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Upton Warren (15 Viewers)

Spotted Flycatcher at the Flashes in hedge to south of main hide at the and near dung heap plus 2 Lesser Whitethroat as per Andy P.
 
pics from Saturday. not every day you get Turnstone and Ruff at Upton in the same frame. If it is sunny any time soon take a walk down the Salwarpe large amount of Damsel flies really quite beautiful as you walk down but please be careful it is a bit muddy and slippy.
 

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Mike had a new ringed BH Gull at the Flashes yesterday - dark blue leg ring with code 2L90 - believed to have originated from Slimbridge WWT
 
Wood Sandpiper and Black-tailed Godwit plus the one remaining LRP chick at the Flashes as per Phil W
 
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From the Flashes this morning Terry Hinett reports:

Wood Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 13 Curlew, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper and just the one Little Ringed Plover chick. Common Redstart by the dung heap.
 
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From the Flashes this morning Andy P reports:

Wheatear for about 10 minutes, Redstart near the dung heap, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper 5, Common Sandpiper 2, Curlew, Little Ringed Plover + chick, Avocet 17, Lapwing 90, Shelduck juvenile, Teal 14, Shoveler 3, Peregrine, Kingfisher.
 
From the Moors Pool Tim reports:

2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Cormorant, no sign so far of the Egyptian Geese family.
 
From the Flashes this morning Andy P reports:

Wheatear for about 10 minutes, Redstart near the dung heap, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper 5, Common Sandpiper 2, Curlew, Little Ringed Plover + chick, Avocet 17, Lapwing 90, Shelduck juvenile, Teal 14, Shoveler 3, Peregrine, Kingfisher.

Wheatear showed again on stock fencing near the third flash as per Andy P.
 
I did tweet the second wood sand could be sheltering from the bad weather last night .The first one did on its arrival last Tuesday. So here is a test for your memory is this multiple count of wood sand? enjoy your trip.:t:

To answer your question Tim, the last multiple sighting of Wood Sandpiper were 2 seen at the Flashes on 6th July 2012 (JTB).

The largest count of this species was 6 on 18th August 1965 (RM) - see WMBC report for that year.
 
enjoyable 4 hours this morning nearly 60 birds highlights on the moors Kingfisher hunting for 15 mins + in front of east hide Water Rail showing well too ,Green woody jumped out on me as I walked back towards lifestyles ,Sparrowhawk over the car park with very light head colouring.
Sailing pool Little Egret flew over . Flashes as Andy P reported.
pics from this morning
Pic 1 best photo I've ever taken of a Kingfisher BUT.........
Pic 2 Look very closely.
Pic 3 Water Rail out in the open until I wanted a photo.
Pic 4 Lapwing posing perfectly still .
Pic 5 Teal hiding in plain sight.
 

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As we start to approach the peak weeks for the return passage of waders through Upton Warren, I thought it was worth dusting off the stats for the maximum occurences for each species on the reserve; as you can see August dates are fairly prominent:

Oystercatcher - 14 - 20th July 2012
Black-winged Stilt - 1 - 21st to 22nd May 2006
Avocet - 24 - late June 2011
Little Ringed Plover - 31 - Late June 2002
Ringed Plover - 20 - 15th May 1994
Golden Plover - 150 - 25th February 1994
Grey Plover - 6 - 7th to 8th October 1991
Lapwing - 3,000 - February 1977, 31st July 1995, early February 1985, early 1994, late 1994, December 1995
Knot - 3 - 21st August 1965
Sanderling - 3 - 15th May 2006
Little Stint - 37 - 25th September 1996
Temminck’s Stint - 6 - 25th to 27th May 1975
Least Sandpiper - 1 - 13th to 15th August 1988
Pectoral Sandpiper - 2 - 15th September 2003
Curlew Sandpiper - 16 - 26th August 2000
Dunlin - 35 - 14th May 2007
Ruff - 16 - 2nd May 1994
Jack Snipe - 14 - 26th March 1967
Snipe - 200 - 28th March 1971
Woodcock - 2 - 1st March 1986
Black-tailed Godwit - 27 - 23rd August 2010
Bar-tailed Godwit - 23 - 30th April 2011
Whimbrel - 32 - 9th August 1992
Curlew - 122 - September 1988
Spotted Redshank - 7 - 26th August 1966
Redshank - 13 - 11th November 2006
Greenshank - 13 - 21st August 2000
Green Sandpiper - 31 - 19th August 2001
Wood Sandpiper - 6 - August to September 1965
Common Sandpiper - 18 - 25th August 1971
Turnstone - 8 - 2nd September 1988
Wilson’s Phalarope - 1 - 2 records
Red-necked Phalarope - 2 - 30th April 2011
Grey Phalarope - 1 - 4 records

While trawling back through the forum for records of multiple Wood Sands at Upton Warren I found the above posted by Phil Andrews a few years ago.
Many of these figures will probably never be seen again eg 3000 Lapwing, 122 Curlew, 37 Little Stint to name but a few.

However, the records for numbers of Black-tailed Godwit (69 at the Flashes on 12th April 2013 - VW), Redshank (27 at the Moors Pool on 10th May 2016 - JTB) have been broken in recent years. So too have the numbers of Avocet - figures not too hand at the moment - and possibly Jack Snipe. The record for the number of Greenshank was also equalled on 10th May 2016 when 13 were seen at the Flashes - JTB.

Finally, it was great to see the finder of all those Godwits earlier today when Vern Wright paid a flying visit to the reserve. I'm sure all those that know Vern will join me in wishing him well as he fights against the ailments that continue to afflict him. :t:
 
From the Flashes yesterday evening Mike reported:

Black-tailed Godwit 1, Little Ringed Plover 1 adult + 1 juvenile, Green Sandpiper 4, Common Sandpiper 2, Avocet 16, Common Tern 7 (6 adults + 1 juvenile), Lapwing 66, Stock Dove 13, Shoveler 3, Gadwall 3, Teal 15, Shelduck juvenile, Curlew 14, BH Gull 500 (including 2RNJ)
 
From the Flashes this morning Andy P reports:

Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Green Sandpiper 5, Common Sandpiper 2, Little Ringed Plover 1 + chick, Curlew 9, Avocet 20, Lapwing 105, Shelduck juvenile, Teal 16, Shoveler 5, Gadwall 4, Little Grebe, Little Egret.
 
From the Moors Pool this morning Des reports:

1 Green Sandpiper, 8 Curlew, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, c80 Lapwing, 4 Gadwall.
 
Today's highlights:

MOORS:
Green Sand (1)-----------------Common Sand (1)
Curlew (8)-----------------------Lapwing (c80)
Snipe (1)------------------------ Little Egret (2)
Swift (10)----------------------- LB B Gull (20)
Herring Gull (1)-----------------Cormorant (5)
Sparrowhawk--------------------Hobby (JHWR)-flew past west hide.
Coot (52)------------------------Mute Swan (4ad)
Collared Dove (1)---------------Coal Tit- at west hide feeding station.
Greylag Goose (16)-------------Gadwall (min of 4)
Little Grebe (1)------------------G C Grebe (1)
Cetti's Warbler (1)

MOORS:
Avocet (21)----------------------Black T Godwit (1)
Green Sand (5)------------------Common Sand (3)
Snipe (1)-------------------------Lapwing (c80)
LRP (ad+chick)------------------Shelduck (juv)
Kestrel---------------------------Common Tern (3ad + juv)
Teal (3)--------------------------Gadwall (4)
Starling (c80)-------------------Little Grebe (1)

Des.
 

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