-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Saturday 9th of January 2010 08:33:08 PM
Andy Isherwood said
Sun Jan 3 9:01 AM, 2010
thanks for posting ian, quite a good hour or so round reserve yesterday. the 2 redpoll flew into area around viewing screen with 6 goldfinch just before 3pm there were plenty of birds feeding in this area, including 3 tree sparrow a chiffchaff, several goldcrest, 4 willow tit, 3 bullfinch, 18+ chaffinch and plenty of greenfinch and house sparrow. the redpolls stayed for c.15 mins(when flew towards car park area,again with goldfinch, but were not seen there later) giving very good views at times (one is a very pale male bird other a duller imm) Also present 13 cormorant and 3 goosander on glaze 1 prob 2 water rail on ice on main lake and 4 jay around car park. Cheers Andy
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Jan 2 3:43 PM, 2010
2 Common (Mealy) Redpolls today at 3pm. With a mixed finch flock in Alders along the main path just past the main lake.
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Dec 24 12:02 PM, 2009
24th December 2009
Meadow Pipit- 106. Having been quietly (secretly ) watching these pipits for the past couple of weeks as they feed on the actual filtration beds within the sewage works itself, my high hopes and expectations for a Water Pipit have not materialised yet! Their numbers have fluctuated day to day (they are very difficult to count at best!) but today was my highest count yet.
Also present on the filter beds:
Up to 16 Grey Wagtails recently Around 250 Pied Wagtails daily Single Green Sandpiper (present today also)
Ian Woosey said
Sun Nov 15 5:57 PM, 2009
15/11/09 Early morning
2 Green Sandpiper 2 Buzzard (locked in combat on one of the tracks between the sludge tanks) 1 Snipe over 1 Wigeon 1 Willow Tit 3 Goldcrest 2 Coal Tit 2 Little Grebe 3 Grey Wagtails & c15 Pied Wagtails round the sewage works 1 Bullfinch small numbers of Teal, Gadwall and Tufted Duck.
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Oct 11 4:19 PM, 2009
6 Green Sandpiper present today.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 1 9:56 PM, 2009
Midday today:
7 Green Sandpiper 8 Buzzard 4 Chiffchaff 6 Yellowhammer (in fields to the south)
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Sep 24 8:05 PM, 2009
Today, up to and around 7pm
2 Green Sandpiper still Water Rail Willow Tit
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Judith Smith said
Mon Sep 14 1:01 PM, 2009
2 Green Sandpipers today and 2 Snipe. All beds checked in case of any waders!
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Sep 6 5:37 PM, 2009
This afternoon:
3 Dunlin down and 8 flew through east at 3:30pm
on or around the fields to the south of the main lake:
Lesser Whitethroat Whinchat Yellow Wagtail Swift over
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Sep 4 7:06 PM, 2009
10 Green Sandpipers present tonight (4th) plus 2 Dunlin dropped in during poor weather (to put it mildly) at 6:15pm.
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Aug 31 1:20 AM, 2009
Apologies for the late post (been very busy at work tonight!) but;
12 Green Sandpipers present on the late evening of the 30th, the highest count anywhere in the county so far this year.
It appears that they are currently roosting at Hope Carr and using Teal Scrape at Pennington during the day. Of course Teal Scrape affords the best views in the county at present and too many birders visiting Hope Carr in the evening will only disturb their attempts to roost so please aviod disturbing them here if possible. Cheers.
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 31st of August 2009 01:23:50 AM
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Aug 25 11:47 PM, 2009
6 Green Sandpipers tonight at 8:30pm and also Barn Owl
info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Aug 16 12:54 PM, 2009
Yesterday evening (15th) at 7:40pm.
Ringed Plover 5 Green Sandpiper
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Aug 8 5:17 PM, 2009
Late news for last night (7th):
7 Green Sand 1 Common Sand 2 Dunlin
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Aug 4 8:15 PM, 2009
Approx. 5pm this evening.
3 Green Sandpipers Peregrine Hobby (same as the earlier Pennington bird ?) Treecreeper (a very rare bird at this site)
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Aug 1 11:01 AM, 2009
This morning 1st August
5 Green Sandpiper 2 Common Sandpiper 3 Little Ringed Plover (juveniles)
Rob Thorpe said
Thu Jul 30 6:24 PM, 2009
7 Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpiper on 16a at 17:00 today.
Andy Isherwood said
Wed Jul 29 8:40 PM, 2009
Still 8 green sands this evening and 2 common all on 16a (this and 16B seem to be the favoured beds at present as most of the rest are pretty full with little/no mud) Green sands did get up to 9 last night (a nice site all together roosting on 16a) also single juv siskin in trees between willow pool and main lake yesterday
-- Edited by Andy Isherwood on Wednesday 29th of July 2009 08:41:34 PM
Rob Thorpe said
Wed Jul 29 10:38 AM, 2009
Wednesday 29 July 2009 morning
16a: 8 Green Sandpiper 1 Common Sandpiper
7b: 1 Common Sandpiper 3 Lapwing
Willow pool: 1 Green Sandpiper
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jul 27 9:24 PM, 2009
8 Green Sandpipers this evening.
Also Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper
Info thanks to Andy ('tringa') Isherwood
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jul 26 1:49 PM, 2009
Posted this morning, 26th July by Dave Ousey
Was in the area,so, thought I`d have a good look around in wet conditions,2 hours later I had seen:- 4 Little Grebe,1 Cormorant,2 Grey Heron, 4 Teal, 20 Mallard, 2 Shoveller, 30 Tufted Duck(incl ducklings),6 Pheasant, 20 Moorhen,6 Coot, 4 Lapwing, 1 Ruff(flushed off sludge lagoon and flew off north) 5 Green Sandpiper,1 Common Sandpiper, Lots BH Gulls(WTWorks), 3 LBB Gull, 18 Wood Pigeon, 12 Swift, Large mixed flock of hirundines over WTWorks, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Wren,6 Dunnock, 5 Blackbird, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Jay,10 Magpie,Lots Jackdaw(WTW)60 Starling,2 Chaffinch,6 Goldfinch,8 Linnet,7 Reed Bunting. 35 Species seen between 7-30-9-30am. Regards, Dave Ousey.
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Jul 25 11:46 AM, 2009
Friday 24th July, 8:25pm
5 Green Sand 1 adult Little Ringed Plover 12 Lapwing 2 Oystercatcher
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Mike Baron said
Thu Jul 23 9:40 PM, 2009
5 Green Sandpipers this evening - male Bullfinch and Jay also present, otherwise quiet
Andy Isherwood said
Wed Jul 22 10:08 PM, 2009
Quick look round beds this afternoon 3 green sand still about only 52 lapwing but not much dry areas now for waders due to all the rain a peregrine took a feral pigeon over the sewage works then flew off low north.
Cheers Andy
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jul 20 6:42 PM, 2009
20th July, up to 1:20pm
3 Green Sandpiper 5 Oystercatcher 204 Lapwing
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jul 19 12:32 PM, 2009
18th July, up to 8pm
3 Green Sandpiper 121 Lapwing
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jul 13 10:35 PM, 2009
Today, 13th July
5 Green Sand 9 Little Ringed Plover 1 male Ruff (1st site record for a good few years) 84 Lapwing
all info thanks to Andy Isherwood
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jul 6 9:20 PM, 2009
2 Green Sand present 2pm today on the Willow Pool and viewable from just the other side of the metal gate overlooking the main lake.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Richard Howells said
Fri Jul 3 8:13 PM, 2009
Hobby over the business Park as I approached Hope Carr this am. No sign of garganey as I didn't even get to see open water before I got a soaking!
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jul 2 5:27 PM, 2009
Thursday 2nd July, 5pm
Single female/imm or possibly eclipse drake Garganey on the main lake. 3 Shoveler 4 Teal
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 2nd of July 2009 05:28:09 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Jun 30 5:44 PM, 2009
A sandwich Tern overflew here at 5:25 today, heading fairly low east calling, not surprisingly a site first.
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
Unfortunately it never made it over the air space above my garden despite a very prompt text from Andy, much frenetic scaning with bins and my house being only a couple of miles due east of the site
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jun 24 5:02 PM, 2009
Green Sandpiper present today.
Info thanks to Paul Pugh/Dave Wilson
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jun 15 10:18 PM, 2009
Oddly, Tree Sparrows are regular in the fields immediately south of Hope Carr, around the rugby pitch there (and also the pitches at the actual club at the bottom of Hand Lane, you can see why my defense is so poor ) but they rather rarely stray across the Glaze and onto the reserve
Tony Rogers said
Mon Jun 15 3:36 PM, 2009
Tree sparrow at west end of main path near to foot bridge at around 1.00 pm.
First I've personally seen there.
Judith Smith said
Sun Jun 14 8:27 PM, 2009
4 broods of Gadwall here on the main lake today - 9,9,1 all new, and 2 well grown. Also 2 Common Terns with fish, flying off towards Pennington Flash. Reed Warblers, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat family, the whole place developing into impenetrable scrub, keeps the yobs out. Also an assembly of at least 60 Jackdaws including juvs.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu May 21 2:16 PM, 2009
Drake Garganey at 14:15 atleast on number 7b lagoon (where the Pec. Sand. was) this afternoon
Gary Gorner said
Fri May 8 7:55 PM, 2009
definately negative from 3.30-5.00pm but brilliant all be it brief views of a hunting hobby chasing a swift which made up for not finding the pec sand such is birding .Nice to meet you Paul hope Vernon didnt get on your nerves too much im used to him now LOTS OF HIRUNDINES ABOUT AND PLENTY MIDGES
Ian McKerchar said
Fri May 8 2:03 PM, 2009
Negative news on the Pectoral Sandpiper today. No sign up to 2pm
Mark Rigby said
Fri May 8 7:56 AM, 2009
No sign this morning between 0640-0710
Pete Hines said
Thu May 7 11:44 PM, 2009
pete berry wrote:
This is the 4th Pec. I've seen at Hope Carr including 2 together on the same sludge beds as this bird.Has anybody got any recollections of any other Pecs here,must be something of a county record?.
I checked the County list last night as I couldn't remember if i'd seen 2 or 3 here before, I think I dipped the first one (have to trawl thru ancient notebooks) and I was clambering all over the place trying to view the lagoons, these birds do tend to hide away though. Anyway I printed off the site map and saw my 3rd or 4th for here today before work, c11.00-11.30 no probs feeding out in the open. Something of a Pec hot-spot for GM eh
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Thursday 7th of May 2009 11:56:43 PM
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Thursday 7th of May 2009 11:58:06 PM
Sue Fargher said
Thu May 7 10:22 PM, 2009
Good views about 7.15. With Paul Wilson and Toni.
Took my daughter Toni, she's really getting into these trips out, even though was a challenge to get the scope low enough down for her to see the bird. She was very good even carrying the tripod.
pete berry said
Thu May 7 9:24 PM, 2009
This is the 4th Pec. I've seen at Hope Carr including 2 together on the same sludge beds as this bird.Has anybody got any recollections of any other Pecs here,must be something of a county record?.
Holly Page said
Thu May 7 7:48 PM, 2009
My first twitch and not a bad one either! Thanks to whoever it was who let me look through their scope!!!
JOHN TYMON said
Thu May 7 7:44 PM, 2009
PECTORAL SAND STILL SHOWING WELL 7PM
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 7th of May 2009 07:44:48 PM
Pete Welch said
Thu May 7 7:33 PM, 2009
Showing very well at 7.30am this morning and thanks to John and Mike for taking the trouble to literally point me in the right direction and for the other tips! I got some record shots with 300mm plus 2x extender but they wont be winning any competitions...
Also apologies I didn't properly say hello to some other watchers who I presume were Judith and two other chaps from here - I was uncharacteristically shy due to feeling daft using a camera lens to view and not a scope...
Fantastic bird at another great spot and friendly birders to boot! Cheers, Peter
Late morning with Thorpe senior:
10 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
3 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
1 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
7 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
3 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
1 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
2 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus (possibly 3)
2 Stock Dove Columba oenas
7+ Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
c50 (Pied) White Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii
1 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
7 Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina
I'm so bored...
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Saturday 13th of February 2010 02:27:49 PM
2 separate groups of Tree Sparrows along Brook and 2 Willow Tits on main path near path upto site of the old hide plus all usual birds
around noon with Thorpe senior:
1 Sparrowhawk (female)
1 Lapwing
1 Green Sandpiper
c100 Pied Wagtail
c10 Grey Wagtail
9+ Meadow Pipit
Sightings with Mr Thorpe:
2 Green Sandpiper
4 Snipe
10+ Grey Wagtail
70+ Pied Wagtail
50+ Meadow Pipit
c12 Lapwing
2+ Kestrel
2 Sparrowhawk
1 Buzzard over the car-park
1 Willow Tit
3 Bullfinch
4 Fieldfare over
2 Cormorant over
1 Great Black-backed Gull over
15:00-16:15
1 Grey Heron
2 Mute Swan (over heading west)
1 Teal
1 Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Kestrel
1 Merlin
3 Pheasant
8+ Lapwing
1 Green Sandpiper
2 Curlew (over heading west)
50+ Meadow Pipit
200+ Pied Wagtail
c10 Grey Wagtail
5 Linnet
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Saturday 9th of January 2010 08:33:08 PM
Cheers
Andy
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
Meadow Pipit- 106. Having been quietly (secretly ) watching these pipits for the past couple of weeks as they feed on the actual filtration beds within the sewage works itself, my high hopes and expectations for a Water Pipit have not materialised yet! Their numbers have fluctuated day to day (they are very difficult to count at best!) but today was my highest count yet.
Also present on the filter beds:
Up to 16 Grey Wagtails recently
Around 250 Pied Wagtails daily
Single Green Sandpiper (present today also)
2 Green Sandpiper
2 Buzzard (locked in combat on one of the tracks between the sludge tanks)
1 Snipe over
1 Wigeon
1 Willow Tit
3 Goldcrest
2 Coal Tit
2 Little Grebe
3 Grey Wagtails & c15 Pied Wagtails round the sewage works
1 Bullfinch
small numbers of Teal, Gadwall and Tufted Duck.
7 Green Sandpiper
8 Buzzard
4 Chiffchaff
6 Yellowhammer (in fields to the south)
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
2 Green Sandpiper still
Water Rail
Willow Tit
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
3 Dunlin down and 8 flew through east at 3:30pm
on or around the fields to the south of the main lake:
Lesser Whitethroat
Whinchat
Yellow Wagtail
Swift over
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
12 Green Sandpipers present on the late evening of the 30th, the highest count anywhere in the county so far this year.
It appears that they are currently roosting at Hope Carr and using Teal Scrape at Pennington during the day. Of course Teal Scrape affords the best views in the county at present and too many birders visiting Hope Carr in the evening will only disturb their attempts to roost so please aviod disturbing them here if possible. Cheers.
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 31st of August 2009 01:23:50 AM
info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ringed Plover
5 Green Sandpiper
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
7 Green Sand
1 Common Sand
2 Dunlin
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
3 Green Sandpipers
Peregrine
Hobby (same as the earlier Pennington bird ?)
Treecreeper (a very rare bird at this site)
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
5 Green Sandpiper
2 Common Sandpiper
3 Little Ringed Plover (juveniles)
-- Edited by Andy Isherwood on Wednesday 29th of July 2009 08:41:34 PM
morning
16a:
8 Green Sandpiper
1 Common Sandpiper
7b:
1 Common Sandpiper
3 Lapwing
Willow pool:
1 Green Sandpiper
Also Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper
Info thanks to Andy ('tringa') Isherwood
Was in the area,so, thought I`d have a good look around in wet conditions,2 hours later I had seen:- 4 Little Grebe,1 Cormorant,2 Grey Heron, 4 Teal, 20 Mallard, 2 Shoveller, 30 Tufted Duck(incl ducklings),6 Pheasant, 20 Moorhen,6 Coot, 4 Lapwing, 1 Ruff(flushed off sludge lagoon and flew off north) 5 Green Sandpiper,1 Common Sandpiper, Lots BH Gulls(WTWorks), 3 LBB Gull, 18 Wood Pigeon, 12 Swift, Large mixed flock of hirundines over WTWorks, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Wren,6 Dunnock, 5 Blackbird, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Jay,10 Magpie,Lots Jackdaw(WTW)60 Starling,2 Chaffinch,6 Goldfinch,8 Linnet,7 Reed Bunting. 35 Species seen between 7-30-9-30am.
Regards,
Dave Ousey.
5 Green Sand
1 adult Little Ringed Plover
12 Lapwing
2 Oystercatcher
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
3 green sand still about
only 52 lapwing but not much dry areas now for waders due to all the rain
a peregrine took a feral pigeon over the sewage works then flew off low north.
Cheers
Andy
3 Green Sandpiper
5 Oystercatcher
204 Lapwing
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
3 Green Sandpiper
121 Lapwing
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
5 Green Sand
9 Little Ringed Plover
1 male Ruff (1st site record for a good few years)
84 Lapwing
all info thanks to Andy Isherwood
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Single female/imm or possibly eclipse drake Garganey on the main lake.
3 Shoveler
4 Teal
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 2nd of July 2009 05:28:09 PM
Info thanks to Andy Isherwood
Unfortunately it never made it over the air space above my garden despite a very prompt text from Andy, much frenetic scaning with bins and my house being only a couple of miles due east of the site
Info thanks to Paul Pugh/Dave Wilson
First I've personally seen there.
LOTS OF HIRUNDINES ABOUT AND PLENTY MIDGES
I checked the County list last night as I couldn't remember if i'd seen 2 or 3 here before, I think I dipped the first one (have to trawl thru ancient notebooks) and I was clambering all over the place trying to view the lagoons, these birds do tend to hide away though. Anyway I printed off the site map and saw my 3rd or 4th for here today before work, c11.00-11.30 no probs feeding out in the open. Something of a Pec hot-spot for GM eh
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Thursday 7th of May 2009 11:56:43 PM
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Thursday 7th of May 2009 11:58:06 PM
With Paul Wilson and Toni.
Took my daughter Toni, she's really getting into these trips out, even though was a challenge to get the scope low enough down for her to see the bird. She was very good even carrying the tripod.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 7th of May 2009 07:44:48 PM
Also apologies I didn't properly say hello to some other watchers who I presume were Judith and two other chaps from here - I was uncharacteristically shy due to feeling daft using a camera lens to view and not a scope...
Fantastic bird at another great spot and friendly birders to boot! Cheers, Peter