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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Red Kite over the reserve this afternoon as per Des.
UW82
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Today's highlights:
FLASHES:
Shelduck (6)+7 chicks-----------------------Avocet (43) + 1:1 chicks. One newly hatched today.
Lapwing ( 4:3:2:1 chicks)--------------------Redshank (2)
Shoveler (2prs) + min of 13 chicks----------Oystercatcher (2) + 1 chick
LRP (4)---------------------------------------Teal (2m + f)
Gadwall (f)-----------------------------------Peregrine
MOORS:
Red Kite--------------------------------------Common Tern ( 4 sitting) +4
Oystercatcher (2) + 2 chicks----------------Snipe (1)
Redshank. Not thought to be Flashes bird. Flew off WNW.
Gadwall (2)-----------------------------------Whitethroat (2)
Kestrel----------------------------------------Sparrowhawk
Cetti's Warbler (2)
SAILING POOL*/ HEN POOL#
Cetti's Warbler *#
Des.
FLASHES:
Shelduck (6)+7 chicks-----------------------Avocet (43) + 1:1 chicks. One newly hatched today.
Lapwing ( 4:3:2:1 chicks)--------------------Redshank (2)
Shoveler (2prs) + min of 13 chicks----------Oystercatcher (2) + 1 chick
LRP (4)---------------------------------------Teal (2m + f)
Gadwall (f)-----------------------------------Peregrine
MOORS:
Red Kite--------------------------------------Common Tern ( 4 sitting) +4
Oystercatcher (2) + 2 chicks----------------Snipe (1)
Redshank. Not thought to be Flashes bird. Flew off WNW.
Gadwall (2)-----------------------------------Whitethroat (2)
Kestrel----------------------------------------Sparrowhawk
Cetti's Warbler (2)
SAILING POOL*/ HEN POOL#
Cetti's Warbler *#
Des.
upstarts1979
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Des Was redshank still sitting
UW82
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I could only assume so, it was never visible. The other Redshank was always feeding close by when I was at the Flashes, morning and evening.
Do you think the Moors Redshank was one of the pair?
Des.
upstarts1979
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Hope not would have thought both would have left together unless peregrine caught it:eek!: We will see tomorrow. I think the redsh an will be ok. Another week to go till hatching. .fingers crossed.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Which brood were the two remaining Oystercatcher chicks at the Moors Pool from Des?
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
May closed with a monthly list of 107 species and the year list advanced to 133.
Possible additions in June include Yellow-legged Gull, Turnstone, Temminck's Stint, Red-necked Phalarope, Wood Sandpiper, Little Tern and Whinchat
Possible additions in June include Yellow-legged Gull, Turnstone, Temminck's Stint, Red-necked Phalarope, Wood Sandpiper, Little Tern and Whinchat
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
This is the twelfth June record for Snipe at Upton Warren that I can find following on from records in 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015 so perhaps not quite as unusual as may be thought.
Snipe were noted drumming in 1984 when two birds lingered until the 16th May whilst two displayed during late April in 1988. In 1994 a pair were observed "chipping" and chasing at the Flashes in early May. Perhaps something interesting is finally happening this year .....
UW82
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Broadmeadow brood or Amy's Marsh brood?
UW82
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upstarts1979
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The Broadmeadow brood hide in the dense vegetation. I only saw 1 chick in the first hour on Tuesday. It then appeared and both disappeared chortle afterwards. . They should be alright now:t:
Paul Rhodes
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Are we talking about Oystercatchers or Laughing Gulls? 8-P
John Sirrett
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Des tells me the spider has been done leaving the 'moths' and the fly. Second photo is of an Epiblema sp. (scutulana, cirsiana, or poss. stricticana), really need to see it in the hand. Photo 3 is not a moth but a fly, an Owl midge sp (there are 1500 of them!). Photo 4 is a Sedge Moth, a Glyphipterigidae sp. probably G.simpliciella the Cocksfoot Moth. Photo 5 is a hover fly, but not enough of it has been photographed to determine sp. most likely are the marmalade or sun flies. Happy to be corrected. JS
UW82
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Apparently, according to my source, the spider is either A cucurbitina or A opisthographa, but once again difficult to determine from the image. Neither species is uncommon in Worcestershire.
Des.
upstarts1979
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Paul Anthony just phoned to say Redshank just did a changeover:t::t:
