Tag Archives: Deep Pit

Red Kite – 1st May

May 1, 2015Recent wildlife sightings1st May, 2015, cuckoo, Deep Pit, Little Ringed Plover, Red Kite, Slurry Lagoon, SwiftPete Smith

Late this morning a Red Kite flew over the Slurry Lagoon. There was a Cuckoo on the posts around the Deep Pit and two or three Swifts were seen in the afternoon and a Little Ringed Plover was on the Wader Scrape. PS.

Garganey – 28th April

April 28, 2015Recent wildlife sightings2015, 28th April, Deep Pit, Garganey, Slurry LagoonPete Smith

A Drake Garganey was found on the Deep Pit in the early afternoon and has since relocated to the Slurry Lagoon. RW.

Pied Flycatcher – 12th April

April 12, 2015Recent wildlife sightings12th April, 2015, Blackcap, Boundary Hedge, Chiffchaff, Common Sandpiper, Deep Pit, Garden Warbler, House Martin, Jay, Little Ringed Plover, Pied Flycatcher, Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler, Swallow, Willow Pond, Willow Warbler, Yellow WagtailPete Smith

This morning a lot of migrants were about and a Pied Flycatcher was found in the Boundary hedge. It later moved along the hedge to Willow Pond. There were also two Little Ringed Plovers on the Wader Scrape, two Common Terns in the Deep Pit, a Common Sandpiper on the river bank, two Yellow Wagtails on the Causeway and there were lots more warblers about including Willow, Sedge and Garden Warblers and Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs. There were a few Swallows and Sand Martins and one House Martin. Also seen were a Jay and a singing Treecreeper. PS.

Pied Flycatcher in Boundary Hedge by Michael Wormall.

Willow Warbler – 9th April

April 9, 2015Recent wildlife sightings2015, 9th April, Deep Pit, Willow WarblerPete Smith

Early this afternoon a Willow Warbler was heard singing by the Causeway in the Deep Pit. TL.

Whooper Swan – 22nd March

March 22, 2015Recent wildlife sightings2015, 22nd March, Chiffchaff, Deep Pit, Whooper SwanPete Smith

This morning, at about 07.15, 120 Whooper Swans flew west over the site. Later a Whooper Swan was seen in the Deep Pit and was still there at 12.00. There were about 20 Chiffchaffs on the site, some singing and others just feeding. PS>

Raven – 24th November

November 24, 2014Recent wildlife sightings2014, 24th November, Barnacle goose, Canada Goose, Deep Pit, Grey-lag Goose, Raven., Slurry Lagoon, Starling, water railPete Smith

This afternoon a Raven paid a brief visit to the lagoons, flying over the Deep Pit before doing a u-turn and flying back the way it had come. The Starling roost contained about 4,500 birds this evening and a Water Rail dashed across the gap in front of the seat. Over 1,000 geese came in to roost on the Slurry Lagoon as it got dark. They were mainly Grey-lag with Canadas, and there was one Barnacle Goose with them. PS.

Stonechat – 5th November

November 5, 2014Recent wildlife sightings2014, 5th November, Bittern, Deep Pit, Fieldfare, pintail, Redwing, Slurry Lagoon, Srarling, Stonechat, Wader ScrapePete Smith

This morning a male Stonechat was seen on the tall weeds between the sub-station and the Wader Scrape. There have been up to three in this area for some weeks now. The two Pintail were still resident on the Slurry Lagoon and good numbers of Redwings and Fieldfares were in evidence. PS. In the evening a Bittern was seen in the Deep Pit, flushed by the roosting Starlings. RW.

Red-crested Pochard – 26th May

May 26, 2014Recent wildlife sightings2014, 26th May, cuckoo, Deep Pit, Mute Swan, Red-crested Pochard, Slurry LagoonPete Smith

A Red-crested Pochard drake was on the Slurry Lagoon this morning. At least two Cuckoos were calling and a second brood of cygnets has appeared in the Deep Pit. PS.

Merlin – 15th April

April 15, 2014Recent wildlife sightings15th April, 2014, Blackcap, Common Tern, Deep Pit, Grasshopper Warbler, Merlin, Slurry Lagoon, WhitethroatPete Smith

This morning there were two Grasshopper Warblers reeling on the Slurry Lagoon. Overnight several Whitethroats had come in and female Blackcaps seem more numerous. A female Merlin flew low across the Slurry Lagoon reed bed and across the railway land and four Common Terns were on the Deep Pit. PS.

Common Tern – 13th April

April 13, 2014Recent wildlife sightings13th April, 2014, Deep Pit, House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Little Ringed Plover, Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler, Slurry Lagoon, Swallow, Wader ScrapePete Smith

This morning there were two Common Terns on the Deep Pit, four Little Ringed Plovers on the Wader Scrape and two on the Slurry Lagoon dry end. There were several Sedge Warblers, three Lesser Whitethroats, three Swallows, six Sand Martins and a House Martin. PS.