Greenshank....1 after 40 minutes of ''no show'' it came off the back of south isle in a flush of other birds. Returning to the southern tip where it showed well.
Oystercatcher...12 this is my highest count this year. 9 chattering together near my scoping position.
Ringed Plover....1
Lapwing....45 flushed off island with Gulls.
Great Crested Grebe...2
Grey Heron....1
Tufted Duck...1
In the wood was a Nuthatch and a juvenile Nuthatch
Common Terns....2 sat, I think, forlornly on the dam gantry, their young having been predated . Almost certainly by a Fox.(see Rumworth other wildlife).
-- Edited by Keith Mills on Thursday 5th of July 2018 08:57:16 PM
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Blackcap constantly singing in wood, but not seen. No such problem for David Rogers, who sent me a recent photo of a juv. Blackcap in the Flower Meadow hedge (see below).
By Tempest Court 2 Juvenile Swallows on wire, were being fed by parent.
Swallow....c10
Swift....4
House Martin....2
Oystercatcher....1 sitting
Collared Dove....5 family
Lapwing... 3, including 2 juvs.
Lots of House Sparrows and Starlings.
-- Edited by Keith Mills on Thursday 21st of June 2018 12:11:53 PM
Due to issues on site with regards to fishing around or near to the conservation area of the islands and adjacent shore on the east side of the reservoir (and accessed via the footpath from Beaumont Road), there has now been a seasonal access restriction on this length of banking adjacent to the islands between 1st April and 15th July (inclusive).
During this period there will be no access to birdwatchers (fishermen or anyone else for that matter) and a temporary sign will be put up on the bank, but in order to not only reduce disturbance to breeding birds but to also to maintain relations with the fishing club and support the work which has gone into bringing about this agreement, I would ask that any birdwatchers or photographers visiting the eastern side of the site respect this restriction and avoid the shore adjacent to the islands.
The restricted area can be found in the image below.
At least 4 tiny Lapwing chicks being stoutly defended by their parents from all-comers.
Female Wheatear....1
Also David Aldred and Paul Thompson saw a singing Lesser Whitethroat this afternoon. Atop a bush in the Reed bed near the end of the new footpath hedge.
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Hirundines still present as in Steve's post, but on far side of Lodge. A few Swifts over islands. House Martin also seen with the resident Swallows at Seddon Fold farm.
Mobile Common Sandpiper still present on East shoreline and north island.
Also seen:
Little Ringed Plover....2
Wheatear....1f
Linnets....4
Reed Bunting....7 including 2 female.
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.