upstarts1979
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Spent 8 and a half hours on the reserve today.
MOORS:
The weather began with heavy rain increasing the Moors level by another inch since Tuesday that's 7 in 7 days. Then late morning the sun came out and birds disappeared well the snipe and jacks did at least.
There has been an exodus of more dabbling duck, birds probably moving to nearby flood plains, hopefully they will return when the floods subside. The snipe again responded to the rain , by feeding in the open on snipe island and the promontory where a Jack performed for a while early on. By mid afternoon a large flock of geese and ducks grazed the SW marsh, maintaining the hope that a grazing lawn will soon develop. At one point the seasonal pool held 100+ duck, mostly mallard with 25 teal.
Species count: Little egret, GCG 2, little grebe 4, cormorant 26, greylag 34, mute swan pr + juv, shoveler 40, teal 65, NO PINTAIL...(must have been a record stay? over to you Phi). Mallard 150, pochard 3, tufted 15, coot 275, water rail several calling, Kestrel, buzzard 2, sparrowhawk, Snipe 72 (with certainly more hiding in the long grass), Jack snipe, lapwing 180, curlew 12, BHG 220, LBBG few, herring gull, green woodpecker, kingfisher, mistle thrush 3, fieldfare 8, redwing 12, goldfinch 60+, cettis w 3,
While I was walking along the flooded Salwarp trail , I heard at least 3 water rails calling from the North end of the Education reserve.
MOORS:
The weather began with heavy rain increasing the Moors level by another inch since Tuesday that's 7 in 7 days. Then late morning the sun came out and birds disappeared well the snipe and jacks did at least.
There has been an exodus of more dabbling duck, birds probably moving to nearby flood plains, hopefully they will return when the floods subside. The snipe again responded to the rain , by feeding in the open on snipe island and the promontory where a Jack performed for a while early on. By mid afternoon a large flock of geese and ducks grazed the SW marsh, maintaining the hope that a grazing lawn will soon develop. At one point the seasonal pool held 100+ duck, mostly mallard with 25 teal.
Species count: Little egret, GCG 2, little grebe 4, cormorant 26, greylag 34, mute swan pr + juv, shoveler 40, teal 65, NO PINTAIL...(must have been a record stay? over to you Phi). Mallard 150, pochard 3, tufted 15, coot 275, water rail several calling, Kestrel, buzzard 2, sparrowhawk, Snipe 72 (with certainly more hiding in the long grass), Jack snipe, lapwing 180, curlew 12, BHG 220, LBBG few, herring gull, green woodpecker, kingfisher, mistle thrush 3, fieldfare 8, redwing 12, goldfinch 60+, cettis w 3,
While I was walking along the flooded Salwarp trail , I heard at least 3 water rails calling from the North end of the Education reserve.
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Phil, so the Pintail presence continuous.
