Friday 31 October 2014

Friday 31st October 2014

1030 - 1230 (continuing mild) : Greylag, Canada's 80+, Teal 60+ at brickworks field, Mallard 20+, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Gull 2, Herring / Lesser Black-backed Gulls 207, Black-headed Gull 100+, Great Black-backed Gull, Cormorant 4, Heron 2, Great Crested Grebe 4, Little Grebe, Moorhen 6, Coot 15, Lapwing 66, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 3, Skylark 3, Meadow Pipit 4, Fieldfare flock of 30 over, earlier flocks of 20 & 25 over nearby Rushall, Redwing, Blackbird 6, Song Thrush, Jay 3, Magpie 5, Carrion Crow 5, Jackdaw 12, Starling 3, Chaffinch m, Greenfinch, Goldfinch 11, Robin 2, Wren 2, Dunnock 3, Wood Pigeon 8, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Blue Tit 3, Goldcrest. (41 species).
Also seen - Peacock or Red Admiral (flew past), Grey Squirrel. (GWR)

Thursday 30 October 2014

Thursday 30th October 2014

1000 - 1115 : Common Gull 2, Herring / LBB Gull 171, Black-headed Gull 100+, Cormorant 5 Heron 2, Great Crested Grebe 2, Tufted 22, Teal 2, Lapwing 11, Moorhen 6, Coot 20, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 2, Meadow Pipit 2, Skylark, Blackbird 6, Starling 6, Goldfinch 5, etc.
Also seen - Common Darter dragonfly 2. (GWR)

Wednesday 29 October 2014

Wednesday 29th October 2014

0945 - 1030 included : Sparrowhawk, Jay, Jackdaw 12, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 2, Starling 40, Lapwing 6, Moorhen 6, Coot 15, Teal 2 + 40 at brickworks field, Tufted 14, Mute Swan, Heron, Cormorant 2, Lesser Black-backed / Herring Gull 70, Black-headed Gull 120.
Also present were Lesser Black-backed Gull and Canada Goose with red leg rings (gull ring number is PYC).

Tuesday 28 October 2014

Tuesday 28th October 2014

Of note 1030 - 1100 : G B B Gull, Common Gull, L B B & Herring Gull 151, B H Gull 122, Lapwing 5, Cormorant 4, Heron, G C Grebe, Tufted 14, Teal 60 at brickworks field pool, Coot 22, MoorHen 6, Jay, Jackdaw 6, Blackbird 5, Meadow Pipit.
Photo : various gulls including a red-ringed Lesser Black-backed. (GWR)

Monday 27 October 2014

Monday 27th October 2014

Of note 1000 - Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull 20, Lesser Black-backed Gull 40, Black-headed Gull 100+, Mute Swan f, Cormorant 2, Teal 2 + 50 at brickworks field, Great Crested Grebe 2, Lapwing 3, Jackdaw 10, Blackbird 3, Starling 12, Pied Wagtail, Wren, Great Tit. At 1650 - Heron 2, Little Grebe 2 on Swag.
Photo's include Great Black-backed, Herring, Lesser Black-backed, Yellow-legged, Common & Black-headed Gulls 26th/27th October 2014. (GWR)

Sunday 26 October 2014

Sunday 26th October 2014

0800 - 1000 : Kingfisher, Meadow Pipit 3, Lesser Redpoll 4, Goldfinch 12, Linnet 3, Chaffinch 2, Pied Wagtail, Redwing, Blackbird 3, Song Thrush, Robin 2, Dunnock, Starling 2, Wren 4, Long-tailed Tit 12, Blue Tit 4, Goldcrest 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Buzzard 3, Shoveler 4, Teal 4, Tufted 25, Mallard 30+, Heron, Cormorant 5, Great Crested Grebe 3,Coot 12, Moorhen 5, Lapwing 2, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull 24, Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull 51, Black-headed Gull 80+, Wood Pigeon 4, Jackdaw 21, Magpie 5, Rook, Carrion Crow 6, feral white duck. (42 Species).
Photo's show various Blackbirds seen on Friday 24th October 2014. (GWR)

Saturday 25 October 2014

Saturday 25th October 2014

1000 - 1030 : Buzzard (low over Lapwings & Gulls), Cormorant 4, Heron, Great Crested Grebe 2, Canada's 30, Shoveler 5, Tufted 12, Teal 2, Mallard 30+, Moorhen 6, Coot 16, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull 7, Lesser Black-backed Gull 9, Black-headed Gull 55, Lapwing 19, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Starling 25, Blackbird, Redwing 2, Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Blue Tit, Jay, Magpie 5, Jackdaw 2, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon 4.
Photo's - Reed Bunting and Meadow Pipit on 24/10/14. (GWR)

Friday 24 October 2014

Friday 24th October 2014

0940 - 1040 : Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 3, Jay, Jackdaw 10, Magpie 8, Carrion Crow 2, Skylark 7 (1 gave short song!), Meadow Pipit 15, Redwing 7, Blackbird 9, Song Thrush, Robin 2, Dunnock, Wren, Starling 2, Reed Bunting 2, Chaffinch, Goldfinch 12, Linnet 4, Shoveler 4, Tufted 12, Mallard 50, Cormorant 3, Great Crested Grebe 3, Moorhen 5, Coot 20, Heron 3, Canada's 50, feral white duck, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull 25, Lesser Black-backed Gull 20, Black-headed Gull 80, Lapwing 22, Wood Pigeon, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit, Goldcrest.
(GWR)

Thursday 23 October 2014

Thursday 23rd October 2014

0930 - 1000 : Buzzard, Greylag, Skylark 2 over, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird 2, Robin, Wren, Chaffinch, Goldfinch 20, Starling 30, Teal 8, Shoveler 6, Tufted 8, Great Crested Grebe 3, Heron 2, Cormorant 4, Lapwing 30, Moorhen 7, Coot 15, G B B Gull 2, L B B Gull 30, Herring Gull 25, B H Gull 150, Jackdaw 12, Magpie 3, Carrion Crow 3, plus usual Mallard/Canada's/feral white duck.

Tuesday 21 October 2014

Tuesday 21st October 2014, Tree Down

The large Poplar tree at the corner of Stubbers Green Road and Barns Lane came down across Barns Lane in one of the storms earlier today.
The only birds of note were Heron 2, Cormorant 7, & Lapwing 30, with around 50 Teal at the brickworks flooded field at 1715. (GWR)

Monday 20 October 2014

Monday 20th October 2014

1430 - 1500 Little of interest - Lapwing 74, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull 45, Lesser Black-backed Gull 40, Black-headed Gull 120+, Teal 6, Shoveler 2, Tufted 14, Heron, Cormorant 5, Moorhen 9, Buzzard, Pied Wagtail 2, Starling 30, etc.
Photo : Teal.

Saturday 18 October 2014

Saturday 18th October 2014

1630 - 1730 : Moorhen 9, Coot 22, Cormorant 3, Grey Heron 2, Great Crested Grebe 2, Shoveler 4, Tufted 12, Mallard 40+, B H Gull 100, L B B Gull 21, Herring Gull 22, G B B Gull, Canada's 60, Lapwing 44, Pied Wagtail 2, Green Woodpecker, Redwing 2, Blackbird 4, Robin, Goldcrest, Goldfinch 3, Wren 2, Dunnock, Starling 12, Jackdaw 9, Magpie 6, Carrion Crow 6, Wood Pigeon 20+, Collared Dove, Buzzard, Kestrel, Long-tailed Tit 6.
Also - Brown Rat & Grey Squirrel.

Friday 17 October 2014

Friday 17th October 2014

1430 - 1530 : Redwing flocks of 30 and 35, Fieldfare 5, Mistle Thrush 2, Song Thrush 2, Blackbird 3, Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Starling 30, Meadow Pipit 3, Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Goldfinch 3, Cormorant 7, Heron 3, Lapwing 50, Great Crested Grebe 3, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring / Lesser Black-backed Gull 250, Black-headed Gull 150, Moorhen 5, Coot 10, Tufted 12, Mallard 40, Grey Squirrel plus usual crows and geese.
Photo's - Little Grebes (and Mallard), Sunday 12th Oct 2014.(GWR)

Thursday 16 October 2014

Thursday 16th October 2014

1500 - 1530 : Jay, Jackdaw 6, Carrion Crow 10, Magpie 4, Herring / Lesser Black-backed Gull 290, Black-headed Gull 120, Great Black-backed Gull 2, Cormorant 4, Grey Heron 2, Tufted 16, Great Crested Grebe 4, Moorhen 10, Coot 15, Lapwing 30, Starling 20, Pied Wagtail.

Wednesday 15 October 2014

Wednesday 15th October 2014

1430 - 1530 : Redshank, Lapwing 82, Herring & Lesser Black-backed Gull 150, Black-headed Gull 120, Great Black-backed Gull 2, Cormorant 4, Heron 2, Mute Swan 3, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe 3, Tufted 12, Shoveler 2, Teal 4 & 50 at brickworks field, Mallard 30, Coot 15, Moorhen 8, Canada's 40, Sparrowhawk, Jay, Pied Wagtail 2, Starling 30, Blackbird, Robin, Wrem, Dunnock, Goldfinch flock of 30, Skylark, Long-tailed Tit 8, Great Tit 4, Blue Tit 6, Magpie 10, Carrion Crow 2, Jackdaw 6, Wood Pigeon 20.
Also seen - Red Fox & Brown Rat. Photo : today's Redshank, seen in poor light. (GWR)

Tuesday 14 October 2014

Tuesday 14th October 2014

Of note 1030 (rain, pool levels up) : Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe 3, Cormorant 7, Herring & Lesser Black-backed Gull 70, Lapwing 44, Pied Wagtail.
Also, at nearby Rushall, Redwings going over between 2250 - 2310, 10 calls heard. (GWR)

Monday 13 October 2014

Monday 13th October 2014

Little of note at 1000 : Sparrowhawk, Lapwing 59, Great Black-backed Gull, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Greylag, Great Crested Grebe 3, Teal 14, Moorhen 8, plus usuals (no sign of Mute Swans).

Sunday 12 October 2014

Sunday 12th October 2014

0900 - 1100 misty start 8c : Kingfisher 2 chasing across the Swag, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 4, Cormorant 8, Heron 4, Shoveler 4, Teal 12, Tufted 14, Mallard 20, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull 39, Herring Gull 4, Black-headed Gull 120+, Canada's 12, Little Grebe 2, Great Crested Grebe 4, Coot 15, Moorhen 7, Lapwing 45, Starling 8, Blackbird 7, Robin 4, Dunnock 2, Wren 3, Reed Bunting male, Bullfinch 2, Goldfinch flock of 30, Greenfinch, Linnet 2, Meadow Pipit 8, Skylark 5, Green Woodpecker, Buzzard, Kestrel, Jackdaw 6, Carrion Crow 5, Magpie 12, Wood Pigeon 20+, Feral Pigeon 2, Great Tit 3, Blue Tit 5, Long-tailed Tit 4. (42 Species).
(GWR)

Saturday 11 October 2014

Saturday 11th October 2014

Of note 0930 - 1030 : Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe 4, Cormorant 7, Heron 3, Green Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, Pied Wagtail 2, Meadow Pipit, Shoveler 4, Teal 2, Goldfinch 40+.
Photo : dead Common Shrew on footpath 5th October 2014.

Friday 10 October 2014

Friday 10th October 2014

0930 - 1130 : Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff 2 still in song, Blackcap female, Cormorant 6, Mute Swan 2 + juvenile which can now fly, Heron 3, Herring Gull 7, Lesser Black-backed Gull 62, Black-headed Gull 100+, Great Black-backed Gull, Lapwing 5, Teal 2, Mallard 40+, Tufted 12, Great Crested Grebe 5, Coot 20, Moorhen 11, Chaffinch 2, Goldfinch 10, Blackbird 2, Robin 4, Dunnock, Wren, Skylark 4 over, Meadow Pipit 2, Blue Tit 5, Great Tit 4, Jay, Jackdaw 10, Carrion Crow 5, Magpie 10, Buzzard 2, Wood Pigeon 20+, Canada's 50+.
Photo's show distant views of a fox in the quarry on 7th October. Also seen today - Speckled Wood 3, Common Darter 3. At nearby Linley Wood 7 Buzzards were seen circling at 1310, and 4 Pied Wagtails and a Grey Wagtail were present on factory rooves. Two Red Admirals and a Comma were at Winterley Lane ivy. At 1900 a Pipistrelle bat was flying around the Swag, and between 1910-1920 a Tawny Owl was calling from the trees in Barns Lane fields. (GWR)

Tuesday 7 October 2014

Tuesday 7th October 2014

1130 - 1230 (rain) & 1700 : Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe 4, Cormorant 5, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull 26, Herring Gull 12, Black-headed Gull 121, Lapwing 42, Heron 3, Mute Swan juv, Teal 8, Tufted 12, Mallard 40+, Coot 25, Moorhen 8, Long-tailed Tit 8, Blue Tit 6, Great Tit 6, Wren 2, Robin 2, Bullfinch 2, Pied Wagtail 2 at Westgate, Magpie/Jackdaw/Crow/Wood Pigeon/Canada Geese.
Also seen- Red Fox (at quarry). (GWR)

Monday 6 October 2014

Monday 6th October 2014

1030 - 1130 (rain) : Great Black-backed Gull 2, L B B Gull 12, Herring Gull 4, B H Gull 50+, Cormorant 4, Heron 3, Teal 8, Shoveler 2, Tufted 14, Mute Swan juv., Lapwing 22, Moorhen 7, Coot 12, Blackbird 2, Long-tailed Tit 2, Wren, Starling 85, Chiffchaff still in song.
(GWR)

Sunday 5 October 2014

Sunday 5th October 2014

0930 - 1130: G C Grebe, Cormorant 3, Heron 3, Mute Swan 4, Canada Goose 40+, Shoveller 7, Teal 8, Tufted 18, Mallard 40+, Lapwing 41, Moorhen 7, Coot 12, L B B Gull 6, B H Gull 60+, Buzzard 2, Kestrel, Stock Dove, Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon 20+, Collared Dove, Green Woodpecker 2, Skylark 8 over, Meadow Pipit 7 over, Pied Wagtail 4, Grey Wagtail, Starling 12, Jay, Magpie 10+, Rook 2, Carrion Crow 6, Jackdaw 8, Dunnock 2, Robin 4, Song Thrush, Blackbird 2, Goldcrest 3, Long-tailed Tit 6, Blue Tit 3, Great Tit, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Bullfinch 2, Goldfinch flocks of 9, 12 & 50+, Linnet 2. (44 species).
Also seen - Common Shrew (found dead on footpath), Speckled Wood 3, Common Darter 3. Photo's - Buzzard (young bird with prey at quarry). (GWR)

Saturday 4 October 2014

Saturday 4th October 2014

1430 - 1530 : Peregrine (put up Lapwings and gulls), Kestrel, Lapwing 69, Herring Gull 2, Lesser Black-backed Gull 22, Black-headed Gull 80+, Cormorant 4, Heron 2, Teal 4, Shoveler 4, Tufted 18, Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit 4, Bullfinch 2, Dunnock, Blackbird., plus usuals.
Common Darter dragonfly (GWR).

Friday 3 October 2014

Friday 3rd October 2014

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Pied Wagtails on roof of Middlemore Lane factory this afternoon.

Thursday 2 October 2014

Thursday 2nd October 2014

1430 - 1530 : Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Lapwing 69, L B B Gull 29, Herring Gull 3, G C Grebe 3, Cormorant 4, Heron 2, Greylag, Shoveler 4, Teal 6, Tufted 18, Moorhen 6, Coot 21, Long-tail Tit 4, Song Thrush, Kestrel, Buzzard, Dunnock 2, Wren 2, Willow/Chiffchaff, plus regulars.
Also seen - Red Admiral (1, plus 8 more at ivy Winterley Lane), Comma, Speckled Wood, Common Darter 3, Southern/Common Hawker 1. Photo's - pair of Shovelers on Monday 29th September. (GWR)