Last night and this morning its just been non stop torrential rain....... Newton Pool is rapidly turning into a duck pond again, the far muddy margins have almost gone and the mud in front of the hide is reduced....
The other side of the coin is that the seasonal flood at Low Newton, which has been bone dry all summer, now has a puddle in it....... and instantly it has been colonised by not 1, not 2, but 18 oystercatchers, all splodgin about in the middle of it !!
Anyway..... At the pool the largest expanse of mud is now right in front of the hide.... This morning it held 3 common sandpipers and a nice little gull....
Nice....
A nice fresh juv common sand...Due to the horrible weather and my "lightweight" "fair weather" birding tendencies I didn't go anywhere else this morning apart from having a quick look in Newton Haven, here some roosting kitts and terns on the emblestones included 2 roseate terns again....
I am away this weekend so something good is bound to show up on the pools muddy margins..... Just so long as its not a total crippler.... need to save that sharp-tailed sand for next week !!
I am away this weekend so something good is bound to show up on the pools muddy margins..... Just so long as its not a total crippler.... need to save that sharp-tailed sand for next week !!
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I might pop in for a look Gary. This storm is sure to drop in some good waders.. ;)
The pool is now a lake with zero mud left, so it'll be a while before any waders appear here again.... think we can probably kiss that spotted crake goodbye too.... ARSE !!
Hi Gary,
Did a bit of seawatching off the point on Saturday after the rain had cleared and had ca. 50 Manxie, 10 Bonxie, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Scaup, 1 Little Gull and a Roseate Tern fishing just offshore. Nothing on the pool other than a Common Sand. Cheers.
Been sneakin onto the patch while I'm away eh robin !
Sorry I missed you anyway, drop us a text next time you're up, be good to catch up...
Flying visit as usual. Would be up more often if the A1 wasn't such a crap road. Took 7.5 hours from Peterborough on Friday!
Good to see some Little Tern fledglings at the nanny. None breeding at Mins this year
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