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Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Aug 15, 2015

• #28,701

Birder Gladys said:

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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Best Green Sand count of the year (to date)

 

UW82

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• Aug 15, 2015

• #28,702

Phil Andrews said:

Best Green Sand count of the year (to date)

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No doubt linked to higher water levels.

Des.

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Aug 15, 2015

• #28,703

UW82 said:

No doubt linked to higher water levels.

Des.

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Highly likely - speaks volumes on the negative impact of the Trust's proposal to lower the water level at the Flashes

 

Birder Gladys

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• Aug 15, 2015

• #28,704

Phil Andrews said:

Best Green Sand count of the year (to date)

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Also the noisiest birds around tonight, didn't stop calling whole time we were there.

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Aug 16, 2015

• #28,705

Dave J's sightings from this morning (including August's WeBS count):

4 Mute Swan, 18 Greylag Geese, 224 Canada Geese, 1 Barnacle Goose, 31 Teal, 12 Shoveler, 315 Mallard, 59 Tufted Duck, 4 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 30 adult / juv Little Grebe + 5 young, 4 GC Grebe, 3 Water Rail, 30 Moorhen, 257 Coot, 11 Avocet, 1 Ruff, 1 Dunlin (juv), Snipe, 5 Green Sand, 98 Lapwing, 255 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 6 LBB Gull, 2 Common Tern, 3 Peregrine, 20+ Swift, 2 Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat

Looks like our fledged LRP has now moved on.

 

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Spoonbill Finder

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• Aug 17, 2015

• #28,706

Greenshank at Flashes. Also Ruff & Dunlin.

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Aug 17, 2015

• #28,707

Spoonbill Finder said:

Greenshank at Flashes. Also Ruff & Dunlin.

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Vern reports now 2 Ruff, Dunlin and 10 Green Sand at the Flashes. Greenshank heard but not seen.

 

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AlanH46

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• Aug 17, 2015

• #28,708

Flashes

A few shots of this mornings Greenshank which appeared to fly off to the NW about 9.00 am.

 

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Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Aug 18, 2015

• #28,709

Interim update from JTB:

Flashes - 2 Ruff, 11 Avocet, 5 Green Sand, 1 Common Sand, 1 Dunlin, male Redstart

Moors Pool - Snipe, 30 Little Grebe, 6 Swift

 

upstarts1979

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• Aug 18, 2015

• #28,710

after the survey at Flashes.,the birds began to return. Although the ruff never left throughout.
Flashes : Teal 31. Shoveler 10. tufted. Greylag 19. Avocet 7. dunlin juv. ruff 2 juvs. Green sand 5 juvs. Common sand juv. lapwing 90. . BHG's 250. raven 2. stock dove 45. Cetti's w singing. Reed w 3. blackcap 4. chiffchaff 5. redstart male. Linnet 8.

Moors : Little grebe 32. GCG 2. Shoveler 6. gadwall 5. coot 250+. Snipe. lapwing 30. Common tern only 1 adult feeding the 2 chicks. swifts 6. swallow 4. sand martin. Cetti's w. in front of East hide in the"hook " sedge warbler 2. Reed warbler. Cetti's Warbler. Whitethroat . blackcap.

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Aug 18, 2015

• #28,711

John - does the Little Grebe count include unfledged young?

 

upstarts1979

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• Aug 18, 2015

• #28,712

Phil Andrews said:

John - does the Little Grebe count include unfledged young?

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Yes but I was hearing birds in the east side but couldn't see them so still could well be 35. They were everywhere todayB

 

upstarts1979

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• Aug 18, 2015

• #28,713

Tuesday's MOORS work party

Today 8 of the crew opened up the sluice bank and channels (in front of the feeding station west hide), so we can now find that spotted crake that's gonna turn up 8-P:smoke:
Nice work Bob O, Bob P, Bob R, Jim B, Paul M, Peter E, Ray C, Terry WB
Also a large patch of himalyan balsam was removed from the sluice basin.

 

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upstarts1979

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• Aug 18, 2015

• #28,714

Survey Today at Flashes

A lot of discussion about more monitoring of water levels , salinity, saltmarsh and the reed expansion, density of invertebrates in the main feeding zones.
Things are not set in stone, so we will not get the definitive remedial action for a while. Suffice to say that dropping the overall water level is not necessarily the way forward. Salt plants have colonised the spit in front of the hide. The graduating of the 'delta' steep banks couple of years ago is really paying dividends, there is now a well established saltmarsh community covering it.

The 3rd Flash has doubled its width in the last 10 years and has a very inviting muddy shoreline - unfortunately not always viewable from the hide.

The reed beds however are spreading and this is a real cause of concern.
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1. The reeds on the south shore of the 2nd Flash
2. the 3rd flash reed bed
3. The 3rd Flash
4. the 3rd flash muddy shore line
5. the saltmarsh in front of the hide, last year this was just bare ground.

 

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upstarts1979

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• Aug 18, 2015

• #28,715

Random pics
1. dead slow worm on Flashes path.
2. the bittern channel at west Moors track 7 months on - reeds starting to grow down the slope as planned

 

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John Layj

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• Aug 18, 2015

• #28,716

upstarts1979 said:

after the survey at Flashes.,the birds began to return. Although the ruff never left throughout.
Flashes : Teal 31. Shoveler 10. tufted. Greylag 19. Avocet 7. dunlin juv. ruff 2 juvs. Green sand 5 juvs. Common sand juv. lapwing 90. . BHG's 250. raven 2. stock dove 45. Cetti's w singing. Reed w 3. blackcap 4. chiffchaff 5. redstart male. Linnet

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Very similar at 7:45, plus 13 Curlew. Didn't see the Redstart though. .

 

UW82

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• Aug 19, 2015

• #28,717

Now 6 Ruff at the Flashes. 4 more just dropped in.

Des.

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Aug 19, 2015

• #28,718

UW82 said:

Now 6 Ruff at the Flashes. 4 more just dropped in.

Des.

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Nice one Des :t: Hope there is some coverage tomorrow and Friday

 

jackied

Jax

• Aug 19, 2015

• #28,719

Has anyone got any ideas as to what's wrong with the adult Avocet which keeps almost falling over? I noticed it last month trying to sit down, but it kept wobbling and then standing up again. Today it was trying to preen it's feathers and again was wobbling and staggering around.
Jackie

 

upstarts1979

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• Aug 19, 2015

• #28,720

jackied said:

Has anyone got any ideas as to what's wrong with the adult Avocet which keeps almost falling over? I noticed it last month trying to sit down, but it kept wobbling and then standing up again. Today it was trying to preen it's feathers and again was wobbling and staggering around.
Jackie

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An adult bird came in a couple of weeks ago from elsewhere with 2 juveniles. I saw the family of 5 yesterday and an adult and juv but never noticed it falling over.