But don't confuse it with the bird feeding station half a mile down the road as there may be birders there too. The feeding station has tins nailed to a fence which are full of seed. The watchpoint is half a mile further on just before a 90 degree left hand bend, overlooking the top lake.
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But don't confuse it with the bird feeding station half a mile down the road as there may be birders there too. The feeding station has tins nailed to a fence which are full of seed. The watchpoint is half a mile further on just before a 90 degree left hand bend, overlooking the top lake.
Steve Sutton
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thanks for that, coming over tomorrow any HB's seen today does anyone know
Yes a mate of mine said he had good views at about 12pm which is a bit later than they have been normally seen. Usually from 10 to 12.
Loobyloobz
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hand rearing 2/3 day old canary
pls help hand rearing 2/3 day old canary and it has been feeding but it has not pooed it stomach looks hard and round and it looks in pain but i cant get it to poo pls help as there was 3 but now one left thsankyou
pls help hand rearing 2/3 day old canary and it has been feeding but it has not pooed it stomach looks hard and round and it looks in pain but i cant get it to poo pls help as there was 3 but now one left thsankyou
Loobyloobz
New member
how do you help a 2/3 day old baby canary poo if hand rearing our baby canary is full with round belly but wont poo and looks in pain pls help Thank you
Daniel Martin
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went to attenborough yesterday for a birthday birdwatch, it was pretty rainy but there was lots about.
2 kingfishers at the delta and a sparrowhawk over
5 little egrets and a common sandpiper on clifton pond, along with some returning wildfowl, 5 teal and 5 shoveler, no wigeon as yet. cetti's warbler heard too
in a single tree near the bridge near the visitor centre were SEVEN warbler species - willow warbler, reed warbler, sedge warbler, whitethroat, lesser whitethroat, blackcap and a cetti's - must have been loads of insects in there as it was swarming with them, as well as a couple of great tits and a dunnock
nothing of note on tween pond, and then on my way back i scanned the gulls at the works pond which revealed a greater black back and a juvenile MED GULL.
so a very productive day!
2 kingfishers at the delta and a sparrowhawk over
5 little egrets and a common sandpiper on clifton pond, along with some returning wildfowl, 5 teal and 5 shoveler, no wigeon as yet. cetti's warbler heard too
in a single tree near the bridge near the visitor centre were SEVEN warbler species - willow warbler, reed warbler, sedge warbler, whitethroat, lesser whitethroat, blackcap and a cetti's - must have been loads of insects in there as it was swarming with them, as well as a couple of great tits and a dunnock
nothing of note on tween pond, and then on my way back i scanned the gulls at the works pond which revealed a greater black back and a juvenile MED GULL.
so a very productive day!
i've done a fair bit of work with the wildlife trust on besthorpe this year, the north has been relandscaped to create new pools, channels and reedbeds, as well as the north pond being redone to create shallows and islands. however one problem, no water!!! some of the new reeds we planted are hanging on, but it desperately needs some inundation following the dry summer. we're waiting on the river level to rise so we can open the sluice and hopefully get some water in there over the winter! hopefully it will look incredible in a few years! fingers crossed...
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Sorry for replying to this old post but the 'If ever' statement is surprising. Wood Warblers are recorded annually in Notts but only as a scarce passage migrant nowadays although not all the records make it to the county recorder. Any dedicated patch watcher has a chance of locating one from the end of April til early to mid May. They bred in the county until the late nineties and I wouldn't be surprised if they still do occasionally at the more obscure underwatched locations along the west side of the county. Redstarts on the other hand breed in good numbers throughout the wooded areas through the spine of the county and should be encountered annually at any well watched patch in spring & autumn if the patch watcher is persistant.
knotsbirder
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Andy Hall
Notts Birder
I would say 'in good numbers' for Common Redstart is slightly misleading, although having said that, the last couple of years appear to show a slight upturn in numbers and is still a species that goes under reported. When I first started birding properly in about 1981, Common Redstart was a genuinely common bird in the woodlands of the Dukeries. I would say it's quite scarce now in places where it was once common.
As for Wood Warbler, it's effectively extinct as a breeding bird in Notts, although I agree that there maybe some lonely outpost, maybe in the Creswell area for example that might hold a pair.
knotsbirder
Well-known member
Anybody know who had the Parakeet on Ranelagh Grove on the 28th? Interested as its where I live!!
Sam
Sam
Squacco Heron
Hi All
If you have not seen this bird yet and can get to Attenborough Nature Reserve (still there this morning on Birdguides), I can recommend it, having spent an enjoyable hour or two there yesterday.
The bird was very obliging - but if you have a scope, take it with you .... and even if you are not a 'photographer', take your pocket camera with you (mine is an oldish Sony Cybershot) ... and you should end up with something like the attached as a decent handheld digiscoped record-shot of a great bird.
Plenty of birders there yesterday morning by the way, a steady flow coming and going all morning of maybe around 100 while I was there, to see this 'star turn'.
Cheers
Andy R.
Hi All
If you have not seen this bird yet and can get to Attenborough Nature Reserve (still there this morning on Birdguides), I can recommend it, having spent an enjoyable hour or two there yesterday.
The bird was very obliging - but if you have a scope, take it with you .... and even if you are not a 'photographer', take your pocket camera with you (mine is an oldish Sony Cybershot) ... and you should end up with something like the attached as a decent handheld digiscoped record-shot of a great bird.
Plenty of birders there yesterday morning by the way, a steady flow coming and going all morning of maybe around 100 while I was there, to see this 'star turn'.
Cheers
Andy R.
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Idle Valley Birder
An Idle Valley Birder
Hi Andy.
When i visited Attenborough there was quite a debate going on regarding the county the bird was seen fishing in. With several derbyshire birders claiming it was in their county.
The Picture you attached to your post shows the Squacco under the bridge on the vegitation next to the wall and outflow, on the right hand side of the river viewed from the footbridge. Exactly where it was when the debate was taking place.
Is it in Notts. in the picture or Derbyshire?
When i visited Attenborough there was quite a debate going on regarding the county the bird was seen fishing in. With several derbyshire birders claiming it was in their county.
The Picture you attached to your post shows the Squacco under the bridge on the vegitation next to the wall and outflow, on the right hand side of the river viewed from the footbridge. Exactly where it was when the debate was taking place.
Is it in Notts. in the picture or Derbyshire?
knotsbirder
Well-known member
The right hand side is Notts, the left side Derbys (looking from the bridge). It does sometimes switch and nip into Derbys tho.
Sam
Del ...
Following on from what Sam says, the bird is in Nottiinghamshire in my photo (ie: that small patch of ground it has favoured so much). But it has been seen on the Derbyshire side, so everyone is happy ... except maybe some Derbyshire county-tick-list birders who have only seen it on that Notts patch.
Hope this helps.
Andy R.
Cheers
Andy R.
Idle Valley Birder
An Idle Valley Birder
Thanks guys. :t:
had seen a map showing river as boundary area but did not realize it was as simple as. Right or Left - Notts. or Derby'shire.
had seen a map showing river as boundary area but did not realize it was as simple as. Right or Left - Notts. or Derby'shire.
Idle Valley Birder
An Idle Valley Birder
Great White Egret at Idle Valley NR
Great White Egret at the IVNR, after roaming South yorkshire for
the past week or so.
Reported briefly yesterday over Chainbridge. Today it was today frequenting
the Chainbridge Scrape area, Windsurf Pit, Old fishing pits opposite Tarmac
concrete works and then the Boat Inn Fishery off Walters Lane at 15.50pm, before returning to the Windsurf Pit area.
The 'ringtail' Hen Harrier was reported around Blaco late morning and 4.15pm
this evening. Info courtesy of LBC members and others.
Also 5 Little Egret, 8 Dunlin, 3 Redshank, 2 Snipe on Chainbridge Scrape.
Great White Egret at the IVNR, after roaming South yorkshire for
the past week or so.
Reported briefly yesterday over Chainbridge. Today it was today frequenting
the Chainbridge Scrape area, Windsurf Pit, Old fishing pits opposite Tarmac
concrete works and then the Boat Inn Fishery off Walters Lane at 15.50pm, before returning to the Windsurf Pit area.
The 'ringtail' Hen Harrier was reported around Blaco late morning and 4.15pm
this evening. Info courtesy of LBC members and others.
Also 5 Little Egret, 8 Dunlin, 3 Redshank, 2 Snipe on Chainbridge Scrape.
