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.
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.
-- Edited by ed gradwell on Saturday 17th of March 2018 05:04:52 PM
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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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
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
Main lodge: Buzzard....1, with 2 Corvids harassing. Drake Pintail.... back in West Bay. Teal....10 Shovelers....5 Gadwall and Tufted duck present. Greylag Goose....1 with Canada's Coot................ 17 on grass with Canada's... plus 3 Coots at Dam Oystercatcher....5 Lapwing....40+ with several pairs displaying in fields.
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Late afternoon: Quiet at Lock Lane, a Sparrowhawk cruised down the flooded field, flushing the Starlings. A Buzzard was perched up and 3 Lapwings were the only birds of note.
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
This am. Dam ,Wood, and Lock Lane. Part of time with Steve Almond.
Fieldfare.....c50 ( 20 in south fields and 30 from Lock Lane in far west fields) Redwing....c10 with Fieldfare Lapwing....72+ Starlings....c200 Pied Wagtail....2 Grey Heron... 1, on Dam gantry. Great Crested Grebe....3 Coot....2 Moorhen...2 Treecreeper....1 in wood, first spotted by Steve. Site lifer for me Kestrel...1
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.