Crackin bird for the pool mike well done and a great deserved find-just wish i hadn't left my mobile at home,or i would have sneaked out of work and caught it. Mike would have no problem with identifying sabines gull,as apposed to kittiwake-he has seen both regularly,and knows the pool better than me-its a great little place that does get every so often brilliant birds. Again Well done Mike Enjoy the break
Does anyone really see Sabine's Gull regularly in the UK? Even the saltiest seawatchers in Cornwall or Eire might get a handfull in autumn if they're lucky. To be fair to Mike, and certainly not casting aspersions on his original identification, I think he'd be the first to say he doesn't see Sabine's regularly at all.
I also believe that there was a Kittiwake present yesterday which was different to today's bird! Clearly, it's all possible and should necessarily be dismissed too quickly
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Sep 20 2:11 PM, 2010
And I'm now holding out for Relict Gull...
Rob Smallwood said
Mon Sep 20 1:45 PM, 2010
I'm setting off now - by the time I get there it could be a Ross's!
JOHN TYMON said
Mon Sep 20 1:28 PM, 2010
JOHN TYMON wrote:
Ian McKerchar wrote:
Juvenile Sabines Gull present this morning.
Info thanks to Mike Baron
Crackin bird for the pool mike well done and a great deserved find-just wish i hadn't left my mobile at home,or i would have sneaked out of work and caught it. Mike would have no problem with identifying sabines gull,as apposed to kittiwake-he has seen both regularly,and knows the pool better than me-its a great little place that does get every so often brilliant birds. Again Well done Mike Enjoy the break
lookes like a real red letter day for the pool -now little gull reported-shame im at workbeltin records though
JOHN TYMON said
Mon Sep 20 12:58 PM, 2010
Ian McKerchar wrote:
Juvenile Sabines Gull present this morning.
Info thanks to Mike Baron
Crackin bird for the pool mike well done and a great deserved find-just wish i hadn't left my mobile at home,or i would have sneaked out of work and caught it. Mike would have no problem with identifying sabines gull,as apposed to kittiwake-he has seen both regularly,and knows the pool better than me-its a great little place that does get every so often brilliant birds. Again Well done Mike Enjoy the break
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Sep 20 12:07 PM, 2010
Don't worry Phil, there will undoubtedly be lots of 'suggestions' about this bird but it's certainly not for me to cast aspersions. I was in direct contact with the observer and Birdnet Information Services, plus with subsequent birders on site (I wasn't free to get there until after 11 myself!) and it is they (subsequent birders on site) who have decided (perhaps understandably) that a misidentification has occurred, not the original observer.
Anyway, it's the Cheshire Rarity Team's problem now , not mine!
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 20th of September 2010 12:10:07 PM
Phil Owen said
Mon Sep 20 11:53 AM, 2010
Ian McKerchar wrote:
Not exactly Phil. I certainly reported it as not present but Kittiwake now present. I can see the obvious implications of how it all looks but having re-spoken to the observer (who was on his way to his holidays when he called in to the pool and has subsequently had to pull into the motorway services to take my calls and texts) he is adamant that he saw a Sabine's. He's a good bloke and birder and like I say, despite how it looks, he is confident of what he saw.
Ian, the info I got off the various birding sites was that the reported Sabs Gull was in fact a Kittiwake. However from what you are saying, there may be 2 different birds present this morning.
I wasn't suggesting anything and was purely posting the updated info for the benefit of other birders however this info would now appear to be incorrect
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Sep 20 11:43 AM, 2010
Not exactly Phil. I certainly reported it as not present but Kittiwake now present. I can see the obvious implications of how it all looks but having re-spoken to the observer (who was on his way to his holidays when he called in to the pool and has subsequently had to pull into the motorway services to take my calls and texts) he is adamant that he saw a Sabine's. He's a good bloke and birder and like I say, despite how it looks, he is confident of what he saw.
Phil Owen said
Mon Sep 20 11:23 AM, 2010
Ian McKerchar wrote:
Juvenile Sabines Gull present this morning.
Info thanks to Mike Baron
It's now been reported as a Juvenile Kittiwake!!
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Sep 20 10:01 AM, 2010
Juvenile Sabines Gull present this morning.
Info thanks to Mike Baron
Mike Baron said
Fri Sep 17 10:00 AM, 2010
No sign of yesterdays juvenile Black Tern.
First Wigeon back this morning.
Mike Baron said
Thu Sep 16 9:39 AM, 2010
Black Tern present this morning plus 2 Ringed Plovers
Yesterday at dusk I observed a Kestrel here having a pop at a Tawny Owl!
Mike Baron said
Wed Sep 1 9:10 AM, 2010
There was no sign of the juv Kittiwake yesterday evening or again this morning.
Highlights this morning:
1 Green Sandpiper (fly over) Covey of 18 Grey Partridges
JOHN TYMON said
Tue Aug 31 9:28 AM, 2010
Mike Baron wrote:
Juvenile Kittiwake still present this morning also
2 Green Sandpipers 4 Swifts
No sign of BNG
Glad it stuck around mike smashing
Mike Baron said
Tue Aug 31 9:09 AM, 2010
Juvenile Kittiwake still present this morning also
2 Green Sandpipers 4 Swifts
No sign of BNG
Dennis atherton said
Mon Aug 30 9:40 PM, 2010
Well done JT, great find
Mike Baron said
Mon Aug 30 9:08 PM, 2010
JOHN TYMON wrote:
1 juv kittiwake still there when i left at 3pmonly my second ever on the pool black necked grebe-1 adw
Cracking find John - they don't crop up that often here. Thanks for trying to get a message to me (and to Ian for relaying it) - unfortunately not in a position to go and see it. Hopefully it might stick around.
Cheers
Mike
JOHN TYMON said
Mon Aug 30 3:21 PM, 2010
1 juv kittiwake still there when i left at 3pmonly my second ever on the pool black necked grebe-1 adw
Mike Baron said
Fri Aug 27 12:43 PM, 2010
Around 200 Linnets this morning around Midhops Farm - by far the largest count of this species I have made here. All flitting around fresh stubble fields - plenty of other finches and House Sparrows too.
Plus a covey of around 10 Grey Partridges and huindreds of Woodpigeons
Mike Baron said
Tue Aug 17 9:06 AM, 2010
Little Egret present this morning plus:
76 Coot 44 Tufted Ducks 6 Pochard 1 Little Grebe 9 Great Crested Grebes 34 Linnets on the wires
Yesterday Common Sandpiper present
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Aug 7 12:49 PM, 2010
sat 12.30 lots of kids camping in the woods and same kids circling the pool constantly on motorbikes. so don't expect much here tomorrow tufted-c50 great crested grebe-8 mallard pochard cormorant 1 all in the centre of the pool due to disturbance
Mike Baron said
Wed Aug 4 8:30 PM, 2010
2 Black-necked Grebes present today - adult plus juvenile
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Aug 1 4:07 PM, 2010
pm same as yesterday except i could not see any black necked grebes maybe due to disturbance sat evening as there was someone camping on the north bank.
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Jul 31 4:31 PM, 2010
sat 31st 3pm black necked grebe-3 adults little grebe-2 tufted duck-70(a goodly number,but a few flew off as i was leaving) pochard-6 great crested grebe-9 coot-65 lots of hurrundines
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Jul 30 5:40 PM, 2010
Mike Baron wrote:
Two adult Black-necked Grebes back on this morning plus
2 Little grebes (1 juvenile) 9 Great Crested Grebes 58 Coot 41 Tufted Duck 4 Pochard
same at 4pm still 2 black necks present 55 tufted and lots of swifts and sand martin
Mike Baron said
Fri Jul 30 9:18 AM, 2010
Two adult Black-necked Grebes back on this morning plus
2 Little grebes (1 juvenile) 9 Great Crested Grebes 58 Coot 41 Tufted Duck 4 Pochard
JOHN TYMON said
Tue Jul 27 9:29 PM, 2010
just been to the pool for an hour toneet 6.30-7.30-48 tufted ,58 coot,1 little grebe,1 common sandpiper,4 broods of mallard one with 12 newly hatched,9 great crested grebe-no black necks
Mike Baron said
Tue Jul 27 11:41 AM, 2010
And no BNG's present this morning...
Mike Baron said
Mon Jul 26 8:42 PM, 2010
Four Black-necked Grebes present today - juvenile plus three adults. I agree with John that this juv is a different bird - it has veru buffish cheeks while the previous juv had very pale cheeks with much more contrast with head.
Usual suspects also around
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Jul 25 3:12 PM, 2010
1,30-2,30 pretty sure the family of black necked grebes have left and a new juv arrived it was on its own and looked slightly older than fridays Juv,also the 2 adults that were separate on friday are still present.Anyone who has seen the black necked grebe migration through the pool ,will tell you,or mike barron and myself will,you can tell the different birds because of the plumage they are in,so you tend to know if its a new black necked or one of the regulars. black necked grebe-2 adults & 1 juv tufted duck-48 pochard little grebe-1 great crested grebe-8+ coots mallard sand martin swallow
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Sunday 25th of July 2010 05:39:22 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Jul 24 1:44 PM, 2010
contrast to the quiet setting for the visit on friday evening todays pop in was quite the opposite,and anyone who watches the pool will know what i mean-packs of dogwalkers on every bank-and a large dinghy being pulled by a newfoundland dog with 2 adults sat in the boat,all the birds scared to death,in one corner,and i could see possibly 5 but definately 4 black necked grebes.but didn't bother staying as i hate seeing the birds disturbed and i would have said something to the dinghy people,but as far as i knew they could have been the pool owners,so theres not a lot that can be done,as its privately owned.
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Jul 23 9:39 PM, 2010
alan patterson wrote:
Mike Baron wrote:
Nice story John - it certainly made me smile. I think it is likely that the birds are related given the performance they put on. I had noticed that the juvenile had been staying quite close to one of the adults.
I think we have both noticed on numerous occasions that BNG's are dropping in and leaving during the day with much more frequency than perhaps you might expecty - I have never seen one actually arrive though and I can only think of a couple of occasions when I have seen them in flight around the pool.
Experience at work, Professor Tymon!
Hi Mike, I found John's experience with the BNG of great intrest but was also interested in your comment about the BNG at H Green arriving and leaving during the day. You have obviosly recorded differant numbers of BNG at differant times of the day. We have never been able to say that at Woolston as there are so many places for them to hide unlike Houghton which has no cover at all.
I myself have never seen an adult BNG flying but have seen juveniles doing short practice flight on the pools at Woolston and was only just talking about this with Brian Martin yesterday who also has not seen an adult bird fly. It was always thought they arrived during the night and left at night.
maybe just perental instinct took over on this occasion-it was a nice experience to observe
alan patterson said
Fri Jul 23 9:04 PM, 2010
Mike Baron wrote:
Nice story John - it certainly made me smile. I think it is likely that the birds are related given the performance they put on. I had noticed that the juvenile had been staying quite close to one of the adults.
I think we have both noticed on numerous occasions that BNG's are dropping in and leaving during the day with much more frequency than perhaps you might expecty - I have never seen one actually arrive though and I can only think of a couple of occasions when I have seen them in flight around the pool.
Experience at work, Professor Tymon!
Hi Mike, I found John's experience with the BNG of great intrest but was also interested in your comment about the BNG at H Green arriving and leaving during the day. You have obviosly recorded differant numbers of BNG at differant times of the day. We have never been able to say that at Woolston as there are so many places for them to hide unlike Houghton which has no cover at all.
I myself have never seen an adult BNG flying but have seen juveniles doing short practice flight on the pools at Woolston and was only just talking about this with Brian Martin yesterday who also has not seen an adult bird fly. It was always thought they arrived during the night and left at night.
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Jul 23 8:50 PM, 2010
Mike Baron wrote:
Nice story John - it certainly made me smile. I think it is likely that the birds are related given the performance they put on. I had noticed that the juvenile had been staying quite close to one of the adults.
I think we have both noticed on numerous occasions that BNG's are dropping in and leaving during the day with much more frequency than perhaps you might expecty - I have never seen one actually arrive though and I can only think of a couple of occasions when I have seen them in flight around the pool.
Experience at work, Professor Tymon!
YEP Mike I had a real smile on my face for a change,the joy the young one was showing was a sight to see,when the parent arrived,also im not sure this is the same young one as earlier in the week,it was showing a bit of the stripy pattern on its head,the one at penny is definately much older. The pool at times is a wonder to behold,we both know,that if you think you have seen 5 black necked grebe in a week at the pool,we have probably seen 15,as they in my mind definately use the motorway as a flight path to pastures new,just as in the past they would have used the riversit was well worth the detoursee ya back on the lane soon
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 23rd of July 2010 08:53:04 PM
Mike Baron said
Fri Jul 23 8:41 PM, 2010
Nice story John - it certainly made me smile. I think it is likely that the birds are related given the performance they put on. I had noticed that the juvenile had been staying quite close to one of the adults.
I think we have both noticed on numerous occasions that BNG's are dropping in and leaving during the day with much more frequency than perhaps you might expecty - I have never seen one actually arrive though and I can only think of a couple of occasions when I have seen them in flight around the pool.
Experience at work, Professor Tymon!
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Jul 23 7:18 PM, 2010
Mike Baron wrote:
Four Black-necked Grebes present this morning plus Common Sandpiper and Sand Martin
5 black necks tonight-4 adults + 1 juv
plus a little story one of those things that make you smile this aft after a pleasant stroll with the likely lads at penny charlie and jon tav I headed for home and just as i was crossing the m6,the news on rock radio said the a49 was choca going into warrington were i live now,so i though a quick detour and call in at the pool. on arival i could see the 4 black necked grebes that have been on for the last few days packs closely together on the NE corner,and too far away for pics,so i was just about to leave when i heard a strange call high above the pool,I finally spotted what turned out to be a adult black neck grebe flying in from the SE high ,In all my 35 years birding I have never seen a black necked grebe flying into anywhere,and apart from Mike Barron,I have probably the most experience of black necked grebe movement at the pool . Then what happened was really stranger still ,The lone adult landed near to the west bank about 200 meters from the pack of black necks,it immediatelt starty calling loudly,then all of a sudden 1 adult black necked grebe and the 1 juv took off from the others and flew streight to the side of the new bird,and they all started calling and doing a dance with thier wings,obviously this was the other parent to the Juv, All I can summise was that one parent was left at woolston with a juv,and it must have been predated or something ,so then other one took off in hunt of its family,which it obviously found on the pool-all this commotion,and my camera was in my rucksack!as it only lasted for a minite or so,then the 3 paddled off as though they had been together all day,and the other 2 adult were very adjutated at the other side of the pool,bet they have gone tomorrow.
Mike Baron said
Fri Jul 23 3:45 PM, 2010
Four Black-necked Grebes present this morning plus Common Sandpiper and Sand Martin
Mike Baron said
Thu Jul 22 7:01 PM, 2010
Four Black-necked Grebes still present this morning plus 2 Common Sandpipers
Mike Baron said
Wed Jul 21 9:19 PM, 2010
Four Black-necked Grebes present tonight - three adults and one juvenile plus:
2 Little Grebes 9 Great Crested Grebes 51 Tufted Ducks 8 Pochards 46 Coots Juvenile Grey Heron
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Jul 18 3:51 PM, 2010
Mike Baron wrote:
Adult Black-necked Grebe present late morning - different bird to yesterdays adult
same as mike 11.45-1 adult black necked grebe ,on the way to penny
Mike Baron said
Sun Jul 18 12:02 PM, 2010
Adult Black-necked Grebe present late morning - different bird to yesterdays adult
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Jul 18 8:00 AM, 2010
6.30 am-7.30 for anyone thinking of travelling for the egret and black necks,-don't bother as neither were present this morning,but thats not to say the egret won't turn up later ,as it could be roosting in the trees somewere,but it just shows as we have always known what a transient place the pool is,black necked grebe will be exiting woolston now and many go via the pool-anyone at penny or wigan flashes,these 2 grebes fom yesterday,will be likely on one or both,and the egret could be anywhere other stuff on the pool little ringed plover-2ad +1 juv(could have been 2 juv ,but it was bouncing with rain and i didn't want to get too close) great crested grebe-8 tufted-40 little grebe-2 plenty coot grey heron-3 plenty mallard
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Sunday 18th of July 2010 08:46:44 AM
Mike Baron said
Sat Jul 17 4:13 PM, 2010
This afternoon
Little Egret - observed having a pop at a dog! Adult & juvenile Black-necked Grebes 2 Little Grebes 8 Great Crested Grebes 40 Coot 40 Tufted Ducks 8 Pochards 18 House Martins 1 Kestrel
-- Edited by Mike Baron on Saturday 17th of July 2010 04:57:00 PM
Mike Baron said
Sat Jul 10 9:32 AM, 2010
This morning
Common Tern Black-necked Grebe (went walk about yesterday) Little Grebe 6 Great Crested Grebes 31 Coot 23 Tufties 4 Pochards 4 Common Sandpipers 1 LRP
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Jul 2 3:50 PM, 2010
this aft first of the returning Black Necked Grebes-1 adult pochard tufted great crested grebe plenty Mallards buzzard
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Apr 23 7:14 PM, 2010
evening 5.30-7pm SAME AS MORNING EXCEPT 4 COMMON SANDS 1 WHEATEAR 4 WHITE WAGTAIL 2 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER.
Mike Baron said
Fri Apr 23 9:23 AM, 2010
This morning
3 Common Sandpipers 1 Little Ringed Plover 4 Black-necked Grebes 1 Orange-winged Amazon Parrot
Mike Baron said
Thu Apr 22 9:07 AM, 2010
Yesterday at dusk:
7 Common Sandpipers 2 Yellow Wagtails 6 Little Ringed Plovers
This morning:
9 Common Sandpipers 4 Black-necked Grebes
Matt Potter said
Wed Apr 21 9:38 PM, 2010
2 BNG at 5pm
also of note Common Sand - 6 Ringed Plover - 1 GCG - 2 Sand Martins - Millions!
Cheers!
JOHN TYMON said
Wed Apr 21 10:12 AM, 2010
Mike Baron wrote:
10 Common Sandpipers this morning - the low water levels seem to be attractive to them. Lets hope Wood Sand or a Stint next!
2 Black-necked Grebes also
crackin no of sandpipers for the pool that-a record-think I had 7 once a long time ago,keep it up and find me that stint
Does anyone really see Sabine's Gull regularly in the UK? Even the saltiest seawatchers in Cornwall or Eire might get a handfull in autumn if they're lucky. To be fair to Mike, and certainly not casting aspersions on his original identification, I think he'd be the first to say he doesn't see Sabine's regularly at all.
I also believe that there was a Kittiwake present yesterday which was different to today's bird! Clearly, it's all possible and should necessarily be dismissed too quickly
lookes like a real red letter day for the pool -now little gull reported-shame im at work
Crackin bird for the pool mike well done and a great deserved find-just wish i hadn't left my mobile at home,or i would have sneaked out of work and caught it.
Mike would have no problem with identifying sabines gull,as apposed to kittiwake-he has seen both regularly,and knows the pool better than me-its a great little place that does get every so often brilliant birds.
Again Well done Mike
Enjoy the break
Anyway, it's the Cheshire Rarity Team's problem now
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 20th of September 2010 12:10:07 PM
Ian, the info I got off the various birding sites was that the reported Sabs Gull was in fact a Kittiwake. However from what you are saying, there may be 2 different birds present this morning.
I wasn't suggesting anything and was purely posting the updated info for the benefit of other birders however this info would now appear to be incorrect
It's now been reported as a Juvenile Kittiwake!!
Info thanks to Mike Baron
First Wigeon back this morning.
Yesterday at dusk I observed a Kestrel here having a pop at a Tawny Owl!
Highlights this morning:
1 Green Sandpiper (fly over)
Covey of 18 Grey Partridges
Glad it stuck around mike smashing
2 Green Sandpipers
4 Swifts
No sign of BNG
Cracking find John - they don't crop up that often here. Thanks for trying to get a message to me (and to Ian for relaying it) - unfortunately not in a position to go and see it. Hopefully it might stick around.
Cheers
Mike
black necked grebe-1 adw
5 Swifts feeding around the south hedge
On the water:
10 Mute Swans
89 Coots
4 Pochards
45 Tufties
11 Great Crested Grebes
75 Mallards
Plus a covey of around 10 Grey Partridges and huindreds of Woodpigeons
76 Coot
44 Tufted Ducks
6 Pochard
1 Little Grebe
9 Great Crested Grebes
34 Linnets on the wires
Yesterday Common Sandpiper present
lots of kids camping in the woods
and same kids circling the pool constantly on motorbikes.
so don't expect much here tomorrow
tufted-c50
great crested grebe-8
mallard
pochard
cormorant 1
all in the centre of the pool due to disturbance
maybe due to disturbance sat evening as there was someone camping on the north bank.
3pm
black necked grebe-3 adults
little grebe-2
tufted duck-70(a goodly number,but a few flew off as i was leaving)
pochard-6
great crested grebe-9
coot-65
lots of hurrundines
same at 4pm
still 2 black necks present
55 tufted
and lots of swifts and sand martin
2 Little grebes (1 juvenile)
9 Great Crested Grebes
58 Coot
41 Tufted Duck
4 Pochard
Usual suspects also around
pretty sure the family of black necked grebes have left and a new juv arrived it was on its own and looked slightly older than fridays Juv,also the 2 adults that were separate on friday are still present.Anyone who has seen the black necked grebe migration through the pool ,will tell you,or mike barron and myself will,you can tell the different birds because of the plumage they are in,so you tend to know if its a new black necked or one of the regulars.
black necked grebe-2 adults & 1 juv
tufted duck-48
pochard
little grebe-1
great crested grebe-8+
coots
mallard
sand martin
swallow
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Sunday 25th of July 2010 05:39:22 PM
todays pop in was quite the opposite,and anyone who watches the pool will know what i mean-packs of dogwalkers on every bank-and a large dinghy being pulled by a newfoundland dog
maybe just perental instinct took over on this occasion-it was a nice experience to observe
Hi Mike, I found John's experience with the BNG of great intrest but was also interested in your comment about the BNG at H Green arriving and leaving during the day. You have obviosly recorded differant numbers of BNG at differant times of the day. We have never been able to say that at Woolston as there are so many places for them to hide unlike Houghton which has no cover at all.
I myself have never seen an adult BNG flying but have seen juveniles doing short practice flight on the pools at Woolston and was only just talking about this with Brian Martin yesterday who also has not seen an adult bird fly. It was always thought they arrived during the night and left at night.
YEP Mike
I had a real smile on my face for a change,the joy the young one was showing was a sight to see,when the parent arrived,also im not sure this is the same young one as earlier in the week,it was showing a bit of the stripy pattern on its head,the one at penny is definately much older.
The pool at times is a wonder to behold,we both know,that if you think you have seen 5 black necked grebe in a week at the pool,we have probably seen 15,as they in my mind definately use the motorway as a flight path to pastures new,just as in the past they would have used the rivers
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 23rd of July 2010 08:53:04 PM
I think we have both noticed on numerous occasions that BNG's are dropping in and leaving during the day with much more frequency than perhaps you might expecty - I have never seen one actually arrive though and I can only think of a couple of occasions when I have seen them in flight around the pool.
Experience at work, Professor Tymon!
5 black necks tonight-4 adults + 1 juv
plus a little story
one of those things that make you smile
this aft after a pleasant stroll with the likely lads at penny charlie and jon tav
I headed for home and just as i was crossing the m6,the news on rock radio said the a49 was choca going into warrington were i live now,so i though a quick detour and call in at the pool.
on arival i could see the 4 black necked grebes that have been on for the last few days packs closely together on the NE corner,and too far away for pics,so i was just about to leave when i heard a strange call high above the pool,I finally spotted what turned out to be a adult black neck grebe flying in from the SE high ,In all my 35 years birding I have never seen a black necked grebe flying into anywhere,and apart from Mike Barron,I have probably the most experience of black necked grebe movement at the pool .
Then what happened was really stranger still ,The lone adult landed near to the west bank about 200 meters from the pack of black necks,it immediatelt starty calling loudly,then all of a sudden 1 adult black necked grebe and the 1 juv took off from the others and flew streight to the side of the new bird,and they all started calling and doing a dance with thier wings,obviously this was the other parent to the Juv,
All I can summise was that one parent was left at woolston with a juv,and it must have been predated or something ,so then other one took off in hunt of its family,which it obviously found on the pool-all this commotion,and my camera was in my rucksack!
2 Little Grebes
9 Great Crested Grebes
51 Tufted Ducks
8 Pochards
46 Coots
Juvenile Grey Heron
same as mike 11.45-1 adult black necked grebe ,on the way to penny
for anyone thinking of travelling for the egret and black necks,-don't bother as neither were present this morning,but thats not to say the egret won't turn up later ,as it could be roosting in the trees somewere,but it just shows as we have always known what a transient place the pool is,black necked grebe will be exiting woolston now and many go via the pool-anyone at penny or wigan flashes,these 2 grebes fom yesterday,will be likely on one or both,and the egret could be anywhere
other stuff on the pool
little ringed plover-2ad +1 juv(could have been 2 juv ,but it was bouncing with rain and i didn't want to get too close)
great crested grebe-8
tufted-40
little grebe-2
plenty coot
grey heron-3
plenty mallard
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Sunday 18th of July 2010 08:46:44 AM
Little Egret - observed having a pop at a dog!
Adult & juvenile Black-necked Grebes
2 Little Grebes
8 Great Crested Grebes
40 Coot
40 Tufted Ducks
8 Pochards
18 House Martins
1 Kestrel
-- Edited by Mike Baron on Saturday 17th of July 2010 04:57:00 PM
Common Tern
Black-necked Grebe (went walk about yesterday)
Little Grebe
6 Great Crested Grebes
31 Coot
23 Tufties
4 Pochards
4 Common Sandpipers
1 LRP
first of the returning Black Necked Grebes-1 adult
pochard
tufted
great crested grebe
plenty Mallards
buzzard
5.30-7pm
SAME AS MORNING
EXCEPT
4 COMMON SANDS
1 WHEATEAR
4 WHITE WAGTAIL
2 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER.
3 Common Sandpipers
1 Little Ringed Plover
4 Black-necked Grebes
1 Orange-winged Amazon Parrot
7 Common Sandpipers
2 Yellow Wagtails
6 Little Ringed Plovers
This morning:
9 Common Sandpipers
4 Black-necked Grebes
also of note
Common Sand - 6
Ringed Plover - 1
GCG - 2
Sand Martins - Millions!
Cheers!
crackin no of sandpipers for the pool that-a record-think I had 7 once a long time ago,keep it up and find me that stint