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Phil Andrews · Aug 13, 2015

No Ruff this morning as per Phil W but one currently present at the Flashes & 1 LRP, 4 Green Sand; 2 Little Egret briefly this morning as per Chis T. 29 Little Grebe (incl this year's chicks) at the Moors Pool and Hobby reported. Newly emerged GC Grebe chick on the Sailing Pool.

Phil Andrews · Aug 13, 2015

Thursday 13th August 1400-1810

Not quite the afternoon I had hoped for with the rain not commencing until 5pm; hopefully some heavy overnight downpours will yield suitable rewards for John and co tomorrow.

MOORS POOL
3 Lapwing, 3 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, c160 Mallard, 45 adult / fledged Tufted Duck + various aged ducklings, 1 GC Grebe, 29 Little Grebe (c16 adults, c8 juvs and 5 young), c190 Coot, 19 Moorhen, Water Rail, 18 Greylag Geese, 46 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swan + 2 cygnets, 7 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 1 LBB Gull, c160 BH Gull, 1 Common Tern + 2 chicks, Hobby reported, GS Woodpecker.

SAILNG POOL
2 Tufted Duck, c90 Mallard, 2 Mute Swan, 77 Canada Geese, 14 Coot, 2 Common Tern, 2 Kingfisher, 3 GC Grebe including a pair in the NE corner with 1+ newly emerged chick.

FLASHES
10 Avocet, 6 Green Sand, 1 Ruff - probably a juv male based on size (none reported present this morning as per Phil W), 1 Snipe, 76 Lapwing, 24 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 1 Tufted Duck, c40 Mallard, 1 Gadwall, 10 Coot, 14 Moorhen, c50 BH Gull, 37 Stock Dove, Raven over, GS Woodpecker.
2 Little Egret briefly this morning before flying west as per Chris Thomson

No Swift noted today.

The crop field to the north east of the Flashes was being cut today. In recent years the resulting stubble has resulted in impressive numbers of geese, Mallard, Stock Dove and corvids.

UW82 · Aug 14, 2015

Phil Andrews said:
Not quite the afternoon I had hoped for with the rain not commencing until 5pm; hopefully some heavy overnight downpours will yield suitable rewards for John and co tomorrow.

MOORS POOL
3 Lapwing, 3 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, c160 Mallard, 45 adult / fledged Tufted Duck + various aged ducklings, 1 GC Grebe, 29 Little Grebe (c16 adults, c8 juvs and 5 young), c190 Coot, 19 Moorhen, Water Rail, 18 Greylag Geese, 46 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swan + 2 cygnets, 7 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 1 LBB Gull, c160 BH Gull, 1 Common Tern + 2 chicks, Hobby reported, GS Woodpecker.

SAILNG POOL
2 Tufted Duck, c90 Mallard, 2 Mute Swan, 77 Canada Geese, 14 Coot, 2 Common Tern, 2 Kingfisher, 3 GC Grebe including a pair in the NE corner with 1+ newly emerged chick.

FLASHES
10 Avocet, 6 Green Sand, 1 Ruff - probably a juv male based on size (none reported present this morning as per Phil W), 1 Snipe, 76 Lapwing, 24 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 1 Tufted Duck, c40 Mallard, 1 Gadwall, 10 Coot, 14 Moorhen, c50 BH Gull, 37 Stock Dove, Raven over, GS Woodpecker.
2 Little Egret briefly this morning before flying west as per Chris Thomson

No Swift noted today.

The crop field to the north east of the Flashes was being cut today. In recent years the resulting stubble has resulted in impressive numbers of geese, Mallard, Stock Dove and corvids.

Phil, there appeared to be another young Tern in one of the boxes. I take it that it wasn't on view yesterday.

Des.

Phil Andrews · Aug 14, 2015

UW82 said:
Phil, there appeared to be another young Tern in one of the boxes. I take it that it wasn't on view yesterday.

Des.

No mate, just the two chicks from the final box in the furthest right hand box. Would have thought all the middle brood should have fledged unless this is the bird John previously described as being attacked.

upstarts1979 · Aug 14, 2015

39 common terns just dropped into Flashes. also ruff female green sand 4 Shoveler 9 and 27. teal. Avocet 6

UW82 · Aug 14, 2015

Phil Andrews said:
No mate, just the two chicks from the final box in the furthest right hand box. Would have thought all the middle brood should have fledged unless this is the bird John previously described as being attacked.

This bird could only be seen from the west hide.

Des.

Phil Andrews · Aug 14, 2015

upstarts1979 said:
39 common terns just dropped into Flashes. also ruff female green sand 4 Shoveler 9 and 27. teal. Avocet 6

No Arctics? Will look up large occurrences of Common Tern later. Could you take a snap of the Ruff - I thought it was too large for a female

upstarts1979 · Aug 14, 2015

Left the Flashes at 12 ish with water rising all the time on the Flashes and the Hen brook. Level was 0.42 up at least 10 cm in 12 hours.
Final tally for Flashes:
Teal 34, shoveler 9, gadwall 3, mallard 50,
Avocet 11, (our 2 families of fem +3 juvs and fem +4 juvs) and ad and juv from elsewhere. Ruff, green sand 5, lapwing 35, LRP our juv, water rail juv 3rd flash, coot 15,
common tern 39 (c6 juvs ), 4 more arrived late morning, herring gull 2 juvs, BHG 35, green woodp,
swallow 5, house martin 30,
sedge w, reed w 3,

MOORS:
Little grebe 30 - 32, ( 11 juv/large chicks), GCG 2, cormorant 3, mute swan ad + 2 cygnets, shoveler 6 mostly juvs, mallard 350, Teal, Barnacle goose, greylag 2, canadas 160, coot c180, water rail ad and juv in front of east hide, lapwing 35, ruff from Flashes, common tern ad +2 chicks, BHG 30, LBBG 5 over, sand martin 5, house martin 4, kingfisher in bittern channel with little grebe, reed warbler 3, blackcap, song thrush juv along east track totally sodden and couldn't fly.

Initially I thought we were in for a repeat performance of 9th August 1991 (92?) when 28 common tern, 64 whimbrel and 4 Bar tailed godwits dropped in during similar weather conditions of today's

upstarts1979 · Aug 14, 2015

I managed to get 2 record shots of the 39 common terns and the small ruff could be a male ( still a ruff though), even though the light and rain was appalling .

Phil Andrews · Aug 14, 2015

upstarts1979 said:
I managed to get 2 record shots of the 39 common terns and the small ruff could be a male ( still a ruff though), even though the light and rain was appalling .

Yesterday's Ruff appeared to be larger, more buffier and lankier than today's based on John's photo (albeit taken in poor light)

upstarts1979 · Aug 14, 2015

Today at the Moors from east hide, the scrape was full of loafing ducks and geese, plus a juv water rail perched high up on the rees in the 'hook'.

Phil Andrews · Aug 14, 2015

upstarts1979 said:
Today at the Moors from east hide, the scrape was full of loafing ducks and geese, plus a juv water rail perched high up on the rees in the 'hook'.

Were there any signs of Otter activity today John? Yesterday the ducks were very nervous, often scooting across the water as if to avoid a threat at the water's edge

upstarts1979 · Aug 15, 2015

Phil Andrews said:
Were there any signs of Otter activity today John? Yesterday the ducks were very nervous, often scooting across the water as if to avoid a threat at the water's edge

not at all mate

upstarts1979 · Aug 15, 2015

Flashes update

The 1st hour 6am -7 was spent in the hide. Quite productive. Mallard 465. teal 34. Shoveler 8. Greylag 19. Avocet 11. LRP juv. Snipe. lapwing 105. ruff. Green sand 7. Coot 9. raven. kingfisher. see and reed warblers.
2nd hour walked back slowly to archery field.. checking scrub on route. nice tally; chiffchaff 10+. willow warbler 3 one singing. blackcap 6/8. lesser whitethroat common whitethroat. Reed warbler 3. Cetti's Warbler singing . goldcrest and singing treecreeper a year tick for me. also 2 water rail calling in hen pool.

Juvenile Curlew dropped in late morning a genuine passage bird, as only 1 juv has been seen amongst the flock. This bird was quite a fresh looking individual.

upstarts1979 · Aug 15, 2015

now add 2 redstart male and imm. 4 lesser whitethroat. . at Moors 2. nuthatch and 3 swift
per Paul R Jarad and mike w

wheatearlp · Aug 15, 2015

One Snipe from the east hide and a singing Willow Warbler along the west track to add to John's earlier posts re Moors Pool. Two small GCG chicks with adults in the north-east corner of the Sailing Pool at midday.

Phil Andrews · Aug 15, 2015

Nearly half way through the month and the August list has progressed to 89 species. Birds still possible for the month include (year ticks in bold):

Wigeon, Garganey, Pochard, Mandarin Duck, Osprey, Common Gull, Little Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Arctic Tern, Sandwich Tern, Black Tern, Ringed Plover, Golden Plover, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Redshank, Whimbrel, any owls (including Little), Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark, Whinchat, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, Garden Warbler, Coal Tit, House Sparrow, Yellowhammer

upstarts1979 · Aug 15, 2015

Phil Andrews said:
Nearly half way through the month and the August list has progressed to 89 species. Birds still possible for the month include (year ticks in bold):

Wigeon, Garganey, Pochard, Mandarin Duck, Osprey, Little Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Arctic Tern, Black Tern, Ringed Plover, Golden Plover, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Redshank, Whimbrel, any owls (including Little), Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark, Whinchat, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, Garden Warbler, Coal Tit, House Sparrow, Yellowhammer

grey wag today

upstarts1979 · Aug 15, 2015

Flashes Survey 18th August

This coming Tuesday there will be disturbance at the Flashes from 10am. The Trust. surveyors and myself will be walking around the lagoons to inspect the Saltmarsh and expanding phragmites beds. The group will be able to then plan the remedial action required. So opologies for any inconvenience caused. But we need real action to sort out the problems and this is the start.
B

john

Birder Gladys · Aug 15, 2015

enjoyable few hours this evening,42 birds counted but some common birds not seen, highlights North moors 100+ geese 90% Canada,9% Greylag,2 white hybrid. Moors small SparrowHawk , 4 Swift. Flashes Ruff, Snipe, 9 Green Sand, 2 family's of Avocet , LRP, good number of Lapwing in fields 17 Curlew (1 juv with a short bill

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