Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Black Tern on the Sailing Pool this morning (thanks for the text Brian :t
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
A quick spin through the WMBC annual reports indicates that Drayton Bassett Pits (now Middleton RSPB) also achieved this feat in 2008 (2 broods of 6 and 9 Shelduck young, 4 broods of Gadwall and 1 pair of Shoveler with 2 young)
rollingthunder
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I have just received a text - for those that know him and there will be many, many birders over the years that have made his acquaintence - Eric Phillips has passed away:C This has come as a terrible shock, i only saw him just over a week ago @ Whittington. I don't have any other details and am sorry to be the bearer of bad news as i know a number of regulars go back a long way.....
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
That is very very sad news - very much part of the West Mids birding scene. Saw him only a few weeks ago at the Citril Finch twitch
midlands birder
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Alan Giles reports a Merlin through the Moors Pool this morning
Dick-E-Dipper
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Beginners' Birdwatching course seems to have generated good feedback from course members again. Several people say that they now have the confidence to come again on their own so there may be some new faces around who will respond to a bit of gentle encouragement.
It was great for several of us to bump into a birder who started at one of our courses!
It was great for several of us to bump into a birder who started at one of our courses!
upstarts1979
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Update from Moors: Med Gull 2 nd summer. Chicks- GCG 1; Lapwing 1.Oyc 1+2. . Snipe . Oycs 5. Common tern 5.
FLASHES: Chicks - Avocet 22 (runty lost): lapwing 1 meadow. 3 in front. 2 in delta. Shelduck 8. Shoveler 3 poss 4. .........med gull 1st summer. Avocet 28 ads. Lapwing12. Oyc 2. Lrp 4. Blackwits 2.
A more detailed report: Gale force winds forced many birds to hunker down, hopefully the Wednesday crew will be able to find more chicks.
MOORS: c300 swift fed over the pool early morning, The LBBG's are taking their toll of BHG chicks, this has meant that many BHG's are now relaying - unfortunately some have chosen the rafts and we now have only 2 sitting common tern. The 1st brood oystercatcher is now 20 days old and has rapidly grown. And will put another spurt on with the amount of massive worms being brought to it today. Its just a pity that lapwing chicks don't grow as quickly. The continued appearance of a snipe is intriguing, all our wintering snipe have long gone so who knows what this one is up to. Several little grebes were seen but as yet no chicks, which is also the same with the mute swan.
FLASHES: Once again the Flashes were alive with action. Menacingly a couple of LBBG and a carrion crow were patrolling the 3rd Flash. But interestingly a lapwing attacked the crow when it ventured towards 'the oaktree' and the lapwing then dropped down in front of the oak. I am 90% sure that there are chicks hidden in the marshy area behind the reeds. The shelduck chicks are now beyond the capability of LBBG's and should go on to fledge. Unfortunately the 3 or 4 shoveler are still looking very vulnerable. On the Avocet front 'runty' 1 of the 3 on the east shore has been lost, but all the other 22 chicks are doing well.
species count: Shoveler 4 (2 prs), shelduck 10 ads (+1 male on moors), gadwall pr, tufted 10, greylag 17, Avocet 28 ads + 22 ch, lapwing 12 ads + 6 ch, LRP 4 , Oystercatcher 2 ads, Black tailed godwit 2, Med Gull 1st sum, raven 2, cuckoo 2, swift 80,
FLASHES: Chicks - Avocet 22 (runty lost): lapwing 1 meadow. 3 in front. 2 in delta. Shelduck 8. Shoveler 3 poss 4. .........med gull 1st summer. Avocet 28 ads. Lapwing12. Oyc 2. Lrp 4. Blackwits 2.
A more detailed report: Gale force winds forced many birds to hunker down, hopefully the Wednesday crew will be able to find more chicks.
MOORS: c300 swift fed over the pool early morning, The LBBG's are taking their toll of BHG chicks, this has meant that many BHG's are now relaying - unfortunately some have chosen the rafts and we now have only 2 sitting common tern. The 1st brood oystercatcher is now 20 days old and has rapidly grown. And will put another spurt on with the amount of massive worms being brought to it today. Its just a pity that lapwing chicks don't grow as quickly. The continued appearance of a snipe is intriguing, all our wintering snipe have long gone so who knows what this one is up to. Several little grebes were seen but as yet no chicks, which is also the same with the mute swan.
FLASHES: Once again the Flashes were alive with action. Menacingly a couple of LBBG and a carrion crow were patrolling the 3rd Flash. But interestingly a lapwing attacked the crow when it ventured towards 'the oaktree' and the lapwing then dropped down in front of the oak. I am 90% sure that there are chicks hidden in the marshy area behind the reeds. The shelduck chicks are now beyond the capability of LBBG's and should go on to fledge. Unfortunately the 3 or 4 shoveler are still looking very vulnerable. On the Avocet front 'runty' 1 of the 3 on the east shore has been lost, but all the other 22 chicks are doing well.
species count: Shoveler 4 (2 prs), shelduck 10 ads (+1 male on moors), gadwall pr, tufted 10, greylag 17, Avocet 28 ads + 22 ch, lapwing 12 ads + 6 ch, LRP 4 , Oystercatcher 2 ads, Black tailed godwit 2, Med Gull 1st sum, raven 2, cuckoo 2, swift 80,
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upstarts1979
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Thus 6 chicks on Flashes + 1 still sitting should hatch soon and 1 chick on Amy's marsh
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A windy afternoon at the flashes and a quck visit to the Moors pools afterwards. The Avocet and Shelduck chicks have really grown since my last visit but it was good to catch the Lapwing and Oystercatcher chicks this time. Also got a Cuckoo, my first of the year. Always good people to chat with too.
1. Lapwing chick
2. Cuckoo
3. Cuckoo
4. Black Tailed Godwit
5. Pair of Little Ringed Plover leading a Black Headed Gull away from the nest.
1. Lapwing chick
2. Cuckoo
3. Cuckoo
4. Black Tailed Godwit
5. Pair of Little Ringed Plover leading a Black Headed Gull away from the nest.
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upstarts1979
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Thanks for posting Bob...good to see you yesterday mate.
upstarts1979
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water levels
Yesterday I opened both sluices.
MOORS: Here we intend to drop the level by an inch or so over the next few days. This will allow a muddy area in Amy's marsh scrape to appear. This will aid lapwing and dabing duck rearing and wader feeding.
FLASHES: Here I opend the sluice for 4 hours and dropped the level by half a cm. Muddy patches formed in the delta and saucer where lapwing chicks are feeding.
Levels Moors 0.79 & Flashes 0.47....if you visit today or tomorrow could you let me know what the levels are. B john
Yesterday I opened both sluices.
MOORS: Here we intend to drop the level by an inch or so over the next few days. This will allow a muddy area in Amy's marsh scrape to appear. This will aid lapwing and dabing duck rearing and wader feeding.
FLASHES: Here I opend the sluice for 4 hours and dropped the level by half a cm. Muddy patches formed in the delta and saucer where lapwing chicks are feeding.
Levels Moors 0.79 & Flashes 0.47....if you visit today or tomorrow could you let me know what the levels are. B
john
keithr
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Great pics....not even heard a Cuckoo yet......:t:
upstarts1979
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Biking Birder's 2015 Around Britain tour
Went to Suffolk for the weekend with Sue and met up with Gazza. He's looking well and up for the challenge, managed to get a picture of him in action then I ambushed him from a lay-by.
https://www.justgiving.com/gary-prescott/
https://www.facebook.com/bikingbirder2015
https://twitter.com/garybrianpresco?lang=en-gb
Went to Suffolk for the weekend with Sue and met up with Gazza. He's looking well and up for the challenge, managed to get a picture of him in action then I ambushed him from a lay-by.
https://www.justgiving.com/gary-prescott/
https://www.facebook.com/bikingbirder2015
https://twitter.com/garybrianpresco?lang=en-gb
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
I dread to think which of you is a stud in a lay-by ..... 8-P:eek!:
upstarts1979
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Gary STOOD there and I was the STUD8-P:-O
