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went up y'day did'nt get any good pics bird was too far got plenty of bad pics but it was a good life tick oh and got the squacco saturday as well.
 
Today's highlights:

MOORS:
Little Egret ( present until late morning then flew off south, although seen to drop down in Sailing Pool/Flashes area but not seen again).
Pochard (11)-----------------------Teal (59)
Shoveler (9)-----------------------Snipe (3)
Cormorant (26)--------------------Kingfisher (2)
Coal Tit ----------------------------Sparrowhawk (m)
Greylag Goose (16)

FLASHES/SAILING POOL: There appeared to be a large decrease in Meadow Pipit and Linnet numbers.
Teal (15)--------------------------B H Gull (18)
Lapwing (c90)--------------------Skylark (7)
Meadow Pipit (1)-----------------Redpoll (2)
Grey Wagtail---------------------Fieldfare (2)

ED RES:
Treecreeper

Des.
 
Today's highlights:

MOORS:
Little Egret ( present until late morning then flew off south, although seen to drop down in Sailing Pool/Flashes area but not seen again).
Pochard (11)-----------------------Teal (59)
Shoveler (9)-----------------------Snipe (3)
Cormorant (26)--------------------Kingfisher (2)
Coal Tit ----------------------------Sparrowhawk (m)
Greylag Goose (16)

FLASHES/SAILING POOL: There appeared to be a large decrease in Meadow Pipit and Linnet numbers.
Teal (15)--------------------------B H Gull (18)
Lapwing (c90)--------------------Skylark (7)
Meadow Pipit (1)-----------------Redpoll (2)
Grey Wagtail---------------------Fieldfare (2)

ED RES:
Treecreeper

Des.
Hi Des I wonder if that is because the water is returning, it was noticeably wet on the periphery of the Flashes yesterday. The Pochard are really on the move, I wonder if this has always been the case. Numbers have not been stable from one day to the next, this adds a little bit more weight to the reserve's importance as a migration 'stop over' site. Teal have risen a fair bit almost certainly due to the increase in water levels.
B :)John
 
Hi Des I wonder if that is because the water is returning, it was noticeably wet on the periphery of the Flashes yesterday. The Pochard are really on the move, I wonder if this has always been the case. Numbers have not been stable from one day to the next, this adds a little bit more weight to the reserve's importance as a migration 'stop over' site. Teal have risen a fair bit almost certainly due to the increase in water levels.
B :)John

You may be correct John. An area of water is forming towards the centre of the 2nd flash, but there is still plenty of hard mud for Pipits etc, however, there should be a fair amount of rain during the next 24 hours.


Des.
 
Hi John,

Mike has posted you're email about the work parties on the uni conservation page, I have also chipped in requesting help, so lets keep our fingers crossed and hope some lazy a**e students show 8-P Oh I've also told Mike to get himself along, I await for his response with baited breath :t:
 
Hi John,

Mike has posted you're email about the work parties on the uni conservation page, I have also chipped in requesting help, so lets keep our fingers crossed and hope some lazy a**e students show 8-P Oh I've also told Mike to get himself along, I await for his response with baited breath :t:

Thanks for that GavB :)
we will wait and see
come on wickerman, show your students how to do it :smoke: :t:
B :)John
 
Just been told (Tony H) that there are monsoon conditions over Upton at the moment.... going down just to see the tide come into the Flashes8-P
Mind you its going to take a week of this to get back to spring level.
B :)John
 
Just been told (Tony H) that there are monsoon conditions over Upton at the moment.... going down just to see the tide come into the Flashes8-P
Mind you its going to take a week of this to get back to spring level.
B :)John

There was hell of a downpour over Smethwick around 1.30, I wandered if it had touched The Warren
 
Smethwick! Too close to Sandwell for my liking! But the rain news is good and welcome!

The proximity of the home to the tesco bags is much closer to Smethwick than West Bromich..still they had to try and be called after some place someone had heard of;)

On the birding front I read yesterday that the weekend and early next week could be good for Migrant's with winds NE to E
 
Just backed from the real mecca (well it is almost back to being so.)

Moors very quiet, water up about 1cm. only very briefly birded from east hide
nothing of note 5 shoveler, 4 pochard, 2 kingfisher.

Excitedly I dashed down to the Flashes with Tony H, not knowing what to expect. Immediately we knew that there would be some water on the Flashes, as the hen brook was almost overflowing its banks.
Arriving at the 1st Flash hide...yes it was back big time. On Tuesday (1st Nov) there was a shallow covering around the main islands. But now the water was on the 'marker' which hadn't seen water on it since mid August. The marker was at 0.26 this is the same as on the 7th August. This meant we have had at least 7cm in the last 24 hours on the Flashes.
What's even better is that the birds have returned as well. The lapwing flock had increased to 230, and Teal 38 also 4 snipe, 105 BHG roosted and little owl calling.
With tomorrow's forecast of more heavy rain, what was the problem8-P told you it would be back:smoke:
 

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Just backed from the real mecca (well it is almost back to being so.)

Moors very quiet, water up about 1cm. only very briefly birded from east hide
nothing of note 5 shoveler, 4 pochard, 2 kingfisher.

Excitedly I dashed down to the Flashes with Tony H, not knowing what to expect. Immediately we knew that there would be some water on the Flashes, as the hen brook was almost overflowing its banks.
Arriving at the 1st Flash hide...yes it was back big time. On Tuesday (1st Nov) there was a shallow covering around the main islands. But now the water was on the 'marker' which hadn't seen water on it since mid August. The marker was at 0.26 this is the same as on the 7th August. This meant we have had at least 7cm in the last 24 hours on the Flashes.
What's even better is that the birds have returned as well. The lapwing flock had increased to 230, and Teal 38 also 4 snipe, 105 BHG roosted and little owl calling.
With tomorrow's forecast of more heavy rain, what was the problem8-P told you it would be back:smoke:


Excellent news John :t:, I'll take a sherbert to celebrate B :)
 
Just backed from the real mecca (well it is almost back to being so.)

Moors very quiet, water up about 1cm. only very briefly birded from east hide
nothing of note 5 shoveler, 4 pochard, 2 kingfisher.

Excitedly I dashed down to the Flashes with Tony H, not knowing what to expect. Immediately we knew that there would be some water on the Flashes, as the hen brook was almost overflowing its banks.
Arriving at the 1st Flash hide...yes it was back big time. On Tuesday (1st Nov) there was a shallow covering around the main islands. But now the water was on the 'marker' which hadn't seen water on it since mid August. The marker was at 0.26 this is the same as on the 7th August. This meant we have had at least 7cm in the last 24 hours on the Flashes.
What's even better is that the birds have returned as well. The lapwing flock had increased to 230, and Teal 38 also 4 snipe, 105 BHG roosted and little owl calling.
With tomorrow's forecast of more heavy rain, what was the problem8-P told you it would be back:smoke:

Great news John,

FWIW, just light showers here in Worcester!

Brian
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Birding Today
 
Yes you got that right mate.
If we don't get too much rain, there is still scope to dig out others as well.
B :)John

Hi John - can you pull the plug out again so we can complete the island and channel works on Sunday? :-O

It does make you wonder what would have been recorded over the last four months given how quickly the birds have moved back to the Flashes as soon as there is some water in it.
 
Hi John - can you pull the plug out again so we can complete the island and channel works on Sunday? :-O

It does make you wonder what would have been recorded over the last four months given how quickly the birds have moved back to the Flashes as soon as there is some water in it.

After the last 3 months of 'desert' conditions I for one will never slag the Flashes off again ...mind you, I am not sure I ever did..easily pleased me8-P

Phil I don't want to think about what we missed, especially with all those yank waders around at the time.:t:
 

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