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Huttoft Pit - 10/7/2013
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Author:  Garry Wright [ Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Huttoft Pit - 10/7/2013
29 Black tail godwit
105 Mallards
2 Sedge warbler
4 Reed bunting
1 Common tern
2 Reed warbler
1 Mute swan
4 Tufted duck
1 Pied wag
40 Woodpigeon
Coot 11 adult 9 juv
1 Little grebe
1 Kestrel
2 Teal
1 Moorhen
5 Curlew
18 Redshanks
36 Swallows
4 Gadwall
3 Collard dove
27 BH-gull
2 Common gull
350+ Starlings on wires behind hide
6 Carrion crow
Author:  Graham Catley [ Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Huttoft Pit - 10/7/2013
any mud showing Gary or are the godwits the only waders with long enough legs?
Author:  Garry Wright [ Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Huttoft Pit - 10/7/2013
Very little graham waders flying around and around then flying off frustrating.
Redshanks will land on island but tonight some landed on water and had swim ?
Greenshank flew around then off.
About same count as last night.
26 Curlew over
2 Common tern
1 Greenshank
3 mute swan
Author:  Anthony Bentley [ Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Huttoft Pit - 10/7/2013
I've seen 2 Redshanks swimming in the harbour in Scarborough. It was quite surreal
Author:  Graham Catley [ Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Huttoft Pit - 10/7/2013
The Lincs coast still lacks a high quality wader habitat. Very old birders will well remember the summer of 76 when Huttoft dried out to pull in a fine collection of waders including l Yellowlegs, Temminck's, Pec etc . New scrapes seem to lack food but I saw today the IDB? Or local farmer deepening the ditch to the north of Huttoft pit so it may soon be drier!
Author:  Geoff Williams [ Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Huttoft Pit - 10/7/2013
Graham Catley wrote:
The Lincs coast still lacks a high quality wader habitat. Very old birders will well remember the summer of 76 when Huttoft dried out to pull in a fine collection of waders including l Yellowlegs, Temminck's, Pec etc . New scrapes seem to lack food but I saw today the IDB? Or local farmer deepening the ditch to the north of Huttoft pit so it may soon be drier!

I did visit Huttoft Pit this week and I'm always disappointed in the place, it could be so good with proper management. When the digger was doing the slubbing out last year? they had a chance to dig out some deeper channels for Bittern and create some islands and wader scrapes but it seems there is no imagination in the management.
I do most of my wader watching at Manby Flashes, when the conditions are right.
I was hoping that the Donna Nook Realignment Scheme wader scrapes would be good but there is still no sign of any water being let in. It's starting to get overgrown now.
RSPB Frampton Marsh is probably one of the best wader sites in the country, I visited it today and I quite enjoyed it.
Geoff
Author:  Garry Wright [ Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Huttoft Pit - 10/7/2013
In years gone by some strimming took place around the hide area which helped.
But nothing so far this year.
Tonight 60 Black tailed godwit circled pit for a few mins then flew southwards.
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