Thursday 26th February 2015

1500 - 1530 : Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker male, Long Tailed Tit 4, Greylag, Heron, Mute Swan 3, Cormorant, Goosander 7, Teal 4, Shoveler, plus usuals.

Photo : Xanthoria lichens growing on Willow at the waters edge. (GWR)

Wednesday 25th February 2015

1400 - 1445 fairly mild, 9c : Song Thrush in song & drinking from pool, Mistle Thrush in song atop Ash (photo), Blackbird 6, Robin, Wren, Goldfinch 4, Chaffinch, Shoveler, Teal 4, Tufted 25, Heron, Cormorant, Mute Swan 3, GC Grebe 4, Lapwing 81, BH Gull 200, Common Gull, LBB Gull 2, Herring Gull 5, plus usual waterfowl & crows.

Monday 23rd February 2015

1400 - 1450 wintry showers with sunny breaks, 6c : Shoveler 2, Teal 9, Tufted 34, Mallard 30, Mute Swan 3, Heron, Moorhen 9, Coot 15, B H Gull 200, LBB Gull 6, Herring Gull, Lapwing 82, Pied Wagtail 2, Jay, Jackdaw 60 over, Carrion Crow 5, Magpie 6, Green Woodpecker, Redwing 2, Blackbird 3, Robin, Dunnock, Greenfinch 2, Chaffinch 3, Bullfinch 2, Long Tailed Tit 4, Great Tit 6, Blue Tit 2, Wood Pigeon 11, Buzzard.

Also seen - Grey Squirrel 2. Photo's : Buzzard and Jay this afternoon.

Sunday 22nd February 2015

1030 - 1115 overcast, cold south-westerly 5c : Oystercatcher (photo's), Lapwing 30, Mistle Thrush 2, Blackbird, Robin, Wren, Goldcrest 2, Long Tailed Tit 2, Great Tit 4, Blue Tit, Pied Wagtail 2, Goldfinch 24, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, House Sparrow 4, Starling 8, Collared Dove, Wood Pigeon 5, Cormorant 4, Mute Swan 3, Heron, Goosander 5, Teal 2, Tufted 20, Mallard 30, Moorhen 5, Coot 10, Canada's 30, Magpie 8, Carrion Crow 2, Jackdaw 3, Lesser Black-backed Gull 9, Herring Gull 5, Common Gull, Black-headed Gull 150.

(GWR)

Saturday 21st February 2015

0930 - 1000 bitter wind, 3c : Cormorant 2, Heron 2, Mute Swan 3, Goosander 2, Great Crested Grebe, Lapwing 128, BH Gull 120, Herring Gull 2, LBB Gull, Common Gull, Moorhen 11, Pied Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, Great Tit, Blackbird 3, Buzzard, + usual waterfowl.

Wednesday 18th February 2015

0935 - 1100 sunny and bright but breezy 7c : Shoveler, Teal 4, Goosander 3, Pochard 3, Tufted 29, Mallard 30, Cormorant 7, Mute Swan 3, Canada's 50, Coot 26, Moorhen 8, Great Crested Grebe 2, BH Gull 50, LBB Gull 2, Herring Gull, Green Woodpecker, Lesser Redpoll 14, Chaffinch 6, Goldfinch 2, Greenfinch, Blackbird, Robin 2, Dunnock 2, Wren, Skylark, Pied Wagtail 2, Great Tit 8, Blue Tit 6, Long Tailed Tit 4, C Crow 5, Magpie 10, Wood Pigeon 9, Feral Pigeon 8, Buzzard.

Also seen - Red Fox having a nap in the sunshine near the marsh (photo's). (GWR)

Tuesday 17th February 2015

0920 - 1000 sunny but frosty 2c : Common Gull 2, Herring Gull 2, LBB Gull 4, BH Gull 180, Pochard 3, Teal 4, Tufted 18, Mallard 20, Great Crested Grebe 3, Lapwing 9, Coot 20, Moorhen 9, Heron, Mute Swan 3, Cormorant 3, Buzzard, Magpie 12, Jackdaw 2, Mistle Thrush 2, Robin, Dunnock 2, Wren, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit, Pied Wagtail 2, Starling 4, Wood Pigeon 5.

Photo : Record shot only of Pintail over the Swag on Sunday 15th Feb.2015.

Sunday 15th February 2015

0915 - 1130 cold, misty start 5c : Goldeneye on Swag, then flew east at about 0915, Pintail drake flying around Swag at 1120, Pochard 4, Teal 4, Tufted 20, Mallard 40, Kingfisher 2, Great Crested Grebe, Canada Geese 80, Mute Swan 6, 3 driven off again by resident cob, Coot 20, Moorhen 11, Common Gull 2, Herring Gull 6, LBB Gull 2, Black-headed Gull 200, Lapwing 90, Fieldfare 3, Redwing 18, Robin 3, Dunnock, Wren, Starling 8, Chaffinch 4, Goldfinch 4, Bullfinch 2, Greenfinch 2, Skylark in song over quarry again, Long Tailed Tit 4, Great Tit 6, Blue Tit 3, Wood Pigeon 8, Feral Pigeon 2, Jackdaw 3, Carrion Crow 4, Magpie 16, Kestrel. Blackbird 3 at 1600. Surprisingly no Heron seen today.

Photo's - Kingfishers and Fieldfare today. (GWR)

Saturday 14th February 2015

1045 - 1100 Skylark in song, Jay, Cormorant 2, Common Gull 3, Teal 4, Goosander 3, Lapwing 177 + 200 at brickworks field, plus usuals.

Tawny Owl calling from Stonehouse area (Rushall canal) from 2315 till after midnight on Friday 13th Feb.

Friday 13th February 2015

0945 - 1045 overcast, some light drizzle, 7c : Mute Swan 6, 3 driven off by resident cob, Cormorant 3, Canada's 25, LBB Gull 26, Herring Gull 14, BH Gull 150, Common Gull, Coot 30, Moorhen 9, Goosander 7, Teal 18, Tufted 17, Mallard 30, GC Grebe, Lapwing 158, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 2, Goldcrest, Dunnock 2, Robin, Blackbird 3, Redwing, Goldfinch 6, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit 2, Starling 24, Wood Pigeon 3, Jackdaw 6, Carrion Crow 3, Magpie 8.

(GWR)

Thursday 12th February 2015

Little of note at 1500 - Common Gull 4, Black-headed Gull 206, Herring Gull 5, LBB Gull 3, Lapwing 60. A Coot injured on the road was released on to the Swag last night. At Winterley Lane a Song Thrush was in full song and 2 Mistle Thrush were also seen.

Photo : Little Grebe on 30th November 2014.

Wednesday 11th February 2015

A quick look at 1100 produced 25 Herring / LBB Gull, 50 BH Gull, Common Gull, Goosander 5, Teal 4, Tufted 22, Lapwing 60, Cormorant, Mute Swan 3, Pied Wagtail, Robin, Great Tit, Buzzard.

Gulls photo is from 14th Jan. 2015.

Tuesday 10th February 2015

1450 - 1530, overcast, cold, 4c, plenty of birds but little of interest : Common Gull, Herring Gull 24, LBB Gull 21, BH Gull 200+, Heron 2, Mute Swan 3, Canada's 35 + 100 at Winterley Lane fields, Goosander 3, Teal 8, Tufted 24, Mallard 30, Coot 30, Moorhen 10, Lapwing 141, Pied Wagtail 2, Starling 24, Dunnock 2, Wren, Blackbird 3, Blue Tit 3, Great Tit, House Sparrow 4 at stables, Wood Pigeon 5, C Crow 3, Magpie 8 Jackdaw 2, Buzzard also a 2nd one at Winterley Lane.

Also, 2 brown rats!

Monday 9th February 2015

1520 - 1600 cold, grey, overcast, 6c : Herring Gull, Common Gull, LBB Gull 5, BH Gull 100 + 200 at recycling plant, Goosander 15, Teal 17, Tufted 20, Mallard 25, Canada's 40, Coot 20, Moorhen 10, Lapwing 57, Heron, Mute Swan 3, Buzzard, Jackdaw 4, Carrion Crow 3, Magpie 6, Wood Pigeon 8, Starling 12, Pied Wagtail 3, Goldcrest, Dunnock 2, Blackbird 2, Blue Tit, Great Tit 2.

KEEP OUT

Tuesday 3rd February 2015

1100 - 1215, clear but icy breeze, pools partly frozen, 3c : Common Gull 5, LBB Gull 4, Herring Gull 2, GBB Gull, BH Gull 80+, Lapwing 20, Coot 42, Moorhen 12, Tufted 10, Teal 8, Mallard 20+, Heron 3, Mute Swan 3, Canada's 20, Greylag (flew in), Little Grebe, Starling 5, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Dunnock 2, Jackdaw 4, Magpie 6, Carrion Crow 2, Wood Pigeon 6.

(GWR)

Monday 2nd February 2015

1300 - 1320 : Iceland Gull, Common Gull 2, Lapwing 15, Pied Wagtail, Buzzard, Long-tailed Tit 4, Mute Swan 3, + usual stuff.

Photo's show a few of the fourteen Egyptian Geese which, amazingly enough, dropped in to nearby Ryders Mere early this afternoon. (GWR)

Sunday 1st February 2015

1445 - 1500 : Iceland Gull (photo's), Common Gull 2, GBB Gull 8, LBB Gull 10, Herring Gull 10, BH Gull 80, Shoveler 2, Goosander, Mute Swan 3, Heron, Lapwing 15, Sparrowhawk, Pied Wagtail etc.

(GWR / PJR)