Yesterday morning birds of note Inc 8 x Shelduck (Inc 6 X fledglings), 1 x Yellowhammer, 2 x Snipe, 4 x Oystercatcher, 1 x Little Egret, 1 x Sedge Warbler
Oliver Morris said
Wed Jun 26 4:53 PM, 2024
Very brief visit to the Eastern screen today to find... a very horizontal screen!
Not a great view over the Flash (the foliage seems to have grown about 6 feet since my last visit) but I did manage to see lapwing, a couple of shelduck, some coot and mallards, as well as house martin, chiffchaff, willow warbler and reed bunting. On my walk to/from the Rothwells Farm development, there was a buzzard overhead, a few lapwings about the second/third field, around 30 wood pigeon on the fourth field, 2 lesser black-backed gulls overhead and a kestrel sitting on the roof of Lightshaw Hall.
-- Edited by Oliver Morris on Wednesday 15th of May 2024 09:40:17 AM
Ian McKerchar said
Mon May 13 10:19 AM, 2024
Late news for yesterday mid-morning:
Greenshank
2+ Redshank
7 Shoveler
4 Sedge Warbler
6 Reed Warbler
7 Whitethroat
Male Yellowhammer
2 Blackcap
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Oliver Morris said
Thu May 9 7:57 PM, 2024
3.45pm - 6.30pm, beautiful sunny late afternoon/early evening.
Abram Flash:
A few pairs and individuals each of mallard, shoveler, tufted duck; approx. 10 Canada geese, 2 mute swan, great crested grebe pair, 6 lapwing, 2 coot, 1 moorhen, 1 male reed bunting, 1 grey heron.
2 Sedge warbler, 1 blackcap and 2+ chiffchaff heard on path to Lightshaw Flash; in the field to the south of the side-path, approx 100+ wood pigeon, approx 20+ lapwings, a few collared dove, mallards, Canada geese and pheasant, 2 oystercatcher, 1 carrion crow
Lightshaw Flash: a few reed bunting, 1 magpie, approx 5 greylag geese with a feral domestic goose, a few shoveler, lapwings (flying to and from the field), 2+ mallard, 1 stock dove, 1 cormorant, 2 black headed gull, 2 commic terns, 2 greenshank, 1 redshank, 1 moorhen, 1 buzzard over, 1 little egret, 1 kestrel on grassland by the east screen.
Lightshaw Lane had 1 yellowhammer, and fields to the south of Lightshaw Lane were being ploughed, with a few lapwings flying about.
Colin Broadhurst said
Wed Mar 6 4:07 PM, 2024
55 species seen today inc
2 x Shelduck
1 x Shoveler
1 x Pochard
1 x Goldeneye (f)
54 x Lapwing
1 x Redshank
1 x Little Egret
1 x Raven
46 x Redwing
31 x Fieldfare
1 x Yellowhammer
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jul 13 12:32 PM, 2023
At Lightshaw Hall Flash this late morning, first summer Hobby present again, singing Yellowhammer and 9 juvenile Grey Partridges.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jun 25 9:01 PM, 2023
Today a 1st summer Hobby was hunting around midday then perched up. Red Kite drifting slowly west at 12:35, Yellowhammer, 5 Skylark and a Shelduck.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jun 18 2:19 PM, 2023
Late news for yesterday afternoon:
Yellow Wagtail
Hobby flew in from the west
Yellowhammer
Pair of Shelduck with a brood of five
Redshank
16 Lapwing
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jun 11 4:22 PM, 2023
Lesser whitethroat singing just east of the track to hide along canal at Lightship, also a single Willow Tit and Gadwall with 11 chicks on the canal.
Info thanks to Andy Makin
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jun 7 9:34 PM, 2023
A single Dunlin present and a Little Egret flew north this evening. Also 4 adult Redshank and one chick, 4 Teal and two Shoveler broods.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
colin davies said
Mon Apr 10 10:00 AM, 2023
This morning, 1 wheatear off Lightshaw Lane, 2 shelduck on Lightshaw flash, 3 singing Cetti's warblers and 1 black-tailed godwit.
Lez Fairclough said
Fri Nov 25 6:46 PM, 2022
13:45 to 16:00 - From Plank Lane Lift Bridge to both Lightshaw Flash viewing points & back along canal to Lift Bridge.
Apart from a few Canada Geese & Mallards Lightshaw Flash was devoid of anything significant, but the surrounding fields & farmland made up for it with :-
Jay x 6; Kestrel; Buzzard; Grey Heron & 2 Cormorant over, Bullfinch x 3 ~ 2F & 1M, Goldfinch; Linnet; Greenfinch x 2, Fieldfare x 2;
Pied Wagtail; Pheasant x 10 ~ 7F & 3M.
Also a field at the side of Lightshaw Flash had a nice covey of 12 Red-Legged Partridge but they were very distant so pics very poor.
No sign of the Mandarin Duck at Pennington Wharf Marina.
20 Redwing with a single Fieldfare in tow, Cetti's Warbler seen & heard, Sparrowhawk chasing a Robin, Buzzard, Kestrel, 40 Pink-Footed Geese
over & a white Goose with a grey & white Goose which I was informed by a local birder was a Farmyard Goose/Canada Goose hybrid.
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Sep 5 10:41 PM, 2022
This morning:
Dover Basin: 34 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, 2 singing male Cetti’s Warblers (one a young male), 2 Willow Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler and a single Restart along the western end.
Lightshaw Flash: 18 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, one singing male Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap
colin davies said
Tue May 17 1:10 PM, 2022
Drake garganey on Lightshaw Flash this morning.
colin davies said
Fri Apr 8 1:46 PM, 2022
Willow warbler 1 singing in birch along canal above the flash
Pintail 2 (pair)
Shoveler 9
colin davies said
Tue Apr 5 10:23 PM, 2022
This morning, 2 drake wigeon, male and female pintail and one little ringed plover.
colin davies said
Mon Apr 4 2:41 PM, 2022
Two pintail and nine black-tailed godwits this morning.
colin davies said
Tue Mar 29 11:59 AM, 2022
2 pintail, 3 black-tailed godwits the best from this morning.
colin davies said
Mon Mar 28 2:54 PM, 2022
No sign of garganey this morning, but 5 black-tailed godwits still, 3 redshank, 2 pintail, 30 teal, 8 shoveler & singing blackcap.
4 Pintail this morning, 2 drakes & 2 females. Also 8 shoveler, 2 shelduck, 21 tufted ducks and 8 goosander.
Gordon Newman said
Tue Feb 1 6:29 PM, 2022
14.30 walk from Plank Lane swing bridge to Dover Lock, then back to Pennington Flash via Lightshaw Lane and Byrom Hall Wood arriving back at canal bridge 17.30 ,was very quiet only things of note were 2 Drake Pintail, 5 Goosander - Dover Lock 4 Shelduck - Lightshaw Flash 1 Buzzard over Lightshaw Flash 2 Willow Tit on path heading towards road, near fenced shooting warnings and 30+ Redwing as you approach the house.
Pete Hines said
Sat Aug 28 7:59 PM, 2021
West of the Dover Lock Inn early afternoon
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing from the ponds Water Rail 2 squealing from the reedmace
dave broome said
Sat Aug 28 7:06 PM, 2021
No sign of Wryneck between 18:30-19:00 this evening, but a class find by Rob and shows the rewards of working a patch. c75 Goldfinch in the hedge and 2 Lapwing over.
dave broome said
Sat Aug 28 1:29 PM, 2021
No sign now for approx 2 hours since it dropped in to a large dense Hawthorn and Blackthorn hedgerow opposite the wooden footbridge (before I got here)
-- Edited by dave broome on Saturday 28th of August 2021 01:33:34 PM
Mike Passant said
Sat Aug 28 1:06 PM, 2021
Re Wryneck, - any sighting updates for today/ Sunday morning would be greatly appreciated please.
Regards,
Mike P.
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Aug 28 12:02 PM, 2021
Wryneck showing in fields and hedgerows just west of the Dover Lock pub this morning.
Use the small wooden bridge to cross the brook by the pub to view the area.
Info thanks to Rob Thorpe
Gordon Newman said
Mon Aug 16 4:14 PM, 2021
Walk from swing bridge along canal to Dover Lock and back to Pennington Flash via Lightshaw Lane and Byrom Hall Wood. Highlights 2 Hobby flew South over Dover Lock 1 Blackcap along path between Dover and Lightshaw 1 Swift 1 Lesser Whitethroat by the east sightscreen Not really a highlight but the carcass of a Pheasant on path near West sightscreen.
Walk from swing bridge along canal to Dover Lock and back to Pennington Flash via Lightshaw Lane and Byrom Hall Wood. Highlights 2 Hobby flew South over Dover Lock 1 Blackcap along path between Dover and Lightshaw 1 Swift 1 Lesser Whitethroat by the east sightscreen Not really a highlight but the carcass of a Pheasant on path near West sightscreen.
This morning, 4 black-tailed godwits and three redshanks on Lightshaw Hall flash, and a whitethroat in subsong next to the eastern viewing screen.
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Apr 17 10:19 PM, 2021
2 Avocets still present on Lightshaw Hall Flash this evening, also 3 Black-tailed Godwits.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
colin davies said
Sat Apr 17 10:04 AM, 2021
Two avocets on Lightshaw this morning.
David Hughes said
Fri Apr 16 5:30 PM, 2021
And oystercatcher
David Hughes said
Fri Apr 16 5:29 PM, 2021
Gadwall,snipe,black tailed godwit, wigeon ,shelduck,shoveller,mallard, grey heron ,swallow, sand Martin, buzzard, woodpigeon, greylag goose canada goose, cormorant, mute swan, teal ,pheasant, lapwing,chiffchaff singing, willow warbler singing 1 seen,pied wagtail coot ,moorhen, redshank, and a pair of plovers little ringed/ ringed too far away to see eye ring.
Neil Dowson said
Thu Apr 15 11:21 AM, 2021
Circuit around both viewing screens: 0700-10.30
Highlights:
Male redstart (from eastern viewing screen), black-tailed godwit x 3, redshank x 3, goosander, shelduck x 2, oystercatcher, sand Martin, sparrowhawk, yellowhammer, linnet flock, blackcap, teal, Greenwich
Ernest Sherman said
Thu Apr 8 1:15 PM, 2021
9.30-12.00. Both screens visited. Highlights included....
4 Black Tailed Godwits
2 Oystercatchers
At least 12 Shoveler
4 Gadwall
2 Shellduck
2 Teal
6 Buzzards.. overhead
2 Kestrels.. male and female
1 Sparrowhawk.. male
3 Cock Pheasants
Lots of Lapwings
Plenty of calling Chiffchaff
A few Willow Warblers
-- Edited by David Hughes on Tuesday 6th of April 2021 04:07:28 PM
colin davies said
Mon Apr 5 1:53 PM, 2021
Two garganey (male and female), 4 black-tailed godwits (thanks to another regular) and a redshank this morning.
colin davies said
Sun Apr 4 4:30 PM, 2021
1 Black-tailed godwit this morning.
colin davies said
Thu Apr 1 9:25 PM, 2021
This morning:
Garganey 2 male and female
Redshank 1
Goosander 5
Willow warbler 1 singing
Keith Williams said
Mon Mar 22 8:57 AM, 2021
Sunday afternoon wander around Lightshaw, sightings included:-
1 x Woodcock
4 x Greylag (one white)
4 x Redshank
1 x Oystercatcher
1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker
40 x Lapwing
4 x Shelduck
3 x Wigeon
2 x Gadwall
2 x Shoveler
40 x Teal
1 x Snipe
4 x Linnet
1 x Kestrel
-- Edited by Keith Williams on Monday 22nd of March 2021 08:59:47 AM
-- Edited by Keith Williams on Monday 22nd of March 2021 09:00:35 AM
Yesterday morning birds of note Inc 8 x Shelduck (Inc 6 X fledglings), 1 x Yellowhammer, 2 x Snipe, 4 x Oystercatcher, 1 x Little Egret, 1 x Sedge Warbler
Very brief visit to the Eastern screen today to find... a very horizontal screen!
Not a great view over the Flash (the foliage seems to have grown about 6 feet since my last visit) but I did manage to see lapwing, a couple of shelduck, some coot and mallards, as well as house martin, chiffchaff, willow warbler and reed bunting. On my walk to/from the Rothwells Farm development, there was a buzzard overhead, a few lapwings about the second/third field, around 30 wood pigeon on the fourth field, 2 lesser black-backed gulls overhead and a kestrel sitting on the roof of Lightshaw Hall.
Yesterday, 2+ Redshank, adult Mediterranean Gull flew west, drake Teal, 3 Shoveler.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Hepatic female Cuckoo at Dover Lock yesterday, also a brood on Dover Basin and of Shelduck in Lightshaw Hall Flash.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Visit to eastern screen from Rothwells Farm housing development yesterday afternoon, approx 3.45-5pm.
Fields to the Flash:
1 yellowhammer, 1 kestrel, 4 skylark, many lapwings incl. juvs on fields
Lightshaw Flash:
2 coot, 13 mallard, 5 shoveler (2m 3f), 2 shelduck, 3 Canada goose, 1 feral domestic goose, 3 black-headed gulls, 1 redshank. 1 oystercatcher, 3 lapwing, 2 sedge warbler, 1 willow warbler, 1 chiffchaff.
-- Edited by Oliver Morris on Wednesday 15th of May 2024 09:40:17 AM
Late news for yesterday mid-morning:
Greenshank
2+ Redshank
7 Shoveler
4 Sedge Warbler
6 Reed Warbler
7 Whitethroat
Male Yellowhammer
2 Blackcap
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
3.45pm - 6.30pm, beautiful sunny late afternoon/early evening.
Abram Flash:
A few pairs and individuals each of mallard, shoveler, tufted duck; approx. 10 Canada geese, 2 mute swan, great crested grebe pair, 6 lapwing, 2 coot, 1 moorhen, 1 male reed bunting, 1 grey heron.
2 Sedge warbler, 1 blackcap and 2+ chiffchaff heard on path to Lightshaw Flash; in the field to the south of the side-path, approx 100+ wood pigeon, approx 20+ lapwings, a few collared dove, mallards, Canada geese and pheasant, 2 oystercatcher, 1 carrion crow
Lightshaw Flash: a few reed bunting, 1 magpie, approx 5 greylag geese with a feral domestic goose, a few shoveler, lapwings (flying to and from the field), 2+ mallard, 1 stock dove, 1 cormorant, 2 black headed gull, 2 commic terns, 2 greenshank, 1 redshank, 1 moorhen, 1 buzzard over, 1 little egret, 1 kestrel on grassland by the east screen.
Lightshaw Lane had 1 yellowhammer, and fields to the south of Lightshaw Lane were being ploughed, with a few lapwings flying about.
55 species seen today inc
2 x Shelduck
1 x Shoveler
1 x Pochard
1 x Goldeneye (f)
54 x Lapwing
1 x Redshank
1 x Little Egret
1 x Raven
46 x Redwing
31 x Fieldfare
1 x Yellowhammer
At Lightshaw Hall Flash this late morning, first summer Hobby present again, singing Yellowhammer and 9 juvenile Grey Partridges.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Today a 1st summer Hobby was hunting around midday then perched up. Red Kite drifting slowly west at 12:35, Yellowhammer, 5 Skylark and a Shelduck.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Late news for yesterday afternoon:
Yellow Wagtail
Hobby flew in from the west
Yellowhammer
Pair of Shelduck with a brood of five
Redshank
16 Lapwing
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Lesser whitethroat singing just east of the track to hide along canal at Lightship, also a single Willow Tit and Gadwall with 11 chicks on the canal.
Info thanks to Andy Makin
A single Dunlin present and a Little Egret flew north this evening. Also 4 adult Redshank and one chick, 4 Teal and two Shoveler broods.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
13:45 to 16:00 - From Plank Lane Lift Bridge to both Lightshaw Flash viewing points & back along canal to Lift Bridge.
Apart from a few Canada Geese & Mallards Lightshaw Flash was devoid of anything significant, but the surrounding fields & farmland made up for it with :-
Jay x 6; Kestrel; Buzzard; Grey Heron & 2 Cormorant over, Bullfinch x 3 ~ 2F & 1M, Goldfinch; Linnet; Greenfinch x 2, Fieldfare x 2;
Pied Wagtail; Pheasant x 10 ~ 7F & 3M.
Also a field at the side of Lightshaw Flash had a nice covey of 12 Red-Legged Partridge but they were very distant so pics very poor.
No sign of the Mandarin Duck at Pennington Wharf Marina.
13:30 to 15:45 - Dover basin to Lightshaw Flashes & back.
4 Pochard, 10 Teal over, 2 Cormorant over, Grey Heron, 4 Jay, 5 Pheasant, Long-Tailed Tits, Female Reed Bunting, Female Bullfinch,
20 Redwing with a single Fieldfare in tow, Cetti's Warbler seen & heard, Sparrowhawk chasing a Robin, Buzzard, Kestrel, 40 Pink-Footed Geese
over & a white Goose with a grey & white Goose which I was informed by a local birder was a Farmyard Goose/Canada Goose hybrid.
This morning:
Dover Basin: 34 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, 2 singing male Cetti’s Warblers (one a young male), 2 Willow Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler and a single Restart along the western end.
Lightshaw Flash: 18 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, one singing male Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap
Drake garganey on Lightshaw Flash this morning.
Willow warbler 1 singing in birch along canal above the flash
Pintail 2 (pair)
Shoveler 9
Two pintail and nine black-tailed godwits this morning.
4 Pintail this morning, 2 drakes & 2 females. Also 8 shoveler, 2 shelduck, 21 tufted ducks and 8 goosander.
14.30 walk from Plank Lane swing bridge to Dover Lock, then back to Pennington Flash via Lightshaw Lane and Byrom Hall Wood arriving back at canal bridge 17.30 ,was very quiet only things of note were
2 Drake Pintail, 5 Goosander - Dover Lock
4 Shelduck - Lightshaw Flash
1 Buzzard over Lightshaw Flash
2 Willow Tit on path heading towards road, near fenced shooting warnings and 30+ Redwing as you approach the house.
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing from the ponds
Water Rail 2 squealing from the reedmace
-- Edited by dave broome on Saturday 28th of August 2021 01:33:34 PM
Re Wryneck, - any sighting updates for today/ Sunday morning would be greatly appreciated please.
Regards,
Mike P.
Wryneck showing in fields and hedgerows just west of the Dover Lock pub this morning.
Use the small wooden bridge to cross the brook by the pub to view the area.
Info thanks to Rob Thorpe
Highlights
2 Hobby flew South over Dover Lock
1 Blackcap along path between Dover and Lightshaw
1 Swift
1 Lesser Whitethroat by the east sightscreen
Not really a highlight but the carcass of a Pheasant on path near West sightscreen.
Highlights
2 Hobby flew South over Dover Lock
1 Blackcap along path between Dover and Lightshaw
1 Swift
1 Lesser Whitethroat by the east sightscreen
Not really a highlight but the carcass of a Pheasant on path near West sightscreen.
Great White Egret at Lightshaw flew low west at 08:15, possibly towards Dover Basin.
Info thanks to Rob Thorpe
Great White Egret on Lightshaw Hall Flash this morning.
Info thanks to Rob Thorpe
This morning, 2 wheatears in the ploughed field off Lightshaw Lane.
This morning,
Grasshopper warbler 1 reeling from the footpath that drops down from the canal
Wheatear 3, two in the ploughed field off Lightshaw lane and a third in the horse paddock nearest to the eastern viewing screen.
Redshank 1
Greylag 4
Shelduck 2
Shoveler 2 drakes
Gadwall 7
Swift 3
Oystercatcher 2
Lapwing 5
Common Tern 2
Sedge Warbler 7
Reed Warbler 5
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Cetti's Warbler 2 (pair in suitable habitat)
Willow Warbler 10
Chiffchaff 5
Common Whitethroat 8
etc
This morning, 4 black-tailed godwits and three redshanks on Lightshaw Hall flash, and a whitethroat in subsong next to the eastern viewing screen.
2 Avocets still present on Lightshaw Hall Flash this evening, also 3 Black-tailed Godwits.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Gadwall,snipe,black tailed godwit, wigeon ,shelduck,shoveller,mallard, grey heron ,swallow, sand Martin, buzzard, woodpigeon, greylag goose canada goose, cormorant, mute swan, teal ,pheasant, lapwing,chiffchaff singing, willow warbler singing 1 seen,pied wagtail coot ,moorhen, redshank, and a pair of plovers little ringed/ ringed too far away to see eye ring.
Circuit around both viewing screens: 0700-10.30
Highlights:
Male redstart (from eastern viewing screen), black-tailed godwit x 3, redshank x 3, goosander, shelduck x 2, oystercatcher, sand Martin, sparrowhawk, yellowhammer, linnet flock, blackcap, teal, Greenwich
12 till 2pm,6 /4/21, pochard, gadwall, shoveler,redshank, kestrel, buzzard ,lapwing, starling, pheasant, snipe,black tailed godwit,greylag goose,Canada goose,black headed gull,lesser black backed gull ,sand martin, wren ,robin,swallow ,garganey pair,coot ,moorhen, mallard,blackbird, woodpigeon.magpie.tufted duck ,pied wagtail.
-- Edited by David Hughes on Tuesday 6th of April 2021 04:07:28 PM
Two garganey (male and female), 4 black-tailed godwits (thanks to another regular) and a redshank this morning.
1 Black-tailed godwit this morning.
This morning:
Garganey 2 male and female
Redshank 1
Goosander 5
Willow warbler 1 singing
1 x Woodcock
4 x Greylag (one white)
4 x Redshank
1 x Oystercatcher
1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker
40 x Lapwing
4 x Shelduck
3 x Wigeon
2 x Gadwall
2 x Shoveler
40 x Teal
1 x Snipe
4 x Linnet
1 x Kestrel
-- Edited by Keith Williams on Monday 22nd of March 2021 08:59:47 AM
-- Edited by Keith Williams on Monday 22nd of March 2021 09:00:35 AM