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| Author: | Steve Lovell [ Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Marston and South Lincs |
APOLOGIES FOR THIS LATE POST THIS IS MY FIRST ACCESS TO THE COMPUTER SINCE YESTERDAY ! Saturday -Out and about starting at Marston in the morning . Marston On the Lagoon - 40 + Gadwall, 32 Mallard , 1 Tufted , 5 Teal Down the track - Mixed flock of 20+ Great , Blue and Longtailed Tits, 2 Grey Wagtails near to red fence In the reed beds - 4 water rail ( showing well in the morning sunshine ) + 2 Curlew On the turf field 40 + pied wags . On the rough ground behind the hedge flock of 80+ Linnets ( feeding on the ground but very mobile once passing horses had disturbed them ) , and a flock of 30 + chaffinches with alas no bramblings in them . COLSTERWORTH / SKILLINGTON AREA Large numbers of gulls LBB , H , GBB, and Common roosting on fields with several thousand Starlings ( 4000 estimated ) + 7 red Kite + 4 Buzzards KIRKBY UNDERWOOD - 5 Red Kites together overhead. DUNSBY FEN - 3 Barn Owls, 1 Peregrine , 1 Sparrowhawk . Upto 2000 Golden Plover on Hacconby Fen which were frequently harrased by said Peregrine . As said in a previous post a very local shoot at Dunsby did not do the barn owls any favours disturbing them from their daytime roost early . |
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| Author: | Steve Lovell [ Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Marston and South Lincs |
Whilst working in the vicinity yesterday I returned for an hour fom 2-30 to 3-30 . Quietly viewing from four separate points I estimate that I saw a minimum of 13 Water rail in the reeds all close to the pathway , if these are closeby then just how many are there in the entire site . They seem to favour the flow of water and possibly nutrients from the concrete channel . It made a collegues day as they had never seen a WR before , talk about overkill ! Additional sightings 3 Chiffchaff ( in reeds ) and many wrens 15 + . 1 Sparrowhawk and 1 Buzzard . |
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