Aquatic Warbler - Red Rocks (1 Viewer)

[NAB]

I'm considering visiting Red Rocks early doors tomorrow to look for the Aquatic Warbler. Despite living in Cheshire, I've never visitied this site before.

RBA messages state view from the boardwalks only. Does anyone have any tips on visiting the site/looking for the bird please?

Regards,

Neil

 

[Rob Smallwood]

I'm sure that Jane will be able to give you a really comprehensive reply - but my recommendation would be to get there really early and follow Jane around - if anyone is going to re-re-find it is almost certainly her!

 

[Rob Smallwood]

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=10499

 

[NAB]

Cheers for that

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Here's Janes account from yesterday - http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=2518487&postcount=236.

CB

 

[Jane Turner]

Its a right royal pain the the arse...early morning and use your ears is my advice. A low tuck noise rather than a hard tack

 

[owl flight]

RBA messages state view from the boardwalks only. Does anyone have any tips on visiting the site/looking for the bird please?

probably don't add much, but if you look at the map, turning left from the end of stanley road, walk around the corner & you should see the boardwalk on your left running between the marsh & the golf links. it's slightly inclined, so the arrow is about 1/2 way along, at the highest point, opposite the thickest part of the reedbed... it's probably in there

 

[Jane Turner]

This is the closest that I got today

http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=2518687&postcount=42

 

[Jane Turner]

Map below showing where its been seen (assuming the photo as both and Aquatic W and the same bird). Two birders this evening seem pretty sure that they saw it back where it was y'day. Some one also saw it there this am, so that would appear to be position A.

Very clear and still tonight, which is probably not what you want to hear.

 

[Jane Turner]

This is the furthest that I can push the photo I took this morning. All sorts of artefacts...but the black coronal band looks real as do the mantle lines. It also appears to have a down curved super. Pity you can't see a crown stripe, but it was actually quite hard to see in the field y'day.

 

[NAB]

Top info and many thanks!

 

[Jane Turner]

Nosign (sight or sound this morning) but its windier

 

[NAB]

Yep was there 06:30 - 08:30 but no joy. A few Reed Warblers and the odd Sedge Warbler flicking about, but nothing really showing well, apart from one Sedge Warbler with a prominent crown stripe, which briefly had the gathered few exited :-(