Saturday, 31 October 2015

Northern Pits: 2 drake Red-crested Pochards still, Turnstone still, 15 Golden Plovers south, 3 Snipe, 2 Kingfishers and Grey Wagtail.

Island Pit: 8 Goldeneye.

Washout Pit: Little Egret, Water Rail calling and singing Cetti's Warbler.

Sunday, 25 October 2015

Northern Pits: 2 drake Red-crested Pochards still, plus Pintail, Turnstone still, Green Sandpiper, immature Peregrine, Red Kite and 3 Kingfishers.

Thursday, 22 October 2015

Northern Pits: Pink-footed Goose and 2 drake Red-crested Pochards still today, however no sign of the Spoonbill.

Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Northern Pits: SPOONBILL still today, also Pink-footed Goose with Greylags, 2 drake Red-crested Pochards, 2 Pintail and Turnstone and Common Sandpiper still.

Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Great Meadow: Short-eared Owl late afternoon, mobbed by corvids, before rising to height and drifting off.

Northern Pits: juvenile SPOONBILL late afternoon around Pumphouse Pit. Also Water Pipit associating with 2 Rock Pipits along the bund at Pumphouse, plus Common Sandpiper and 6+ Yellow-legged Gulls.




Juvenile Spoonbill and Water Pipit at
Pumphouse Pit late this afternoon

Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Visitors' Centre: juvenile GANNET flew north over the centre at 12:05. 

Saturday, 3 October 2015

Northern Pits: Turnstone & 2 Ruff still, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper and 2 Snipe.

Island Pit: female Goldeneye; 8 Lesser Redpolls feeding in Silver Birch tree at far SE end of pit.

Thursday, 1 October 2015

Northern Pits: 37 Pintail (a good count for Paxton), c.30 Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 Ruff & 2 Dunlin still.

Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Northern Pits: Turnstone still, 2 juvenile Ruff, 2 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher and a Water Rail calling.

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Northern Pits: Red-crested Pochard, Egyptian Goose, escaped drake Cape Shelduck, Black Swan still, Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpipers, c.25 Yellow-legged Gulls.

Sunday, 27 September 2015

Hayling Pit/Meadow Trail: 2 Hobbies hawking dragonflies early afternoon, also 8+ Buzzards.

Heron Trail: 2 Coal Tits.

Northern Pits: Turnstone still, plus juvenile female Ruff, 2 Dunlin and Snipe. 20+ Yellow Wagtails in nearby cowfields on north west side of Diddington village. No sign of yesterday's Yellow-browed Warbler today.

Saturday, 26 September 2015

Northern Pits/Diddington: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER found early morning in the wood by Diddington village car park and present throughout the day, although it was often elusive and only calling occasionally. It showed well on a few occasions on the east side (New Workings side) of the wood in the morning and also on the west side of the wood from the car park.

Also present this morning was the Turnstone still, 4 Pintail, 1+ Golden Plover over, 2 Green Sandpipers and a pair of Stonechats, whilst several small groups of Redpoll and Siskin were passing overhead throughout the morning.

Very bad record shot of the Yellow-browed Warbler
 present today. You can just about make out one of the
wing-bars on it's right wing!

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Northern Pits: AvocetTurnstone still, 6-7 Dunlin and female Red-crested Pochard on Pumphouse Pit in evening, plus the regular adult Caspian Gull amongst the pre-roosting Gulls on New Workings.

Monday, 21 September 2015

Northern Pits: adult Caspian Gull again in evening pre-roost, plus Ruff still, 3+ Common Sandpipers and 2+ Dunlin.

Sunday, 20 September 2015

Great Meadow: Spotted Flycatcher in trees on far W side of meadow.

A1 North Pit: male Stonechat in Brambles on east side of pit.

Northern Pits: Peregrine, Ruff still

Washout Pit: Cetti's Warbler singing briefly.