Ian Moore

@Railraptor Is that at Tongue end?

Snow Goose is in same field but at southern end of it. #rbnlin

@hd_materialsUK hi, your Earls Barton, Northants site that extends from Whiston to Cogenhoe has currently got Avocets and Little Ringed plover nests on the islands. We are aware you are draining the site with the intention to backfill the quarry. Could you pause the drainage?

@AdrianBorley @leslief80109983 Saw the Godwit, but only through bins. Couldn’t figure it out with bins till I saw the photos

@leslief80109983 Always good to see Godwits on the move👍, soon be Avocet time!

earls barton quarry today , wader day

Draycote water gull roost. Big adult Glauc in at 1615, lots of big gulls, couldn’t pick anything unusual out of them. Fudge duck in amongst the pontoons. @Draycotebirding

@AdrianBorley 4 different harriers this morning, is mental. Well jel of your Whoopers and the Grey plover though. But I had jaw dropping views of the Hen Harrier, so I’m not complaining.

#Northantsbirds 80+ Golden Plover, 3 Dunlin, 30+ Snipe and a Green Sand. Fly-through adult Whooper Swan and 2 cream-crown Marsh Harriers made for an enjoyable few hours.

#Northantsbirds Another crack at the Whiston Harrier today, again a distant 20 second view of it hunting; the white rump gleamed in the gloom! Very nice habitat at the Cogenhoe end, will rival Summerleys for waders come the Spring😉. Vocal Grey Plover (red-circled, honest😄),

Summer Leys this afternoon. Up to 6 Greg’s, 2 Pintail, 3 Pochard, 3 Goldeneye, 100+ Goldies. #northantsbirds

2 Harrier morning!! Roxanne the ringtail giving breathtaking views as she hunted in front of us. A different male Marsh Harrier, along with 35 Goldies, Green Sand and lots of ducks. New workings, EB. #northantsbirds

@bushontheradio A bloke I worked for was trying to say ‘I’m mutton Jeff’ as in Deaf. He said ‘ I’m mutton chop’,

Do you know someone like this?

Good views of the ringtail Hen Harrier as she came into roost (probably). Also Common Sand, Water Rail , Snipe and Barn Owl. Earls Barton New workings. #Northantsbirds

Marsh Harrier over the new workings (hen harrier has been 3 times today). 30 Goldies and 100+ Shoveler #northantsbirds

@AdrianBorley Have the Shore Larks given up with Holkham now? They were feeding in a different bit last year (I missed them🙄) the saltmarsh is very wet nowadays and the disturbance from the dog walkers is insane at Holkham.

Last day in Norfolk, spent with in-laws, so 1 hour spent looking for Shore Lark at Old Hunstanton, flight views only of the 7, as flushed by a birding couple who went right up to the patch of saltmarsh they favoured🤡. Cattle Egret still feeding with cows at Salthouse at 16.50.

Lancashire birding interspersed with seeing eldest child at Lancaster uni. Lune estuary this morning and Marshside, Southport this afternoon. Merlin, Whoopers, Pinkies, Goosander, Ruff, loads of Pintail , waders and wildfowl.

@MundyStuart Could have been heading to Ecton SF to roost🤷🏻‍♂️

@iankenmoore Well done great site tick

Awesome dog walk and New workings ✔️, in the shape of a ringtail Hen Harrier cruising over the flooded gravel pits. Helluva suprise and probably my best bird I’ve had on the new workings. #northantsbirds

@step_dove Doesn’t count there fields are super massive. Size of 10 Devon sized fields.

@step_dove 48 in a field in south Devon about 30 years ago! Do I win a prize?

Adult YLG in with a preening party of big gulls at Summer Leys this afternoon, 70 LBB, 20 HG, 100 Com, 300 BHG. Also Glossy ibis, 4 Pintail and 40 Golden Plover. #northantsbirds

Earls Barton new workings south looking 🔥 at the moment with the receding flood waters. Common Sand, 2 Pintail, 70 Goldies came down to have a look (site✔️). #northantsbirds

@step_dove @SWTLackfordLake @BDSdragonflies It’s all about the pterostigmas (shoulders) yellow squares on the wings = Willow Emerald