June, 2010

Welcome to another day of recent sightings ....

Old Moor today ..

There were 2 little egrets, a black-tailed godwit, a green sandpiper, 7 redshanks and 3 ringed plovers reported but no location was submitted.

Lets just pretend that they were on the Wader Scrape ...

A barn owl was seen hunting along the far banking of the reserve.

A lesser whitethroat, a sedge warbler and a reed warbler were reported from Green Lane.

There were 15 Pochards reported on Wath Ings .. I'm not sure if this is a total of adults and chicks or just adults ..

A hobby was seen hunting over the East Field Pool.

A sensible report again ..... nice ...

Don't get too used to it ..

Bert xx

Hello .. Good evening .. and Welcome to today's sightings ...

Today is better for reports ..

Old Moor had a little egret on Wath Ings along with a tufted duck with 12 ducklings, a little grebe with 5 .. errr .. 'grebelings' , a great-crested grebe also with 5 'grebelings' and common terns.

There were 2 seperate sightings of a kingfisher from the new Bittern Hide.

A fledgeling bullfinch was a welcome sight on the garden feeders.

On the Mere the 2 'Med gulls' are now the proud parents of 2 chicks (up to now) which is great news for the reserve !!!

So  ... All in all there is new life springing up everywhere on Old Moor and the other Dearne Valley reserves. Lets hope that it continues that way ...

I myself am also going to 'spring up' and get a beer from the fridge ...

Bert ....

Good evening viewer ...

Reports today from Old Moor were few and far between ..

In fact, they are so 'few and far' that there are no reports !!

I can however, bring you a peregrine falcon from Wombwell Ings .. Well, when I say I can 'bring you one', I don't mean that I can actually turn up on your doorstep with a peregrine in a bag  ... but I can report a sighting of one one to you ..

As is customary in this situation I refer you to yesterday's report where you will find a good idea of what you are likely to see at the various reserves..

What you are unlikely to see ... is a peregrine in a bag ..

Bye Bye ...

Bert ....

Today is a mixture of good news and not so good news ...

The not so good news involves the German football team ...

The good news is that I managed my trudge ...

I began at Edderthorpe Flash ..

Lots to see and hear and I was greeted, as is now normal, by the skylark as soon as I got out of my car .. 'Tweeee tweee tweee twee twee' he said ... 'Morning old lad' I answered ...

A cuckoo, a yellowhammer, a grey partridge, reed buntings, willow warblers, whitethroats, reed warblers, a blackcap and a green woodpecker were all seen around the perimeter of the reserve. On and around the water were coots, moorhens, mallards, gadwalls, tufted ducks, shovelers, teals, grey herons, redshanks, lapwings, ringed plovers, little grebes black-headed gulls and Canada geese. Swifts, swallows and house martins were all hunting over the water.

Next it was over to Bolton Ings via Warbler Way ..

On Warbler Way were whitethroats, blackcaps, willow warblers, chiffchaffs, linnets and Mr Blackbird was singing in his usual spot .

Bolton Ings had lapwings, little grebes, great crested grebes, a wigeon, pochards, tufted ducks, mallards, gadwalls, coots, moorhens, black-headed gulls, common terns, Canada geese a kestrel, swifts, whitethroats and reed buntings. A barn owl and a grasshopper warbler were also reported from earlier this morning.

Next was Wombwell Ings ..

Fairly quiet here really .. Black-headed gulls, lapwings, ringed plovers, little-ringed plovers, redshanks, linnets and 2 coots were seen. A skylark was singing overhead but no conversation was offered as I was in a rush ...

From there I returned to Old Moor ..

A hobby was reported from over the car park which was a nice addition to the list ..

Wath Ings had 7 little egrets, mallards, gadwalls, tufted ducks, pochards, shovelers,little grebes, great-crested grebes, coots, moorhens, lapwings, redshanks, ringed and little-ringed plovers, mute swans greylag geese and black-headed gulls. A lesser whitethroat could be heard next to  the path just outside the hide

The Field Pool had coots, moorhens, Canada geese, little grebes, lapwings black-headed gulls and a reed warbler was heard.

The Wader Scrape had black-headed gulls, common terns, 3 lesser black-backed gulls, coots, moorhens, Canada geese, tufted ducks, teals, gadwalls, oystercatchers, redshanks, ringed plovers and lapwings.

The Mere had a cormorant, black-headed gulls, mediterranean gulls, gadwalls, tufted ducks, mallards, mute swans, coots, moorhens, redshanks, Canada geese and greylag geese.

The garden feeders had bullfinches, chaffinches, greenfinches, willow tits, great tits, blue tits and tree sparrows ..

The Visitor Centre had Sharolyn and Ali ..

Mmmmmm ... Ali ....

So .. there you go ... Sorted ..

Bye viewers ..

Bert.

A few odds and ends reported from Old Moor today ...

The Mere had  a wigeon, 2 pochards, little-ringed plovers, ringed plovers, and oystercatchers.

The Wader Scrape had 7 teals and doubtless lots more besides !

A lesser whitethroat was reported from Green Lane.

Tomorrow is trudge/England match day .. So looks I,m going to be missing a part of one of them ......

Tune in for more news tomorrrow ...

Dosvidanya !!