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Upton Warren (31 Viewers)

At The Flashes Again.

1 HOW deep is this little hole?
2 From Cuckoo Hide - sometimes a different view helps.
 

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Today's highlights:

MOORS/ N MOORS*
Yellow Legged Gull (3rd cal yr)----------Common Gull (1s)
Herring Gull (10)-------------------------L B B Gull (190). There would now appear to be a
regular influx around the middle of the day.
Wigeon (m)-------------------------------Gadwall (1)
Green Sand (2)---------------------------Common Tern (2)+ 3 chicks.
G C Grebe (1) + juv----------------------Little Grebe (4) + 2:2 chicks
Cormorant (4)-----------------------------Mute Swan (1)
B H Gull (c300)----------------------------Sedge Warbler (1) feeding young in front of east hide.
Teal (5)*-----------------------------------Water Rail (1)*
Sedge Warbler (1)*juv

FLASHES:
Curlew (11)--------------------------------Avocet (1)
Common Sand (1)-------------------------Lapwing (33)
LRP (3) inc 1 juv---------------------------Cetti's Warbler (3 juv) left of the main hide.
Common Gull (2s)-------------------------L B G Gull (48)
Herring Gull (2)----------------------------Yellow Legged Gull(3rd cal yr). Moors bird.
Redstart (juv/fem) feeding along hedge in transmitter field.

SAILING POOL:
Common Sand (3)-------------------------G C Grebe (2) + juv
Greylag Goose (10)

+ the second record of Small Red-eyed Damselfly (3) for the reserve seen at the N Moors (MJI/DAJ) and one Purple Hairstreak seen in the Hen Brook area (DAJ/JHWR).
 

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From the Flashes this morning Phil W reports:

12 Curlew, 1 Avocet, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 40 Lapwings, c200 Black-headed Gulls
 
Tuesday at Moors 17th July

upstarts1979 said:
An early start (5.45am).
The Flashes had dropped a little bit more since my last visit . But there is plenty of water in the southern side of the 2nd Flash some of which is flowing into the remaining moat around the main island. I'll try and post pics later. A walk around the fox fence line revealed more holes it's certainly seen better days.
Although the waders were few and far between passerines were performing better.
At least 2 juv and later a male Redstart were feeding in the hedgerows..behind main hide, bzck of cuckoo hide and the usual hedgerow in front of the transmitters. The 3 juv Cetti's warbler were being fed along the path between the bridge and cuckoo hide.
We did have 5 minutes of rain but we will need a bit more thsn that to have any effect.
Species count FLASHES:-
Teal . Avocet 1. LRP 4 (2juvs). Green sand. Common sand. Lapwing 39. Curlew 12. Snipe.
Water rail 3rd Flash
Stock dove 35-40. Green woodp. Swift 2. House Martin 30.
Redstart 3 probably 4. Cetti's w 4 (3 juv). Sedge warbler and blackcap singing
Pied wag juv.
Greenfinch at least 10 a welcome increase. Goldfinch 30+. Linnet 12. Bullfinch.
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Moors: The water level had dropped to 0.53 which is 25cm below the Spring high water level.
Species count: GCG ad +chick. Little grebe 8 (1 juv 1 small chick in front of East hide). Teal 2. Tufted 10 broods (1 contained 14 chicks). Lapwing 34. Green sand 2. LBBG 30. Herring gull 5. Common Gull. Common Tern or +3 chicks 1 very recently hatched.
 
Donation

Many thanks to Gene Timmins for the kind donation of a squirrel proof feeder. It's great to see Gene is still active and continues to visit the reserve for her regular Sunday morning birding at the tender age of 92. I would also like to thank Andy A for his generous donation to the Feeding Station fund.
John:t:
 
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From the Flashes this morning Andy P reports:

22 Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 242 BH Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 1 Little Egret, no Avocet, 3 Redstart in transmitter field (male, juvenile, female / juvenile)

In this slow news period am rather bemused as to why there are 31 people viewing this thread!!
 
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In this slow news period am rather bemused as to why there are 31 people viewing this thread!![/QUOTE]

I work in a place with no windows any escapeism is welcome
 
Please note the Trust is undertaking an invertebrate survey at the Flashes today as a follow up to last year's exercise so disturbance is likely.
 
Some of this morning's pictures

An enjoyable morning mainly at The Moors/North Moors.

One of the two Green Sandpipers present.
A young Moorhen decided it could climb a twig, even with those feet.
Morning capped off by the Kingfisher making an appearance.
 

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Birder Gladys said:
In this slow news period am rather bemused as to why there are 31 people viewing this thread!!
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I work in a place with no windows any escapeism is welcome[/QUOTE]

With this in mind I have just checked on how many daily hits we are getting .
I last checked in April at that time we were getting 4155 per day.and Norfolk 2,234..
Our total views on 9th April was 7,471,689
Norfolk was 7,249,412.
In the 102 interveening days we have had 165,867 hits
and Norfolk only 63,534
An average of 1,626 for us and 623 for Norfolk.
I don't know if there has been a fall off in views or this is a reflection of how poor the Spring has been for any interesting events.
:eek!: john
 
upstarts An average of 1 said:
Just had a browse of Norfolk Birds. From 31st March to 12 JUNE 2018 (Last posting) only 31 posts.

Judging from Penny`s Hot Birding Blog there have been quite a few decent sightings in Norfolk, today Lesser Yellowlegs, Tem. Stint etc. Even good advice where to get Fish & Chips -- "Erics"! Perhaps it`s the in thing to inform local sightings in Norfolk on Twitter;)

Richard
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