Stone Snapper
Warrener till i snuff it
Btg on flashes now
100. Swallow
This is the joint second earliest Swallow recorded at Upton Warren, matching the date achieved in 2010 and only beaten by the arrival of 1998's first bird on the 20th March. Attached is a chart showing the spread of Swallow arrival dates over the years.
Avocet numbers increasing even further - 31 this morning at the Flashes as per Dave J!! :eek!: QUOTE]
Phil,
With the fluctating numbers of Avocets I was wondering when they might settle down and stay. Could you look up the date last year when the eventual total - 26, I believe - was reached for the first time?
Peter
Phil,
With the fluctating numbers of Avocets I was wondering when they might settle down and stay. Could you look up the date last year when the eventual total - 26, I believe - was reached for the first time?
Peter
Hi Peter - 26 birds (13 pairs) was not achieved until the first half of May so another six weeks for numbers to increase further! An additional 27th bird was also present on 26th May, 27th May and 2nd June last year.
Seen on FACEBOOK....
https://www.facebook.com/worcestershirewildlifetrust/posts/10152878579025995
Keith :t:
I know ALL the local and usual birders/togs would go out of there way to hand in ANYTHING thats been found in and around the reserve but a friend whose tripod this is has still not heard anything about its loss.
The friend has now been so put off the reserve they are vowing not to return again.
I think the friend is well known there and is also friends with many of the wardens as well.
Lets hope it HAS been taken to a safe place and they have not yet got in touch with the trust yet.
Such a pity if it has been taken for good as this is one place I would not expect this to happen at.
Keith :t:
The truth is that whilst we would all hope birders are the nicest, kindest people you would ever want to meet, at the end of the day they are a cross-section of society like any other 'clan'. Several hundred people must pass through the reserve during the course of the week; there is always a chance there is a bad egg amongst them (like the individual with convictions for crimes against wildlife who seemingly only ever appears late evenings in the breeding season ...).
Thanks Phil...never heard of HIM/HER.....I always live in a bubble of innocence...
Hope the friend has some good news soon though....:-C
Keith :t: