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lots of activity on Moors and latterly on the Flashes.
Two ringed gulls amongst the 450+ large gulls

Herring Gull 1st winter - green plastic ring on right leg L+K
LBBG adult - black plastic ring right leg 5CF7
 
Lots of coverage all over the place today from early on till 4 at least.

Moors The SW marsh is looking great, hosting all 4 little egrets at one point. The floating islands also supported ducks, swans, geese BHG and egrets. On the grassy shore were greylags and teal.
Elsewhere plenty of grebes, duck, geese, coots and gulls.

Moors species counts
GCG 5, Little grebe 18 min, greylag 15+, mute swan all 6 juvs flying, Wigeon 11, PINTAIL eclipse male .....will be around for a bit longer as all its flight feathers have moulted. Shoveler 50+, teal 24, pochard 2 fems, tufted 18, coot 220+, water rail 2 or 3 in front of west hide. Snipe 6, common sand, lapwing 120 A38 field, BHG 1000ish, LBBG 380, Herring gull 70+, Little Egret 4, grey heron 3, kingfisher 2, green woodpecker, stock dove 3, Raven, Grey wag 2, pied wag 12, Cettis warbler 4 singing, chiffchaff 3, starling 30, reed bunting 5

VIS MIG: - meadow pipit c10, yellowhammer 2
 
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Bittern

Martin S was walking along the causeway yesterday, when a bittern 'shot' out from the North Moors and flew across to the Moors, losing a few feathers in the process. He said it must have been very close to the road.
 
Flashes Today

The Sluice has now been installed, with just a few minor adjustments to be made. The channel on both sides has been widened and deepened to facilitate maximum flow when required. The Flashes should be less prone to flooding and if we do need to remove water, we will be able to do so much more quickly.
photos to follow later.

This now is the down time at the Flashes, most of the waders have moved on and the wintering snipe, lapwing, teal and thrushes will be the highlights. Although, as today proved there's always something up the sleeve.
FLASHES species count very brief visit.
Teal 130, shoveler 5, coot 11, LITTLE STINT 3(Steve T), lapwing 40, snipe 6, curlew 20, BHG 80, Starling 200 feeding in delta on cow trampled areas, STONECHAT feeding from wooden perches left of Oak tree.
meadow pipit 3, and two distant large bunting type birds flying south, no call no features other than a heavy bunting flight jizz. oh well probably yellowhammers.

5 pics from today
1,2,3 sluice
4 sample of the large gull flock
5. starling and curlew at Flashes 'delta'
 

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the two ringed gulls from today

those new rails are doing the bizz :t:
 

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upstarts1979 said:
Lots of coverage all over the place today from early on till 4 at least.

Moors The SW marsh is looking great, hosting all 4 little egrets at one point. The floating islands also supported ducks, swans, geese BHG and egrets. On the grassy shore were greylags and teal.
Elsewhere plenty of grebes, duck, geese, coots and gulls.

Moors species counts
GCG 5, Little grebe 18 min, greylag 15+, mute swan all 6 juvs flying, Wigeon 11, PINTAIL eclipse male .....will be around for a bit longer as all its flight feathers have moulted. Shoveler 50+, teal 24, pochard 2 fems, tufted 18, coot 220+, water rail 2 or 3 in front of west hide. Snipe 6, common sand, lapwing 120 A38 field, BHG 1000ish, LBBG 380, Herring gull 70+, Little Egret 4, grey heron 3, kingfisher 2, green woodpecker, stock dove 3, Raven, Grey wag 2, pied wag 12, Cettis warbler 4 singing, chiffchaff 3, starling 30, reed bunting 5

VIS MIG: - meadow pipit c10, yellowhammer 2
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John, did you see any very black (G B B Gull black) L B B Gulls at the Moors.
There were two on Wednesday.

Des.
 
UW82 said:
John, did you see any very black (G B B Gull black) L B B Gulls at the Moors.
There were two on Wednesday.

Des.
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as in fuscus fuscus:smoke: no not today, but did see a very black, small one 30 years ago . I thought it was fuscus fuscus...but there had never been any records of one , so it was rejected.
 

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