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Flint Point, Shotton & Chester (3 Viewers)

Shotton Steelworks

01/04/17


Pools.........34 Tufted Duck, 16 Mallard, 10 Gadwall, 16 Teal, 4 Little Grebe, 10 Coot, 6 Shoveler, and 1 Great Crested Grebe.


1 Avocet, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Snipe, and 4 Cetti's Warbler, were also noted.


Rough Grassland/Scrub/Gorse/Open Ground (06.00am onwards )........ 2 Barn Owl, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Raven, 6 Linnet, 22 Stock Dove, 1 Blackcap, 2 Wheatear, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 20+ Skylark, 3 Willow Warbler , 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 Kestrel, 8 Reed Bunting, and 2 Common Whitethroat.


Patch List ( 2010 ) ~ 101 species ~ Latest ~ Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
Shotton Steelworks

06/04/17


Pools........14 Mallard, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, 3 Teal, 2 Moorhen, 48 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 2 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 20+ Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, and 1 Great Crested Grebe.


Adjacent Saltmarsh/Estuary.........2 Whimbrel, 20+ Curlew, 4000+ Redshank, 6 Grey Plover, 200+ Teal, 100+ Knot, 40+ Canada Goose, 50+ Shelduck, 20+ Oystercatcher, 3 Golden Plover, ( a mixed flock of 800+ Bar Tailed/Black Tailed Godwit, were noted ), 100+ Dunlin, 10+ Pintail, 10+ Little Egret, 6 Avocet, 1 Black Swan, and 1 Great White Egret, were noted.


4 Cetti's Warbler, were heard.


1 Water Rail, was heard.


1 Little Owl, was perched along the riverside footpath.


Rough Grassland/Scrub/Gorse/Open Ground ( 06.00am onwards )......2 Barn Owl, 3 Pheasant, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 15+ Chiffchaff, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10+ Greenfinch, 10+ Reed Bunting, 12 Skylark, 5 Raven, 6 Linnet, 2 White Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 15+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Blackcap, 10 Sand Martin, 2 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Merlin, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Jay, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Marsh Harrier, 10+ Goldfinch, 4 Swallow, and 1 Wheatear.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 107 species ~ Latest ~ Whimbrel, Grey Plover, White Wagtail, Golden Plover, Sand Martin, Swallow

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
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Shotton Steelworks

07/04/17


Pools.......16 Mallard, 12 Canada Goose, 2 Moorhen, 12 Teal, 32 Tufted Duck, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Coot, 4 Gadwall, 20+ Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, and 1 Great Crested Grebe.


Adjacent Saltmarsh/Estuary......2000+ Canada Goose, 2 Pink Footed Goose, 400+ Black Tailed Godwit, 100+ Curlew, 5 Dunlin, 9 Turnstone, 2 Black Swan, 100+ Shelduck, and 4 Avocet, were noted.


1 Water Rail was heard.


4 Cetti's Warbler were heard.


Rough Grassland/Scrub/Gorse/Open Ground ( 06.00am onwards )........2 Barn Owl, 10+ Greenfinch, 4 Blackcap, 10+ Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 9 Reed Bunting, 3 Swallow, 70+ Sand Martin, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Pheasant, 5 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 14 Skylark, 1 Jay, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 4 Stock Dove, 20+ Meadow Pipit, and 1 Wheatear.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 108 species ~ Latest ~ Turnstone

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
Shotton Steelworks

08/04/17



Pools......... 1 Feral Goose, 5 Coot, 7 Mallard, 5 Teal, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Mute Swan, 7 Gadwall, 4 Moorhen, 12 Canada Goose, 63 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, and 2 Great Crested Grebe, the first time this year, that I've seen the regular breeding pair together........great news!


1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Avocet, 1 Greenshank, 2 Shelduck, and 3 Ruff, were also noted.


Black Headed Gull colony, remains stable at 500+ birds.


4 Cetti's Warbler, remain on territory.


Rough Grassland/Scrub/Gorse/Open Ground ( 06.00am onwards ).........3 Barn Owl ( 2 adults + 1 Juvenile ), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 6 Blackcap, 10+ Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit, 20+ Skylark, 2 Buzzard, 7 Stock Dove, 14 Meadow Pipit, 4 Reed Bunting, 4 Linnet, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Raven, and 2 Swallow.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 111 species ~ Latest ~ Ruff, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
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Shotton Steelworks

09/04/17


Highlights from this morning's visit ( 06.00am onwards ).............


Pools........26 Gadwall, and 4 Great Crested Grebe.


Migrant Hot spots.............300+ Black Tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, and 3 Little Ringed Plover.


Rough Grassland/Scrub/Gorse/Open Ground.......3 Barn Owl ( 2 adults + 1 Juvenile ) , and 1 Sparrowhawk.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 112 species ~ Latest ~ Little Ringed Plover

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
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Shotton Steelworks

12/04/17


Highlights from this morning's visit ( 05.45am onwards )..........


4 Cettis Warbler ( 3 heard,1 seen )


1 Water Rail was heard.


Migrants........ 3 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 4 Wheatear, 2 Swallow, and 200+ Sand Martin.


Other notable birds.........2 Avocet, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Hen Harrier, 1 Merlin, and 1 Lesser Redpoll, passed through.
 
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Shotton Steelworks

13/04/17


Highlights from this morning ( 05.45am onwards )...........


3 Barn Owl ( 2 adults + 1 Juvenile ).


Migrants........4 Sedge Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 3 White Wagtail, 1 Swallow, 100+ Sand Martin, and 2 Yellow Wagtail.


Other notable birds......4 Avocet, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Hen Harrier, and 3 Marsh Harrier.


1 Short Eared Owl, hunted the Rough Grassland Areas.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 113 species ~ Latest ~ Yellow Wagtail

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
Shotton Steelworks

15/04/17


Highlights from today ( 05.45am onwards )...........


5 Cetti's Warbler were heard.


Migrants..........5 Reed Warbler, 5 Common Whitethroat, 4 Sedge Warbler, 2 Swallow, and 50+ Sand Martin.


2 Ruff, and 2 Marsh Harrier, were also noted.
 
Shotton Steelworks

16/04/17


Highlights from today ( 05.30am 0nwards )..........


1 Common Tern, was found amongst the Black Headed Gull colony ( 4 day's earlier than last year ).


Black Headed Gull colony, number's 500+ birds.


5 Cetti's Warbler, remain on territory.


Migrants.............1 House Martin, 6 Reed Warbler, 6 Sedge Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Common Whitethroat, 1 Whimbrel, 6 Swallow, and 200+ Sand Martin.


Other notable birds..........1 Avocet, 1 Great White Egret, and 1 Common Sandpiper.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 116 species ~ Latest ~ Common Tern, House Martin, Grasshopper Warbler

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
Shotton Steelworks

17/04/17


Highlights from today......( 05.45am onwards ).........


8 Common Tern, were roosting amongst the Black Headed Gull colony.


1 Arctic Tern, was also noted, roosting amongst the colony.........( I looked long and hard at this bird, because I thought that it was perhaps a 'tad' early for an Arctic Tern, but it's tail streamers, were clearly projecting beyond the folded wings, and the bird presented, as being slightly smaller than the Common Tern's around it, ( although the quite poor light conditions, left me unable to determine whether the bird had a 'black tip', to it's bill or not, and although the bird's leg length, presented as being shorter than the Common Tern's around it, this was difficult to determine absolutely, as a result of the material, that it was perched on, and I didn't observe the bird in flight )...........but I'm going to 'plump'' for an Arctic.


Migrants..........2 Wheatear, 10+ Swallow, 50+ Sand Martin, 6 Common Whitethroat, 6 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, and 2 Grasshopper Warbler.


Other notable birds........1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Merlin, 1 Great White Egret, and 2 Avocet.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 118 species ~ Latest ~ Green Woodpecker, Arctic Tern

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
Shotton Steelworks

18/04/17


Highlights from today ( 05.45am onwards )..........


15+ Common Tern, were roosting amongst the Black Headed Gull colony.


Migrants........ 10+ Reed Warbler, 7 Sedge Warbler, 4 Common Whitethroat, 14 Swallow, 50+ Sand Martin, 5 Wheatear, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, and also 1 Yellow Wagtail.


Other notable birds.............5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat, 1 Ruff, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Spotted Redshank, and 3 Common Sandpiper.
 
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Shotton Steelworks

19/04/17


Highlights from today ( 05.30am onwards )...........


30+ Common Tern, were roosting amongst the Black Headed Gull colony.


Migrants............1 Osprey, giving great views, as it hovered above the pools, at around 09.30am ), 11 Wheatear, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Whitethroat, 20+ Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 10+ Reed Warbler, 6 Sedge Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 9 Willow Warbler, 1 Whinchat, and 1 Tree Pipit.


Other notable birds.........5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Stonechat, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Barnacle Goose, 1 Water Rail, and 1 Marsh Harrier.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 122 species ~ Latest ~ Osprey, Lesser Whitethroat, Whinchat, Tree Pipit

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
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Shotton Steelworks

20/04/17


Highlights from today ( 05.30am onwards )............


50+ Common Tern, were roosting amongst the Black Headed Gull colony.


Migrants........5 Sedge Warbler, 10+ Reed Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 22 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 30+ Swallow, 100+ Sand Martin, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, and 4 Whinchat.


Other notable birds.........2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 2 Great White Egret, and 2 Common Sandpiper.
 
Shotton Steelworks

21/04/17


Highlights from today ( 05.30am onwards )...........


50+ Common Tern, remain roosting amongst the Black Headed Gull colony.


Migrants...............4 Grasshopper Warbler, ( were heard 'reeling' at 05.30am ), 10+ Reed Warbler, 8 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whinchat, 5 Common Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Wheatear, 5 Swallow, and 10+ Sand Martin.


Other notable birds...........4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Avocet, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Barnacle Goose, 1 Spotted Redshank, and 1 Marsh Harrier.
 
Shotton Steelworks

22/04/17


Highlights from today ( 05.15am onwards ).............


60+ Common Tern, continue to roost amongst the Black Headed Gull colony.


Notable migrants........1 Black Tern, ( was also noted amongst the roosting Common Tern ), 8 Wheatear, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whinchat, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 House Martin, and 5 Grasshopper Warbler, ( were heard 'reeling', along the traditional migration ditches on arrival on site at 05.15am ).


Other birds of interest.............4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Great White Egret, and 1 Avocet.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 123 species ~ Latest ~ Black Tern

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
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Shotton Steelworks

23/04/17


Highlights from this morning ( 05.30am onwards )..........


100+ Common Tern, roosted overnight.


Notable migrants...........1 Black Tern ( summer plumage ), was again noted, roosting amongst the terns/gulls, 5 Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Common Sandpiper, 21 Wheatear ( held 1 'possible' Greenland race bird ), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Redstart, and 1 Whinchat.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 124 species ~ Latest ~ Redstart

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
Shotton Steelworks

24/04/17


Highlights from today ( 05.30am onwards )........


100+ Common Tern


No sign, of the short staying Black Tern, amongst the gull/tern roost at first light this morning.


Notable migrants........3 Grasshopper Warbler, 100+ Swallow, 120+ Sand Martin, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Yellow Wagtail, and 14 Wheatear.


Other birds of interest........ 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Great White Egret, and 3 Cetti's Warbler.
 
Shotton Steelworks

25/04/17


Highlights from this morning ( 05.30am onwards )...........


The number of Common Tern in the colony, was down by over 60% this morning, to around only 40 birds.


Other notable birds........3 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Snipe, ( 8 Avocet, all recorded as flyover's ), 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Wheatear, 1 Merlin, 1 Whinchat, 100+ Sand Martin, 1 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Common Sandpiper, 1 White Wagtail, and 1 Lesser Whitethroat.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 125 species ~ Latest ~ Ringed Plover

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
Shotton Steelworks

26/04/17


Highlights from this morning ( 05.30am onwards )..........


Common Tern number's continue plummeting, with only 14 birds, noted roosting at the colony overnight.


Other notable birds........1 Ring Ouzel ( male ), was present at the Rough Grassland Area.


4 Common Sandpiper, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Greenshank, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Merlin ( male + female ), 1 Whinchat, 1 White Wagtail, 1 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 100+ Sand Martin, 1 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Avocet, 1 Spotted Redshank, and 3 Grasshopper Warbler.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 126 species ~ Latest ~ Ring Ouzel

Patch List ~ ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
Shotton Steelworks

27/04/17


Highlights from today ( 05.30am onwards )..........


Common Tern number's remain very low, with only 16 birds recorded roosting.


Other notable birds..........1 Cuckoo ( probable female ), 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatear, 2 Twite, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Avocet, 1 Great White Egret, 7 Grasshopper Warbler, ( were heard 'reeling' at first light, from the traditional migration ditches ), 2 Water Rail, 1 Spotted Redshank, and a flock of 150+ Sand Martin, also held 6 House Martin.


Patch List ( 2017 ) ~ 127 species ~ Latest ~ Cuckoo

Patch List ( 2010 ~ 2017 ) ~ 200 species ~ Latest ~ Water Pipit
 
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