Pink-footed goose 500+ over in two flocks of 200 (east) & 300 (west)
Cetti's warbler singing in Ramsdales
Also, still plenty of redwings at the western end and quite a few goldcrests.
colin davies said
Mon Oct 23 4:14 PM, 2017
No sign of the yellow-legged gull for me today, but I did see the following (mainly this morning):
Goldeneye 5 (male & 4 females)
Goosander 5 (male & 4 females)
Redwing 200+
Song thrush 40+
Goldcrest 30+
There were lots of thrushes and blackbirds around Sorrowcow pond and the western end.
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Oct 22 9:29 PM, 2017
Adult Mediterranean Gull roosted this evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Oct 21 2:55 PM, 2017
3rd winter Yellow Legged Gull present again today but seems to only be at the flash after 1pm each day,so it must be somewhere else overnight and in the mornings. Middle picture below
Kingfisher-3
Goldeneye-1 f
Snipe - 7
Little Grebe-6
Teal- 88
Redwing - c100 > s and a few round the area in the trees
Also an interesting 2nd winter Lesser Black backed Gull with white feathers in the Scapulars and wing coverts pictures below.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 21st of October 2017 03:49:40 PM
3rd winter yellow-legged gull present again this afternoon and still stealing mussels off the coots, in fact at times this behaviour can be a pretty good way of locating the bird because it's the only gull I have seen doing this.
-- Edited by colin davies on Friday 20th of October 2017 05:00:26 PM
589 Redwing over south(ish) in 19 flocks, the largest of 120 birds; main movement after the drizzle had stopped around 9am
3 Fieldfare together in with a Redwing flock
17 Lesser Redpoll south in 4 flocks
1 Swallow south 09:05
14 Pink-footed Geese low west 09:08
4 Pintail (including 2 drakes) over high west 09:17
3 Wigeon on the flash flew off west 09:20
43 Goldfinch SW in one flock
35 Song Thrush with 24 down around Ramsdales Ruck and the western car park, including 8 together in one shoreline bush and 11 over south in flocks of 5, 3 and 3
4 Kingfisher around the north side of the flash
colin davies said
Thu Oct 19 10:16 AM, 2017
3rd winter yellow-legged gull again this morning from Horrocks hide. Also small passage of redwings and skylarks over south west.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Oct 18 10:14 AM, 2017
So far this morning:
Female Merlin south
c800 Pink-footed Geese east
8 Goosander
8 Snipe
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Oct 17 12:54 PM, 2017
Third winter Yellow-legged Gull present on the spit early afternoon today.
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Brian Burnett said
Sun Oct 15 8:15 PM, 2017
A few shots of the Yellow-legged Gull from today. Many thanks to John for his company and for putting us on the bird. The bird is very aggressive and displaces other gulls from buoys and chases coot mercilessly. it also appears fond of mussels either stolen from coot or extracted itself from beneath the water. I hope the comparison shot with the Lesser black-backed gull is useful for any further debate about the bird.
Attached are a few of my photos of the yellow-legged gull from yesterday (thanks for the tip off John). It does look very much like the bird from last winter. Hopefully it will stay throughout this winter.
-- Edited by colin davies on Sunday 15th of October 2017 08:32:09 AM
3rd Winter yellow legged gull centre of flash at the moment
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 14th of October 2017 04:42:53 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Oct 13 10:41 AM, 2017
Visible migration watch this morning, 7:30-9:30, with any passage all done by 9am as the rain set in:
1016 Woodpigeon S/SE
6 Goosander west (one flock)
7 redpoll south
18 Redwing south
1 Yellowhammer south
5 Bullfinch (high) south
6 Chaffinch south
2 Pink-footed Geese flew in from due west, circled low over the flash and departed SE
French blue nasal saddled female Tufted Duck still preset around Rammies
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 12 11:03 AM, 2017
Visible migration watch from 7:15-10:00 (passage all but dried up by 9am) this morning produced:
1507 Woodpigeon S/SE in 38 flocks
1096 Pink-footed Geese E/SE in 8 skeins from 08:18 to 09:25 and a single bird west at 08:39
2 single immature Whooper Swans low west, only a minute apart from each other at 08:30
82 Redwing south in several small flocks
22 redpoll south
52 Chaffinch south
26 Greenfinch south
31 Goldfinch south
many other finches over south unidentified due to their height/distance
9 Goosander in groups of 3, 4 and 2
Other sightings around the flash included:
A Cetti's Warbler extremely active and showing very well out in the open, calling nervously continuously around the reedbed and shoreline bushes by the point on Ramsdales Ruck; probably one of the resident birds having a little wander
13 Little Grebe
2 Kingfishers along the north side of the flash
Jeff Gorse said
Mon Oct 9 4:43 PM, 2017
Brief early afternoon visit as a break from the office!
Sightings -
1 x willow tit, 2 x nuthatch, multiples of great tit, blue tit, greenfinch, chaffinch and bullfinch at the Bunting Hide, briefly scared off when a male sparrowhawk dropped like a stone onto the hollow log but departed almost immediately having just missed out.
Cetti's warbler singing loudly from the screen across from Tom Edmondson Hide, didn't manage a spot as it was deep in the undergrowth but very close at hand.
colin davies said
Mon Oct 9 1:16 PM, 2017
A few photos of the common tern which has been present for the past few days. Interesting to me because it's my latest ever common tern, anywhere, in fact it's the first I have ever seen in October, so an opportunity to get a good look at it's plumage at this time of year. What makes the date even more remarkable to me is that this is an adult not a juvenile. I would have expected adults to be long gone by now, and any stragglers to be juveniles.
It was very approachable, and I wondered if it was unwell, but an angler told me that it had been feeding on casters which he had been throwing into the water, and later I saw it fishing in the western bay so perhaps it's just a tame bird (extreme northern breeder??). It's also more or less still in breeding plumage, with a full black cap and quite a lot of red in the bill (I love the yellow tip!). Just a hint of a carpel bar perhaps and the dark patch behind the eye is there, despite the fact that the forehead is still black.
It seems quite short legged and pale to me, but a I'm not trying to claim anything other than common tern!
-- Edited by colin davies on Monday 9th of October 2017 07:36:51 PM
c700 Pink-footed Geese over in total so far this morning
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
colin davies said
Mon Oct 9 9:49 AM, 2017
Also this morning, common tern still present.
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Oct 9 9:31 AM, 2017
So far this morning:
Female Common Scoter
9 Wigeon
2 Pintail west
c530 Pink-footed Geese over
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Oct 8 10:25 PM, 2017
Adult Mediterranean Gull posted again this evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Oct 8 9:13 AM, 2017
Main flash and Ramsdales Ruck highlights this morning:
Adult Common Tern still present
27 Pink-footed Geese low over east
Influx of Song Thrushes and Goldcrest saw 15 of the former and 16 of the latter around the ruck but a notable exodus of Chiffchaff
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Oct 7 9:50 PM, 2017
Single adult Mediterranean Gull present in the evening's gull roost today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Steve Judge said
Fri Oct 6 2:26 PM, 2017
Friday, 6th October 2017
At 09:30 hrs - Bittern seen flying into reeds to right of Ramsdale's Flash (looking from standing posts towards Pennington Flash)
Cetti's Warbler heard (but not seen) to left of Ramsdale's Flash
Common Tern x 1 (above canal)
Other birds seen included: Kingfisher x 2 Grey Heron x 3 Sparrowhawk x 1 Grey Wagtail x 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker x 1 Willow Tit x 1 Gadwall x 8 Teal x 1 Lapwing x 20 Bullfinch x 2 Coal Tit x 2 Dunnock x 1 Blue Tit x 5 Great Tit x 3 Chaffinch x 3 Robin x 1 Canada Geese x 20 Great Crested Grebe x 5 Tufted Ducks x lots Black-Headed Gulls x lots Cormorant x 10 Mute Swan x 4 Jay x 1 Mallard x 40 Blackbird x 5 Wren x 1 Moorhen x 10 Coot x lots Magpie x 4 Carrion Crow x 8
In addition - following were seen yesterday: Goosander x 3 different sightings Shoveler x 10 Little Grebe x 2 Greenfinch x 4
-- Edited by Steve Judge on Friday 6th of October 2017 02:28:36 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Oct 6 10:56 AM, 2017
This morning:
4 Ruff flew around the spit early am, landed briefly then at least 3 of them flew off east
Common Tern still present
16 Pink-footed Geese over NW
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 5 10:56 AM, 2017
This morning:
adult Common Tern
Cetti's warbler giving prolonged and unobstructed views whilst singing by Ramsdales Reedbed
9 Chiffchaff and 14 Goldcrest around the area of Ramdsdales Ruck and the canal
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Sep 30 9:22 AM, 2017
Early this morning:
c370 Pink-footed Geese over SE
8 Snipe
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Sep 28 10:54 AM, 2017
So far this morning:
Green Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit
7 Snipe
2 Wigeon
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
GREEN SAND 1 BLACK T GODWIT 7 SNIPE 2 WIGEON
richard howells 2 said
Wed Sep 27 6:44 PM, 2017
The Sandbach U3A Birdwatching Group visited today, and were a bit surprised to find the hides locked. Opened around 1030. 42 species recorded, best being 6 Snipe in front of the Horrocks' hide, female Blackcap at Pengy's, and up to 5 Willow Tit seen between Pengys and Bunting hides. Good day.
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Sep 26 12:01 PM, 2017
John Watson wrote:
Of interest at Martin Mere y'day 25th Sept, presumably the same individual:
Yesterday's skua at Pennington was a dark-phase bird John, so couldn't have been the same individual.
John Watson said
Tue Sep 26 8:08 AM, 2017
Of interest at Martin Mere y'day 25th Sept, presumably the same individual:
"...at midday a pale adult/sub adult Arctic Skua flew over the In Focus shop coming from inland ..."
No further sightings of this morning’s skua but a Curlew flew east and a Redshank was on the spit.
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Sep 25 9:50 AM, 2017
Dark-phase Arctic Skua present at 09:30; flew off towards the western end.
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Sep 25 8:57 AM, 2017
Two female/immature Red-breasted Mergansers off Ramsdales Ruck this morning, though site still slightly misty.
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Sep 25 8:13 AM, 2017
Three Common scoter present this morning (two drakes and a female).
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Sep 23 6:26 PM, 2017
only things of note different than yesterday was 2 Ravens,2 Sparrowhawk,3 Kingfisher and 3 Grey Wagtail .
:)
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Sep 22 5:35 PM, 2017
Another Mooch on my Patch Pennington Flash today with Charlie Owen what did we see...
Teal - 171 (Good Number)
Shoveler-36
Common Snipe- 6
Kingfisher- 3+
Cormorant- 37
Wigeon- 12 (11 on main flash and one on Ramsdales scrape area)
Chiffchaff-2
Jay- 10
Buzzard-5 >S
Kestrel-2
Sparrowhawk- 1 Female
Tufted Duck -200+
Lesser Black Backed Gull-47
plus the usuals :)
Jon Taverner said
Fri Sep 22 4:53 PM, 2017
Dipper back at the place where it was recently seen which is on the south side of the former railway bridge that goes over the brook heading toward St Helens' Road- noticed it at around 15.10 on a walk to the Flash and then again at 16.00 when I returned. Don't know whether there is more than one. Now that the water level has gone down, a number of suitable stones are available.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Sep 21 11:23 PM, 2017
David Shallcross wrote:
thank you, Ian, for the explanation. A step too far for my liking. regards David
Can't say I necessarily disagree David, although I really don't know enough about them either.
David Shallcross said
Thu Sep 21 10:21 PM, 2017
thank you, Ian, for the explanation. A step too far for my liking. regards David
colin davies said
Thu Sep 21 6:26 PM, 2017
A single wigeon from Ramsdales, little egret and several chiffchaffs were the best I could manage from a circuit in the rain this morning.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Sep 20 10:38 PM, 2017
A small piece of coloured plastic is attached to the upper mandible and secured through the nostrils. It carries a code which permits easy in-field reading of such ‘ringed‘ birds (they also carry the usually metal ring on one of the legs too) and apparently cause no ill effects or discomfor/disablement to the bird itself.
An image of such a bird (not the Pennington one I might add) is attached to give you a better idea.
So far today:
Goldeneye 3 (all females / juvs)
Goosander 9 (male & 8 females / juvs)
Pink-footed goose 500+ over in two flocks of 200 (east) & 300 (west)
Cetti's warbler singing in Ramsdales
Also, still plenty of redwings at the western end and quite a few goldcrests.
No sign of the yellow-legged gull for me today, but I did see the following (mainly this morning):
Goldeneye 5 (male & 4 females)
Goosander 5 (male & 4 females)
Redwing 200+
Song thrush 40+
Goldcrest 30+
There were lots of thrushes and blackbirds around Sorrowcow pond and the western end.
Adult Mediterranean Gull roosted this evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
3rd winter Yellow Legged Gull present again today but seems to only be at the flash after 1pm each day,so it must be somewhere else overnight and in the mornings. Middle picture below
Kingfisher-3
Goldeneye-1 f
Snipe - 7
Little Grebe-6
Teal- 88
Redwing - c100 > s and a few round the area in the trees
Also an interesting 2nd winter Lesser Black backed Gull with white feathers in the Scapulars and wing coverts pictures below.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 21st of October 2017 03:49:40 PM
3rd winter yellow-legged gull present again this afternoon and still stealing mussels off the coots, in fact at times this behaviour can be a pretty good way of locating the bird because it's the only gull I have seen doing this.
-- Edited by colin davies on Friday 20th of October 2017 05:00:26 PM
7:30-9:30 this morning:
589 Redwing over south(ish) in 19 flocks, the largest of 120 birds; main movement after the drizzle had stopped around 9am
3 Fieldfare together in with a Redwing flock
17 Lesser Redpoll south in 4 flocks
1 Swallow south 09:05
14 Pink-footed Geese low west 09:08
4 Pintail (including 2 drakes) over high west 09:17
3 Wigeon on the flash flew off west 09:20
43 Goldfinch SW in one flock
35 Song Thrush with 24 down around Ramsdales Ruck and the western car park, including 8 together in one shoreline bush and 11 over south in flocks of 5, 3 and 3
4 Kingfisher around the north side of the flash
3rd winter yellow-legged gull again this morning from Horrocks hide. Also small passage of redwings and skylarks over south west.
So far this morning:
Female Merlin south
c800 Pink-footed Geese east
8 Goosander
8 Snipe
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Third winter Yellow-legged Gull present on the spit early afternoon today.
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
A few shots of the Yellow-legged Gull from today. Many thanks to John for his company and for putting us on the bird. The bird is very aggressive and displaces other gulls from buoys and chases coot mercilessly. it also appears fond of mussels either stolen from coot or extracted itself from beneath the water. I hope the comparison shot with the Lesser black-backed gull is useful for any further debate about the bird.
Brian and Helen Burnett
Yellow legged gull 3rd w still present this morning,also of note 7 Goosander and 9 Snipe .
Picture Yellow Legged Gull
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Sunday 15th of October 2017 06:48:55 PM
Attached are a few of my photos of the yellow-legged gull from yesterday (thanks for the tip off John). It does look very much like the bird from last winter. Hopefully it will stay throughout this winter.
-- Edited by colin davies on Sunday 15th of October 2017 08:32:09 AM
The yellow legged gull is a 3 rd winter so possibly our long staying 2nd winter from earlier in the year
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 14th of October 2017 07:30:19 PM
3rd Winter yellow legged gull centre of flash at the moment
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 14th of October 2017 04:42:53 PM
Visible migration watch this morning, 7:30-9:30, with any passage all done by 9am as the rain set in:
1016 Woodpigeon S/SE
6 Goosander west (one flock)
7 redpoll south
18 Redwing south
1 Yellowhammer south
5 Bullfinch (high) south
6 Chaffinch south
2 Pink-footed Geese flew in from due west, circled low over the flash and departed SE
French blue nasal saddled female Tufted Duck still preset around Rammies
Visible migration watch from 7:15-10:00 (passage all but dried up by 9am) this morning produced:
1507 Woodpigeon S/SE in 38 flocks
1096 Pink-footed Geese E/SE in 8 skeins from 08:18 to 09:25 and a single bird west at 08:39
2 single immature Whooper Swans low west, only a minute apart from each other at 08:30
82 Redwing south in several small flocks
22 redpoll south
52 Chaffinch south
26 Greenfinch south
31 Goldfinch south
many other finches over south unidentified due to their height/distance
9 Goosander in groups of 3, 4 and 2
Other sightings around the flash included:
A Cetti's Warbler extremely active and showing very well out in the open, calling nervously continuously around the reedbed and shoreline bushes by the point on Ramsdales Ruck; probably one of the resident birds having a little wander
13 Little Grebe
2 Kingfishers along the north side of the flash
Brief early afternoon visit as a break from the office!
Sightings -
1 x willow tit, 2 x nuthatch, multiples of great tit, blue tit, greenfinch, chaffinch and bullfinch at the Bunting Hide, briefly scared off when a male sparrowhawk dropped like a stone onto the hollow log but departed almost immediately having just missed out.
Cetti's warbler singing loudly from the screen across from Tom Edmondson Hide, didn't manage a spot as it was deep in the undergrowth but very close at hand.
A few photos of the common tern which has been present for the past few days. Interesting to me because it's my latest ever common tern, anywhere, in fact it's the first I have ever seen in October, so an opportunity to get a good look at it's plumage at this time of year. What makes the date even more remarkable to me is that this is an adult not a juvenile. I would have expected adults to be long gone by now, and any stragglers to be juveniles.
It was very approachable, and I wondered if it was unwell, but an angler told me that it had been feeding on casters which he had been throwing into the water, and later I saw it fishing in the western bay so perhaps it's just a tame bird (extreme northern breeder??). It's also more or less still in breeding plumage, with a full black cap and quite a lot of red in the bill (I love the yellow tip!). Just a hint of a carpel bar perhaps and the dark patch behind the eye is there, despite the fact that the forehead is still black.
It seems quite short legged and pale to me, but a I'm not trying to claim anything other than common tern!
-- Edited by colin davies on Monday 9th of October 2017 07:36:51 PM
Further sightings from this morning:
5 Swallow
5 Snipe
8 Redwing over
c700 Pink-footed Geese over in total so far this morning
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Also this morning, common tern still present.
So far this morning:
Female Common Scoter
9 Wigeon
2 Pintail west
c530 Pink-footed Geese over
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Adult Mediterranean Gull posted again this evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Main flash and Ramsdales Ruck highlights this morning:
Adult Common Tern still present
27 Pink-footed Geese low over east
Influx of Song Thrushes and Goldcrest saw 15 of the former and 16 of the latter around the ruck but a notable exodus of Chiffchaff
Single adult Mediterranean Gull present in the evening's gull roost today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
At 09:30 hrs - Bittern seen flying into reeds to right of Ramsdale's Flash (looking from standing posts towards Pennington Flash)
Cetti's Warbler heard (but not seen) to left of Ramsdale's Flash
Common Tern x 1 (above canal)
Other birds seen included:
Kingfisher x 2
Grey Heron x 3
Sparrowhawk x 1
Grey Wagtail x 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker x 1
Willow Tit x 1
Gadwall x 8
Teal x 1
Lapwing x 20
Bullfinch x 2
Coal Tit x 2
Dunnock x 1
Blue Tit x 5
Great Tit x 3
Chaffinch x 3
Robin x 1
Canada Geese x 20
Great Crested Grebe x 5
Tufted Ducks x lots
Black-Headed Gulls x lots
Cormorant x 10
Mute Swan x 4
Jay x 1
Mallard x 40
Blackbird x 5
Wren x 1
Moorhen x 10
Coot x lots
Magpie x 4
Carrion Crow x 8
In addition - following were seen yesterday:
Goosander x 3 different sightings
Shoveler x 10
Little Grebe x 2
Greenfinch x 4
-- Edited by Steve Judge on Friday 6th of October 2017 02:28:36 PM
This morning:
4 Ruff flew around the spit early am, landed briefly then at least 3 of them flew off east
Common Tern still present
16 Pink-footed Geese over NW
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
This morning:
adult Common Tern
Cetti's warbler giving prolonged and unobstructed views whilst singing by Ramsdales Reedbed
9 Chiffchaff and 14 Goldcrest around the area of Ramdsdales Ruck and the canal
Early this morning:
c370 Pink-footed Geese over SE
8 Snipe
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
So far this morning:
Green Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit
7 Snipe
2 Wigeon
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
GREEN SAND 1 BLACK T GODWIT 7 SNIPE 2 WIGEON
The Sandbach U3A Birdwatching Group visited today, and were a bit surprised to find the hides locked. Opened around 1030. 42 species recorded, best being 6 Snipe in front of the Horrocks' hide, female Blackcap at Pengy's, and up to 5 Willow Tit seen between Pengys and Bunting hides. Good day.
Yesterday's skua at Pennington was a dark-phase bird John, so couldn't have been the same individual.
"...at midday a pale adult/sub adult Arctic Skua flew over the In Focus shop coming from inland ..."
Photographed by Tony Disley (In Focus)
http://www.wwt.org.uk/news/all-news/2017/09/wwt-martin-mere-sightings/skua
No further sightings of this morning’s skua but a Curlew flew east and a Redshank was on the spit.
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Dark-phase Arctic Skua present at 09:30; flew off towards the western end.
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Two female/immature Red-breasted Mergansers off Ramsdales Ruck this morning, though site still slightly misty.
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
Three Common scoter present this morning (two drakes and a female).
Info thanks to Bill Harrison
only things of note different than yesterday was 2 Ravens,2 Sparrowhawk,3 Kingfisher and 3 Grey Wagtail .
:)
Dipper back at the place where it was recently seen which is on the south side of the former railway bridge that goes over the brook heading toward St Helens' Road- noticed it at around 15.10 on a walk to the Flash and then again at 16.00 when I returned. Don't know whether there is more than one. Now that the water level has gone down, a number of suitable stones are available.
Can't say I necessarily disagree David, although I really don't know enough about them either.
thank you, Ian, for the explanation. A step too far for my liking. regards David
A single wigeon from Ramsdales, little egret and several chiffchaffs were the best I could manage from a circuit in the rain this morning.
A small piece of coloured plastic is attached to the upper mandible and secured through the nostrils. It carries a code which permits easy in-field reading of such ‘ringed‘ birds (they also carry the usually metal ring on one of the legs too) and apparently cause no ill effects or discomfor/disablement to the bird itself.
An image of such a bird (not the Pennington one I might add) is attached to give you a better idea.
Ian would you please explain what is meant by nasal saddled.
This female was initially 'ringed' on 14th June 2017 at Sainte Suzanne, Mayenne in north-west France and was still present there on 18th July.
Highlights this afternoon included:
24 Chiffchaff and 4 Blackcap around the site
2 Reed Warblers in Ramsdales Reedbed, one of which was persisting with a bit of feeble sub-song!
This morning:
Wigeon 3
Pink-footed goose 4 over north
Great spotted woodpecker 6
Swallow 10
Lapwing 500
AM/PM
Whinchat - 1 Juv on the Rucks ,seen twice ,but distant for pics
Great Crested Grebe-81 (good number)
Black Tailed Godwit - 1
Kingfisher-2
Kestrel-2
Buzzard-5
Swallow -50+>s
House Martin-10+>s
Sand Martin- 2
Cormorant-40
Tufted Duck-260
Chiffchaff-1
Cetti's Warbler-2
Grey Heron-10
Lapwing-550
AM/PM
Kingfisher-2
Black Tailed Godwit-1
Swallow- 100 >s
Sand Martin-10>s
House Martin-20>s
Cormorant-26
Pink Footed Geese- 96>E(3 groups)
Common Snipe-1
Cetti's Warbler - 1 Male singing
Chiffchaff-2
Long Tailed Tit- 14
Tufted Duck - 262
Great Crested Grebe-72
small numbers of Shoveler and Teal
:)