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Upton Warren (46 Viewers)

Today's highlights:

MOORS-70% frozen reduced to 50% later in the day:
Little Egret----------------------Shelduck (8)
Gadwall (pr)--------------------Teal (47)
Shoveler (32)-------------------Pochard (2m)
Tufted Duck (16)---------------Curlew (10)
G C Grebe (1)------------------ Little Grebe (5)
Mute Swan (2)------------------Sparrowhawk (m)
B H Gull (c110)-----------------Herring Gull (2)
Grey Wagtail--------------------Water Rail (7)
Cetti's Warbler (2)--------------Lesser Redpoll (1)

SAILING POOL/ED RES:
Little Grebe (2)-----------------Tufted Duck (2)
Water Rail (1)------------------B H Gull (16)

FLASHES-100% frozen:
Lapwing (c200)-----------------B H Gull (11)
Raven (1)

Des.
 
To add to Des`s freezing images of `somewhere to stand`, here are a few more

Dick
 

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Water Rails today

Water Rails were everywhere today on the Moors, even in the car park!:t:
Lowest ever bird count for me on the Flashes... pair of Mallard...and they left.3:)
 

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On what was a very cold day, the open water actually increased as a result of the increasingly strong NE wind. As the day progressed the 'east bank' warmed up and attracted more feeding snipe, increasing to 20 by 3pm some literally below the east hide. Some of the duck numbers also increased, while above a steady northerly movement of large gulls ensued. Behind the east hide a small but diverse flock of passerines fed in the lee of the wind, this included song thrush, redwing, starling, goldfinch, chaffinch, bullfinch and tits , with a few snipe close by. Reed buntings were singing in several areas and cettis warblers were unusually conspicuous in front of the east and west hides. More water rails were seen in swampy bottom the NM causeway and the secret garden, as well as the usual areas.

species counts MOORS:
GCG 2, Little grebe 4 min, Little Egret, mute swan 27, mute swan pr, cormorant 2, shoveler 41, teal 65, shelduck 10, pochard 7, tufted 20, coot 260, water rail 15-16, snipe 30, curlew 11, lapwing 3 over, Large gulls herring/LBBG 60+, BHG 250, buzzard 2, sparrowhawk 2, stock dove 5, green woodp, raven, song thrush 2, redwing 8, mistle thrush 1 singing on west side by A38, fieldfare 1, starling, chaffinch 5, bullfinch 4, goldfinch 2, cettis w 2, reed bunting 15,
 
quite a good morning highlights goldcrest around Arthurs seat north moors, grey wag down the salwarpe. Here is some pics.In the game of find the marble the Morhen still looking, Shovelers going round in circles, GSW couldn't find up a tree, but the Little grebe found it under the shelducks bill.8-P
 

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had a bird over by the cormorants today quite sure it a Tufted duck but took a long distance photo of it anyway.
Shelduck boxes on the moors maybe interesting especially to the 2 foxes that followed me up the causeway
 

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This is probably a wide goose chase but did anyone find or hand in a rubber eyepiece for a telescope on the day the bittern was found dead on north moors. Probably lost in the hide closest to the sand martin wall, but could of been in the one opposite .
 
Sunday 8th February 1515-1745

A combination of sightings from myself, John, Mike and Paul C on WeBS count day:

MOORS POOL - 40% ice
3 Little Egret (highest ever winter count), 1 Grey Heron, 10 Cormorant, 2 GC Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, 44 Shoveler, 8 Shelduck, 23 Mallard, 18 Teal, 21 Tufted Duck, 11 Pochard, 23 Greylag Geese, 19 Canada Goose, 255 Coot, 6 Moorhen, 2 Water Rail feeding close to causeway in cut reeds, 11 Snipe, 165 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 1 Lesser Redpoll in North Moors plantation, Stock Dove

SAILING POOL - 75% ice
c20 Mallard, 15 Coot, 1 Moorhen, c50 BH Gulls, c60 Canada Geese, 1 Mute Swan, 5 Little Grebe (my highest count on this body of water), Kingfisher, Raven

FLASHES - 85% ice
4 Shelduck (minimum of 10 on the reserve), c20 Teal, 15 Mallard, 10 Curlew, 5 Snipe, 270 Lapwing, 1 Coot, 6 Moorhen, Water Rail flushed from Hen Brook, 26 Greylag Geese over, Grey Wagtail, no gull roost.
No Snipe flush undertaken on account of the icy conditions
 
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Other than there were two Grey Herons, not much to add to the WEBS count. Late on a Nuthatch was seen to the right of the was hide in the field maple along the fence-line and Cetti's Warblers showed to right and left of the hide.
 
Dave J had 13 Pochard, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Skylark and Meadow Pipit this morning.

Jason T had a drake Goosander over the Flashes heading north early afternoon (#86 for the year)
 
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wheatearlp said:
Other than there were two Grey Herons, not much to add to the WEBS count. Late on a Nuthatch was seen to the right of the was hide in the field maple along the fence-line and Cetti's Warblers showed to right and left of the hide.
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Also peregrine, kestrel, green woodp,
mistle thrush singing behind east hide, small numbers of fieldfare roosted.
Feeding station and scrubland between two hides - reed bunting 15, chaffinch 3, greenfinch 12+, song thrush,

water rail also seen in new NE channel on North Moors, 2 in Amy's marsh scrape, the causeway also had more birds calling. Upton must be one of the best places to see this species.
The Cetti's to the left of the east hide was spending time in the eastern border scrub, a place I have never seen them in before.
 
Isaac2 said:
This is probably a wide goose chase but did anyone find or hand in a rubber eyepiece for a telescope on the day the bittern was found dead on north moors. Probably lost in the hide closest to the sand martin wall, but could of been in the one opposite .
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If it has been found im sure it will be where the leaflets are kept
 
Phil Andrews said:
Will have to check the records but I doubt we have had a higher Shelduck count from this time of year. We may need to build multiple boxes on both sides of the reserve at this rate!
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Just been through the annual reports; since 1984 the best February Shelduck count had been six birds (in 1992 and 2006). Nine were present in mid January 2005; this was a prelude to breeding later in the year.
 
Phil Andrews said:
A combination of sightings from myself, John, Mike and Paul C on WeBS count day:

MOORS POOL - 40% ice
3 Little Egret (highest ever winter count), 1 Grey Heron, 10 Cormorant, 2 GC Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, 44 Shoveler, 8 Shelduck, 23 Mallard, 18 Teal, 21 Tufted Duck, 11 Pochard, 23 Greylag Geese, 19 Canada Goose, 255 Coot, 6 Moorhen, 2 Water Rail feeding close to causeway in cut reeds, 11 Snipe, 165 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 1 Lesser Redpoll in North Moors plantation, Stock Dove

SAILING POOL - 75% ice
c20 Mallard, 15 Coot, 1 Moorhen, c50 BH Gulls, c60 Canada Geese, 1 Mute Swan, 5 Little Grebe (my highest count on this body of water), Kingfisher, Raven

FLASHES - 85% ice
4 Shelduck (minimum of 10 on the reserve), c20 Teal, 15 Mallard, 10 Curlew, 5 Snipe, 270 Lapwing, 1 Coot, 6 Moorhen, Water Rail flushed from Hen Brook, 26 Greylag Geese over, Grey Wagtail, no gull roost.
No Snipe flush undertaken on account of the icy conditions
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Had 3 people say they've seen 4 Little Egrets today.
 

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