Kingfisher, Upton Warren
A playful Fox, Upton Warren. It was fun watching it trying to catch mice and voles!
Juvenile Common Terns, Upton Warren
Canada Geese, Upton Warren
I walked out of a manufacturing plant on an industrial estate in the midlands, looked up and saw two of these!
Common Crane, Hoveringham
Baird's Sandpiper, Idle Valley NRXXXXX
Sunday (8th) I decided to do a bit of twitching. I spent part of the day watching an adult Baird’s Sandpiper at Idle Valley NR. The only previous specimen of this species I had seen was a juvenile so it was good to see this bird. I wasn’t really in birding mode though and paid little attention to anything else though I did see a Hobby and a Green Woodpecker around the area plus Dunlin and Turnstone on the mud flat with the Baird’s. Down the road I also caught up with a Common Crane which had been hanging around Hoveringham Park.
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Monday 9th – a single adult Black-necked Grebe present on HGF this evening – otherwise it was quiet. I managed to nip over to Pennington to see the very showy Wood Sandpiper – easily the closest views I have had of this particular species.
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Tuesday evening while working away I headed for the Moors Pools at Upton Warren. Having just spent 24 hrs in the SW in pouring rain while driving and stuck in the middle of a manufacturing plant with no external light during the day, it was bliss just to walk around and soak up the evening sun. I parked myself in one of the hides and watched a wide range of common birds go about the daily business. A Green Sandpiper was patrolling the far shore – it was soon joined by a Common Sandpiper and a juvenile Little Ringed Plover. The pool was full of mostly Mallard and Canada Geese with the odd Teal or Shoveler thrown in.
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A female Sparrowhawk appeared off to the right – she was being chased by three juvenile Spars all begging for food and making a right racket! She gave them the slip and flashed across the front of the hide. Later a male Sparrowhawk appeared in front of the hide on two separate occasions. One of the volunteer wardens arrived and we had a very pleasant chat. Superb job they do at Upton Warren. A female Kingfisher also appeared briefly and 6 Common Terns dropped in to feed – three juveniles and three adults. It was a very pleasant evening.
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Monday 9th – a single adult Black-necked Grebe present on HGF this evening – otherwise it was quiet. I managed to nip over to Pennington to see the very showy Wood Sandpiper – easily the closest views I have had of this particular species.
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Tuesday evening while working away I headed for the Moors Pools at Upton Warren. Having just spent 24 hrs in the SW in pouring rain while driving and stuck in the middle of a manufacturing plant with no external light during the day, it was bliss just to walk around and soak up the evening sun. I parked myself in one of the hides and watched a wide range of common birds go about the daily business. A Green Sandpiper was patrolling the far shore – it was soon joined by a Common Sandpiper and a juvenile Little Ringed Plover. The pool was full of mostly Mallard and Canada Geese with the odd Teal or Shoveler thrown in.
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A female Sparrowhawk appeared off to the right – she was being chased by three juvenile Spars all begging for food and making a right racket! She gave them the slip and flashed across the front of the hide. Later a male Sparrowhawk appeared in front of the hide on two separate occasions. One of the volunteer wardens arrived and we had a very pleasant chat. Superb job they do at Upton Warren. A female Kingfisher also appeared briefly and 6 Common Terns dropped in to feed – three juveniles and three adults. It was a very pleasant evening.
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Thursday evening I briefly passed through Rixton on the way home. Nothing much to report other than a flock of 40 odd Linnets at the bottom of Holly Bush Lane and a pair of Grey Partridges with 8 juveniles in tow wandering down the path – the first I have seen this year. HGF was also quiet though a single Sand Martin was a welcome visitor on its way south. It is very noticeable that the skies are now empty of Swifts! Autumn is clearly just around the corner and the wind at HGF this evening was very reminiscent of an autumn gale!!! A male Sparrowhawk was in the garden this evening and a pile of Collared Dove feathers on the lawn suggests the female has visited recently too.
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