Also called into my old patch that is no more Houghton Green Flash which has more or less gone now a once great bird site that was a site of special interest ,is now a site of no interest ,and the people who allowed that place to be drained ,should be totally ashamed of themselves is so sad to see it now . 5 Mallard waddling in the muddy patch that's left :(
Always more on a friday than any other day,and how the birds drift back after being disturbed at the weekend im not sure,but today there were good numbers on the pool.
12:30 - 14:30
Greenshank 1 (present on & off for at least 54 days now! Assuming it's the same bird).
Peregrine 1 adult, took a teal in flight.
Wigeon 4
Tufted ducks 2
Nuthatch 1 in woods north of pool.
As the flock flew back low from the adjacent field & just as they touched the ground a buzzard - timing it to perfection, came in low from the side and took one of them. Following a bit of mantling over the bird it then flew off towards the woods with it !
Widgeon- 3 only left today Teal-8 Lapwing-12 Yellow- Browed Warbler- 1 still present seen for longer periods today,but still impossible to get a full bird shot has it spends its time deep in the willows it was still present at 4pm Buzzard-4 Kestrel-2 Grey Partridge-10
AM/PM Yellow Browed Warbler- still present at 3.30pm showed twice for about 20 seconds in 6 hours today, not an easy bird to find in all that willow scrub. Wigeon - 17 Raven-1 over east Grey Partridge -15 Teal-8 Redwing 15 Grey Wagtail -1 ,Green Sandpiper-1
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Yellow-browed warbler still this morning, showing well and calling frequently for about 5 minutes at about 9:15. It was in the willow scrub in the corner near Cloverdell. Also on the pool, green sandpiper, 16 wigeon, 8 teal and 5 swallows over.
Yellow-browed warbler still this morning, calling in the hedge near Cloverdell. There was also a male ring ouzel in the same hedge. On the pool, green sandpiper and 17 wigeon, also 200 pink-footed geese over east.
Yellow-browed warbler this morning in sycamores in the hedge near Cloverdell with a flock of long-tailed tits. Quite showy but didn't call once. On the pool 14 wigeon, 70 lapwings, 69 black-headed gulls, 3 cormorants and about 50 mallard. Also a single swallow over. Attached are a couple of photos of the yellow-browed, not great but identifiable!
Pool had a feel of dog disturbance this afternoon with only 1 teal and 1 mallard present in the duck line but 1 common Sandpiper and 1 greenshank also present. Other of note 4 grey partridge ,2 swallow, 80 black headed gulls.
I had a wood sandpiper briefly on Houghton Green pool this afternoon. It came in from the south calling, circled the pool ,then landed briefly before being chased off by the Resident Green Sandpiper . It flew off north at 14.30 . 1 green sandpiper and common sandpiper also present along with 70 mallard but no greenshank.
More or less identical this afternoon except that the green and common sandpipers were missing and there were two adult lesser black back gulls with the black-headed gulls.
Greenshank and two green sandpipers at 7:30am and still present when I left, but apparently all gone by 9:00am. This is now a regular pattern by the green sandpipers, they often seem to be present early morning only. The greenshank (assuming that it is the same bird which has been at the site for nearly 3 weeks), went missing yesterday as well, so perhaps it's going to wherever the green sandpipers go. It will be interesting to see if they're all present and correct tomorrow morning.
im getting double spacing again on my threads not sure why ? :(
Your settings were set to use the advanced editor John, which uses double spacing. I've now changed it for you but if it happens again just go into your settings and click it to off
Greenshank-1 (longist stay at the pool I know of for this species-10 days)
Ruff - 1 again the longest I remember Ruff at the pool ,assuming its the same one,but strangely todays looked bigger than yesterdays,so not sure if we are getting a passage of ruff or the different weather conditions are making the same bird look different.
Mallard-55 (none yesterday,so they have arrived overnight )
John, I think we were there at the same time as you, up by the conifers
We missed the cormorants, got the Greenshank & Ruff, but can add:
1+ White Wagtail (N shore) 1+ Pied Wagtail 2+ Yellow Wagtails touched down briefly on N shore, then flew off high S in flock of ~15 Wagtails sp (but probably all Yellow Wagtails)
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Male( Flew off NW High just before I left at 2pm White Wagtail- 2 Male Pied Wagtail-7... Grey Wagtail -1 Pair Willow Warbler-1 Shelduck- 1 Pair Little Grebe - 1 Pair Lapwing -12 Chiffchaff-1 Gadwall -1 Pair