Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Jack Snipe at the Moors Pool in front of the Water Rail hide as per Marion
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midlands birder
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I also saw this bird a couple of weeks ago in the flashes roost. Think I wrote it in the book?
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Female Mandarin at the Moors Pool this afternoon as per Andy P
Dick-E-Dipper
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
2 Jack Snipe from the Water Rail hide late afternoon as per John Cassidy
Where Bird
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At the umpteenth attempt to get it to a manageable size for posting female mandarin duck this pm from West Hide. Just possible from East Hide but the gap through the bushes was only just enough even with spot focussing! Not even going to try to reproduce it.
The Whoopers seemed well ensconced and the various little birds were happy to feed off their efforts. Wonder if they will stay longer than the Bewick did? Plenty of food by the look of it.
Interestingly none of the three seem to be ringed. Looked stunning in the evening sunlight .
Phil E
The Whoopers seemed well ensconced and the various little birds were happy to feed off their efforts. Wonder if they will stay longer than the Bewick did? Plenty of food by the look of it.
Interestingly none of the three seem to be ringed. Looked stunning in the evening sunlight .
Phil E
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Where Bird
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
From the Moors Pool this morning JTB reports:
Whooper Swan 3, Great Crested GRebecca, Little Grebe 6, Shoveler 18, Gadwall 5, Teal 10, Pochard 3, Tufted Duck 35, Snipe 3, Kingfisher.
Whooper Swan 3, Great Crested GRebecca, Little Grebe 6, Shoveler 18, Gadwall 5, Teal 10, Pochard 3, Tufted Duck 35, Snipe 3, Kingfisher.
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Now 7 Whooper Swans at the Moors Pool as per JTB
luckyosprey4
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Spent 2 hours at the reserve today seeing 41 species in total.
Highlights were as follows-
7 Whooper Swans at the Moors
Coal Tit with mixed tit flock on the feeders at the new hide
4 Meadow Pipit at the Flashes feeding with Pied Wagtail and 2 Linnet briefly
Mammals included Brown Rat and a Vole sp.
Chris
Highlights were as follows-
7 Whooper Swans at the Moors
Coal Tit with mixed tit flock on the feeders at the new hide
4 Meadow Pipit at the Flashes feeding with Pied Wagtail and 2 Linnet briefly
Mammals included Brown Rat and a Vole sp.
Chris
Where Bird
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Meadow Pipits.
This amuch reduced size and quality just to fit it on here. I don't know if Windows 10 facility is more restrictive or its me.
Anyway the purpose of putting this on was to show the difference in colour depth of two of the meadow pipits that we saw today. "Collins" suggests the paler one is a summer worn breeder and the darker one is a fresh autumn one.
Anyway a big thanks to Tony B for pointing out the three birds and spending a lot of time guiding me onto them. Well they really are LBBs!
What struck me was that the pale bird had pale legs and the other two had strikingly orange legs.
This amuch reduced size and quality just to fit it on here. I don't know if Windows 10 facility is more restrictive or its me.
Anyway the purpose of putting this on was to show the difference in colour depth of two of the meadow pipits that we saw today. "Collins" suggests the paler one is a summer worn breeder and the darker one is a fresh autumn one.
Anyway a big thanks to Tony B for pointing out the three birds and spending a lot of time guiding me onto them. Well they really are LBBs!
What struck me was that the pale bird had pale legs and the other two had strikingly orange legs.
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upstarts1979
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Today's work party Moors
Thanks to all 20 of the Tuesday crew.
We continued pollarding a section of the southern boundary willows. These trees were last pollards 5 years ago and will require attention for the rest of their lives every 5 years. This will extend their longevity and over time increase the biodiversity in and around them. If they are left unmanaged they will split and die.
The brash was burned.
We also started opening up the east side border tree/hedge line. Here the willows have shaded out the hawthorn and blackthorn thickets. We pollarded some of the large willows to let in the light which will hopefully save the scrub before it's too late. The brash was piled up close to the border fence where hopefully bramble will take hold and create more passerine habitat.
Thanks to Andy A. Alan D. Bob O. Bobby P. Bob R. Charles. Dave H. Graham L. Jim B. Kim W. Nick F. Paul M. Peter E. Ray C. Roger S. Sophie. Terry W. Tony B . Ian newbie and me.B
john
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1. the southern border willows after last weeks work and before this weeks.
2. Close up of the pollarded willows. In time holes will form in the trunk providing nest holes for birds and insects.
3. the east side border where today we started pollarding willows to let in the light to benefit the smaller scrub bushes. The lowering of the height of the border trees will also lessen the surprise attacks from avian predators and nest robbing crows.
for more photos click on my twitter site :t:John
Thanks to all 20 of the Tuesday crew.
We continued pollarding a section of the southern boundary willows. These trees were last pollards 5 years ago and will require attention for the rest of their lives every 5 years. This will extend their longevity and over time increase the biodiversity in and around them. If they are left unmanaged they will split and die.
The brash was burned.
We also started opening up the east side border tree/hedge line. Here the willows have shaded out the hawthorn and blackthorn thickets. We pollarded some of the large willows to let in the light which will hopefully save the scrub before it's too late. The brash was piled up close to the border fence where hopefully bramble will take hold and create more passerine habitat.
Thanks to Andy A. Alan D. Bob O. Bobby P. Bob R. Charles. Dave H. Graham L. Jim B. Kim W. Nick F. Paul M. Peter E. Ray C. Roger S. Sophie. Terry W. Tony B . Ian newbie and me.B
johnPhoto's
1. the southern border willows after last weeks work and before this weeks.
2. Close up of the pollarded willows. In time holes will form in the trunk providing nest holes for birds and insects.
3. the east side border where today we started pollarding willows to let in the light to benefit the smaller scrub bushes. The lowering of the height of the border trees will also lessen the surprise attacks from avian predators and nest robbing crows.
for more photos click on my twitter site :t:John
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upstarts1979
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Birding on Reserve Today
Moors:- Whooper swan 3 then 4 more arrived during the morning. The original 3 flew off east at 4pm. Mute swan 9. Cormorant 5. Greylag 1. Little grebe 6. GCG 2. Little egret. Shoveler 12. Teal 15. Gadwall 6. Pochard 4. Tufted 42. Water rail 6 calling. Coot c110.
Snipe 3. Curlew 10.
BHG 600. LBBG 45. Herring gull 60.
Kestrel. Sparrowhawk 2. Buzzard 2. stock dove.
Kingfisher. Great spotted w.
Meadow pipit 3. Redwing 5. Cetti's w 2. Chiffchaff. Goldcrest. Chaffinch 4. Reed Bunting
Sailing pool:- GCG 7. Little egret only 1 roosted. Coot 55.
FLASHES:- Shoveler. Teal 7.
Curlew 13. Green sand 3. Snipe 2. Lapwing 225
BHG 800+ roosted. Herring gull over.
Stock dove c20.
Redwing 5. Pied wag 3 - very scarse this year. Meadow pipit. Starling 8.
Moors:- Whooper swan 3 then 4 more arrived during the morning. The original 3 flew off east at 4pm. Mute swan 9. Cormorant 5. Greylag 1. Little grebe 6. GCG 2. Little egret. Shoveler 12. Teal 15. Gadwall 6. Pochard 4. Tufted 42. Water rail 6 calling. Coot c110.
Snipe 3. Curlew 10.
BHG 600. LBBG 45. Herring gull 60.
Kestrel. Sparrowhawk 2. Buzzard 2. stock dove.
Kingfisher. Great spotted w.
Meadow pipit 3. Redwing 5. Cetti's w 2. Chiffchaff. Goldcrest. Chaffinch 4. Reed Bunting
Sailing pool:- GCG 7. Little egret only 1 roosted. Coot 55.
FLASHES:- Shoveler. Teal 7.
Curlew 13. Green sand 3. Snipe 2. Lapwing 225
BHG 800+ roosted. Herring gull over.
Stock dove c20.
Redwing 5. Pied wag 3 - very scarse this year. Meadow pipit. Starling 8.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
An updated list of winter swan occurrences at Upton Warren:-
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 23rd October 2018 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan- 4 birds - 23rd October 2018 - Moors Pool
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 23rd October 2018 - Moors Pool
Whooper Swan- 4 birds - 23rd October 2018 - Moors Pool
upstarts1979
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Path clearing Flashes Todsy
A work party organised by the Trust will be clearing the overgrown sections of the FLASHES path today..this shouldn't affect any birding today on that site.
:t:John
A work party organised by the Trust will be clearing the overgrown sections of the FLASHES path today..this shouldn't affect any birding today on that site.
:t:John
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
4 Whooper Swans still at the Moors Pool as per Des
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Now 5 Whoopers at the Moors Pool as per Des
