight up there
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Second summer Med Gull reported at the Flashes yesterday in addition to the adult bird.
upstarts1979
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saw the hybrid yesterday
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
The report was uncredited on WorcesterBirding
Where Bird
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Med hybrid?
This is the same bird that Janner Falcon posted for yesterday at the Flashes. There was some discussion in the hide when she found it and it was felt that it was the hybrid med gull because of the beak size and colouring and that of the leg colouring. Whilst we were there in the morning nobody apparently mentioned seeing a 2nd summer med gull.
This one was hiding up in the first flash so was quite a distance away. Put up along with the other gulls we couldn't re - find it.
Pics clipped from my video.
Should mention that the hood stood out as very black but there were some white smudges behind the left eye.
This is the same bird that Janner Falcon posted for yesterday at the Flashes. There was some discussion in the hide when she found it and it was felt that it was the hybrid med gull because of the beak size and colouring and that of the leg colouring. Whilst we were there in the morning nobody apparently mentioned seeing a 2nd summer med gull.
This one was hiding up in the first flash so was quite a distance away. Put up along with the other gulls we couldn't re - find it.
Pics clipped from my video.
Should mention that the hood stood out as very black but there were some white smudges behind the left eye.
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
No Wednesday crew yesterday?
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Thanks for posting the images Phil - would confirm that is the Med x BH Gull hybrid.
The entry on WorcesterBirding has been amended overnight to refer to just the adult Med as present on Tuesday.
The entry on WorcesterBirding has been amended overnight to refer to just the adult Med as present on Tuesday.
Brian Stretch
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Submitted anonymously through the Worcester Birding website the day after but presumably the report relates to the hybrid. I don't generally post anonymous sightings but with the recent run of Meds at Upton didn't see any reason to dismiss it.
Brian
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Cheers Brian - keep up the good work! Can we have some of Grimley's run of good ducks please?
upstarts1979
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áOnly report received today is from Graham L. at Flashes Med gull ad. and hybrid..2 chiffchaff.
a sand martin and 2 grey wags on sailing pool
a sand martin and 2 grey wags on sailing pool
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Where Bird
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Cheers Phil - it will be 24H0 which is a bird from the Cotswold Water Park ringing programme. I will send the details off to John Wells to see what he can tells us about the bird's history.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Talking of ringing records I have now heard back from Frank Majoor regarding our Dutch ringed Avocet, white 64.
Unfortunately there were no sightings since the bird was last seen at Upton Warren in 2016 so where it winters remains a mystery.
Unfortunately there were no sightings since the bird was last seen at Upton Warren in 2016 so where it winters remains a mystery.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Just checking back, this bird was previously noted at the Flashes on the 10th April 2015; it had been ringed in the nest at Cerney Wick in the Cotswold Water Park on the 10th June 2013. Will be interesting to see if John has any in the intervening two years between the Upton sightings.
Janner Falcon!
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A few from today:-
1. Brawling shelduck on the sewage meadow. 3 males and two females, out of a total of eight. They all had a go at some point. Much later they were four distinct courting pairs - lots of head-bobbing.
2. Little egret sheltering from a stiff northerly in Swampy Bottom.
3. "Baby, it's cold outside!" Cock golden pheasant spent some time trying to get back into the shed where one of the other cocks was looking out of the high window and calling.
4. "The circus has come to town." Bluetit eating leaf buds.
1. Brawling shelduck on the sewage meadow. 3 males and two females, out of a total of eight. They all had a go at some point. Much later they were four distinct courting pairs - lots of head-bobbing.
2. Little egret sheltering from a stiff northerly in Swampy Bottom.
3. "Baby, it's cold outside!" Cock golden pheasant spent some time trying to get back into the shed where one of the other cocks was looking out of the high window and calling.
4. "The circus has come to town." Bluetit eating leaf buds.
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midlands birder
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Another ringing recovery from a German ringed BHG in the roost at the flashes on 18/02/17- Black AAXX
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Winter plumage adult Little Gull at the Moors Pool, found by Steve Taylor
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Cheers Craig :t:
