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Yesterday (Thursday) and Chris Green returned some excellent counts of birds at the large Broadholme Water Treatment Works just off Ditchford Lane. He estimated there to be a thousand Pied Wagtails present on the filter beds which must have been an amazing spectacle, together with 96 Meadow Pipits, 500 Starlings, 7 Grey Wagtails and 3 Green Sandpipers.
Together with a little feed station maintenance, today was mostly taken up completing part of the Ditchford Pits WeBs count. High water levels and with several of the pits and the river having broken their banks there was water everywhere! Getting around was problematic and yet again more wading was required through swirling cold, brown water but this time only to knee height rather than up to the thighs last time! The stiff wind was cold and the sunshine didn't show as much as I would have liked! Nevertheless a few birds presented themselves, the best being at least twelve Egyptian Geese, six Goosanders, four Kingfishers, twelve Common Snipe, a pair of Stonechat, three Grey Wagtails, a Chiffchaff, a Raven and a handful of Cetti's Warblers.
A brief foray at Harrington Airfield this afternoon produced sightings of a Little Owl and a flock of about twenty-five Golden Plovers.
Summer Leys was badly affected by flood water today but there was a very good record of five Ruff associating with the Lapwing flock. Other birds included Peregrine and Great White Egret.
Regards
Neil M
Yesterday (Thursday) and Chris Green returned some excellent counts of birds at the large Broadholme Water Treatment Works just off Ditchford Lane. He estimated there to be a thousand Pied Wagtails present on the filter beds which must have been an amazing spectacle, together with 96 Meadow Pipits, 500 Starlings, 7 Grey Wagtails and 3 Green Sandpipers.
Together with a little feed station maintenance, today was mostly taken up completing part of the Ditchford Pits WeBs count. High water levels and with several of the pits and the river having broken their banks there was water everywhere! Getting around was problematic and yet again more wading was required through swirling cold, brown water but this time only to knee height rather than up to the thighs last time! The stiff wind was cold and the sunshine didn't show as much as I would have liked! Nevertheless a few birds presented themselves, the best being at least twelve Egyptian Geese, six Goosanders, four Kingfishers, twelve Common Snipe, a pair of Stonechat, three Grey Wagtails, a Chiffchaff, a Raven and a handful of Cetti's Warblers.
A brief foray at Harrington Airfield this afternoon produced sightings of a Little Owl and a flock of about twenty-five Golden Plovers.
Summer Leys was badly affected by flood water today but there was a very good record of five Ruff associating with the Lapwing flock. Other birds included Peregrine and Great White Egret.
Regards
Neil M
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| Carrion Crow. |
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| Goldfinch. |
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| Great White Egret. |
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| Greenfinch. All images from Summer Leys courtesy of John Tilly. |
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