Not to be outdone in the quest to find the perfect image of the world's most photographed Sedge Warbler, here are my offerings.
Des.
Originally posted by UW82
Not to be outdone in the quest to find the perfect image of the world's most photographed Sedge Warbler, here are my offerings.
Hiya
do we have the full list of species recorded somewhere? I might have a go at this
Where exactly is this agreeable bird to be found?
Peter
how about putting me down for Little Bittern? How much do I owe you?
In the bushes directly in front of the Tower Hide at the Flashes.
A good choice mick £1 to me List up-dated
B John
A very quiet evening at Upton.
At the Moors the only notable event was, unfortunately, a fox taking a juvenile Moorhen from the sluice area by the feeding station.
Over on the Flashes this mornings Ringed Plover and Dunlin had both gone, with nothing in to replace them. Lets hope for a more productive weekend ...
It was a bit worrying to hear that a fox had climbed over the fox fence at the Flashes :-C and was seen to catch an adult duck. ..... Just before I left the Flashes I took these photos.
It shows the fox (cat like ) walking the trap-ease of the fox fence, with a female mallard in its mouth. It was having great difficulty trying to jump out of the reserve and dropped the duck on a couple of occasions. Retrieving it, it tried again without success finally literally falling off the fence out of the reserve. Hopefully this experience will deter it ..fingers crossed.
Another Wood Sandpiper present on the flashes this morning - found by Alan H.
Whilst taking a sample from the north shore of the flashes this evening, as part of the salinity monitoring programme, I noticed a high density of these small (1-2mm), motile invertibrates swimming in the sample. I reckon they're 'Water Fleas' Daphnia. I wonder if these small crustaceans form part of the Avocet diet (?)
Some species of Daphnia are halophiles (salt-loving) and can be indicators of good water quality.
Can confirm two Dunlins present still this evening - one on moors, one flashes.
Looks like the real ale I had last night.8-P