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The current Whooper Swan occurrence is now the (revised) 21st record of the species for the reserve. Set out below is an updated occurrence schedule of both winter swans at Upton Warren; the prolonged wait for a Bewick's continues with 16 years since the last sighting and 14 records of Whooper since:

Bewick's Swan - 8 birds (6 adults & 2 juvs) - 20th January 1951
Bewick's Swan - 2 birds - 24th March 1963
Bewick's Swan - 6 birds - 15th December 1963
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 17th January 1968
Whooper Swan - 5 birds (reported as a family party, presumably 2 adults & 3 juvs) - 11th November 1968
Bewick's Swan - 4 birds - 3rd January 1970
Whooper Swan - 5 birds - 6th November 1970
Bewick's Swan - 14 birds - 31st January 1972
Bewick's Swan- 2 birds - 16th February1972
Whooper Swan - 4 birds (reported as family party, presumably 2 adults & 2 juvs) - 1st November 1972
Bewick's Swan - 9 birds - 27th October 1974
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 2nd November 1974
Bewick's Swan - 8 birds - 27th December 1974
Bewick's Swan - 3 birds - 30th November 1975
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 8th February 1976
Whooper Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 4th November 1976
Whooper Swan - 1 bird - 19th November 1977
Bewick's Swan - 11 birds - 15th January 1978 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan- 2 birds - 12th November 1978
Bewick's Swan - 28 birds - 4th March 1979
Bewick's Swan - 8 birds - 14th February 1980
Bewick's Swan - 13 birds - 26th October 1980
Whooper Swan - 1 bird - 1st November 1980 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 2 birds - 2nd November 1980
Bewick's Swan - 12 birds - 30th November 1980 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 5 birds - 31st January 1982
Bewick's Swan - 14 birds - 13th November 1983
Bewick's Swan - 12 birds - 17th November 1983
Bewick's Swan - 6 birds - 20th November 1983
Bewick's Swan - 13 birds - 1st January 1984 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 3 birds - 4th January 1987 - Flashes
Bewick's Swan - 9 birds - 7th November 1988 - fly-over
winter swans (probably Whooper) - 3 birds - 19th November 1988 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 29th October 1989
Bewick's Swan - 11 birds - 29th December 1989 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 2 birds - 13th January 1990
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 23rd to 27th March 1990
Bewick's Swan - 21 birds - 21st October 1990 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 7th December 1990
Whooper Swan - 1 bird - 23rd May 1991 (feral bird?) - Broadmeadow, Moors Pool
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 9th November 1991 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 5 birds (5 immatures) - 7th December 1991 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 4 birds - 1st January 1992 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 21st December 1992 - Broadmeadow, Moors Pool
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 23rd January 1993 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 20th March 1993 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 2 groups totalling 15 birds - 14th January 1996 - fly-over
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 17th November 1996 - fly-over
Whooper Swan - 3 birds (3 adults) - 30th December 1998 - The Flashes
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 18th October 1999 - Moors Pool
Bewick's Swan - 1 bird - 9th December 2002 - Sailing Pool
Whooper Swan - 8 birds (3 adults & 5 juvs) - 18th November 2007 - The Flashes
Whooper Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 16th October 2010 - The Flashes
Whooper Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 20th March 2011 - Sailing Pool
Whooper Swan - 4 birds (4 adults) - 19th October 2011 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 2 birds (2 adults) - 20th February 2013 - Flashes
winter swans (probably Whoopers) - 2 birds - 1st January 2016 - fly-over (Moors Pool)
winter swan - 1 bird - 1st February 2016 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 5 birds (2 adults & 3 juvs) - 27th February 2016 - The Flashes then over the Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 8 birds (6 adults & 2 juvs) - 7th November 2016 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 2 birds - 13th January 2017 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 3 birds - 5th and 6th October 2017 - Moors Pool
winter swans (probably Whoopers) - 7 birds - 7th October 2017 - fly-over (Flashes)
Whooper Swan - 1 bird (1 adult) - 26th October 2017 to 24th February 2018 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 1 bird - 25th November 2017 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 3 birds - 26th November 2017 - Sailing Pool / Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 5 birds - 24th February 2018 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan - 3 birds - 18th to 20th October 2018 - Moors Pool
 
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Advance NOTICE of forthcoming Work.

Two very important tasks will be carried out on the Reserve over the next few week's.
Info from Eleanor Reserve Manager.

Neil (contractor) will be out spraying the Crassula on the Moors on 30th Oct - 2 Nov . He will be working around the Broadmeadow Pool where the crassula has covered the banks and island.on the pool they dredged. If those dates change he will let us know. Weather related



Also, Nick (contractor) will be starting the fox fence around the 5th November but will be out on the Flashes this coming Monday to drop off equipment and potentially take some of the old fence away. We will be taking down/replacing the fence in sections rather than all at once. The work will last for a few weeks and could stretch further depending on weather and whether the neighbour has cattle on or not. We obviously want it to be done as quickly as possible before it gets too wet. Working days will be Mon-Fri as usual although if we run out of time because of worsening conditions we may have to resort to weekend work but I can only see that happening in the extreme!
Cheers John:t:
 
From the Flashes this morning Dave J reports:

2 Yellowhammer, 4 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 9 Curlew, 11 Meadow Pipit, 35 Fieldfare, 8 Chaffinch, 2 Redpoll, 3 Siskin, 2 Skylark
 
SNOW BUNTING briefly at the Flashes in the company of Meadow Pipits then flew off as per Paul Croft
 
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The Snow Bunting dropped down on to the spit (where Rock Pipits were foraging earlier in the week) briefly amongst Meadow Pipits but got stick from them. It then flew to hedgerow right of hide where it showed well for a minute or so before flying off alone south
 
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Phil Andrews said:
Black-headed Gull sporting yellow leg ring 2RNJ at the Moors Pool as per Mike
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Black-headed Gull yellow "2RNJ" was noted last year at the Moors Pool on the 2nd and 16th September; it was ringed as a juvenile at Fishers Green, Essex on the 16th October 2016. I suspect I also had this gull at the Flashes earlier this year on the 3rd September.
 
Work party 23rd OCTOBER

This Tuesday we will be continuing the Willow Pollarding on the southern border of the MOORS.
PLEASE meet at the East hide 9am
:t:john
 
Phil Andrews said:
Only the second ever record for the reserve - think the first was as far back as 1943!!
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On March 11th 1944 a Snow Bunting was found at Upton Warren pool by A.J. Martin. The Birmingham Bird Club (now the WMBC) report for that year originally recorded it as being found on May 11th. This error was amended in the following year's report.
 
From the Flashes this morning Andy P reports:

191 Lapwing, 12 Curlew, 11 Snipe, c10 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail.

Little Egret over Sailing Pool
 
From the Moors Pool Andy A further reports:

5 Snipe, 2 Curlew (were 4), 2 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 22 Shoveler, 37 Tufted Duck , 6 Cormorant, c100 Coot, c20 Teal
 

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