Birds of Upton Warren
- Dawn McCall
- Jul 7
- 2 min read
Updated: 6 days ago
Last week me and my partner visited Worcestershire for a few days, while here we looked at The Christopher Cadbury Wetland Reserve at Upton Warren. The reserve is split into two halves, The Moors to the north and The Flashes to the south. We went to the northern half first in hope of seeing Kingfishers as I was told they are regularly seen at Lapwing Hide.
The first hide was the Hobby Hide which had a lot of Marsh Thistles growing at the front.
These are perfect for small seed eating birds such as this Goldfinch to feed on.
There were Reed Warblers darting in and out of the reeds
and a Grey Heron walking past in the distance.
We then moved on to the next hide which was the Lapwing Hide. This was the Kingfisher's favorite hangout.
Unfortunately the Kingfishers decided not to show up but the pools attract a wide range of other birds such as Green Sandpiper, Egrets, Lapwings, and a range of other birds.
After looking around we visited the second half of the reserve to the south, known as The Flashes. The first hide, the Cuckoo Hide was showing the signs of the heat wave we have had recently and was looking a bit dried up.
But we still saw some birds like these two Stock Doves, Black Cap, Robin and Reed Bunting.
We then looked at the last hide, the Avocet Hide.
This Hide was indeed correctly named as we saw lots of Avocets.
As well as the Avocets we saw other birds such as Lapwing, Gulls, Coots, Wood Pigeon, Green Sandpiper and Pied Wagtail.
This had been a great day bird watching ever though there was no Kingfishers in sight. We had still seen lots of other birds. The Green Sandpiper was a first as I have only seen the Common Sandpiper before. We then finished the day of in the local pub.
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