Tuesday 30 November 2021

Tuesday 30th November 2021

1000-1045 light cloud, 10c: Goosander 5, Tufted 10, Shoveler 6, Wigeon 2, Little Grebe 2, Cormorant 13, M Swan 4 (2 more on Daw End Canal at Rushall), Common Gull, Redwing 3.   (RP)

Linley Wood 1430: Ring-necked Parakeet 2, Jay 2, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, etc.   (GR)

Blackcap at Rushall 28/11 (GR)


Thursday 25 November 2021

Thursday 25th November 2021

1500 sunny, 5c: 151 gulls at McKechnies pool including a Common, Black-headed's, Lesser Black backs & Herrings.   (GR)

LBb & Herring Gulls

Kestrel yesterday (GR)


Wednesday 24 November 2021

Wednesday 24th November 2021

1110-1315 cloud clearing, 7c: Little Egret 6, Cormorant 21, M Swan 7, Pochard m, Tufted 10, Teal 12, Shoveler 5, GC Grebe, Little Grebe 2, Coot 185, Snipe, Lapwing 51, Common Gull 3, GBb Gull 20, Kestrel, Buzzard, Jay 2, Magpie 21 mobbing fox, Redwing 12, Goldcrest 2, Bullfinch 2, Greenfinch, Chaffinch 2, Goldfinch usual small flocks, Reed Bunting, etc   (GR)



Egrets, Teal & Bullfinch today


Tuesday 23 November 2021

Tuesday 23rd November 2021

1015-1150 overcast 7c: M Swan 7, Cormorant 8, Heron 3, Tufted 18, Teal 8 + 10 at floods, Shoveler 4, Little Grebe, Common Gull 2, Lapwing 52, Raven, Redwing 16, Greenfinch.  (RP / GR)



Wednesday 17 November 2021

Wednesday 17th November 2021

1045-1200 broken cloud 9c: Goldcrest, a few Redwings, Jay 3, Sparrowhawk, Com Gull 3, GBb Gull 28, Lapwing 81, Dabchick 5, GC Grebe 2, Shoveler 5, M Swan 14, Heron 4, Cormorant 15.   (GR)


Young fox & Great Grebe today


Tuesday 16 November 2021

Tuesday 16th November 2021

1200 overcast, misty 10c: little of interest- Cormorant 15, M Swan 11, GC Grebe 2, Little Grebe 2, Wigeon pair, Teal 8, Shoveler 5, Com Gull, a few GBb Gulls, Lapwing 79.  (GR)

Common Gulls 08/11 (GR)


Sunday 14 November 2021

Sunday 14th November 2021

0930-1200 overcast 9c: GC Grebe 2, Little Grebe 5, Shoveler 5, Teal 7, Tufted 24, Wigeon pair, Lapwing 57, Com Gull, Cormorant 15, M Swan 13, Redwing 2, Meadow Pipit, Goldcrest, Bullfinch, etc.   (RP)


Wood Pig & Heron (GR)


Thursday 11 November 2021

Thursday 11th November 2021

1030-1215 overcast, drizzle 11c: Little Egret, Greylag, M Swan 19 (5 juvs), Cormorant 14, Teal 3, Gadwall pair, Pochard 2m, Shoveler 2m, Wigeon pair, Tufted 36, Dabchick 2, Lapwing 54, Com Gull 2, Song Thrush 2, Long-tailed Tit 15, Goldcrest, Siskin 2 over, etc   (RP/GR)


Large gulls & egret 08/11 (GR)


Wednesday 10 November 2021

Wednesday 10th November 2021

1215 cloudy 11c: Cormorant 13, M Swan 15 + 1 dead, Wigeon pair, Shoveler 4, Teal 2m, Pochard 2m, Tufted 32, Dabchick 2, Coot 169, Lapwing 58, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 29, Yellow-legged Gull ad, Skylark.   (GR)



Lapwing, Yl Gull & Tufteds (GR)


Monday 8 November 2021

Monday 8th November 2021

Sunny breaks, 10c: much as yesterday plus Little Egret, Coot 151, Great Black-backed Gull 28, Yellow-legged Gull, Redwing 6, Greenfinch, Bullfinch 2, Chaffinch 6, Fox 2.   (GR)




              Chaffinch, Redwing, Egret & Fox today (GR)


Sunday 7 November 2021

Sunday 7th November 2021

0945-1145 fairly cloudy & breezy 9c: Greylag 2, M Swan 15, Cormorant 26, Wigeon pair, Pochard 2m, Teal 26, Shoveler 4, Tufted 30, GC Grebe, Little Grebe 2, Lapwing 59, GBb Gull 12, Common Gull 4, Kingfisher, M Pipit, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk m, Raven, Fieldfare 21, Redwing 4, Blackbird 12, Chaffinch 2, Lesser Redpoll 12, etc    (GR / RP)


Buzzard & Cormorant (GR)


Thursday 4 November 2021

Thursday 4th November 2021

1000-1230 fairly sunny/cold breeze, 7c: Coot 205 (site record), Greylag 32, Cormorant 14, Mute Swan 14, Pochard 3m, Tufted 36, Shoveler 7, Teal 2, GC Grebe, Little Grebe 5, Lapwing 42, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull c20, Sparrowhawk 2, Buzzard, Raven 2, Skylark, M Pipit, P Wagtail 2, LT Tit 15, Redwing 9, Fieldfare 70 to west in 2 flocks (1st of season), Chaffinch 2.    (RP/GR)


Pochard & Dabchick today (RP)


Wednesday 3 November 2021

Wednesday 3rd November 2021

1110 cloudy after rain, 7c: Greylag 41, Mute Swan 6, Cormo 9, Lapwing 40, Shoveler 4, Teal 2, Tufted 36, Common Gull 3, GBb Gull 12, P Wagtail 2, Skylark, small passage of around 12 Blackbirds.   (GR)


Pestle Puffball fungus