upstarts1979
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Doesn't it go on to twitter when you click on...if not go on to my twitter link it is on there.. a conversation with Craig, Paul R and the guy that found it.:t:
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Today's highlights:
Firstly, I have no information regarding a Little Stint. I was at the Flashes this evening.
MOORS:
Little Egret (4)-----------------------Oystercatcher (4)
Snipe (3)-----------------------------Lapwing (3)
Shelduck (9)-------------------------Pochard (2)
Gadwall (4)--------------------------Shoveler (54)
Tufted Duck (33)--------------------Teal (5)
Kingfisher (2)------------------------Herring Gull (3)
Fieldfare (c20)-----------------------Little Grebe (3)
G C Grebe (4)------------------------Cormorant (11)
Sparrowhawk------------------------Mute Swan (2)
Chiffchaff-----------------------------Cetti's Warbler (2)
Greylag Goose (2)
FLASHES:
Avocet (22)---------------------------Dunlin (1)
Oystercatcher (2)--------------------Snipe (2)
Curlew (11)---------------------------Lapwing (6)
Shelduck (2)--------------------------Teal (10)
Shoveler (2)--------------------------Peregrine
Raven (1)-----------------------------Chiffchaff
G C Grebe (1)------------------------B H Gull (c700) including individual PA86 first seen last November.
Cetti's Warbler
ED RES/SAILING POOL:
Sand Martin--------------------------Goldcrest
Buzzard (5)--------------------------Tufted Duck (8)
G C Grebe (4)
NORTH MOORS:
Gadwall (2)--------------------------Teal (2)
Redwing (3)
Des.
Would sir like his Collins guide medium rare with a honey glaze and a juniper jus?
Des
The curlew flock is up and down at the moment, I wonder if the 18 yesterday
included 7 short staying migrants.
Lapwing: yesterday a flock of c35 dropped in mid afternoon, were obviously migrants as they don't appear to be there today.
Report of a LITTLE STINT briefly at the Moors Pool at 5.55pm - a very unusual date. Anyone know any more?
New for the year (#97) - Little Stint
I will have a trawl through the records but would be surprised if we have had a bird earlier than say mid April previously
FLASHES:
Avocet (22)---------------------------Dunlin (1)
Oystercatcher (2)--------------------Snipe (2)
Curlew (11)---------------------------Lapwing (6)
Shelduck (2)--------------------------Teal (10)
Shoveler (2)--------------------------Peregrine
Raven (1)-----------------------------Chiffchaff
G C Grebe (1)------------------------B H Gull (c700) including individual PA86 first seen last November.
Cetti's Warbler
Des.
New for the year (#97) - Little Stint
I will have a trawl through the records but would be surprised if we have had a bird earlier than say mid April previously
Have been reading about tomorrow's eclipse with interest. Will the birds go silent? Could the owls get confused? Will be there in the morning to find out. Look forward to hearing other's views on the subject.
A cold start but as the day warmed up, the BHG's took to the air hawking the emergent gnats. The Avocet flock came on to the Moors having again been disturbed by the sewage workers, but they soon returned. By the afternoon they were settled and going through their rituals. Around the moors plenty of water rail were calling and squealing in territorial disputes. The cettis , song thrush and several reed buntings were singing. A couple of waders moved through at the Flashes namely dunlin and ringed plover but dissapointingly no LRP yet.
Trevor Jones reported 2 Sand Martin and 3 Little Egret at the Moors Pool today but still no sign of LRP at the Flashes
Craig also mentioned an entry in the Flashes log....Goshawk this afternoon.he didn't recognise the initials
If anybody missed the partial eclipse here is a link to a short video filmed on the Malvern Hills through clouds.
The sun never came out until almost the end, but I think it turned out for the better....
https://youtu.be/Z3eIL8Eyeys
Thanks for sharing Steve - really evocative :t: