Water Rail - 1 seen catching a small fish Cetti's Warbler - 2 heard singing Siskin - small mixed flock, with goldfinches, in alders (<20 birds in total). Fieldfare - a few scattered birds
Steve Costa said
Thu Apr 18 11:25 PM, 2019
Pick Mere 16:00 - 18:15
South side of mere only
Reedbeds
Sedge Warbler 1 Reed Bunting - several
Ploughed field (viewed from boardwalk at SE end of mere) - variety of species present:
Oystercatcher 2 Skylark 1 White Wagtail 2 (couple of Pied Wagtails too) Wheatear 1 - fine male Other species in the same field - Black-headed Gulls, Woodpigeons, Feral Pigeons, Stock Doves (2), Song Thrush
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Dec 16 7:37 PM, 2018
Originally posted today by Steve Costa:
Pick Mere 12:00 - 13.30
Cold and grey with squally showers. Fairly strong easterly wind at times. Walked along path on south side. Difficult conditions but selected a few species for counting - especially coots which were clearly numerous.
Wigeon 6 Teal <5 Gadwall c10 Tufted Duck - fairly common Goldeneye 4 Goosander 1 Coot c450 Jack Snipe - one flushed, silently at my feet, crossing a squelchy mire
sid ashton said
Sun Mar 30 8:15 PM, 2014
Several Reed Buntings, 2 Chiffchaff and my first Sand Martins of spring, 8 over the mere this afternoon.
-- Edited by sid ashton on Sunday 30th of March 2014 08:30:55 PM
Geoff Hargreaves said
Wed Feb 25 9:58 PM, 2009
park lane berry bush, I was surprised to see a one man twitch this morning,so i stopped to ask what was going on, result 1 waxwing very good close views of this fiesty loner,it,s been there a few days. cheers geoff
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 16th of December 2018 07:48:27 PM
Water Rail - 1 seen catching a small fish
Cetti's Warbler - 2 heard singing
Siskin - small mixed flock, with goldfinches, in alders (<20 birds in total).
Fieldfare - a few scattered birds
South side of mere only
Reedbeds
Sedge Warbler 1
Reed Bunting - several
Ploughed field (viewed from boardwalk at SE end of mere) - variety of species present:
Oystercatcher 2
Skylark 1
White Wagtail 2 (couple of Pied Wagtails too)
Wheatear 1 - fine male
Other species in the same field - Black-headed Gulls, Woodpigeons, Feral Pigeons, Stock Doves (2), Song Thrush
Originally posted today by Steve Costa:
Pick Mere 12:00 - 13.30
Cold and grey with squally showers. Fairly strong easterly wind at times. Walked along path on south side.
Difficult conditions but selected a few species for counting - especially coots which were clearly numerous.
Wigeon 6
Teal <5
Gadwall c10
Tufted Duck - fairly common
Goldeneye 4
Goosander 1
Coot c450
Jack Snipe - one flushed, silently at my feet, crossing a squelchy mire
-- Edited by sid ashton on Sunday 30th of March 2014 08:30:55 PM
park lane berry bush, I was surprised to see a one man twitch this morning,so i stopped to ask what was going on, result 1 waxwing very good close views of this fiesty loner,it,s been there a few days. cheers geoff
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 16th of December 2018 07:48:27 PM