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[upstarts1979]

Today at Flashes. LRP 6 + chick 12 days old. Ruff. Common sand 2. Green sand 5. Avocet 15 + 7 chicks. Lapwing 110 1 juv. Curlew 16. oystercatchers 3. greenshank reported. also Stock dove 23. raven . Teal

 

[upstarts1979]

Steve Whitehouse is doing a mouthing session from 10pm tonight at the Moors. O K'do by the Trust

 

[PeterE]

Steve Whitehouse is doing a mouthing session from 10pm tonight at the Moors. O K'do by the Trust

John,

I assume you are not being rude here. Can you enlighten me?

Peter

Ps. By how much time did I miss the Water Rail?

 

[Bob O.]

John,

I assume you are not being rude here. Can you enlighten me?

Peter

Ps. By how much time did I miss the Water Rail?

Preductirve tuxt agin?:king::king: Looking for Moths I presume?:t::t:

 

[Phil Andrews]

Hopefully there will be reports of Owls and perhaps some calling overflying waders as well as moths

 

[upstarts1979]

John,

I assume you are not being rude here. Can you enlighten me?

Peter

Ps. By how much time did I miss the Water Rail?

maybe a Freudian slip8-P
no its predictive text on my mobile, just read it :-O

Helen woodman from the Trust come to tell us about the MOTHING session tonight and would we have any objections.

The rail chick was a good hour after you left. :t: John

 

[upstarts1979]

Steve Whitehouse is doing a mouthing session from 10pm tonight at the Moors. O K'do by the Trust

should read:- Steve Whitehouse id doing a MOTHING session tonight by the new bittern channel from 10pm...OK'd by the Trust.

 

[upstarts1979]

Preductirve tuxt agin?:king::king: Looking for Moths I presume?:t::t:

yep. B

 

[upstarts1979]

work party today at FLASHES

Today we cleared a strip of reeds in front of the Hen Pool hide. Even though we cut in front in late April it soon grows up.

Photo's
1 before work
2 - 4 after work
5 the water rail chick...you have to look hard, black body and white bill.
several reed warblers showed well. also a cetti's called within the reeds. Then the water rail chick appeared in the right side channel.
plenty of green veined white butterflies and also small skipper & small tortoiseshell, also brown hawker and others.

 

[Phil Andrews]

Today we cleared a strip of reeds in front of the Hen Pool hide. Even though we cut in front in late April it soon grows up.

Photo's
1 before work
2 - 4 after work
5 the water rail chick...you have to look hard, black body and white bill.
several reed warblers showed well. also a cetti's called within the reeds. Then the water rail chick appeared in the right side channel.
plenty of green veined white butterflies and also small skipper & small tortoiseshell, also brown hawker and others.

Peter E - is this the same Water Rail youngster you had earlier in the month or do you suspect a different bird / brood?

 

[upstarts1979]

These flies were abundant in the marshy area of the Hen pool after the work. Any ideas you entomologists out there.B

 

[Phil Andrews]

Report of a Bar-tailed Godwit at the Flashes on the 11th July (the same day a Blackwit was present); I presume this is either a mis-identification or a data entry error.

 

[PeterE]

Peter E - is this the same Water Rail youngster you had earlier in the month or do you suspect a different bird / brood?

Not me, Guv. I haven't seen a Water Rail of any age for some time.

Well done, John, for managing to capture it.

Peter

 

[upstarts1979]

Some other records from this month.
mistle thrush 17th July Moors Jarad
Nuthatch 18th July Moors Gert
Red Kite 18th July Flashes Mike & YVONNE

 

[upstarts1979]

Des is off for 2 weeks

With Des away for 2 weeks we will be looking for snippets of news on a Wednesday for the next two weeks.
Rob Guest has texted some news.
The fish in the Bittern channel are mostly Rudd and roach. A female tufted has a brood of 21 chicks almost certainly a crèche. also 2 avocet at Moors.

 

[discors]

These flies were abundant in the marshy area of the Hen pool after the work. Any ideas you entomologists out there.B

I think they are Semaphore Flies they were all over Flashes last year

 

[Phil Andrews]

I think they are Semaphore Flies they were all over Flashes last year

Good of you to flag this Trevor

 

[Sy V]

:storm: Oh dear!

 

[upstarts1979]

I think they are Semaphore Flies they were all over Flashes last year

they had white tips on the wings. Do they bite, only Paul got a couple of nasty bites from something. They must be providing plenty of sustenance for the local Reed warbler population as there were thousands of them.

 

[upstarts1979]

Rob Guest as seen the LRP chick now 13 days old.