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Thursday 15th - sorry a bit late.

Pair of willow tit in the trees on the golf course side of the lane at the Eastern corner of the reservoir.

Willow tit calling from the pond area to the West of the Western dam.

Jack snipe flew in to the pond area to the West of the Western dam.

 

Good numbers of Black-headed Gull and at least 4 pairs of tufted duck.



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Singles of Sand Martin and Swallow this morning
500+ Black-headed Gulls
Fly over Little Egret

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Short visit today 650 approx black-headed gull,2 lesser black backed gull ,2 mediterranean gulls,little grebe ,great crested grebe, sand martin,swallow, buzzard 4 over,tufted duck,mallard with 14 chicks

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Pair of Common Scoter still present at 4pm (were also present yesterday), with 2 Common Sandpiper and 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls 

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A Rock Pipit was present on the north shore this morning, also 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls and a male White Wagtail in a ploughed field on the east side.

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5 Goldeneye present yesterday morning.
The footpath round the reservoir is closed for repairs but viewing is still possible from the gate near the portacabins.

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Two second winter Yellow-legged Gulls this afternoon.

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Adult Yellow-legged Gull showing well again this early afternoon.

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Adult Yellow-legged Gull at 1:30pm today.

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This morning:

Stonechat pair
Goldeneye 1 female
Tufted Duck 37
Little Grebe 9

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This morning:

Little Grebe 12
Stonechat 1
Buzzard 1
Lapwing 28

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Ian McKerchar


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This morning:

25 Swallow

15 House Martin

15 Little Grebe

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Late news for yesterday afternoon:

Adult Mediterranean Gull

9 Wheatear

35 Skylark

32 Rook

5 Swallow

400 Black-headed Gull

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Three Common Scoter landed briefly this morning before continuing on westwards.

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Crossbill west at 11:34 today and a Yellow Wagtail also west at 11:54, plus a feeding Common Sandpiper.

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Black-necked Grebe still present when I left at 5 ish



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Juvenile Black-necked Grebe present at midday.

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Adult Yellow-legged Gull at 5:50pm which then flew off west.

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Wednesday 27th May 2020

The Black-necked Grebe was found at 10am and was still present at 8:30pm

Also a Common Tern fishing in the morning

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1st summer Little Gull at 14.00. Thought I had discovered it, damn.



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1st summer Little Gull still this morning.
Also lots of hirundines of all 4 species.

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First summer Little Gull present and a Sandwich Tern flew north.

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Mid-afternoon today:

3 Sand Martin

2 Oystercatcher

9 Goldeneye

2 Peregrine

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Early afternoon today:

Adult Yellow-legged Gull

8 Oystercatcher

8 Goldeneye

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Mid-afternoon today:

 

Adult Mediterranean Gull

10 Goldeneye

100+ Redwing 

 

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Today:

11 Goldeneye

2 Goosander

29 Tufted Duck

Oystercatcher

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Oystercatcher still present
4 Goldeneye
100+ Redwing
80+ Fieldfare

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Ian McKerchar


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This late afternoon:

2W Yellow-legged Gull briefly bathing then flew NW

97 Pink-footed Geese flew over NW

Oystercatcher feeding

98 Fieldfare

4 Goldeneye

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Midday today:

5 Goldeneye

200+ mixed Fieldfare and Redwing flock feeding stubble

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Undoubtedly a peregine

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I agree...a Peregrine. Possibly a juvenile?

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Hi Paul Admittedly Ive only looked at your images on my phone but the raptor looks more like a Peregrine to me. The head pattern looks too strong for Merlin and whilst the tail feathers look damaged, the wingtips stretch beyond the tail whereas in Merlin the tail exceeds the wingtips. In addition the picture showing the bird side by side with a Carrion Crow shows only a small size difference. Anybody else any thoughts?

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9.20am to 11.20am. 35 species recorded including:

  • Kestrel 5
  • Long-tailed Tit 4
  • Redwing 1
  • Mistle Thrush 4
  • Skylark 40+
  • Peregrine 1 (originally posted as a Merlin edited after advice from Phil Greenwood & Dave Cropper Thanks for the help gents) 
  • Rook 15+
  • Tufted Duck 30+
  • Goldeneye 1 (female)
  • Herring Gull 1
  • Lapwing 5
  • Meadow Pipit 1 (heard only)
  • Common Gull 4
  • Buzzard 2
  • Snipe 1
  • Grey Wagtail 3



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No sign of Little Gull this morning. 15 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 2 Mallard, 1 Coot, 1 Moorhen and around 30 Black Headed Gulls.

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The 2W Little Gull again the afternoon.

 

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2W Little Gull remains today!

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2w Little Gull still present this morning, showing very well

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A pair of Red-breasted Merganser present 11:30 at least today.

Also the 2w Little Gull still and a Redshank.

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2W Little Gull still present late morning though feeding around the fields.

64 Fieldfare, 44 Redwing and 2 Goldeneye also present.

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2W Little Gull still present around midday today.

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2W Little Gull still present today 

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2W Little Gull flew off NE at 6:05pm with a small group of Black-headed Gulls, presumably to roost at Delph Reservoir.

 

11 Pink-footed Geese flew SW, plus 8 Redwing and a Chiffchaff.

 

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2W Little Gull still present this early afternoon, 3 Swallow and 2 Redwing.

 

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From Fall Birch road 12:30pm to Res.
Kestrel - 2.
Buzzard - 2.
Jay - 1.
Dunnock - 1.

At the Res :-

Pied wagtail - 12 at least.
Reed bunting - 1.
Meadow pipit - 12.
Buzzard - 3 .
Little Grebe - 10.
Little Gull 2W - 1 giving great close up views over the
boathouse path.
But a other birder said the Scaup was scared off by the boats at 12: 45 Doh !

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Up to midday today:

 

1W Scaup

2W Little Gull

32 Pink-footed Geese over west

7 Swallow

5 House Martin

50 Meadow Pipit

3 Redwing 

 

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2:15pm - 3:20pm, including a nice bit of hail storm:

  • 8 grey wagtails
  • 80+ pied wagtails
  • 60+ meadow pipits
  • 20 swallows
  • 4 house martins
  • 3 kestrels, a male and two juveniles
  • 14 dabchicks
  • 2nd Winter little gull still
  • 1st Winter scaup still

Also a very close encounter with a female sparrowhawk which put the pipits in a panic about my head and nearly knocked my cap off!



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First winter Scaup and 2W Little Gull still present, 31 Swallow, 2 House Martin and 3 Redwing at midday.

 

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First winter Scaup and 2nd winter Little Gull both still present today.

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First winter Scaup and 2nd winter Little Gull both present today.

Also, Merlin through SW, 2 Ring Ouzel 26 Redwing, 5 Chiffchaff,  40 Swallow, 15 House Martin, 60 Meadow Pipit, 50 Pied Wagtail and a Whinchat (latter Andy Makin).

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2w Little Gull still present this afternoon, 4 Wigeon, 8 Swallow and 15 House Martin also.

 

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