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Gary Gorner


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martin mere
01.06.08
very wet morning but 10 ringed plover dropped into the reserve with a single dunlin viewed from united util hide.
one buzzard eating what looked like a frog.
sedges,whitethrote,skylark,reed buntings all dotted around the reserve and singing well.biggrin.gif
1 young oystercatcher on island infront of ron barker and lots of avocet and shelduck with ckicks, 2 ringed plover,4 black tailed godwits and 1 dunlin.

-- Edited by Gary Gorner at 11:57, 2008-06-02

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MARTIN MERE 23/10/07

3 BUZZARD
2 SPARROW HAWK
2 KESTREL
4 STONECHAT
2 REED BUNTING
REDWING FLYING OVER
1 KINGFISHER GIVING A GOOD DISPLAY OF FISHING AND POSING NEAR GATE INFRONT OF RON BAKER HIDE. A
FIRST FOR MY MATE WHO ONLE GETS OUT 3 TIMES A YEAR TO GO BIRDING BUT HIS DIY SKILLS ARE SECOND TO NONEbiggrin.gif
PLENTY RUFF AROUND THE PLACE AND ALL THE USUAL DIVERS AND DABBLERS
COULDNT FIND THE GOLDENEYE
007 MISSION NOT ACCOMPLISHED
WHOOPERS AND PINKFEET IN GREAT NUMBERS THEY KNOW WHEN TO COME ONTO THE RESERVE FOR THEIR DAILY 3.30 FEED.

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Ian Campbell


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Marshside this a.m.
Glossy Ibis still present, seen by warden today, but not by me. Hundreds of golden plover and black tailed godwit. Large numbers of ducks including; wigeon, pochard, shellduck, teal, shoveller, pintail. Also a single little egret and peregrine, many redshank and curlew present as well.

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Marshside 6.45-9 am this morning

Glossy Ibis again right in the middle of the marsh
Green sandpiper, 2 common sandpipers and 6 Snipe from Nels hide
Peregrine along Marine Drive
Plenty of Godwits and 1000`s of Pinkies flying in
Also 1 male Bullfinch seen from the main RSPB hide while talking to the warden ,quite a rare find at that location

Martin mere 9.30-14.30

1000`s of pinkfoot flying in all morning, a brilliant sight . One bird was wearing a silver neck band with the letters CHA on it . Anyone who has an idea where I can get some information on this bird as I would be interested please leave a message.
7 Whooper swans and plenty of Pintail were about.
From the In Focus shop while trying out some new scopes , 1 female Marsh harrier, 1 Buzzard , and 1 Sparrowhawk.
In the pine trees 2 Goldcrests and 1 Chiffchaff.

An excellent day out smile.gif

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12:00 8/9/7 - Marshside

Glossy Ibis - smack in the middle of the marsh so distant views
4+ Little Egret
4 R***y Duck
2 Ruff
20+ Black-tailed Godwit
2 Snipe
50+ House Martin
10+ Swallows
40+ Goldfinches


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Marshside fri 7 sept evening.

2 Little Egret
6 Snipe
Wigeon
Teal
Pintail
Bl t Godwits
4 Ruff
Redshank
Shoveler


Dean.

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wed/05.09.07-marshside-little egret-8,marsh harrier-1 juv,spotted redshank-1,greenshank-4,no signs of great white egret.loads of b.t.godwit,wigeon,etc

mon/03.09.07-marshside-as above but also glossy ibis,10 little egret(beware the old twitching syndrome,i was shown 3 gw egrets by different people which turned out to be little egrets when i looked?)i didn't manage to see the gw egret-but many others saw glimses of it about half a mile away)smile.gif

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Ian Campbell


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Marshside today a.m.
2 little egret (made up for not seeing the Elton bird yesterday!)
1 glossy ibis, 1 osprey, 4 kestrel, 1 sparrow hawk, many black tailed godwit, lots of redshank, small number of dunlin and a common sandpiper plus all the usual ducks.

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Yesterday

Marshside

1 Glossy Ibis
1 Wheatear
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Snipe
6 Ruddy Duck
1 Ruff
64 Black-tailed Godwit
2 Little Egret
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Kestrel
1 Snipe

Martin Mere

3 Marsh Harriers (2 juvs showing well)
307 Lapwing
16 Ruff
6 Dunlin
3 Green Sandpiper (2 stood next to Common Sand for nice comparison)
1 Common Sandpiper
3 Whoopers (usual resident bunch)
3 Buzzards

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07.00hrs 12th August.
from Nells Hide, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit. 10 Snipe and 2 Knot.
Sandgrounders. 1 Glossy Ibis. 7 Little Egret 50+ Redshank 100+ Black-tailed Godwit . Heavy rain this morning did not see any Raptors.cry.gif

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MM- Marsh Harrier ,KIngfisher from Ron Barker hide.
ruff and 2 green sand pipers from swanlink hide.Plus all the usual stuff.biggrin.gif

MS- Glossy ibis, curlew,pied wag, 4 snipe,2 common sandpipers,1 avocet,3 little egret,100s godwits and lapwings all from sandgrounders hide.

5 ruff,100s godwits and lapwings and about 100 coot all from nells hide.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 13th of March 2010 04:51:08 PM

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 8th of January 2011 09:24:01 PM

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