Thursday 23rd April 2026

1200-1330 sunny, breezy:  Whitethroat 2, Blackcap 4, Chiffchaff 3, LR Plover 2, Com Sand, GC Grebe 2.

Also Holly Blue, Orange Tip, Whites, Peacock, Speckled Woods etc.  (RP)

Buzzard and Whitethroat (RP)

Wednesday 22nd April 2026

1015 & later, sunny but easterlies 10 - 14c:  Whitethroat, Blackcap 3, Chiffchaff 3, Swallow 4, Sand Martin 9, Grey Wagtail, LR Plover, GC Grebe 3, L Grebe, etc.

Also Peacock 3, Holly Blue, Orange Tip m & f, whites.   (GR)

Com Sand. 18/04 (RP)

Monday 20th April 2026

1015 on, sunny 14c:  Heron, GC Grebe pair, L Egret, Greylag pair, Oystercatcher 2, Swallow 2, Mistle Thrush, Willow Warbler, Chiffs & Blackcaps, Goldcrest, Chaffinch, etc.

Also Large White, Gv & Small Whites, Orange Tip 6m, Peacock 4, Speckled Wood 3, Holly Blue 4. 

"Pied" Crow today (GR)

Saturday 18th April 2026

1100 becoming cloudy 12c:  Linnet 2, Willow Warbler 2, Chiffchaffs & Blackcaps, Sand Martin 6, Song Thrush, GC Grebe 2, L Egret, Red Deer 4.  Peacock, Speckled Wood, Orange Tip 2, Gv White.  (GR)   Also Oystercatcher 2 and Common Sandpiper (5 on 17/04).  (RP)  LR Plover 2 present in afternoon  (MF)

Blackcap male today 

Thursday 16th April 2026

Common Sandpiper 2, Greylag, GC Grebe pair, L Grebe, Jay, Linnet 4.  (RP)

Grebe & Wood Pig today (RP)

Tuesday 14th April 2026

1015 cloudy 11c:  House Martin 2, Swallow 6, LR Plover 3, L Egret, L Grebe, GC Grebe 3, Blackcap pair, Sparrowhawk.   (GR)

Little Owl @ Aldridge today (GR)

Sunday 12th April 2026

1000 cloudy 8c:  Common Sandpiper (photo), Swallow 2, Sand Martin 3, GC Grebe 2, Tufted Duck 22, Linnet 2, etc.   (GR)

Saturday 11th April 2026

0830 drizzly, strong SW, 6c:  Sand Martin 6, Swallow 8, Linnet pair, Collared Dove 2, Jay, Teal 4, GC Grebe 3, M Swan pair, etc.   (GR)

Linnets & Swallows today

Friday 10th April 2026

1200 light sun 9c: Stock Dove, Redpoll 4, Blackcap m, Chiffchaffs, Buzzard 2, GC Grebe 2.  Also Orange Tip m, Speckled Wood, Peacock 2.   (RP, GR)

Wren in song (GR)

Wednesday 8th April 2026

1030-1300 sunny 15-20c:  L Egret 2, GC Grebe 3, Oystercatcher 3 flew in, M Swan pair at nest, Buzzard, Jay, Willow Warbler, Blackcap 4, Chiffchaff 10, Coal Tit, Redpoll 2, etc.  Red Deer 6.

Also:  Peacock 8, Small Tortoiseshell, Holly Blue 2, Brimstone m, Gv White 2, Small White 2, Orange Tip 12, Speckled Wood. Dock Bugs.   (GR, RP)

Holly Blue, Orange Tip fem.
& Green-veined White today

Monday 6th April 2026

10:00 on, hazy 7c:  Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff 4, Swallow, M Pipit, Redpoll m, Greenfinch 2, Jay, Jackdaw 20, Oystercatcher 2, L Grebe 2, GC Grebe 2, L Egret 2, Tufted 30, M Swan pair, etc.  (GR, RP)

Jackdaws today

Saturday 4th April 2026

A.M. cloudy, 9c:  Blackcap 2m, Jay 2, Mistle Thrush 2, Yl Gull, Chiffchaff, Teal 4,   Swallow on 2nd & 3rd.   (RP)

Blackcap & Jays today (RP)