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Upton Warren (7 Viewers)
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keithr
Relapsus resurgam
Our "resident artist " was working around the Moors today.....she is brilliant....
I admired her work and enjoyed talking to her and was shocked when she presented me with a memento of my day (and her).
She gave me a miniature she had painted of a Cormorant and signed it.....I asked for her name but only caught her 1st name....ANG...think her surname was Hilbert ....apologies if that is not correct.Can anyone tell me please.....
1...The full painting..and
2...I have framed it.
I admired her work and enjoyed talking to her and was shocked when she presented me with a memento of my day (and her).
She gave me a miniature she had painted of a Cormorant and signed it.....I asked for her name but only caught her 1st name....ANG...think her surname was Hilbert ....apologies if that is not correct.Can anyone tell me please.....
1...The full painting..and
2...I have framed it.
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
This week's Whooper Swan sighting is now the 19th record of the species for the reserve; what I hadn't picked up was that the two most recent records are the first to extend into a second day (indeed the first record of any winter swan staying more than one day) - I can only speculate that the sizeable Mute Swan presence is assisting in holding these birds.
I set out below an updated occurrence schedule of both winter swans at Upton Warren; the prolonged wait for a Bewick's continues with 15 years since the last sighting and 11 records of Whooper since:
Bewick's Swan - 8 birds (6 adults & 2 juvs) - 20th January 1951
Bewick's Swan - 2 birds - 24th March 1963
Bewick's Swan - 6 birds - 15th December 1963
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 17th January 1968
Whooper Swan - 5 birds (reported as a family party, presumably 2 adults & 3 juvs) - 11th November 1968
Bewick's Swan - 4 birds - 3rd January 1970
Whooper Swan - 5 birds - 6th November 1970
Bewick's Swan - 14 birds - 31st January 1972
Bewick's Swan- 2 birds - 16th February1972
Whooper Swan - 4 birds (reported as family party, presumably 2 adults & 2 juvs) - 1st November 1972
Bewick's Swan - 9 birds - 27th October 1974
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 2nd November 1974
Bewick's Swan - 8 birds - 27th December 1974
Bewick's Swan - 3 birds - 30th November 1975
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 8th February 1976
Whooper Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 4th November 1976
Whooper Swan - 1 bird - 19th November 1977
Bewick's Swan - 11 birds - 15th January 1978 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan- 2 birds - 12th November 1978
Bewick's Swan - 28 birds - 4th March 1979
Bewick's Swan - 8 birds - 14th February 1980
Bewick's Swan - 13 birds - 26th October 1980
Whooper Swan - 1 bird - 1st November 1980 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 2 birds - 2nd November 1980
Bewick's Swan - 12 birds - 30th November 1980 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 5 birds - 31st January 1982
Bewick's Swan - 14 birds - 13th November 1983
Bewick's Swan - 12 birds - 17th November 1983
Bewick's Swan - 6 birds - 20th November 1983
Bewick's Swan - 13 birds - 1st January 1984 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 3 birds - 4th January 1987 - Flashes
Bewick's Swan - 9 birds - 7th November 1988 - fly-over
winter swans (probably Whooper) - 3 birds - 19th November 1988 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 29th October 1989
Bewick's Swan - 11 birds - 29th December 1989 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 2 birds - 13th January 1990
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 23rd to 27th March 1990
Bewick's Swan - 21 birds - 21st October 1990 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 7th December 1990
Whooper Swan - 1 bird - 23rd May 1991 (feral bird?) - Broadmeadow, Moors Pool
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 9th November 1991 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 5 birds (5 immatures) - 7th December 1991 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 4 birds - 1st January 1992 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 21st December 1992 - Broadmeadow, Moors Pool
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 23rd January 1993 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 20th March 1993 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 2 groups totalling 15 birds - 14th January 1996 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 17th November 1996 - fly-over
Whooper Swan - 3 birds (3 adults) - 30th December 1998 - The Flashes
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 18th October 1999 - Moors Pool
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 9th December 2002 - Sailing Pool
Whooper Swan - 8 birds (3 adults & 5 juvs) - 18th November 2007 - The Flashes
Whooper Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 16th October 2010 - The Flashes
Whooper Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 20th March 2011 - Sailing Pool
Whooper Swan - 4 birds (4 adults) - 19th October 2011 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 2 birds (2 adults) - 20th February 2013 - Flashes
Whooper Swan - 2 birds - 1st January 2016 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Whooper Swan - 5 birds (2 adults & 3 juvs) - 27th February 2016 - The Flashes then over the Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 8 birds (6 adults & 2 juvs) - 7th November 2016 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 2 birds - 13th January 2017 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 3 birds - 5th+6th October 2017 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 26th+27th October 2017 - Moors Pool
I set out below an updated occurrence schedule of both winter swans at Upton Warren; the prolonged wait for a Bewick's continues with 15 years since the last sighting and 11 records of Whooper since:
Bewick's Swan - 8 birds (6 adults & 2 juvs) - 20th January 1951
Bewick's Swan - 2 birds - 24th March 1963
Bewick's Swan - 6 birds - 15th December 1963
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 17th January 1968
Whooper Swan - 5 birds (reported as a family party, presumably 2 adults & 3 juvs) - 11th November 1968
Bewick's Swan - 4 birds - 3rd January 1970
Whooper Swan - 5 birds - 6th November 1970
Bewick's Swan - 14 birds - 31st January 1972
Bewick's Swan- 2 birds - 16th February1972
Whooper Swan - 4 birds (reported as family party, presumably 2 adults & 2 juvs) - 1st November 1972
Bewick's Swan - 9 birds - 27th October 1974
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 2nd November 1974
Bewick's Swan - 8 birds - 27th December 1974
Bewick's Swan - 3 birds - 30th November 1975
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 8th February 1976
Whooper Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 4th November 1976
Whooper Swan - 1 bird - 19th November 1977
Bewick's Swan - 11 birds - 15th January 1978 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan- 2 birds - 12th November 1978
Bewick's Swan - 28 birds - 4th March 1979
Bewick's Swan - 8 birds - 14th February 1980
Bewick's Swan - 13 birds - 26th October 1980
Whooper Swan - 1 bird - 1st November 1980 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 2 birds - 2nd November 1980
Bewick's Swan - 12 birds - 30th November 1980 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 5 birds - 31st January 1982
Bewick's Swan - 14 birds - 13th November 1983
Bewick's Swan - 12 birds - 17th November 1983
Bewick's Swan - 6 birds - 20th November 1983
Bewick's Swan - 13 birds - 1st January 1984 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 3 birds - 4th January 1987 - Flashes
Bewick's Swan - 9 birds - 7th November 1988 - fly-over
winter swans (probably Whooper) - 3 birds - 19th November 1988 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 29th October 1989
Bewick's Swan - 11 birds - 29th December 1989 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 2 birds - 13th January 1990
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 23rd to 27th March 1990
Bewick's Swan - 21 birds - 21st October 1990 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 7th December 1990
Whooper Swan - 1 bird - 23rd May 1991 (feral bird?) - Broadmeadow, Moors Pool
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 9th November 1991 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 5 birds (5 immatures) - 7th December 1991 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 4 birds - 1st January 1992 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 21st December 1992 - Broadmeadow, Moors Pool
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 23rd January 1993 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 20th March 1993 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 2 groups totalling 15 birds - 14th January 1996 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 17th November 1996 - fly-over
Whooper Swan - 3 birds (3 adults) - 30th December 1998 - The Flashes
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 18th October 1999 - Moors Pool
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 9th December 2002 - Sailing Pool
Whooper Swan - 8 birds (3 adults & 5 juvs) - 18th November 2007 - The Flashes
Whooper Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 16th October 2010 - The Flashes
Whooper Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 20th March 2011 - Sailing Pool
Whooper Swan - 4 birds (4 adults) - 19th October 2011 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 2 birds (2 adults) - 20th February 2013 - Flashes
Whooper Swan - 2 birds - 1st January 2016 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Whooper Swan - 5 birds (2 adults & 3 juvs) - 27th February 2016 - The Flashes then over the Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 8 birds (6 adults & 2 juvs) - 7th November 2016 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 2 birds - 13th January 2017 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 3 birds - 5th+6th October 2017 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 26th+27th October 2017 - Moors Pool
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
I have translated the above list of sightings into one of my infamous charts - red for Bewick's and green for Whooper. The sudden fall-off in records of the former after a very productive period of approx. 25 years and the rise in sightings of the latter in the last decade are both very apparent (apologises for the small scale).
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Whooper Swan still at the Moors Pool as per Dave J.
That's amazing Keith.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Comma butterfly in the North Moors car park yesterday afternoon with Mike and Yvonne.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Dave J further reports from the Moors Pool:
Whooper Swan, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Egrets, Wigeon, 3 Pochard
Whooper Swan, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Egrets, Wigeon, 3 Pochard
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
In a vis mig session from the East Hide at the Moors Pool Dave J noted:
Yellowhammer, 7 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 76 Chaffinch, 33 Fieldfare (first of the autumn), 109 Redwing, 10 Siskin, Redpoll, 325 Wood Pigeon.
Yellowhammer, 7 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 76 Chaffinch, 33 Fieldfare (first of the autumn), 109 Redwing, 10 Siskin, Redpoll, 325 Wood Pigeon.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Whooper Swan still at the Moors Pool this morning as per Dave J.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Surprisingly this is the largest Siskin numbers encountered this year.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Dave J also reports at the Moors Pool:
3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Wigeon, 4 Gadwall, 4 Pochard
rollingthunder
Well-known member
It looks like a Vole - small ears, blunt nose:t:
Nice pics Tony and one from me!
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
HAWFINCH flew west calling over the Moors Pool at 8:58am as per Dave Jackson
First confirmed sighting ever for the reserve
First confirmed sighting ever for the reserve
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Dave J updates from the Moors Pool:
9 swans (unknown species) flew northwest - too high / distant to identify, Little Egret, 12 Curlew, 2 Siskin, Redpoll, 5 Meadow Pipit, 7 Fieldfare.
9 swans (unknown species) flew northwest - too high / distant to identify, Little Egret, 12 Curlew, 2 Siskin, Redpoll, 5 Meadow Pipit, 7 Fieldfare.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
I am a tad ashamed to admit I am not sure 100% what the reserve list stands on. I think it's 242 on the basis that it stood at 235 when I wrote the opus (as at the end of 2007) and since then I believe we have added seven:
Twite
Caspian Gull
Glossy Ibis
Red-necked Grebe
Ring-billed Gull
Baird's Sandpiper
Hawfinch
Is there anything I have missed?
Twite
Caspian Gull
Glossy Ibis
Red-necked Grebe
Ring-billed Gull
Baird's Sandpiper
Hawfinch
Is there anything I have missed?
upstarts1979
Well-known member
This morning from first light FLASHES
A 6 o'clock start and the Flashes were very quiet. Only a few gulls a d smaller numbers of geese and duck
But today was all about vis-mig.
Stood out the back by the first bench from the avocet hide. I spent 2 hours here and later an hour at the confluence of the two streams.
A trickle of birds throughout with bursts of action from thrushes and high flying woodpigeons all heading SW.
The news that Dave J had an hawfinch kept me going a bit longer but ultimately no major happening.
Species counts:
Teal 15. Shoveler.
Lapwing 95. Curlew 12. Green sand.
BHG 350. LBBG 28. HERRING 2.
Many hundreds more gulls came through from the north.
Peregrine. Buzzard 2
Water Rail. Raven
Goldcrest. Reed bunting 5.
Vis-Mig
Wood pigeon 410. Skylark 4. Meadow pipit 24.
Chaffinch 28. Greenfinch 7. Goldfinch 12. Redpoll 18. Siskin. Linnet 4.
Redwing 205. Fieldfare 23. Song thrush. Starling 98 going SW plus 80 out of roost. Pied wag 2.
A 6 o'clock start and the Flashes were very quiet. Only a few gulls a d smaller numbers of geese and duck
But today was all about vis-mig.
Stood out the back by the first bench from the avocet hide. I spent 2 hours here and later an hour at the confluence of the two streams.
A trickle of birds throughout with bursts of action from thrushes and high flying woodpigeons all heading SW.
The news that Dave J had an hawfinch kept me going a bit longer but ultimately no major happening.
Species counts:
Teal 15. Shoveler.
Lapwing 95. Curlew 12. Green sand.
BHG 350. LBBG 28. HERRING 2.
Many hundreds more gulls came through from the north.
Peregrine. Buzzard 2
Water Rail. Raven
Goldcrest. Reed bunting 5.
Vis-Mig
Wood pigeon 410. Skylark 4. Meadow pipit 24.
Chaffinch 28. Greenfinch 7. Goldfinch 12. Redpoll 18. Siskin. Linnet 4.
Redwing 205. Fieldfare 23. Song thrush. Starling 98 going SW plus 80 out of roost. Pied wag 2.
