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2.45pm  Red Kite, over channel, and then me, before turning away west.



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Wednesday 25th of April 2018 10:49:43 PM

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Singles of Common Sandpiper, Common Tern and Wheatear present this morning

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4 White Wagtail present his afternoon.

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This morning:

Wigeon 2
Oystercatcher 11
Curlew 2 flying over heading South
Buzzard 1
Kestrel 1


plus usual

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Common Sandpiper at dam this morning

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2 Little Ringed Plover tonight

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Common Sandpiper present today.

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This morning Lock Lane:

Little Ringed Plover....2 moving around the flooded field.

Gadwall....a pair.

Linnet.....12 feeding around the farm

Pied Wagtail...3 ditto

Lesser Black-backed Gull...2 adult s. at flood

Oystercatcher...2 ditto

Resident Lapwings and a sitting Mallard. Lapwings jousting with Black-headed Gulls.

 



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3.30 this pm. Lock Lane flooded field:

Little Ringed Plover....1

Oystercatcher....2

Herring Gull....2 adult.sum.

Lesser Black-backed Gull....1

Pied Wagtail...3

Lapwings sitting.



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This afternoon. Fine but dull.

Mute Swan...2 sub adult, showing some beige tinge.

Swallows....c12

Gadwall....9, including 4 at Lock Lane flood.

Kestrel....1 Lock Lane.

Tufted Duck....3

Lesser Black-backed Gull.....2 adult summer

Grey Heron....1.

Chiffchaff heard, through traffic noise, near Beaumont stile.



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Tuesday 10th of April 2018 04:55:17 PM

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This morning:

Mediterranean gull 2
Shoveler 6
Mute Swan 2
Snipe 1
Oystercatcher 9
Swallow 20
House Martin 1

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The 2 Little Ringed Plover currently still present

In flooded field.

Now in hoof prints to the right of the juncus

As viewed from Lock Lane

 Also a pristine male Reed Bunting.



PS Little Ringed Plovers now left of juncus by the small  flooded area.



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Sunday 8th of April 2018 09:46:46 AM

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5 Swallow, 17 Sand Martin and 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls present at 11:20 today.

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First visit to Lock Lane floods:

Little Ringed Plover not seen.
Adult summer-plumaged Mediterranean Gull seen

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Two Little Ringed Plover presently  at Lock Lane flood.



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2 Swallow with 30 Sand Martin this morning

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Chilling east wind returned this am at Lock Lane. Little sign of  small waders etc.

All I could muster:

Lesser Black-backed Gull.... a pair

Oystercatcher.... a pair

Herring Gull....1 not too common here.

Linnet....4

Pied Wagtail....1

Starling....c40

Blackbirds....7 mini flock of males.



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Lock Lane now:

Wheatear   1 Male.  Distant record shot.

Chiffcfaff...1 showing well

 Song Thrush....1 singing

Linnet....4

Meadow Pipped. ...3

Oystercatcher. ..1

Lesser Black- backed Gull..

 



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Tuesday 3rd of April 2018 02:10:24 PM

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2 Mediterranean Gulls and a Sand Martin present at 12:30 today.

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Today up to 2.45pm. With Paul Thompson and David Aldred. Weather dry with cold breeze.

Goldcrest...1

Sand Martin.....1

Song Thrush....1 close views

Fieldfare.... c102 As we walked through Tempest Court a large flock came over low and went into trees around the wood. 2 more seen elsewhere.

Shovelers....7 (5m+2f) Three of these flew in.

Gadwall...3

Tufted Duck...5 (3m+2f)

Grey Heron....1

Buzzard....1

Reed Bunting....2

Oystercatcher....8

Lesser Black-backed Gull....2





-- Edited by Keith Mills on Saturday 31st of March 2018 03:58:21 PM

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This am:

Sand Martin....5, high up at north end of lodge.

Reed Bunting....2

Shoveler...4 drakes

Mary who feeds the birds daily ( St. John's Wood) has seen a probable Redpoll on the edge of the wood.

Despite my 2 visits to the flood today,  the Little Ringed Plover seen by Ed this morning was not present for me.

Yesterday: 3 Linnet and a Grey Wagtail. Plus 6 Tufted duck at the Dam which included 5 drakes.

I watched a Lapwing at Lock Lane repeatedly 'dive bombing' a magpie, which was on the ground.

 

 



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6 Sand Martin and a pair of Wigeon at 12:25

 

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Late pm up to 6.40 Main Lodge.  Fine but breezy.

Chiffchaff....1

Shelduck....1 female still on water in middle of lodge.

Goosander....2 drakes

Shoveler....4 drakes

Oystercatcher....6 on isles

Goldfinch....5

Tufted Duck...12

Gadwall.. present ..in and out of Willow Carr

Group of 20+ Magpies.



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Lock lane today:

Meadow Pipit....2

Pied Wagtail....3

Willow Tit...1...in the hedges by the Tempest Court Drive Passing bay. ( thanks Phil)



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Shelduck still present 4pm. Also 3 Sand Martin. Goldcrest at Wildflower Meadow.

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Female Shelduck on the south island, Sand Martin and Willow Tit also present at midday.

 

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Little Ringed Plover flew over around midday today, also present 4 adult Mediterranean Gulls and a Chiffchaff.

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3pm southern fields:

Two Mediterranean  Gulls at least, with c200 Gulls.Many sat

Or sleeping in Grass. Grass appears to have been recently treated

which appears to attract them. Starlings, Woodpigeon and  Lapwing present too.

 

 



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Also yesterday morning, six Linnets and a single Meadow Pipit, in and out of the hoof prints on the flooded field.

Photo of a Snipe, as per last weeks post.



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6 adult Mediterranean Gulls in the south fields at 12:35 today

 

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2 Mediterranean Gulls present at 11:15

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Lock Lane this am.

Oystercatcher....a pair

Teal....a pair

Shoveler ...a pair

Buzzard...1

Common Snipe....1 back on territory, the first one that I've seen here this time round.

At least 3 pairs of Lapwing displaying.

Goldfinch....charm of c10



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Common Scoter still there at 1.30pm. A fantastic bird for me. In 45 years birding I'd never seen an inland Scoter. It was getting me down! But not any more. Thanks Steve.



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3 hour circuit this morning:

Common Scoter - a pair. Still there 12 noon
Greylag goose 2
Kestrel 2
Buzzard 1
Shoveler 7
Linnet 12
Tufted Duck 11
Grey wagtail 2
Goosander 2
Cormorant 4
Gadwall 5



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11 .10 to 12 this am. Main Lodge.

New in:

Common Scoter.... a pair, first located earlier this morning, by Steve Almond.

Wigeon....a pair.

Greylag Goose....2

Plus all the usual Shovelers, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Teal, and Oystercatchers.

 



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Thursday 22nd of March 2018 12:13:54 PM

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Early am at Lock Lane Flood:

Oystercatcher....5, the regular pair here were seen mating at the water's edge.

Shoveler....a pair

Lesser-Black-backed Gull....2

Collared Dove...2

Pied Wagtail...1

Two Song Thrush, Chaffinch and Blackbird were all in full voice.



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Early morning at Lock Lane Flood:

2 Oystercatcher, a drake Shoveler and a Chaffinch.

 



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Lock Lane this morning;

Kestrel....1 Perched

Oystercatcher....2

Reed Bunting....4

Common Gull....2

Lesser Black-backed Gull....2

Pied Wagtail...1

Lapwing....14

Mallards and Gulls only on the 'flood'

 



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Tuesday 20th of March 2018 09:43:55 AM

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This morning with Pete Lane:

Curlew 1
Snipe 26
Pochard 1
Raven 1
Meadow pipit 9
Starling 300
Grey wagtail 2
Oystercatcher 8
Kestrel 1
Buzzard 1
Lapwing 60
Teal 9
Cormorant 5
Great crested grebe 13
Goosander 1


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Fairly early this am. Dam and Lock Lane:

On the football pitch at Lock Lane were 30 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, and c80 Starlings.

At the Dam were a pair of Grey Wagtail. The male with very bright yellow parts.

There were at least 4 Common Gulls in the fields with the Black-headed Gulls.

A Chaffinch was in the wood, a Pied Wagtail and a Kestrel were seen.

Nothing at the  flood.



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A Ringed Plover flew over at 11:40 today.

 

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On arrival at flood, this am:

Black- tailed Godwit.. Flew off 9.12

Shelduck ...Flew off 9.15am northwest

9.26am... Whooper Swans ...c30 flew over medium height down Lock Lane  heading northwest.

2 Oystercatchers, a Pied Wagtail and a Chaffinch also present.

Flood still partly open of ice.





-- Edited by keith mills on Sunday 18th of March 2018 10:12:32 AM

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Thanks to Phil for posting about the Shelduck. I resolved to brave the wind for a Rumworth tick, and was soon onto it after a 2 mile drive and a very short walk from Tempest Road. Redshank still there too when I left at @ 4.00pm. I think it was a drake by the way.



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Lock Lane -flooded field.

Shelduck and Redshank still present at 3 pm today.

Also a Song Thrush appeared out of the juncus , a Grey Heron and 2 Oystercatcher present



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Redshank and Shelduck on the Lock Lane flood at 12:30pm today. 

 

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This pm. Sunny.
Last half hour with Steve Almond.

Skylark....2 one defending it's territory, in a face off with a Lapwing down to 9 inches.
Oystercatcher....6
Gadwall...3
Shoveler....3
Teal....3
Tufted Duck...2
Kestrel....1
Pied Wagtail....1
Curlew....2 met Steve on the way out and he was on to these two, in the western fields.
Mistle Thrush...2
Lapwings in fields


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Dam and Lock Lane this am:

Great Crested Grebe....6 from dam.
Coot....2
Chaffinch...2
Long-tailed Tit....2
Pied Wagtail....pair
Grey Heron....1 in middle of field.
Linnet....c20
Meadow Pipit....2
Oystercatcher....4 (2 by flood)
Shoveler...pair at flood
Kestrel....1
Moorhen....1
In the east fields, I watched 2 Cock pheasant chasing each other round. A rare sight for Rumworth!

-- Edited by keith mills on Tuesday 13th of March 2018 12:33:26 PM

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This morning:

Curlew in east field. Flew out around 10am
Linnet 30
Snipe 3
Redwing 23

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This morning:

Shoveler 7
Tufted Duck 11
Snipe 1
Grey Wagtail 1
Fieldfare 120
Redwing 22
Linnet 8
Skylark 2
Reed Bunting 2
Oystercatcher 8
Lapwing 60 - many on territory
Kestrel 1

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Pintail and Greylag Goose still present this morning.

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