Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Is that a Small Red-eyed Damselfly?
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Grimley and Holt (3 Viewers)
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Is that a Small Red-eyed Damselfly?
Sunday morning CLP Kingfisher and 5 L.Egrets and a snipe. Away from the water not much activity but i did find blackcaps and bullfinches feeding on Elderberries. Wagon Wheel quiet with only a fly over Green sand. Along the river Common sand and another Kingfisher. Met Roger B. at the South end who informed me of a female Garganey on CLP east shore. I couldn't locate it but it was really hot and could of been hiding up anywhere. Hopefully it will stay a while as did the previous autumn bird of 2018, may even be the same bird.
Whilst looking for the above, 4 snipe and 5 Egyptian geese North end.
Whilst looking for the above, 4 snipe and 5 Egyptian geese North end.
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
What was the mix of ages for the 5 Egyptian Geese Jim?
If you look at the previous photo ,and I have had to doctor it as the light was very strong it looks like 2 adult and 3 young and I may of missed a youngster among the Canada’s as 6 individuals have been reported .
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Thanks Jim - the 2+3 mix matches the recent occurrence at Upton Warren
I met Roger Blackmore at the south end CLP and he said a female garganey was along the North East shore of the main pit. Couldn’t confirm and couldn’ t see any likely candidates either , the light was really bad and everything in silhouette .
Thursday evening ,Sling 4 green sandpiper.
CLP ‘s lots of activity,50+ house Martin over North end and between 6:15 and 7:00 450+ black headed gulls and 20 LLB gulls landed and washed on the main pit , all leaving South 7:15 . Then ducks started to arrive in small bunches mallard and gadwall at first then a group of 4 pochard (1male) and a female garganey. 70 cormorant roosted in the dead trees and at 8:15 , 8 Little Egrets had arrived to roost.
CLP ‘s lots of activity,50+ house Martin over North end and between 6:15 and 7:00 450+ black headed gulls and 20 LLB gulls landed and washed on the main pit , all leaving South 7:15 . Then ducks started to arrive in small bunches mallard and gadwall at first then a group of 4 pochard (1male) and a female garganey. 70 cormorant roosted in the dead trees and at 8:15 , 8 Little Egrets had arrived to roost.
Rob Williams
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2 Hobbies seen this morning, one hunting over the water the other up and down the edge of the wood. Red Kite flew south from the wood towards the southern edge of the water.
Yellow wagtail dropped into the muddy area just below the causeway where the cattle are.
Yellow wagtail dropped into the muddy area just below the causeway where the cattle are.
Sunday morning CLP early morning yellow wagtail west shore but had disappeared by the time I had crossed from the East shore , replaced by 2 dunlin . Green sand and snipe ,hippo.
Large flock of goldfinches in the chicory (100+) maybe closer to 200, and raven over. Green sand along the river.
Back at CLP (12:00am) ,2 yellow wagtails 2 dunlin still, hobby .
Sling 3 green sand ,7 shovellor and 100+ Canada geese.
Large flock of goldfinches in the chicory (100+) maybe closer to 200, and raven over. Green sand along the river.
Back at CLP (12:00am) ,2 yellow wagtails 2 dunlin still, hobby .
Sling 3 green sand ,7 shovellor and 100+ Canada geese.
From Thursday evening 1 dunlin still and a kingfisher on hippo . 5 swifts over late evening the first I’ve seen for a month .
300+ large gulls came in for a wash between 7:15 and 8:00 pm, all seemed to be LLB but they did land at the south end in poor light. 150 black headed gulls main pit . Canada geese arrived between 7 :45 and 8:30 in batches of c20 every few minutes from all directions ,quite a spectacle . 5 little egrets roosted.
300+ large gulls came in for a wash between 7:15 and 8:00 pm, all seemed to be LLB but they did land at the south end in poor light. 150 black headed gulls main pit . Canada geese arrived between 7 :45 and 8:30 in batches of c20 every few minutes from all directions ,quite a spectacle . 5 little egrets roosted.
Autumn alldayer list from 6:00pm ————-> LBB gull,BH gull, med. gull , great crested grebe, little grebe, moorhen, coot, mute swan, Canada goose, gadwall, mallard, teal, tufted duck, kingfisher, heron, little egret (8) , lapwing, black-tailed godwit, common sandpiper, green sandpiper, snipe (4), barn owl , little owl(2), robin , dunnock, blackbird, woodpigeon, stock dove, collared dove, c crow, jackdaw, magpie, jay, cormorant, blue tit, great tit, wren, greenfinch, goldfinch, skylark, starling, swallow, house Martin , chiffchaff, sedge warbler, pheasant, sparrow hawk, buzzard, kestrel, green woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker and pied wagtails.
