2008 Birding
October 2008
15-11-08 Upton Warren - Moors
(Moors - Early PM, Overcast, Dull)
Cormorant (14) - Lapwing (37) - Blue Tit - Great Tit - Long Tailed Tit - Coot (360) - Canada Geese (58) - Pheasant (2) - Mallard - Tufted Duck (8) - Greater Crested Grebe (7) - Grey Heron (2) - Little Grebe (2) - Willow Tit - Robin - Dunnock - Chaffinch - Greenfinch - Curlew (16) - Hawfinch (also reported on 13th by others)
September 2008
29-09-08 Upton Warren - Moors
(Moors - Early PM, Bright, Overcast)
Northern Lapwing (101) - Cormorant (9) - Little Grebe (4) - Grey Heron (2) - Coot (204) - Greater Crested Grebe (3) - Canada Geese (98) - Blue Tit - Great Tit - Robin - Black Headed Gull (119) - Shoveler - Mallard - Collard Dove - Pochard - Mute Swan (2)
28-09-08 Upton Warren - Moors
(Moors - Early PM, Bright, Heat Haze)
Cormorant (8) - Greater Crested Grebe (4) - Coot (220) - Canada Geese (72) - Little Grebe (4) - Pochard (3) - Northern Lapwing (82) - Black Headed Gull (63) - Great Tit - Mute Swan (2) - Moorhen - Reed Bunting - Cettis Warbler - Grey Heron (2) - Willow Warbler - Blue Tit
27-09-08 Lower Smite Farm - Worcestershire
(Late Evening)
Sparrowhawk - Barn Owl - Piistrelle Bat - Daubentons Bat - Noctule Bat
25-09-08 Martin Mere - WWT
(Ealry AM, Sunny)
Northern Lapwing - Teal - Redshank - Coot - Greylag Geese - Pink Footed Geese - Tufted Duck - Moorhen - Snipe - Dunlin - Ruff - Goldfinch - Greenfinch - Chaffinch - Blue Tit - Starling
21-09-08 Upton Warren WWT - Moors & Flashes
(Ealry AM, Sunny, Bright, Cold - Warming up)
Moors
Great Tit - Blue Tit - Great Spotted Woodpecker - Cormorant (6) - Grey Heron (4) - Pheasant (F 1) - Pochard - Greater Crested Grebe (6) - Canada Geese 919) - Coot (179) - Moorhen - Mallard - Mute Swan (2) (6 cygnets) - Northern Lapwing (64) -Robin - Black Headed Gull (14) - Cettis Warbler - Tree Sparrow - Little Grebe (1)
Flashes
Little Owl (1) farm roof - Northern Lapwing (108) - Common Sandpiper - Teal - Coot (18) - Tufted Duck - Black Headed Gull (39) - Snipe (4) - Little Stint (2) - Grey Heron (1) - Green Sandpiper - Buzzard (1) - Blue Tit
20-09-08 Upton Warren WWT - Moors & Flashes
(Ealry AM - Early PM, Sunny, Bright)
Moors
Pheasant (F 1) - Cormorant (8) - Grey Heron (3) - Blue Tit - Great Tit - Long Tailed Tit - Little Grebe (7) - Snipe (1) - Pochard - Gadwall - Lapwing (61) - Kingfisher - Cettis Warbler - Reed Bunting - Wren - Coot (158) - Mallard - Greater Crested Grebe (5) - Mute Swan (2) (6 cygnets) - Canada Geese (79) - Great Spotted Woodpecker (2) (on feeders W Hide and on telegraph pole SE of W hide) - Moorhen inc 2 juvenile - Black Headed Gull (1) - Robin - Jay (1) path to E hide - Teal - Tufted Duck - Shovler (30+)
Flashes
Snipe (15) - Green Sandpiper (3) - Common Sandpiper (2) - Tufted Duck - Lapwing (65) - Black Headed Gull (30) - Mallard - Moorhen - Coot - Teal - Grey Heron (2) - Little Grebe (1) - Blue Tit - Great Tit - Wren - Gigeon - Hawkers (abundant) - Common Darter (abundant)
19-09-08 Sandwell Valley RSPB - Midlands
(PM, Sunny, Bright)
Lapwing (63) - Dunlin (1) - Snipe (4) - Grey Heron (2) - Cormorant (4) - Tufted Duck - Pochard - Mandarin (F 1) - Black Headed Gull (80+) - Canada Geese (40+) - Buzzard (1) - Coot - Moorhen - Kestrel (1) - Sparrow hawk (1) path to visitors centre - Brown Hawkers (numerous)
16-09-08 Washington WWT - Tyne & Wear
(Early PM, Overcast, Heavy Rain)
Willow Tit - Coal Tit - Blue Tit - Great Tit - Bullfinch - Longtailed Tit - Redshank (56) - Northern Lapwing (6) - Snipe (6) - Grey Heron (2) - Moorhen - Teal (30+) - Mallard (100+)
14-09-08 Upton Warren - Moors
(Midday, Cloudy, Breezy, Water Level high - still receding)
Cormorant 6 - Grey Heron 4 - Canada Geese 216 - Greylag Geese 6 - Coot 214 - Greater Crested Grebe 7 - Northern Lapwing 30 - Pochard 1 - Mute Swan 2 (6 Cygnets) - Little Grebe 2 - Mallard - Black Headed Gull 5 - Moorhen - Kingfisher 1 (approx 45 mins infront of W Hide) - Tufted Duck 3 - Hobby 1 (2 visits to Moors - good views from hide) - Buzzard 1 (Circling N of Moors over fields) - Cettis Warbler - Great Tit - Robin
12-09-08 Upton Warren - Moors
(Early AM, Overcast/Bright, Cold, Water Level high but receding)
Cormorant 7 (inc 1 juvenile) - Grey Heron 5 - Pochard 4 - Common Tern 3 - Mute Swan 2 (6 cygnets) - Northern Lapwing 12 - Greater Crested Grebe 9 - Coot 267 - Common Sandpiper 1 - Moorhen 3 - Canada Geese 1 - Tufted Duck 3 - Kingfisher 1 - Little Grebe 1 - Black Headed Gull 1 - Mallard 94 - Teal - Greylag Geese 6 - Wren 1 - Great tit - Blue Tit - Cettis Warbler 2
11-09-08 Upton Warren - Moors
(Early AM, Overcast, Breezy, Cold, Water Level high but receding)
Cormorant 3 - Grey Heron 2 - Northern Lapwing 15 - Teal - Mallard 139 - Greater Crested Grebe 7 - Tufted Duck - Coot 285 - Common Tern 2 - Canada Geese 27 - Great Tit - Little Grebe 1 - Snipe 4 - Sparrowhawk (S-N infront of W Hide) - Black Headed Gull 4 - Kingfisher 1 (l/h side of feeders W Hide) - Dunnock 1 - Moorhen 3
09-09-08 Upton Warren - Moors
(Late PM, Heavily Overcast. Very High Water, Very Low Light)
Canada Geese 400+ (another 100+ coming in to join) - Greylag Geese 10 - Lapwing - Greater Crested Grebe - Mute Swan 2 (cygnets) - Mallard - Coot - Water Vole
09-09-08 Pulborough Brooks RSPB Reserve
(Early AM, Overcast, Rain at times)
Longtailed Tit - Great Tit - Coal Tit - Blue Tit - Nuthatch - Great Spotted Woodpecker - Sparrowhawk - Lapwing - Shellduck 2 - Snipe 7 - Canada Geese - Cormorant 4 - Greylag Geese - Blacktailed Godwit - Mute Swan
06-09-08 Upton Warren - Moors
(Early AM, Torrential Rain, Very High Water)
Cormorant 5 (1 juvenile) - Greater Crested Grebe 4 - Northern Lapwing 16 - Pochard 2 - Mallard - Coot 164 - Moorhen 4 - Mute Swan 2 (6 Cygnets) - Grey Heron 4 - Common Sandpiper 2 - Snipe 1 - Common Tern 1 - Black Headed Gull 60+ - Tufted Duck - Canada Geese 2 - Long Tailed Tit - Little Grebe 1 - Blue Tit
03/04-09-08 Broadwater Park Godalming
(Eary AM, Clear)
Grey Heron 1 - Greater Crested Grebe 11 - Robin (several) - Moorhen 1 - Mallard 20+ - Longtailed Tit 15+ - Great Tit - Blue Tit - Siskin - Chaffinch - Common Shrew
August 2008
31-08-08 Upton Warren - Flashes
Flashes (Eary AM, Foggy, Raining)
Snipe 7 - Common Sandpiper 2 - Green Sandpiper 2 - Lapwing 149 - Kingfisher 1 - Great Tit (on pathway to hide) - Pied Wagtail 1 - Black Headed Gull 142 - Moorhen 3 - Lesser Black Backed Gull 3 - Mallard 20 - Teal 18 - Coot 6 - Shellduck 2 - Tufted Duck 1 - Canada Geese 3 - Little Owl 1 (on Farm Roof)
30-08-08 Upton Warren - Moors & Flashes
Moors (Eary AM, Overcast)
Cormorant 6 - Grey Heron 2 - Coot - Mallard - Tufted Duck 8 - Black Headed Gull - Common Tern 8 - Lapwing 27 - Greater Crested Grebe 3 - Kingfisher 1 - Canada Geese 79 - Greylag Geese 3 - Grey plover 1 (Centre island from 7am - 10.30am)
Flashes (Eary AM, Overcast)
Snipe 1 - Common Tern 15 (Flying North to South) - Common Sandpiper 2 - Green Sandpiper 1 - Lapwing 122 - Black Headed Gull 71 - Shellduck 1 - Canada Geese - Tufted Duck 5 - Mallard - Coot - Little Grebe 1 - Kingfisher 1 - Goldfinch 9 - Moorhen - Teal
24-08-08 Upton Warren - Moors
Moors (Eary PM Cloudy)
Great Tit (path to W Hide) - Long Tailed Tit 8 (path to W Hide) - Cormorant 5 - Grey Heron 2 - Lapwing 20 - Pochard - Coot 181 - Greater Crested Grebe 5 - Moorhen 2 - Mallard 79 - Black Headed Gull 31 - Common Tern 2 - Mute Swan 2 (6 cygnets) - Tufted Duck. Small Copper Butterfly (Short Walk Path Moors N) - Meadow Brown (Short Walk Path Moors N) - Large White (Short Walk Path Moors N)
14-08-08 Upton Warren - Flashes
Flashes (PM - Cloudy, Bright, Sunny at times)
Lapwing 120 - Curlew 36 - Avocet 4 - Canada Geese 131 - Black Headed Gull 260+ - Starling - Moorehen - Green Sandpiper 3 - Common Sandpiper 1 - Shellduck 1 - Goldfinch - Grey Heron 1 - Teal - Coot - Common Buzzard (over sailing pool)
13-08-08 Upton Warren - Moors
Moors (Early AM - Clear, Cold - Raining Later)
Water Rail 1 (l/h side of West hide) - Blue Tit - Common Tern 5 (plus 2 young centre island) - Greater Crested Grebe 4 - Canada Geese 61 - Coot 98 - Moorehen 3 - Tufted Duck 4 - Lapwing 9 - Cormorant 3 - Kingfiher 1 (West hide water depth marker and perch) Pochard 2 - Mallard 109 - Black Headed Gull 21 - Mute Swan 2 (6 cygnets) - Fox at far South/West (Hobden Hall Farm end) in newly cleared area catching and playing by throwing into the air rodents
Early PM 11 Long Tailed Tits outside the office in the middle of Birmingham
11-08-08 Upton Warren - Moors
Moors (Early AM - Bright, Cold)
Robin 1 (Caged feeder infront of West hide) - Lapwing 7 - Tufted Duck 8 - Greater Crested Grebe 4 - Common Tern 3 (plus 2 young central island) - Moorehen 2 - Mallard 159 - Coot 124 - Pochard 1 - Little Grebe 2 - Great Tit 2 (Caged feeder infront of West hide) - Mute Swan (6 cygnets) - Grey Heron 1 - Black Headed Gull 18 - Cormorant 2 - Bullfinch 1 (Caged feeder infront of West hide) - Blue Tit (Caged feeder infront of West hide and along path to West hide) - Long Tailed Tit (Along path to West hide)
11-08-08 Upton Warren - Moors
Moors (Early AM - Bright, Cold)
Robin 1 (Caged feeder infront of West hide) - Lapwing 7 - Tufted Duck 8 - Greater Crested Grebe 4 - Common Tern 3 (plus 2 young central island) - Moorehen 2 - Mallard 159 - Coot 124 - Pochard 1 - Little Grebe 2 - Great Tit 2 (Caged feeder infront of West hide) - Mute Swan (6 cygnets) - Grey Heron 1 - Black Headed Gull 18 - Cormorant 2 - Bullfinch 1 (Caged feeder infront of West hide) - Blue Tit (Caged feeder infront of West hide and along path to West hide) - Long Tailed Tit (Along path to West hide)
09-08-08 Upton Warren - Moors & Flashes
Moors (Early AM - Bright, Cold)
Great Tit 2 - Moorehen 2 - Common Term 3 (plus 2 young central island) - Canada Geese - Mallard 158 - Coot 102 - Black Headed Gull 33 - Grey Heron 3 - Blue Tit 2 - Cormorant 2 - Greater Crested Grebe 4 - Tufted Duck 3 - Lapwing 4 - Bullfinch 1 - Pochard 1 - Sparrow Hawk (2 vists 1st North - South trying to take birds from caged feeder infront of West hide, 2nd South to North mobbed by Black Headed Gulls)
Flashes (PM - Dull, Cold)
Lapwing 144 - Curlew 5 - Common Sandpiper 2 - Green Sandpiper 4 - Common Snipe 1 - Black Headed Gull 289 - Grey Heron 1 - Avocet 4 - Canada Geese 22 - Coot - Mallard 159 - Moorehen 3 - Goldfinch 2 - Starling 2 - Blue Tit 5 - Dunnock - Kestrel 1 (hovering over field infront of small hide by feeders)
08-08-08 Upton Warren - Moors
Moors (Early AM - Cloudy, dull, damp)
Kingfisher 1 (2 visits to perch to l/h side of west hide also settled on the r/h side bird table) - Common Tern 3 - Great Tit 4 (Caged feeder infront of West hide) - Greater Crested Grebe 2 - Moorehen 2 - Mallard 80 - Tufted Duck 10 - Grey Heron 3 - Coot 70 - Lapwing 4 - Bullfinch 1 (Caged feeder infront of West hide) - Black Headed Gull 21 - Pochard 1 (Centre Island) - Blue Tit 2 (Caged feeder infront of West hide)
07-08-08 Upton Warren - Moors
Moors (Early AM - Cloudy, dull, damp and fresh - brightening to end of visit)
Kingfisher 3 (Pair flying along far edge of water [Brickhouse Farm side] right to left [South to North]) - Single Kingfisher 3 visits to reeds to R/H side infront of hide (West) perched on water depth marker and overhanging stem nearside bank - several dives) - Bullfinch 1 (Caged feeder infront of hide) - Blue Tits 3 (Caged Feeder infront of hide) - Greater Crested Grebe 4 - Jay 1 (Flew directly infront of hide right to left [South to North]) - Tufted Duck 2 - Common Tern 3 plus 1 young - Coot 90 - Moorehen 2 - Black Headed Gull - Mallard 71 - Lapwing 2 - Comorant 2 - Grey Heron 2 - Pochard 1 (Centre Island East) - Canada Geese
06-08-08 Upton Warren - Moors
Moors (PM - Heavily overcast and raining)
Canada Geese 57 - Bllack Headed Gull 257 - Avocet 4 - Common Tern 1 - Cormorant 2 - Mallard 129 - Coot 120 - Greater Crested Grebe 1 - Tufted Duck 1 - Pair of young fox in the newly mown area far right of the reserve gamboling around for around an hour.
July 2008
31-07-08 Upton Warren - Moors
Moors (Overcast, warm and breezy)
Kingfisher (Pair of) long reeds furthest point of inlet - Pochard 1 - G C Grebe 4 - Grey Heron 3 - Black Headed Gull 20 - Canada Geese 51 - Moorhen - Coot 154 - Mallard - Lapwing 1 - Common Tern 5 plus young on centre Island - Kingfisher (Solitary 2 vists to reeds on inlet L/H side of bird feeders - Tufted Duck - Greylag Goose 1 - Cormorant 1 - Little Grebe 1 plus 1 young inlet L/H side of bird feeders infront of hide.
15-07-08 Upton Warren - Flashes & Moors
Moors (AM - Noon - Sunny and Hot)
Hobby (juvenile) hunting over r/h side - Cormorant 2 - Lapwing 6 - G C Grebe 4 - Common Tern - Tufted Duck - Swift - Bullfinch - Kestrel 1 far r/h side hovering over farm - Oystercatcher 3 - Coot - Mute Swan - Moorehen - Grey Heron 1 - Grass Snake swimming infront of hide
Walk Between sites
Banded Demoiselle - Broad Bodied Chaser - Brown Hawker - Blue Tailed Damselfly
Flashes (Early Afternoon)
Oystercatcher 2 - Curlew 20 - Lapwing 28 - Green Sandpiper 4 - Avocet 4 - Common Tern 1 - Black Headed Gull 67 - LRP 2 - Grey Heron 2 - Coot - Wagtail 1 - Goldfinch - Moorehen.
12-07-08 Upton Warren Moors
Moors (Early PM - Bright, raining)
Canada Geese 58 - Oystercatcher 3 - Lapwing 1 - Ruddy Duck 3 (2M 1F) - GC Grebe 4 - Coot 98 - Mallard 25 - Black Headed Gull 50 - Cormorant 1 - Common Tern 3 - Mute Swan 2 - Tufted Duck 8 - Grey Heron 1 - Cettis Warbler 1
04-07-08 Upton Warren Flashes
Flashes (Overcast, raining)
Little Ringed Plover 4 (3 LRP chicks 1 drowned in mud during the session, 2nd LPR still on nest)- Lapwing 14 - Green Sandpiper 5 - Avocet 12 - Curlew 2 - Redshank 4 -Black Headed Gull 180 - Mallard 80 - Canada Geese 14 - Kestrel 1 (by Boat Club lake hovering on bank between lake and carpark)
03-07-08 Upton Warren Flashes & Moors
Flashes (PM - Clear skys)
Lapwing 15 - LRP 6 (1 young drowned in mud infront of hide R/H cage) - Curlew 35 - Avocet 9 - Common Tern 1 - Grey Heron 1 - Common Redshank 6 - Black Headed Gull 200+ - Green Sandpiper 3 - Common Sandpiper 1
Moors (PM - Clear, dusk)
Ruddy Duck 2 - Tufted Duck 6 - GC Grebe - Mute Swan 2 - Canada Geese 37 - Coot 31 - Mallard 32 - Grey Heron 3 - Black Headed Gull 30 - Common Tern 3 - (3 / 4 Vole around 10pm crossing infront of hide)
01-07-08 Martin Mere
(PM - Sunny, windy)
Oystercatcher 11 - Lapwing 130 - Little Ringed Plover - Greenshank - Avocet - Shell Duck - Goldfinch - Chaffinch - Greenfinch
June 2008
30-06-08 Upton Warren Flashes
Redshank 4 - Avocet 21 - Lapwing 6 - Little Ringed Plover 6 - Curlew 10 - Grey Heron 1 - Common Tern 1 - Green Sandpiper 2.
29-06-08 Upton Warren Moors (2 visits) & Flashes
Moors
Lapwing 1 - Oystercatcher 2 - Ruddy Duck 1 - Tufted Duck - Grey Heron 2 - G C Grebe 4 - Kestrel 1 -Mute Swan 2 (6 cygnets) - Canada Geese 51 - Mallard 24 - Coot 55 - Common Tern 4 - Sedge Warbler
Grey Heron 2 - Tufted Duck 4 - G C Grebe - Lapwing 2 - Coot 60 - Ruddy Duck 1 - Canada Geese 30 - Mallard 16 - Cormorant 1 - Oystercatcher 2 - Wigeon 1 - Mute Swan 2 (6 cygnets)
Flashes
Grey Heron 1 - Little Ringed Plover 4 - Shallduck 2 - Lapwing 3 - Avocet 6 - Oystercatcher 3 - Redshank 3 - Kestrel 1 hovering by boating club climbing frame.
28-06-08 Upton Warren Moors
G C Grebe 6 - Lapwing 2 - Comorant 1 - Grey Heron 1 - Coot 36 - Ruddy Duck 1 - Tufted Duck - Canada Geese 14 - Wigeon 1
27-06-08 Sandwell Valley RSPB Reserve
Grren Woodpecker 1 - Tufted Duck 24 (plus 8 young) - Lapwing 4 - Little Ringed Plover 2 - Canada Geese 29 - Oystercatcher 1 - Grey Heron 1 - Black Headed Gull 50 - Black Backed Gull
26-06-08 Upton Warren Flashes & Moors
Moors
Little Grebe 1 - Grey Heron 2 - Lapwing 1 - Ruddy Duck 3 - G C Grebe 4 - Tufted Duck 8 - Coot 67 - Canada Geese 18 - Mute Swan 2 (6 cygnets) - Oystercatcher 1
Flashes
Avocet 12 - Shellduck 4 Redshank - Common Sandpiper - Green Sandpiper - Goldfinch 4 - Little Ringed Plover 4
23-06-08 Upton Warren Moors
Grey Heron 2 - Kingfisher 1 - Hobby 1 - Comorant 1 - Ruddy Duck 3 - Oystercatcher 3 - G C Grebe 4 - Tufted Duck 7 - Lapwing 2 - Black Backed Gull 1
22-06-08 Martin Mere (Blowing Gales!)
Lapwing - Shellduck - Caffinch - Green Finch - Oystercatcher - Avocet - Goldfinch - Bluie Tit - Grey Heron - Pheasant - Great Spotted Woodpecker.
19-06-08 Upton Warren Moors
Lapwing 2 - Ruddy Duck 3 - Tufted Duck 6 - G C Grebe 6 - Grey Heron 2 - Swift - Common tern - Coot 48 - Canada Geese 31 - Blue Tit - Sedge Warbler - Mute Swan (6 cygnets) - Reed Bunting - Hobby 2
17-06-08 Upton Warren Moors
Cormorant 3 - Little Grebe 2 - Ruddy Duck 2 - Tufted Duck 4 - Waterail 1 - Hobby 3 - G C Grebe 4 - Grey Heron 1 - Oystercatcher 3 - Lapwing 1 - Canada Geese 40 - Mute Swan 2 (6 cygnets)
11-06-08 Upton Warren Moors
Shellduck 2 - Tufted Duck 3 - Lapwing 3 - Grey Heron 1 - G C Grebe 3 - Mute Swan 2 (6 cygnets) - Oystercatcher 2 - Ruddy Duck 1 - Common tern 1
10-6-08 Upton Warren Moors
G C Grebe 4 - Canada Geese 30 - Coot 32 - Mallard 18 - Tufted Duck 6 - Black Headed Gull 20 - Blue Tit 7 (fledged family from behind-to side of hide) - Kingfisher 1 - Mute Swan 2 (6 cygnets) - Reed Bunting - Moorehen - Cuckcoo heard not seen.
07-06-08 Upton Warren Moors
Mute Swan 2 (6 cygnets) - G C Grebe 8 - Coot 25 - Canada Geese 7 - Grey Heron 1 - Mallard 10 - Tufted Duck 1 - Kingfisher 1 (2 visits to reeds infront of hide) - Long Tailed Tit - Sedge Warbler - Reed Warbler - Reed Bunting - Oystercatcher 3 - Ble Tit - Moorehen - Swift
05-06-08 Upton Warren Moors
Tufted Duck 2 - Oystercatcher 3 - Grey Heron 2 - G C Grebe 4 - Cuckcoo (Heard not seen) - Blue Tit 4 - Coot 20 - Greylag Geese 4 - Ruddy Duck 1 - Waterail 1 - Bullfinch - Moorehen 2 - Reed Warbler - Reed Bunting - Kingfisher
04-06-08 Upton Warren Moors
G C Grebe 11 - Oystercatcher 2 - Coot 22 - Moorehen 2 - Grey Heron 1 - Lapwing 1 - Canada Geese 26 - Kingfisher 1 (2 visits to reeds 4/5 dives each time) - Mute Swan 2 (6 cygnetsm) - Hobby 1 (landed on Bird Feeder wooden top infornt of hide with catch) - Blue Tit 2 - Ruddy Duck 1 - Reed Warbler - Reed Bunting - Tufted Duck
