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  1. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    The chances of it being a Hobby at this time of year are pretty much zero. Most likely a Peregrine, Kestrel or, as you say, Merlin.
  2. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    I suspect positive ID from the feathers is a pretty difficult ask to be honest. You might have more responses on the ID forum though.
  3. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    FACTS: Nobody is stopping anyone from posting on here - NOBODY - he decided to take the hump at the suggestion that his responses were getting aggressive in tone - which is my view and I maintain that opinion. The comments posted DID have criticisms that, to my mind were overly critical in...
  4. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    Typical peevish, petulant response which kind of proves my earlier point. 'No friends to lose' (by your own admission) - I wonder why that might be 🤔 No apologies from me - I simply say it as I see it.
  5. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    Absolutely no idea what you're on about. I have no idea who you are even but to be honest I find most of your posts on here frankly unintelligible - but that's not my issue. A more worrying recent trait is they appear to be increasingly passive-aggressive and critical in their tone. What's...
  6. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    Gert's site comes up as first hit for me when I type 'Upton Warren Bird Sightings' into Google on my phone. All anyone needs to do then is bookmark the site for future re-navigation. Couldn't be simpler. I agree with Phil that Gert doing this is in his own free time and is provided FOC...
  7. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    A few winter in Worcestershire. They are most common during passage periods however. Pretty regular at UW in January.
  8. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    Yes Green Sandpiper
  9. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    Bar-tailed tend to occur irregularly at Upton Warren, mainly on spring passage. They are a lot rarer than Black-tailed (at UW / in Worcestershire), which is a regular spring and summer/autumn visitor. Most of them are probably Icelandic in our region. Bar-tailed are pretty easy to catch up with...
  10. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    There are 2 subspecies commonly encountered in the UK. The 'Icelandic' race Limosa limosa islandica, which breeds in Iceland and the nominate subspecies Limosa limosa limosa which breeds in Europe, Scandinavia and Russia. There are some differences between them, one being that the Icelandic race...
  11. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    Icelandic race Black-tailed Godwit
  12. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    I remember the excitement of that day very well. Would be nice to get another one at Upton one day.
  13. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    Personally I think that modern society has become so detached from the realities of nature that, by and large, the general public doesn't even understand it any more - which is a pity. If kids had been present then maybe they might understand that life isn't all about cotton wool and Disney...
  14. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    1st Sum Med still on flashes. 2nd Sum moors still - my mistake - now I can see its head it's the hybrid Med/BHG The genuine second sum Med Gull just showed up. Yay! :smoke:
  15. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    I just flushed a Red Legged Partridge from the path on the flashes - flew behind the archery field.
  16. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    It's a female Chaffinch - just the angle of the bird doesn't show the wing pattern.
  17. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    I think most of us would've - top marks to the Snapper for spotting it. :t:8-P
  18. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    LMAO! :clap::clap:
  19. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    I wonder if Pallid was fully ruled out - given the number of extralimital birds seen in N Europe and UK in the last few weeks?? pekinensis race of Common Swift also possible at this time of year. Both of the above v difficult to ascertain in non-optimal conditions, however. :t:
  20. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    Probably a Bank Vole - they're common at Upton. Very unlikely the salinity gets that high unless it completely dries out into tiny pools. When I measured it at very low water levels (below marker level of 0.25) it never got higher than 24,000 ppm - which is about 2/3 the salinity of seawater.
  21. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    The biggest factor probably being the geographical proximity of Manby flashes to the East coast - rather than anything else. Even at the current low levels, I doubt that the salinity of Upton flashes is greater than that of seawater (c 35,000 ppm), based on previous measurements in drought...
  22. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    def a muntjac
  23. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    Cuckoo flew over sewage works. Grey Plover still present.
  24. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    Red Kite distantly from flashes hide.
  25. Woodchat

    Upton Warren

    Me too cheers!
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