Monday 30 April 2012

Old Moor Area - 30th April

Another good day in the Old Moor Area, went for last hour tonight and saw Drake Garganey on willow pool, Juv Little Gull, Med Gull, Common Tern, 4 Wheatears and 4 Avocets on wader scrape. Also heard Common Sandpiper calling as we were leaving. Other birds present during day included 8 Avocets, Ringed Plover, 5 Black Tailed Godwits, Oystercatchers and Redshanks, Buzzard and Marsh Harrier. At Broomhill Flash were 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers and a Red Kite was seen over the Wombwell Bypass at 09.20. On Wombwell Ings there were 3 Red Breasted Mergansers present early on including 2 drakes and were seen leaving towards Broomhill at 07.22, also present Greenshank, Avocet 3, Snipe 3, Teal 22 and Shelduck 3. Finally on Edderthorpe there was a Black Necked Grebe.

1 comment:

Alf King said...

When you say you went for the "last hour" is this after the RSPB official closing time and, if so, how do you manage that?

(Like many others I used to have a key before RSPB took control.)