Saturday 31st December 2016

1000 - 1100 overcast, 7c : Wigeon 8, Tufted 22, Teal 12, Goosander 3, Cormorant 6, Heron, Mute Swan 4, Lapwing 80, well over 600 gulls of all 5 common species, Jackdaw 3, Redwing 3, Blackbird 6, Collared Dove 2, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch 3, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Long-tailed Tit 7, etc.

Gulls on 29th & 31st December.

Tuesday 27th December 2016

1110 - 1130 sunny, 4c after frost : Wigeon 11, Teal 3, Tufted 21, Cormorant 5, Heron, Mute Swan 4, Lapwing 55, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 25, Goldfinch 4, Buzzard, etc.

Lesser Black-backed with pinkish legs.

Saturday 24th December 2016

1430 - 1450 strong SW wind, 8C : Wigeon 8, Teal 6, Tufted 21, Cormorant 5, Mute Swan 4, all five common gull species 200+, Jackdaw 80 over, Lapwing 165, Pied Wagtail, Wren, Robin.

Merry Christmas to all viewers and thanks for dropping by!

Friday 23rd December 2016

1110 - 1200 overcast, strong SW wind, 8c : Yellow-legged Gull adult, Common Gull 3, Great Black-backed Gull 41, Herring & LBb Gull 110, Bh Gull 200+, Lapwing 144, Wigeon 6, Teal 5, Tufted 19, Cormorant 9, Heron, Mute Swan 4, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Jackdaw 6 (120 to north at dusk on Thursday 22nd Dec.), Green Woodpecker, Starling 120+, Buzzard.

Common & Herring Gulls on 18th December.

Wednesday 21st December 2016

1130 - 1200 light cloud, 6c : At least 450 gulls present including probable Caspian adult (flew off), Yellow-legged (photo), Common 6, and Great Black-backed 22. Also Lapwing 100+, Cormorant 5, Goosander drake, Tufted 28, Pied Wagtail 2, Redwing.

Tuesday 20th December 2016

1020 - 1120 overcast, 4c : Green Woodpecker, Redwing 5, Blackbird 6, Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Goosander 3, Teal 10, Tufted 17, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 12, Herring / LBb Gull 98, Lapwing 99, Cormorant 8, Heron, M.Swan 4, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail (at Rushall), Sparrowhawk.

Small clean-headed argenteus type Herring Gull and juv. Black-backed ringer JZ795 today.

Monday 19th December 2016

0930 - 1100 overcast, 6c : Wigeon 5, Teal 11, Tufted 8, Heron, M.Swan 4, Cormorant 11, Lapwing 252, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 7, Pied Wagtail, Redwing 8, Goldfinch 9, Chaffinch 3, Siskin 2, Blackbird 5, Dunnock 4, Wren 2, Robin 2, Collared Dove 3, Buzzard, etc. Sparrowhawk & Grey Wagtail at Rushall......Linley Wood 1400 - 1430 : Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bullfinch 4 (photo), Long-tailed Tit 5, etc.

Sunday 18th December 2016

1030 - 1220 lightly overcast, 6c, full list - Green Sandpiper, Lapwing 221, Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail, Wigeon 5, Teal 8, Tufted 21, Common Gull 3 (photo), GBb Gull 4, Herring & LBb Gull 40, Bh Gull 100+, Moorhen 6, Coot 20, Heron 3, Cormorant 5, Mute Swan 6, Mallard 30+, Canada Goose 30+, C.Crow 4, Magpie 8, Collared Dove 2, Wood Pigeon 5, Starling 30+, Redwing 4, Blackbird 6, Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Long-tailed Tit 5, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit, Greenfinch m, Chaffinch m, Goldfinch 6, House Sparrow 12, Buzzard. (37 sp.).

Saturday 17th December 2016

1020 - 1050 sunny, misty, 7c : Kestrel f, Lapwing 251, Cormorant 4, Heron 2, Mute Swan 4, Teal 14, Goosander 2, Tufted 14, GBb Gull 8, Common Gull 2, Herring & LBb Gull 51, Bh Gull 150+, Pied Wagtail 2, Robin 4.

Buzzard on the boats, 5th December.

Thursday 15th December 2016

1115 - 1200 overcast, 9c : Goosander 4, Teal 2 (12 at 1430), Tufted 19, Cormorant 8, Heron, Mute Swan 4, Yellow-legged Gull ad. (photo), GBb Gull 13, Common Gull 3, Lapwing 201, Redwing 3, Pied Wagtail 2, etc. Grey Wagtail on towpath at the Stonehouse, Daw End Canal.

Monday 12th December 2016

1030 - 1130 overcast, damp, 5c : Kingfisher, Goosander m, Teal 2 + 18 more at brickworks field, Tufted 21, Heron 3, Cormorant 9, M.Swan 2, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 9, Herring & LBb Gull 29, Lapwing 167, Moorhen 10, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Long-tailed Tit 6, Redwing 2, Blackbird 6, Robin, Wren, Chaffinch 2, Goldfinch 12, Jackdaw 4, etc.

Herons today.

Saturday 10th December 2016

1015 - 1130 overcast, 10c : Common Gull 9, Gb Gull 6, Herring / LBb Gull 30, Bh Gull 200+, Cormorant 11, Mute Swan 2, Heron, Teal 2, Tufted 10, Jackdaw 6, Rook 2 over, Fieldfare 15, Redwing 3, Blackbird 5, Goldcrest, Chaffinch 2m, Bullfinch 2f, Goldfinch 8, Wren, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 3, Lapwing 55, etc.

Grey Wagtail in the garden. Probably one of the birds seen recently at Stubbers Green.

Thursday 8th December 2016

1030 - 1120 cloudy, damp, 11c : Med.Gull adult PNU5, Yellow-legged Gull adult, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 4, Herring & LBb Gull 40, Lapwing 120, Cormorant 9, M.Swan 4, Heron 2, Wigeon 3, Tufted 26, Teal 10, Redwing flocks of 40 & 45, Blackbird 4, Redpoll 40, Goldfinch 9, Greenfinch, Pied Wagtail 2, Wren.

Mediterranean Gull today.

Monday 5th December 2016

1430 - 1500 hazy sun, frosty, 4c : Lapwing 5 + another 11 on field at Daw End canal, Rushall, Goosander 4, Wigeon 3, Teal 9, Tufted 12, Heron, M.Swan 4, Moorhen 15, Pied Wagtail 2, GBb Gull 4, Fieldfare, Buzzard.

Friday 2nd December 2016

1015 - 1130 overcast, 6c : Lapwing 144, Common Gull 4, GBb Gull 15, Herring / LBb Gull 85, Bh Gull 250, Greylag 2, Cormorant 3, M.Swan 4, Heron 2, Wigeon 3, Teal 11, Tufted 17, Moorhen 8, Coot 20, Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail 3, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit 13, Blue Tit 5, Goldfinch 5, Linnet, Blackbird 4, Redwing, Robin 3, Wren 2, Starling 30, etc.

Greylag today.

Thursday 1st December 2016

Linley Wood 1400 - 1500 fairly sunny, 6c : Nuthatch 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit 2, Long-tailed Tit 6, Redwing & Fieldfare mixed flock of 15+, Blackbird 6, Wren, Chaffinch 2, Goldfinch 5, etc. Large numbers of Black-headed & Herring Gulls flying north to roost at Chasewater.

Tuesday 29th November 2016

1230 sunny after frosty night : Cormorant, Heron, M Swan 4, GBb Gull 6, Common Gull, Teal 4, Pied Wagtail, Lapwing 80+. At Linley Wood 1430 - - Bullfinch m, Coal Tit 2, Chaffinch 2, Heron landed in tree, GS Woodpecker, Jackdaw 2, Pied Wagtail over, etc.

Crow on ice.

Saturday 26th November 2016

1400, cloudy, 7c : Goosander m, Teal 4, Tufted 14, M.Swan, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 5, LBb / Herring Gull 50, Lapwing 80, Pied Wagtail.

Teal drake.

Wednesday 23rd November 2016

A quick look 1430 - 1455, overcast, 7c : Cormorant 6, Heron 2, Lapwing 90, Tufted 14, Redwing 4, Kestrel on hay bales, etc.

Yet another (distant) Buzzard.

Tuesday 22nd November 2016

1230 - 1300 overcast, water levels up after Monday's rain, 6c : Cormorant 4, Heron, Mute Swan, Buzzard, Goosander f, Teal 4, Tufted 16, GBb Gull 8, Lapwing 95, Moorhen 15, Coot 20+, Pied Wagtail 2, Blackbird 11, Redwing 3, Lesser Redpoll 3, Greenfinch f, Goldfinch 4, Wren 3, Dunnock 2, Long-tailed Tit 2,etc. Still 3 Muscovy ducks present.

Buzzard on the boats 10th November.

Saturday 19th November 2016

1030 - 1100 sunny, cold after frost, 3c : Wigeon 3, Teal 5, Tufted 16, Lapwing 18, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 2, Pied Wagtail, Buzzard, Dunnock 2, Goldfinch 2, Wren, etc.

Moorhen along the canal on 15th Nov.

Wednesday 16th November 2016

1530, overcast, 7c : continuing quiet, Wigeon 4, Tufted 16, Teal 4, Lapwing 38, M Swan 4, Heron, Pied Wagtail, Redwing 3, GBb Gull 2, etc.

A couple of domestic Muscovy-type ducks turned up at the weekend.

Tuesday 15th November 2016

1500 drizzle, 14c : Lapwing 100, all five common gull species 300+, Cormorant 6, M.Swan, not much else...

Blackbird, Redwing & Song Thrush on 10th November.

Saturday 12th November 2016

1000 - 1030 drizzle, 8c : Yellow-legged Gull, GBb Gull 13, Common Gull 2, LBb / Herring Gull 120, Bh Gull 200+, Goosander 2f, Wigeon 2, Shoveler 2, Teal 8, Tufted 16, Cormorant 12, M.Swan 4, Heron 2, Kingfisher, Lapwing 101, Starling 100.

Yl Gull today.

Thursday 10th November 2016

1000 - 1100 showery, cold NW breeze, 6C : Common Gull 4, GBb Gull 3, Herring / LBb Gull 90, Pochard 4, Wigeon 4, Teal 8, Cormorant 13, Heron 3, M Swan 2, Lapwing 91, Buzzard, mixed flock of Fieldfares 2 Redwings 4 Blackbirds 9 Song Thrush 2 & Robins 3 in hedgerows.

Great & Lesser Black-backed Gulls today, and also Fieldfare.

Wednesday 9th November 2016

1100 - 1130 showery, 6c : Little Grebe, Cormorant 10, Heron 3, Wigeon 2, Pochard 7, Teal 12, Tufted 26, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 3, Kestrel on lamp post, Sparrowhawk, Lapwing 97, etc.

Tuesday 8th November 2016

1100 - 1200 overcast, 3 - 5c : Little Grebe, Cormorant 2, Heron 4, M.Swan 4, Pochard 6, Teal 14, Wigeon, Tufted 8, Lapwing 25, Common Gull 5, GBb Gull 4, Herring & LBb Gull 80, Bh Gull 200+, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Kingfisher, GS Woodpecker, Siskin 2, Wren 2, Buzzard, Kestrel, etc.

Common & Black-headed Gulls on the ice this morning.

Sunday 6th November 2016

0945 - 1030 generally sunny, bitter NW wind, 6c : Great Black-backed Gull 6, Common Gull 2, Lapwing 27, Teal 15, Tufted 15, Mute Swan 5, Cormorant juv, Heron, Pied Wagtail 3, Buzzard, etc.

At Linley Wood only Green Woodpecker & Pied Wagtail of note.   At Coppice Lane hedgerows - Blackbird 5, Song Thrush 2, Goldfinch 5, Blue & Great Tits 6, & Buzzard.

                  Redwing at Linley Wood 19th October.

Thursday 3rd November 2016

1015 - 1100 overcast, 7c : Lapwing 55, GBb Gull 4, Common Gull, Herring & LBb Gull 79, Bh Gull 150+, Cormorant 9, Heron 3, M.Swan 4, Wigeon 4, Pochard 3, Teal 9, Tufted 26, GS Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail 4, Collared Dove 7, etc.

Brambling in the garden at Rushall this morning.

Tuesday 1st November 2016

1430 - 1530 overcast, 10c : Wigeon 5, Teal 12, M.Swan 5, Cormorant 9, Heron 4, GBb Gull, Common Gull, Lapwing 36, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 3, Redwing 5, Sparrowhawk.

Monday 31st October 2016

0930 - 1100 hazy sun, misty start, 9 - 14c : Kingfisher caught fish, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 4, Meadow Pipit 3 over, Skylark 3 over, Jay, Green Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit small flock, Wren 2, Bullfinch, Linnet, Redpoll, Greenfinch 3, Goldfinch 4, Lapwing 4, Moorhen 8, Wigeon 3, Teal 14, Shoveler 3, Tufted 26, Heron, Cormorant 3, M.Swan 4, Kestrel caught vole, Buzzard at quarry, a few large gulls present. Song Thrush 2 at Rushall in garden.

Oxpeckers...