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Great White Egret still present this morning, viewable from Horrocks Hide at 08:45.

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Only other bird off note today was a Peregrine for 10 minutes over the flash which nearly managed to grab a Moorhen from the spit!

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Any idea how many records there have been for the flash? I can only remember one previous.

 

 

 

This should prove to be the third accepted record (I'd expect anyway!), with previous records in May 2008 and January 2010.

 4th then I saw one earlier this year ,in the kidney pond area :) not that I will probably be submitting it as I only had a brief view but it was one ,I can't find the record now ,so would have to rely on others I told at the time as my records went astray at that point  :(

 



-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 12th of October 2018 07:47:56 PM

 Found it 12/04/2018 - Kidney pond area Pennington Flash 1 flew from the back of the island circled once and flew off towards Horrocks Hide never to be seen again :)



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Ian McKerchar wrote:
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Any idea how many records there have been for the flash? I can only remember one previous.

 

 

 

This should prove to be the third accepted record (I'd expect anyway!), with previous records in May 2008 and January 2010.

 4th then I saw one earlier this year ,in the kidney pond area :) not that I will probably be submitting it as I only had a brief view but it was one ,I can't find the record now ,so would have to rely on others I told at the time as my records went astray at that point  :(

 



-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 12th of October 2018 07:47:56 PM

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colin davies wrote:

 

Any idea how many records there have been for the flash? I can only remember one previous.

 

 

 

This should prove to be the third accepted record (I'd expect anyway!), with previous records in May 2008 and January 2010.



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Still showing well at 4:30pm. It would probably show even better if the herons would leave it alone.

Any idea how many records there have been for the flash? I can only remember one previous.

 

 



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Great White Egret still showing very well from Ramsdale’s Hide at 3pm

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Great White Egret from Ramsdales Hide at 11:18 today.

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Female pintail at the western end this morning, also 40 pink-footed geese over west and nine wigeon, six on the main flash and three from Teal hide.



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Female red-breasted merganser flew west over the Flash this morning, at about 9:30am. Also today, two white wagtails in horse paddocks just east of Sorrowcow Farm.



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Second winter Yellow-legged Gull and adult Mediterranean Gull roosted this evening.

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Both adult and first winter Mediterranean Gulls roosted tonight.

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Of Note this morning

Wigeon- 3 (1m/2f)

Kingfisher- 3

Reed Warbler - 1 (one of the latest I can remember)

Goldcrest-6

Cetti's Warbler-1

Great Crested Grebe-67

Shoveler-47

Gadwall-56

plus the usuals :)



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Second winter Yellow-legged Gull again in the roost this evening, also 29 Pink-footed Geese over west.

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This morning of note

Lapwing -550

Snipe- 2

Pochard -4 (3m1f)

Pink Footed Geese- 135 flying west

Tufted Duck- 310

Wigeon-4

 



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Second year Yellow-legged Gull roosted tonight.

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2nd year Yellow-legged Gull in the roost tonight and 14 Pink-footed Geese flew over east.

 

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This morning:

c250 Pink-footed Geese over

1 Black-tailed Godwit

1 Raven over

7 Swallows

Info thanks to Bill Harrison

 

 



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Highlights from this morning's circuit included:

34 Goldcrest and 26 Song Thrush hinting at some recent immigration

3 singing Cetti's Warblers

4 Chiffchaff, 2 of which were singing

2 Blackcap



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Of note this morning

Wigeon- 7

Snipe  3

Pink footed geese-72 flying west

Scaup - 1 first winter drake

Buzzard - 2

KingFisher-2



-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 26th of September 2018 07:01:11 PM

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Short visit this afternoon.

Drake scaup from car park, later flew towards ramsdales.
Oystercatcher from car park.
Common buzzard over.
1 kingfisher.

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Sightings so far this morning include:

18 Pink-footed Geese over west

1 Raven over

1 Oystercatcher

Info thanks to Barry Hulme



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An adult Mediterranean gull roosted this evening.

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Other sightings from 3 hours round the flash this am. 354+ Meadow pipit South (very conservative count of birds mainly seen with naked eyes whilst doing normal route) 74 Swallow South and West 12 House Martin west c. 20 Chiffchaff in with mixed tit flocks around site 22 Chaffinch south 2 Redpoll south 5 Skylark south 21 Pink footed goose west and 7 East 2 Snipe high south over flash.

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So far this morning:

Garganey

Black-tailed Godwit

1 adult Common Tern

2 Swallow

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First (same individual as last weekend) and second calendar year Yellow-legged Gull roosted this evening.

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Garganey still present from Horrocks Hide again today, also 4-5 Common Terns.



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Garganey still present off the pit around midday today. Also:

3 Great Black-backed Gull

5 Kingfisher

Blue nasal saddled female Tufted Duck still present in Rammies



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In the gull roost this evening a first-winter Mediterranean Gull, also counted 806 Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 131 Herring Gull, 1 Great Black-Backed Gull. Cettis Warbler singing Sorrowcow Pond


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This evening's highlights included:

First calendar year Yellow-legged Gull in the evening gull roost, along with just under 1300 mainly Lesser Black-backed Gulls, but also containing some Herring Gulls and a single adult Great Black-backed Gull

First winter drake Scaup with Tufted Duck flock off the main car park

Cetti's warbler singing from Sorrowcow Farm pond and 2 Kingfisher on and around the pond too

 

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First winter Mediterranean Gull in the roost this evening.

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Very quiet this morning. A single Black-tailed Godwit was on the spit and this with a single Common Snipe were the only waders (barring Lapwing) seen. A single Garganey was in Ramsdales Flash but too far out to determine if it was the eclipse male or the female bird that has been around. A Little Egret flew south east over the flash and a single Common Tern was present. The only sign of any migration was a small number of swallows passing south in small groups. Even this was very limited though with less than 50 birds counted.

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Two first winter Mediterranean Gulls present in the roost this evening.

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Today of note

Common Tern - 3 (2 Adult 1 Juv) re identified from earlier as Common not Arctic Terns

Garganey- 1

Hobby- 1 Juvenile 

Scaup- Drake (1st Winter) in Ramsdales with Tufted Flock

House Martin-20+

Swallow -10+ 



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Highlights so far this mornings:

Garganey

34 Pink-footed Geese over east

3 Arctic Tern (2 adult and 1 juvenile)

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Female/juvenile Redstart in hedges around Whittles Fields immediately to the east of Sorrowcow Farm this morning.

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Pink-footed Geese calling from high above the clouds over the flash at 1110 hrs. yesterday (11th). Number and flight direction unknown!

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Ian McKerchar wrote:

This afternoon:

A small warbler flock on Ramsdales Ruck contained 3 juvenile Willow Warbler, at least 6 Chiffchaff and a Garden Warbler along with Great and Long-tailed Tits.

Good numbers of water birds made easy to count due to sailing boat disturbance but nothing out of the ordinary amongst them.

1 Blackcap and singing Cetti's Warbler at the western end.

 To add to the above Goldcrest- 1 ,Cetti's Warbler also on the north Bank,along with 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Kingfisher,and has Ian said good numbers of waterfowl in Ramsdales and 36 Teal round the reserve. 



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This afternoon:

A small warbler flock on Ramsdales Ruck contained 3 juvenile Willow Warbler, at least 6 Chiffchaff and a Garden Warbler along with Great and Long-tailed Tits.

Good numbers of water birds made easy to count due to sailing boat disturbance but nothing out of the ordinary amongst them.

1 Blackcap and singing Cetti's Warbler at the western end.



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First winter Mediterranean Gull roosted this evening.

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today
Garganey-1
Swallow- c 100 south
House Martin 20 > South
Sand Martin-2
Kingfisher-1
Oystercatcher-1 Juv

 

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That's surely a different individual to the one shown below on 26 Aug - much less moult on today's bird

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TODAY

Garganey - 1 Eclipse Male

Common Sandpiper-1

Oystercatcher - 1 Juvenile that seems to like feeding on bread with the Ducks at the car park ,someone told me it had been dropped off there after being taken into care at an earlier time ,my guess it would be better caught again and dropped off at Marshside.

Swallow- 25

Treecreeper- 1

Cetti's Warbler- 1

Snipe -2

Coot -900+

Great Crested Grebe- 82 (full count)including young

Little Grebe- 6

 

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This morning's sightings included:

1 Garganey

1 Ruff on the spit which flew off south at 08:30

1 Common Sandpiper

1 Oystercatcher

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Two Mediterranean Gulls in the roost this evening, an adult and first winter.

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This Afternoon

Garganey-1

Chiffchaff-2

Willow Warbler-1

Kingfisher-2

Lapwing- c400

Tufted Duck- 220

Great Crested Grebe-77

Coot - 920

Grey Wagtail-1

Cetti's Warbler-1

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JOHN TYMON wrote:

Looking at pictures I have seen posted elsewhere seems there has been 2 Garganey about at Pennington in the last few weeks ,as hinted by Colin Davies last week the Eclipse/imm Male by the spit and a bird that looks like a Female/Juvenile thats been in Edmonson and also by the spit at times which has added to the confusion over the sex of the Garganey. Over 800 Coot also today,and a Snipe were on note . 




Cant comment on the Female type, but the photo taken by Karl earlier in the thread looks to me to be an adult male in eclipse - difficult with the wing at the angle it is but the greater coverts look broad rather than narrow and pointed and the white tips look square rather than the grey protruding down the shaft. Speculum colour is a bit confusing as it looks blue rather than green, but its not exactly dull. But as I said - not easy from that angle and I've never really examined a Garganey in eclipse before. Happy to be told otherwise

-- Edited by Craig Higson on Monday 3rd of September 2018 06:20:53 PM

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Looking at pictures I have seen posted elsewhere seems there has been 2 Garganey about at Pennington in the last few weeks ,as hinted by Colin Davies last week the Eclipse/imm Male by the spit and a bird that looks like a Female/Juvenile thats been in Edmonson and also by the spit at times which has added to the confusion over the sex of the Garganey. Over 800 Coot also today,and a Snipe were on note . 



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Garganey still present this evening and a Green Sandpiper too.

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4 Black-tailed Godwit flew through east early this morning, a nice if minor movement of hirundines south over the flash with some stopping to feed and 11 Chiffchaff were on and around Ramsdales Ruck.



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