Where exactly does the Humber finish on the Lincs side? Having Lesser Sand Plover on the list, i presume it goes at least as far as Rimac, but does that mean i can include Titchwell in the Wash?
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| Author: | Graham Catley [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | waders and estuaries |
Having seen Marsh Sandpiper at Alkborough this week I realised that my total of wader species seen on the Humber estuary, or in its immediate tidal lagoon, was in fact 55 species. Th eHumber is of course the second estuary in Britain so I assume someone must have seen more in the Wash? but there are still plenty to go at with Terek and Stone Curlew being obvious absentees and then there is sure to be a Greater Yellowlegs and a Black-winged Pratincole soon plus of course a Great Knot and when the WWT loose a few probably a Spoon-billed Sand -- full list below Oystercatcher Black-winged Stilt Avocet Collared Pratincole Little Ringed Plover Ringed Plover Kentish Plover Lesser Sand Plover Greater Sand Plover Dotterel American Golden Plover Pacific Golden Plover Golden Plover Grey Plover Lapwing Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Red-necked Stint Little Stint Temminck’s Stint Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird’s Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Purple Sandpiper Dunlin Broad-billed Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff Jack Snipe Snipe Great Snipe Long-billed Dowitcher Woodcock Black-tailed Godwit Hudsonian Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit Whimbrel Curlew Common Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Spotted Redshank Greenshank Lesser Yellowlegs Marsh Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Redshank Turnstone Wilson’s Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Grey Phalarope |
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| Author: | Paul French [ Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: waders and estuaries |
Where exactly does the Humber finish on the Lincs side? Having Lesser Sand Plover on the list, i presume it goes at least as far as Rimac, but does that mean i can include Titchwell in the Wash?
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| Author: | Geoff Mullett [ Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: waders and estuaries |
Looking at the OS map, I would say the Humber joined the North Sea around a line between Spurn and Tetney, so certainly not as far down as Rimac. Geoff |
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| Author: | Graham Catley [ Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: waders and estuaries |
The humber estuary as per WeBS ends at Mablethorpe north end so I would guess the Wash ends at Hunstanton and Gib point which still makes it a lot bigger! |
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| Author: | Phil Espin [ Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: waders and estuaries |
The European designated Humber Marine Site extends down to Rimac and for the purposes of the Humber flood risk strategy the Environment Agency treats the Humber estuary as extending down to Rimac, so it would seem from the public authority point of view the Humber estuary does indeed extend to Rimac. I have seen some authors suggest that geographically the estuary's southern limit is where the coast turns from running East West to North South where the look out towers are at RAF Donna Nook. Most lists are a matter of personal choice e.g. does your British list include Isle of Man, Ireland, N Ireland or Channel islands, there is no right answer so I suggest Paul runs his Wash list to Cley if he wants, though I think Graham would be taking the (expletive deleted) if he extended his Humber list to Frampton. |
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