31/7/07 early morning

f/imm Whinchat.
5 Snipe (on the left hand island)
Kingfisher perched at the back.
6 Common Tern.
2 Sedge Warbler (adult feeding a juv.)
3 Little Grebe
2 broods of Tufted Duck ; one with 2, the other with 4.
Sparrowhawk
Gropper reeling briefly (still haven`t seen the blighter !)

Where the Snipe on the islands?

Dean.

28/07/2007 Early Afternoon

2 Little Grebe
4 Tufted Duck
11 Common Terns incl at least 4 sat in back field with the gulls
5 Oystercatchers - 3 Adults and 2 well grown juveniles
2 Snipe
Sparrowhawk
3 Kestrels
Grasshopper Warbler - still singing!

PS Glad you got the Black Tern Mr Woosey

-- Edited by warfy at 16:22, 2007-07-28

23/07/2007 Early Afternoon

Black Tern - Nice summer plumage although just starting to moult, still present 1.25pm when i left.
5 Common Tern
2 Little Grebe
3 Tufties
1 Pochard
5 Oystercatchers (3 adults and 2 well grown young now in field at back)
2 Grasshopper Warblers - 1 singing reedbed and usual one to right as you walk down
3 Sedge Warblers.


-- Edited by warfy at 14:02, 2007-07-23

sunday 22nd july- 2 redshank, 1 dunlin, 80 lapwing, 5 common terns (all info thanks to phil rhodes, this message was posted using my mobile phone!)

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 20:15, 2007-07-22

17/07/2007

5 Common Terns
5 Oyks (2 Ads & 3 Juvs)
Reed Bunting singing & Grasshopper Warb reeling.

Cheers Kane

-- Edited by Kane Brides at 20:10, 2007-07-17

-- Edited by Kane Brides at 20:10, 2007-07-17

Sunday 15th July, 12:12pm:

Juvenile Wheatear, 1st summer Common Gull, 4 adult Common Terns, 48 Lapwing.

All info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Saturday 14th July:

Black-tailed Godwit present at 12:20 only (info thanks to Phil Rhodes)

maybe judith its just that there on the same island as the first pair, the young was only a few inches above the ever increasing water level, almost in the nettles.

1/7/2007 - new month but same old weather

but some good news the Oystercatchers have a second brood at least 1 chick probably a couple of days old, also

3 Little Grebes
7 Tufted Duck
2 Common Terns
No LRP
No Mud either.

22/6/07 early afternoon

3 Oystercatcher
2 pairs of Common Tern, with one pr. definitely `sitting`.
2 Little Grebe (both adults)
10 Great Crested Grebe
Sedge Warbler
Cormorant
98 Canada Geese (5 of which were juvs.)
small numbers of Black-headed Gull juvs. - possibly from Belmont ?

Regularly see them in the area between Old Harts Farm and the bend/dip in the road to the north where the path goes off to the left for Burnt Edge. Approx SD675 124. Hope that helps

-- Edited by warfy at 21:20, 2007-06-13

12/6/07 mid-afternoon

aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh..............cool air !.............ooooooooooooooooooo..................nice breeze !

2 Little Ringed Plover
5 Oystercatcher
3 Common Tern
Little Grebe
10 Great Crested Grebe
6 Grey Heron

No signs of any nests or young apart from 2 Black-headed Gull juvs.

(the W-t P ain`t here folks ! )

-- Edited by Ian Woosey at 15:57, 2007-06-12

7 PM till 8 PM

4 Oystercatchers (all adults, chicks not seen again, suspect the worst)
2 LRP
1 Dunlin
5 Mute Swans
2 Common Terns
2 Sedge Warblers
6 Tufted Ducks

17/5/07 Early evening - not a great lot to report..

2 Tufted Duck
1 Cormorant
6 Common Terns
2 LRP's
Oystercatchers - 4 ads with just the one young visible tonight.
Sparrowhawk
2 Sedge Warbler.

True hehe i was only kiddin though think its abit late to enter now but next year i will.

-- Edited by warfy at 12:09, 2007-05-13

Ian can you back date my entry into the tournament ?

Female Whinchat and Grasshopper Warbler by the Reedbed at Rumworth at 10:30 today (13th), info per Phil Rhodes

12/5/07 Mid Morning

2 Dunlin
2 LRP
Oystercatchers - 4 adults and 2 chicks (Phil Rhodes had seen 3 chicks last week)
4 Common Tern
17 Tufted Duck
Cormorant
3 Sedge Warblers
Reed Warbler
Sparrowhawk

Steve Almond texted me to say the Oystercatchers have 2 chicks and there was a Gropper reeling in the reedbed today.

Early Afternoon and still quiet..

2 LRP
4 Common Tern
3 Oystercathers
2 Sedge Warblers
2 Cormorant
Fem Sparrowhawk.

Had to retreat it was too bloody hot

Had a Carrion Crow snatch a Frog out my garden pond over the weekend !

2 Little Ringed Plover this afternoon(fri) .
Interesting visit today, one of the Plovers looked to be hollowing a scrape and sitting but couldn't be sure as they where disturbed by a boat coming back from the other island. The guys on site were dealing with the Canada Goose cull. Not as gruesome as it sounds. Talking to them, they had moved a couple of nests out of the shingled areas away from the Oystercatchers nests. Their biggest worry is the canadas stomping all over the Oyster's nests and the LRP if they breed. They where also very pleased that the LRP were there. They also told me that they had removed several "very large nails" from the fishing pegs, apparently put there deliberately to keep the Cormorants away! What's that all about?

Also saw a Carrion Crow fishing! It was flying low over the water and caught a small fish in it's beak then landing on a fence post to eat it. Never seen this before.

At least 4 common Terns and a few Swallows.

Dean.

26/4/07 p.m.

Little Ringed Plover (the other(S) must have been hiding round the other side of the islands)
3 Common Sandpiper
3 Common Tern
4 Oystercatcher
small numbers of House Martins & Swallows
Sparrowhawk