Cress Marsh 2021

Hi Chris,

Cress Marsh is certainly a "strange" site when  it comes to waders! 

May see you down there during the week. If you can bring a Spotted Crake or Glossy Ibis with you - great , however, at the moment I would be more than happy with a few Blackwit or Curlew on site! 

Hi Jon,

Disappointing to read that whilst wader migration is in full swing the only wader on site was the long-staying (presumed injured) Golden Plover.
i was at Donna Nook last week and despite the majority of the realignment being dry I still managed to reach double figures in wader species including: Wood, Green & Common Sand, LRP and Little Stint.

Clearly something still isn’t quite right for attracting waders to Cress.

I’ll pop in over the next few days - maybe a Spotted Crake will have dropped in

Chris 

8th August
Weather: Overcast with sunny intervals, warm, strong SW wind
Time on site: 12:55-14:00

Black-headed Gull    1
Carrion Crow    3
Common Gull    1
Golden Plover    1
Goldfinch    2
Greylag Goose    80
Herring Gull    34
Kestrel    1
Lesser Black-backed Gull    18
Little Egret    11
Little Grebe    5
Magpie    1
Mute Swan    5
Starling    10
Swallow    4
Tufted Duck    19
Yellowhammer    1

Roe Deer    2 - male and female on one of the islands in the lagoon.

Butterflies (all recorded along the long path to the hide):
Gate Keeper    2
Peacock    2
Meadow Brown    1
Small Tortoiseshell    2
Red Admiral    1

All records entered into BirdTrack.

6th August
Weather: Overcast, warm, humid, WSW breeze
Time on site: 17:20-18:30

Blackbird    1
Carrion Crow    3
Gadwall    3
Golden Plover    1
Goldfinch    2
Greylag Goose    1
Kestrel    1
Lesser Black-backed Gull    1
Little Egret    11
Little Grebe    5
Magpie    1
Mallard    5
Mute Swan    8
Pheasant    1
Pied Wagtail    2
Shoveler    1
Starling    c25
Swallow    4
Tufted Duck    11
Yellowhammer    1

Roe Deer    2

All records entered into BirdTrack.

1st August
Weather: Overcast, cool, N breeze
Time on site: 12:30-13:45

Black-headed Gull    1
Buzzard    1 - over the wood at the back of the site.
Carrion Crow    2
Green Sandpiper    1
Greenshank    1
Greylag Goose    1
Herring Gull    32
Lapwing    22
Lesser Black-backed Gull    8
Little Egret    13
Little Grebe    4
Magpie    1
Mallard    16 - including 1 family group consisting of a female & 5 juvs.
Mute Swan    8
Sedge Warbler    1 - singing from within vegetation in the ditch next to the main path.
Starling    c30
Swallow    3 - feeding over the lagoon.
Tufted Duck    18  - including two family groups : 1 female with 7 juvs & 1 female with 6 juvs. All on the lagoon.
Woodpigeon    12
Yellowhammer    1

Roe Deer    2   - male and female

Butterflies (all noted on vegetation along the main path):
Gate Keeper    4
Painted Lady    1
Large White    1

All records entered into BirdTrack.
 

25th July
Weather: Overcast, warm, ENE breeze
Time on site: 14:30-17:40

Black-headed Gull    25
Carrion Crow    2
Gadwall    2
Golden Plover    1
Great Black-backed Gull    1
Greenshank    2
Grey Heron    6
Greylag Goose    76
Herring Gull    22
Hobby     2    - pair hunting Dragonflies over the Field Scrapes and Lagoon
Kestrel    1
Lapwing    10
Lesser Black-backed Gull    4
Linnet    3
Little Egret    6
Little Grebe    4
Magpie    2
Mallard    15  - including 1 female with 5 juveniles
Mute Swan    6
Oystercatcher    3
Pheasant    2
Pied Wagtail    1
Shoveler    4
Starling    c30
Stock Dove    1
Teal    3
Tufted Duck    12 - 1 female with 5 juveniles and 1 female with 7 juveniles
Whitethroat    1
Wigeon    1
Woodpigeon    5
Yellowhammer    1

Roe Deer  3  - 2 male and 1 female

Butterflies and day flying Moths:

Meadow Brown  4
Large White  3
Painted Lady  2  - first of the year for me
Small Heath  1
Cinnabar moth  1

All records entered into BirdTrack (birds) and iRecord Butterflies.