Upton Warren (150 Viewers)

[upstarts1979]

Not sure why its that funny John ! 333

Paul that's not a laugh are you having a laugh you old duffer.8-P :-O:-O:-O now that's a laugh. :t: that's a thumbs up

 

[upstarts1979]

A couple of pics from Tuesday

Garden warbler and some of the shoveler family - even at 11 days their bills are mini shovels

 

[Birder Gladys]

Single Curlew just flew over sailing pool

 

[Phil Andrews]

Early morning highlights;

Flashes: Shelduck 7 chicks still, 10 Lapwing chicks, Oystercatcher 1 chick, 1 Avocet chick, 4 LRP, 2 Redshank, 2 juv Raven

Salwarpe: 1 poss 2 Garden Warbler. 1 still singing and showing well. Chiffchaff with 2 fledged birds

Moors: circa 100 Swifts, 4 Common Tern, Little Grebe 3 chicks, Oystercatcher 2 chicks - probably more as quite hidden

North Moors: 2 Chiffchaff one with fledged brood of 4 to plantation, another with at least 2. Whitethroat still displaying

Shelduck chick flic here;
https://flic.kr/p/Hf1Kpd

Just picked up on this Gert - were these two young Raven fledged and out of the nest?

 

[Birder Gladys]

sailing pool no sign of white geese just feathers and dead mole on boardwalk. North moors this morning.Grey Heron, Tufted duck. Moors, east track Collar dove, 2 GSW, Cettis showing well, Whitethoat,Chaffinch,lots of Bullfinch,on the water,Little grebe,GCG,Oytercatcher,Common Terns,Had a large tern fly over will have to do homework later.

 

[Phil Andrews]

JTB reports now 4 broods of Avocet at the Flashes (1:1:4:4) plus the emergence of a new brood of Lapwing with 3 young on the third Flash (which may explain all the recent Lapo activity around the oak tree at the back of the second Flash). Also 6 Shelduck with 7 ducklings still and the pair of Redshank.

 

[Phil Andrews]

sailing pool no sign of white geese just feathers and dead mole on boardwalk. North moors this morning.Grey Heron, Tufted duck. Moors, east track Collar dove, 2 GSW, Cettis showing well, Whitethoat,Chaffinch,lots of Bullfinch,on the water,Little grebe,GCG,Oytercatcher,Common Terns,Had a large tern fly over will have to do homework later.

Hi Tim - Sandwich Tern is the only realistic option for a large tern although Gull-billed or Caspian would be very welcome! :t:

 

[richarddavis30]

Daft question, my friend has come down from Nottingham and would like to photograph the avocets,

Can he take his small dogs to the reserve?

Regards

Richard

 

[Phil Andrews]

Daft question, my friend has come down from Nottingham and would like to photograph the avocets,

Can he take his small dogs to the reserve?

Regards

Richard

Hi Richard - unfortunately dogs are not permitted on the reserve: http://www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/reserves/upton-warren

 

[richarddavis30]

Thanks Phil, just thought I would check before we left.

Many thanks

Richard

 

[Phil Andrews]

JTB reports now 4 broods of Avocet at the Flashes (1:1:4:4) plus the emergence of a new brood of Lapwing with 3 young on the third Flash (which may explain all the recent Lapo activity around the oak tree at the back of the second Flash). Also 6 Shelduck with 7 ducklings still and the pair of Redshank.

John advises there are now 5 broods of Acovet with a total of 13 chicks

 

[Phil Andrews]

A couple of inland Red-necked Phalarope today (Stanwick GP, Northants and Holme Pierrepont, Notts). Perhaps one for Mr Jackson to find first thing tomorrow?

 

[Birder Gladys]

Hi Tim - Sandwich Tern is the only realistic option for a large tern although Gull-billed or Caspian would be very welcome! :t:

When I first saw the Tern first thoughts was Sandwich but after doing some home work,I think it was just a common tern mainly by the size in comparison to the BHGs it was flying with, sorry for getting hopes up.

 

[Phil Andrews]

When I first saw the Tern first thoughts was Sandwich but after doing some home work,I think it was just a common tern mainly by the size in comparison to the BHGs it was flying with, sorry for getting hopes up.

No worries Tim - no harm done.

Barn Owl this evening as per Marsha Jones.

 

[Janette55]

Avocets

John advises there are now 5 broods of Acovet with a total of 13 chicks

Great news about the avocets. Unable to get down for a few days so relying on the forum to find out what is happening! :t:

 

[upstarts1979]

THis morning 6am - 11.30am
Didn't expect any passage and apart from a female teal I didn't get any.
But plenty of breeding activity.
Lapwing 4 broods, a fresh hatching of 3 (max 2 days old)on east side of 2nd Flash , probably nested in front of oaktree but more likely somewhere close to SW side of 3rd Flash.
In the meadow looks like 1 of the 2 chicks which were on the west side has been lost. certainly now 8 - 12 in total.
Avocets have certainly had a multiple hatching today. I thought a brood of 4 were from the old 'pipe' island but that bird is still sitting
suffice to say now broods of 1;1;4;4;3(poss 4 - still being brooded) more to hatch in next couple of days. Almost a synchronised hatching.

species counts Flashes:
Teal 1, shoveler 3(pr + fem) + 15 chicks 15 days old. Shelduck 6 ads + 7 chicks 8 days old. Tufted 40+,
Avocet 40 ads + 13 chicks 22 days to 1 day old. Lapwing 12 - 14 ads 8 - 12 chicks. The 3 mid sized chicks from the meadow are well grown but it is difficult to see them all at once as they are in front of the blackthorn thicket in long grass mostly.
LRP 5, Oystercatcher 2 + 1 chick.
BHG being attacked and killed by a large female peregrine and at least 1 buzzard is plundering the nesting area in the 1st Flash reed bed.
Peregrine, kestrel, buzzard 3,
Stock dove c20, swift 10
linnet 8, cetti's w, reed w c10. starling 1, song thrush 2.

 

[upstarts1979]

Just picked up on this Gert - were these two young Raven fledged and out of the nest?

Youngsters are currntly in the oaks below nest siteB

 

[Muntjac]

Flashes

Blackwit dropped into Flashes 6.15 this evening

 

[Phil Andrews]

Dave J reports from the Flashes:

43 adult Avocet and 15 young from 6 broods (1:1:1:4:4:4), Ian's Black-tailed Godwit still, 2 Redshank, 5 LR Plover, Teal, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 adult Shelduck +7 ducklings still, 10 adult Lapwing and minimum of 6 young - 1:1:4- now difficult to see in long grass (didn't see latest brood), didn't see any young Oystercatcher or Shoveler.

 

[Phil Andrews]

Brood of 6 Gadwall at the Moors Pool as per Dave J - photo here: https://twitter.com/davejredditch/status/739499414277001216?s=03

Also 2 Common Tern chicks if I have read his tweet correctly