Stone Snapper
Warrener till i snuff it
1 ruff 1 dunlin 1 snipe on flashes now
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Upton Warren (25 Viewers)
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wheatearlp
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Can you arrange for it to fly over my house on the way, need an addition to the garden list.
Abbeybirder
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Won't be there tomorrow but will be there every Thursday again after so if you like will do the feeders on the flashes early (7.30ish) every Thursday after.
lesser kestrel
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Garden list............can claim osprey, red kite, peregrine, common tern, kestrel, hobby, ring necked parakeet, (all flyovers), common buzzard perched on the garden fence and lesser spotted woodpecker breeding.
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upstarts1979
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keithr
Relapsus resurgam
Where Bird
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UW82
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Today's highlights:
FLASHES:
Ruff-----------------Dunlin (juv)
Curlew (18)--------- Green Sand (6)
Common Sand (2)----Lapwing (107)
Teal (43)------------Gadwall (4)
Kingfisher------------Buzzard (2). One appeared to be eating a Lapwing.
Sedge Warbler
No reports of Willow Tit today.
MOORS:
Shoveler (3)---------Common Tern (2ad+2juvs)
Gadwall(4)-----------Water Rail (2)
Cormorant (5)-------Greylag Goose (22)
Reed Warbler (4)----Yellow Wagatail (briefly on cleared island)
Swift (4)------------G C Grebe (4 +2juvs)
Whitethroat at N Moors.
Des.
FLASHES:
Ruff-----------------Dunlin (juv)
Curlew (18)--------- Green Sand (6)
Common Sand (2)----Lapwing (107)
Teal (43)------------Gadwall (4)
Kingfisher------------Buzzard (2). One appeared to be eating a Lapwing.
Sedge Warbler
No reports of Willow Tit today.
MOORS:
Shoveler (3)---------Common Tern (2ad+2juvs)
Gadwall(4)-----------Water Rail (2)
Cormorant (5)-------Greylag Goose (22)
Reed Warbler (4)----Yellow Wagatail (briefly on cleared island)
Swift (4)------------G C Grebe (4 +2juvs)
Whitethroat at N Moors.
Des.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
How were the mowing / stock fencing works getting on at the Flashes Des?
upstarts1979
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Phil
I don't think it is going to be continuous work. I think they are back tomorrow to do some mowing on the Flashes.
This from Andy
Roving volunteers will help this Thursday to cut the line for the new fence line through some of the blackthorn, reeds and nettles.
UW82
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A certain amount of mowing has been done Phil and poles for fencing were piled up by the track to the Flashes.
Des.
Stone Snapper
Warrener till i snuff it
no work done today Phil, the grass was cut yesterday and the fence posts were taken down to the cuckoo hide yesterday aswell :t:
Stone Snapper
Warrener till i snuff it
on the flashes there were 4 common sands and a single common snipe :t:
upstarts1979
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Ahh - I thought they were mowing the sewage meadow. Presumably the cuttings are being collected ....
upstarts1979
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There will be more cutting over the next couple of weeks, Andy H at the Trust will be informing Rob and Myself as to when the work will be taking place.
The cattle will be grazing the meadow.
Sy V
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Phil
This is an excerpt from AH's latest update.
"... mid week team... made a start today mowing areas to improve visibility for visitors at the Flashes, mowing areas that obscure views as well as parts of the pool edges. He will also be mowing parts of the pathways, and the grassland by the Cuckoo hide and between the Avocet and Cuckoo hide. This team will visit Upton Warren over the coming weeks. Some of the cut material that has been mowed would benefit from raking. A combination of volunteer effort can rake this up, however this should not be as great as last year as most will be left uncut for the cattle to graze..."
So as I see it, we're hoping the cattle will eat the cuttings, but if not...
Sy
Stone Snapper
Warrener till i snuff it
Live from the moors car park it is very spacious if you fancy coming down more to follow
Stone Snapper
Warrener till i snuff it
East hide 1 snipe 125 + tufted 26 greylag 2 shoveler 7 gadwall
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