Monday 30 January 2017

Monday 30th January 2017

1010 - 1100 overcast, 5c : Greylag flew in with Canada's, Mute Swan 6, Heron, Cormorant 3, Goosander 8, Teal 4, Tufted 24, Common Gull, Redwing 12, Collared Dove 6, Sparrowhawk, Lapwing 300+ but very restless.
Greylag Goose this morning.

Sunday 29 January 2017

Sunday 29th January 2017

Flooded field at brickworks 1045 - 1115 cloudy, 5c : Jay, Green Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit 2, Blackbird 2, Buzzard, Pied Wagtail, Common Gull, Black-headed Gull 77, Teal 19, Lapwing 96..... The Swag & Swan Pool 1215 - 1330 : Common Gull 10, Herring Gull 126, Lesser Black-backed Gull 3, Great Black-backed Gull 5, Bh Gull 200+, Lapwing 243, Cormorant 5, Mute Swan 4, Heron, Goosander m, Teal 4, Tufted 25, Redwing 31 at stables, Song Thrush, Blackbird 3, Goldfinch 4, Starling 80, plus the usual Coot/Moorhen/Canada's/Mallard,/Magpie/Jackdaw/Wood Pigeon/Blue Tit/Great Tit/Wren/Robin.
Two of twelve Goosander yesterday.

Saturday 28 January 2017

Saturday 28th January 2017

1000 - 1050 light cloud, bitter SE wind, 5c : Goosander 12, Teal 6, Wigeon 5, Tufted 26, Lapwing 229, Common Gull 4, Cormorant 4, M.Swan 4, Pied Wagtail, Redwing 19, Song Thrush, Blackbird 3, Stock Dove, Collared Dove, etc. 60 Redwing were in fields alongside Winterley Lane.
Gulls on 27th Jan., incl. colour-ringed Lesser Black-backed.

Friday 27 January 2017

Friday 27th January 2017

1130 - 1200 light cloud, frozen! 0c : Common Gull 6, GBb Gull 8, Herring/LBb Gull 100+, Bh Gull 300+, Cormorant 6 over, Heron 3, Teal 13, Tufted only 1 !, Lapwing 100+, Long-tailed Tit 7, Blackbird 4, Buzzard.
Snipe yesterday afternoon (phonescoped image).

Thursday 26 January 2017

Thursday 26th January 2017

1130 - 1230 & 1500 - 1530, overcast, bitter east wind, 1c : Snipe, Lapwing 150+, Cormorant 5, Heron 2, Mute Swan 4, Goosander f, Common Gull 4, GBb Gull 6, Herring & LBb Gull 120, Bh Gull 200+, Pied Wagtail 2, Jackdaw 18, etc. Grey Wagtail at Rushall.
Colour ringed Herring Gull today.

Wednesday 25 January 2017

Wednesday 25th January 2017

1400 - 1530 sunny, 7 - 4c : Raven over quarry, Stock Dove 3, Feral Pigeon 4, Teal 6, Wigeon 6, Heron 3, Cormorant 2, Common Gull 5, Bh Gull 400+, Lapwing 150+, Goldfinch & Lesser Redpoll mixed flock of 20, Chaffinch 2, Buzzard, Kestrel, Red Fox, etc.
Fox this afternoon near the stables at Barns Lane.

Tuesday 24th January 2017

1130 - 1230 light sun, 5c : Little Grebe, Cormorant, Heron 2, M.Swan 5, Teal 13, Wigeon 6, Common Gull 4, large gulls 200, Lapwing 230.
Little Grebe & Blue Tit today.

Monday 23 January 2017

Monday 23rd January 2017

1000 - 1130 weak sun, misty, 4c : Goldcrest, Goldfinch 6, Chaffinch m, Redwing 4, Goosander 11, Teal 14, Wigeon 6, Tufted 28, Cormorant 4, M.Swan 5, Heron, Lapwing 239, Common Gull 4, Bh Gull 300+, etc.
Buzzard on 20th Jan.

Sunday 22 January 2017

Sunday 22nd January 2017

1200 - 1230 overcast after frost, 2c : Common Gull 5, Lapwing 61, Wigeon 9, Teal 2, Heron 2, Cormorant 2, Collared Dove 3, Bullfinch f, Goldfinch 6, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard.
Cormorant & Shoveler on 19th Jan.

Saturday 21 January 2017

Saturday 21st January 2017

1015 - 1100 fog & frost, 2c : Goosander 9, Wigeon 9, Teal 16, Tufted 14, Cormorant 11, Heron, M.Swan 5, Common Gull 6, Lapwing 161. Grey Wagtail at Rushall (garden). Well over 200 Waxwings at Brownhills Silver Court at 1200 and 241 during the afternoon!
Waxwings at Silver Court today.

Friday 20 January 2017

Friday 20th January 2017

1015 - 1200 sunny (at last) 2 - 4c : Heron, Cormorant 2, M.Swan 5, Wigeon 6, Teal 18, Goosander 3, Lapwing 221, Common Gull 5, Buzzard at quarry, Pied Wagtail 2, Skylark over, Bullfinch 2, Redpoll/Goldfinch/Chaffinch flock of 30-40 feeding at Alders, Redwing 3, Stock Dove, Feral Pigeon 7, etc.
Gold and Greenfinches on 18th Jan.

Thursday 19 January 2017

Thursday 19th January 2017

1115 - 1330 overcast, dull & damp 7c : Golden Plover, Lapwing 200+, GC Grebe, Cormorant 8, Mute Swan 5, Goosander 8, Shoveler, Wigeon, Teal 10, Tufted 24, Common Gull 6, large gulls 80+, Pied Wagtail 2, Stock Dove 2, Collared Dove, GS Woodpecker, Goldfinch 5, Wren, Carrion Crow 30 in one tree, etc.
Record shot of Golden Plover today, and some of the 130 - 140 Waxwings at Brownhills Silver Court during the early afternoon.

Wednesday 18 January 2017

Wednesday 18th January 2017

1140 - 1300 light drizzle, misty, 6c : Goosander 3, Teal 8, Tufted 30, Cormorant 6, M.Swan 5, Heron 2, GC Grebe, Lapwing 150+, Common Gull 3, Bh Gull 200+, large gulls 100+, Jackdaw 3, Pied Wagtail 2, Bullfinch 3, Greenfinch 4, Goldfinch 30, Redwing 35, Blackbird 5, Robin 2, Dunnock, Wren, Stock Dove, GS Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit 5, House Sparrow 6, Starling 40+, etc.

Tuesday 17 January 2017

Tuesday 17th January 2017

0930 - 1000 overcast & gloomy, 6c : Goosander 6, Teal 9, Tufted 32, M.Swan 6, Cormorant 4, Long-tailed Tit 11, Common Gull 2, large gulls 100+ incl possible Caspian adult (flew before ID confirmed), Lapwing 120, Pied Wagtail 2. Approx 130 Waxwings at Silver Court, Brownhills during the early afternoon. (PW)
Ringed Black-headed Gull yesterday.

Monday 16 January 2017

Monday 16th January 2017

1130 - 1230 constant drizzle, 8c : Great Crested Grebe 3, Cormorant 7, Mute Swan 5, Heron, Canada Geese 201, Teal 11, Tufted 28, Coot 39, Moorhen 12, Lapwing 176, GBb Gull 17, Common Gull 2, Herring & LBb Gull 100+, Bh Gull 200+ incl a white-ringed bird, Pied Wagtail 2, Blackbird 6, Great Tit 2, Jackdaw 6, Goldfinch 2, Buzzard.  Coal Tit at Wharf Cottage.
Great Crested Grebe on 12th Jan

Thursday 12 January 2017

Thursday 12th January 2017

0930 - 1130 overcast, 5c : Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher at lagoon, Sparrowhawk at quarry, Chaffinch, Bullfinch 3, Siskin & Lesser Redpoll mized flock of 40, Goldfinch 12, probable Meadow Pipit 8 at quarry but distant, Pied Wagtail, Redwing 2, Blackbird 6, Long-tailed Tit 2, Feral Pigeon 3, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant 6, Heron, Mute Swan 4, Wigeon 9, Tufted 30, Goosander f, Coot 20, Moorhen 5, Common Gull 6, GBb Gull 35, Herring & LBb Gull 100+, Bh Gull 200, Lapwing 100, Dunnock 2, Wren, Magpie/Jackdaw 2/C Crow/Wood Pigeon/Mallard/C Geese/Great Tit 6/Blue Tit/Robin/Starling 30. (41 sp.)
Kingfisher through the reeds this morning.

Tuesday 10 January 2017

Tuesday 10th January 2017

1315 - 1430 cloudy, cold NW wind, 7c : Lapwing 203, Common Gull 3, GBb Gull 30, Bh Gull 200+, Herring & LBb Gull 80+, Cormorant 4, Mute Swan 5, Heron, Wigeon 7, Teal 9 + 16 at brickworks field, Tufted 20, Jackdaw 14, Pied Wagtail, Long-tailed Tit 2, Song Thrush, Redwing 6, Blackbird 7, Greenfinch 3, Goldfinch 4, Great Spotted Woodpecker m, Buzzard 2, Red Fox, etc.

Saturday 7 January 2017

Saturday 7th January 2017

1130 - 1200 misty, damp, 10c : Med. Gull adult, GBb Gull 60, Herring & LBb Gull 150+, Lapwing 144, Cormorant 5, Goosander 5, Wigeon 6, Pied Wagtail, Heron, Mute Swan 4, House Sparrow 6, Yellowhammer over to north.

Thursday 5 January 2017

Thursday 5th January 2017

Lunchtime, sunny/frosty, 2c : Little Grebe, Common Gull 7, GBb Gull 193, Herring gull 550, LBb Gull 94, Wigeon 13, Teal 9, Tufted 7, Coot 41, Moorhen 23. (KMC)
Little Owl near Park Limepits this morning.

Wednesday 4 January 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017

1400 - 1430 some cloud, 7c : Green Sandpiper, Lapwing 100+, over 300 large Gulls present, again with over 50 Great Black-backs, Cormorant 2, Teal 4, Tufted 30, Starling 80+. At Brownhills we saw 10 Waxwings at 1245 in a tree at Silver Court, but these had gone by 1440.
Record shot of distant Green Sand. today.

Tuesday 3 January 2017

Tuesday 3rd January 2017

1500 - 1530 cloudy, cold NW, 4c : Lapwing 5, Teal 3, Pochard 6, Wigeon 9, Tufted 30, Coot 36, Moorhen 12, over 200 large gulls incl. 50 Great Black-backed, Buzzard, Goldfinch 3.
Peregrine at Walsall 2nd January 2017.

Sunday 1 January 2017

Sunday 1st January 2017

0915 - 1020 rainy and windy, 4c : Tufted 36, Mallard 35+, Wigeon 4, Teal 4, Pochard 6, Goosander f, Coot 15, Moorhen 5, Mute Swan 4, Cormorant 7, Heron, Canada Geese 8, Lapwing 101, Great Black-backed Gull 31, Herring Gull 25, Lesser Black-backed Gull 9, Common Gull 2, Black-headed Gull 50+, Pied Wagtail 2, Jackdaw 6, Carrion Crow 5, Magpie 8, Starling 40+, Song Thrush 2, Redwing 3, Blackbird 11, Robin 2, Dunnock, Wren, Wood Pigeon 6, Collared Dove, Great Tit 4, Blue Tit 5, Goldfinch 6. Kestrel f at Westgate 1605.(only 35 sp.)