Stone Snapper
Warrener till i snuff it
I can add collared dove and Tree creeper :t:
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upstarts1979
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Today's work
We continued the SW marsh project.
We were joined by Trace and his Mrs - Sue. ( they couldn't keep away8-P) also present were Peter E, Bob O, Bob P, Dave H, Ray C, Keith M, Tony B, John C, Charles, Paul M and me. Thanks everyone a great effort
Rationale: to ultimately create a 'wigeon lawn' , from an area covered in reed mace and rank grass. By cutting it every year and removing the rhizomes the reed mace area should shrink , as it has done since we started this project 2 years ago. The muddy shoreline will also be ideal for waders pipits wagtails and water rail. The duck, coot and geese will graze and dabble in the shallows. The birds will now be seen from the east hide and wet hide. There are lots of muddy bays so check it out for crakes
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Photos
1. before todays work
2 and 3 after the work the cuttings were piled up and dragged off shore to create floating temporary 'loafing' islands.
Also today contractors were working on the new sluice at the Flashes
see 4 and 5.
also 2 loads of shingle were delivered, 1 each to both the Moors and Flashes
We continued the SW marsh project.
We were joined by Trace and his Mrs - Sue. ( they couldn't keep away8-P) also present were Peter E, Bob O, Bob P, Dave H, Ray C, Keith M, Tony B, John C, Charles, Paul M and me. Thanks everyone a great effort
Rationale: to ultimately create a 'wigeon lawn' , from an area covered in reed mace and rank grass. By cutting it every year and removing the rhizomes the reed mace area should shrink , as it has done since we started this project 2 years ago. The muddy shoreline will also be ideal for waders pipits wagtails and water rail. The duck, coot and geese will graze and dabble in the shallows. The birds will now be seen from the east hide and wet hide. There are lots of muddy bays so check it out for crakes
.Photos
1. before todays work
2 and 3 after the work the cuttings were piled up and dragged off shore to create floating temporary 'loafing' islands.
Also today contractors were working on the new sluice at the Flashes
see 4 and 5.
also 2 loads of shingle were delivered, 1 each to both the Moors and Flashes
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Vern's last gasp Treecreeper took September's list to 105 species in what must rank as one of the poorest autumn's for passage on record saved only by the Temminck's Stint.
October may see the addition of the following to the year list which currently stands on 143:-
Garganey, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper (reducing chance of all three), Short-eared Owl, Little Owl, Grey Plover, Brambling, migrant geese / swans (we haven't even managed a Barnacle Goose of "unknown origins" yet this year).
However October has a track-record of producing some cracking - even left-field - birds over the years (national rarities and scarcities in bold):
1st - Great White Egret (2007)
1st>11th - Pectoral Sandpiper (2010)
1st>12th - Hen Harrier (1985)
1st>11th - Blue-winged Teal (1980)
2nd - Scaup (1994)
2nd - Scaup (2007)
2nd - Crossbill (2011)
3rd - Red-backed Shrike (1999)
3rd - Black-necked Grebe (1975)
3rd - Sandwich Tern (2010)
4th - Long-eared Owl (1986)
4th>5th - Gannet (1997)
5th - Common Scoter (1981)
5th - Crossbill (2010)
6th - Crossbill (1990)
7th - Richard's Pipit (1967)
7th>10th - Pectoral Sandpiper (1986)
7th>10th - Ring Ouzel (1981)
8th - Yellow-browed Warbler (1986)
8th>13th - Spotted Crake (1994)
8th>24th - Scaup (2012)
9th - Bittern (1989) - prior to regular wintering birds
10th>14th+18th - Ferruginous Duck (1989)
12th - Common Scoter (2013)
12th>18th - Ferruginous Duck (1980)
13th - Gannet (2013)
13th+14th - Bearded Tit (1992)
13th+15th - Brent Goose (1996)
15th - Shorelark (1996)
16th - Whooper Swan (2010)
16th - Common Scoter (1985)
16th>28th - Long-tailed Duck (1991)
16th>31st - Scaup (2000)
18th>23rd - Shorelark (2008)
19th - Whooper Swan (2011)
20th - Dipper (2007)
22nd>31st - Pink-footed Goose (2009)
23rd - Glossy Ibis (2013)
23rd>24th - Common Scoter (2012)
23rd>27th - Temminck's Stint (1985)
24th+25th - Great Grey Shrike (1993)
24th>30th - Scaup (1988)
24th>31st - Bearded Tit (1974)
24th - Ring-necked Parakeet (1991)
25th - Scaup (1987)
26th - Black-necked Grebe (1971)
27th - Ring Ouzel (2000)
27th>28th - Black-necked Grebe (1994)
27th>31st - Long-tailed Duck (1976)
28th - Brent Goose (1989)
29th - White-fronted Goose (1968)
29th - Ring Ouzel (2000)
30th - Scaup (1980)
30th - Firecrest (1982)
30th>31st - Long-tailed Duck (1988)
31st - Red-breasted Merganser (2002)
31st - Slavonian Grebe (1965)
31st - Goshawk (1994)
31st - Bearded Tit (1971)
"Late October" - Bearded Tit (1977)
October may see the addition of the following to the year list which currently stands on 143:-
Garganey, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper (reducing chance of all three), Short-eared Owl, Little Owl, Grey Plover, Brambling, migrant geese / swans (we haven't even managed a Barnacle Goose of "unknown origins" yet this year).
However October has a track-record of producing some cracking - even left-field - birds over the years (national rarities and scarcities in bold):
1st - Great White Egret (2007)
1st>11th - Pectoral Sandpiper (2010)
1st>12th - Hen Harrier (1985)
1st>11th - Blue-winged Teal (1980)
2nd - Scaup (1994)
2nd - Scaup (2007)
2nd - Crossbill (2011)
3rd - Red-backed Shrike (1999)
3rd - Black-necked Grebe (1975)
3rd - Sandwich Tern (2010)
4th - Long-eared Owl (1986)
4th>5th - Gannet (1997)
5th - Common Scoter (1981)
5th - Crossbill (2010)
6th - Crossbill (1990)
7th - Richard's Pipit (1967)
7th>10th - Pectoral Sandpiper (1986)
7th>10th - Ring Ouzel (1981)
8th - Yellow-browed Warbler (1986)
8th>13th - Spotted Crake (1994)
8th>24th - Scaup (2012)
9th - Bittern (1989) - prior to regular wintering birds
10th>14th+18th - Ferruginous Duck (1989)
12th - Common Scoter (2013)
12th>18th - Ferruginous Duck (1980)
13th - Gannet (2013)
13th+14th - Bearded Tit (1992)
13th+15th - Brent Goose (1996)
15th - Shorelark (1996)
16th - Whooper Swan (2010)
16th - Common Scoter (1985)
16th>28th - Long-tailed Duck (1991)
16th>31st - Scaup (2000)
18th>23rd - Shorelark (2008)
19th - Whooper Swan (2011)
20th - Dipper (2007)
22nd>31st - Pink-footed Goose (2009)
23rd - Glossy Ibis (2013)
23rd>24th - Common Scoter (2012)
23rd>27th - Temminck's Stint (1985)
24th+25th - Great Grey Shrike (1993)
24th>30th - Scaup (1988)
24th>31st - Bearded Tit (1974)
24th - Ring-necked Parakeet (1991)
25th - Scaup (1987)
26th - Black-necked Grebe (1971)
27th - Ring Ouzel (2000)
27th>28th - Black-necked Grebe (1994)
27th>31st - Long-tailed Duck (1976)
28th - Brent Goose (1989)
29th - White-fronted Goose (1968)
29th - Ring Ouzel (2000)
30th - Scaup (1980)
30th - Firecrest (1982)
30th>31st - Long-tailed Duck (1988)
31st - Red-breasted Merganser (2002)
31st - Slavonian Grebe (1965)
31st - Goshawk (1994)
31st - Bearded Tit (1971)
"Late October" - Bearded Tit (1977)
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upstarts1979
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UW82
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Des have you caught my disease 8-P, must be the 'upton effect'
I've been going to night classes to try and get my ' Belsey texting language diploma'. The time spent is obviously working.
Des.
upstarts1979
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:-O:-O maybe a bit of tweaking around the edges before you become that good8-P
keithr
Relapsus resurgam
Sarahrea
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Can't they haven't paid their £3!
They were fighting anyway. Naughty Egrets :-O:-O:-O:-O
Sarahrea
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Can't have fighting. Hooligan egrets!
UW82
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Today's highlights:
FLASHES:
Stonechat (m)---------------------Meadow Pipit (4)
Chiffchaff---------------------------Green Sand (1)
Snipe (6)---------------------------Lapwing (20)
Curlew (20)------------------------Raven (2)
Peregrine---------------------------Water Rail
Pheasant---------------------------Common Gull (1w)
B H Gull (min 1500)---------------Greylag Goose (1)
Teal (c120)-------------------------Shoveler (54)
MOORS:
Little Egret (4)---------------------Pintail (fem/juv)
Wigeon (10)-----------------------Pochard (2)
Teal (22)---------------------------Greylag Goose (19)
Cormorant (12)--------------------Water Rail (2)
Kingfisher--------------------------Jay (2)
Mistle Thrush (8)------------------Meadow Pipit (c30)
Common Sand---------------------Cetti's Warbler (2)
G C Grebe (3)----------------------Snipe (4)
SAILING POOL AREA:
Cetti's Warbler
Des.
FLASHES:
Stonechat (m)---------------------Meadow Pipit (4)
Chiffchaff---------------------------Green Sand (1)
Snipe (6)---------------------------Lapwing (20)
Curlew (20)------------------------Raven (2)
Peregrine---------------------------Water Rail
Pheasant---------------------------Common Gull (1w)
B H Gull (min 1500)---------------Greylag Goose (1)
Teal (c120)-------------------------Shoveler (54)
MOORS:
Little Egret (4)---------------------Pintail (fem/juv)
Wigeon (10)-----------------------Pochard (2)
Teal (22)---------------------------Greylag Goose (19)
Cormorant (12)--------------------Water Rail (2)
Kingfisher--------------------------Jay (2)
Mistle Thrush (8)------------------Meadow Pipit (c30)
Common Sand---------------------Cetti's Warbler (2)
G C Grebe (3)----------------------Snipe (4)
SAILING POOL AREA:
Cetti's Warbler
Des.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Just shows the attractiveness of the newly cut areas. Hopefully the ongoing management of the south-west marsh by the Tuesday work party will see the presence of Little Egret stretch well into the autumn. This has been by far the most productive year for this species in the reserve's history.
Sy V
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North Moors Hosted Visit - Sunday 5th October 2014
I am sure you've read Phil and John's posts about the Flashes Work Party this Sunday (5th October).
Please be aware that we are hosting a short visit from the Redditch and Bromsgrove Branch of CAMRA on this day too. We have worked together closely for the last couple of years. These efforts have manifested in the 2013 Bromsgrove Beer Festival (BBF) Avocet logo (see attached photo) and the WWT being given Festival Charity status for the 2014 BBF.
The CAMRA guys will be doing a RambAle of the local area all that day, taking in hostelries such as the Swan at Upton Warren, The Hanbury Turn, The Ewe & Lamb, Stoke Prior Sports & Country Club, Wychbold British Legion and ending up at the Crown at Wychbold. They will have only visited the one pub before coming on to the Reserve.
I will be hosting them. It's my intention to bring them onto the Reserve via the stile opposite the Swan then along the path to the Arthur Jacob's (West Moors) hide. We'll spend fifteen to twenty minutes in there before walking up the west path and doing a circuit of the North Moors. I will leave them to their own devices from the Moors car park where they will return to the A38. I will then hot foot it to the Flashes for some of JTB's Lemon Drizzle Cake!
I don't envisage them being on the Reserve for more that an hour and a half. If you encounter the party, any advice/help that members can give will be much appreciated and will add to the already strong bond between the two associations.
It's my intention to put a sign on the door to the Arthur Jacobs Hide today which will inform WWT members of this visit.
Thanks
Sy
I am sure you've read Phil and John's posts about the Flashes Work Party this Sunday (5th October).
Please be aware that we are hosting a short visit from the Redditch and Bromsgrove Branch of CAMRA on this day too. We have worked together closely for the last couple of years. These efforts have manifested in the 2013 Bromsgrove Beer Festival (BBF) Avocet logo (see attached photo) and the WWT being given Festival Charity status for the 2014 BBF.
The CAMRA guys will be doing a RambAle of the local area all that day, taking in hostelries such as the Swan at Upton Warren, The Hanbury Turn, The Ewe & Lamb, Stoke Prior Sports & Country Club, Wychbold British Legion and ending up at the Crown at Wychbold. They will have only visited the one pub before coming on to the Reserve.
I will be hosting them. It's my intention to bring them onto the Reserve via the stile opposite the Swan then along the path to the Arthur Jacob's (West Moors) hide. We'll spend fifteen to twenty minutes in there before walking up the west path and doing a circuit of the North Moors. I will leave them to their own devices from the Moors car park where they will return to the A38. I will then hot foot it to the Flashes for some of JTB's Lemon Drizzle Cake!
I don't envisage them being on the Reserve for more that an hour and a half. If you encounter the party, any advice/help that members can give will be much appreciated and will add to the already strong bond between the two associations.
It's my intention to put a sign on the door to the Arthur Jacobs Hide today which will inform WWT members of this visit.
Thanks
Sy
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Probable first winter Caspian Gull at the Moors Pool at midday, sporting a green ring from an East German scheme.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Full transcript of Brian's message on Worcester Birding:
"Upton Warren NR: probable Caspian Gull (1cy) at the Moors Pool at midday (Pete & Marjo Lewis). Bird has green ring on left leg inscribed 'XVEP' and originates from Lausitz area of German/Polish region."
This is a link to the scheme on the excellent cr-birding website http://www.cr-birding.org/node/872; please be aware of the caution under "note 2". I will approach the scheme to see what the history is.
PS This bird is from the same ringing scheme as the first winter Caspian Gull recorded at the Moors Pool on the 10th January 2014, the first ever for the reserve.
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Stonechat still at the Flashes as per Wicker Man
the wicker man
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Hawking for insects from the top of the reeds at the rear of the Flashes on the East side (left of the main muddy shoreline) at 5:20ish. Also 2 green sands, about 1500 BHG by the time I left but only 1 juv herring gull and 1 ad LBBG - more were still coming in though as I left at 6:20.
