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This afternoon from different viewpoint. Good views of most of lodge apart from the southern mud; however I know that Phil has covered this today.

Common Gull...1  the  first here for me this summer.

Buzzard....1

Grey Wagtail...1 adult male.

Great Crested Grebe.... 2 (adult with mature juvenile)

Grey Heron.... 2

Common Sandpiper....3

Little Ringed Plover...1

Juvenile Pied Wagtail....3

 

 



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Juvenile Cuckoo flew behind the west shore willows at 11:35am this morning. Also present were, 3 Common Sandpiper and a Little Ringed Plover.

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Juvenile Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Common Sandpiper and a Little Ringed Plover at 12:20 today.

 

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This evening 8 to 9.

Black-tailed Godwit still present on edge of western shore, and feeding alongside a Redshank.

Common Tern also present.



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Tuesday 31st of July 2018 09:10:36 AM

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Black-tailed Godwit still present at 11:30 this morning, along with a hunting juvenile Peregrine, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover and a Willow Tit.

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Also present today:

Black-tailed Godwit 1
Juvenile Peregrine 1
Little Ringed Plover 2 juvenile
Common Sandpiper 3
Willow tit 1

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Today around 12.30 pm. Dam/wood:

Blue/green algae by the dam. Quiet.

A juvenile Grey Heron was having a long stare at the green soup below it's feet.

A juvenile Carrion Crow was begging from a parent.

Coot family in the channel...6 or 7

Moorhen...2

Kingfisher and Dipper, both past regulars here, have not been seen( by me) this year.

In the wood:

Coal Tit...3

Nuthatch...2

Also around: Swallow...c10

 

 



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Today up to 7.40pm.

Common Tern....1

Common Sandpiper.2 ( probably 3)

Little Ringed Plover....1

Grey Wagtail...1

Grey Heron...3 stood together.

Great Crested Grebe....2

Cock Pheasant....1

Lapwing...c85

House Sparrow...c60

Swallow...c40

Goldfinch....small charm...c10

Pied Wagtail...c10



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Late news for yesterday:

4 Little Egret flew in briefly then off west at 8:30pm

Common Sandpiper

2 Little Ringed Plover

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10.45am to 11.30am. Highlights:

  • Common Sandpipers 3
  • White Wagtail 1


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Up to 2.15 this pm. Hot and sunny.

Buzzard....1 low over southern willows.

Lapwing....c85

Common Terns....6, my highest count here this year, including 2 juvs.

Common Sandpiper....3

Great Crested Grebe...2 including one well maturing juvenile. Almost certainly Rumworth bred.

Grey Heron....3

Tufted Duck....3

Oystercatcher....1

Lesser Black-backed Gulls....6

Pied Wagtail... 2 juveniles.



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Both Greenshank and Black-tailed Godwit present this morning.

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Some late news for yesterday at this site:

Little Egret feeding then flew west at 8:25pm

Dunlin

2 Little Ringed Plover

Greenshank

Common Sandpiper

 

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Greenshank still preset this morning.

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9.50am to 11.25am. 23 species seen & heard including:

  • Oystercatcher 3
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebes 3
  • Lapwings 30+
  • Reed Buntings 2
  • Common Sandpiper 1
  • Common Gull 1
  • Calling Willow Tit 1
  • Cormorant 1

 



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Greenshank and Common Sandpiper present at 11am today.

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Yesterday, Dam/wood/Lock Lane:

Nuthatch.....1 Juv.

Coal Tit.... 1 juv

Moorhen....1

Linnet.... 3



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Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover and 53 Lapwing present at 11am today.

 

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Juvenile Grasshopper Warbler, Willow Tit, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover and an adult Mediterranean Gull by 11:30am today.

 

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2 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, adult Mediterranean Gull, 48 Lapwing and 3 Common Tern present late morning.

 

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Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover and a drake Wigeon present this evening.

 

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Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 3 Ringed Plover, 5 Little Ringed Plover and 24 Lapwing at 9pm this evening.

 

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Adult Mediterranean Gull seen at 4 pm but didn't stay for long. Greenshank still present

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This afternoon up to 2.40 Main Lodge, using restricted area for viewing; restrictions still in place until the 16/07/18

Common Tern....1

Oystercatcher....6

Common Sandpiper.1

Greenshank....1

Little Ringed Plover....4

Grey Heron...1 juv.

Pied Wagtail...  3 juvs.

Lapwing....17

Lesser Black-backed Gull....4

Great Crested Grebe....4





-- Edited by Keith Mills on Thursday 12th of July 2018 03:05:50 PM

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This evening:

2 Greenshank

Juvenile Redshank

2 Ringed Plover

3 Little Ringed Plover

Curlew

7 Oystercatcher

14 Lapwing

2 Common Gull

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Increased numbers of Lesser Blacked-back Gulls, 35 present and Great Crested Grebe,7 present.

Lots of Juvenile Jackdaws, and a single nicely coloured Linnet. 6 Coots together at the Dam.



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2 Greenshank this evening, plus 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover and a Snipe.

 

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Sunbathing Grasshopper Warbler this morning (photo attached), along with a Greenshank, 2 Ringed Plover ,Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover and an adult Mediterranean Gull.

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Greenshank, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover and an adult Mediterranean Gull present at 9:30 this morning.

 

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4 adult Redshank, singles of Greenshank and Common Sandpiper with 5 Little Ringed Plover at 11:20am today.

 

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Curlew also present this morning.

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1.30 to 3.30 today: Hot and sunny.

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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Late morning today:

Greenshank

3 Common Sandpiper

8 Little Ringed Plover

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Common Tern...1 no sign of the female with chicks.

Lapwing...c35 with juveniles ~one very tiny.

Oystercatcher...2

Common Sandpiper.....3

Ringed Plover.....2

Little Ringed Plover.....4

no sign of Greenshank up to 6.30



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Tuesday 3rd of July 2018 07:09:27 PM

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Sightings from late morning today:

Greenshank

3 Common Sandpiper

Ringed Plover

8 Little Ringed Plover

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Dam and flower meadow, this am.

The singing Blackcap showed.

Swift....1

Swallow.....4

Common Tern....1

Great Crested Grebe....1

A Moorhen scurried over the channel.

 



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A Cuckoo was present this morning, also 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 10 Little Ringed Plover and an adult Mediterranean Gull.

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This evening. Hot, but some smoke in the air, off moorland fires, effecting visibility.

Ringed Plover....3

Common Sandpiper....2

Common Terns....4 including 2 young.

Pied Wagtail...c 12 juveniles.

Black-headed Gull juveniles... c 2 score.

Grey Heron seen going to a tree roost.

Reed Bunting...3

Great Crested Grebe....2



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This pm, main Lodge.

Common Terns....2 one fishing, one sitting.

Lapwing....18 including 3 juveniles

Oystercatcher....5, one trying unsuccessfully, to open a small clam

Pied Wagtail juveniles....4+

Grey Heron...2, being one adult+ one juvenile

Great Crested Grebe....2

Reed Bunting....7

Reed Warbler....1

Sedge Warbler, family?.... heard only

Lesser Black-backed Gull... 2 adult

Black-headed Gull....c 20 juveniles

Tufted Duck....3

Swift.....5



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Saturday 23rd of June 2018 01:32:01 PM

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This morning at the Dam/wood.

Buzzard....2 soaring together.

Common Tern....3, fishing the channel; two of these looked smaller than usual.

Grey Heron....1

Swift....1

Swallow....2

The evasive Blackcap, Chaffinch, Blackbird and Wren singing in the wood.



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This morning: Dam, Wood and Lock Lane:

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

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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.



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10.25am to 11.40am. Beaumont Rd side only, 26 species seen including:

  • Whitethroat 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Oystercatchers 6+
  • Lapwings 35+
  • Common Terns 2
  • Reed Buntings 5
  • Reed Warbler 1
  • Skylark 1


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This evening up to 7.30. Dull light

Bird of the day was a  young Juvenile Buzzard, ground feeding in vegetation near the shore. Good lengthy views in the scope. No sign of parents.

Starlings... flock c70 with a high proportion of juveniles.

Grey Wagtail....1 adult

4 Mallard broods~ one with 11 large~ one with 10 medium~ 1 with at least 4 smallest possible.

Oystercatcher...6 including 1 juvenile.

Coot brood ~ 5 large

Common Terns......2

Black-headed Gull at least 6 large juveniles.

Reed Bunting...3

Reed Warbler....1 (having good year here)

Ringed Plover....1

 

 





-- Edited by Keith Mills on Tuesday 12th of June 2018 07:56:11 PM

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Yesterday,

A Kestrel was hunting behind the Lock Lane Hedge.

Chaffinch young in the wood.



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This evening's sightings:

Common Tern....1

Grey Wagtail....1 juvenile.

Pied Wagtail...1

Song Thrush...1 seen first, and then sang regularly.

Blackcap heard only in flower meadow corner hedge.

Long -tailed Tit...7, with juveniles amongst.

Mallard with 3 young in outflow channel.

Usual Lapwing family at Lock Lane and what looked like another pair with one sitting.

Linnet...1

Chaffinch...2 males

Mute Swan...1 adult

Reed Bunting...6+

Reed Warbler....3

Sedge Warbler....1

Swift....1

Wren...1



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Thursday 7th of June 2018 08:43:14 PM

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This morning's sightings:

Adult Grey Wagtail at the Dam.

In the wood prolonged viewing of a Treecreeper.

At Lock lane:

A Carrion Crow was walking through grass with a line of 3 large juveniles bobbing along behind it.

At the diminished flood:

Please to see all 4 Lapwing chicks with parents in attendance. This is a an unlikely 100% survival rate as they are well sized by now.

Linnet....1

House Martin....1 or 2

Scoping (heat haze) from the top of the footpath at the Lodge:

Common Tern....1

Lapwing...c10

Grey Heron...1 juv.

Mute Swan....1

Reed Bunting....2

Oystercatcher...4 including 1 juv.

Great Crested Grebe....4 including 1 juv.( the first humbug seen here since 2016)

Swallows...c20





-- Edited by Keith Mills on Wednesday 6th of June 2018 12:16:05 PM

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This evening's sightings:

Mute Swans....4 adult. First seen in the Conservation Area and then in North Isle channel. Not too common here.

Tufted Duck.6 (3 Pairs)

Oystercatcher...6 plus 1 young juvenile

Lapwing at Lock Lane . 4 including 2 large juveniles

Greenfinch.

Linnet...2

The Cock Pheasant  was heard twice at the farm. Stan says it's trying to get in with the hens!

He now has 6 Swallows nests at Seddon Fold Farm.

At least a score of Swallows.

 

 

 

 





-- Edited by Keith Mills on Monday 28th of May 2018 09:35:29 PM

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Visited this morning 10.45 to 12.00. Birds seen include:

  • Whitethroat 1
  • Reed Buntings 4+
  • Long-tailed Tits
  • Lapwings 12+
  • Reed Warbler 1
  • Oystercatchers 6+ ( 2 on nests on the islands)
  • Lesser Black-backed Gulls 2
  • Buzzard 1

Also met Phil Rhodes, Steve Almond and another chap with bins who's name escapes me during this visit and we had an interesting talk while birding.



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At the Lodge late yesterday evening:

White Wagtail...1

Reed Bunting....2

Sedge Warbler....1

Oystercatcher....4  one sitting

Great Crested Grebe....5 one sitting

Coot family...with 4 chicks.

Canada Geese ..28 with 2+1 goslings

Grey Heron....1

Swallows....7

Mallards were the only ducks seen.







-- Edited by Keith Mills on Friday 18th of May 2018 09:21:36 AM

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