RSPB Middleton Lakes (1 Viewer)

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

7/8/13 DBP Geoff Williams Jubilee wetlands a Ruff and Green Sand. Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

8/8/13 DBP Jubilee wetlands Little Egret, Redshank, 3 juv Shelduck, 4 Common Tern, 4 Teal, Bar-headed Goose and 116 Grey lag Geese. Later Geoff Williams Great White Egret.
North pit Little Egret.
Common Blue Butterfly and Common Darter seen Water Chickweed in flower.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

Dbp

8/8/13 DBP Jubilee wetlands Little Egret, Redshank, 3 juv Shelduck, 4 Common Tern, 4 Teal, Bar-headed Goose and 116 Grey lag Geese. Later Geoff Williams Great White Egret.
North pit Little Egret.
Common Blue Butterfly and Common Darter seen Water Chickweed in flower.

Regards, John

Later TP, JKLA Jubilee wetlands juv Med Gull, juv Dunlin, 2 LRP, Wigeon, Ringed Teal (ecsapee).
Newreedbed pit Great White Egret, Greenshank, Greensand, Snipe.

 

[Periwinkle]

GWE Flew off to South at 8.40pm over Ski Pit - Steve Pick

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

9/8/13 DBP Newreedbed pit Great White Egret.
Jubilee wetlands Geoff Williams 3 Turnstone, 6 Ringed Plover, Dunlin and Common Sand.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

10/8/13 DBP Newreedbed pit Great White Egret.
Jubilee wetlands fem type Goldeneye, 3 juv LRP, ad and juv Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 2 Snipe over, 2 Common Sand.
Bar-headed Goose, 161 Grey Lag Geese, 3 juv Shelduck, 6 Teal, 2 Mute Swan. Vapourer moth
North pit 2 eclipse Garganey, 4 Shoveler, 41 Lapwing, 114 Mute Swan.
5 Mobile Little Egrets.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

11/8/13 DBP Great White Egret mostly Newreedbed pit, 2 Garganey and Wigeon north pit.
report of probable Whinchat Birdforum.
2 Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Common Sand, Dunlin, 5 Green Sand, 4 LRP, 3 Ringed Plover, Peregrine, Bar-headed Goose, 6 Little Egret Geoff Williams, Damien Roberts, JKLA, SLC

Regards, John

 

[Periwinkle]

John - you should set up a tame valley birding sightings blog.

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

Tame Valley Birding

John - you should set up a tame valley birding sightings blog.

Thought you had already done that Tom.

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

12/8/13 DBP Newreedbed pit Great White Egret,
Jubilee wetlands 3 Black-tailed Godwit (Sum and 2 win plum), Dunlin, 7 Ringed Plover, 4 juv LRP, Common Sand, Bar-headed Goose, Teal.
North pit 2 Black-tailed Godwit (Sum and win plum), Snipe, male Pochard and 2 Teal.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

Garganey

12/8/13 DBP Newreedbed pit Great White Egret,
Jubilee wetlands 3 Black-tailed Godwit (Sum and 2 win plum), Dunlin, 7 Ringed Plover, 4 juv LRP, Common Sand, Bar-headed Goose, Teal.
North pit 2 Black-tailed Godwit (Sum and win plum), Snipe, male Pochard and 2 Teal.

Regards, John

Graham Mant earlier 2 Garganey. John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

14/8/13 DBP Newreedbed pit Great White Egret
Jubilee wetlands 7 Dunlin, 12 ringed Plover, 2 juv LRP, Greenshank, Green Sand and Common Sand. Bar-headed Goose with Grey lags, m Emperor Dragonfly along the ditch by West-East North pit path.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

16/8/13 DBP Great White Egret newreedbed pit Geoff Williams. Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

17/8/13 Great White Egret and imm Marsh Harrier Newreedbed pool Geoff Williams and Steve Atkinson.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

Middleton Lakes

17/8/13 Great White Egret and imm Marsh Harrier Newreedbed pool Geoff Williams and Steve Atkinson.

Regards, John

The juvenile Marsh Harrier was seen in both Staffs and Warks (Dosthill NR to Fishers Mill Pool) for county listers information as it spent 20 minutes checking out the reserve.
Besides the Gt White Egret, 6 Little Egret were seen. With water levels high waders were hard to see but what looked like 2 Knot landed on the Jubilee Wetlands and also seen were 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ringed Plover and 2 juvenile LRP's. A Yellow Wagtail flew over.
Geoff

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

18/8/13 DBP Great White Egret flew in from Private DBP 10:30 and was seen in it's normal feeding zone Newreedbed pit also Jubilee wetlands, 3 Common Sand, 2 Ringed Plover, report of Wheatear Geoff Williams.
Marsh Harrier Adam Archer.
North pit 2 Garganey, 2 Goldeneye TP also 2 Green Sand and juv Dunlin.
6 Black-tailed Godwit's JD, KJD.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

19/8/13 DBP North pit Great White Egret briefly before flying to the private area, 2 Garganey and a Clouded Yellow Butterfly.
Also 7 Dunlin, 3 Common Sand, LRP and Hobby. Geoff Williams

Regards, John

 

[andyr]

19/8/13 DBP North pit Great White Egret briefly before flying to the private area, 2 Garganey and a Clouded Yellow Butterfly.
Also 7 Dunlin, 3 Common Sand, LRP and Hobby. Geoff Williams

Regards, John

Hi John

The Great White Egret was flying over the car park and Middleton Farm when I arrived just before 1pm, before it landed back on the reserve. In the next four hours it spent most of the time feeding towards the North end, giving good views to several birders. The Hobby was hunting around Middleton Farm both early and late afternoon.

Cheers

Andy R.

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

Middleton Lakes

Hi John

The Great White Egret was flying over the car park and Middleton Farm when I arrived just before 1pm, before it landed back on the reserve. In the next four hours it spent most of the time feeding towards the North end, giving good views to several birders. The Hobby was hunting around Middleton Farm both early and late afternoon.

Cheers

Andy R.

Thanks Andy,
This evening 2 Black-tailed Godwit on the north pit Julian Allen.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

20/8/13 DBP Great White Egret favouring the shallow lagoon on the West side of the north pit also on the north pit 2 Little Egret and a Garganey.
Jubilee wetlands Green Sand, Common Sand, Ringed Plover and Bar-headed Goose(JH, ARD)

Regards, John