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upstarts1979 · Jan 31, 2012

Birding at the Moors.
From 9am the 80% of ice covering the pool soon decreased to about 20% due totally to the freezing NE wind.
The North east woodland ( can anyone suggest a more evocative name8-P), was alive with birds even while we were working. Treecreepers, great spotted woodpecker, 6 each of siskin and redpoll, a variety of finches and hoardes of blackbird and tits.
The pool had a surprisingly good amount of species considering the icy start.
sppecies counts: GCG 3, Cormorant 8, mute swan pr, shoveler 7, teal 30, mallard 30, shelduck pr, pochard 11 (8 males), tufted 29, coot 128, water rail at least 6 called around the pool and north moors. Curlew 17, lapwing 120, Herring gull c20 overhead, green woodpecker 2, siskin 6 , redpoll 6, reed bunting 15 on feeding station. and a raven landed in the paddock opposite the NE wood
JohnB

upstarts1979 · Jan 31, 2012

Phil Andrews said:
Please note there is NO access to this section of the reserve.

I meant now there is no access, you know what I mean boss 8-P8-P8-P
Phil its been a long day mate:t:

PS - Phil I topped up the Flashes feeding table, quite a lot of food left from the weekend though

upstarts1979 · Jan 31, 2012

timmyjones said:
Lets not be bringing the pride of Worcestershire down with the opposite of Birmingham! 8-P

Tim
Give us our manager back you Villa $£%" , NOT:-O:-O
keep him8-P

Phil Andrews · Jan 31, 2012

January ends with a total of 82 species recorded, slightly down on previous years.

New birds for the year that may be encountered in February include:
Barnacle Goose, Goldeneye, Avocet, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Dunlin, Golden Plover, Red Kite, Little Owl, Nuthatch, Stonechat, Brambling, Yellowhammer

A more outlandish potential sighting at the Flashes is the outside chance of a finished and useable hide .....

upstarts1979 · Jan 31, 2012

before and after work party today
1. view along east track before
2. after work. coppiced poplar tree, and trimmed all along west side of track.
which included sycamores, willows and non native trees.
3. Shows the overhanging oak before work.
4. after work. we removed some large , shadow forming branches.
the dead hedge was also strengthened.
:t:john

upstarts1979 · Feb 1, 2012

winter feeding station

With the current cold spell setting in for a few days , it might be worth giving the 2 feeding stations a bit more attention.
At least 10 bullfinch , 15 reed buntings and green and great spotted woodpeckers were around yesterday.

upstarts1979 · Feb 1, 2012

upstarts1979 said:
Had a play with my new scanner that one of my Daughters had bought me for Christmas.
So much easier to upload my old pics.
I have put a different slant on this tour. By that, I mean, have a guess where these pics where taken. The clue is, the year is 1988

B John

the 2nd and 4th pics show the same views 24 years on. the 3rd pic to follow

upstarts1979 · Feb 1, 2012

the second pic shows the view today 24 years on from the 1st pic.

Phil Andrews · Feb 1, 2012

upstarts1979 said:
the second pic shows the view today 24 years on from the 1st pic.

Seems a lot sunnier in 1988 - can we recreate that please?

UW82 · Feb 1, 2012

Today's highlights on a day when I was fully expecting to see the Moors Pool frozen. In fact there was very little ice. The Flashes and North Moors were frozen.

MOORS:
Teal (26)-------------------Pochard (8m+3f)
Tufted Duck(24)-----------Shoveler (4)
Snipe (3)-------------------Curlew(17)
G C Grebe (3)--------------Mute Swan (2)
Buzzard (3)

RIVER SALWARPE:
L S Woodpecker (f) reported on PF side of river near A38 bridge.
Blackcap (m)---------------Kingfisher (2)

ED RES/S POOL:
Lesser Redpoll (3)---------Treecreeper
Mute Swan (6)

Des.

Phil Andrews · Feb 1, 2012

Notable movement of waders (Dunlin, Knot, Sanderling) across the West Mids in recent days - worth keeping your eye out next time you are down at Upton.

upstarts1979 · Feb 2, 2012

On the subject of MIGRATION, watch these links. Its a lot quicker than reading 600 pages, although not as good, but it gives a very good understanding and appreciation of what birds endure each year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=s5mBYWvkUA4&list=PLE34C636E171E4F24&feature=plcp&context=C35a1821FD

and below

trans-saharan migration
http://www.youtube.com/CultoftheAmateur

g.h.1 · Feb 2, 2012

One Gadwall (drake) on north side of Moors Pool this evening (pool approx.80% frozen)

upstarts1979 · Feb 3, 2012

Just back from a 95% frozen Moors pool.
The number of birds was high enough to keep this small section open.
species counts.
Mute swan pr, Wigeon 3 (2 males), Shoveler 6, Mallard 145, Teal 14, Pochard 10, tufted 29, coot 144, snipe, curlew 14, lapwing 50,

spoke to Bob H who informed that one of the curlews was looking very sick yesterday on one of the scrape's islands - no sign of it today.

The sailing pool was even more frozen out with a GCG, 75 mallard and 4c mute swans ( 1 ad + 3 juvs)

The Flashes were totally frozen. the feeding station was very busy - bullfinches reed buntings etc.
The hide was being worked on, all the cladding was on and stairs were in place plus handrails.
B

John

toadoftoadhall · Feb 3, 2012

photo of hide looks like a guards watch tower at PoW camp

Phil Andrews · Feb 3, 2012

toadoftoadhall said:
photo of hide looks like a guards watch tower at PoW camp

Achtung! Gruppenfuhrer Corfield will enjoy his new observation point (Stalag Luft 3.5 - the number of months it will take to build); shame he will have to share it with us English swinehunts!

Good to see the broken fence panel still gaping ....

Phil Andrews · Feb 3, 2012

Lots of decent birds within a 10 mile radius of Upton - Iceland Gulls at Westwood, Wildmoor and Bartley and 2 Grey Plovers at Bittell. Hopefully some decent coverage this weekend will result in some interesting sightings. Today's Wigeon shows that there is some wildfowl on the move.

woodwolf · Feb 4, 2012

If only it had been built by our European cousins, been damn schneller 8-P

Phil Andrews · Feb 4, 2012

upstarts1979 said:
The North east woodland (can anyone suggest a more evocative name8-P), was alive with birds even while we were working. Treecreepers, great spotted woodpecker, 6 each of siskin and redpoll, a variety of finches and hoardes of blackbird and tits.

In honour of Big Terry, stalwart of many a work party over the years, couldnt this be our very own Wells Wood? :-O

upstarts1979 · Feb 4, 2012

Phil Andrews said:
In honour of Big Terry, stalwart of many a work party over the years, couldnt this be our very own Wells Wood? :-O

about both Terry's, Norledge and Wells...Terry's wood8-P

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