forgetfulelephant
Well-known member
Yes pics later.
-
Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.
Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Upton Warren (19 Viewers)
- Thread starter andythomas
- Start date
Yes pics later.
Woodchat
Cogito ergo sum
Nice one - look forward to them.
forgetfulelephant
Well-known member
Bittern reported to me flying up from reeds & straight back down near New West hide. Around 11am ish.
Rob
Rob
forgetfulelephant
Well-known member
Stone Snapper
Warrener till i snuff it
forgetfulelephant
Well-known member
biking birder 2010
Well-known member
Strange how you can miss the bittern but you never miss the cakes! ATB and UTV:eat:
upstarts1979
Well-known member
Tomorrow's Work Party.
Tomorrows work party is the last chance we will have, to shingle the 'pool island' at Amy's Marsh. Thereafter we will NOT be doing any Major work on Amy's. Although the weather has gone cold, many waders will start to breed by the end of March.
We will also be clearing a breeding area for Lapwing around the Broadmeadow and generally tidying up the area.
The work will not be too heavy, but the more the merrier and the more shingle we will move. If there is any shingle left then we will complete it next year.
Hope to see as many as possible tomorrow. meet at car park at Moors 9am should be done by 1pm. I will also bring some squash.
B
John
weather looks good, the more shingle we move the warmer we get.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wm/bromsgrove_forecast_weather.html
Tomorrows work party is the last chance we will have, to shingle the 'pool island' at Amy's Marsh. Thereafter we will NOT be doing any Major work on Amy's. Although the weather has gone cold, many waders will start to breed by the end of March.
We will also be clearing a breeding area for Lapwing around the Broadmeadow and generally tidying up the area.
The work will not be too heavy, but the more the merrier and the more shingle we will move. If there is any shingle left then we will complete it next year.
Hope to see as many as possible tomorrow. meet at car park at Moors 9am should be done by 1pm. I will also bring some squash.
B
Johnweather looks good, the more shingle we move the warmer we get.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wm/bromsgrove_forecast_weather.html
Last edited:
forgetfulelephant
Well-known member
upstarts1979
Well-known member
Rob, it looks like the island behind, isn't going to last long. Hopefully by tomorrow dinner time, we will have an island that wont wash away.:t:
see you in the MorningB
john
gary.palmer
@thewyrewagtail
Just after one of the snow flurries passed through today, at about 2:30 pm an adult Common Gull was mingling in with the BH Gulls on the Moors.
Great to see Avocets back !! Cracking birds that 35 years ago (when I started birding) would have never been expected to be such a Midlands, let alone UW, regular !!
Great to see Avocets back !! Cracking birds that 35 years ago (when I started birding) would have never been expected to be such a Midlands, let alone UW, regular !!
rollingthunder
Well-known member
Was it 35 years ago when you were that 'stupid boy' who could'nt keep still in the back seat of Daves' 'Twitch-Tank'
How time flies, you low-listing dog....................
Laurie:t:
How time flies, you low-listing dog....................
Laurie:t:
Woodchat
Cogito ergo sum
LRP Prediction
Did anyone correctly guess yesterday's return date for LRP?
11th March is quite an early date (I believe the joint earliest - matched twice in the past 10 years). The average return date (mean and median) over the past 10 years is 15th March, with a standard deviation of 4.22 days.
Based on this, the probability of yesterdays arrival was about 1 in 6 chance (z = 0.948, Q = 0172).
In hindsight, my own guess (14th March) was a bit on the conservative side.
Did anyone correctly guess yesterday's return date for LRP?
11th March is quite an early date (I believe the joint earliest - matched twice in the past 10 years). The average return date (mean and median) over the past 10 years is 15th March, with a standard deviation of 4.22 days.
Based on this, the probability of yesterdays arrival was about 1 in 6 chance (z = 0.948, Q = 0172).
In hindsight, my own guess (14th March) was a bit on the conservative side.
wheatearlp
Well-known member
Don't think anyone did Dave. I had a quick scroll back to February and only about 5 offered an arrival date. Mine was 13th and someone went with 10th, but I think those were the closest.
Stone Snapper
Warrener till i snuff it
forgetfulelephant
Well-known member
Brian Stretch
Well-known member
3 Bitterns at the Moors Pool (per GHP) this evening!
May be one of them is the Coney Meadow bird?
Brian
May be one of them is the Coney Meadow bird?
Brian
upstarts1979
Well-known member
Wow went to the Flashes at 5.15pm no cars in car park. He must have arrived after that.B
upstarts1979
Well-known member
Just back from the Mecca.
1st of all thanks to all 15 work party members , we moved between 10 and 12 tonnes of shingle. More details later.:t:
Birding at moors Very cold all day with snowy flurries, after lunch. A strong NE wind most of the day veering to the WNW late on.
GCG 4, little grebe 3, cormorant 6, mute swan pr, shoveler 13 (6prs + male), gadwall 11 (5 prs + male) all in Broadmeadow pool, Shelduck pr, teal 9, Pochard 14 (12 male), Tufted 30, Oystercather 7, Curlew 2, snipe 15, BHG 200, Herring gull 3, LBBG 3, Kestrel, buzzard, redpoll 15, siskin 3, meadow pipit, pied wag, grey wag,
FLASHES: (till 6.40pm)
Teal 6, shelduck 3, avocet 9, oystercatcher 5, curlew 19, BHG 500, song thrush,
1st of all thanks to all 15 work party members , we moved between 10 and 12 tonnes of shingle. More details later.:t:
Birding at moors Very cold all day with snowy flurries, after lunch. A strong NE wind most of the day veering to the WNW late on.
GCG 4, little grebe 3, cormorant 6, mute swan pr, shoveler 13 (6prs + male), gadwall 11 (5 prs + male) all in Broadmeadow pool, Shelduck pr, teal 9, Pochard 14 (12 male), Tufted 30, Oystercather 7, Curlew 2, snipe 15, BHG 200, Herring gull 3, LBBG 3, Kestrel, buzzard, redpoll 15, siskin 3, meadow pipit, pied wag, grey wag,
FLASHES: (till 6.40pm)
Teal 6, shelduck 3, avocet 9, oystercatcher 5, curlew 19, BHG 500, song thrush,
