Cetti's Warbler heard to give 2 bursts of song but no further sound of it, a first record for the site. 12 Whooper Swans over heading SE c350 Pink-footed Geese over SE in 4 skeins 90+ Fieldfare over 3 Stonechat 1 Green Sandpiper 500+ Herring Gull 55 Snipe 1 Water Rail 27 Skylark 9 Lesser Redpoll 5 Siskin 1 Little Grebe 12 Tufted Duck 45 Meadow Pipit 23 Linnet
A quick walk round the eastern side produced:- 2 Raven 2 Buzzards 3 Kestrel At least 12 Skylark And 5 Meadow Pipits No gulls on site but they were all in the flooded fields south of the railway behind ,Common Farm
A quick stroll around the eastern end of the site produced:- 244 large gulls at the top daytime roost,but most interesting bird amongst them was a juv.Greater Black Back gull. Still at least 35 Swallows still feeding over the area,also a Reed Warbler,Whitethroat,a few Chiffchaff still,a Common Snipe anòd a couple of White Wagtails and a Great Spotted Woodpecker were the pick of the rest of the birds seen.
A quick look at the gulls on the daytime roost produced the usual juv. Yellow Legged Gull and an adult Yellow Legged Gull in about 150 Lesser Black Backs and and 30 Herring Gull
Friday, 23rd August 2019 11:30 - 15:00 hrs. Dry and Sunny.
Willow Tit x 1 Little Grebe x 1 Whitethroat x 1 Willow Warbler x 1 Wren x 1 Pied Wagtail x 2 Goldfinch x 200 House Sparrow x 40 Buzzard x 3 Kestrel x 2 Swift x 3 Swallow x 40 House Martin x 20 Cormorant x 1 Heron x 2 Robin x 2 (1 adult and 1 juvenile) Black-Headed Gull x 50 Coot x 7 Moorhen x 1 Starling x 15 Woodpigeon x 20 Magpie x 5 Crow x 10
In addition - south of the railway line: Collared Dove x 1 Blackbird x 2
-- Edited by Steve Judge on Saturday 24th of August 2019 10:21:46 AM
The usual juv Yellow Legged Gull still present this am in the top roost with about 50 Lesser Black Backs and a few Herring Gulls and a further 100 Lesser Black Backs in the lower roost.
The usual juvenile Yellow-legged Gull still present this morning (cracking photo of this bird on the website) and a 1st summer Arctic Tern through south at 11:05.
One of the usual juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls was present on the new scrapes mid-morning but nothing of note mid-afternoon and gull numbers in the area were low (pers.obs.)
Just noticed Colin's post from yesterday. The pics of the"caspian" gull are certainly not the bird that was photographed there previously,there are several discrepancies in the plumage.Unfortunately to me it looks nothing like a Caspian Gull,I've never seen one with such a large bill which isn't even the pale colour it should be,primaries are far too short, ,it looks exactly like an Herring Gull which imo it is.Pete
Mid afternoon 4th calendar year Caspian gull still (see photos) also juvenile yellow-legged gull. The Caspian gull is an impressive looking bird, look at the size of it compared to the lesser black-back in the first photo.
This late morning to early afternoon, with Phil Rhodes:
4th calendar year Caspian Gull; showed very well and was still present when I left some 2 hours after its finding! ('phonescoped photos on the website)
An adult Yellow-legged Gull and 2 juveniles
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull
Around 300 mixed Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls roosting at one point
My first visit to this site (from A6 - Rosemary Lane car park entrance). I stumbled across this car park for Cutacre Country Park by accident earlier this week while driving west on the A6 just around the corner from Junction 4 on the M61. I am glad I came back for a a few hours visit - in that time I covered 12,000 steps - and still did not take in many of the the footpaths! Thoroughly enjoyed my visit - and will return again soon; and also look in more detail around the area just north of the railway line - around Engine Lane / Pool area.
Greenfinch x 1 Whitethroat x 3 Reed Bunting x 5 Chiffchaff x 2 Song Thrush x 2 Mistle Thrush x 1 Jay x 2 Long-Tailed Tit x 10 One possible Yellow Wagtail in flight Buzzard x 1 Kestrel x 3 sightings Swift x 50 House Martin x 20 Swallow x 25 Skylark x 1 House Sparrow x 15 Robin x 2 Blue Tit x 5 Great Tit x 1 Chaffinch x 6 Goldfinch x 4 Herring Gull x 3 Black-Headed Gull x 4 Lesser Black-Backed Gull x 3 Magpie x 5 Woodpigeon x 10 Crow x 3 Jackdaw x 1
Also, see section under 'Other Wildlife sightings' for this site for the day...