upstarts1979
Well-known member
birding Flashes
From 5.45 to 7.15pm.
The gulls took a back seat today, in light of the impressive increase of shovelers and teal. The numbers usually increase at this time of year and the Flashes attracts them during September and October. With the reeds in front of the sewage works now mostly cut, the area looks amazingly more open in conjunction with last Sunday's willow thicket removal. `
The BHG flock was assembled by 6pm but the bulk of large gulls didn't arrive until 7.10pm.
Species Count:
Teall 77, mallard 45, Shoveler 103, water rail, coot 12, avocet, snipe 5, green sand 2 came into roost, lapwing 45, curlew 14, BHG 800, LBBG 580, herring gull 20, buzzard 3, raven,
pic of area in front of sewage works , reed cut by Trust roving vols.
From 5.45 to 7.15pm.
The gulls took a back seat today, in light of the impressive increase of shovelers and teal. The numbers usually increase at this time of year and the Flashes attracts them during September and October. With the reeds in front of the sewage works now mostly cut, the area looks amazingly more open in conjunction with last Sunday's willow thicket removal. `
The BHG flock was assembled by 6pm but the bulk of large gulls didn't arrive until 7.10pm.
Species Count:
Teall 77, mallard 45, Shoveler 103, water rail, coot 12, avocet, snipe 5, green sand 2 came into roost, lapwing 45, curlew 14, BHG 800, LBBG 580, herring gull 20, buzzard 3, raven,
pic of area in front of sewage works , reed cut by Trust roving vols.