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| Author: | Dean Eades [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Three Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
Blue winged teal boutlham mere . Just got this text |
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| Author: | Grahame Hopwood [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2 Blue-winged Teals at Boutlham Mere LWT |
Dean Nicholson and John Hayes found a female/imm type Blue-winged Teal at Boultham Mere early this afternoon. Incredibly whilst watching this bird another female/imm type bird was also found. Although they spent some together they also spend a considerable amount of time feeding apart from one another. If not visible from the hide, then try looking from the western bay (past the hide over the two bridges to where the seat is). One the other or both can be elusive at times, so be patient! Cheers Grahame |
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| Author: | Russell Hayes [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
Both birds were feeding and associating together in the far right bay between 18:30 - 19:00 Also Bittern seen twice in flight. Scope needed. |
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| Author: | Grahame Hopwood [ Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
Out of interest have had two independent reports this morning to say that there are now at least 3 and possibly up to 4 Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere. Got to worth checking out if anyone is in the area. Cheers Grahame |
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| Author: | Rick Bennett [ Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
Certainly 3 at 11am. Very closely associated with each other and apart from all the other ducks. Can't see any other blue winged teal on Birdguides. What are the chances of 3 wild blue winged teal arriving on one small lake when there are no others in the country? Cheers. Rick |
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| Author: | Aidan Turner [ Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
Hope they will stick around for a while. Plan to visit Reserve tomorrow(Wednesday). Incidentally, I saw a Baikal Teal there, about 18 months to two years ago, before becoming an LBC member. |
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| Author: | Anthony Bentley [ Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
Wait? Baikel Teal? A genuine bird or escapee? Male/Female/Juv? |
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| Author: | John Clarkson [ Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
Richard This was on BG yesterday 16/09/13 Blue-winged Teal Clyde Frankfield Loch But not today. Still amazing! John |
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| Author: | Grahame Hopwood [ Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
An update on these birds. Dean Nicholson has now obtained some excellent photos of all three Blue-winged Teal together. An observer has sent me a photo he took at Boultham Mere on 13th Sept which clearly shows one Blue-winged Teal, so it appears these birds (and certainly one of them) may have been around for a few days before being identified. And finally just for interest, a trawl of all past accepted records (up till 2011) involving multiple occurrences of three or more birds together (plenty of records of two birds) for Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands gives just three records as follows: 1983 Alderney, 3, 19th-20th Sept 2009 Outer Hebrides, 3, 14th Sept 2010 Mayo (Keel Lough), 5, 18th-26th Sept It’s worth noting the dates of these multiple occurrences. Cheers Grahame |
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| Author: | Russell Hayes [ Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
3 Still present to at least 17:00pm Managed some better pics today. |
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| Author: | Graham Catley [ Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
It will take me a week to upload all to the album but for ref a range of images on my blog showing some of the wing patterns http://pewit.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/blu ... teals.html |
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| Author: | Andy Sims [ Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
Thankfully the three Blue-winged Teals are still present in the west bay this morning, also 2 Bitterns out together on the front edge of the north reeds. I first heard of these teal on Monday when we were birding at Kununurra in NW Australia. We landed at Heathrow at 05:30 this morning and I was back home and across my local patch and watching the teal by 10:30, very relieved that they were still present. |
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| Author: | Derick Evans [ Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
Close views of the 3 Blue-winged Teals in the west bay today. Plus 1 bittern in flight over the mere. Thanks to Andy pointing us to the viewing area beyond the hide. |
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| Author: | Chris Grimshaw [ Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
I managed to see two after I dashed across on Monday afternoon shortly after they were discovered. That is two more than I have found in Barbados my present location |
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| Author: | Andrew Chick [ Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three Blue-winged Teals at Boultham Mere LWT Reserve |
Taken on 21st Sept 2013 |
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