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Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 23, 2016

• #30,781

upstarts1979 said:

Crofty at Flashes this evening....1st and 2nd summer Med Gulls . 1st summer Common Gull. Avocet 36. .
Throughout the day
Shoveler 6. gadwall 4. Shelduck 6.
Tufted 6. water rail 2. little egret.
LRP 2. Snipe 2. Common sand 3. lapwing 14 .
Whitethroat. Sedge w 5. Kestrel. Raven feeding young.
hirundines 50.

Moors :
GCG 2. little grebe 6 . shoveler 8. gadwall 4. Shelduck 2. oystercatchers 4. Snipe. Avocet 6.
hirundines 250-300. sedge warbler 4.

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36 Avocet is a new record count of adult birds, surpassing the 34 recorded last year. I am assuming the six at the Moors Pool were a duplication John?

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 23, 2016

• #30,782

JTB reports from the Flashes:

Whimbrel flew through west, Avocet 34, LRP 4, Oystercatcher 4, Common Sandpiper 2, Swift as per Andy Pitt

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 23, 2016

• #30,783

Dave J reports from the Moors Pool:

16 Avocets (from the Flashes), female Redstart (along north end of west track and also A48 field hedge), Swift, Nuthatch, 3 Reed Warbler, 11 Sedge Warbler, Snipe, Whitethroat

 

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Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 23, 2016

• #30,784

JTB further reports from the Flashes:

Lapwing 14, Shoveler 4, Shelduck 6, Little Egret, Med Gull 2nd summer, Water Rail, Raven 2, Sedge Warbler 5, Whitethroat.

 

binus1963

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• Apr 23, 2016

• #30,785

a few from today

nice day quiet but mostly sunny.

 

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Sarahrea

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• Apr 23, 2016

• #30,786

binus1963 said:

nice day quiet but mostly sunny.

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I swear that otter hates me!

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 24, 2016

• #30,787

Garden Warbler yesterday on the reserve as per Mike Chappell (via BirdTrack)

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 24, 2016

• #30,788

Dave J reports from the Flashes:

36 Avocets, Little Egret, Med Gull (1s), 2 Common Sandpipers, 3 LRP, Whitethroat.

Also an interesting first calendar year large gull. Initially thought to be a Caspian, but in flight dark underwing and showed faint window; also a pale mantle. Possibly Yellow-legged? I will attach any pictures Dave posts on Twitter.

 

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Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 24, 2016

• #30,789

At the Moors Pool Dave J recorded:

2 Yellow Wagtails, Mediterranean Gull (1s from Flashes), Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 3 Reed Warbler

 

wheatearlp

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• Apr 24, 2016

• #30,790

This pm at Moors quite quiet - Whitethroat, Willow Warbler 3 or 4,50+ hirundines mostly Sand Martin, 2nd S Med Gull briefly.

 

Birder Gladys

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• Apr 24, 2016

• #30,791

just an hour on the flashes this evening,Hen brook area very busy 2 cetti's calling either side of hide possible female turned up with a sub call after male called,kingfisher flying up and down brook,Blackcap, Chiffchaff quiet visable,Sedge warbler heard plus swallow, house and sand martin. Coot,Morhen and Water rail seen in the channels from the hide. With all the photos of the water rail is it just one bird or more can we tell?

 

wren73

Member

• Apr 24, 2016

• #30,792

Had a brilliant afternoon's birding today - saw four lifers (Little Grebe, Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler and Linnet), and had my best ever view of a Water Rail at the Hen Brook.

Thank you to everyone who gave me tips on where to look

Nicky

 

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wren73

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• Apr 24, 2016

• #30,793

Make that five lifers - I took a video today of a small brown bird making a really loud alarm call (it was out of sight in the middle of a hedge at the Moors) - I have just been told by a 'proper birder' listening to it, that it was a Reed Warbler

I just need to catch sight of a Cetti's now, instead of just hearing them ...

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 25, 2016

• #30,794

From yesterday afternoon JTB reports:

Moors Pool
Little Grebe 6, Little Egret, Shoveler 6, Gadwall 6, Teal 2 (pair), Oystercatcher 4, Lapwing 2, Mistle Thrush 3, Lesser Whitethroat.

Flashes
Shoveler 4, Shelduck 6, Water Rail, Avocet 34, LRP 6, Common Sand 2, Med Gull 2 (1st & 2nd summers), Raven 2.
Also 2 Yellow Wagtail as per John Oates.

 

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upstarts1979

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• Apr 25, 2016

• #30,795

Birder Gladys said:

just an hour on the flashes this evening,Hen brook area very busy 2 cetti's calling either side of hide possible female turned up with a sub call after male called,kingfisher flying up and down brook,Blackcap, Chiffchaff quiet visable,Sedge warbler heard plus swallow, house and sand martin. Coot,Morhen and Water rail seen in the channels from the hide. With all the photos of the water rail is it just one bird or more can we tell?

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No Tim two birds male giving food to female yesterday:t:

 

Gert Corfield

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• Apr 25, 2016

• #30,796

http://youtu.be/ZK052HcWZ34 Clip of the Otter & 2 cubs on Moors this morning

 

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John Sirrett

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• Apr 25, 2016

• #30,797

Phil Andrews said:

Dave J reports from the Flashes:

36 Avocets, Little Egret, Med Gull (1s), 2 Common Sandpipers, 3 LRP, Whitethroat.

Also an interesting first calendar year large gull. Initially thought to be a Caspian, but in flight dark underwing and showed faint window; also a pale mantle. Possibly Yellow-legged? I will attach any pictures Dave posts on Twitter.

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There is a 2CY Yellow-legged (i.e. primarily first winter) knocking about Earlswood Lakes (warks), been present since last winter. It's infrequent at the moment and is likely to be wandering about other sites.

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 25, 2016

• #30,798

John Sirrett said:

There is a 2CY Yellow-legged (i.e. primarily first winter) knocking about Earlswood Lakes (warks), been present since last winter. It's infrequent at the moment and is likely to be wandering about other sites.

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Mike W has had the bird again this morning at the Flashes and still can't see any mirror in the wing. Link to Dave J's photos from yesterday attached (unfortunately none in flight): https://twitter.com/davejredditch/status/724241407439982593?s=03

 

Last edited: Apr 25, 2016

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 25, 2016

• #30,799

Dave J reports from the Flashes:

34 Avocets, 3 Common Sandpipers, 6 LRP, Mediterranean Gull (1s), Yellow Wagtail ➡N, Lesser Whitethroat

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Apr 26, 2016

• #30,800

Monday 26th April 1500-1700

Little change from Dave J's report earlier in the day:

34+ Avocet, 6 LRP, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher (bird sitting in the sewage meadow), 3 Shelduck, 4 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 10 Tufted Duck, Buzzard, Kestrel (ringed), Lesser Whitethroat singing in hedge south of the hide, 2 Willow Warbler singing around the steps (Goldcrest in same area)

Mike W had a Common Tern in the evening at the Moors Pool.