Stubbers Green Bird Log: Jewels in the Grass

Saturday 30 May 2015

Common Blue butterflies at Aldridge this afternoon. The third & fourth shots are of a female with practically all-blue wings.

Site List 1975 - 2024 (+ highest count)

1 Mute Swan (32)*
2 Whooper Swan (5)
. Black Swan
3 Pink-footed Goose (7)
4 Greylag Goose (54)*
5 Canada Goose (550)*
6 Barnacle Goose (5)
7 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (2)
8 Egyptian Goose (3)
. Bar-headed Goose
9 Ruddy Shelduck (3)
10 Shelduck (6)
11 Mandarin
12 Wigeon (32)*
13 Gadwall (16)*
14 Teal (64)*
15 Mallard (180)*
16 Pintail
17 Garganey (3)
18 Shoveler (25)*
19 Red-crested Pochard
20 Pochard (59)*
21 Tufted Duck (71)*
22 Scaup
23 Common Scoter
24 Goldeneye (4)
25 Smew
26 Red-breasted Merganser
27 Goosander (19)*
28 Ruddy Duck (4)
29 Little Grebe (34)*
30 Great Crested Grebe (15)*
31 Black-necked Grebe
32 Slavonian Grebe
33 Gannet
34 Cormorant (24)*
35 Shag
36 Little Egret (11)*
37 Great White Egret
38 Grey Heron (7)*
39 Glossy Ibis
40 Water Rail (2)
41 Spotted Crake
42 Moorhen (39)*
43 Coot (220)*
44 Oystercatcher (6)*
45 Little Ringed Plover (7)*
46 Ringed Plover
47 Golden Plover (600)
48 Lapwing (980)*
49 Pectoral Sandpiper
50 Common Sandpiper (6)*
51 Green Sandpiper (2)
52 Wood Sandpiper
53 Sanderling
54 Dunlin (5)*
55 Ruff
56 Woodcock (2)*
57 Jack Snipe (2)
58 Snipe (66)*
59 Black-tailed Godwit (4)
60 Whimbrel
61 Curlew

62 Greenshank (2)

63 Spotted Redshank

64 Redshank (4)
65 Guillemot
66 Kittiwake
67 Black-headed Gull (1100)*
68 Little Gull (12)
69 Mediterranean Gull
70 Common Gull (19)*
71 Lesser Black-bkd Gull (786)*
72 Herring Gull (764)*
73 Yellow-legged Gull (13)*
74 Caspian Gull (3)*
75 Iceland Gull*
76 Glaucous Gull (2)
77 Great Black-bkd Gull (193)*
78 Common Tern (7)
79 Arctic Tern (5)

80 Black Tern

81 Red-legged Partridge

82 Grey Partridge (10)
83 Pheasant (2)
.. Harris's Hawk

84 Red Kite

85 Goshawk

86 Sparrowhawk (3)*
87 Buzzard (9)*
88 Osprey
89 Kestrel (2)*
90 Merlin
91 Hobby (2)
92 Peregrine (3)
93 Barn Owl (2)
94 Tawny Owl (2)
95 Short-eared Owl
96 Feral Pigeon (41)*
97 Stock Dove (8)*
98 Collared Dove (22)*
99 Wood Pigeon (336)*
100 Ring-necked Parakeet
101 Cuckoo
102 Swift (90)
103 Sand Martin (90)*
104 House Martin (100)*
105 Swallow (70)*
106 Kingfisher (2)*

107 Green Woodpecker (3)*

108 Great Sptd Woodpecker (2)*
109 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
110 Skylark (11)*
111 Meadow Pipit (30)*
112 Yellow Wagtail (64)
113 Grey Wagtail (5)*
114 Pied Wagtail (27)*
115 White Wagtail (3)
116 Waxwing (2)
117 Wren (11)*
118 Dunnock (9)*
119 Robin (14)*
120 Black Redstart

121 Redstart

122 Whinchat (2)

123 Stonechat (4)*

124 Wheatear (3)

125 Ring Ouzel

126 Blackbird (18)*
127 Song Thrush (4)*
128 Fieldfare (200)
129 Redwing (110)*
130 Mistle Thrush (4)*
131 Cetti's Warbler (2)*
132 Sedge Warbler (4)
133 Reed Warbler (2)
134 Lesser Whitethroat (3)
135 Whitethroat (7)
136 Garden Warbler (2)
137 Blackcap (20)*
138 Wood Warbler
139 Chiffchaff (25)*
140 Willow Warbler (18)*
141 Goldcrest (4)*
142 Nuthatch
143 Treecreeper (2)
144 Spotted Flycatcher (4)
145 Long-tailed Tit (35)*
146 Blue Tit (12)*
147 Great Tit (11)*
148 Coal Tit (2)
149 Willow Tit (2)
150 Jay (8)*
151 Magpie (61)*
152 Jackdaw (160)*
153 Rook (50)*
154 Carrion Crow (108)*
155 Raven (4)*
156 Starling (150)*
157 Rose-coloured Starling
158 House Sparrow (21)*
159 Tree Sparrow (8)
160 Chaffinch (19)*
161 Brambling (10)
162 Greenfinch (15)*
163 Goldfinch (70)*
164 Siskin (90)*
165 Linnet (25)*
166 Twite
167 Lesser Redpoll (40)*
168 Crossbill
169 Bullfinch (6)*
170 Yellowhammer (4)
171 Reed Bunting (8)*

*seen 2024 (82)

Non-numbered bird = species not yet on British Category A,B,C list.

Also, 26 species of butterfly and 17 species of dragonfly recorded on site.

Saturday 30 May 2015

Jewels in the Grass

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