hillwatcher
Active member
Photos of the 'white wingers' on my blog http://bagawildone.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/glaucous-and-iceland-gulls.html
Cheers,
Carl.
Cheers,
Carl.
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Shawell Tip (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Neil Hagley
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Where do you recommend parking Steve, Newton Lane??
Oh and well done with the gulls this weekend
Kevin Groocock
Well-known member
Safely on Newton Lane then walk with great care to the viewing point on the A5. You might like to check that your life insurance is up to date prior to undertaking this venture
davidearlgray
davidearlgray
Myself and Carl had a 2nd winter Caspian Gull and an adult Yellow-legged Gull on the A5 lagoons this morning/early afternoon and somebody else also reported 2 Caspian Gulls ( Adult and 2 w) earlier in the morning.
Cheers,
Dave.
Cheers,
Dave.
Neil Hagley
Well-known member
'twas me Dave, from the other vantage point overlooking both lagoons. cheers, Neil
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hillwatcher
Active member
Another 1st-winter Glaucous Gull at Shawell A5 Lagoons today. Most likely the recent Draycote individual. 2nd-winter Caspian Gull also there again.
Picture and video on my blog.
http://bagawildone.blogspot.co.uk
Cheers,
Carl.
Picture and video on my blog.
http://bagawildone.blogspot.co.uk
Cheers,
Carl.
hillwatcher
Active member
Guys
Had an appointment last night in rugby that finished early so parked up in Newton lane and had a look I crossed over and found a gate that leads you along a footpath, which goes around the silt pool. Still loads of Gulls around, nothing out of the ordinary though.
I did not come across a specific viewing area, are these accesable from the footpaths or should I have walked down the A5 a little??
Next question is I went down the A5 around another 1/2 mile and took a right turn, I looked to the left and saw another series of pools etc, which I have later discovered rto be called clifton lakes. Are these accesable or are they private??
Had an appointment last night in rugby that finished early so parked up in Newton lane and had a look I crossed over and found a gate that leads you along a footpath, which goes around the silt pool. Still loads of Gulls around, nothing out of the ordinary though.
I did not come across a specific viewing area, are these accesable from the footpaths or should I have walked down the A5 a little??
Next question is I went down the A5 around another 1/2 mile and took a right turn, I looked to the left and saw another series of pools etc, which I have later discovered rto be called clifton lakes. Are these accesable or are they private??
hillwatcher
Active member
Hi Astley,
Yes you should have walked up the A5 a little until you came to an obvious path through the hedge to the viewing point. When I say obvious you do have to look for it. There are two other viewing points as you continue along the A5 which overlook both lagoons.
As always be very careful walking along the A5 at this point as it is very dangerous when it is busy.
I'm not sure about access to the other lakes.
Cheers,
Carl.
Yes you should have walked up the A5 a little until you came to an obvious path through the hedge to the viewing point. When I say obvious you do have to look for it. There are two other viewing points as you continue along the A5 which overlook both lagoons.
As always be very careful walking along the A5 at this point as it is very dangerous when it is busy.
I'm not sure about access to the other lakes.
Cheers,
Carl.
hillwatcher
Active member
Shawell Update
Hi All,
I've made a few visits to the Shawell A5 Lagoons this month and was surprised to find up to 300 gulls there. Mostly LBB Gulls, but up to 18 Herring and a few Yellow-legged Gulls. Amongst them, on two occasions now, was a gull which was almost certainly a hybrid. It seemed to show features of both Caspian and Yellow-legged Gull. I have posted pictures and a short video on my blog in case anyone would like to have a look at it (link below). Comments are welcomed.
Amongst the LBB Gulls I managed to read a few rings, mostly British ringed but also Dutch and Portuguese.
http://bagawildone.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/interesting-gull-at-shawell-a5-lagoons.html
Hi All,
I've made a few visits to the Shawell A5 Lagoons this month and was surprised to find up to 300 gulls there. Mostly LBB Gulls, but up to 18 Herring and a few Yellow-legged Gulls. Amongst them, on two occasions now, was a gull which was almost certainly a hybrid. It seemed to show features of both Caspian and Yellow-legged Gull. I have posted pictures and a short video on my blog in case anyone would like to have a look at it (link below). Comments are welcomed.
Amongst the LBB Gulls I managed to read a few rings, mostly British ringed but also Dutch and Portuguese.
http://bagawildone.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/interesting-gull-at-shawell-a5-lagoons.html
Neil Hagley
Well-known member
Hi Carl
Yes that's what it looks like to me. Large head, bull necked and hatchet bill but long wings and very much Caspo legs.
On the subject of the numbers. As you probably know LBBG's and probably some Herring are breeding at Scudamore Rd and most days I see LBBG's heading from that direction S/SE over Whetstone very purposefully apparently looking for food. They would get to Shawell in no time from here. I assume other colonies will be at other sites and perhaps round Rugby & Coventry?
hillwatcher
Active member
As well as being a gull hotspot Shawell A5 Lagoons are attracting waders at present. I've seen two Turnstones and two Black-tailed Godwits recently, which are good local birds. The Black-necked Grebe there in July was also impressive.
A word of warning, however, please only watch from the cleared bits in the hedge along the A5. I recently witnessed a birder trespass and stand on the bank between the two lagoons. The result of this was to flush all the gulls and most of the ducks. I gave him a round of applause and a few choice words but he pretended to be deaf.
There are good numbers of LBB Gull at present and amongst them are at least 20 Yellow-legged Gulls and I had my first Caspian Gull since April about a week ago.
Cheers,
Carl.
A word of warning, however, please only watch from the cleared bits in the hedge along the A5. I recently witnessed a birder trespass and stand on the bank between the two lagoons. The result of this was to flush all the gulls and most of the ducks. I gave him a round of applause and a few choice words but he pretended to be deaf.
There are good numbers of LBB Gull at present and amongst them are at least 20 Yellow-legged Gulls and I had my first Caspian Gull since April about a week ago.
Cheers,
Carl.
hillwatcher
Active member
Steve Nicholls reported to me that he had another Black-tailed Godwit at Shawell A5 Lagoons on Thursday night.
Cheers,
Carl.
Cheers,
Carl.
keithr
Relapsus resurgam
Looks like ........NO...he he.
I look through all the midlands threads and some further afield and cannot believe the lack of interest...especially in areas where there are loads of brill places to visit.
Mind you I only found these forums in a roundabout way so maybe people do not know where to go to to find these forums.
My local ones are Worcestershire and West Mids and as well as keeping in touch with other birders it throws up loads of great local info.
Keith :t:
Steve Lister
Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.
Carl aka Hillwatcher covers it regularly but tends to report what he sees on his blog rather than on here.
Steve
hillwatcher
Active member
Hi Everyone,
Shawell is still attracting thousands of gulls, but few birders. At present there is an influx of gulls from Scandinavian countries. This I know because I've recently read some colour-rings of gulls that spend their summer in either Norway or Denmark. I have seen more colour-ringed Herring Gulls lately than is normal. One had paid a visit to Vardo at the top of Norway during the summer of 2012. Herring Gulls have been the most numerous of the large gulls lately, but numbers of Lesser-Black-backed Gulls had built up noticeably on Wednesday of this week.
Yellow-legged Gulls are seen in small numbers during every visit and Caspian Gulls can be seen fairly often but not every time. I've seen somewhere close to forty different Caspian Gulls this year.
Hopefully the first 'white-winger' of the winter will appear soon.
Cheers,
Carl.
Shawell is still attracting thousands of gulls, but few birders. At present there is an influx of gulls from Scandinavian countries. This I know because I've recently read some colour-rings of gulls that spend their summer in either Norway or Denmark. I have seen more colour-ringed Herring Gulls lately than is normal. One had paid a visit to Vardo at the top of Norway during the summer of 2012. Herring Gulls have been the most numerous of the large gulls lately, but numbers of Lesser-Black-backed Gulls had built up noticeably on Wednesday of this week.
Yellow-legged Gulls are seen in small numbers during every visit and Caspian Gulls can be seen fairly often but not every time. I've seen somewhere close to forty different Caspian Gulls this year.
Hopefully the first 'white-winger' of the winter will appear soon.
Cheers,
Carl.
draycotebirding
Draycote recorder
Hi Carl
Tim had a juv Iceland in the roost at Draycote at the end of November so hopefully you will get one soon.
Regards
John
Tim had a juv Iceland in the roost at Draycote at the end of November so hopefully you will get one soon.
Regards
John
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