Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
From the Moors Pool Dave J updates:
Hobby, Egyptian Goose, Willow Warbler, Otter
Hobby, Egyptian Goose, Willow Warbler, Otter
A lot of passerine activity all around the Flashes literally
The hedges at the bottom of the 'brown' North field bean crop held a considerable amount of passerines. Especially finches, warblers , thrushes, tits and reed bunting. The bulk of the birds were in the two large Hawthorne, from where they were flying into the field to feed. Also holding plenty of birds were the hedges by the climbing frames, the 'confluence', the meadow hedge and the west hedgerow right of the hide where 2 redstarts were. My first wheatear for a couple of years was found by Crofty. It was perched on the stock fence gate between the 2nd and 3rd flash and then spent a good period in front of the hide. Other notnotable migration was swift moving south along with swallows and sand martin. Warblers were seemingly everywhere and in stark contrast to a year ago passerines were certainly more numerous and widespread. Waders were not as numerous as yesterday but overall the waterbirds were plentiful. There was one youngdter left from the 2nd brood of Shoveler and at least 3 of the older brood presumably the other 2 had moved off. Unfortunately the thunderstorms didn't bring the hoped for rarity..nut there's always tomorrow 8-P
Species Count FLASHES:
Little grebe 2 -3rd Flash
Little egret. Grey heron. Greylag 25. Canada's 180.
Mallard 280. Shoveler 4 juvs/ch(3:1). Teal 6. Gadwall. Coot 25. Moorhen c30 (1 ch A few days old).
Avocet 13 (9 juvs 1:1:2:4:1 - including 'runty'). Snipe. Green sand 4. Common sand 3. Black tailed godwit 7 (6 flew ff south at 9.30am).
Wood Sand and a Black-tailed Godwit at the Flashes as per Phil W
A good few hours on the moors and flashes this evening,
Moors,(Cows) Water Rail calling from 2 places in front on the east hide and from the north end.
Flashes,(No Cows) Heron on 3rd flash.Wood, Common and Green sandpipers.1 blackwit. Lapwings.200 BHGs.
pic 1. good numbers of Little Grebes.
pic 3, gulls going to the circus 3
pis 4, trying out my new clamp The Birders Store again.
pic 5,as I left this flew low over the flashes low, putting up most of the birds. I saw the curlews leave don't know what else:-C
A good few hours on the moors and flashes this evening,
Moors,(Cows) Water Rail calling from 2 places in front on the east hide and from the north end.
Flashes,(No Cows) Heron on 3rd flash.Wood, Common and Green sandpipers.1 blackwit. Lapwings.200 BHGs.
pic 1. good numbers of Little Grebes.
pic 3, gulls going to the circus 3
pis 4, trying out my new clamp The Birders Store again.
pic 5,as I left this flew low over the flashes low, putting up most of the birds. I saw the curlews leave don't know what else:-C
MOORS POOL
9 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Lapwing, 2 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 26 Tufted Duck, 1 GC Grebe, Little Grebe - an explosion of numbers with 26 adults / fledged juveniles + 3 chicks (including a tight knot of 10 in the lee of one of the islands), c80 Coot, 13 Moorhen, Water Rail, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, 31 Greylag Geese, c30 Canada Geese, 12 Mute Swan, 6 Common Tern (4 adults + 2 juveniles), 2 LBB Gull, Jay, GS Woodpecker, c10 Swift, c100 hirundines (all 3 species), Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, juvenile Cetti's Warbler calling along east track.
SAILING POOL
4 GC Grebe, 1 Tufted Duck, c75 Canada Geese, 2 Moorhen, 6 Coot, Goldcrest in trees on southern shore
FLASHES
Juvenile Wood Sandpiper (mainly keeping to the far side of the second Flash), 4 Green Sand, 4 Common Sand, 8 Avocet (2 adults + 6 juveniles), 16 Curlew, 11 Black-tailed Godwit (this morning's two birds plus the nine from the Moors Pool), c110 Lapwing, 25 Teal, 3 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 26 Moorhen, 16 Coot, 1 Little Grebe on third Flash, 10 Canada Geese, 2 Grey Heron, 3 LBB Gull, Herring Gull, juvenile Common Tern, 2 Raven, Buzzard, Goldcrest.
Has anyone seen any Marbled White this year?
With JTB currently on holiday the early morning shift tomorrow is vacant if someone wants to be a hero