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Another rare visit to the Moors today...after a sighting of the Hairstreaks.......lots in the normal trees but hard to get a decent pic.

Not many on site but everyone that was were so friendly and had some good informative conversations.....thanks everyone.

Met John (Kingfisher Blue) in concrete.....good to see you again John after so long...sorry I did not recognise you but its just another of my Old Bloke things....LOL

1...Love the Hairstreaks.......
2...Chiffchaff in Moors car park...
3...Baby LTTit on Salwarpe path
 

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Sightings for this morning from Paul Rhodes via Twitter:

Flashes - male Ruff, 4 Green Sand, 2 Curlew (increased to 12 this afternoon as per Gert), 40+ Avocet plus 3 young, 2 Marbled White in paddock next to Sailing Pool

Moors Pool - 2 Curlew, 3 Oyks, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 broods of Common Tern, 8+ White-letter Hairstreak along the Salwarpe
 
Male Ruff and Green Sands still present at the Flashes this evening. Young Oyk was trying its wings but never really got far off the ground.

Otter put in a very brief appearance in front of the West Hide at the Moors.

1. Stock Dove
2. Jump and Flap
3. Run and Flap
 

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Update from Dave Jackson at the Moors Pool - 5 Avocet briefly, Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern chicks, 4+ White-letter Hairstreak
 
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Update from Dave Jackson at the Flashes:

Male Ruff, 5 Green Sand, juv Oystercatcher, 7 juv Shelduck, 47 adult / fledged Avocet & 7 young (presumably a new brood of 4 emerged in the last 24 hours)

Also Redshank as per Bob Williams via BirdTrack
 
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Phil Andrews said:
Update from Dave Jackson at the Flashes:

Male Ruff, 5 Green Sand, juv Oystercatcher, 7 juv Shelduck, 47 adult / fledged Avocet & 7 young (presumably a new brood of 4 emerged in the last 24 hours)
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Just spoken to Dave, he confirms there is a new brood of 4 young Avocet (probably just over 24 hours old) in addition to the existing family of 3.

Off the top of my head that's 35 Avocet hatched this year :t: :t: B :)B :)
 
Phil Andrews said:
Just spoken to Dave, he confirms there is a new brood of 4 young Avocet (probably just over 24 hours old) in addition to the existing family of 3.

Off the top of my head that's 35 Avocet hatched this year :t: :t: B :)B :)
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Great news, Phil. Could you cudgel your memory further and say how many broods that makes it this year?

Peter
 
Update on Avocet broods

Brood A - 4 young hatched from the left hand side of the peninsular of which all 4 fledged
Brood B - 4 young hatched from the left hand of the first Flash island of which 3 fledged (ringed bird "64" appears to be the father)
Brood C - 3 young hatched from the first Flash island of which all 3 fledged
Brood D - 2 young hatched from one of the small islands in the saucer; both fledged
Brood E - 3 young hatched from the right hand of the pair of second Flash islands of which all 3 fledged
Brood F - 4 young hatched from the right hand of the pair of second Flash islands of which 3 fledged.
Brood G - 3 young hatched from one of the islands in the "saucer" of which 2 fledged
Brood H - 1 young hatched from island just right of the peninsular but lost
Brood I - 2 young hatched from one of the islands in the saucer; both fledged
Brood J - 2 young on the far shore in line with the depth marker, both lost
Brood K - 3 young from the 25th June
Brood L - 4 young in the "saucer" from the 4th July

In summary, to date 12 broods have hatched 35 young with 22 fledged and a further 7 still developing. Still not reached the heights of 2013 when 43 young resulted in 32 fledging.
 
Periwinkle said:
The family party of 5 Avocet (2 ads + 3 imm from first brood) seem to have left Middleton RSPB on Saturday - could these be the same?
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Have spoken to Dave J who advises the sighting was too brief to ascertain if they were adults, juveniles or a mixture. However small parties do move between the Flashes and Moors so there may be just a coincidence with numbers.

I would comment that the first family party from Middleton does appear to have departed the site remarkably quickly. At Upton the young (and females) tend to linger for several weeks after fledging.
 
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Flashes update am. Waders: avocet 39 (12 juvs). +7 chicks. oystercatchers ad +juv. Green sand 5. LRP 7 incl a juv. Lapwing 88 incl only 1 juv. Ruff. Blackwit 2. also rook 60. stock dove 10. swift 20.

ALSO today: Teal 2, shelduck ad + 7 flying juvs, mallard 5 broods of small chicks, Tufted only 1 female no chicks. a 2nd Juv lapwing appeared. Green sand 6 and 2 curlew.
 
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update from Moors. Lapwing chick now fledged. Also 6 oystercatcher. . Common tern 6 prs. 4 chicks and 3 sitting. gadwall +5 chicks. tufted 6 broods ...3 lots of 10 -12. The other 3 4-6 chicks. Also 4 Shoveler. 8 little grebe. GCG 2 +juv. . The dog otter performed well early pm. sand Martin 2 swift 30. stock dove 4.
 
Tree-creepers may have eluded us throughout June and no-one has seen them using the nest-boxes provided but one lucky visitor (Phil) had a very close encounter with one today; it flew into the Flashes hide and perched on the window frame.

Peter
 
PeterE said:
Tree-creepers may have eluded us throughout June and no-one has seen them using the nest-boxes provided but one lucky visitor (Phil) had a very close encounter with one today; it flew into the Flashes hide and perched on the window frame.

Peter
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Wow, not seen one this year on the reserve at all.
 

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