Birder Gladys
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Lapwing just chased a Redshank off the promontory at the moors. Barnacle goose still here.
Lapwing just chased a Redshank off the promontory at the moors. Barnacle goose still here.
unfortunately the barnacle departed as I approached the hide:-C. and flew north
Received a text from Andy G today.
He had a male white wag 31st March at Moors.
desc: Clean flanks, black bib, black crown & nape ending neatly before grey back.:t:
All I can add to todays list are from the Flashes, 5 LRP, 2 Peregrine, a Collared Dove flew towards the farm beyond the 3rd flash.An early 6am start at the Flashes. A cold SE wind and heavy showers at times...what we call ideal spring conditions. Plenty of activity in and around the 2nd Flash. Lapwing and Avocet displaying the latter reaching a new record spring count. No new arrivals at the Flashes but later a walk along the southern shore of sailing pool brought me 2 new year ticks - swallow and willow warbler.
small numbers of mipits headed west and sand martin trickled through.
The weather improved and more passerines sang. I hung on at the Flashes until another birder appeared before moving on to the Moors for the Barnacle.
Species count FLASHES :
Little grebe. little egret 2 (gert and Andy P). greylag 4. Teal 14. Shoveler 3, gadwall 10. Shelduck 6.tufted 6. coot 34.
Avocet 45. curlew 3. oystercatcher 5. snipe 10. lapwing 18, LRP 3.
Med Gull 2 ads. BHG 1200,
raven. rook 5. stock dove 12.
skylark 9 birds seen flying over the field, probably not all were males.
greenfinch 3. goldfinch 5.linnet. Cetti's Warbler. blackcap. chiffchaff 2. song thrush 2. meadow pipit 3. Reed bunting 8
Sailing pool : GCG 14. tufted 8. little egret. oystercatcher 2. Raven displaying .Swallow. willow warbler.
MOORS; GCG 2. little grebe 2. little egret 2. greylag 4. teal 14. shoveler 28. gadwall 8. Shelduck. Pochard male. tufted 60. cormorant. coot 51
Snipe. lapwing 4 (1 sitting ). Oystercatcher 5.
sand martin 45.
blackcap 2. cetti's 3. chiffchaff 2. song thrush. pied wag meadow pipit.
March closed with a monthly list of 95 and the year list advanced to 103 species.
The list of potential additions in April is long and mouth-watering:
Garganey, Hobby, Osprey, Marsh Harrier, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Black Tern, Greenshank, Whimbrel, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Sanderling, Turnstone, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, House Martin, Swift, Cuckoo, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Yellowhammer
Geoff they are 5cm lower than normal ..These levels are not too low as the water will dry out very quickly . The present level is the normal Level for June...All I can add to todays list are from the Flashes, 5 LRP, 2 Peregrine, a Collared Dove flew towards the farm beyond the 3rd flash.
I think you'd get more waders if the water levels were slightly lower.
A triplet of charts to accompany the recent Grey Plover sighting - two points of interest that may have gone unnoticed are (a) this is the first time since the late 1990s we have had Grey Plover in successive years, and (b) this represents the record stay for the species on the reserve.