tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14949282075960393422024-03-13T04:23:44.264+00:00Howdon BloggerHowdonBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17653529245467483723noreply@blogger.comBlogger674125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494928207596039342.post-17163207997804696022017-07-20T21:30:00.002+01:002017-07-20T21:30:58.165+01:00Last Weekend At Boulmer and Big Waters 15 & 16 July 2017Not a post in 6 weeks due to not getting out, holidays and being ill. Instead of Big Waters here are a few pictures from a trip to Boulmer last weekend with Tom Tams in search of the Long Billed Dowitcher which was very successful even though I didn't get any pictures of it I saw it a few times and quite close. So here are some of the other things we saw starting with a short video of a couple of Juvenile Stonechats feeding:<br />
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I did go to Big Waters this weekend but was not feeling 100% so went home and hit the pillows and these were the only pictures I took.<br />
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This was one of the fishermen at the public end who had just caught a 6lb 3oz Bream</div>
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HowdonBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17653529245467483723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494928207596039342.post-12629351785105392952017-06-05T08:23:00.000+01:002017-07-09T20:37:42.874+01:00Big Waters - 28 May 2017Arrived at Big Waters on Sunday about 10 minutes late so decided to just wander round concentrating on ground level for a change so here are a few pictures from the 2 hours I spent in complete solitude. If there is no name against them and you know them please let me know<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Red-headed Cardinal Beetle - Pyrochroa serraticornis</span></h2>
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Silver-ground Carpet - Xanthorhoe montanata<br />
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Scorpion Fly<br />
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Azure Damselfly<br />
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Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta<br />
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Large Red Damselfly - Pyrrhosoma nymphula<br />
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Speckled Wood - <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Pararge aegeria</span><br />
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The patternation looks like one of them post reading lamps (Alderfly - thanks Alan J)<br />
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Common Carpet Moth - Epirrhoe alternata<br />
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Green-veined White - Pieris napi<br />
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Large Red Damselfly - Pyrrhosoma nymphula<br />
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Emerald Damselfly - Lestes sponsa<br />
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Lots of Cows in the South Field<br />
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Mute Swan in the wood which has been chased off the pond by the resident couple and their young<br />
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Green-veined White - Pieris napi<br />
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Couple of Canada Geese dropping in </div>
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Grey Heron surveying its hunting area</div>
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Practising Landing Approaches </div>
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Common Tern looking for food </div>
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Our resident Fish Crow which seems to have better success than the Terns </div>
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Couple of Gadwall</div>
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HowdonBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17653529245467483723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494928207596039342.post-77257934084953016242017-05-25T19:48:00.002+01:002017-05-25T19:48:52.094+01:00Big Waters - 21 May 2017Haven't been up to Big Waters for a couple of weeks due to Family Duties so it was great to get out there for a few hours for a good old chat and a perusal of the countryside with Ian D, Alan J and Keith B. Here are a few pictures from the walk<br />
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A Fox watching us watching him</div>
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The paths are getting smaller as the greenery grows</div>
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I can't remember anything growing here 3 weeks ago</div>
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One of my favourite vistas </div>
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Six Great Crested Grebes on the pond but only 1 pair has any young</div>
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The resident Swan pair which bred on Little Waters has now brought them to the Big Pond</div>
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View of the Island from the new Platform</div>
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...and the North Scrape from the New Platform</div>
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Reed Bunting belting out the top tunes for the ladies</div>
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Lovely flowers</div>
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The Cygnets on the main scrape</div>
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Canada with its reduced brood of 4</div>
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Young Moorhen on the Main Scrape</div>
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At least 4 Terns sitting on the Island</div>
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...and the Swan family out for a Sunday Paddle</div>
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.......AND FINALLY A COUPLE OF SHOTS FROM MY GARDEN<br />
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A Blue Tit collecting nesting material from a moss covered brick I put next to my garden potting table plus a short video<br />
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Swan settling down in her usual place at Little Waters<br />
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Plenty of Chiff chaffs and Willow Warblers around<br />
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Unusual place for the Grey Heron<br />
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Quite a few Butterflies out in the morning sun<br />
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Another pair of Swans on the main pond getting a bit frisky<br />
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Moorhen on a nest with 2 eggs<br />
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Cracking view on the Boardwalk<br />
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<b>Today Big Waters had its first ever Great White Egret. It wasn't exactly close and didn't stay for long but most of the regulars got some good views of it. Here are a few pictures which are unfortunately well cropped.</b></div>
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<b>.....and now a few more pictures from the rest of the morning including a small video of the Egret and other things seen</b></div>
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Good trip to Big Waters on Sunday for the long walk round with Alan J, Ian D, Graeme B and Keith B. Plenty seen including Little Egret, 7 Buzzards (all at the same time), pair of Great Crested Grebe, several Skylarks, 4 Oystercatchers and plenty more. Also encountered our first Bee of the year, a Buff-tailed Bumble Bee and the first moth of the year, for Big Waters, in the hide, was a Agonopterix heracliana<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /> </span><br />
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These two prats and their dog walked across the fields and behind the North Scrape. They would have had to climb over 3 Gates/hedges to get where they were and would have to go over another 2 to get out onto the track up by Masons Farm. Even when they were out of sight you knew where they were as the birds, geese and sheep scattered in front of them. Good job Farmer Nick hadn't left the cows in the fields.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last week one of the most peaceful nature habitats, Howdon Wetlands, was once again desecrated by mindless morons intent on just destroying things for the cheap thrill it gives them. Northumbria Water, at no small expense, had looked after this idyllic small area of beauty surrounded by houses, industrial estates, shopping precinct and a very busy car port with lots of river traffic and had allowed members of the NTBC to visit. Despite the big fences, the several gates to get through the mindless morons at the 4th attempt (that I know of) eventually entered it again and burnt down the the 2 storey hide that had been built. I doubt that these Tossers will ever be caught but would like to think retribution will be brought on them in one form or another as this deed and others that they no doubt commit will be brought to book. It is difficult to believe that the effort they took to effect entry into the reserve could not be used in pursuit of enhancing their own life.</span></div>
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<b>Some pics from Sunday's visits to Big Waters.</b></div>
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<b>First Pintail of the year on Big Waters</b></div>
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The Scrape starting to show as the water drops but with the news that</div>
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A dullish looking Bullfinch</div>
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Lots of small pockets of BHGs around</div>
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Four of the Six Curlew on the fields although we did see a flock of 15 fly over</div>
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The scrape emptying as Farmer Nick drove his Quad around</div>
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The ringed Grey Wagtail in its usual spot but still unable to get the number</div>
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Sleepy Time</div>
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A couple more shots of the Pintail Pair</div>
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Out for a wander on Sunday with Ian D around Big Waters, we were joined later on by Keith B and Graeme B and we did the Big Walk. It started off quite cold but became a little warmer and brighter later on.</div>
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A couple of early morning scenic shots</div>
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I heard a Crossbill and was trying to find it in the Conifers when an Oystercatcher dropped in.</div>
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Also seen around the Public end were a Treecreeper, Long-tailed Tits and a couple of Goldcrests</div>
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The duck on the pond were notable by their absence although there were still a few around. Widgeon moving around, a few Tufted, some Mallard, a couple of Gadwall, not many Teal, plenty of Swans (still beating each other up), lots of Gulls and a Shoveller although no Goldeneye were seen</div>
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A Heron in its usual early morning haunt until the dog walkers move it off</div>
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Jackday looking for scraps</div>
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A Robin on one of its usual perches</div>
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Nice clouds over the South West field</div>
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The island a bit bare of birds and vegetation</div>
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One of 3 Yellowhammers that were in the Feeding Station</div>
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A couple of pictures of one of the 3 ringed Willow Tits, this one with White Tail</div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">182,462</span>HowdonBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17653529245467483723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494928207596039342.post-57865012748920359432017-01-30T11:47:00.001+00:002017-01-30T11:47:25.476+00:00Big Waters - The Last 2 SundaysA few pictures from the last 2 Sunday Walks around Big Waters. On 22 Jan it was very overcast and freezing so didn't take my gloves off much hence not many photographs.<br />
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The second earliest ever Oystercatcher seen at Big Waters </div>
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A Jack Snipe flying low and quite a distance away</div>
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A bit of early hanky panky could lead to breeding ??</div>
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Although looking very sedate the Swan Battles have become quite</div>
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violent and lots of what looks like "attempted drownings" are seen</div>
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after violent struggles</div>
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Last Sunday was very different, it started off cold but got quite warm (but not in the hides) </div>
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with some amazing Sunshine but it was getting a bit duller by the time we left.</div>
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I mainly took Landscape shots as the Lake was completely frozen over but was</div>
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showing patches of water by the time I left at 13.30.</div>
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A Grey Wagtail near the Farm Track</div>
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One of my favourite views</div>
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Robin in a different position than normal</div>
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(Little Bugger wouldn't turn around)</div>
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A Juvenile having a rest from battling through the ice</div>
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A Reed Bunting (for some reason it reminds me of Hulk Hogan!!)</div>
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Well thats it for this week although next week we should see plenty of birds as Alan J is away doing other things so that means Ian, Keith and I will be able to concentrate on Birding instead of listening to Alan (wink, wink)<br />
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ps. I believe this is the best January for quite a while (if not ever) with 86 Species for the month and that is with only 1 sighting of a Pheasant !!<br />
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We were joined by Susan, Graeme and Tony B on our wander round today so there were many eyes watching and quite a few birds were spotted but I had to leave at 1 so we only had made it about three quaters the way round when I shot off to attend to other things then go away for a few days to Liverpool so dont know if we did better than the 63 which was our previous record for New Years Day<br />
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We met as normal but Keith was away watching big silver birds (so we were expecting something different) and of we went in anticipation (Alan J, Ian D and Graeme B). Weather was a bit dull but warm until you got into the wind then it was extremely cold. During the week there had been very large counts of ducks on the pond and geese around but as usual a lot of them had stayed in the warmth for the weekend although we did spot quite a few geese at places not usually frequented and also a flock of approaching 200 Lapwings and a smaller one of 50ish. Not a great lot of small birds but quite a few Thrushes flying around and a solitary Grey Wagtail. On the pond Alan said the numbers were very small compared to record counts during the week although these had happened when the ice had formed and the wildfowl seemed to amalgamate on it so no doubt they are in there somewhere. A total of 31 Mute Swans were also on the pond. We also came across a flock of 70+ Common Gulls and a solitary Curlew in one of the South Fields. As we were getting towards the end of the walk Graeme said he had just seen a possible Little Egret drop into one of fields about 300m North of our position so we headed down to its possible location and after checking a stream the Little Egret came flying out but only flew around (unfortunately away from us) but then returned and landed in a field about 100m from the stream. It was still a fair distance from us but after a couple of minutes it then flew back to its original position so off we went. Unfortunately I had a domestic chore to attend to so never made it to the hide and probably missed the Brambling that has been there a few days this week. So here is a short video and a few pics of the walk around</div>
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Just a few shots from the last couple of visits to Big Waters on the 27th November and 4th December. I hardly took my camera out on the first one and on the second I couldn't be bothered to take it out as I was just enjoying the dry but cold weather, the wildlife and the chatter.</div>
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Onto 4 December and a quick stop off at Little Waters where ZAT and ZAS seem to be spending their nights (the pair that have raised two families in the last two breeding seasons) probably for a bit of peace and quiet from the myriad of Swans that seem to be passing through on the main pond although I did see them leave and head through the tunnel towards the main pond</div>
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A few of the several hundred Greylags that are around Big Waters atm. I remember Alan J saying that there was more than 500 counted a couple of days ago</div>
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A Grey Heron just passing the time of day</div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">178,325</span>HowdonBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17653529245467483723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494928207596039342.post-71683451197510548582016-11-13T14:29:00.000+00:002016-11-13T14:29:18.470+00:00Howdon Wetlands in NovemberVisited Howdon Wetlands 3 times last week and each time the weather was different, dreadfully cold, tipping down with rain and the last visit on Friday was unbelievably bright sunshine. Nothing out of the ordinary was seen although Colin J did have some Blackwits in the first few days of November. It still is a delightful place to go where peace reigns and you will never bump into people and therefore no uncontrolled dogs. Here are a few pictures from my visits, probably boring for those who have seen accentors, shirikes and rare warblers recently but absolutely bliss for me.<br />
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Gorgeous Rainbow very early morning</div>
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Looking Upriver towards Newcastle about 8.30 in the morning</div>
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Pleny of Stock Doves around</div>
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One of the numerous Cormorants dropping in for a fresh water wash and brush up</div>
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There are at least 4 Wrens who visit the reeds in front of the Hide</div>
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Plenty of Curlews but sporadic depending on tides</div>
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You can nearly always see Snipe but usually tucked against and in the reeds</div>
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<b>Sunday walk around with Alan and Ian had us seeing quite a variety of species but for me the highlights were the Crossbills and the Greylags. We saw 3 lots of Crossbills but the best views were the 7 that landed on the tree about 30m in front of us, managed to get a few shots before they were off again.</b></div>
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<b>Plenty of Greylags moving around the pond then back to the field, there were in the mid 200s but no doubt Alan J will send me a message giving me the exact amount although I do remember him saying there were more during the week. Plenty of other things but didn't take a lot of pictures so here a few I did get.</b></div>
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<b>The colours this time of year are brilliant</b></div>
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<b> A couple of the 30+ Adult Swans that were on the pond</b></div>
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<b>Don't you just love the Greylag call ?</b></div>
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HowdonBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17653529245467483723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494928207596039342.post-78144395875838194432016-10-17T10:01:00.001+01:002016-10-17T17:16:09.716+01:00Big Waters 16 October 2016 - Lots of DeerArrived at Big Waters a bit late and Alan J and Ian D had already departed so I headed round to Brighton (Brunswick) Beach to wait for them where there were lots of birds just chilling in the Autumn Sunshine. Alan and Ian arrived and the first counting started and the most surprising fact for me was that there were 25 Adult Swans and 12 youngsters. After all the counts finished 3 Great Crested Grebes, 6 Little Grebes, 3 Shoveller, 2 Pintail, 10 Cormorant, 94 Coot, lots of Wigeon, 11 Tufted, Bucketfulls (the non-technical term) of Gulls, ? Teal (forgot the total), a handful of Gadwall and the lonely Grey Heron. Probably missed out a few but didn't go the main hide as it was hissing down and I didn't have a waterproof so skedaddled to the Car Park. On the walk round we saw Meadow Pipits, Skylarks, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtails, Redwing, Siskin and Chiffchaff and after I left 24 Snipe put in an appearance, Many other regulars were also seen. We did the Short Walk which was lucky as we just got back to the first hide before it started raining. There were 8 Deer in one of fields also. A really good walk with some great views of wildlife although on the downside there were a lot of bikes without bells (was nearly taken out twice) and lots of dogs not on leashes which adopted aggressive stances when you were in confined spaces, with the owner, in some cases shouting, but the dogs were completely ignoring them and having been the victim of 2 Dog Attacks, one of them quite serious, I feel that something must be done. Anyway here are a few pictures of the wander round and the inevitable video.<br />
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Great view from the Public End</div>
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Tremendous Autumn Colours</div>
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Plenty of cows keeping the grass short and creating some lovely mud patches</div>
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Lots of Deer</div>
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<b>This photography lark is easy </b></div>
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The Chilling Beach</div>
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Haven't seen one on the tree for a while</div>
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Too full of fish to hunt anymore</div>
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Big Waters Main Hide on a glorious day</div>
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Grey Heron patiently waiting for his opportunity</div>
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Love it when the Canadas arrive, lots of vocalizing</div>
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The gorgeous Mallards</div>
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Bike Riders with no bells and Dog Owners with no Leads</div>
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Both are equally as dangerous</div>
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Then the Big Boys arrived</div>
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Lots of Swan on Swan action</div>
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Med Gull departing from Big Waters</div>
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"Thats Right, there IS a bloody Sparrowhawk behind us"</div>
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Migrant Hawker (I Believe)</div>
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Just some of the Curlews at Howdon Wetlands</div>
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...but there is always a Billy No Mates</div>
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Look closely at the White Blobs which are Grey Herons</div>
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...and even more on the island</div>
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Finally a short video showing Med Gull at Big Waters, Teal at Howdon Wetlands</div>
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and a lot of Gulls trying to feed on a flock of small fish which a few Cormorants</div>
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Looks like the Dipping Pond hasn't been dipped for a while</div>
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Small flock of Lapwings playing Follow the Leader</div>
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Several years ago there was none of these yet on Sunday I think we saw more</div>
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Never get sick of taking pictures of Mallards dropping in</div>
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1 of the pair of Great Crested Grebes still on the pond feeding quite merrily</div>
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Grey Heron waiting in hiding</div>
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3 of the 6 Pintail that dropped onto the pond about 10:15</div>
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Some more Pintail</div>
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Odd looking Mallard Hybrid</div>
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A new member of the Team! </div>
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One of the many Meadow Pipits we saw that day</div>
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The Emirates arriving a few minutes early</div>
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A great catch up of all the latest gossip and pictures of where I had been were passed around and when we got to the hide more photos were seen as Mick M had been away also so ever more crack was had. I didn't get to take many pictures as we were too busy gassing and looking at birds. Here are a couple of ones I took though (sorry about that). <br />
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Couldn't resist this as the first shot of the day</div>
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Alan told me to take some different pictures that I normally do then pointed out this</div>
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very rare Long-necked Wood Pigeon</div>
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A Third of a Woody Woodpecker</div>
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My normal shot but taken from the other direction</div>
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There were quite a lot on the fence until we got a bit too close</div>
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Memories of walking round the Derwent area as they were on every other post there</div>
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Roe Deer on the North Scrape</div>
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Bloody Canadas upsetting the Tranquility as usual</div>
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<b>Have been a bit tardy recently in doing lots of things as jobs seem to pile up and haven't exactly been at the top of my game due to being off colour a bit so here are a few photos from the past couple of weeks.</b></div>
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<b> Young Swallow waiting to be fed</b></div>
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<b> One of 3 Oystercatchers that are commuting back and forth to the island</b></div>
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<b>There were at least 7 Common Tern young on the island and</b></div>
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<b>Young Sparrow being fed by parent</b></div>
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<b>Finally a video of clips of the Swallows being fed on a windy day</b></div>
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Quite a few Butterflies were spotted today including the following:</div>
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<b>Common Blue</b></div>
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(no doubt if I am wrong I will be informed by my unofficial proofreader)</div>
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<b>Large Skipper</b></div>
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Speckled Wood</div>
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<b>One of my favourite views on the walk</b></div>
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<b>One of two Emperors that were flying around for over an hour at the first hide</b></div>
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HowdonBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17653529245467483723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494928207596039342.post-53217131237769673832016-06-25T18:14:00.002+01:002016-06-27T17:03:35.288+01:00Big Water - Sunday 19th June 2016Did the short walk around Big Waters last Sunday with Alan J and Ian D. It was quite a good day but it was spoilt by finding the 1st Hide had been vandalised and the side window had all the metal shutters taken off completely and the complete frame had been thrown into the lake. Here are a few pictures from the wander round.<br />
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7.001 Nemophora degeerella</div>
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First one I have ever seen at Big Waters</div>
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70.054 Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata</div>
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Saw several of these quite common day flying moths also</div>
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The family of Swans have moved permanently from Little Waters</div>
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Common Blue Damselfly (Thanks to Alan J for correcting my identification)</div>
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Quite a few around especially at the public end of the main pond</div>
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Common Tern</div>
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4 shots of it diving into the water between the First Hide and the Island</div>
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59.027 Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae</div>
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One of the most worn of the species I have ever seen</div>
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The remains of the frame from the side window of the 1st hide just thrown </div>
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into the pond. Even if the Toerags get caught nothing ever happens to them</div>
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just a caution and sometimes not even that</div>
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Sedge Warbler commuting back and forward with food for the family</div>
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Possibly Tree BumbleBees which have taken over a nest box</div>
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Cardinal Beetle - Pyrochroa serraticornis </div>
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Up to about 10 outside the main hide, they are predatory and eat insects</div>
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Red-legged Partridge</div>
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Only ever seen on the North Scrape, even more so recently with the cows</div>
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now having access to the scrape</div>
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<br />HowdonBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17653529245467483723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494928207596039342.post-2981006838765979362016-05-25T22:06:00.000+01:002016-05-25T22:06:55.196+01:00Big Water - Couple of Drop-Ins over the WeekendWent by myself and missed the walk on Sunday due to a late Moth Trapping session with Tom T and Graham W. Only got to see Mick McG in the first hide and John D in the main hide who had been checking nest boxes. The Canada Goose was on the main scrape with its young and the Great Crested Grebes had appeared with their young, how many is another question until they are in the open away from the reeds. Played with camera in the dipping pond but didn't see much, so just had a walk round on my lonesome. Here are a few pics from Sunday and previous visit.<br />
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Canada Geese into double figures on the pond</div>
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Lesser Black Back feeling lonesome?</div>
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Now where did I leave the Kids?</div>
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Aaahhh, found them</div>
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Flowers now coming through on the boardwalk to the main hide</div>
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Check out the little'un having a ride on its parents back (still don't know how many though)</div>
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Canada couple with 5 of its 6 offspring</div>
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Between 5-7 Lapwing about on the prowl</div>
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Finally the Videos, the first is a one made over a couple of visits to Big Waters and Brenkley</div>
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The second one is from our garden where the young starlings</div>
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