Upton Warren (27 Viewers)

[Emma]

A slightly different notice on the gate at Aztec, the phone number is included if you accidentally get locked in.

 

[Gert Corfield]

A day flying Barn Owl reported at the Moors today, but not seen from late afternoon to dusk. Male Pintail still and a Wigeon flew in at dusk, otherwise nothing new. Not aware of any reports of Bearded Tit today.

 

[Gert Corfield]

A very wet afternoon at Moors Pools! Most of the ice is now thawing. Highlights were the male Pintail, an adult winter Common Gull dropping in and a calling Tawny Owl when I left at near dark. The rubbish photo shows the Pintail and Common Gull in the same shot (honest!)

 

[Phil Andrews]

Bearded Tit still present today - a long way to go to best the longest staying bird (4.5 months).

 

[jackied]

Bearded Tit given great views today

 

[wheatearlp]

The female Bearded Tit showed well early afternoon today. Initially from the Jacobs' Hide at c.13.40-13.50 and then from the concrete hide shortly afterwards for at least 30 minutes. Three Wigeon also present.

 

[Ian Byrnes]

A year of noticeable moments.

14th Feb. Northern Pintail males
17th Mar. Brambling amongst the Finches
30th Mar. Garganey male
9th May. Lesser Whitethroat
9th May. Grasshopper Warbler
25th May. Cuckoo
14th June. Cettis Warbler singing. away
1st July. Kingfishers feeding
1st Aug. Common Scoter
22th Sept. Bittern
13th Dec. Bearded Reedling

 

[Phil Andrews]

Female Bearded Tit reported this morning still at the Moors Pool

 

[Ian Byrnes]

The birds always take centre stage at UW but over the last year many other creatures have offered fascinating opportunities....and sometimes other things took my eye. Of the thousands of shots I've taken, the majority of which are not posted here but on Flickr or Instagram..
A few at Upton which don't normally get seen by birders.

 

[wheatearlp]

A couple of ringed gulls at Upton today:
A 1st W Herring Gull (M=T, white characters on a dark green ring), was new for the reserve. It was ringed in Worcester on 30/6/22 & this is the first subsequent sighting.
The second, an adult BHG bearing ring no. 2C20 (white on red), was first seen in the reserve on 13/11/22 and also on Boxing Day.

 

[wheatearlp]

A couple of ringed gulls at Upton today:
A 1st W Herring Gull (M=T, white characters on a dark green ring), was new for the reserve. It was ringed in Worcester on 30/6/22 & this is the first subsequent sighting.
The second, an adult BHG bearing ring no. 2C20 (white on red), was first seen in the reserve on 13/11/22 and also on Boxing Day.

Small, but crucial, typo in the above. The ring number was M=Y 🤦

 

[Phil Andrews]

Small, but crucial, typo in the above. The ring number was M=Y 🤦

Which country does the BHG originate from Mike?

 

[Phil Andrews]

Female Bearded Tit still on the west side of the Moors Pool this morning.

 

[wheatearlp]

Which country does the BHG originate from Mike?

See original post, ringed in Worcester. Having now read the question correctly... 🤦🤦 The BHG was ringed in Little Snoring, Norfolk, see post on 14th November for details.

 

[Julie50]

Great afternoon - if a little chilly!

 

[Phil Andrews]

Bearded Tit still present early afternoon from the Jacobs Hide - will hopefully make it into the New Year.

 

[Emma]

A rather unseasonal last visit to Upton for us today, it felt more like Autumn than 31st December with the ‘warm’ temperatures and cloud bursts!

From the Hobby hide we saw: water rail, reed bunting, gadwall, shoveler, mallard, sparrowhawk and moorhen. The feeder was busy with blue tits, great tits, long tailed tits and robins. A song thrush was heard in almost spring song!

A nice variety of birds seen from the Lapwing hide included 3 common snipe, 8 curlew, lapwing, grey heron, tufted duck, common pochard, shoveler, teal, mallard, mute swan, coot and moorhen. At dusk a little egret flew over, 6 little grebe roosted together by the islands, a cettis was heard and a water rail was busy feeding along the margin. Our final sighting was a muntjac deer in front of the hide!

Thank you to all that have kept this thread updated/active, it is a useful resource to those of us who aren’t on social media etc!

 

[Phil Andrews]

A good start to the New Year with the female Bearded Tit continuing its stay at the Moors Pool as per Dave J.

 

[Phil Andrews]

Adult Kittiwake at the Moors Pool as per Andy P.

 

[lickey1]

Taken from concrete hide 01-01-2023