Lee’s diary Notes Jan 1-3 2009
January 25, 2009
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Isles of Scilly Bird Group
January 17, 2009
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September 7, 2008
Only 30 000 Red-breasted geese left on the Planet. The majority of them overwinter in Bulgaria. Every year hundreds of them are killed by poachers.
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Caspian Tern
July 23, 2008
The adult CASPIAN TERN, identified at Collingham GP shortly before mid-afternoon, visited the pit at regular intervals until 1948 hours this evening, providing many observers an opportunity of seeing this rare visitor from Scandinavia.
DIRECTIONS: At the north end of Collingham village just north of Newark-on-Trent, take Trent Lane westwards just before the pub and then turn right into Carlton Ferry Lane and park sensibly.
The adult BLACK STORK, seen previously in Kent and then earlier this week close to Braintree (Essex), circled low over Shoebury, Southend-on-Sea (Essex) this evening, perhaps indicating it may return back across the Thames Estuary, whilst in Hampshire, this weekend’s adult WHITE STORK.flew SW over Bitterne, Southampton, at 1400.
In Dorset, 2 GREAT WHITE EGRETS flew north past the East Cliffs at Portland Bill at 0830 hours this morning, whilst in West Sussex, an adult CATTLE EGRET reappeared in Pagham Harbour, where it visited the Breaches Pool briefly with Little Egrets. On the Somerset Levels, the single juvenile CATTLE EGRET continues to survive. A party of 11 EURASIAN SPOONBILLS dropped in to Breydon Water (Norfolk) early morning (but flew off at 0916), whilst others included 2 in Poole Harbour (Dorset) and another at Martin Mere WWT (Lancs). Five also remained at Cley NWT (North Norfolk), the same reserve still hosting an adult WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and adult PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
Further PECTORAL SANDPIPERS today including relocating adults at Eyebrook Reservoir (Leics) and Levington Creek (Suffolk), with others still present at Edderthorpe Flash (South Yorks) and Holland Haven scrape (Essex).
A drake LESSER SCAUP in eclipse plumage remains for a third day at Balgray Reservoir (Clyde).
LONG STAYERS
In Orkney, the long-staying summer-plumaged adult WHITE-BILLED DIVER remains in Water Sound, with the adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING in gardens at Upper Siadar, Lewis (Outer Hebrides) and the eclipse drake Ring-necked Duck at Loch Gelly (Fife). The drake FERRUGINOUS DUCK remains at Chew Valley Lake (Avon) with the first-summer drake Hooded Merganser (of unknown origin) still at Radipole Lake (Dorset). The GLOSSY IBIS continues at Marshside Marsh RSPB (Lancs), with the pair of COMMON CRANES still present on Sleap Moor (Shropshire).
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Cattle Egrets breed in the UK
July 22, 2008
A pair of CATTLE EGRETS has successfully reared a single youngster in a Somerset heron/egret colony this summer, further enforcing the view that this species is on the verge of colonising Britain. Although Cattle Egrets have bred before in counties as far afield as Cornwall and Kent, this is possibly the first time a youngster has successfully fledged the nest (although a juvenile accompanied two adults in Dorset last year in late summer). With over 100 Cattle Egrets in Britain and Ireland last winter, it will be interesting to see how
many will appear in the forthcoming autumn. With the spread of Great White Egret on the close continent too, it must only be a matter of time before that species too becomes a resident.
The dramatic spread of the Little Egret in Britain and Ireland has been one of the ornithological events of the decade. Just ten years ago, 14 pairs were breeding, but now in 2008, the breeding population has soared to an incredible 623 pairs – at 55 different sites.
Is this all proof of global warming or is it just part of a natural cyclic variation in our bird populations?
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