Abbeybirder
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Get well soon Dave
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keithr
Relapsus resurgam
........and from me.......
A rare visit today ...and too short as well.
Started at the Flashes before moving on to the East hide at the Moors.
Surprisingly few people about but as usual it was great to observe all the antics of the birds.....especially at the Moors.Almost not an inch to spare on Snipe Island with the Lapwings causing Mayhem by not letting anything have a quite morning.It was the Jackdaws at the Flashes doing the same.One just would not let a Pied Wagtail rest anywhere - it decided to make freiends with a resting Gull in the end.
Thanks as always to John - Upstarts- for making sure I did not miss anything that was about.Had to go on Taxi duty before the Jack Snipe got up close but I see some more visits soon.
Keith
A couple of Teal at the flashes.
Male stopping for a scratch
Female was picking up some dry seeds and then quickly getting a drink to help digest them....she did this about 5 times straight off.
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keithr
Relapsus resurgam
And at the Moors......
The Shovellers were doing some intensive dabbling - one made me laugh by doing it backwards.....lol
A Couple of the grazing Wigeon.
The Shovellers were doing some intensive dabbling - one made me laugh by doing it backwards.....lol
A Couple of the grazing Wigeon.
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Just a quick update on numbers:
Last weekend's Grey Plover, Rock Pipit and Gannet took the year list to 148.
September finished with a month list of 109.
October is currently on 90 but can anyone confirm if the following missing species have also been seen:
Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Coal Tit, Little Egret, Little Owl, Nuthatch, Bullfinch
Last weekend's Grey Plover, Rock Pipit and Gannet took the year list to 148.
September finished with a month list of 109.
October is currently on 90 but can anyone confirm if the following missing species have also been seen:
Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Coal Tit, Little Egret, Little Owl, Nuthatch, Bullfinch
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
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keithr
Relapsus resurgam
upstarts1979
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Coal tit at moors feeders last Tuesday. Forgot to add on forum, but put in my note book.
also yesterday migrant hawkers well spread about reserve and common darter.
also yesterday migrant hawkers well spread about reserve and common darter.
upstarts1979
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All quiet on reserve. Jack snipe showing well re Dave J.
wheatearlp
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Very quiet this morning on both sides of the reserve. There was a single Wigeon remaining on the Moors Pool, with five Gadwall, four or five great Crested Grebe, at least three Little Grebes, 12 Pochard and at last 15 Tufted Ducks still present. A Jack Snipe had been showing before I arrived. Overhead there were a couple of Meadow Pipits, at least five Skylarks and a mobile Grey Wagtail. There were another two Grey Wagtails over the Sailing Pool. The highlights at the Flashes were 8 Meadow Pipits and a showy Peregrine that landed in the ploughed field to the north-east.
chris kenny
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2 bitterns spotted in the reeds on the moors
wheatearlp
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In which area of reeds were these seen? Earlier reports this year were of birds along the east side of the pool viewed from the west side.
Thanks
Mike
binus1963
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that common from last week
soz john forgot about this one thought i better put the two pics on, please excuse the quality long way off, been up flamboro and spurn all weekend and realised when i was going through pics. all the best to dave also get well soon bud.
soz john forgot about this one thought i better put the two pics on, please excuse the quality long way off, been up flamboro and spurn all weekend and realised when i was going through pics. all the best to dave also get well soon bud.
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lesser kestrel
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Best wishes for Dave W. Hope you are OK. A few days rest and you'll be able to catch up reading your back copies of The Guardian.
Moors (east hide) mid afternoon to late afternoon..........1 jack snipe; 3 reported earlier. Common snipe, 2 grey wagtails, little grebe, several grey herons but no sign of any bitterns. Few redwings flew over.
Flashes 170 plus lapwings, 3 common snipe, 1 jack snipe, 3 meadow pipits, 1 migrant hawker, 1 southern hawker, 30 plus flock of shovelers flew in.
Birds generally unsettled; was some shooting going on. Peregrines were having the afternoon off so what was making them edgy I can only speculate.
Off the reserve, Webbs carpark just before dusk is worth a visit to see the pied wagtail roost; about 150 on Thursday.
Moors (east hide) mid afternoon to late afternoon..........1 jack snipe; 3 reported earlier. Common snipe, 2 grey wagtails, little grebe, several grey herons but no sign of any bitterns. Few redwings flew over.
Flashes 170 plus lapwings, 3 common snipe, 1 jack snipe, 3 meadow pipits, 1 migrant hawker, 1 southern hawker, 30 plus flock of shovelers flew in.
Birds generally unsettled; was some shooting going on. Peregrines were having the afternoon off so what was making them edgy I can only speculate.
Off the reserve, Webbs carpark just before dusk is worth a visit to see the pied wagtail roost; about 150 on Thursday.
forgetfulelephant
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Dave, hope you're healing quick mate & that the only Appendix you will have to think about in the future will be the one at the back of a Bird Field Guide! :t:
Rob
Rob
