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Author: | Chris Grimshaw [ Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:48 pm ] |
Post subject: | Gib 10:30 to 15:00 |
Glorious weather for a change Frustrating drive from Lincoln and back. Far too many tractors and caravans. When I am PM quarupled road tax and can only use the roads between 02:30 and 03:30 With the whinge over the birding was good Swallows many House Martin 18 Canada Goose c200 Greylag c100 Avocet 29 approx Lapwing Coot Little Grebe many Teal Ruddy Duck 1 male Dunlin 2 Moorhen Black Headed Gull Mallard c200 Tufted Duck Pochard Black tailed Godwit Shelduck 1 Golden Plover 1 Marsh Harrier female Goldfinch Turtle Dove 1 Oysrtercatcher Sanderling Curlew Sandwich Tern 2 on the beach Kittiwake 2 on the beach Artic Skua 1 Common Tern 2 Wheatear 3 Redshank Ruff 1 Little Egret 10 on Jacksons Marsh Dunes very quiet while I was there About grey seals on one of the sand banks |
Author: | Kev Wilson [ Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:15 pm ] |
Post subject: | Gib |
Other sightings today included; wood sandpiper marsh harrier 4 Montagues harrier i juv barn owl 2 ruff 9 pied flycatcher 2 redstart 2 whinchat 7 buzzard 3 merlin yellow wagtail 15 and not a single greenish warbler ! I went out to record the hirundine roost this evening; swallow 1200 sand martin 300 and a spoonbill that flew north before returning back south - probably landed on Jackson's or Tennyson's Cheers Kev swa |
Author: | Chris Grimshaw [ Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:53 pm ] |
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Upsetting is what you miss. Must have walked around with my eyes closed |
Author: | Katherine Birkett [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:07 am ] |
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Chris Grimshaw wrote: Upsetting is what you miss. Must have walked around with my eyes closed I'd have missed them with my eyes open! |
Author: | Nige Lound [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:24 am ] |
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I was down from 0600. Walked in from the north end. Also had Curlew Sand, 5 Common Sand, 2 Common Buzzard and a Wood Warbler (in the sycamores at the extreme north end between the lagoon and the golf course). Regards Nige |
Author: | Graham Hardy [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:26 am ] |
Post subject: | Ninety Nine species of bird recorded at Gibraltar Point. |
We were at Gibraltar Point from 08:05 until 20:20 on Saturday 25th and managed to record exactly 90 species of bird and twelve of Butterfly, and then we missed nine species that others had recorded. The interesting birds seen and not mentioned above or of impressive numbers were :- Spotted Flycatcher 1 Willow Warbler 15 Garden Warbler 2 Whitethroat 5 Blackcap 2 Black-headed Gull c4,000 Common Gull c650 Kingfisher 1 Snipe 9 Marsh Harriers 5 in total Golden Plover 140 Black-tailed Godwit 163 Pintail 2 Sanderling c300 Greenshank 1 Grey Plover 1 Gannet 3 Arctic Skua 2 Black Tern 3 one in sum plum Whimbrel 1 Little Tern 19 Swift 1 the last bird to record We were too tired and exhausted to check out the Little Egret roost but good numbers appeared to be going into it and the hirundine pre roost was very impressive. Next time we should include the extreme north and south of the site and crack the 100 total. Graham Hardy & Derek Pell |
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