Earlswood Lakes & Surrounding Area (1 Viewer)

[keithr]

Male Common Scoter and female Goldeneye still present today ….Scoter spotted in morning but I could not locate it from 12 -1pm.

 

[Matt Griffiths]

Male Common Scoter and female Goldeneye still present today ….Scoter spotted in morning but I could not locate it from 12 -1pm.

Hi Keith, what time did you see the scoter at Earlswood yesterday morning please? I see there was a report of a male at Upper Bittell also during that morning.

 

[keithr]

Hi Keith, what time did you see the scoter at Earlswood yesterday morning please? I see there was a report of a male at Upper Bittell also during that morning.

I didn't...I met a local birder...(old in camo) and he said he had it in the morning but was looking for it again same time as me...around midday.

 

[Matt Griffiths]

I didn't...I met a local birder...(old in camo) and he said he had it in the morning but was looking for it again same time as me...around midday.

I see, thanks for the clarification.

 

[keithr]

Engine Pool.....don't know if Scoter still here...but can't see it if it is....Male Goosander and Female Goldeneye spotted.

 

[Steve Newland]

What looked like a juvenile Mandarin moulting into an adult male by dam at Windmill Pool this afternoon. One kingfisher sped across Terry's Pool. And a cloud of swallows and house martins held one sand martin over Engine Pool. The local thunder and hail must have brought the insects down.

 

[Steve Newland]

Not much water today and so not many birds, apart from one goosander clinging on. A pair of oycs may have been attracted by the acres of mud but were actually on the undrained tank. So I went searching for Blythe Valley Park. That seems to have been built over.

 

[Steve Newland]

Both tanks filling up, maybe due to recent rain. As I passed the station, a red kite drifted over and then obliged again from the car park. Since the walk around the main lakes has been so curtailed, I checked out the third full-ish tank and hit paydirt. I could hear little ringed plovers and then was amazed to see two on the shingle in front of me. One looked as though it was sitting. I hope it's fully protected under law from the encroaching functionaries and their machines.

 

[keithr]

Yes there are 2 LRP's....one seemed to stay by the car park end while the other liked the end by the causeway or even on Windmill pool.
Over the weekend I had
2 Little Ringed Plover
1 Ringed Plover
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Greenshank
2 Oystercatcher
1 Yellow Wagtail
Loads of Swallow, House Martins and Swifts.
also on Thursday 2 Whimbrel on far shore by Engine House which I missed.

 

[keithr]

Yes 1 LRP on shingle near car park and the other likes the far end by the causeway and even on Windmill Pool.
Over the weekend I saw
2 Little Ring Plover
1 Ring Plover
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Greenshank
1 Yellow Wagtail
2 Oystercatchers
also 2 Whimbrel on far shore by Engine House on Thursday which I missed.

 

[Steve Newland]

This time on the Windmill Pool (I know its name now) one adult LRP and at least three juveniles. Good news finally! The oycs didn't look at all successful but the crows did.

 

[keithr]

EARLSWOOD LAKES 1/9/21
Little Stint - Greenshank - Ringed Plover - Black Tailed Godwit - Snipe

 

[Steve Newland]

EARLSWOOD LAKES 1/9/21
Little Stint - Greenshank - Ringed Plover - Black Tailed Godwit - Snipe

Nice haul. And I passed it by yesterday - chizz chizz chizz. It might be the bird's posture but the ear coverts look like LRP for your plover.

 

[keithr]

A couple of recent visitors to Terry's...a Male Pintail 27/2/22 and a male Wigeon 2/4/22.....