Monday, 30 April 2012

Old Moor Area - 30th April

Another good day in the Old Moor Area, went for last hour tonight and saw Drake Garganey on willow pool, Juv Little Gull, Med Gull, Common Tern, 4 Wheatears and 4 Avocets on wader scrape. Also heard Common Sandpiper calling as we were leaving. Other birds present during day included 8 Avocets, Ringed Plover, 5 Black Tailed Godwits, Oystercatchers and Redshanks, Buzzard and Marsh Harrier. At Broomhill Flash were 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers and a Red Kite was seen over the Wombwell Bypass at 09.20. On Wombwell Ings there were 3 Red Breasted Mergansers present early on including 2 drakes and were seen leaving towards Broomhill at 07.22, also present Greenshank, Avocet 3, Snipe 3, Teal 22 and Shelduck 3. Finally on Edderthorpe there was a Black Necked Grebe.
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1 comment:

  1. Alf King1 May 2012 at 10:13

    When you say you went for the "last hour" is this after the RSPB official closing time and, if so, how do you manage that?

    (Like many others I used to have a key before RSPB took control.)

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