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I have to admit im puzzled by the great interest shown by birders in over worlaby carrs,because hen harriers are there and the occasional rough legged buzzard,short eared owls etc.(its always been that good)for many years,
Hen Harriers have been visiting there for years,i and dave johnson regularly reported them over there viewed mainly from the broughton end for many years,we reported at least two rough legged buzzards from there,then in recent years a total of 4 ospreys one day,3 moving up the river with 5 common buzzards,and one which was hanging around.
a Goshawk seen by dave near the railway,confirmed by other birders near the village who saw it too,
black kite seen clearly in early september going along the ancholme,i was the 2nd person to record r l buzzard on there after gpc,
I remember this well,i was with gpc on worlaby carrs id had 9 s e owls and gpc walked up said id doulbled count as he had 8 the day before,i scaned round and suggested this would be a good place for a rough legged buzzard,the next day he rang me up to say "you know what you said yesterday,ive just had one!!!!it went missing,i relocated it a few days later near broughton where it stayed for a while,near keb wood /broughton carrs,

so my query is,why has it took so long for interest to develop in this site??considering the numerous reports sent in by us,but i add here s routledge is doing a great job with very comprehensive reports and has highligted that its even better than i thought or dave possibly!!!
Roger

Rog,

This is my take on your query. I discovered Worlaby Carrs about seven years ago, it was suggested by Dave that we visit. I started going every month or so while my health allowed me to. Oddly enough for the first few years I went the only person I ever saw was GPC. Obviously I daresay other birders went as well. Not sure when Steve R started putting his comprehensive reports out, but my personal opinion is that because he was seeing some really good stuff other people were picking up on this and decided to give Worlaby a go. Now it is really popular at certain times of the year. Although you say that you put out reports I personally cannot remember hardly any reports from Worlaby coming from yourself but I could be wrong. Even before the forum was set up and we used e-mail I cannot remember you reporting on Worlaby. I have always seen your reports coming from MSQ, Rainhams, Scunny Environs etc but very few from "raptor valley" otherwise known as Worlaby.

It will be interesting to read those who have been going there for donkey years.

And for once it would be nice if this thread stayed on course rather than spitting the dummy out because of birders comments.

Kind regards

John

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hi John/many reports sent in were by post obviously before the forum,
yes i have put stuff on from broughton end of the carrs,
Anyhow,i agree a forum should be for debate,,without someone spitting their dummy.it seems you have to be very careful what you say now.
Regards,
Roger.

boys, i have only been in lincs 4.5 years but as a derbyshire lad myself and a few other mates used drop in at worleby on the way back from spurn usually late autumn for the last 20 yrs approx usually seen short eared and on at least 2 occasions rough leg, me thinks it might have been dave hursthouse who told me about worleby, but i could be wrong about that,
terry whalin

Im still slightly puzzled by the reletavly recent interest there,without researching this,i suspect Hen Harriers are now getting very scarce hence the interest shown by birders there,i think i read they are having a hard time.
regards,
Rog.

Really fantastic photographs cause a 'must see for myself' feeling.

Im sorry??
has the previous submission been posted in the wrong catergory?

what do you mean?

the advent of the DSLR amongst the birdwatching fraternity has given web sites amazing images. I guess if those people who may not travel too far too often see such wonderful images they could be energised and inspired and also under the illusion that you may also see such images themselves.

without doubt we have seen many fantastic images from Worlaby over recent years, how could you not resist seeing for yourself.

Good point Andy

Dean...

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Andy,

I agree to a point but don't forget these fantastic images have been taken with "big bertha" DSLR's . The three times I was there last week the birds were always distant, so a scope was a must to pick up the detail of what the images show.

Now I've said that someone will come on and say they digiscoped them. I can only report on what I saw and that was lots of big lenses attached to DSLR's.

Regards

John

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remind me to reply when I get the time

Why is it a loooooooooooooooong one

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In my opinion the draw with Worlaby Carrs apart from my small part and recently others in posting regularly from this site in recent years,is the possibility of being able to enjoy superb views of Short-eared Owls.Where else in the county or country can you see 12 Short-eared Owls hunting in one field?and after asking several visiting birders over the years,the answer given was that they had travelled to see the Owls,from as far afield as Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.Long may it continue,but there may be trouble on the horizon,as the said fields stewardship runs out at the end of this year and their are rumours it is going to ploughed to grow grain!,so enjoy the Owls while you can,as they might be looking elsewhere to winter in the near future.


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