Upton Warren (48 Viewers)

upstarts1979 · Mar 8, 2016

Tuesday work party

Today 15 of us took part in a pretty heavy session.
Thanks to Bob O, Bobby P, Charles, Dave H, Janet H, Jim B, Keith M, Paul M, Peter E, Ray C, Roger, Terry W, Tony B, Andy Harris (Trust) and me:t:
Strimmed west side of of Broadmeadow mostly bramble
cut and treated 100's of alder and willow saplings in the Marsh.
Continued stock fencing repairs
replaced and installed several nest boxes
planted 6 alder buckthorn along Salwarpe track ..for white letter hairstreak
cut back bramble in front of the east hide

Pics
1 and 2 the west Broadmeadow pool arm before work
3. after work on Broadmeadow West shore, viewed from East hide
4. The bramble cut back below east hide
5. 6 large Alder buckthorn plants were planted close to the 3 existing one along the salwarp trail.

Skeleton man · Mar 8, 2016

claypole55 said:
hello all, I'm a newbie to this site but i've been told upton warren is a must see place to visit!
can anyone visit or is it a members site only??? also can anyone suggest best area to visit??
travelling from Telford,so I don't want to visit if we'll be turned away!!!!
thank-you.

Upton Warren is a worcs wildlife trust site for Wildlife Trust members but can be visited by anyone purchasing a day ticket from a warden or from the sailing centre.
It's all good and site details can be found on the Worcs Wildlife Trust website.
Enjoy your visit :t:

UW82 · Mar 8, 2016

Bob Edwards's funeral will take place at Wyre Forest Crematorium next Thursday March 17th at 12.00.

Des.

Roger P · Mar 8, 2016

Hi John (Upstarts) I've lost your number so I've had to pm you, hope you've noticed!

Roger

upstarts1979 · Mar 8, 2016

Birding today on the reserve

Moors:
The most conspicuous aspect of today's birding was the concentration of birds in and off the shore of the Lagoon. This was as a result of massive hatch of insects in this area. the BHG's were picking them of the surface 'phalarope like' as did the teal but the other ducks were catching just below the surface. No diving ducks were present but all the dabblers on the pool were feasting here.
A walk through the promontory on resulted in 1 each of Jack and common snipe.
Another interesting appearance was a reasonably sized winter thrush flock. At least 200 birds were feeding on the A38 field.
Species count MOORS:
GCG 2, Little grebe 5, little egret 2,
Shoveler 16, Teal 19, gadwall 12, shelduck 6, mallard 15, Pochard 24 (17 males), Tufted c20, coot 120, water rail at least 5 calling plus 2 on the North Moors. Avocet 16 from Flashes briefly, Jack snipe, common snipe 2, Oystercatcher 4, BHG 300, Herring gull ad, LBBG 2,
Stock dove 5, collared dove, kingfisher, green woodp 2, skylark,
Song Thrush 4 singing, Fieldfare 80, Redwing 120+, starling 30, cetti's w 2 singing,
Feeding Station: Greenfinch 20, reed bunting 12.

NORTH MOORS: Little egret, shelduck pr, teal pr, water rail 2, cetti's w, song thrush

SAILING POOL: GCG 6, Tufted 11, Oystercatcher 2 on platform

FLASHES: The BHG colony is now in residence and the volume has been cranked up a few notches.8-P
Although this evening several Lapwing were loudly displaying and scraping.
The Light male Barn owl appeared at 6.16pm from the right of the hide and flew around the back and off over to the 1st Flash and not seen again. A large flock of winter thrushes fed in the north field numbering 320+.

Species count FLASHES:
Teal 16, Shelduck pr, Greylag 15,
Avocet 21, curlew 15, green sand 2, lapwing 370, oystercatcher 2,
BHG 750 roosted, LBBG,
Barn owl,
green woodp,
Fieldfare 130, redwing c190,
starling 210,

pics of winter thrushes in A38 field and the feeding frenzy off the lagoon during the insect hatch

upstarts1979 · Mar 8, 2016

Group visit Tomorrow

At short notice there is a group visit tomorrow at the Moors
The group will meet at 9.30am in the Moors car park. They are mostly Trust members those that aren't will be purchasing permits. :t: John
I'm sure people will make them welcome. For any regulars, it maybe worth going to the Flashes in the morning:t:

upstarts1979 · Mar 8, 2016

this hat and note book were found at the Moors last week. If you have lost it or know anyone who has, contact me for their safe return :t: john

UW82 · Mar 9, 2016

Avocet (22), Shelduck (4), Gadwall (7), Teal (53) at the Flashes.

Des.

claypole55 · Mar 9, 2016

Skeleton man said:
Upton Warren is a worcs wildlife trust site for Wildlife Trust members but can be visited by anyone purchasing a day ticket from a warden or from the sailing centre.
It's all good and site details can be found on the Worcs Wildlife Trust website.
Enjoy your visit :t:

Thank you for getting back to me, i appreciate it!! hopefully i'll get up either this weekend or next.... i'll go look on the Worcs Wildlife Trust website, thanks again

UW82 · Mar 9, 2016

Today's highlights-I packed away my snorkel at 17.00:

FLASHES:
By early afternoon the flashes were one flash, with the water height indicator showing .7.
Avocet (22)--------------------Shelduck (2)
Curlew (3)----------------------Teal (53)
Oystercatcher (2)--------------Shoveler (2)
Cetti's Warbler-----------------Grey Wagtail
Gadwall (pr)+ 5 that flew through

MOORS:
Water height indicator covered by water.
Pochard (26)-------------------Gadwall (5)
Shelduck (5)-------------------Tufted Duck (25)
Shoveler (10)------------------Oystercatcher (2)
Little Grebe (3)----------------G C Grebe (4)
Little Egret (1)-----------------Coal Tit
Sparrowhawk------------------Herring Gull (2ad)
Cormorant (13)----------------Greylag Goose (3)
Teal (12)

SAILING POOL:
Tufted Duck (22)--------------G C Grebe (4)

Des.

Dick-E-Dipper · Mar 9, 2016

Des

What!!! No `WATER` Rail seen:-O

Dick

UW82 · Mar 9, 2016

Dick-E-Dipper said:
Des

What!!! No `WATER` Rail seen:-O

Dick

Very good Dick!

Attached are some images taken with my 'phone of, mostly, water.

Dick-E-Dipper · Mar 9, 2016

Des
I didn`t realise it was as bad as that, Did you pay the Ferryman!

Full marks for getting your sightings in those conditions.

Dick

PeterE · Mar 10, 2016

claypole55 said:
Thank you for getting back to me, i appreciate it!! hopefully i'll get up either this weekend or next.... i'll go look on the Worcs Wildlife Trust website, thanks again

If you can manage it put your sightings on here. We will be interested to see how you got on.

Peter

Birder Gladys · Mar 10, 2016

UW82 said:
Very good Dick!

Attached are some images taken with my 'phone of, mostly, water.

Just cleaned out the Brook, wonder what's washed down this time?

upstarts1979 · Mar 11, 2016

Today on the Reserve

The water had fallen on the Moors but was still 35cm higher than it was on Tuesday 8th March.
A very spring like day once the sun came out, plenty of insects hatching and birds singing. A slight exodus of dabblers but generally most birds were as of 8th March. Little grebes were very vocal and an influx of 3 on to the North Moors was notable.
North Moors:
Little grebe 3, GCG, teal 3, tufted 7, coot 4, water rail 2,
Singing birds :- Cetti's, goldcrest, song thrush 2, bullfinch 2, reed bunting 2,

MOORS:
GCG 5, little grebe 5, little egret, greylag 2, Shoveler 13, teal 10, gadwall 10, shelduck 3, pochard 23 (16 males), tufted 42, coot 120, Oystercatcher 4, Buzzard 3, Nuthatch 2, cetti's 2, lesser redpoll 2,

FLASHES: The new sluice has certainly been a success in getting water off quickly, in 2 days the level is just 2cm below Wednesday's flood level of 0.7+. The old sluice would have taken 5 days at least to drop to the current level of 0.46 (normal for this time of year)
Little egret, Teal 26, shoveler 3, shelduck 2, coot 25.
Avocet 10, curlew 2, lapwing 225, Oystercatcher 2.
kingfisher, Raven
cetti's w singing, goldcrest singing
fieldfare 40, redwing 100, song thrush 2 singing.

Phil Andrews · Mar 11, 2016

Hopefully tomorrow will see the start of some migrant action - amazed we haven't had a singing Chiffchaff yet

upstarts1979 · Mar 11, 2016

THe scrape at Amy's marsh water at 0.91.
kingfisher (blurred) on Flashes sluice where water has dropped rapidly.

wren73 · Mar 11, 2016

Hello! This is my first post, after lurking here for a few weeks - just wanted to say what a fantastic place you have at Upton Warren. I took my little girl there today as she had the day off school (teacher day). I was a bit apprehensive about taking her by myself, as I am very new to watching waterbirds, but I needn't have worried - everyone I met was so friendly and welcoming.

It is obvious that a lot of love and care goes into maintaining the reserve - it really is a magical place to visit.

A special thank you to Paul, who very kindly pointed out a green sandpiper for us at dusk on the flashes, and gave me lots of advice about where and when to see the different species I've yet to find

Shame the barn owl didn't show up while we were there - we will just have to go again for another try!

upstarts1979 · Mar 12, 2016

Several reports today from Spike. Matt and Paul R
Flashes
Little egret. Avocet 10. oystercatcher 2. Stonechat. meadow pipits. linner 15.

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