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Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 28, 2017

• #33,621

Dave J further updates from the Flashes:

2 Med Gulls (ad & 1s), female Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, third brood of Lapwing (2+ chicks) - sadly the first 2 broods appear to have perished.

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 28, 2017

• #33,622

Egyptian Goose now on the Sailing Pool

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 28, 2017

• #33,623

Dave J reports from the Flashes:

2 Common Tern, 2 Med Gulls (both second summer), Common Sandpiper

 

Julie50

Mostly in the Midlands :)

Supporter

• Apr 28, 2017

• #33,624

Can someone identify this little one for me?

Hi all

Another great after work visit. I saw my first med gulls and got a good photo of the ruff - put it on the gallery ( good for me anyway!)

I thought this was a reed bunting when I took the picture there were a lot by the Moors Pool this evening, but it is not and I do not know what it is?

Sorry the photo is not great!

 

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discors

Old Timer

• Apr 28, 2017

• #33,625

Go with your first feeling Male Reed Bunting

 

Julie50

Mostly in the Midlands :)

Supporter

• Apr 28, 2017

• #33,626

Thanks

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 29, 2017

• #33,627

A quick tot up of the lists before the start of the Bank Holiday weekend and some promising weather puts the reserve's year list on 130 species and April's on a very impressive 113 species.

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 29, 2017

• #33,628

Phil Andrews said:

A quick tot up of the lists before the start of the Bank Holiday weekend and some promising weather puts the reserve's year list on 130 species and April's on a very impressive 113 species.

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Since I commenced keeping a record of the monthly lists from the start of 2014 the highest individual month was April 2015 which racked up 115 species. From the (very) limited data-set the most productive months in terms of variety of species are:

April - average 111 species
September - 109
August - 106
May - 101
July - 98

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 29, 2017

• #33,629

Early morning at the Flashes JTB reports:

Egyptian Goose flew out at 6am, Avocet 52 (new record count for the reserve), LR Plover 4, Redshank 2, Teal 2 (pair), Shoveler 5.

2 Common Tern on the Sailing Pool

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 29, 2017

• #33,630

JTB updates from the Flashes as follows:

Med Gull adult, Common Sand, Lapwing - only 13 birds and 3 nests remain (no young seen yet), Lesser Whitethroat singing

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 29, 2017

• #33,631

Dave J reports from the Moors Pool:

Two second summer Mediterranean Gulls, Common Sandpiper, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 29, 2017

• #33,632

2 male Yellow Wagtails in the sewage meadow at the Flashes, Ruff, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Raven, Snipe and a revised count of 22 Lapwing as per JTB.

Here's hoping that the Snipe and Teal continue lingering until next Saturday's All-Day Birdwatch

 

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Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 29, 2017

• #33,633

Just had a look at tomorrow's forecast and it's very promising late afternoon onwards - a brisker easterly overnight and tomorrow morning with rain from 4pm into the early hours. Monday morning could also be good. Target species would include Arctic and Black Terns, Little Gull, Whimbrel, Wood Sand, Godwits, Greenshank and potentially chats & wagtails.

 

upstarts1979

Well-known member

• Apr 29, 2017

• #33,634

Phil Andrews said:

Since I commenced keeping a record of the monthly lists from the start of 2014 the highest individual month was April 2015 which racked up 115 species. From the (very) limited data-set the most productive months in terms of variety of species are:

April - average 111 species
September - 109
August - 106
May - 101
July - 98

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go back 20 years and May was the best month in spring and August in the autumn. . A real sign that spring is getting earlier...for what reason is open to conjecture. john:t:

 

upstarts1979

Well-known member

• Apr 29, 2017

• #33,635

Phil has already mentioned most of what I saw today.
The main feature of the day was the moderate SE wind. Although it was in the right direction it was cold , out of the wind the St Marks Flies were barely flying above the hedgerow, but most were just above the ground. This meant insectivorous species stayed down low. Only a small number of hirundines flew through, so the promising conditions were fruitless apart from the yellow wags. The lapwing chicks probably perished as a result of the chilling temperatures over the last few days. There food supply probably disappeared and this made them vulnerable to buzzard and gull attacks. The avocets are also having a hard time from coot in one particular area. I counted the BHG nests today and the steady weekly increase has slowed down but is at a record number.

Species count FLASHES :
Teal pr. shoveler 5+. gadwall 4. mallard brood of 7+. Shelduck 6. Tufted 15. Egyptian geese. greylag 4. Canada goose brood.
Avocet 52. oystercatcher 2. lapwing 22 (5 nests ). Redshank 3. Common sand. Ruff. LRP 4. snipe.

Med Gull 2 (1x Adult + 1st summer with a red ring PTJ1). Herring gull 3. LBBG 6. Common tern 3.
Peregrine. Buzzard 3. kestrel.
stock dove 15. raven 2. Jay. rook 6.
skylark 3. swallow 3. Sand martin 4.
Yellow wag 2. pied wag. song thrush 2.
Cetti's Warbler. sedge warbler 4. Reed warbler 3. blackcap 2. lesser whitethroat. chiffchaff 2.
linnet 5. bullfinch.
Reed bunting 5.
Pics of the adult and 1st summer Med Gulls. the ruff and the Med gulls ring

 

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Julie50

Mostly in the Midlands :)

Supporter

• Apr 29, 2017

• #33,636

We saw a buzzard visit twice yesterday, early evening. The lapwings were very aggressive towards it and it landed on the grass area at the back of the Flashes as well as the oak tree and telegraph pole.

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 30, 2017

• #33,637

Craig noted a ringed Black-headed Gull - black 2AJA - from the Marsh Lane programme yesterday evening.

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 30, 2017

• #33,638

Phil Andrews said:

Just had a look at tomorrow's forecast and it's very promising late afternoon onwards - a brisker easterly overnight and tomorrow morning with rain from 4pm into the early hours. Monday morning could also be good. Target species would include Arctic and Black Terns, Little Gull, Whimbrel, Wood Sand, Godwits, Greenshank and potentially chats & wagtails.

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Rain now not starting until 6pm today and lasting through until dawn on Monday

Already this morning Black Tern, Little Tern and Barwit have been recorded in the region

 

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Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 30, 2017

• #33,639

Early morning update from Dave J at the Flashes including a bit of wader movement:

50 Avocet, Ruff, 2 Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 LR Plover, 2 Redshank, Teal, 5 Shoveler

 

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Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 30, 2017

• #33,640

Summer plumaged Spotted Redshank briefly at the Moors Pool as per Paul C.

Also Green Sand and 3 Common Sand as per JTB

 

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