Green sandpiper 1 Common sandpiper 1 Little ringed plover 1 Whitethroat 2 Swift 1 Swallow 100+, at one point they were mobbing a raptor, possibly a Hobby
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 12 5:42 PM, 2015
Juvenile Little Egret still present up to 3:50om
Also present:
Ringed Plover Green Sandpiper 3 Common Sandpiper
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 12 2:48 PM, 2015
Juvenile Little Egret present up to 2:15 at least.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Steve Almond said
Tue Aug 11 12:03 PM, 2015
This morning:
Green sandpiper 2 Common sandpiper 5 Little ringed plover 1 Goldfinch 40
plus usual
Steve Almond said
Mon Aug 10 1:26 PM, 2015
This morning:
Green sandpiper 2 Common sandpiper 4 Common tern 1
plus usual
Steve Almond said
Sun Aug 9 12:00 PM, 2015
This morning 9.45 till 11.45:
Black-tailed godwit 1 Redshank 2 Green sandpiper 3 Common sandpiper 3 Little ringed plover 1 Oystercatcher 4 Swift 20
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Aug 8 6:15 PM, 2015
Up to 10am today:
2 Green Sandpiper 4 Common Sandpiper Adult Little Ringed Plover
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Aug 6 8:59 PM, 2015
2 Green and 2 Common Sandpipers up to midday today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 5 11:37 PM, 2015
Today up to 11:40:
2nd winter Mediterranean Gull 3 Green Sandpiper 2 Common Sandpiper Juvenile Peregrine taking a Lapwing
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Steve Almond said
Mon Aug 3 2:05 PM, 2015
This morning:
Green sandpiper 1 Common sandpiper 1 Little ringed plover 1 Swift c40 passing through
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 31 4:02 PM, 2015
2 Green and 2 Common Sandpipers present by 3pm today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Steve Almond said
Fri Jul 31 2:42 PM, 2015
This morning:
Green sandpiper 1 Common sandpiper 1 Common tern 1 Oystercatcher 5 Swift 15
Steve Almond said
Tue Jul 28 10:36 AM, 2015
This morning:
Common sandpiper 4 Green sandpiper 1 Little ringed plover 1 Oystercatcher 9 Swift 30 Sand martin 3
plus usual
Steve Almond said
Mon Jul 27 11:23 AM, 2015
This morning in the drizzle with Pete Lane:
Common sandpiper 2 Little ringed plover 3 Common tern 1
plus usual
Simon Warford said
Sun Jul 26 5:45 PM, 2015
2 Green Sandpipers still present this morning and c30 Swift headed south.
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Jul 25 10:02 PM, 2015
Today up to 3pm:
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull 2 Green Sandpiper 5 Little Ringed Plover
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jul 20 9:23 AM, 2015
Late news for yesterday evening:
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull Black-tailed Godwit Common Sandpiper Little Ringed Plover 2 juvenile Common Tern
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Steve Almond said
Mon Jul 13 12:52 PM, 2015
This morning in the rain:
Common sandpiper 1 Little ringed plover 5 Oystercatcher 7 Common tern 2 Sedge warbler 2 Kingfisher 1 House martin 30 Teal 1
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jul 12 10:24 PM, 2015
Adult Mediterranean Gull present 10am-2pm today, along with singles of Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Steve Almond said
Fri Jul 10 2:27 PM, 2015
This morning
Common sandpiper 3 Common tern 2 Oystercatcher 6 Gadwall 2
plus usual
Steve Almond said
Mon Jun 29 2:11 PM, 2015
This morning 9.45 till 12 noon:
Common sandpiper 1 Common snipe 1 Common tern 3 Reed bunting 10+
plus usual
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jun 28 2:13 PM, 2015
Little Egret on the western shore at 12:55 today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jun 22 12:18 AM, 2015
Two Dunlin yesterday evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jun 18 6:59 PM, 2015
Drake Tufted Duck x Pochard hybrid present at 3:30pm today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Keith Mills said
Sun Jun 14 8:38 PM, 2015
Late afternoon up to six. Dull with drizzle at times Common Tern....2. Lesser Black-backed Gull...8 + 1 second summer. Juvenile Black-headed Gull...1 Gadwall....pair Tufted Duck...5 drakes. Oystercatcher....8 Swifts...4 House Martin...c12 Swallows...c35 Reed Bunting...5 including 1 female Pied Wagtail...5 Sedge Warbler..4
-- Edited by keith mills on Sunday 14th of June 2015 08:50:29 PM
Keith Mills said
Sat Jun 6 3:41 PM, 2015
Up to 3.15 today. Windy, dull with sun occasionally.
Common Tern...2 Lesser Black-backed Gull...1... 2s Reed Bunting...4 all male Mistle Thrush...2 Oystercatcher... 8 at least Starlings... c 40 juvenile Grey Partridge...pair Grey Heron...2 Drake Shoveler...3 Gadwall...pair Swifts...6 House Martin..1 Swallow...30+ Pied Wagtail...2 Greenfinch...1 Chiffchaff...1
-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 6th of June 2015 03:58:48 PM
Steve Almond said
Fri Jun 5 3:11 PM, 2015
3 hour tour this morning:
Sedge warbler 3 Oystercatcher 8 Common tern 2 Willow warbler 1 Linnet 5 Buzzard being mobbed by Lapwings A rather bedraggled Dipper at the outflow tunnel
plus usual
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Jun 2 10:23 PM, 2015
Two adult Mediterranean Gulls flew SW at 2:20om today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Steve Almond said
Sun May 31 11:33 AM, 2015
Not a lot to report in last couple of days. A pair of Common Terns have been on one of the islands, and a Whitethroat is present. Otherwise the usual birds have been going about their business. The water level is quite high for this time of year.
Keith Mills said
Tue May 26 5:01 PM, 2015
Up to 4.10 this pm. Sunny with breeze. Sparrowhawk...1 Grey Partridge...pair Stock Dove....3 Jay...1 Gadwall...pair carrying nesting material Tufted Duck...pair Swifts...7 House Martin...1 Swallows...c25 Lapwing...22 up together Grey Heron...1 Mistle Thrush...1 Pied Wagtail...2 Lesser Black-backed Gull...1 second summer Usual Oystercatchers and Great Crested Grebes
-- Edited by keith mills on Tuesday 26th of May 2015 05:30:00 PM
Steve Almond said
Sat May 23 3:12 PM, 2015
This morning:
Sedge warbler 2 Common tern 2 Oystercatcher 10
plus usual
Keith Mills said
Tue May 19 4:01 PM, 2015
This afternoon between showers. Dam to Lock Lane only.
Ringed Plover....4 Oystercatcher...2 Lapwing....4 seeing off corvids. Grey Partridge....pair Pied Wagtail....1 Swallows c45 House Martins 10+ Mistle Thrush....c5 Chiffchaff....1 Nuthatch....1 Jay....1 Hirundines mainly over the fields by the wood.
Keith Mills said
Wed May 13 4:22 PM, 2015
This pm . Sunny Quiet with very few Gulls but...
Adult Mediterranean Gull...1 on island. Common Tern...1 Common Sandpiper...1 Oystercatcher...6 minimum. Gadwall....5 Tufted Duck...2 Linnet...2 Mistle Thrush....4 Lapwing...c20 House Martin...2 still collecting mud. Pied Wagtail...2
Keith Mills said
Mon May 11 5:46 PM, 2015
Also this evening; Dam to Lock lane only Kestrel...1 Swift...1 Grey Wagtail...1 Mistle Thrush...3 Linnet...2 Wheatear...1 Oystercatcher...2 Lapwing...4 Usual Goldfinch/Swallows/House Sparrows
Steve Almond said
Mon May 11 5:00 PM, 2015
This morning:
Blackcap 3 males singing in Lostock copse Willow warbler 1 Wheatear 1 female House martin 5 collecting mud from Lock Lane field Common tern 2 Linnet 10
plus usual
Steve Almond said
Fri May 8 3:34 PM, 2015
This morning:
Greylag goose 2 Common tern 2 Yellow wagtail 1
Steve Almond said
Mon May 4 12:13 PM, 2015
This morning:
Dunlin 1 Oystercatcher 11 Common sandpiper 2 Swift 12
Steve Almond said
Sun May 3 12:25 PM, 2015
This morning:
Swift 2 Common Sandpiper 2
Steve Almond said
Fri May 1 5:39 PM, 2015
This am: Common tern 2 Common sandpiper 4 White wagtail 1
This aft: Blackcap 1 male (wildflower meadow) Wheatear 1 male
plus usual
Keith Mills said
Fri May 1 12:17 PM, 2015
Yesterday: Wheatear...3 Thanks Steve Reed Warblers...2 Grey Partridge...2 Reed Bunting...2 This am: House Martin ...1 The lone Common Sandpiper,at the dam end, was in the outflow channel just before the tunnel. Chiffchaff...2 Blackcap...1 (f) Wren...1
-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 1st of May 2015 05:34:57 PM
Steve Almond said
Thu Apr 30 2:59 PM, 2015
Today 12noon till 2.30pm:
Common sandpiper 8 minimum Whitethroat 1 White wagtail 1 Wheatear pair together with a stunning male Whinchat Reed warbler singing
plus usual
Keith Mills said
Wed Apr 29 6:23 PM, 2015
15.45 to 1800 hours today. Sunny then rain squalls. Dunlin...1 full summer plumage. Common Sandpiper...9 (nine) including 1 at the dam Common Snipe...1 sitting in field well away from water. Hirundines...c100 comprising 80 Swallows and 20 Sand Martins Great Crested Grebe...c10 Oystercatcher...8 minimum count. Tufted Duck...3 Grey Heron .....1 Mistle Thrush...2 Pied Wagtail...1 Lapwings on territory
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Apr 29 6:14 PM, 2015
7 Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, White Wagtail, 2 Reed Warbler this afternoon.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Apr 27 4:19 PM, 2015
Up to 12:40 today:
7 Common Sandpiper 2Common Tern Peregrine
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Apr 24 10:33 PM, 2015
Four Common Terns present this afternoon, along with a single Common Sandpiper.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Keith Mills said
Thu Apr 23 10:29 AM, 2015
Last evening : Dam to Lock lane only. Willow Tit ...1 Wren...1 Oystercatcher....5 ( 2 mating , one sitting) Lapwing... 4 on territorry The pools at lock Lane have dried up a lot in the past 24 hours ...no sign of any small waders now. Just a few Swallows
Keith Mills said
Tue Apr 21 4:49 PM, 2015
This afternoon. Sunny and warm. Grey Wagtail...1 Grey Partridge...2 Grey Heron...1 Cormorant...2 Mistle Thrush...2 Pied Wagtail...4 Tufted Duck...5 Shoveler...2 (pair) Gadwall...4 Little Grebe...1 Little Ringed Plover...2 ( Lock Lane) Common Sandpiper...2 Usual Great Crested Grebe and Oystercatcher. Swallows...c14
-- Edited by keith mills on Tuesday 21st of April 2015 04:56:28 PM
Steve Almond said
Fri Apr 17 2:41 PM, 2015
This morning:
Common Sandpiper 2 Little Ringed Plover 2 Shoveler 3 Sand Martin 10 Swallow 30 Willow warbler 1
Simon Gough said
Thu Apr 16 3:58 PM, 2015
Hi Keith,
I did wonder but I didn't want to appear rude! I might have to camp out at Pennington and try and see the elusive female (to me at least) there.
Thanks for the update
Keith Mills said
Thu Apr 16 2:58 PM, 2015
Simon Gough wrote:
4 Garganey? Wow! Males or females or pairs? Not seen one before, so I will be making tracks to Rumworth if they are still about in the next couple of days
Best not Simon, slip of the keyboard I'm afraid! Now corrected!
-- Edited by keith mills on Thursday 16th of April 2015 02:59:18 PM
Green sandpiper 1
Common sandpiper 1
Little ringed plover 1
Whitethroat 2
Swift 1
Swallow 100+, at one point they were mobbing a raptor, possibly a Hobby
Also present:
Ringed Plover
Green Sandpiper
3 Common Sandpiper
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Green sandpiper 2
Common sandpiper 5
Little ringed plover 1
Goldfinch 40
plus usual
Green sandpiper 2
Common sandpiper 4
Common tern 1
plus usual
Black-tailed godwit 1
Redshank 2
Green sandpiper 3
Common sandpiper 3
Little ringed plover 1
Oystercatcher 4
Swift 20
2 Green Sandpiper
4 Common Sandpiper
Adult Little Ringed Plover
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
2nd winter Mediterranean Gull
3 Green Sandpiper
2 Common Sandpiper
Juvenile Peregrine taking a Lapwing
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Green sandpiper 1
Common sandpiper 1
Little ringed plover 1
Swift c40 passing through
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Green sandpiper 1
Common sandpiper 1
Common tern 1
Oystercatcher 5
Swift 15
Common sandpiper 4
Green sandpiper 1
Little ringed plover 1
Oystercatcher 9
Swift 30
Sand martin 3
plus usual
Common sandpiper 2
Little ringed plover 3
Common tern 1
plus usual
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull
2 Green Sandpiper
5 Little Ringed Plover
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Sandpiper
Little Ringed Plover
2 juvenile Common Tern
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Common sandpiper 1
Little ringed plover 5
Oystercatcher 7
Common tern 2
Sedge warbler 2
Kingfisher 1
House martin 30
Teal 1
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Common sandpiper 3
Common tern 2
Oystercatcher 6
Gadwall 2
plus usual
Common sandpiper 1
Common snipe 1
Common tern 3
Reed bunting 10+
plus usual
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Common Tern....2.
Lesser Black-backed Gull...8 + 1 second summer.
Juvenile Black-headed Gull...1
Gadwall....pair
Tufted Duck...5 drakes.
Oystercatcher....8
Swifts...4
House Martin...c12
Swallows...c35
Reed Bunting...5 including 1 female
Pied Wagtail...5
Sedge Warbler..4
-- Edited by keith mills on Sunday 14th of June 2015 08:50:29 PM
Common Tern...2
Lesser Black-backed Gull...1... 2s
Reed Bunting...4 all male
Mistle Thrush...2
Oystercatcher... 8 at least
Starlings... c 40 juvenile
Grey Partridge...pair
Grey Heron...2
Drake Shoveler...3
Gadwall...pair
Swifts...6
House Martin..1
Swallow...30+
Pied Wagtail...2
Greenfinch...1
Chiffchaff...1
-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 6th of June 2015 03:58:48 PM
Sedge warbler 3
Oystercatcher 8
Common tern 2
Willow warbler 1
Linnet 5
Buzzard being mobbed by Lapwings
A rather bedraggled Dipper at the outflow tunnel
plus usual
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Sparrowhawk...1
Grey Partridge...pair
Stock Dove....3
Jay...1
Gadwall...pair carrying nesting material
Tufted Duck...pair
Swifts...7
House Martin...1
Swallows...c25
Lapwing...22 up together
Grey Heron...1
Mistle Thrush...1
Pied Wagtail...2
Lesser Black-backed Gull...1 second summer
Usual Oystercatchers and Great Crested Grebes
-- Edited by keith mills on Tuesday 26th of May 2015 05:30:00 PM
Sedge warbler 2
Common tern 2
Oystercatcher 10
plus usual
Ringed Plover....4
Oystercatcher...2
Lapwing....4 seeing off corvids.
Grey Partridge....pair
Pied Wagtail....1
Swallows c45
House Martins 10+
Mistle Thrush....c5
Chiffchaff....1
Nuthatch....1
Jay....1
Hirundines mainly over the fields by the wood.
Quiet with very few Gulls but...
Adult Mediterranean Gull...1 on island.
Common Tern...1
Common Sandpiper...1
Oystercatcher...6 minimum.
Gadwall....5
Tufted Duck...2
Linnet...2
Mistle Thrush....4
Lapwing...c20
House Martin...2 still collecting mud.
Pied Wagtail...2
Kestrel...1
Swift...1
Grey Wagtail...1
Mistle Thrush...3
Linnet...2
Wheatear...1
Oystercatcher...2
Lapwing...4
Usual Goldfinch/Swallows/House Sparrows
Blackcap 3 males singing in Lostock copse
Willow warbler 1
Wheatear 1 female
House martin 5 collecting mud from Lock Lane field
Common tern 2
Linnet 10
plus usual
Greylag goose 2
Common tern 2
Yellow wagtail 1
Dunlin 1
Oystercatcher 11
Common sandpiper 2
Swift 12
Swift 2
Common Sandpiper 2
Common tern 2
Common sandpiper 4
White wagtail 1
This aft:
Blackcap 1 male (wildflower meadow)
Wheatear 1 male
plus usual
Wheatear...3 Thanks Steve
Reed Warblers...2
Grey Partridge...2
Reed Bunting...2
This am:
House Martin ...1
The lone Common Sandpiper,at the dam end, was in the outflow channel just before the tunnel.
Chiffchaff...2
Blackcap...1 (f)
Wren...1
-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 1st of May 2015 05:34:57 PM
Common sandpiper 8 minimum
Whitethroat 1
White wagtail 1
Wheatear pair together with a stunning male Whinchat
Reed warbler singing
plus usual
Dunlin...1 full summer plumage.
Common Sandpiper...9 (nine) including 1 at the dam
Common Snipe...1 sitting in field well away from water.
Hirundines...c100 comprising 80 Swallows and 20 Sand Martins
Great Crested Grebe...c10
Oystercatcher...8 minimum count.
Tufted Duck...3
Grey Heron .....1
Mistle Thrush...2
Pied Wagtail...1
Lapwings on territory
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
7 Common Sandpiper
2Common Tern
Peregrine
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Willow Tit ...1
Wren...1
Oystercatcher....5 ( 2 mating , one sitting)
Lapwing... 4 on territorry
The pools at lock Lane have dried up a lot in the past 24 hours ...no sign of any small waders now.
Just a few Swallows
Grey Wagtail...1
Grey Partridge...2
Grey Heron...1
Cormorant...2
Mistle Thrush...2
Pied Wagtail...4
Tufted Duck...5
Shoveler...2 (pair)
Gadwall...4
Little Grebe...1
Little Ringed Plover...2 ( Lock Lane)
Common Sandpiper...2
Usual Great Crested Grebe and Oystercatcher.
Swallows...c14
-- Edited by keith mills on Tuesday 21st of April 2015 04:56:28 PM
Common Sandpiper 2
Little Ringed Plover 2
Shoveler 3
Sand Martin 10
Swallow 30
Willow warbler 1
I did wonder but I didn't want to appear rude! I might have to camp out at Pennington and try and see the elusive female (to me at least) there.
Thanks for the update
Best not Simon, slip of the keyboard I'm afraid!
Now corrected!
-- Edited by keith mills on Thursday 16th of April 2015 02:59:18 PM