Tealham
An early morning walk around Tealham produced a Ring-tailed Hen Harrier
Male Marsh Harrier
Female Kestrel
Buzzard
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This afternoon 3 whinchats, 2 wheatears, a flyover yellow wagtail and a hobby briefly pursuing a kingfisher near the flash, which is still rather full of water, so no waders at the moment.
Late this morning on the Tealham flash, an adult glossy ibis and a ruff.
I visited Tealham on Saturday 6th and also saw 2 Wheatears plus 2 Whinchats in the “yellow wagtail” field.
Highlights this morning between 07.00am and 09.55am this morning.
2 Gargany with Teal on the pond/scrape.Tealham Moor Drove
2 Wheatear perched on Hay bales north side of Totney Drove
Today there was 1 Little Stint, at least 2 Ruff, 1 Snipe, and 1 Yellow Wagtail on the flash. Large numbers of hirundines, mostly Swallow but some House and Sand Martin.
Early morning highlights at the scrape/pond Tealham Moor Drove 07.40am - 08.45am
8 Ruff together
1 Little Ringed Plover
26-Aug-2025
Tealham Moor Drove & flash/scrape 10:30 to 11:15 this morning: 5 Ruff, 7 Snipe & 1 Yellow Wagtail on the scrape; 3 Whinchats western end of the drove along adj field sheep fence-line.
4 Ruff this morning on. the flash plus 3 Snipe, 1 Lapwing,. 1 Whinchat, small flock of Linnet, 1 Kestrel and a few Cattle Egret. nearby.
This morning highlights at the western end of Tealham Moor Drove between 07.40 - 08.05 am.
Ruff 3
Snipe 3
Teal 5
Black Swan 1
Sedge Warbler 1
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23-Aug-2025
A selection of waders on the flash flood along Tealham Moor Drove this morning 10:00 to 11:30. Ruff 2, Greenshank 2, Common Sandpiper 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Wood Sandpiper 1, Snipe 4. Also 3 Whinchats along the western end of the Drove with a flock of Linnets. Most of the waders were spooked by a low flying Hobby and flew off about 11:10 leaving the Green Sandpiper and the 4 Snipe. Otherwise 2 Ravens mobbing a Kestrel and at least 3 Buzzards.
For info I was on the Drove at about 8am. By about 9 the Whinchat had disappeared.
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I was there about 11.45 until 12.45.. No Green Sandpipers or Snipe then. No Whinchat for me either.
I wonder what time that was, Alison.
I arrived at the pools on Tealham Moor Drove at - I think! - about 0940 and finally picked out 3 Green and 1 Wood Sandpiper (+ 2 Snipe along the far side).
The Green Sandpipers upped and left quite high towards the NE at about 1010 but the one Wood Sand (+Snipe) were still there when I left about 1020.
No Whinchats for me today.
Wood Sandpiper present this morning, joined by a second one, both flew off fairly high and hadn’t returned after half an hour. Also a distant Yellow Wagtail, another seen better yesterday at the Jack’s Drove end.