juvenile little grebe from horrocks kingfisher green sandpiper ~50 starling great spotted woodpecker at the nut feeder
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 23rd of August 2012 08:47:30 AM
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 22 3:52 PM, 2012
Juvenile Black-necked Grebe off the spit this morning.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 22 5:14 AM, 2012
13 Black-tailed Godwit flew over the flash this morning.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Keith Mills said
Mon Aug 20 11:40 PM, 2012
No sign of the Knot when we arrived late morning. (Spit also viewed from the resting rails) Apparently it moved on before 8.0am 2 Green Sandpipers and a Little Grebe near the Spit. Nice to meet Bill Harrison.
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Aug 20 3:55 PM, 2012
5 Little Egrets flew south-east over the east bay of the flash at 7:45 this morning.
A Knot was also present on the spit this morning as were 2 Common Sandpipers.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Aug 19 10:34 PM, 2012
PM of note Shoveler-23 Green Sandpiper-4 common snipe-6 kingfisher-2 common tern-3 Tufted Duck-200
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Aug 19 5:47 PM, 2012
Female Red-crested Pochard in Rammies this morning.
Also present in the flash: 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Snipe and 1 Ringed Plover.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Aug 19 1:36 AM, 2012
Paul A Brown wrote:
3 Black-tailed Godwit and 6 Green Sandpiper this afternoon
plus a couple of Kingfisher and 4 common Tern (1 juv)
Paul A Brown said
Sat Aug 18 9:57 PM, 2012
3 Black-tailed Godwit and 6 Green Sandpiper this afternoon
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Aug 17 4:57 PM, 2012
pm 3 green sandpiper 1 common sandpiper 4 common tern Plenty Swift over Rammies Ruck this aft plus the usuals
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 17th of August 2012 09:54:40 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Aug 17 5:23 AM, 2012
2 Black-tailed Godwit present at the west end at 5:04pm and 4 Green Sandpipers.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Aug 16 11:43 PM, 2012
This morning:
1 Common Sandpiper 3 Black-tailed Godwits 3 Green Sandpipers 3 Curlew over south
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Martyn Jones said
Thu Aug 16 2:46 AM, 2012
Thanks to Barry Hulme and Bill Harrison for pointing out the Black Tern for me, even though it was distant from Horrocks Hide and quite mobile. Nice to meet them both at last after seeing their names many times on this forum. We had a good chat.
I also saw two Green Sandpipers and a single male eclipse Shoveler at Ramsdale's Hide, a nesting Great Crested Grebe on the kidney pond and a couple more Green Sandpipers at Teal Hide. The Coots seem to have had a pretty good year if nothing much else has.
Nice to bump into Jon Taverner again too, who for once was cameraless.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 15 11:25 PM, 2012
No sign of the Black Tern this afternoon.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 15 4:47 PM, 2012
Black Tern over the flash this morning.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Neil Collier said
Tue Aug 14 4:51 PM, 2012
10.00am - 1.30pm 4 green sandpiper now present from Ramsdales hide, also 2 kingfisher from same hide. 2 common sandpiper from the education hide (can't remember its name). A couple of common tern on the spit.
-- Edited by Neil Collier on Tuesday 14th of August 2012 04:52:49 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Aug 14 4:37 AM, 2012
This morning:
3 Green Sandpiper and a single Common Sandpiper present.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Aug 12 11:12 PM, 2012
this aft 3 green sanpiper 1 kingfisher 8 common tern 1 sparrowhawk
Ben Smart said
Sun Aug 12 10:52 PM, 2012
Thanks very much Ian. It kept its distance as you might guess from the photos!
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Aug 12 10:06 PM, 2012
Ben Smart wrote:
Also a mystery gull - might it be a Little Gull?? New for me if it is.
There's photos on flickr if anyone can help
Juvenile Little Gull
Ben Smart said
Sun Aug 12 9:47 PM, 2012
Nice views of a single Green Sandpiper this morning in fromt of Ransdales hide. Two kingfishers also seen here sat on posts in water. Only other waders seen were large flock of lapwings. Also Common Tern x 3 in front of Horrocks Hide.
Also a mystery gull - might it be a Little Gull?? New for me if it is.
There's photos on flickr if anyone can help? (with pics of the Green Sandpiper and Lapwings).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52461798@N02/
Cheers Ben
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Aug 12 6:11 AM, 2012
Single Green Sandpiper from Ramsdales Hide this evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Aug 11 11:33 PM, 2012
Of note today-With Paul and Charlie 3 Green Sandpiper 1 Kingfisher Common Tern- 6 adult + 1 juv lots of lesser black backed gull
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Aug 10 11:35 PM, 2012
Only thing of real note this aft was 8 common tern a Rangers was clearing the area at the front of rammies hide and apparently they could be trying to clear some of the spit in the next few days,so don't be supprised if you land at horrocks to find people working at the front of it .
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Aug 9 7:06 PM, 2012
Juvenile Black-necked Grebe just off the spot around midday today.
Also present 2 Green Sandpipers, 5 Snipe and 5 Common Tern.
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Aug 9 12:26 AM, 2012
Still 3 Green Sandpipers this morning.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Aug 6 12:28 AM, 2012
Earlier this morning:
Juvenile Little Ringed Plover 1 Common Sandpiper 3 Green Sandpiper
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Aug 5 4:24 PM, 2012
only things of note this aft Common Tern-8 Green Sandpiper-2 Kingfisher-2 Tufted duck-180 long tailed tit -20
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Sunday 5th of August 2012 04:24:26 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Aug 5 12:05 AM, 2012
PM of note Green Sandpiper-3 common Sandpiper-1 common tern-6 Tufted Duck-170
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Aug 3 11:01 PM, 2012
of note this aft 6 common tern 1 Black tailed Godwit
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Aug 3 5:54 AM, 2012
Today:
adult Mediterranean Gull and 2 Green Sandpipers present.
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Paul Richardson said
Thu Aug 2 3:48 AM, 2012
Nice wander before the rain came, 0730 - 11 this morning.
3 Kingfisher (from viewing point opposite Tom Ed, from Ramsdale's and from Pengy's) 1 Green Sandpiper (thanks to a birder for the ID - lifetime tick for me!) 1 Common Sandpiper (both sandpipiers Ramsdale's) 5 Willow Tit 4 at west end, 1 at feeders 1 Willow Warbler 3 Stock Dove 1 Kestrel
2 Common Tern around the direction post at Horrocks, and then (probably) the same 2 from Pengy's
and the 4 (very distant) Common Scoter (thanks to a birder at Horrocks's!)
Paul
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 1 3:21 PM, 2012
Four Common Scoter present this morning (2 males and 2 females).
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Paul A Brown said
Tue Jul 31 9:31 PM, 2012
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 11 Common Tern, 212 Coot and 146 Tufted Duck
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Jul 29 4:01 PM, 2012
Out and about with Paul Brown-late am/pm of Note 2 Green Sandpiper 5 Goldcrest(juvs) c20 willow warbler(juvs mainly) Tufted Duck-c150 Common Buzzard-1 Lesser Black Backed Gull-150 came in mid afternoon Herring Gull-2 Common tern-4 Kingfisher-2 Sparrowhawk-1 Reed Warblers-5+ still singing Chiffchaff-5 Blackcap-5 Teal-6
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 29th of July 2012 08:19:10 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Jul 29 1:16 AM, 2012
am/pm of note Green Sandpiper-4 common sandpiper-1 oystercatcher-2 Tufted duck -150+
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Jul 28 12:11 AM, 2012
PM FULL TOUR AROUND THE FLASH No Signs of the Red necked Grebe Green Sandpiper-3 (Rammies scrape) Dunlin-1 full summer plumage (Rammies scrape) Oystercatcher-4(2 Plank lane end,2 spit) Common Tern- 7 Redshank-1 Tufted Building up nicely Teal-6 Whitethroat-7 Reed warblers -still singing Not many people on the south bank or west end as usual
Doc Brewster said
Fri Jul 27 7:16 PM, 2012
chrisdorney wrote:
Yes same goes John.there was a steady trickle of people after you left.don't know what all the fuss was about.also good to bump into doc Brewster(hope you enjoyed your tea).absolutely stunning bird to see in breeding plumage so thanks to bill(and Ian) for the original post which incidentally I read early this morning then spent the rest of the day sweating! Thanks Chris.
Nice to bump into you too Chris, looks like our decision was a good one to go last night To answer your question as I left - curry & yep luvly thanks Got a record shot of the Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) (hope that's OK for you, Ian - I agree a fantastic bird needs full billing!! ) but with its head on its back as it was for 95% of the time I was there!!!
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 27 4:33 PM, 2012
Still no sign of the Red-necked Grebe.
Present this morning though:
2 Green Sandpipers 1 Dunlin 1 Redshank 1 Ringed Plover 4 Common Tern
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Jul 27 9:20 AM, 2012
Paul Richardson wrote:
7 - 8am
No sign of Red-Necked Grebe on the north side from the car park to about half way to the far end.
My wife was jogging round the whole flash, and said she saw a "rather elegant bird with a red neck" in the vicinity of the East Hide - I am at work now and didn't have time to check it out!! She wasn't committal that it was a grebe though, as she WAS jogging at the time!!
Nice view of two Common Tern fishing on the main flash.
7am was beautiful with still water and lying mist, but soon greyed over and quite breezy. Nice way to begin the working day!
Paul
By the way, all hides were open by 7am today.
-- Edited by Paul Richardson on Friday 27th of July 2012 08:27:13 AM
JOHN TYMON WROTE
SE bay as always been a favored spot for visiting red necked grebes. :)
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 27th of July 2012 09:20:33 AM
Paul Richardson said
Fri Jul 27 8:26 AM, 2012
7 - 8am
No sign of Red-Necked Grebe on the north side from the car park to about half way to the far end.
My wife was jogging round the whole flash, and said she saw a "rather elegant bird with a red neck" in the vicinity of the East Hide - I am at work now and didn't have time to check it out!! She wasn't committal that it was a grebe though, as she WAS jogging at the time!!
Nice view of two Common Tern fishing on the main flash.
7am was beautiful with still water and lying mist, but soon greyed over and quite breezy. Nice way to begin the working day!
Paul
By the way, all hides were open by 7am today.
-- Edited by Paul Richardson on Friday 27th of July 2012 08:27:13 AM
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 27 6:43 AM, 2012
Paul Richardson wrote:
Anyone know what time the hides open in the mornings these days??
Paul
I can't guarantee it Paul (unless I drag my backside out of bed and unlock it myself ) but it should certainly be open by 8am at the latest.
As soon as I receive any info about the bird, positive or negative, I will post it on here.
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 27 6:40 AM, 2012
Sorry guys, but do we have to reduce the superb Red-necked Grebe to a mere RNG? We all rightly took much joy from seeing it so surely it deserves us at least taking the time to give its full name
A petty point perhaps but this forum has previously been through the needless abbreviation period and come through it all the better for it
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 27 6:21 AM, 2012
No sign of the Red-necked Grebe so far this morning.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 27th of July 2012 08:01:26 AM
Paul Richardson said
Fri Jul 27 6:18 AM, 2012
Anyone know what time the hides open in the mornings these days??
Paul
chrisdorney said
Fri Jul 27 3:57 AM, 2012
Yes same goes John.there was a steady trickle of people after you left.don't know what all the fuss was about.also good to bump into doc Brewster(hope you enjoyed your tea).absolutely stunning bird to see in breeding plumage so thanks to bill(and Ian) for the original post which incidentally I read early this morning then spent the rest of the day sweating! Thanks Chris.
Adam Jones said
Fri Jul 27 3:46 AM, 2012
7pm
A lifer for me too. Seen to the left of the spit, but moving away all the time in it's dozy state with the Great Crested Grebes. A Kingfisher flew in front of Horrocks and sat on a post for short while. A nice way to finish my fleeting visit.
John Doherty said
Fri Jul 27 3:15 AM, 2012
Got there at circa 2.45 - bagged the Red Necked Grebe, a super bird, a lifer for me, to the right of the spit, plus two Common Terns showing well and feeding one another. A mother guided her ducklings onto the spit, which was another highlight. All the usual culprits made up the rest of the viewing, with three Stock Dove feeding at Bunting Hide.
Also:
1 Kingfisher briefly (Pengy's), plus a raptor here which showed briefly on a tree top and dropped over before it could be IDd 1 Common Sandpiper (Ramsdale - was lucky to see it given how overgrown it is in front of the hide)
Nice to meet Chris Dorney when I went back at close of play, where a sleepy Red necked Grebe was still present, showing better tha last time to the left of the spit amongst the usual GreatcrestedGrebe
Cheers
Jon Bowen said
Fri Jul 27 2:12 AM, 2012
Red Necked Grebe still showing off to the left of the spit
Nick Isherwood said
Fri Jul 27 12:31 AM, 2012
Red Necked Grebe still present at 4.30pm. Just loafing around off the end of the spit, preening and occasionally diving.
Also two Common Terns present. Appeared to be two adults with one regularly feeding fish to the other on the direction post outside Horrocks hide. Got a few nice shots too.
kingfisher
green sandpiper
~50 starling
great spotted woodpecker at the nut feeder
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 23rd of August 2012 08:47:30 AM
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Apparently it moved on before 8.0am
2 Green Sandpipers and a Little Grebe near the Spit.
Nice to meet Bill Harrison.
A Knot was also present on the spit this morning as were 2 Common Sandpipers.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Shoveler-23
Green Sandpiper-4
common snipe-6
kingfisher-2
common tern-3
Tufted Duck-200
Also present in the flash: 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Snipe and 1 Ringed Plover.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
plus a couple of Kingfisher and 4 common Tern (1 juv)
3 green sandpiper
1 common sandpiper
4 common tern
Plenty Swift over Rammies Ruck this aft
plus the usuals
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 17th of August 2012 09:54:40 PM
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
1 Common Sandpiper
3 Black-tailed Godwits
3 Green Sandpipers
3 Curlew over south
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
I also saw two Green Sandpipers and a single male eclipse Shoveler at Ramsdale's Hide, a nesting Great Crested Grebe on the kidney pond and a couple more Green Sandpipers at Teal Hide. The Coots seem to have had a pretty good year if nothing much else has.
Nice to bump into Jon Taverner again too, who for once was cameraless.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
4 green sandpiper now present from Ramsdales hide, also 2 kingfisher from same hide. 2 common sandpiper from the education hide (can't remember its name). A couple of common tern on the spit.
-- Edited by Neil Collier on Tuesday 14th of August 2012 04:52:49 PM
3 Green Sandpiper and a single Common Sandpiper present.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
3 green sanpiper
1 kingfisher
8 common tern
1 sparrowhawk
It kept its distance as you might guess from the photos!
Juvenile Little Gull
Only other waders seen were large flock of lapwings. Also Common Tern x 3 in front of Horrocks Hide.
Also a mystery gull - might it be a Little Gull?? New for me if it is.
There's photos on flickr if anyone can help? (with pics of the Green Sandpiper and Lapwings).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52461798@N02/
Cheers
Ben
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
3 Green Sandpiper
1 Kingfisher
Common Tern- 6 adult + 1 juv
lots of lesser black backed gull
a Rangers was clearing the area at the front of rammies hide and apparently they could be trying to clear some of the spit in the next few days,so don't be supprised if you land at horrocks to find people working at the front of it .
Also present 2 Green Sandpipers, 5 Snipe and 5 Common Tern.
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Juvenile Little Ringed Plover
1 Common Sandpiper
3 Green Sandpiper
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Common Tern-8
Green Sandpiper-2
Kingfisher-2
Tufted duck-180
long tailed tit -20
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Sunday 5th of August 2012 04:24:26 PM
Green Sandpiper-3
common Sandpiper-1
common tern-6
Tufted Duck-170
6 common tern
1 Black tailed Godwit
adult Mediterranean Gull and 2 Green Sandpipers present.
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
3 Kingfisher (from viewing point opposite Tom Ed, from Ramsdale's and from Pengy's)
1 Green Sandpiper (thanks to a birder for the ID - lifetime tick for me!)
1 Common Sandpiper (both sandpipiers Ramsdale's)
5 Willow Tit
1 Willow Warbler
3 Stock Dove
1 Kestrel
2 Common Tern around the direction post at Horrocks, and then (probably) the same 2 from Pengy's
and the 4 (very distant) Common Scoter (thanks to a birder at Horrocks's!)
Paul
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
of Note
2 Green Sandpiper
5 Goldcrest(juvs)
c20 willow warbler(juvs mainly)
Tufted Duck-c150
Common Buzzard-1
Lesser Black Backed Gull-150 came in mid afternoon
Herring Gull-2
Common tern-4
Kingfisher-2
Sparrowhawk-1
Reed Warblers-5+ still singing
Chiffchaff-5
Blackcap-5
Teal-6
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 29th of July 2012 08:19:10 PM
Green Sandpiper-4
common sandpiper-1
oystercatcher-2
Tufted duck -150+
No Signs of the Red necked Grebe
Green Sandpiper-3 (Rammies scrape)
Dunlin-1 full summer plumage (Rammies scrape)
Oystercatcher-4(2 Plank lane end,2 spit)
Common Tern- 7
Redshank-1
Tufted Building up nicely
Teal-6
Whitethroat-7
Reed warblers -still singing
Not many people on the south bank or west end as usual
Nice to bump into you too Chris, looks like our decision was a good one to go last night
Present this morning though:
2 Green Sandpipers
1 Dunlin
1 Redshank
1 Ringed Plover
4 Common Tern
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 27th of July 2012 09:20:33 AM
No sign of Red-Necked Grebe on the north side from the car park to about half way to the far end.
My wife was jogging round the whole flash, and said she saw a "rather elegant bird with a red neck" in the vicinity of the East Hide - I am at work now and didn't have time to check it out!! She wasn't committal that it was a grebe though, as she WAS jogging at the time!!
Nice view of two Common Tern fishing on the main flash.
7am was beautiful with still water and lying mist, but soon greyed over and quite breezy. Nice way to begin the working day!
Paul
By the way, all hides were open by 7am today.
-- Edited by Paul Richardson on Friday 27th of July 2012 08:27:13 AM
I can't guarantee it Paul (unless I drag my backside out of bed and unlock it myself
As soon as I receive any info about the bird, positive or negative, I will post it on here.
A petty point perhaps but this forum has previously been through the needless abbreviation period and come through it all the better for it
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 27th of July 2012 08:01:26 AM
Paul
Thanks Chris.
A lifer for me too.
Seen to the left of the spit, but moving away all the time in it's dozy state with the Great Crested Grebes.
A Kingfisher flew in front of Horrocks and sat on a post for short while. A nice way to finish my fleeting visit.
A mother guided her ducklings onto the spit, which was another highlight.
All the usual culprits made up the rest of the viewing, with three Stock Dove feeding at Bunting Hide.
Also:
1 Kingfisher briefly (Pengy's), plus a raptor here which showed briefly on a tree top and dropped over before it could be IDd
1 Common Sandpiper (Ramsdale - was lucky to see it given how overgrown it is in front of the hide)
Nice to meet Chris Dorney when I went back at close of play, where a sleepy Red necked Grebe was still present, showing better tha last time to the left of the spit amongst the usual GreatcrestedGrebe
Cheers
Also two Common Terns present. Appeared to be two adults with one regularly feeding fish to the other on the direction post outside Horrocks hide. Got a few nice shots too.