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    Grimley and Holt

    Hi Dave, There is access to the other pits at the northern end, and that is where most of the passage waders and waterfowl are reported. The raised footpaths bisecting the pits are fine to walk along - most breeding waders (only Lapwings at the moment as far as I'm aware) tend to nest in the...
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    Grimley and Holt

    Hi Laurie, it was mingling with the Canada Goose flock on the east bank all the time that I was there yesterday. There were also a couple of Lesser Redpolls commuting between the footpath vegetation and the feeding station in a nearly large garden (the one with the chickens).
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    Grimley and Holt

    I haven't been to the Pits in a while, so the Barnacle Goose was a bit surprising to see - anyone know its origins? The 2 Stonechats were present yesterday, and there's a hefty finch flock feeding along the footpath to the south of Camp Lane Inn. I'll be scrutinising that area for Brambling in...
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    Grimley and Holt

    Image of the Whimbrel now up on the blog.
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    Grimley and Holt

    A wary Ruddy Shelduck was on the main pit at Grimley this evening (although it was gone a few minutes after I arrived) with 10 Lapwing, 3 Oystercatcher and a pair of Redshank. Images here. I notice a RS flew over Upper Bittell reservoir yesterday.
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    Grimley and Holt

    A pair of Oystercatcher were at Island Pool this afternoon, with 5 Green Sandpiper and 15+ Common Snipe in the adjacent flooded field. At least 5 Brambling were feeding with a large Goldfinch flock south of the Camp Lane Pits, along a footpath that runs along the western outskirts of Green...
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    Grimley and Holt

    On second viewing, it looks like an artefact caused by sunlight/shade hitting the leg at the moment the photo was taken!
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    Grimley and Holt

    Fairly quiet on the Camp Lanes Pits yesterday, but a female Goosander (which appeared to be colour ringed) was on the main lake with small numbers of Gadwall, Tufted Duck and Pochard. The floods have hit the local area badly, with the northern half of Grimley village starting to go under. Some...
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    Grimley and Holt

    No sign of the Sibe late this afternoon (at least one nominate bird still present), but a Water Rail was feeding briefly around the NW corner of the causeway with Moorhens, and Green Sandpiper numbers had increased to 3- one individual even getting into a brawl with the local Kingfisher!
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    Grimley and Holt

    Two female Goldeneye were on the north side of the Pits yesterday afternoon along with a Green Sandpiper. I had a quick search for Monday's reported Siberian Chiffchaff, but without any luck.
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