This evening two Curlews flew, calling, over the Slurry Lagoon. JDn.
Tag Archives: Curlew
Arctic Tern – 23rd April
Today – during a very wet Patchwatch – 70 species were recorded, including two Arctic Terns, a Curlew, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Teal, Lesser Whitethroat and Grasshopper Warbler. Also there were hundreds of Hirundines seen hawking insects over all three bodies of water. PS.
Later a Red Kite and a Swift were seen. RW.
Common Tern – 26th April
This morning a female Marsh Harrier was hunting over the Slurry Lagoon reed-bed. She then circled for height and flew to the NE. Two Common Terns were over the Deep Pit and then flew SE towards Holme Pierrepont. A Red Kite was chased across the site by a Carrion Crow, N to S and a Curlew flew over the site, S to N. There were three Garden Warblers singing and four Lesser Whitethroats singing. PS.
Curlew – 3rd April
This morning a Curlew flew over the site, calling twice. It circled the Wader Scrape before continuing north. The drake Pintail was still on the Slurry Lagoon and an Oystercatcher was across the river on the flash. PS.
Curlew – July 4th
This morning it was noticeable that a lot of warblers have stopped singing. The three Black-headed Gull chicks have left the floating platform that was their nursery. A Curlew flew west, high over the site. PS.
On 1st July, five Lunar Hornet Moths were lured by pheromones. RW.
Curlew – 15th April
This morning a Curlew was heard calling as it flew over the site. A Jay flew across the Slurry Lagoon and there was a singing Lesser Whitethroat. PS.
Curlew – 14th March
A Curlew flew through this afternoon and there were four Green Sandpipers on the Ecopark. JDn.
Curlew – 25th March
This morning two Oysrercatchers were on the flooded field across the river. A Curlew flew over the site to the north and two Ravens were seen flying north along the river valley. A Snipe, two Cetti’s Warblers and nine Pochard were on the Slurry Lagoon. Nine male and two female Brimstones were seen as well as a Tortoiseshell, Comma and putative Peacock.
Curlew – 29th June
This morning about sixty Swifts were feeding over one corner of the Slurry Lagoon and three Curlews flew over to the north, calling. The female Pintail was still present on the Slurry Lagoon. PS.
Bearded Tit – 20th March
This morning a Chiffchaff was singing on the River Path and a Curlew flew over the Slurry Lagoon. At about 13.00 a female Bearded Tit was seen in the Deep Pit. PS.