Tuesday 20 May 2014

The Edge 20th May

Wombwell Ings mid AM- Spent an hour trying to find the Greenshank mentioned in J.Hewitt's tweet. Finally relocated it and was just about  to retweet its continued presence when J.Seeviour comes on the radio from Broomhill hide " Is that Greenshank still on Wombwell cos we've just seen one fly eastwards towards Old Moor?" A check showed 'There it was gone'. Birds, don't you just love 'em. Other birds that didn't stay long were 1 Black Tailed Godwit, 1 Little Ringed Plover and a flyover Cuckoo(10.05am). The well behaved birds for viewing purposes included 1 Cormorant, 1 Mute Swan, 16 Canada Geese, 15 Greylag, 1 Pink Footed Goose, 4 Shelduck + 6y, 8 Lapwing + 1y, 4 Redshank, 1 Avocet, 4 Skylark, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Reed Bunting,2 Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler and 1 Song Thrush.
TPT- Singing males 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 3 Whitethroat and 2 Blackcap.
Bolton Ings late AM/early PM-On the open water were 6 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Mute Swan + 3 cygnets, 47 Tufted Duck, 13 Gadwall, 7 Pochard, 3 Mallard, 2 LBB Gull and 1 Common Gull. Also present were 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 6 Canada Geese + 6y, 5 Greylag, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Jay, 1 Kingfisher and 1 Reed Warbler.

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