RSPB Middleton Lakes (1 Viewer)

[djaphoto]

This is the Blackcap image, if anybody would like to confirm it is a Blackcap?

Many thanks

 

[simmojunior]

Yep

 

[djaphoto]

Yep

Many thanks

Tricky little fella to try and get a picture of, but nice to see and hear

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

Blackcap

This is the Blackcap image, if anybody would like to confirm it is a Blackcap?

Many thanks

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Hi DJ,
Yes this is a Blackcap a male, Willow Tit do occur on the reserve but are more common in the Ladywalk, Whitacre Heath and Kingsbury Water park area. Redstarts are very rare on the reserve (I have only ever seen one on the now private section in Spring but this is not in the present reserve boundaries) it appears you are confusing Willow Warbler/ Chiffchaff calls for Redstart which are similar.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

16/4/12 DBP north pit 2 Reeve, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Little Egret and Common Tern.
Dosthill NR Reed Warbler singing and Cuckoo calling, Curlew North along the river.
Dosthill grassy bank Grasshopper Warbler reeling today AGW and reported yesterday Barbara Valentine.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

18/4/12 DBP North pit Ad Little gull and 2 Ruff still (John Fincham). Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

18/4/12 DBP Short-eared Owl. Richard Warren. Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

19/4/12 DBP South Lesser Whitethroat singing by the canal. DBP North pit water levels high and theatening breeding waders and gulls common sandpiper noted. Arable West of the north pit Yellow Wagtail.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

20/4/12 DBP WJE 2 Short-eared Owl. Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

23/4/12 DBP Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler and Reed Warbler singing today Yellow Wagtail over, Common Sandpiper river.
6 Grasshopper Warblers Reeling today reserve area.

Regards, John

 

[Grasper]

24/4/12 2 Wheatear, 2 Ring Plover and Redshank on North Pit. Redshank and Black Tailed Godwit on pool by Fishers Mill. Also Reed Warbler singing at Fishers Mill Pool.

B. Jones

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

25/4/12 Swift North pit. Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

26/4/12 DBP South Summer plumaged Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) same bird as Dosthill lake Warks, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Swift, newreedbed pool Whimbrel per SLC. Mid section Snipe, 2 Common Tern. North pit flooded loss of breeding waders and Gull nests.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

30/4/12 DBP Lesser Whitethroat, Little Egret serious flooding, waders noted LRP, 2 Oyst, 2 Ringed Plover also a Wheatear, Grasshopper Warblers Reeling.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

5/5/12 DBP North pit 2 sum plum Black-necked Grebe (SLC), Sum plum Grey Plover still present, also Common Sand and 2 Wheatear SLC.
Mid section Short-eared Owl. Whimbrel over Paul Hyde. 1st sum Little Gull seen on the North pit and new reedbed pool. Grasshopper Warbler reeling and Cuckoo calling Yellow Wagtails present.



Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

7/5/12 A small sized group of waders, 10 circled and dropped onto the North pit comprising 8 Dunlin (some not having full black bellies yet) also 2 Ringed Plover, they landed and I never saw them again. Vegetation already up on the islands they may have rested on an island, these being the first group of small waders on their north migrartion noted this Spring.
Cuckoo calling, a Short-eared Owl over a Lesser Whitethroat singing from the canal. 2 m Shoveler noticed and a Mallard female with 5 young, one of the few breeders that survived the floods.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

8/5/12 DBP South Osprey caught a fish circled and flew north west John Morgan. Middle section a Short-eared Owl, a Hobby low along the river, near the north pit a pair of Wheatear. Talking to 3 experienced birders separately with scopes saying there were no passage waders on the north pit, as I arrived a group of 7 small waders got up comprising 6 Dunlin and a Ringed Plover they landed on the west side of the main spit and were not seen again, proving visibility is a problem on the north pit, also 2 Shelduck and 2 m Shoveler. Earlier SLC male Wheatear on arable West of the north pit.

Regards, John

 

[Grasper]

Spent some 15 mins scanning the North Pit at 9 this morning to no avail. Met another birder from Nuneaton who also drew a blank. Your comment is perhaps correct John. Did see a Cuckoo in a large Oak? between the farmhouse and the Silt Pool that then flew off south.

Brian J

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

10/5/12 DBP Garden Warbler singing towards Fisher's mill bridge, Cuckoo calling along the canal hedgerow. North pit 4 Shoveler over (3m), Dunlin flying around and at 12:59 a Whimbrel unseen resting on an island got up and flew north. Arable West of the north pit 2 Egyptian Geese with Canada Geese.
Comments- Water level high only vegetated tops of islands showing making viewing difficult. If the water level drops, viewing will be better.

Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

14/5/12 DBP Along the track by the canal a Garden Warbler singing and a Small Copper butterfly seen, LRP over.
The North pit 10 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, m Shoveler, 2 Shelduck and a Little Egret.

Regards, John