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Reports From RSPB Titchwell - June 2008
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TITCHWELL BIRD SIGHTINGS W/E 27 JUNE 2008

Manx shearwater

2 flying offshore 23/6

Bittern

2 seen in flight over reedbed 24/6

Spoonbill

4 over west bank path 24/6

Red-crested pochard

1 pair on lagoons all week

Eider

4 offshore 23/6

Ruddy duck

1 on lagoons all week

Marsh harrier

4+ around reedbed all week

Hobby

1 seen over reedbed 21/6

Water rail

1 seen from Island hide 25/6

Avocet

150+ on lagoons all week with chicks

Little ringed plover

1 on fresh marsh 24/6

Golden plover

7 on fresh marsh 24/6

Common sandpiper

1 on lagoons all week

Spotted redshank

3 on fresh marsh 23/6

Greenshank

2 on fresh marsh 21/6

Ruff

6 on fresh marsh 25/6

Black-tailed godwit

320+ on fresh marsh 25/6

Whimbrel

3 over reserve 25/6

Little gull

78+ on fresh marsh 25/6

Mediterranean gull

1 on fresh marsh 24/6

Common tern

2 over fresh marsh 22/6

Little tern

5+ around lagoons all week

Sandwich tern

2+ offshore all week

Turtle dove

1 singing around meadow trail all week

Cuckoo

1 singing near Visitor centre 21/6

Blackcap

3 along west bank path all week

Cetti’s warbler

1 singing along meadow trail all week

Reed warbler

3+ singing along west bank path all week

Sedge warbler

3 males singing along west bank path all week

Bearded tits

7+ around fresh water reeds all week

TIDE TABLES

Day

Date

Time

Day

Date

Time

Thu

26/6

12 06

Mon

30/6

16 31

Fri

27/6

13 01

Tue

1/7

17 42

Sat

   28/6

14 08

Wed

2/7

18 48

Sun

29/6

15 21

Thu

3/7

19 46

 

 

TITCHWELL BIRD SIGHTINGS W/E 20 JUNE 2008

Great crested grebe

1 offshore 16/6

Bittern

1 from Fen hide all week

Spoonbill

1 on fresh marsh 15/6

Garganey

1 male on lagoons all week 15/6

Red-crested pochard

1 pair on fresh marsh all week

Ruddy duck

2 on lagoons all week

Eider

4 offshore 17/6

Marsh harrier

4+ around reedbed all week

Montagu’s harrier

1 flying west over reserve 15/6

Common buzzard

1 over reserve 15/6

Red kite

3 flying west over reserve 5/6

Peregrine

1 over car park 16/6

Hobby

1 seen over reedbed 14/6

Avocet

100+ on lagoons all week with chicks

Common sandpiper

1 on lagoons 16/6

Greenshank

1 on fresh marsh 14/6

Ruff

4 on fresh marsh 14/6

Black-tailed godwit

51 on fresh marsh 18/6

Arctic skua

1 offshore 15/6

Little gull

59 on fresh marsh 14/6

Mediterranean gull

1 over main path 13/6

Arctic tern

1 over tidal marsh 12/6

Common tern

2 over fresh marsh 12/6

Little tern

5+ around lagoons all week

Cuckoo

1 singing near Visitor centre 13/6

House martin

80+ over lagoons 12/6

Blackcap

3 along west bank path all week

Cetti’s warbler

1 singing along meadow trail all week

Reed warbler

3+ singing along west bank path all week

Sedge warbler

3 males singing along west bank path all week

Spotted flycatcher

2 around Fen hide 10/6

Bearded tits

5+ around fresh water reeds with young

Crossbill

32 in trees behind Visitor centre 17/6

TIDE TABLES

Day

Date

Time

Day

Date

Time

Thu

19/6

07 41

Mon

23/6

10 01

Fri

20/6

08 15

Tue

24/6

10 39

Sat

21/6

08 49

Wed

25/6

11 19

Sun

22/6

09 24

Thu

26/6

12 06

 

 

TITCHWELL BIRD SIGHTINGS W/E 13 JUNE 2008

Shag

1 on tidal lagoon 7/6

Bittern

1 from Fen hide all week

Spoonbill

1 on fresh marsh 10/6

Garganey

1 male on lagoons all week

Red-crested pochard

1 pair on fresh marsh all week

Pintail

1 on fresh marsh 9/6

Ruddy duck

2 on lagoons all week

Eider

5 offshore 6/6

Marsh harrier

4+ around reedbed all week

Common buzzard

1 over reserve 11/6

Red kite

3 flying west over reserve 5/6

Hobby

1 seen over reedbed 5/6

Merlin

1 over saltmarsh 8/6

Avocet

100+ on lagoons all week with chicks

Common sandpiper

2 on lagoons all week

Greenshank

1 on fresh marsh 5/6 9/6

Ruff

1 on fresh marsh all week

Bar-tailed godwit

3 on fresh marsh 11/6

Little gull

50 on fresh marsh 5/6

Mediterranean gull

1 on fresh marsh 7/6

Common tern

2+ around lagoons all week

Little tern

3+ around lagoons all week

Sandwich tern

1 from Parrinder hide 8/6

Turtle dove

1 calling outside Fen hide 11/6

Cetti’s warbler

1 singing along meadow trail all week

Garden warbler

1 along west bank path 10/6

Reed warbler