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JOHN TYMON


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Am of note

Common Tern - Pair hawking round then off NW at 11am no feeding or display today, they obviously know they have no chance with Heron on one side and 2 Cormorant sat on the other side. No further sign up to me moving.

Wheatear - 1 F Greenland type

Hobby - 1 over high NE

Sparrowhawk - 1 Pair 

Plus the usual everyday stuff .



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From this afternoon & despite a motor bike racing around paths

Common Tern - 2, with in 2 days of same date as last year, with male making several return trips with fish in beak

Lesser black-backed Gulls - 12, 2 adults & 10 immatures

Mute Swan - 2, first birds here since April 2023

Gadwall - pair

Swift - 7, overhead, the most I've seen together so far this spring!

Green Sandpiper - 1, up off middle pool & out east

Sparrowhawk - 1, soaring very high but still being harassed by crow



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As predicted the other day the farmer was Ploughing the flood field as I left hopefully the Lapwing young moved off to another area 

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Common Tern - A pair have taken up residency on the raft on the west pool displaying and chasing other birds off ,which is an unusual sight in the last few years but unlikely to breed as its mainly a hollow raft.I normally see a few through at this time of year but not passing fish , which the male seemed to travel across to partridge lakes to collect , it was coming back with decent size Rudd. we can only hope and  see if they hang about. pic below 

Mute Swan - 1 Pair on West pool (see pic below) The Female Common Tern has a ring 

Cuckoo one that sounded like it had a sore throat on the Northern edge railway line 

Coot - First brood of 7 hatched on the entrance pool , always nice to see

 

plus all the usual stuff

 






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There's always something of interest on SLP general wildlife but from pm yesterday, highlights were:

Arctic Tern - 2, hawking around west pool before heading out NW. A first for the reserve.

Wheatear - Greenland female on ploughed fields

House Martin & Swallows - a few more of each noted than on previous visits, but still way less than usual!

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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 

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

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