Y'days highlights @Uptonwarren: Avocet (42), R Plover (2), LRP (6), Lapwing (5), Oyks(4), C Sand, Stonechat (2), L W'throat, C W'throat, Raven, Skylark, W Rail, L Egret, Shelduck (8), R Kite reported, Swift (3), T Duck (33).
Ydays highlights from the Moors #uptonwarren: Little Stint, Garganey, Dunlin (4), Common Sand, Curlew (3), Lapwing (c40), Snipe (3), Little Egret (6), Shoveler (10), Teal (c25), Gadwall (6), Water Rail, Collared Dove (2).
Y'days highlights from the Moors at #uptonwarren:
Wood Sand, Green Sand (2), Common Sand (1), Snipe (2), Lapwing (c40), Hobby (2), L Egret (2), L Grebe (23), Gadwall (15), Teal (c20), Shoveler (4), Swift (1), Swallow (4) + Otter + Brown Argus.
Y'days highlights from the Moors at #uptonwarren:
Whinchat briefly (rep), Red Kite, Hobby (2), Snipe (5), G Sand (2), C Sand (1), Lapwing (3), L Egret (6), Kingfisher, L Grebe (22), W Rail, C Dove (3), Shoveler (4), Teal (5), Gadwall (4), Chiffchaff (3), Reed W, Swift (10).
Y'days from the Moors #uptonwarren: Green Sand (4), Dunlin, Common Sand, Lapwing (12), Common Tern (2), L Egret (5), Hobby, Kestrel, Raven, L Grebe (20), Swift (19), Collared Dove (2), Cormorant (6) + Ruddy Darter.
Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: Black T Godwit (3), Curlew (6), Green Sand (2), Common Sand (2), Lapwing (12), Little Egret (5), Raven, T Duck (broods of 6:7:3:11), Little Grebe (11), Gadwall (4), Shelduck (2) over, Cormorant (1), B H Gull (c60).
Y'days highlights from the desert at #uptonwarren: Green Sand (4), LRP (3), Avocet (2), Lapwing (22), Little Egret (5), Red Kite, Redstart, Teal (4), Swallow (8), Gadwall (5), Tufted Duck (brood of 2 + a possible creche of 16), Pheasant.
@upstarts1979@pmandrews1973 I've been looking for a Sony and there are some 'new' cameras available but they are 'grey' imports, so don't touch them. There isn't going to be a mark v, so it would have to be ebay or used from someone like LCE or Clifton Cameras.
SuDS schemes are proving to be beneficial to dragonfly watchers and the newly created pool at Highbury Park, Moseley, Birmingham attracted a pair of Scarce Blue- Tailed Damselflies last Saturday (31-05-25). @AndyWarr3, @pmandrews1973.