upstarts1979
Well-known member
Birding Today at the reserve.
As ever Oriole Boy arrived after the work8-P
But spent a few hours eating cake drinking tea and occasionally looking at the few birds on offer.
Moors:
Little Grebe 3, Shoveler 6, Teal 60+, Tufted 5, Cormorant 35, Coot 200+, water rail and kingfisher calling from back of secret garden. Snipe 6, lapwing c100, Curlew 16 feeding in A38 field, Herring Gulls many over all day, around secret G..treecreeper, great spotted woodp, plus many redwing and a few fieldfare.
At the feeding station at least 9 Bullfinches, Mistle thrush and song thrush. Also 2 raven. A grey wag was in the seasonal pool.
Flashes: From the 1st flash hide
Teal c20, curlew 16 roosted, snipe 3, Lapwing 30+, BHG at least 500 and a herring gull roosted. c50 redwing and small numbers of fieldfare and song thrush also a water rail called.
B John
As ever Oriole Boy arrived after the work8-P
But spent a few hours eating cake drinking tea and occasionally looking at the few birds on offer.
Moors:
Little Grebe 3, Shoveler 6, Teal 60+, Tufted 5, Cormorant 35, Coot 200+, water rail and kingfisher calling from back of secret garden. Snipe 6, lapwing c100, Curlew 16 feeding in A38 field, Herring Gulls many over all day, around secret G..treecreeper, great spotted woodp, plus many redwing and a few fieldfare.
At the feeding station at least 9 Bullfinches, Mistle thrush and song thrush. Also 2 raven. A grey wag was in the seasonal pool.
Flashes: From the 1st flash hide
Teal c20, curlew 16 roosted, snipe 3, Lapwing 30+, BHG at least 500 and a herring gull roosted. c50 redwing and small numbers of fieldfare and song thrush also a water rail called.
B John