Back at the Warren
Today we spent the day at Upton Warren in Worcestershire. We met a friend from Bird Forum and arrived to find the place frosted over but with a lovely clear blue sky. We saw the Mealy Redpoll a couple of times on the East path at The Moors Pool, along with lots of Lesser Redpoll and a smaller number of Siskin. Officially ticked Mealy today but as an ‘insurance tick’ following our Redpoll sighting in Donegal (more about this another time….).
Other highlights today a Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat, 2 Cetti’s Warblers (feet away from us on the east path), Reed Bunting, Bullfinch, Jay, Redwing, Water Rails on the ice, Oystercatcher, Snipe, Lapwing, Curlew and the common wildfowl including Shoveler, Pochard and Teal.
As for The Flashes I’ve never seen it so quiet, almost entirely frozen over. We did see one Buzzard there and a GS Woody at the feeding station but little else around. The Lapwing flock had all taken to the fields.
Other highlights today a Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat, 2 Cetti’s Warblers (feet away from us on the east path), Reed Bunting, Bullfinch, Jay, Redwing, Water Rails on the ice, Oystercatcher, Snipe, Lapwing, Curlew and the common wildfowl including Shoveler, Pochard and Teal.
As for The Flashes I’ve never seen it so quiet, almost entirely frozen over. We did see one Buzzard there and a GS Woody at the feeding station but little else around. The Lapwing flock had all taken to the fields.
We spent some more time back at The Moors Pool then Max and I had a quick trip to Grimley New Workings in the hope of seeing the Water Pipit and Black Redstart that were seen there yesterday…turned out to be a waste of time as neither of them were showing and the light was going by the time we got there. We only watched from the North Side…only a few Gadwall, loads of Pied Wagtails and a few Meadow Pipit to report.