Eccup Challange
Posted 10-07-10 at 12:24 PM by amanda
The night before we had gone to Eccup in the evening hoping to spot the Barn Owl no luck but there was alot of Yellowhammers about.The walk takes about 2hrs all way round so when I went on Friday morrning I was not up to the long walked so found a spot to park the car at the top end of the reservoir.Here is were the water board takes the water,you can look out over the water,at one end there is a "sandy"shore.
Along the waters edge there were Pied Wagtails and Gray Wagtails feeding, I could see some other small birds a Ringed Plover a first for me,thanks to Chaz we think it was a Little Ringed Plover.Some men came to cut the grass so i moved on,there was a flash of blue a little bird following the waters edge,Kingfisher another new bird,good start to the day.Watching the Wagtails i noticed another bird,Common Sandpiper add that to the list.
The Geese and Comarants were all out sunning them selfs,got a good luck at the Redshanks and the young Shellduck.Back up the little track saw some Willow Warblers and alot of Medow Brown Butterflies about,how time flys when you are having fun the 3hrs i was there never gose this fast at work which is were i had to go
New birds for the list...
Little Ringed Plover..
Common SAndpiper..
Willow Warbler..
Kingfisher..
Along the waters edge there were Pied Wagtails and Gray Wagtails feeding, I could see some other small birds a Ringed Plover a first for me,thanks to Chaz we think it was a Little Ringed Plover.Some men came to cut the grass so i moved on,there was a flash of blue a little bird following the waters edge,Kingfisher another new bird,good start to the day.Watching the Wagtails i noticed another bird,Common Sandpiper add that to the list.
The Geese and Comarants were all out sunning them selfs,got a good luck at the Redshanks and the young Shellduck.Back up the little track saw some Willow Warblers and alot of Medow Brown Butterflies about,how time flys when you are having fun the 3hrs i was there never gose this fast at work which is were i had to go
New birds for the list...
Little Ringed Plover..
Common SAndpiper..
Willow Warbler..
Kingfisher..
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Well done Amaanda......these are all good birds to see.......it is amazing how time flies when you're engrossed isn't it!
Posted 11-07-10 at 08:40 AM by Twitcheruth
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Nice one Amanda, I love Plovers and the Sandpiper and Kingfisher are great tooPosted 11-07-10 at 02:59 PM by alanjns
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Thanks Ruth and Alan,went back the next day to see if i could see the Plovers again but no luck,there were more people about to day with it been Saturday. I had my bins round my neck, people were stopping me to talk about the birds they had seen especially the Red kites,it was nice to pass on what I know and everyone was realy nice and keen to know about the wildlife in the area..Posted 11-07-10 at 06:09 PM by amanda
