This morning 10am-noon Highlights: 2 jack snipe (Tom Edmondson Hide) 3 common scoter (2m, 1f; 2f were reported) 2 Mediterranean gull 1 goldeneye (f) Plus many of the usuals.
Several singing blackcap, 1 willow warbler, 1 goldcrest.
Great White Egret - 1 - gave me a brief view flying from the kidney pond area just before about 9.50 am seemed to go down again but had limited view from were I was and the gulls were going mad over the spit so could have gone over the spit
Blackcap- 8
Swallows, Sand Martin in good numbers
House Martin - 10+
Redshank-2
Redpoll-2
plus the usual's
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 12th of April 2018 01:46:15 PM
The drake Green-winged Teal (a site first record no less) showed very well from Tom Edmondson hide this evening, with a female Teal in tow to which it displayed to a few times!!
Diabolical hasty digibinned image attached but infinitely better images by the bird's finder Gordon Newman can be found on the Manchester Birding website homepage.
4 Oystercatcher, 1 singing Blackcap, 6+ singing Chiffchaff, 1 Buzzard and perhaps 20+ Great-Crested Grebes including a pair dancing with weeds in their mouths this morning.
-- Edited by Kristian Wade on Thursday 5th of April 2018 03:19:06 PM
Still quiet overall today. Definite increase in Chiffchaff with 10+ singing round site also 14 Sand Martin feeding between main spit and Ramsdales area.
quick 11/4 hrs this afternoon single Curlew flew west past the yacht club calling @ 16.15 1 Kingfisher over main body of water to the west end singing Cetti's Warbler above the noise of machinery opposite Tom Edmondson Hide singing Chiffchaff by Ramsdale Hide
Sightings from this am included:
Knot still on spit from Horrocks hide also redshank (earlier on sailing club shoreline).
Water rail showing very well from pengies, singing Chiffchaff near benches in east bay and c. 60 Redwing in trees near Morleys farm many in full song which made for an amazing sound.