Monday 29th August 0700-1145
MOORS POOL
1 Snipe, 51 Lapwing, 4+ Gadwall, 8 Teal, c100 Mallard, 10 Shoveler, 61 Tufted Duck, min of 15 juv / adult Little Grebe + 4 young, juv GC Grebe, 4 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 LBB Gull, c160 BH Gull, c150 Canada Geese, 39 Greylag Geese, 2 Mute Swan + 5 cygnets, 163 Coot, 9 Moorhen, Jay, Buzzard, Green & GS Woodpeckers, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Swallow, House Martin, Willow Warbler in subsong by car park, Nuthatch, Kingfisher, Sedge Warbler, 6+ Cetti's Warbler.
SAILING POOL
2 GC Grebe (adult and juvenile), 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Coot, Grey Wagtail.
Common Sand earlier as per Andy Pitt.
FLASHES
3 Avocet, 16 Curlew, 3 Green Sand, 2 Common Sand (3 earlier as per Andy Pitt), juv Ringed Plover (second bird flew in from the north), 1 Snipe, 98 Lapwing, 5 Shoveler, c70 Teal, no sign of Pintail, 1 Tufted Duck, 29 Coot, 32 Moorhen, 1 LBB Gull, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, Spotted Fly in large dead tree by feeding station, female Wheatear flushed from near boardwalk then spent 45+ mins on wires above first Flash.
Extensive and prolonged gunfire from fields north of the North Moors for most of the morning.
Tilling had commenced on both the A38 fields and the field north of the first Flash, bringing in good numbers of gulls (including 4 Herring - 1 adult and 3 juvs - to the latter location). Worth keeping an eye on both the feeding flocks and birds dropping into the reserve to wash / loaf - chance of Common, Mediterranean, Yellow-legged and even Caspian amongst the more usual species.
John
