Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Barn Owl and 3 Green Sandpiper at the Flashes at last light as per Andy P.
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
From the Moors Pool this morning Andy P reports:
Female Wigeon, 30 Teal, 18 Tufted Duck, 4 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, Little Grebe, 6 Mute Swan, 12 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 27 Coot, Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 55 Lapwing, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, 16 Swallows
Female Wigeon, 30 Teal, 18 Tufted Duck, 4 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, Little Grebe, 6 Mute Swan, 12 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 27 Coot, Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 55 Lapwing, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, 16 Swallows
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
From the Flashes early morning (closed now until 6pm this evening) Andy P reports:
13 Curlew, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, Dunlin, Avocet, 70 Lapwing, 30+ Teal, 20+ Shoveler, 2 Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Raven, 2 Sedge Warbler, Meadow Pipit, Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff
3 Kingfisher over the Sailing Pool
13 Curlew, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, Dunlin, Avocet, 70 Lapwing, 30+ Teal, 20+ Shoveler, 2 Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Raven, 2 Sedge Warbler, Meadow Pipit, Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff
3 Kingfisher over the Sailing Pool
Spoonbill Finder
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Also Nuthatch at North Moors feeder station, 2 Goldcrest in secret garden. Treecreeper along the east track as per Alan Giles.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Barn Owl again at the Flashes at 0620 as per Andy P.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
3 Little Egret at the Moors Pool as per Richard Baker
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Ruff (probable juvenile male) and Dunlin at the Flashes this morning as per Phil W.
Also 1 Avocet and 1 Green Sandpiper as per Andy P.
Also 1 Avocet and 1 Green Sandpiper as per Andy P.
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
2 Red Kite around the transmitter masts viewed from the Sailing Centre at 0930 as per Andy P.
Where Bird
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This and That
Sometimes I feel like a big bird.
Other times I feel very small
For Tim O thanks for the company and the discussion about identifying certain birds in that light last night.
I took a pic of a bird just before you arrived which on scrutiny turned out to be a male teal with fully fledged markings just coming out of moult. Only the intensity of the colours was missing.
The bird that we were looking at on the left hand side from the East Hide windows bothered me because it was a female teal (ish) but with the wrong head colouring. On reflection and some work on the pic I reckon it was a male teal in an earlier stage of moult because the colour on the top of the head turned out to be adult male colouring.
As for that little bird on the right - which duck beginning with m has a wing colouring with blue in it? I learnt a lot last night.
On another note I found an immaculate shiny manual shutter release cable last night in the Moors carpark. I can only think someone is using film. Anyway I put it for safekeeping in the East Hide at the back of the holder with the reserve guides in. That way I hope its safe and won't disappear down any cracks.
Don't do new mobiles so please could somebody post this bit on any platform that you think the owner might see it. Thanks.
Phil E
PS There were 2 little egrets there seemingly ignoring one another until just before we left and all hell broke loose .Some amazing flying. Would put Top Gun pilots to shame! Who put his camera away?!
Sometimes I feel like a big bird.
Other times I feel very small
For Tim O thanks for the company and the discussion about identifying certain birds in that light last night.
I took a pic of a bird just before you arrived which on scrutiny turned out to be a male teal with fully fledged markings just coming out of moult. Only the intensity of the colours was missing.
The bird that we were looking at on the left hand side from the East Hide windows bothered me because it was a female teal (ish) but with the wrong head colouring. On reflection and some work on the pic I reckon it was a male teal in an earlier stage of moult because the colour on the top of the head turned out to be adult male colouring.
As for that little bird on the right - which duck beginning with m has a wing colouring with blue in it? I learnt a lot last night.
On another note I found an immaculate shiny manual shutter release cable last night in the Moors carpark. I can only think someone is using film. Anyway I put it for safekeeping in the East Hide at the back of the holder with the reserve guides in. That way I hope its safe and won't disappear down any cracks.
Don't do new mobiles so please could somebody post this bit on any platform that you think the owner might see it. Thanks.
Phil E
PS There were 2 little egrets there seemingly ignoring one another until just before we left and all hell broke loose .Some amazing flying. Would put Top Gun pilots to shame! Who put his camera away?!
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Barn Owl again at the Flashes early morning hunting between 0619 and 0629 as per Tim.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
From the Flashes early morning Tim reportd:
Ruff, Avocet, 2 Redshank (first since 20th July), 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 Snipe, 13 Curlew
Ruff, Avocet, 2 Redshank (first since 20th July), 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 Snipe, 13 Curlew
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
From the Flashes Lloyd further reports;
2 Stonechat near the sewage works, 1 Dunlin
2 Stonechat near the sewage works, 1 Dunlin
Birder Gladys
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Adult Common Gull at the Moors Pool as per Nigel Coldicott
Water Rail and Sedge Warbler from the Hen Pool hide as per Carl J.
Water Rail and Sedge Warbler from the Hen Pool hide as per Carl J.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Certainly a Hobby, most likely a juvenile :t:
frisky pheasant
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the y omg :eek!:
