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Peugeot · Jun 6, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

06/06/16

2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, (+ 3 juvs ), 4 Mute Swan, 3 Oystercatcher, 4 Coot (+ 4 juvs ), 22 Mallard (+ 22 juvs ), 26 Tufted Duck, 3 Moorhen, and 4 Canada Goose, were on the pools, with 20 Swift, 10 House Martin, and 3 Swallow, hawking over.

800+ Common Tern, and 1 Mediterranean Gull ( Adult Summer ), were on the 'rafts'.

1 Grey Partridge ( juv ), was on the rough grassland area.

1 Cetti's Warbler was heard.

Peugeot · Jun 7, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

07/06/16

At 05.00am this morning....

2 Moorhen, 2 Mute Swan, 4 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 16 Mallard, 25 Tufted Duck, 2 Gadwall, and 10 Canada Goose, were on the pools, with 16 Lapwing, and 3 Oystercatcher, on the rapidly drying out pools.

800+ Common Tern, and 400+ Black Headed Gull, were on the 'breeding rafts'.

2 Cetti's Warbler were heard.

The rough grassland and scrub areas.......1 Whinchat, 2 Tree Pipit, ( breeding pair, an excellent site record ), 1 Little Owl, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Stoat, and 1 Fox ( with 3 cubs ), and also 1 Hobby, ( seen over the pools, taking a House Martin,......spectacular ).

Peugeot · Jun 12, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

12/06/16

These are the current 'Breeding Raft' numbers for 2016, but these latest figures are likely to improve, with a second count for the 2016 breeding season now imminent.........

346 Common Tern nests, which collectively hold 919 eggs.

347 Black Headed Gull nests, which collectively hold 631 eggs.

2 Mute Swan, 2 Moorhen ( + 2 juvs ), 16 Mallard, 4 Coot ( + 3 juvs ), 18 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe ( + 2 juvs ), 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, and 1 Water Rail, were on, and around the pools.

2 Cetti's Warbler, were again heard singing from their traditional breeding areas on site, but unfortunately, I personally don't understand ringing terminology, but after talking to the guys on site this morning, I believe, that if they can eventually manage to ring some chicks that are known as 'pullus', or 1J, then this should clinch further breeding records for the site.

Peugeot · Jun 13, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

13/06/16

05.30am this morning.........

3 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 19 Lapwing, 2 Moorhen, 1 Mute Swan, 18 Mallard, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Great Crested Grebe, and 2 Coot, were on the pools, with 3 Swift, 3 House Martin, and 11 Swallow hawking over.

800+ Common Tern, and 800+ Black Headed Gull, occupied the 'rafts'

1 Cetti's Warbler was heard.

1 Grey Wagtail ( juv ), passed through.

1 Kingfisher, was seen perched amongst the poolside vegetation.

Peugeot · Jun 17, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

17/06/16

1 White Winged Black Tern, was seen amongst the Common Tern, and Black Headed Gull colony today.

P.S......

Many thanks, must go to my good friends Pete and Sue Haslem, and also to Stan Skelton, for very kindly informing me that this bird was here, and thus giving me the opportunity to add another great bird to my site list........

Huwgo · Jun 17, 2016

Cracking record for NE Wales. I managed to catch up with it at Burton Mere where it was showing really well also two Spoonbills present.

Peugeot · Jun 18, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

18/06/16

No sign of the White Winged Black Tern, between 05.00am and 10.00am this morning, but I was very much expecting that to be the case, to be honest, because the bird was being constantly harassed by Common Tern's during the entirety of it's stay yesterday.

3 Little Grebe, 17 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, 4 Mute Swan, 18 Mallard, 16 Canada Goose, and 4 Coot, were on the pools, with 40+ Swift, 4 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, and 2 House Martin hawking over, and also 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Heron, and 35+ Lapwing, seen around the margins.

1 Cetti's Warbler was heard.

3 Grey Wagtail, and 2 Mistle Thrush, passed through.

1 Peregrine ( juv ) chased, but failed to catch an Oystercatcher.

JWN Andrewes · Jun 18, 2016

Peugeot said:
18/06/16

No sign of the White Winged Black Tern, between 05.00am and 10.00am this morning, but I was very much expecting that to be the case, to be honest, because the bird was being constantly harassed by Common Tern's during the entirety of it's stay yesterday.

Looks like it's moved up to Martin Mere, so well done on connecting with such a short stayer!

Peugeot · Jun 18, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

JWN Andrewes said:
Looks like it's moved up to Martin Mere, so well done on connecting with such a short stayer!

Thanks very much.......

I 'flew' out of work yesterday, as soon as I received the news, that it was at the steelworks, and I enjoyed some great views at times,.......it's just a shame, that I never saw the bird perched at any point, but the Common Tern's were merciless in their pursuit of it.

peter haslem · Jun 18, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

We saw the White winged Black tern at 12.00 hrs yesterday, hawking over the Ash pool at DNS. It stayed for 15 mins and then flew towards the Steel works. We were able to relocate it at the Tern colony at 13.30 hrs flying over the rafts pursued by Common Terns.

Peugeot · Jun 19, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

19/06/16

05.00am this morning.......

1 Spotted Crake 'possible' ( heard only, by myself, and also by Pete and Sue Haslem ).

4 Mute Swan, 4 Little Grebe, 12 Coot, 19 Tufted Duck, 17 Mallard, 1 Shelduck, 1 Cormorant, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Canada Goose, 4 Oystercatcher, and 5 Moorhen, were on the pools, with 20+ Swift, 2 Sand Martin, 5 House Martin, and 3 Swallow hawking over.

800+ Black Headed Gull, 800+ Common Tern, and 2 Mediterranean Gull ( adult summer ), were on the 'rafts'.

2 Cetti's Warbler were heard.

100+ Starling passed through.

Peugeot · Jun 20, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

20/06/16

After hearing, what was only a very brief 'snatch' of what we thought was a 'possible' Spotted Crake yesterday, another visit on site this morning, revealed the bird to be calling non stop on this occasion, from the reed beds adjacent to the tern colony, from approximately 05.30am until around 06.20am........which has now enabled a very confident, and conclusive ID of Spotted Crake.

14 Mallard, 1 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Mute Swan, 6 Coot, 3 Moorhen, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 18 Tufted Duck, 3 Shelduck, and 2 Redshank, were on the pools, with 43 Lapwing feeding on the drier surrounds, and 50+ Swift, 8 Swallow, 2 House Martin, and 2 Sand Martin hawking over.

800+ Common Tern, and 800+ Black Headed Gull were on the 'rafts'.

3 Cetti's Warbler were heard.

200+ Starling passed through.

Peugeot · Jun 25, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

25/06/16

05.00am this morning........

1 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Coot, 3 Mute Swan, 5 Little Grebe, 18 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, 14 Mallard, 10 Canada Goose, and 1 Oystercatcher, were on the pools, with 4 Grey Heron, 49 Lapwing, and the first signs of return sandpiper passage through the site, with 3 Common Sandpiper, noted around the margins.

27 House Martin, 44 Swift, and 16 Swallow, were seen hawking over the pools.

The Common Tern and Black Headed Gull colony number's, both remain stable.

Other notable birds........1 Stonechat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, and 1 Little Owl.

Peugeot · Jun 26, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

26/06/16

05.00am visit again today........

70 species were recorded in total,........here's the pick of the bunch.

2 Teal, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Moorhen, 3 Cormorant, 12 Coot, 10 Little Grebe, 21 Tufted Duck, 2 Mute Swan (+ 1 juv ), 1 Oystercatcher, and 20 Mallard, occupied the pools, with 6 Lapwing, 2 Grey Heron, and 5 Common Sandpiper, noted around the perimeter's, whilst 2 House Martin, 31 Swallow, and 22 Swift, were seen hawking over.

The Common Tern, and Black Headed Gull colonies remain stable.

1 Spotted Crake, was again heard.

The rough grassland /scrub/ bare ground........2 Stonechat, 2 Mistle Thrush, 12 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 6 Linnet, 4 Skylark, 2 Bullfinch, 23 Stock Dove, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler.

Peugeot · Jun 30, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

30/06/16

44 Mallard, 4 Mute Swan, 11 Coot, 35 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 8 Canada Goose, 5 Moorhen, and 1 Great Crested Grebe were on the pools, with 1 Grey Heron, 42 Lapwing, and 16 Common Sandpiper, noted around the margins.

22 Swallow, 21 Swift, and 1 Hobby, were seen hawking over.

The Common Tern and Black Headed Gull colonies remain stable, with many of the Black Headed Gull young, now having fledged.

Other notable birds.......6 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Mistle Thrush, 1 Cetti's Warbler, and 1 Peregrine Falcon.

Peugeot · Jul 1, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

01/07/16

1 Great Crested Grebe, 24 Canada Goose, 5 Moorhen, 10 Little Grebe, 18 Coot, 25 Tufted Duck, 3 Gadwall, 3 Mute Swan, and 24 Mallard, frequented the pools, with 2 Oystercatcher, 33 Lapwing, 4 Little Egret, and 8 Common Sandpiper, noted around the perimeter's.

30+ Swift, 1 House Martin, and 12 Swallow hawked over.

The Black Headed Gull, and Common Tern colonies remain stable.

The first returning Meadow Pipit and Common Redstart, were observed passing through.

Other notable birds.......1 Stonechat, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 35 Stock Dove, and 1 Tawny Owl.

Peugeot · Jul 3, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

03/07/16

2 Great Crested Grebe, 13 Moorhen, 13 Coot, 28 Tufted Duck, 2 Gadwall, 3 Mute Swan, 13 Little Grebe, 22 Mallard, 9 Canada Goose, and 2 Oystercatcher, were on the pools, with 2 Grey Heron around the margins, whilst return sandpiper passage continued through the site in earnest, with 12 Common Sandpiper also noted.

The Common Tern and Black Headed Gull colonies both remain stable, with the first fully fledged Common Tern young of the season, being seen flying, and perching around the 'rafts'.

30+ Swallow, and 4 Swift, were noted hawking over.

Other notable birds......6 Yellow Wagtail, 30+ Stock Dove, 5 Kestrel, 1 Red Legged Partridge, and 1 Cetti's Warbler.

Peugeot · Jul 5, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

05/07/16

12 Canada Goose, 35 Mallard, 2 Gadwall, 24 Tufted Duck, 20 Coot, 4 Mute Swan, 7 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, and 4 Moorhen, were on the water, with 2 Grey Heron, 5 Oystercatcher, and 10 Common Sandpiper, seen around the margins, ( and working on the assumption, that all of the Common Sandpiper are different parties of birds passing through each visit, this would suggest that around 55 birds have passed through the site in the last 10 day's )......no sign of the first returning Green Sandpiper thus far though, ( 2015 return date 26/06 ).

Black Headed Gull and Common Tern colonies, both continue to produce more fledged young.

250+ Starling, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Grey Wagtail, and 2 Yellow Wagtail passed through.

1 Cetti's Warbler was heard.

Peugeot · Jul 6, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

06/07/16

1 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Moorhen, 4 Mute Swan, 9 Little Grebe, 24 Coot, 32 Tufted Duck, 38 Mallard, and 19 Canada Goose, occupied the pools, with 3 Grey Heron, 2 Oystercatcher, 30 Lapwing, and a further 10 Common Sandpiper were noted passing through.

54 Swallow, and 15 Swift hawked over.

Rough grassland/scrub/bare ground.........7 Pied Wagtail, 26 Stock Dove, 8 Meadow Pipit, and the first returning Wheatear was also noted.

Peugeot · Jul 7, 2016

Shotton Steelworks

07/07/16

1 Cormorant, 33 Mallard, 2 Oystercatcher, 26 Coot, 7 Little Grebe, 5 Mute Swan, 16 Tufted Duck, 22 Canada Goose, 6 Moorhen, 1 Gadwall, and 1 Great Crested Grebe were on the water, with 1 Grey Heron, 1 Grey Wagtail, 40+ Lapwing, and 10 Common Sandpiper noted around the margins.

50+ Swift, 40+ House Martin, and 30+ Swallow hawked over.

Rough grassland/scrub/bare ground..........2 Raven, 2 Kestrel, 25+ Mistle Thrush, 6 Stock Dove, 7 Linnet, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, and 2 Grasshopper Warbler, whilst 2 Tree Pipit still remain.

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