Bittell Reservoirs and Hopwood area (1 Viewer)

[keithr]

Nothing about on Upper late on as the boats were out again......except a couple of Linnet that came for a drink.

About 40 + Lapwing on Lower.

Had a Adult Deer in the cereals behind the Fish pond around 5pm and an Adult and 2 young on the right shore on Lower around 9pm....

 

[keithr]

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[JoshT01]

Red-Legged Partridge on grass verge just down from 'Welcome to Hopwood' sign, near service stations.

 

[keithr]

Bit of a Easterly across Upper this evening and total cloud cover....soon be raining...lol

Barnacle geese resting on south shore....

No Lapwing on Lower but a correction to my earlier report of 4 young for the Tufted Duck...now 5.

 

[zomerset]

My first visit to Bittell Reservoir this year. After a short wait the Kingfisher flew along the river under the road bridge and stopped on a perch. It dived in the river and then flew off. The House Martins were flying up and over the road. Great!

 

[keithr]

My first visit to Bittell Reservoir this year. After a short wait the Kingfisher flew along the river under the road bridge and stopped on a perch. It dived in the river and then flew off. The House Martins were flying up and over the road. Great!

Did you have your King magnet then Jason...lol
Not seen one along there since they did the dredging work months ago.....think its an actual Canal not a river by the way.....according to a local from Alvechurch I talk to sometimes here.

 

[zomerset]

Did you have your King magnet then Jason...lol
Not seen one along there since they did the dredging work months ago.....think its an actual Canal not a river by the way.....according to a local from Alvechurch I talk to sometimes here.

Hi Keith. Magnet lol. On the few times I've seen them at Bittell they either fly from or to the river ahem the canal lol. So I had a feeling one would fly along there.

 

[keithr]

When I visit I spend the hours walking up and down the road from the River /Canal to the corner at the bottom as things can show up at any time. Every time recently there's been a Bullfinch pair around where the overflow goes under the road.

 

[Bittell Birder]

Ruff and juvenile Black Tern on Upper this morning.

 

[keithr]

No sign of WS or BT @ 7.30 pm.

4 Oystercatcher
2 Common Tern at 1st but soon lost them
Barnacle Geese
Loads of large Gull action ...mostly non adult

 

[keithr]

Sandpiper flew low over water around 8.15

Finally picked up Black Tern flying at 8.50 and then resting 5 mins later where it stayed till put up by BHGull and flew even further away onto another buoy.

8 Tufted did a quick lap and overhead and back to north shore area.

1 Greylag flew in and settled with the 10 Barnacle.

Big Grey bird passed over Ne to SW....

 

[keithr]

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[keithr]

Upper...7-9am..cloudy / overcast and windy.
No sign of Black Tern this morning.
2 Green sandpiper on far north shore.
I Common Sandpiper dropped in by Boat ramps for a while.
2 Common Tern
Kingfisher came up overflow by old pump house along dam ...up and over dam down to Mill Shrub,just as I got here.
Report of some plovers out of view from people who walked around.
1..Green Sands
2...Common Sand
3-5 ..Common Tern

 

[Bittell Birder]

Upper 7:30-8:30. Avocet (2) Common sand (6) Green sand (3) LRP (2). Avocets far north corner, scope needed as usual.

 

[keithr]

Brilliant Avocets....

 

[zomerset]

A quick visit this afternoon, a Kingfisher on the res/canal/river and even better two Buzzards came down low overhead calling. Great!

 

[keithr]

UPPER 8.30 pm....
on what I think they call the point
100's yards away.....very big crops.
1st in last suns rays....

 

[keithr]

The only 2 that I can find with down curved bill are DUNLIN and CURLEW SANDPIPER....some have said RUFF but the bill does not seem to fit ?

 

[Bittell Birder]

Interesting Keith, always difficult to tell from that distance. There was a redshank about yesterday, but not suggesting that's the bird you've photographed. Personally I don't think it's a Dunlin due to its colouring on the underside, but would have had to see the bird in a scope to confirm its true identity.

 

[Bittell Birder]

First pic makes it seem like a completely different bird imo, more like a ruff/redshank kind with that longish neck, and the other three similar to the birds you suggested with the down curved bills.