This morning 2 green sandpipers and 2 snipe in Ramsdales, during a  very brief visit. 

This morning, ringed plover, dunlin and 4 swift still at the boat club, 2 green sandpipers and 5 snipe in Ramsdales.

This evening, a Pintail, 2 Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover and Dunlin.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

This morning, 2 green sandpipers at Ramsdales including a long billed bird (see photo). Also juvenile dunlin still at boat club and 4 swift over.

Green sandpiper still in Ramsdales this evening.

This morning between myself and Bill Harrison highlights included, a single Dunlin in front of the sailing club, 2 Yellow Wagtails in the horse field by Sorrowcow Farm, 2 Snipe, 8 Chiffchaff and two Willow Tits on and around Ramsdales Ruck, 36 Great Crested Grebes and 110 House Martins with 24 Swallows.

This evening a Great White Egret flew into the nature reserve area at 7:30pm. Also 3 Little Egret and a Green Sandpiper.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

This morning, 

Green sandpiper 1 Ramsdales 

Common sandpiper 1 boat club 

Swift 1

This morning:

1 Green Sandpiper

1 Common Sandpiper

3 Snipe

1 Little Egret

3 Yellow Wagtail in the horse fuel by Sorrowcow Farm.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme and Bill Harrison

This morning 2 Common and 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern and 12 Swift.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

This morning, 1 Green and 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern and 2 Swift.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

Three Spoonbills flew through north around 7am.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

This morning:

4 Green Sandpiper (including 3 by the sailing club)

4 Swift

1 Common Tern

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

Yesterday late evening:

Juvenile Little Ringed Plover

2 Green Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Common Tern

15 Swift 

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Around the hides 2.30 to 4.30pm.

A little bit more activity than of late the picks being :-

Bunting Hide :- Mainly adult & juvenile Chaffinch, Stock Dove & 2 Willow Tit - a scattering of seed on the feeders helped matters.

Teal Hide :- Grey Heron, Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, Snipe, Cormorant over & 2 Kingfisher chasing one another.

Ramsdale's Hide :- 3 adult & 2 juvenile Grey Heron & 2 squabbling Common Sandpiper. 

Best birds of the morning so far included 4 Grey Partridge, 6 Grey Wagtail, 1 Common Sandpiper and 2 Yellow Wagtails.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, adult Common Tern, 50 Swallow and 25 Swift this evening.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

At least 10 Yellow Wagtails feeding around the feet of the horses in their field by Sorrowcow Farm this morning.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison 

This evening, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, adult Little Egret and a single Wigeon.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Yesterday evening the adult Yellow-legged Gull roosted again.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Greenshank flew through north this morning, also Yellow Wagtail (north side) and Common Sandpiper so far.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

This morning before the heat, 3 yellow wagtails, common sandpiper and common tern at the boat club, a 4th & possibly a 5th yellow wagtail at Mossley Hall farm,  little egret in a tree in Ramsdales and on my return a whimbrel flew over the south side calling. 

An adult Yellow-legged Gull roosted on the east bay bouy at 9pm yesterday evening and three Greenshank flew west past the yacht club at 8pm.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

This morning,  green sandpiper in Ramsdales though very difficult to see through all of the vegetation. Also eclipse mandarin in East Bay and 5 juvenile lesser black-backed gulls off/on the car park.

Another early start today produced 2 common terns (ad & juv.), eclipse mandarin off the car park and about 10 swifts over the ruck. About 50 adult and juvenile lesser black-back gulls in the middle of the flash.

There are now 5 very young juvenile lesser black-backed gulls off the car park, 3 of them still have down around their heads. They are all staying pretty close together and I'm fairly sure that there were only 4 yesterday, though they can be difficult to spot at times, especially if they are in amongst the mallards. The "new" bird is very much darker than the others (see photo).  In three visits now I've not seen any adults anywhere near them, which is making me believe that they have been left here by somebody, perhaps a nest has been removed from a roof. It's a little bit hard to believe that all five of them fell off a roof and they have been rescued and it's almost equally hard to believe that five such young birds all made it here together without any adults. Which roof they are from is another matter.

Also today there seemed to be a movement of cormorants over the flash, from west to east. This included one flock of 24 birds at 7:30am which flew straight over and away east. Quite a large flock for mid-August I thought.

A quick walk around the flash this morning in an attempt to get back home before the serious heat of the day produced:

Little egret 4 in Ramsdales. At least 2 adults, the other 2 seemed to have pale legs so possible juveniles, but not certain because the light was harsh and viewing was difficult through the vegetation. This the joint highest total I have ever seen at the flash.

Swift 40 mainly at the west end.

Common tern 1 distant but it looked like an adult.

Perhaps most interestingly, four juvenile gulls off the car park, two of which it's barely believable that they could fly. I think that they are lesser black-backs and I'm told that they sometimes breed a couple of miles away so perhaps that is their source of origin, it can't be much further than that surely? Makes me wonder if the hot weather has prompted them to leave whichever roof they were on in search of somewhere cooler.

Yesterday evening,  a juvenile Mediterranean Gull, juvenile Common Tern, Common Sandpiper and Little Egret.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes 

2.30 to 5pm - full circuit of the flash but nothing out of the ordinary.

M & F Greenfinch calling to each other near Sorrowcow Farm & a single Common Sandpiper at the Yacht club where there was very good numbers of both adult & juvenile Swallows, also a single juvenile Common Tern was on one of the buoys. 

2 Cetti's Warblers seen in the eastern shore reedbeds & all around the flash calling Willow Warblers with a few juveniles seen.

Grey Herons seen from Tom Edmondson Hide & in the middle of the Kidney Pond where M & F Blackcap were seen nearby.

The scruffy looking Oystercatcher was in its usual place off the car park alongside a sick looking juvenile gull.

A juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was off the rucks late morning today, also 4 Shelduck out in the middle and an adult Little Egret was in Ramsdales.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

There were two common sandpipers at the boat club this morning at 6am, also two common terns. The eclipse drake mandarin was off the car park.

This morning:

Drake Common Scoter

Common Sandpiper

Raven

Drake Manadrin

Info thanks to Bill Harrison

Hobby at 11am today and also an adult Mediterranean Gull.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

A quick look from the boat club this morning, 5 black-tailed godwits flew south at 6.30, eclipse drake mandarin, 1 common sandpiper, 5 common terns, 1 kingfisher. The mandarin is the same bird seen earlier in the year at the flash and Plank Lane marina, with a purple ring on its left leg.

At the boat club this morning, 3 common sandpipers, redshank, little egret, 2 kingfishers. Elsewhere a fourth common sandpiper on the ruck, 9 common terns including 3 juveniles and another 3 kingfishers (2 at Teal, 1 at Horrocks).

First thing this morning, 8 Common Tern and a single Redshank.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

I was going to say that the highlight of today's early evening visit was seeing that the car-park Oystercatcher is still around...

But on the way back I went into the Teal hide and was rewarded with a flash of Kingfisher and good views of a Green Sandpiper

There were also several Common Terns on the flash - one definitely identified as Common and no reason to suspect any of the others weren't - up to half a dozen

No sign of the Egyptian Geese

This morning, 6 common terns including 3 juveniles, little egret, female pochard and about 50 swift.

In addition, to Colin's report, two Willow tits near Ramsdales Hide, 5 Common terns, a Kingfisher at pengy's other common birds about.

-- Edited by David Shallcross on Wednesday 3rd of August 2022 03:37:57 PM

Not much change this morning, 1 common sandpiper at the boat club, 11 common terns including 4 juveniles and 20 swift were about the best.

This morning, a juvenile dunlin was at the boat club, also 11 common terns including at least 4 juveniles, 3 great black-backed gulls (adult & 2 juveniles), little egret, female pochard, 2 Egyptian geese, 15 swift.

Late news for yesterday evening:

Juvenile and adult Mediterranean Gull, Common Sandpiper, adult Little Egret, Pochard and a Hobby flew south at 9:07pm.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Also today, my first juvenile common gull of the year at the flash and 2 juvenile great black-backs.

Further news from today, 2 Mediterranean gulls this evening, an adult and juvenile, also pochard pair with coots off the car park, 2 common terns, adult and juvenile, and 2 Egyptian geese. Little egret at Teal hide this afternoon. 

2 Sandwich Tern on the spit at 7am.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme 

Late news for yesterday evening:

Juvenile Mediterranean Gull roosted

Redshank

Little Egret

pair of Pochard 

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Just a quick visit to Horrocks hide this morning produced 2 pochard with the coots off the car park, 6 common terns inc 2 juveniles, juvenile great black backed gull and 2 Egyptian geese on the golf course. 

This morning, juvenile ruff on spit, probably male from size. Only 4 common terns inc 2 juveniles. Two Egyptian geese off car park but no sign of yesterdays juvenile black-necked grebe, though not checked Rammies or west end.