PM Arctic Tern- 1 juv( i could be wrong but pretty sure I'm right) been present since Wed and identified as Common up to now,my thoughts when I saw it first this morning was the legs were too short,the pale edge secondaries ,white rump and the defused carpel bar looked like classic Juv Arctic and but they are really difficult in poor light and in the current plumage,pictures sent to Ian which will nail it. pintail -1f kingfisher-1 redwing 30+ little grebe-7 buzzard-1 common Snipe-2 plus the usuals
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 21st of October 2011 05:51:17 PM
Nick Isherwood said
Fri Oct 21 4:25 PM, 2011
Had a couple of hours here this afternoon.
Main birds of note were:
1 Common/Arctic juv tern. I initially spotted the tern from Horrocks hide as it was in flight over at the west end. Got a bit excited at first as I hoped it would be a Whiskered but as it came closer it became evident it wasn't. The bird eventually perched up in good view and I noted it's deep red bill, some slight gingering above the bill, a dark edge to the wing shoulder and a scaly grey pattern to it's plumage. From the bird guide on my iPhone it appeared to be a juvenile Common Tern but I later bumped into John Tymon who had also seen the bird and photographed it. From his flight shots the bird showed a light edge to it's secondaries which in Johns opinion seemed to suggest it was a juvenile Arctic Tern. Anyway, after a bit of debate it was suggested he send the shots to Ian for his opinion.
Other birds seen were:
Pintail (f) from Rammies Little Grebe Goosander (f) from Teal hide Grey Wagtail over Horrocks hide 2 Common Gull from Horrocks. Buzzard chased by crows over Tom Edmonson hide. Sparrowhawk (m) over Pengies 3 Fieldfare and 6 Redwing feeding on Hawthorn berries near Rammies reedbed.
about 85 Jackdaws from south side roost harassing gulls
small number of Redwing and Fieldfare roosting nr Sorrowcow
1 Goosander at west end
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Oct 17 4:15 PM, 2011
Late morning to early afternoon:
c780 Coot 197 Redwing, many heading westwards (but no Fieldfares ) 138 Tufted Duck 54 Song Thrush
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Oct 16 4:34 PM, 2011
am/pm Golden plover-10 landed on spit 12.00pm ,stayed for 5 mins,then flew off west green sandpiper-1 common buzzard-2 Pink footed geese -2 skiens 130 se (11.15),& 114 west(13.30) plus the usuals
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Sunday 16th of October 2011 04:35:04 PM
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Sunday 16th of October 2011 08:41:11 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Oct 15 7:03 PM, 2011
late am/pm highlight was a common buzzard migration south between 11.30-12.30 with at least 22 birds through-at one point 12 could be seen in the Air at once. merlin -1 f chasing a meadow pipit on the rucks sparrowhawk-1m hybrid tufted-1 on rammies green sandpiper-1 plus the usuals
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Oct 15 7:50 AM, 2011
pm friday 14th Goldeneye-6 '(1 imm male /5 f imm) green sandpiper-1 feildfare-70>SE Redwing-300>SE+70 in the trees teal-200 wigeon-12 kinfisher-1 pochard-40 Jay-4 goldcrest-1 plus the usuals
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Oct 14 9:11 PM, 2011
Sightings today:
2 Blackcap 1 Redshank 11 Wigeon 3 redhead Goosander 5 Goldeneye in Rammies 315 Fieldfare heading S to SW 20 Redwing 24 Meadow Pipit 13 Skylark
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 13 10:33 PM, 2011
A Ruff flew in at 4:30pm tonight, on to the spit. Also present were 30 Redwing and12 Fieldfare flying west.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes.
Earlier today was a single Green Sandpiper, 16 Skylark (on Ramsdales Ruck), 4 Goosander and singles of Snipe and Chiffchaff.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Nick Isherwood said
Tue Oct 11 4:56 PM, 2011
A quick mooch in the drizzle this afternoon from 3.00 to 4.00pm produced the following highlights:
4 Common Gull - all appeared to be 2nd winter birds. 1 Goosander (f)- Rammies 4 Little Grebe - two from Horrocks and two from Rammies.
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Oct 10 5:12 PM, 2011
Early afternoon today:
Female Pintail still infront of Ramsdales Hide (also a poorly looking adult Lesser Black-backed Gull there too)
Single female Goosander at Ramsdales Hide
143 Teal
97 Shoveler
14 Wigeon
Gordon Newman said
Mon Oct 10 1:11 PM, 2011
10/10/11 10 - midday Peregrine low over Ramsdale Hide 2 Little Grebe in front of hide on spit 2 Wigeon and 1 female Pintail Teal hide poorly looking Herring Gull being attacked by 3 Magpie which had to leave the bank and take to just swimming in open water to avoid their attentions. plus the usuals.
Joey Eccles said
Sat Oct 8 3:56 PM, 2011
Ramsdales Hide:
Female pintail showing extremely well Single feeding snipe Little grebe A couple of wigeon
And at least 2 willow tit; one at the feeding station and another in a mixed tit flock at teal hide.
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Oct 7 4:48 PM, 2011
PM PINK FOOTED GEESE -3 SKEINS -170+120+70 ALL NW GOOSANDER-1F WIGEON-6 PINTAIL-1 F COMMON BUZZARD-5+ SPARROWHAWK-2 PLUS THE USUALS
Well almost!! Pair of Goosanders on brook, seen from main road bridge just north of the park, at 6pm.
steven burke said
Sat Oct 1 9:43 PM, 2011
10-5pm 54 species seen 2 green sandpipers 1 kingfisher 1 goldeneye (f) 1 pintail (f) 8 wigeon 2 snipe 14 grey heron 2 little grebe 2 grey wagtail water rail (heard only at ramsdales) 1 buzzard (jo & roy rspb did see 7 up at once) 2 sparrowhawk 1 kestrel 1 great spotted woodpecker 14 meadow pipits 6 skylark 2 goldcrests lots off coots, tufted ducks, teals pochards starting to build up + all usual birds around on yet another hot sunny day.
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Sep 30 6:10 PM, 2011
pm green sandpiper-2 pintail-1f swallow-3>s common snipe-3 sparrowhak-2 plus the usuals
Keith Mills said
Wed Sep 28 4:07 PM, 2011
This pm:
4 Green Sandpipers present and correct at Teal Hide. Kingfisher, living up to it's name, seen twice at Pengy's.
pete berry said
Wed Sep 28 1:04 PM, 2011
Thought I'd check out the gull roost last night,nothing out of the ordinary,but an impressive count of 933 Lesser Black Backed Gulls,not a single Herring Gull with them,also only 3 Common Gulls,plus several thousand B.H.Gulls.
colin moran said
Tue Sep 27 1:43 PM, 2011
11.am to 12.30 Black tailed Godwit on spit Female Pintail Ramsdens Hide 4 Green Sandpipers Teal Hide 2 Willow Tits Bunting Hide
1 kingfisher 3 green sandpipers 1 snipe 1 goldeneye (f) 1 pintail (f) 2 wigeon 6 little grebes 1 buzzard 1 sparrowhawk 2 kestrels 4 meadow pipits 2 goldcrests 2 g b b gulls 1 herring gulls 5 common gulls upto 100 l b b gulls and hundreds off b h gulls, coots, tufted ducks. + all usuals around
also nice to meet karen + simon again
Karen Foulkes said
Sat Sep 24 8:37 PM, 2011
1130 - 1600 with Simon Ghilks
Highlights included:
Horrocks 2 Snipe 1 Kingfisher 2 Wigeon
Ramsdale Pintail 2 Little Grebe 11 Pochard
3 Green Sandpiper on Teal Scrape 2-3 Blackcap - Bunting hide feeding on elder berries
Plank Lane End c250 Coot 3 Little Grebe 1 Kingfisher
Plus plenty of the usual stuff
Andy Bissitt said
Fri Sep 23 9:10 PM, 2011
I too was at Penny for about five hours today, also seeing the kingfisher, 3 green sands and blackcaps heard in three different places. A female sparrowhawk came marauding through the feeding station. A few swallows filtered through (10+). But I was there mainly to photograph Migrant Hawkers, which I managed to do pretty successfully. Great place Penny for much more than the birds.
Cheers,
Andy B.
John Doherty said
Fri Sep 23 8:24 PM, 2011
Spent five hours here today, touching base in all hides. This produced:
1 Kingfisher fishing at Edmonson's 4 Shoveler A lone Buzzard west of the Flash 1 F Pintail present a Ramsdale Lots of the usual suspects
Teatime (literally!) at The Bunting Hide produced one Willow Tit and all the usuals including, at one point, a dozen Greenfinch.
Gordon Newman said
Thu Sep 22 12:40 PM, 2011
22/9/11 11.15 - 12.30
not to much to report , the usual ducks etc 1 Sparrowhawk and 2 Willow Warbler , by Tom Edmondson hide.
Ian Campbell said
Wed Sep 21 9:52 PM, 2011
Mike Passant wrote:
-Just found out about the Phalarope and cannot come down until Saturday. Any late Friday and /or early Saturday updates would be greatly appreciated please.
What a gem if I could see this one; (there's a Mars Bar riding on it as well!) Cheers, Mike P.
The debt has now been paid Congratulations Ian
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Sep 21 9:50 AM, 2011
Osprey present this morning. No further details.
Info (2nd hand) via Jon Taverner
jason fisher said
Wed Sep 21 7:39 AM, 2011
canst tha speak any eastern european languages, you can ask them then
this having been found would also suggest that a search for set lines would be a really good idea. as once the fish eating bird has a gorged fish in it's stomach the only real outcome is death by drowning
-- Edited by jason fisher on Wednesday 21st of September 2011 07:41:31 AM
Pete Astles said
Wed Sep 21 7:37 AM, 2011
Anyone see on BBC north west today large gill net found at Pennington with 30 dead fish in it.
It can only be to net coarse fish to eat? I wonder who would do that?
james hall said
Mon Sep 19 8:36 PM, 2011
walk round produced :
3 wigeon 2 green sandpiper 4 sparrowhawk 4 little grebe missed diper,pintail,b-n-grebe
Nick Isherwood said
Mon Sep 19 7:48 PM, 2011
Late afternoon mooch. Birds of note were:
4 Pochard - 2m, 2f 2 Wigeon 2 Goldeneye (f) 6 Meadow Pipit - over 1 Siskin - over
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Sep 18 4:17 PM, 2011
late AM/PM BLACK NECKED GREBE-1 WEST END GREEN SANDPIPER-2 SWALLOWS-CONSTANT MOVEMENT SOUTH MOST OF THE DAY ,MUST HAVE BEEN VAST NUMBERS IN TOTAL,WITH DECENT NUMBERS OF SAND MARTIN AND HOUSE MARTIN. LITTLE GREBE-4 MEADOW PIPIT-23 ON RAMMIES RUCK PINTAIL-1F GOLDENEYE-2F WIGEON-4 POCHARD-15 CORMORANT-25 JUV DUNLIN -CHARLIE OWEN SAW 1 CHASED OF BY LAPWINGS AT 12PM TEAL-c100 COOT-c 1000(400 at west end) SPARROWHAWK-2 KESTREL-1 COMMON BUZZARD-1 JAY-6 plus the usuals
Jon Taverner said
Sun Sep 18 11:26 AM, 2011
Dipper near by-pass bridge at 10.30am. Then flew off in the direction of Pennington Park.
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Sep 16 9:08 PM, 2011
10 Pintail circled only at 13:52.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Sep 16 5:13 PM, 2011
pm crackin mooch wi Charlie Owen Marsh Harrier-1 F flew along spit SW about 2.45-shame we were at rammies hide or I would have got crackin shots from Horrocks hide. Knot-1 winter plumage found by Phil Rhodes,which unfortunately only stayed a few mins,before being chased off by the lapwings and headed due south about 3.15. Wigeon-7 Dipper-1 juv seen further towards pennington park along the brook by Jon Taverner Green Sandpiper-3 plus the usuals
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Sep 15 11:46 PM, 2011
Black-necked Grebe still at the western end of the flash this afternoon.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Sep 15 9:22 PM, 2011
Other sightings from this morning:
6 Willow Warbler 3 Chiffchaff 1 Whitethroat 28 Pink-footed Geese south at 8:10 4 Wigeon 35 Meadow Pipit on Ramsdales Ruck 3 Green Sandpiper Fenale Pintail still present
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Nick Isherwood said
Thu Sep 15 7:35 PM, 2011
Only birds of note this morning in the mist were:
2 Goldeneye 1 Green Sandpiper - teal scrape 1 Meadow Pipit - Ramsdales Ruck 2 Greater Spotted Woodpecker - side by side in the two big conifer trees near to Rammies hide. 2 Chiffchaff
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Sep 13 9:17 PM, 2011
9 Green Sandpipers present this morning.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Nick Isherwood said
Tue Sep 13 6:30 PM, 2011
Had a quick visit this morning hoping that the Grey Phalarope might still be in Rammies but unfortunately it wasn't. Only birds of note were:
1 Snipe - showing well feeding on an island in rammies. 1 Black Necked Grebe - over towards the point opposite the spit.
Rob Bell said
Mon Sep 12 8:52 PM, 2011
Hi Geoff,
Nice to meet you too, that was a nice reward! I just hope it sticks around for a while. Grey Phalarope is a lifer for me so as you can imagine I was really pleased when i spotted it. See you again, Cheers,
Rob
Chris Chandler said
Mon Sep 12 8:23 PM, 2011
Geoff, thanks to the wonders of technology, I made the post about the Phalarope while we were actually watching it in the hide To think we spent so long looking for it on the west side - it did seem extremely flighty and didn't stay in any one place for more than a couple of minutes.. Fantastic bird though and well worth the wait.
Also seen-
Black-Necked Grebe at the west end 8 Green Sandpiper Female Pintail 2 Little Grebe Willow Tits
Nice to meet you all and thanks for letting us use your scope
Geoff Walton said
Mon Sep 12 6:50 PM, 2011
You soon got back Chris
Nice to meet you and Rob. What cracking views we had, thought we had missed out after a blank at the west end.
Blacked becked Grebe, and 8 Green Sandpipers, and all the usual stuff. Nice to see GC with young. It all made up after a bad day last friday in the Preston area.
JOHN TYMON said
Mon Sep 12 5:35 PM, 2011
Chris Chandler wrote:
Grey phalarope showing well from ramsdale's hide since 16.30.
any photographers thinking of firing down,its out in rammies and distant from the hide now-info from Jon Taverner
Gordon Newman said
Mon Sep 12 5:28 PM, 2011
Black - necked Grebe still at west end at 17.00 also 9 Green Sanpiper earlier fromTeal hide
Chris Chandler said
Mon Sep 12 4:46 PM, 2011
Grey phalarope showing well from ramsdale's hide since 16.30.
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Sep 12 11:33 AM, 2011
No sign of the Grey Phalarope so far this morning.
Black-necked Grebe still present (western end) as are 7 Green Sandpiper and the female Pintail.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Sep 11 7:34 PM, 2011
late am/pm black necked grebe-1 green sandpiper-7(teal scrape) pochard-15 sparrowhawk-2 kestrel-1 chiffchaff-1 blackcap-3 plenty teal/shoveler/gadwall wigeon-4 skylark-6 willow tit -4 greenfinch-40+ goldeneye-2f good number of tufted/great crested grebe(still 2 pairs with small young) little grebe-4 lots of goldfinch/chaffinch/bullfinch masses of coot
Arctic Tern- 1 juv( i could be wrong but pretty sure I'm right) been present since Wed and identified as Common up to now,my thoughts when I saw it first this morning was the legs were too short,the pale edge secondaries ,white rump and the defused carpel bar looked like classic Juv Arctic and but they are really difficult in poor light and in the current plumage,pictures sent to Ian which will nail it.
pintail -1f
kingfisher-1
redwing 30+
little grebe-7
buzzard-1
common Snipe-2
plus the usuals
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 21st of October 2011 05:51:17 PM
Main birds of note were:
1 Common/Arctic juv tern. I initially spotted the tern from Horrocks hide as it was in flight over at the west end. Got a bit excited at first as I hoped it would be a Whiskered but as it came closer it became evident it wasn't. The bird eventually perched up in good view and I noted it's deep red bill, some slight gingering above the bill, a dark edge to the wing shoulder and a scaly grey pattern to it's plumage. From the bird guide on my iPhone it appeared to be a juvenile Common Tern but I later bumped into John Tymon who had also seen the bird and photographed it. From his flight shots the bird showed a light edge to it's secondaries which in Johns opinion seemed to suggest it was a juvenile Arctic Tern. Anyway, after a bit of debate it was suggested he send the shots to Ian for his opinion.
Other birds seen were:
Pintail (f) from Rammies
Little Grebe
Goosander (f) from Teal hide
Grey Wagtail over Horrocks hide
2 Common Gull from Horrocks.
Buzzard chased by crows over Tom Edmonson hide.
Sparrowhawk (m) over Pengies
3 Fieldfare and 6 Redwing feeding on Hawthorn berries near Rammies reedbed.
about 85 Jackdaws from south side roost harassing gulls
small number of Redwing and Fieldfare roosting nr Sorrowcow
1 Goosander at west end
c780 Coot
197 Redwing, many heading westwards (but no Fieldfares
138 Tufted Duck
54 Song Thrush
Golden plover-10 landed on spit 12.00pm ,stayed for 5 mins,then flew off west
green sandpiper-1
common buzzard-2
Pink footed geese -2 skiens 130 se (11.15),& 114 west(13.30)
plus the usuals
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Sunday 16th of October 2011 04:35:04 PM
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Sunday 16th of October 2011 08:41:11 PM
highlight was a common buzzard migration south between 11.30-12.30 with at least 22 birds through-at one point 12 could be seen in the Air at once.
merlin -1 f chasing a meadow pipit on the rucks
sparrowhawk-1m
hybrid tufted-1 on rammies
green sandpiper-1
plus the usuals
Goldeneye-6 '(1 imm male /5 f imm)
green sandpiper-1
feildfare-70>SE
Redwing-300>SE+70 in the trees
teal-200
wigeon-12
kinfisher-1
pochard-40
Jay-4
goldcrest-1
plus the usuals
2 Blackcap
1 Redshank
11 Wigeon
3 redhead Goosander
5 Goldeneye in Rammies
315 Fieldfare heading S to SW
20 Redwing
24 Meadow Pipit
13 Skylark
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes.
Earlier today was a single Green Sandpiper, 16 Skylark (on Ramsdales Ruck), 4 Goosander and singles of Snipe and Chiffchaff.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
4 Common Gull - all appeared to be 2nd winter birds.
1 Goosander (f)- Rammies
4 Little Grebe - two from Horrocks and two from Rammies.
Female Pintail still infront of Ramsdales Hide (also a poorly looking adult Lesser Black-backed Gull there too)
Single female Goosander at Ramsdales Hide
143 Teal
97 Shoveler
14 Wigeon
Peregrine low over Ramsdale Hide
2 Little Grebe in front of hide on spit
2 Wigeon and 1 female Pintail Teal hide
poorly looking Herring Gull being attacked by 3 Magpie which had to leave the bank and take to just swimming in open water to avoid their attentions.
plus the usuals.
Female pintail showing extremely well
Single feeding snipe
Little grebe
A couple of wigeon
And at least 2 willow tit; one at the feeding station and another in a mixed tit flock at teal hide.
PINK FOOTED GEESE -3 SKEINS -170+120+70 ALL NW
GOOSANDER-1F
WIGEON-6
PINTAIL-1 F
COMMON BUZZARD-5+
SPARROWHAWK-2
PLUS THE USUALS
18 Pochard
2 Wigeon
1 Goldeneye (f)
3 Goosander (f)
1 Snipe
3 Little Grebe
Plus all the usuals.
2 green sandpipers
1 kingfisher
1 goldeneye (f)
1 pintail (f)
8 wigeon
2 snipe
14 grey heron
2 little grebe
2 grey wagtail
water rail (heard only at ramsdales)
1 buzzard (jo & roy rspb did see 7 up at once)
2 sparrowhawk
1 kestrel
1 great spotted woodpecker
14 meadow pipits
6 skylark
2 goldcrests
lots off coots, tufted ducks, teals
pochards starting to build up
+ all usual birds around on yet another hot sunny day.
green sandpiper-2
pintail-1f
swallow-3>s
common snipe-3
sparrowhak-2
plus the usuals
4 Green Sandpipers present and correct at Teal Hide.
Kingfisher, living up to it's name, seen twice at Pengy's.
Black tailed Godwit on spit
Female Pintail Ramsdens Hide
4 Green Sandpipers Teal Hide
2 Willow Tits Bunting Hide
3 snipe
1 green sandpiper
1 pintail (f)
1 sparrowhawk
7 porchard
2 widgeon
6 medow pipits
1 kingfisher
3 green sandpipers
1 snipe
1 goldeneye (f)
1 pintail (f)
2 wigeon
6 little grebes
1 buzzard
1 sparrowhawk
2 kestrels
4 meadow pipits
2 goldcrests
2 g b b gulls
1 herring gulls
5 common gulls
upto 100 l b b gulls
and hundreds off b h gulls, coots, tufted ducks.
+ all usuals around
also nice to meet karen + simon again
Highlights included:
Horrocks
2 Snipe
1 Kingfisher
2 Wigeon
Ramsdale
Pintail
2 Little Grebe
11 Pochard
3 Green Sandpiper on Teal Scrape
2-3 Blackcap - Bunting hide feeding on elder berries
Plank Lane End
c250 Coot
3 Little Grebe
1 Kingfisher
Plus plenty of the usual stuff
Cheers,
Andy B.
1 Kingfisher fishing at Edmonson's
4 Shoveler
A lone Buzzard west of the Flash
1 F Pintail present a Ramsdale
Lots of the usual suspects
Teatime (literally!) at The Bunting Hide produced one Willow Tit and all the usuals including, at one point, a dozen Greenfinch.
not to much to report , the usual ducks etc 1 Sparrowhawk and 2 Willow Warbler , by Tom Edmondson hide.
The debt has now been paid
Congratulations Ian
Info (2nd hand) via Jon Taverner
this having been found would also suggest that a search for set lines would be a really good idea.
as once the fish eating bird has a gorged fish in it's stomach the only real outcome is death by drowning
-- Edited by jason fisher on Wednesday 21st of September 2011 07:41:31 AM
It can only be to net coarse fish to eat? I wonder who would do that?
3 wigeon
2 green sandpiper
4 sparrowhawk
4 little grebe
missed diper,pintail,b-n-grebe
4 Pochard - 2m, 2f
2 Wigeon
2 Goldeneye (f)
6 Meadow Pipit - over
1 Siskin - over
BLACK NECKED GREBE-1 WEST END
GREEN SANDPIPER-2
SWALLOWS-CONSTANT MOVEMENT SOUTH MOST OF THE DAY ,MUST HAVE BEEN VAST NUMBERS IN TOTAL,WITH DECENT NUMBERS OF SAND MARTIN AND HOUSE MARTIN.
LITTLE GREBE-4
MEADOW PIPIT-23 ON RAMMIES RUCK
PINTAIL-1F
GOLDENEYE-2F
WIGEON-4
POCHARD-15
CORMORANT-25
JUV DUNLIN -CHARLIE OWEN SAW 1 CHASED OF BY LAPWINGS AT 12PM
TEAL-c100
COOT-c 1000(400 at west end)
SPARROWHAWK-2
KESTREL-1
COMMON BUZZARD-1
JAY-6
plus the usuals
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
crackin mooch wi Charlie Owen
Marsh Harrier-1 F flew along spit SW about 2.45-shame we were at rammies hide or I would have got crackin shots from Horrocks hide.
Knot-1 winter plumage found by Phil Rhodes,which unfortunately only stayed a few mins,before being chased off by the lapwings and headed due south about 3.15.
Wigeon-7
Dipper-1 juv seen further towards pennington park along the brook by Jon Taverner
Green Sandpiper-3
plus the usuals
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
6 Willow Warbler
3 Chiffchaff
1 Whitethroat
28 Pink-footed Geese south at 8:10
4 Wigeon
35 Meadow Pipit on Ramsdales Ruck
3 Green Sandpiper
Fenale Pintail still present
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
2 Goldeneye
1 Green Sandpiper - teal scrape
1 Meadow Pipit - Ramsdales Ruck
2 Greater Spotted Woodpecker - side by side in the two big conifer trees near to Rammies hide.
2 Chiffchaff
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
1 Snipe - showing well feeding on an island in rammies.
1 Black Necked Grebe - over towards the point opposite the spit.
Nice to meet you too, that was a nice reward! I just hope it sticks around for a while. Grey Phalarope is a lifer for me so as you can imagine I was really pleased when i spotted it.
See you again,
Cheers,
Rob
To think we spent so long looking for it on the west side - it did seem extremely flighty and didn't stay in any one place for more than a couple of minutes.. Fantastic bird though and well worth the wait.
Also seen-
Black-Necked Grebe at the west end
8 Green Sandpiper
Female Pintail
2 Little Grebe
Willow Tits
Nice to meet you all and thanks for letting us use your scope
Nice to meet you and Rob. What cracking views we had, thought we had missed out after a blank at the west end.
Blacked becked Grebe, and 8 Green Sandpipers, and all the usual stuff. Nice to see GC with young. It all made up after a bad day last friday in the Preston area.
any photographers thinking of firing down,its out in rammies and distant from the hide now-info from Jon Taverner
Black-necked Grebe still present (western end) as are 7 Green Sandpiper and the female Pintail.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
black necked grebe-1
green sandpiper-7(teal scrape)
pochard-15
sparrowhawk-2
kestrel-1
chiffchaff-1
blackcap-3
plenty teal/shoveler/gadwall
wigeon-4
skylark-6
willow tit -4
greenfinch-40+
goldeneye-2f
good number of tufted/great crested grebe(still 2 pairs with small young)
little grebe-4
lots of goldfinch/chaffinch/bullfinch
masses of coot
plus the usuals