Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Turnstone at the Flashes as per Andy P
Turnstone at the Flashes as per Andy P
Arrived at Moors car park at 0650...checked phone and saw tweet for Turnstone at flashes, so quick u-turn and down to the flashes for Turnstone...otherwise fairly quiet with usual suspects
Flashes 0700-1030
Avocet (c35 inc. Juveniles)
Common Sandpiper (2)
Common Tern (2 flyover)
Cormorant (3 flyover)
Green Sandpiper (5)
LRP (2 + 4 juveniles)
Med Gull (1 + juvenile)
Redstart (fleeting glimpse of probable male in hedgerow/transmitter field about 3:30pm)
Turnstone (1)
Teal (1)
House Martins (several large groups 200-300)
Swift (several large groups throughout the day 300+)
Over to the moors...
Med Gull (1)
Hobby (1)
Sparrowhawk (1)
Swallow (c10)
Several large groups of Swifts, House and Sand Martins (200-300)
Early morning at the Flashes JTB reports:
5 Common Sand, 4 Green Sand, 9 LR Plover, 42 Avocet (including 17 juveniles), 7 Curlew, 45 Lapwing, juvenile Dunlin, 6 Teal, 3 fem Shoveler + 5 juveniles, 2 Raven, juvenile Med Gull being fed by parent + another juvenile raised elsewhere, Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Reed Warbler, male Redstart, Treecreeper, Whimbrel
In addition, on S.Pool, Egyptian Goose, 5 GCGrebe + 1 chick.
On brief visit to Moors - 6+ broods of T.Duck (6:5:4:3:2:1. - no this isn't a countdown!) & at least 5 juv L Grebes
This evening on the reserve. Made myself a task to finally find the Hobby on the east side. On walking to the hide, a juv Coal Tit was feeding in trees on the corner of the concrete road and east track.
Having heard that the Hobby had been perched earlier in the day around the hide, we headed there, to find the Hobby sat up in an oak close to the hide. Great views as it sat there throughout a prolonged rain shower. Some of the best views I have had of the species!
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3 Tern chicks on the rafts and female Gadwall with 2 chicks below hide.
Flashes- 4 Med Gull this evening, the resident family + a very smart fresh juv (pictured). Waders well represented with 65 Lapwing, 41 Avocet, 9 LRP, 5 Green Sand, 4 Common Sand, 1 Dunlin, 1 Curlew
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This evening on the reserve. Made myself a task to finally find the Hobby on the east side. On walking to the hide, a juv Coal Tit was feeding in trees on the corner of the concrete road and east track.
and female Gadwall with 2 chicks below hide.