you had forget Rob G has he was there well before you had got out of bed Phil8-P1. Mute Swan
2. Canada Goose
3. Barnacle Goose - 1 at the Moors Pool
4. Greylag Goose - 47 at the Moors Pool (record count for the year)
5. Wigeon - 1 at the Moors Pool
6. Mallard - c400 at the Flashes first thing
7. Gadwall
8. Shoveler - 29 at the Flashes
9. Teal
10. Tufted Duck
11. Coot
12. Moorhen - 29 at the Flashes
13. Water Rail
14. Great Crested Grebe - 2 well-developed young at the Sailing Pool
15. Little Grebe
16. Cormorant
17. Grey Heron
18. Little Egret - 1 initially at the Flashes then moved to the Moors Pool
19. Pheasant
20. Buzzard
21. Sparrowhawk
22. Peregrine Falcon
23. Hobby - Moors Pool
24. Kestrel - bird frequently perched on wires by the first Flash
25. Avocet - 1 adult with injured leg lingering at the Flashes
26. Lapwing
27. Dunlin - 2 at the Flashes
28. Common Sandpiper - 1 at the Flashes
29. Green Sandpiper - 3 at the Flashes
30. Snipe
31. Curlew - 18 at Flashes
32. Black-headed Gull - 1,400 in the Flashes roost
33. Lesser Black-backed Gull - c50 in the Flashes roost
34. Herring Gull - 4+ in the Flashes roost
35.Common Tern - adult and juvenile still commuting between the Sailing Pool and Moors Pool
36. Wood Pigeon
37. Stock Dove - 72 at the Flashes
38. Feral Pigeon
39. Collared Dove
40. Green Woodpecker
41. Great Spotted Woodpecker
42. Barn Owl - at the Flashes first thing, perching on hide roof. Perched up on transmitter mast compound building last thing.
43. Kingfisher
44. Swift - at least 12 through the reserve during the course of the day
45. Pied Wagtail
46. Grey Wagtail
47. Yellow Wagtail - 1 over the Moors Pool
48. Meadow Pipit - first record of the autumn
49. Tree Pipit - one calling as it is flew south over the heath in the Education Reserve, the first of the year
50. Sand Martin
51. House Martin
52. Swallow
53. Redstart - both male and female-type in hedgerows between the reserve and the transmitter mast compound
54. Blackbird
55. Song Thrush
56. Mistle Thrush
57. Robin
58. Dunnock
59. Wren
60. Cetti's Warbler
61. Reed Warbler - Flashes
62. Sedge Warbler - Flashes
63. Whitethroat
64. Lesser Whitethroat
65. Garden Warbler - singles at North Moors and top of the steps at the Flashes
66. Blackcap
67. Willow Warbler - Sailing Pool
68. Chiffchaff
69. Goldcrest
70. Long-tailed Tit
71. Blue Tit
72. Coal Tit -Moors Pool
73. Great Tit
74. Treecreeper
75. Nuthatch - Moors Pool
76. Starling
77. Carrion Crow
78. Raven - one frequently flew over the Flashes
79. Rook - several fly over reports plus six in the stubble fields north of the Flashes
80. Jackdaw
81. Magpie
82. Jay
83. Chaffinch
84. Greenfinch
85. Bullfinch
86. Linnet
87. Goldfinch
88. Siskin - 15 through the Moors Pool; 1 over the Flashes
89. Reed Bunting
Many thanks to all the participants who included:
John B, John R, Mike W, Mike & Yvonne, Paul R, Keith, Phil W, Phil Q, Phil J, Dave J, Dave W, Graham LaB, Peter E, Janette, Chris C, Tim & Mary, Craig, Des, Kevin, Rea family, Steve, Jarad, Vern & Julie and whoever else I have embarrassingly forgetten
you had forget Rob G has he was there well before you had got out of bed Phil8-P
I was out of bed at 4:30am; just looking after an inconsolable baby rather than birding Upton :-C:'D
Hi Andy - I assume you didn't mean to put Barnacle Goose twice; was one of the references to Wigeon or something else?
Yesterday at the Flashes the water level was extremely high for the time of the year. This is due to recent heavy rain and normally at this time we have plenty of exposed mud. We are due to be dropping the water level to its minimum by October for the survey work to be carried out. So in order to get back on track and maximize the ideal conditions for passage waders, I opened the sluice yesterday.
The water at 5am was approx 0.46 I closed the sluice approximately 12 hours later. The level had dropped by 4cm revealing extensive areas of wet mud.
This weeks weather looks good for some migration, so hopefully any waders on the move will find the conditions irresistible.
Pics 1 how it looked after sluice was closed
2. the mud
3. juv dunlin gaining some winter plumaged scapular feathers
4. how the water is at 0.46 (no mud - pic taken in spring)
John, was the fourth picture taken this spring? If so, there has been an alarming advance made by the reeds in front of the sewage works.
Peter
Working on Saturday so could'nt get down. So early Monday morning 'mud check' at flashes drew a blank. Male sparrowhawk chased and played with a juv Greenwoodpecker making a lot of noise.Still large numbers of Chiffchaff over reserve and around sailing pool some singing. 2 Blackcap 1 Reed Warbler was the best I could manage on Hedgewatch. Only 1 Green Sand and 1 Avocet still, wader wise. Moors in the sunshine brought out the Dragonflies. Good numbers of Hirundines inc House Martins and 1 Swift. 3 Snipe 2 Barnacle Geese and 1 Little Egret.
Working on Saturday so could'nt get down. So early Monday morning 'mud check' at flashes drew a blank. Male sparrowhawk chased and played with a juv Greenwoodpecker making a lot of noise.Still large numbers of Chiffchaff over reserve and around sailing pool some singing. 2 Blackcap 1 Reed Warbler was the best I could manage on Hedgewatch. Only 1 Green Sand and 1 Avocet still, wader wise. Moors in the sunshine brought out the Dragonflies. Good numbers of Hirundines inc House Martins and 1 Swift. 3 Snipe 2 Barnacle Geese and 1 Little Egret.
yes Peter 15th May to be precise. It was when the 'cut' phragy was growing back, although there is no doubt that it has spread in depth and length since last year.B john
John - do you know the logic for cutting the reed this week (as per the Trust's notice); our experiences (shared with the Trust) show that it grows back far more vigorously once this has happened.
I saw the Wheatear at 12.00.The initials in the log were S W(not S M W )
Chris.T.
P.S. Log entry for original sighting was 07.30
HI Chris - having looked at the log book on Saturday, the SW was actually "South West", a reference to the direction in which the Osprey flew. The initials appear to be PE but I am sure our two regular watchers with those initials (Phil Evans and Peter Evans) would have posted on here.