Tag Archives: Whinchat

Whinchat – 16th May

May 16, 2022Recent wildlife sightings16th May, 2022, Ecopark, WhinchatPete Smith

Two Whinchat were seen this afternoon on the Ecopark. JDn.

Whinchat – 5th May

May 5, 2022Recent wildlife sightings2022, 5th May, Common Tern, Deep Pit, Dingy Skipper, Ecopark, Green Hairstreak, Hobby, Holly Blue, Little Ringed Plover, Lower Path, Whinchat, Yellow WagtailPete Smith

This morning a female Winchat was on the Ecopark along with a Yellow Wagtail and 3 LRPs.
A Hobby passed over the Deep Pit heading south and there were six Common Terns on the Deep Pit. IEP.

Later on a male Whinchat was reported on the Ecopark. JDn/RW.

Five Holly Blues, five Green Hairstreaks and a Dingy Skipper were seen around the Deep Pit and along the Lower Path. PS.

Whinchat – 18th September

September 18, 2016Recent wildlife sightings18th September, 2016, Large Gravel Pit, peregrine, Red-crested Pochard, Slurry Lagoon, Snipe, Swallow, Whinchat, WigeonPete Smith

This morning, during the Bird Walk, a male Whinchat was found near the sub-station railings, a Peregrine was on one of the pylons, a Red-crested Pochard was on the Slurry Lagoon, and four Snipe flew over the Slurry Lagoon reed-beds. Several large flocks of tits and warblers were seen and a passage of Swallows was under way. On the Large Gravel Pit the group of four or five Wigeon, seen on Friday, had grown to nearer eighty. PS.

Whinchat – 3rd May

May 3, 2016Recent wildlife sightings2016, 3rd May, Deep Pit, Garden Warbler, Redstart, Slurry Lagoon, Swift, Wader Scrape, Wheatear, Whinchat, Yellow WagtailPete Smith

Early this afternoon there were two Whinchats at the back of the Wader Scrape. In the field beyond were three Yellow Wagtails and a Wheatear. RW.

Later on the Whinchats and Wheatear were still present. Along the Deep Pit bank under the pylons two Garden Warblers were singing and by the railway bridge ten Swifts were hawking insects. At the dry end of the Slurry Lagoon there was a female Redstart. PS.

Whinchat – 2nd May

May 2, 2016Recent wildlife sightings2016, 2nd May, Deep Pit, Grasshopper Warbler, House Martin, Hump, Shelduck, Swift, Whinchat, Willow PondPete Smith

This morning there was a report of a Whinchat on the Deep Pit fence posts below the power lines. Two Grasshopper Warblers were reeling, one by the Hump and the other by Willow Pond. Some Swifts were passing through with some House Martins and a Shelduck flew through upriver. PS.

Bittern – 15th September

September 15, 2015Recent wildlife sightings15th September, 2015, Bittern, Deep Pit, Stonechat, Wheatear, WhinchatPete Smith

This afternoon a Bittern was seen in the Deep Pit. In the scrub between the substation and the reserve, three Whinchat, a male Stonechat and two Wheatears were also present. PS.

Greenshank – 13th September

September 13, 2015Recent wildlife sightings13th September, 2015, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Deep Pit, Garden Warbler, Hobby, Large Gravel Pit, peregrine, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Slurry Lagoon, Whinchat, Whitethroat, Wigeon, Willow WarblerPete Smith

This morning, during the bird count, two Whinchats were found on the area between the substation and the reserve. Three Greenshank flew over and 44 Wigeon were on the Large Gravel Pit. A Peregrine attacked the pigeons on the Slurry Lagoon and a Hobby was catching insects over the Deep Pit. There were still some warblers about, with Garden, Sedge, Reed and Willow being seen as well as Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Whitethroat. PS.

Whinchat – 17th August

August 17, 2015Recent wildlife sightings17th August, 2015, WhinchatPete Smith

A Whinchat was seen this evening in the weedy field beside the substation. RW.

Spotted Flycatcher – 2nd September

September 2, 2014Recent wildlife sightings2014, 2nd September, Causeway, Spotted Flycatcher, Wader Scrape, WhinchatPete Smith

All day a Whinchat sat on the same piece of dock on the Wader Scrape, occasionally turning around or sallying forth after an insect, but always returning to the same perch. On the Causeway a Spotted Flycatcher paused briefly on the fence, dropping down, Robin-like, to catch an ant in the grass, before returning to the fence to eat it. It was a flying ant and I think the Whinchat was hunting the same prey. Black-headed Gulls were also hunting the flying ants, and so were squadrons of Migrant Hawkers. PS.

Whinchat – 31st August

September 1, 2014Recent wildlife sightings2014, 31st August, greenshank, Slurry Lagoon, Snipe, Spotted Flycatcher, Wader Scrape, WhinchatPete Smith

This morning there was a Spotted Flycatcher in the willows at the river end of the Boundary Hedge. A Greenshank flew over the Slurry Lagoon but did not stay. In the afternoon three Whinchats spent some time feeding along the Ouse Dyke bank at the back of the Wader Scrape and the Lancaster Bomber visiting the Gedling Show flushed two Snipe from the Slurry Lagoon as it flew over the site. PS.