Thursday 23rd April 2015

1140 - 1300 bright & sunny, 12c : GC Grebe 5, Heron, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Buzzard 2, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Whitethroat, Blackcap 2, Willow Warbler 2, Chiffchaff, Linnet 2, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Reed Bunting 2, Robin 4, Green Woodpecker 2. Also seen - Small Tortoiseshell 3, Peacock 7, Green-veined White 2, Large White, Orange Tip 3m & 1f.

Photo's - record shots of Blackcap, Green Woodpecker & Green-veined White today.

Wednesday 22nd April 2015

0920 - 0940 sunny, 9c : Greylag Goose, Common Tern 3, Lapwing 3, LBB Gull juv, Heron 2, Mute Swan pair, GC Grebe 4, Willow Warbler, Pied Wagtail. Also what appears to be a dead Buzzard on the horse field. A female Brimstone was seen at 1240.

Photo's - Swallows yesterday. (GWR)

Tuesday 21st April 2015

0930 - 1035, sunny, 12c : Swallow 2, Common Tern 3, Lapwing 4, Great Crested Grebe 6, Mute Swan pair, Heron 2, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Linnet 2, Bullfinch male, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Robin 2, Dunnock 4, Wren 2, Long Tailed Tit 2, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk mobbed by Swallows, Rook 2, etc. Also seen were Small Tortoiseshell 3, Peacock 2, Orange Tip male.

Photo's - Whitethroat, Jackdaw & Rook today. (GWR)

Monday 20th April 2015

1130 - 1230 sunny but breezy, fairly quiet again (except for the road traffic being speed-checked by the police van) : Mallard one duck had 6 ducklings in tow, Coot one had 4 cootlets, Common Tern 2 (photo's), Herring Gull 3 + 2 juvs, LBB Gull, BH Gull 10, Lapwing 3, Heron 2, Mute Swan pair, GC Grebe 5, Swallow 5, Willow Warbler 2, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Skylark, Linnet 2, Sparrowhawk, plus usuals.

Also seen were Orange Tip 2m, Peacock 2, Small Tortoiseshell 3, Speckled Wood. (GWR)

Sunday 19th April 2015

0900 - 0930 little of interest - Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing 3, Oystercatcher, GC Grebe 7, Common Tern 2, Swallow 5, Blackcap 2 males (1 shown), Willow Warbler, Pied Wagtail etc. At Stonnall Yellow Wagtail, Sand Martin 3, Swallow 4, Buzzard 2 & Skylark 2 were seen.

Saturday 18th April 2015

0845 - 0950 sunny but strong Easterlies : Swallow 8, House Martin 3, Sand Martin 4, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing 4, Common Tern 2, Heron 2, Mute Swan pair, GC Grebe 5, Moorhen 5, Coot 8, Tufted 20, LBB Gull 2 & juv., Blackcap 1f & 2m, Willow Warbler, Pied Wagtail 2, Linnet 4, Goldfinch 3, Chaffinch, Bullfinch pair, Robin, Blackbird 2, Wren 2, LT Tit 4, Stock Dove, + usuals. At 1910 3 LRP, Com Sand & a Reed bunting were present.

Friday 17th April 2015

0830 - 0910 overcast 9c, cold breeze : Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, House Martin 2, Sand Martin 20, Swallow 30+, Common Sandpiper 2, Lapwing 3, Pied Wagtail 2, Mute Swan pair, Heron, LBB Gull juv, GC Grebe 5, Linnet pair, Jay 3 over. An evening visit produced LRP 6, Common Sandpiper 3, Common Tern 4 & 50 hirundines.(KC)

Swallow, Sand Martins & House Martin today.

Thursday 16th April 2015

0900 - 0930 cloudy, 9c : House Martin 3, Sand Martin, Swallow 5, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Sandpiper 2, Little Ringed Plover 2, Lapwing 7, Common Tern, LBB Gull 2, Heron, Mute Swan pair, GC Grebe 3, Buzzard, etc. At 1500 an Oystercatcher & LBB Gull juv. were present.

Willow Warbler in song. (GWR)

Wednesday 15th April 2015

0920 - 1045 sunny but breezy 11c : Common Sandpiper 2, Little Ringed Plover 2, Lapwing 5, Common Tern, LBB Gull 2, Wheatear 2, Willow Warbler 3, Chiffchaff 4, Pied Wagtail, Skylark 2, Reed Bunting m, Green Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird 3, Robin 2, Dunnock 3, Starling 2, Wren 2, Long Tailed Tit 4, Great Tit 3, Blue Tit 2, Linnet 2, Bullfinch pair, Greenfinch, Goldfinch 3, Chaffinch 2, Greylag, Canada 30, Mallard 30, Tufted 20, GC Grebe 7, BH Gull 20, Coot 6, Moorhen 3, Wood Pigeon 20, Magpie 10, Jackdaw 4, Carrion Crow 2, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard (40 species). Also seen - Peacock 5, Small Tortoiseshell 7, Speckled Wood, Orange Tip 2.

Photo's show Wheatear, Speckled Wood and Orange Tip male today.

Tuesday 14th April 2015

0850 - 0940 sunny but blustery S.Westerlies : Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Lapwing 4, Little Ringed Plover over, Wheatear, Willow Warbler 2, Chiffchaff 3, Gadwall 2, Skylark, Heron, Mute Swan 2, Coot 15, Moorhen 6, Goldfinch 4, Chaffinch 2, Robin 2, Blackbird 3, L T Tit 2, Sparrowhawk.

Photo's - Com Sand & Wheatear today. Wheatear is much sandier in colour than the birds of 11th & 13th April.

Monday 13th April 2015

1350 - 1420 becoming sunny but breezy, to 16c : Gadwall 2, Little Ringed Plover 2, Lapwing 4, Wheatear, Common Tern 2, LBB Gull 2, Heron, Mute Swan pair, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Long Tailed Tit 2, Jackdaw 8.

Common Tern & Gadwall today. (GWR)

Sunday 12th April 2015

0830 - 0900 strong south-westerlies : Common Tern, Blackcap male, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Swallow 8, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit 2, Skylark, Great Spotted Woodpecker, GC Grebe 3, Mute Swan 2, Lapwing 4, Long Tailed Tit 2.

A few record shots of yesterday's Swallows, Sand Martin, Peregrine, White Wag & LRP.

Saturday 11th April 2015

0950 - 1020 sunny but westerlies picked up again : Willow Warbler in song, Chiffchaff in song, Swallow 4, Lapwing 2, GBB Gull, LBB Gull, Herring Gull, BH Gull 20, GC Grebe 3, Mute Swan pair at nest, Mallard 20, Tufted 15, Moorhen 2, Coot 10, Jackdaw 6, Song Thrush, Long Tailed Tit 2 etc.

A visit between 1335 - 1440 added Sand Martin 7 (at last), Blackcap male, Willow Warbler 2 more at marsh, Chiffchaff 2 more, Oystercatcher 2, Bullfinch female, Goldfinch 4, Linnet 2, Chaffinch, Reed Bunting male, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Robin, Blackbird 2, Dunnock, Wren 2, Great Tit, Stock Dove 2, Feral Pigeon 3 & Heron. Also Peacock, Comma & Small Tortoiseshell 2. Earlier a Blackcap and Chiffchaff were in song along Daw End canal. Between 1645 - 1745 the following were seen - White Wagtail in Barns Lane horsefield, Little Ringed Plover 2, Sand Martin 10, Swallow 14, Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, Collared Dove, Greenfinch, and a Peregrine stooped from high up in the north-east towards the west.(GWR)

Friday 10th April 2015

0940 - 1020 fine & sunny 10c : Wheatear (very distant shot enclosed), Greylag, Heron, Mute Swan pair, Lapwing 2, Pied Wagtail, LBB Gull juv, Moorhen 4, Coot 10, GC Grebe, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell.

Report of a Water Rail in March, clearly seen at west side of Swan Pool amongst reeds.

Thursday 9th April 2015

Very little of interest at 0930 - Lapwing 6, BH Gull 62, GC Grebe 2, Mute Swan 2, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell 2 etc

Wednesday 8th April 2015

1000 - 1115 sunny 12c : Lapwing 4, Shoveler 3, Tufted 17, Mallard 20+, Heron 2, Mute Swan pair at nest, GC Grebe 3, Coot 10, Moorhen 4, BH Gull 11, Canada's 20, Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting 2, Linnet pair, Skylark, Meadow Pipit over, Chiffchaff, Long Tailed Tit 4, Great Tit 3, Starling 4, Blackbird 2, Wren 2, Dunnock, Song Thrush, Buzzard 2, Jay, Magpie 12, Jackdaw 4, Carrion Crow 3.

Also seen were Peacock 5, Small Tortoiseshell 7, Comma 2. Photo's - male Reed Bunting and Linnet today.

Tuesday 7th April 2015

At dusk, 2015 : Pipistrelle Bat, probable Daubenton's Bat 3 over Swan Pool, Oystercatcher 2, Heron 3, Mute Swan 2, Great Crested Grebe, Buzzard, Tufted 15+, Coot 10, LBB Gull 3 over, BH Gull 2 over, Dunnock, Robin 2 in song, Blackbird.

Also seen - Lapwing over Rushall.(GWR)

Monday 6th April 2015

1445 - 1600 sunny & fine, 15c : Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing, Heron, Mute Swan pair at nest, Teal 2, Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Skylark 2, Bullfinch pair, Chaffinch pair, Greenfinch, Chiffchaff 2, Swallow, Jay, Jackdaw 6, Carrion Crow at nest, Stock Dove 2, Feral Pigeon 2, Buzzard 3, Sparrowhawk, Long Tailed Tit 2, Great Tit 5, Robin, Wren, Blackbird 3, plus a few BH Gulls & usual ducks & Canada Geese.

Also seen - Small Tortoiseshell 12+ including mating pair and one trying to mate with a Peacock, Comma 2, Peacock 15+. At Linley Wood the 3 Nymphalids were also present plus 2 male Brimstones. At 1940 around 40 Meadow Pipits were seen to fly north over Rushall.

Saturday 4th April 2015

1430 - 1540 : Chiffchaff 2, Skylark, Reed Bunting, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Blackbird 3, Robin 2, Wren 2, Dunnock 3, Long Tailed Tit 2, Great Tit, Blue Tit 3, Chaffinch m, Goldfinch 2, House Sparrow 2, Stock Dove, Feral Pigeon 7, Wood Pigeon 15, Jay, Carrion Crow 5, Jackdaw 6, Magpie 20, Buzzard 2, Teal 2, Tufted 20, Mallard 12, Moorhen 6, Coot 15, Mute Swan 2, Heron, Canada's 30, Great Crested Grebe 3, LBB Gull 3, BH Gull 50. A Peacock was also seen, and plenty of bumblebees were at Sallow catkins.

During the morning a Swallow, Oystercatcher, Pheasant and 8 Goosander were seen. (GWR / PPN)

Friday 3rd April 2015

1500 - 1540, rain 10c : Swallow 2 flew in & over the Swag (photo), Chiffchaff, Skylark, Oystercatcher 3, Lapwing, Goosander 8, Tufted 26, Mallard 25, Moorhen 6, Coot 15, Heron, Cormorant, Mute Swan 2, Great Crested Grebe 2, Jackdaw 4, Carrion Crow 2, Magpie 11, Blackbird, Dunnock, Wood Pigeon 15, BH Gull 30, LBB Gull 2.

Wednesday 1st April 2015

1500 strong westerlies. little of interest - Heron, Oystercatcher 2, Goosander 8, Teal 6, LBB Gull 3, Mute Swan 2, GC Grebe 2, Long Tailed Tit 2.

Photo's show a pair of Linnets on 27th March 2015.