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Skeleton man
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
At the half way point of February the monthly list stands at a very reasonable 80 species.
Possibilities over the next two weeks include (year ticks in bold):
Barnacle Goose, Goldeneye, Pintail, Bittern, Merlin, Redshank, Avocet, Woodcock, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Tawny Owl, Little Owl, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Feral Pigeon, Stonechat, Coal Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Brambling, Yellowhammer
Possibilities over the next two weeks include (year ticks in bold):
Barnacle Goose, Goldeneye, Pintail, Bittern, Merlin, Redshank, Avocet, Woodcock, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Tawny Owl, Little Owl, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Feral Pigeon, Stonechat, Coal Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Brambling, Yellowhammer
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upstarts1979
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Jarad had chiffchaff today mate:t:
Birder Gladys
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Flashes 15:30 till 17.00 Dull evening
Cetti's singing from N/E reeds, pied wag, 1LBBG, 150c BHG, 10 Curlew, 324 Lapwing, 1 oystercatcher and Greensand for 15 mins, 9 Shelduck, good numbers of Teal and Mallard.
Sailing Pool. 5 GCG, Little Erget flew into roost, Peregrine on mast
Cetti's singing from N/E reeds, pied wag, 1LBBG, 150c BHG, 10 Curlew, 324 Lapwing, 1 oystercatcher and Greensand for 15 mins, 9 Shelduck, good numbers of Teal and Mallard.
Sailing Pool. 5 GCG, Little Erget flew into roost, Peregrine on mast
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
This morning Dave J recorded a total of 64 species including adult Common Gull, 2 Oystercatcher, Lesser Redpoll, 4 Gadwall, 3 Skylark and Meadow Pipit at the Moors Pool, 1 Oystercatcher at the Flashes and 8 Shelduck across the reserve.
geoffw1946
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This afternoon there were 13 Shelduck at the Moors and 2 at the Flashes. 2 Little Egret Moors and 1 Flashes. 2 Oystercatcher Moors, 1 Flashes.
An Otter was reported at the Moors.
Geoff
An Otter was reported at the Moors.
Geoff
UW82
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Do you mean 15 in total, because that would be a record for any time of the year i.e. were the Shelduck independently counted at the same time, because they have got a habit of making counting difficult.
Des.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Redhead Smew at Westwood Pool would be a welcome visitor if it moved a few miles north east
upstarts1979
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Tomorrow we will again be working in Amy's marsh as we will be doing so until the 17th March.
Neil the contractor will be spraying the 'crassula'
more shingling and island clearance , plus willow coppicing.
hope to see you tomorrow ...weather looks good. B
Neil the contractor will be spraying the 'crassula'
more shingling and island clearance , plus willow coppicing.
hope to see you tomorrow ...weather looks good. B
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
The reserve record count for Shelduck is 22 (15 at the Flashes, seven at the Moors Pool) achieved on the 8th April 2014 after a flock dropped in to supplement the resident population.
UW82
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Well my collection goes up to 2014!
Writing last year's annual report is taking longer than expected (again) but still hoping for it to be available on the Spring All-Dayer (Sat 25th April)
geoffw1946
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Hi Des,
That's why I recorded them separately, I've no way of knowing if any of the birds flew over to the Moors while I drove round.
Geoff
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Other news today included 69 Snipe and 7 Redpoll at the Moors Pool as per Gert
upstarts1979
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first Avocet of the year on pool island plus 2 Oycs
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upstarts1979
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work Party Today
Today we concentrated most of our efforts on the pool Island (west section).
15 of us ferried shingle from the 'pile' (to the south of the East hide). Then on to the boat and along the east side of the island. It was then spread over the previously muddy area. This had already seen a make over, a few months back. Then, we dug up the silt at the periphery of the old island, this was then piled up to form the muddy mound in pic 1.
The island was created in 1993 and had eroded over the following years, to the extent that it was exposed only at very low water levels.
Pic 1 picture taken in early January , when watrer was much lower
Pic 2 the trail blazers - or should I say it was more like a Normandy landing with Bobby P once again hitting the deck with a bang:-O
pic 3 the 'ferry' pulled with ropes either end
pic 4 the finished article
pic 5 the whole of the pool island.
Bob P did have the last laugh some 2 hours later. When Tony B was heading off with a boat load of the shingle, the boat appeared to be listing heavily and looked like it was about to turn over. Me and John C dived on to the back of the boat to save his life o, but unfortunately the shore drops off rapidly into 3 feet of water. Not nice on a cold day:eek!:, but at least we now know why this area (the Hook ) never freezes. Thankfully no photos, although sympathy was forthcoming .....in the form of laughter 8-P .
Several treecreeper boxes where put up on some of the 'older' trees.
The Crew
Bob P, Bob O, Bob R, Janet, Janette, John C, Jim, Keith M, Nick, Paul M, Peter, Peter E, Roger, Tony B and me
Contractors sprayed the crassula and the shingle islands to keep weed growth down
Today we concentrated most of our efforts on the pool Island (west section).
15 of us ferried shingle from the 'pile' (to the south of the East hide). Then on to the boat and along the east side of the island. It was then spread over the previously muddy area. This had already seen a make over, a few months back. Then, we dug up the silt at the periphery of the old island, this was then piled up to form the muddy mound in pic 1.
The island was created in 1993 and had eroded over the following years, to the extent that it was exposed only at very low water levels.
Pic 1 picture taken in early January , when watrer was much lower
Pic 2 the trail blazers - or should I say it was more like a Normandy landing with Bobby P once again hitting the deck with a bang:-O
pic 3 the 'ferry' pulled with ropes either end
pic 4 the finished article
pic 5 the whole of the pool island.
Bob P did have the last laugh some 2 hours later. When Tony B was heading off with a boat load of the shingle, the boat appeared to be listing heavily and looked like it was about to turn over. Me and John C dived on to the back of the boat to save his life o
, but unfortunately the shore drops off rapidly into 3 feet of water. Not nice on a cold day:eek!:, but at least we now know why this area (the Hook ) never freezes. Thankfully no photos, although sympathy was forthcoming .....in the form of laughter 8-P .Several treecreeper boxes where put up on some of the 'older' trees.
The Crew
Bob P, Bob O, Bob R, Janet, Janette, John C, Jim, Keith M, Nick, Paul M, Peter, Peter E, Roger, Tony B and me
Contractors sprayed the crassula and the shingle islands to keep weed growth down
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upstarts1979
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Birding at the Moors today,
An early check before the work party, revealed our first Avocet asleep on the pool island accompanied by 2 Oystercatchers. Most of the 'scrape ' was frozen first thing so not too many snipe or teal. A small group of gadwall dabbled in the north section of the pool amongst the shoveler. No sign of any pochard and only 3 shelduck, but later a larger flock came in from the Flashes - apparently disturbed by a low flying peregrine. With the sun gaining strength during the morning, several species began singing namely song thrush, goldcrest, cettis w and reed bunting. The sun was even warm enough to dry my trousers in a couple of hours. Coot numbers had dropped dramatically or at least they appeared to have done so, by at least 30%.
species count Moors
GCG , little grebe 5 min with 2 feeding in the new Bittern channel, greylag 20+, little egret 3, mute swan pr, shoveler 29, gadwall 4 (2 prs), teal c20, shelduck 11, tufted 36, coot 165 (down from 260 just over a week ago), water rail calling along east side, AVOCET, Oystercatcher 2, snipe 18, curlew, herring gull 15, LBBG 12, kestrel, buzzard 2, green woodp, great sp woodp, kingfisher, song thrush 3 singing, fieldfare few, redwing 3, goldcrest singing east track, cettis warbler 2 singing, lesser redpoll heard, bullfinch at least 2 males singing, reed bunting 3 singing,
North Moors: Teal 7 feeding on the floating phragmites debris on the west side
An early check before the work party, revealed our first Avocet asleep on the pool island accompanied by 2 Oystercatchers. Most of the 'scrape ' was frozen first thing so not too many snipe or teal. A small group of gadwall dabbled in the north section of the pool amongst the shoveler. No sign of any pochard and only 3 shelduck, but later a larger flock came in from the Flashes - apparently disturbed by a low flying peregrine. With the sun gaining strength during the morning, several species began singing namely song thrush, goldcrest, cettis w and reed bunting. The sun was even warm enough to dry my trousers in a couple of hours. Coot numbers had dropped dramatically or at least they appeared to have done so, by at least 30%.
species count Moors
GCG , little grebe 5 min with 2 feeding in the new Bittern channel, greylag 20+, little egret 3, mute swan pr, shoveler 29, gadwall 4 (2 prs), teal c20, shelduck 11, tufted 36, coot 165 (down from 260 just over a week ago), water rail calling along east side, AVOCET, Oystercatcher 2, snipe 18, curlew, herring gull 15, LBBG 12, kestrel, buzzard 2, green woodp, great sp woodp, kingfisher, song thrush 3 singing, fieldfare few, redwing 3, goldcrest singing east track, cettis warbler 2 singing, lesser redpoll heard, bullfinch at least 2 males singing, reed bunting 3 singing,
North Moors: Teal 7 feeding on the floating phragmites debris on the west side
upstarts1979
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Birding at the Flashes
Arrived at the Flashes at 4.45pm to check out the roost.
A good gathering mainly on the islands and the periphery of the 2nd Flash due to the high water. The BHG's are already displaying to one another and getting territorial. Several snipe were feeding on the grassy slopes in front of the sewage works. A jack snipe 'bounced' at the southern edge of the 2nd Flash and 2 green sands dropped in at 6.16pm - which is exactly 15 minutes later than last Tuesday. They do say that the days lengthen by 15 minutes a week at this time of year - so maybe the green sands realise this.:smoke:
Species count FLASHES: roost
Teal 36, shelduck 10, shoveler pr, mallard 60, greylag 20, canadas 70, coot 18, water rail at least 3 calling, snipe 22, Jack snipe, curlew 11, lapwing 222, Oystercatcher pr already on their breeding island, green sand 2, BHG 450, herring gull, LBBG 2, buzzard 2, green woodp, raven, redwing 12, song thrush 1 singing, cettis singing,
Sailing Pool: GCG 3
Arrived at the Flashes at 4.45pm to check out the roost.
A good gathering mainly on the islands and the periphery of the 2nd Flash due to the high water. The BHG's are already displaying to one another and getting territorial. Several snipe were feeding on the grassy slopes in front of the sewage works. A jack snipe 'bounced' at the southern edge of the 2nd Flash and 2 green sands dropped in at 6.16pm - which is exactly 15 minutes later than last Tuesday. They do say that the days lengthen by 15 minutes a week at this time of year - so maybe the green sands realise this.:smoke:
Species count FLASHES: roost
Teal 36, shelduck 10, shoveler pr, mallard 60, greylag 20, canadas 70, coot 18, water rail at least 3 calling, snipe 22, Jack snipe, curlew 11, lapwing 222, Oystercatcher pr already on their breeding island, green sand 2, BHG 450, herring gull, LBBG 2, buzzard 2, green woodp, raven, redwing 12, song thrush 1 singing, cettis singing,
Sailing Pool: GCG 3
