Sounds like she needs some lessons in fieldcraft!

Spent a couple of hours from 3pm today in search hopefully of good views of a Kingfisher.Popped in Horrocks and the New Hide and saw a fleeting glimpse of one.l went to Pengy's and WOW there it was sitting in a low branch of a tree,saw it dive a couple of times but never saw it with a fish.A few minutes later a woman came in and l shared my find with her,then all of a sudden it flew straight towards us,directly onto a perch right in front of the hide,l was about's to have the most unbelievable and long-awaited views.......the woman screamed and clapped in delight that it'd come so close......and flushed it!!!!
never mind

Common sandpiper
6 Snipe
and good views of a Kingfisher all from Horrocks in between the rain this afternoon.

Garganey- eclipse drake still present till 1000hrs at least from Horrocks Hide on the scrape.

garganey still today also green sandpiper, ringed plover, snipe and kingfisher

Belated news for yesterday the 10th...

Garganey- eclipse drake still present
Hobby- single flew over Horrock's hide and then low ove the flash
Mediterranean Gull- adult bird on the spit

Info thanks to Mark Fanshawe

Sat -pm-garganey thats been on for a week is a male(judith smith)thought so am sat,but i got good shots showing wing pattern pm,and its definately a male!unless theres been 2 doing the same thing all week ,but the regular watcher j lyon recons its the same bird thats been front of horrocks all week-no sign of the little tern.

-- Edited by JOHN TYMON at 08:22, 2008-08-10

Late morning atleast, today.

Little Tern
Garganey- female still present
Black-necked Grebe

Info thanks to John Lyons

Today at Pennington Flash,

19 Black-tailed Godwit
1 female Garganey still
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Peregrine

Info thanks to John Lyons

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 18:19, 2008-08-07

Two Kingfisher (at the same time), Green Sandpiper and a singing Reed Warbler at the New Hide this afternoon.

Garganey still present today and 3 Green Sandpipers

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

Good day at Pennington today...

Arctic Skua circled the flash at 9:05am but flew off south east
5 Black- tailed Godwits through early am
Garganey- female still present
Scaup- single juv at the western end of the flash, all by itself.

First 3 sightings thanks to Barry Hulme.

Female Garganey still present this am atleast.

Info thanks to John Lyons and Brian Fielding

Spotted Flycatcher also this am.

Info thanks to John Lyons

female garganey present this morning (no further details)

Info thanks to john lyons

31st July

24 Black-tailed Godwits
3 Green Sandpipers
2 Common Sandpipers
10 Snipe

Info thanks to John Lyons

Green Sandpiper from New Hide this afternoon. Appeared around 3.15pm and was viewable until the thunderstorm just after 5pm. Unfortunately, too distant for a decent photograph until around 4.15pm when it flew to the mud right in front of the hide- one minute after the sun disappeared!!

3 Whimbrel this morning.

Info thanks to John Lyons

evening vist
the spit looks very smart now it,s been cut,loads of the usual and

2 blacktailed godwit on the spit
1 green sandpiper from the new hide

cheers geoff

sunday 27th

2 green sand
1 ruff
1 peregrine
1 ringed plover

Info thanks to john lyons

unfortunately the point was being strimmed when i arrive 3pm,so nowt ont point,but imm med gull middle of flash and hobby up by canal

Single Common Scoter this morning and single Green Sandpiper.

Thursday 3:00-4:30pm

Mediterranean Gull- 1 juvenile showing extremely well from Horrock's Hide and not a photographer in sight (and of course I'd not bothered bringing my own ).

Dunlin- 1

Tufted Duck- 257

Pochard- 7

23 oystercatchers early this am, all eventually flew west together, quite a flock especially at this time of year!

Info thanks to barry hulme

a whimbrel was present from horrocks hide early this morning but flew south west at 6:10am, also a hobby flew through heading east

Info thanks to barry hulme

1st summer/2nd w med gull tonight,also an albino b.h.gull,so watch out if looking for med gulls,at a distance this gull looks like a med

2 Green Sandpipers infront of Teal Hide early this am.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme.

thursday-17th july 4-7pm-dunlin-1,ringed plover-2,lesser whitethroat-1 pair front of new hide-plus all the normal stuff

8 Common Scoter present this morning.

Info thanks to John Lyons

Yes very nice adult Hobby flying around in front of New Hide for 5 mins at 12.30pm then drifted off towards the canal, good job Melanie was there to find and identify it for me

Hobby infront of New Hide at 12:30

Info thanks to Simon Warford/Melanie Beckford

Drake common scoter still there at 4.00pm at narrow end of main water off the car park as you go in. Didn't see the ruff or med gull.
Steve

drake common scoter, adult mediterranean gull and 2 ruff this morning

Info thanks to john lyons

3 common sands, a ringed plover and a pair of teal from Horrock's hide this afternoon.

Near lapwing hide there was one very popular bush (think it's a rose or something, i'm not very good with plants!) which contained a robin, a dunnock, a blue tit, 3 great tits, a willow warbler, 2 blackcaps, a whitethroat, 2 bullfinches and a chaffinch all at the same time!

Couldn't be bothered counting the canadas today

2 common sandpipers today, one birder said greenshank was present this morning but no sign this afternoon.

1 teal and 1 wigeon from new hide.

keep birding

8 common sandpipers on the wall near the sailing club this evening, plus at least 1 more (very distant) on the spit.

approximately 320 canada geese on the flash.

A Greenshank flew through heading south-west at 06:35 this morning but didn't bother to land!

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

19 Black-tailed Godwits flew east at Pennington Flash at 2:30pm.

Info thanks to John Tymon

Common Sandpipers now up to 7 this afternoon.

Info thanks to John Lyons

Saturday 1:30pm

11 Black-tailed Godwits
5 Common Sandpipers
6 Oystercatchers

All info thanks to John Lyons

Despite the Ringed Plovers at Pennington Flash breeding, hatching chicks and doing well initially, the chicks were predated one by one until the final one was taken by a Magpie on the 2nd July. Hey, it's a cruel world out there but nothing's worse than us humans!

10.15am till 3pm. 2 ringed plover, 2 common sandpiper, 4 oystercatcher, 2 redshank, common tern, reed warbler, willow tit, sparrowhawk, kestrel and stock dove. also a very agressive moorhen attacking its own chicks, very odd and not nice to watch.

There was a brood of Tufties not far from the sailing club at 1pm - female with 6 new ducklings.

Water levels very high this morning after yesterdays rain.

2 Ringed Plover for Horrocks.

Ringed Plover and Redshank on the flooded golf course.

Juv Buzzard in tree near sailing club

Early morning today:

8 Black-tailed Godwit
Sandwich Tern (briefly)

Info thanks to John Lyons

11am till 4pm, cold and wet. common sandpiper, redshank, little ringed and ringed plover, wigeon, garden warbler, kingfisher and grey wagtail.

Geoff, I believe three extra candas yesterday

keep birding

before the hordes got there this am,redshank,lapwing,ringed plover,little ringed plover one juv or moulting whitethroat belting one out,one sand martin amongst the hundreds of swifts and house martins feeding over the golf course(and despite quite a few best shots all of them out of focus or just missing in frame)

who,s turn is it to count the canada

cheers geoff

2 ringed plover from horrocks hide hundreds of kids bless there cotton socks

Kingfisher sat on post outside of new hide,

very windy.

ps also very quite at Hope carr, and rindle road/astley moss.

keep birding (its out there somewhere)

5 Black tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 3 Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover,1 Garden Warbler near new hide.