Upton Warren (10 Viewers)

[upstarts1979]

Very cold today...

Sailing Pool 0700
GC Grebe (7), Shoveler (1 pr)

Flashes 0715- 0930
Goldcrest (2), Kingfisher (1), Little Egret (2 in Hen Brook), Avocet (18),
Lapwing (c400), BH Gull (c200), Shelduck (1 pr), Snipe (1), Curlew (2),
Raven, Stonechat (1 female)

Moors 0945-1300
Shoveler (12), Shelduck (7), Fieldfare/Redwing (c30 mainly Fieldfare),
Pochard (22m, 6f), Gadwall (7m 2f), GC Grebe (3)

...no Curlew at Moors...only 2 at Flashes

Not a lot to add to Andy's sightings

North Moors :
Little egret 2. Shelduck 2. teal 5. water rail calling. kingfisher. goldcrest singing
Moors:
Little grebe 4 very vocal. Teal 23. gadwall 10 (3 prs +4 males). pochard 32 (22 males). Oystercatcher 4. Snipe 4.
redpoll. siskin feeding station per Bob P.

Flashes :
Teal 10. Shoveler pr. coot 20. lapwing 440. oystercatcher.
starling 200 feeding with lapwing flock.
Stonechat was initially in the cleared area on the hen brook and then flew across to the scrubby triangle to the right of the cuckoo hide.

 

[upstarts1979]

All dayer

Tomorrow my daughters and there mum and a coach load of girlies are off on My eldest daughter Gemma's Hen weekend. So while the cats away8-P. I will be spending the whole day at the mecca..Mike W will be accompanying me and hopefully we will pick up a guddy. So tomorrow night I will be locking the sailing pool gate up at dark:t:

 

[Phil Andrews]

And on to all-dayers proper. To secure the date now in your diaries, the annual Spring All-Day Birdwatch this year will be on Saturday 7th May (the weekend after the May Day bank holiday). The usual mix of birds, banter, bacon butties and baking - more details closer to the time. Hoping to tap up a number of other West Midlands sites - Belvide, Sandwell, Grimley, Marsh Lane, Venus Pool, Middleton, Salford Priors - to also take part

 

[Peregrine Trousers]

And on to all-dayers proper. To secure the date now in your diaries, the annual Spring All-Day Birdwatch this year will be on Saturday 7th May (the weekend after the May Day bank holiday). The usual mix of birds, banter, bacon butties and baking - more details closer to the time. Hoping to tap up a number of other West Midlands sites - Belvide, Sandwell, Grimley, Marsh Lane, Venus Pool, Middleton, Salford Priors - to also take part

In my diary!

 

[Phil Andrews]

Mike W reports from the Moors Pool this morning:

10 Gadwall, 6 Shelduck, 30 Pochard, 35 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Rook, Nuthatch

 

[Phil Andrews]

Mike further reports from the Flashes:

19 Avocet, 1 Dunlin (3 reported earlier - one understood to have provided breakfast for a Sparrowhawk), 2 Shelduck

 

[wheatearlp]

... and at Flashes - 19 Avocet, 1 Dunlin (3 earlier), 2 Shelduck, 8 Curlew

 

[upstarts1979]

Final tally Flashes. Barn owl appeared at 6.20m. Curlew 14. roosted. oystercatchers 2. . BHG 600 roosted.
Stonechat fem to right of Avocet hide. Goldcrest.
between us 72 species recorded.

 

[Phil Andrews]

John recorded two adult BHGs in the roost tonight sporting white leg rings.

28D1 is an old favourite. It was originally ringed in the nest at Hosehill Berkshire on the 4th June 2011 and has previously been recorded at Upton Warren on the 5th May 2013, again on the 9th and 28th March 2014 and finally last year at the Moors Pool on the 24th June and then at the Flashes on the following day. It has also been noted back at Hosehill later in 2011 and on the River Lee, County Cork on the 1st January 2012. I am not aware of any ringed bird that has been previously noted at Upton Warren in four consecutive years. I will contact Tim Ball in Berkshire to see if I can get an updated history for this bird.

J6Y6 is a new bird not previously noted at Upton Warren. The code appears to be from a Norwegian scheme; I will make contact with the programme co-ordinator and feed-back any history.

 

[Phil Andrews]

Morning update from Dave J at the Flashes:

Adult GBB Gull flew northwest with 3 LBB Gull at 0905, 2 Little Egrets, 20 Avocets, 2 Oystercatchers.

Also 2 Shoveler on Sailing Pool.

 

[Phil Andrews]

Late morning update from Dave J at the Moors Pool:

1 Little Egret, 26 Meadow Pipit, 8 Shelduck, 9 Gadwall, 38 Pochard, 2 Snipe

 

[upstarts1979]

very random pics from last few days

1. Hen pool from causeway, little egret has been feeding here since water was lowered.
2. transmitter field from back of cuckoo hide. worth checking for wheatear and thrushes over the next few weeks, also chats along hedgerow and on posts.
3. Atmospheric shot of stonechat in scrubby triangle right of cuckoo hide.
4. pair of teal always nice to look at, amazing vermiculations 8-P
5. mystery wader, this species can cause ID problems in winter plumage.

 

[Skeleton man]

Barn Owl showed tonight at approx 6.20
Flew from farm, past Main hide towards Cuckoo hide.
Rich

 

[Phil Andrews]

John recorded two adult BHGs in the roost tonight sporting white leg rings.

28D1 is an old favourite. It was originally ringed in the nest at Hosehill Berkshire on the 4th June 2011 and has previously been recorded at Upton Warren on the 5th May 2013, again on the 9th and 28th March 2014 and finally last year at the Moors Pool on the 24th June and then at the Flashes on the following day. It has also been noted back at Hosehill later in 2011 and on the River Lee, County Cork on the 1st January 2012. I am not aware of any ringed bird that has been previously noted at Upton Warren in four consecutive years. I will contact Tim Ball in Berkshire to see if I can get an updated history for this bird.

J6Y6 is a new bird not previously noted at Upton Warren. The code appears to be from a Norwegian scheme; I will make contact with the programme co-ordinator and feed-back any history.

A very speedy response from Tim Ball confirmed that there have been no further sightings of 28D1 away from the reserve since it was first recorded at Upton Warren:

04/06/2011 - Hosehill Lake LNR, West Berkshire (ringed in the nest)
24/06/2011 - Hosehill Lake LNR, West Berkshire
27/06/2011 - Hosehill Lake LNR, West Berkshire
30/06/2011 - Hosehill Lake LNR, West Berkshire
01/07/2011 - Hosehill Lake LNR, West Berkshire
02/07/2011 - Hosehill Lake LNR, West Berkshire
01/01/2012 - River Lee, Cork, Eire
05/05/2013 - Upton Warren NR, Worcestershire
09/03/2014 - Upton Warren NR, Worcestershire
28/03/2014 - Upton Warren NR, Worcestershire
24/06/2015 - Upton Warren NR, Worcestershire
25/06/2015 - Upton Warren NR, Worcestershire
05/03/2016 - Upton Warren NR, Worcestershire

 

[upstarts1979]

Work party Tuesday

Tomorrow we will working on Amy's Marsh so there will be disturbance in the morning. This is vital breeding habitat management. We will be continuing next Tuesday and hopefully that will be it in this area.
We will be stock fencing. clearing islands and promontory as well as in front of the East hide. :t: john

 

[Janner Falcon!]

Flashes today

1. By metal gate by cuckoo hide
2. Oystercatcher pair
3. Curlews on the sewage meadow
4. Starlings amongst the lapwings
5. "This is nice, shall we put down a deposit?"

 

[Janner Falcon!]

Moors today (1)

1. Little Egret North Moors pool. (Teal, shovellers, coots, mallards and a black-headed gull were also there and waterrails were squealing too.)
2. 3 more little egrets in a row on Snipe Island. (All 4 came together briefly - unless there were really 5!)
3, 4, 5. This Great Crested Grebe overestimated his catch. From 3 - 5 took approximately 7 minutes, but I don't know how long he'd been wrestling with this fish (perch?) before we got to the hide. It was alive for most of that time and was eventually deposited dead in front of North Island where GCG seemed to lose interest - exhausted? Quite a fight.

 

[Janner Falcon!]

Moors today (2) West hide

1. Female Reed Bunting
2. Dunnock
3. Bluetit in the rushes
4. Female bullfinch
5. Male bullfinch

 

[Phil Andrews]

The Trust have been informed that a visitor lost their wedding ring yesterday at the Moors Pool, most likely in or around the Water Rail (concrete) hide. If found could you let myself or John know, or contact Wendy Carter directly at the Trust.

 

[claypole55]

hello all, I'm a newbie to this site but i've been told upton warren is a must see place to visit!
can anyone visit or is it a members site only??? also can anyone suggest best area to visit??
travelling from Telford,so I don't want to visit if we'll be turned away!!!!
thank-you.