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JOHN TYMON


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Last 2 days nothing of great note apart from 7 singing Sedge Warbler ,pools almost birdless apart from 2 Great Crested Grebe ,a few Tufted Duck Little Grebe. Floods in fields rapidly drying up ,so expect the farmer to plough them soon ,as he was spraying the fields today so forget any insect life on those from now on . Pretty dour really for the time of year .

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1st May AM Pretty quiet relatively

Of note

2 Ringed Plover

2 Redshank

2 Female Greenland type Wheatear

Plus the usuals.

All regular Summer Breeders now present in good number on the site 

Too much disturbance from the groups of pro Dogwalkers that swarm the area everyday.



-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 2nd of May 2024 07:07:01 AM

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Of note for me this morning 

Redshank - 2 not a common site here

Ringed Plover - 2 

Wheatear - 4 all Greenland types ( 2 in pic attached)

Swift - 4

Plus the usual 



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Friday 26th 9.30 -1 full site covered 

A bit of of wader fest in silver Lane terms as normally waders are few and far between, the motorway service

Station build not started fully yet, but imminent, means a decent area ,Is at the moment fallow, and disturbance low ,apart from pro dog walkers straying on there. 

Also flooded field is preventing the other farmer from ploughing the Eastern Arable at the moment.

 

Previous days Cuckoo seems to have moved on , no sign today

 Whimbrel- 3 flying NE at 12.00

Ringed Plover - 1 pair(pic of one below, rare on site)

Oystercatcher- 1 Pair

Redshank - 1

Lapwing - 2 pairs with young, and 2 pairs on eggs.

Yellow Wagtail - 1 disturbed by entrance pool flew south

Yellowhammer- 12 feeding on mss area

Corn Bunting - 2

Skylark - at least 6 pairs feeding young , more nesting but on the site again that will soon be lost to a Solar Panel farm :( 

Sedge Warbler - 3 singing

Marsh Harrier - 1 female through NE

Wary note for anyone on west side of summit ,There is a Tree pipit lookalike with short hind Claws that's a meadow pipit. 

Plus the usuals 

:)





-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 27th of April 2024 07:31:12 AM

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A frosty start, but started to warm fairly quickly.

Garden Warbler - 2, first of year

Sedge Warbler - 2,

Reed Warbler - 3

Grasshopper Warbler - 1

Willow Warbler - 23

Blackcap - 6

Whitethroat -6, numbers well down on previous year

Willow Tit - 1

Lesser Redpoll - 1

Mistle Thrush - 2

Shelduck - 2,

Cormorant -2

Grey Heron - 2

Great crested Grebe - 2

Canada Goose - 3,



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A Male Cuckoo arrived in Heavy rain on eastern side then flew North when rain stopped. My first of year .(pic on my flickr site)

2 Sedge Warbler (Pic of one below )

Redshank on eastern arable

Yellowhammer - 14

Corn Bunting - 2

Sand Martin - c100

Swallow - 20+





-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 26th of April 2024 06:27:00 AM



-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 26th of April 2024 06:27:34 AM

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