A cracking MOORS work party details later, but the new habitat should make for better birding in Amy's Marsh, from the east hide.
During the work on the 'promontory', we only flushed small numbers of sniope and 2 Jacks. The large flock of shoveler flew high, but all came back down on to the pool. A couple of water rail were in the reeds and 2 cettis sang. The only migrant was a redwing.
Species count MOORS The extremely strong W/WNW kept the waterfowl huddled up along the western reed beds.
Little egret 4, GCG 2, little grebe 11, cormorant 15, mute swan pr + 6 juvs on North Moors, shoveler 104, teal 30, wigeon 8, pintail 2, pochard 4, tufted 20+, coot 200+, water rail 3, snipe 4, Jack snipe 2, lapwing 40, BHG 500, LBBG 85, herring gull 45, cettis w 3 or 4 singing, chiffchaff,
SAILING POOL: GCG 4.
FLASHES: The gull roost was much reduced tonight, with only 70 large gulls although another 40 dropped in as I was leaving the hide. The wind subdued the usual passerine activity, with lower numbers of both starling and pied wags. However the shoveler numbers were up and a good total on the reserve as a whole.
Species count FLASHES:
Teal 110, shoveler 47 (151 in total), greylag 29, snipe 15, green sand, curlew 18, lapwing 95, BHG 2000 roosted, Herring gull 8, LBBG 62, + 40 large gulls unknown species too dark, common gull adult,
pied wags 40+, starling 60 some roosted in reeds of 3rd Flash,