Tuesday 5th February 2019

0950 - 1115 cloudy, 5c : Little Grebe 2, Shoveler 4, Tufted 24, Wigeon 11, Heron, Mute Swan 4 ad + 4 juv, Common Gull 2, Bh Gull 400+, Lapwing c200, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Redwing, Song Thrush. (RP / GE / GWR)

               Leucistic Blackbird (male) at Rushall today.

Sunday 3rd February 2019

0930 - 1115 sunny, frozen pools, 0c : Wigeon 11, Teal 2, Shoveler 2, Snipe 13, Lapwing c150, Rook, Jay 2, Buzzard, Stock Dove, Bullfinch 2, Chaffinch 2.

Highfields landfill

LBb Gull on ice 30th Jan.

Saturday 2nd February 2019

12.00 – 13.00 Sunny but cold 2c,  pools 95% frozen : Water Rail at marsh, Little Grebe, Wigeon 11, Teal 2, Tufted c20, Mute Swan 5, Common Gull 2w, Stock Dove. (RP)

Com Gull & Wigeon today (RP)

Friday 1st February 2019

1430 - 1450 pools frozen : Shoveler 4, Mallard 60, Wigeon 12, Lapwing 161, Grey Wagtail, very few gulls.  (RS)

Grey Wagtail on 25th Jan (GWR)

Thursday 31st January 2019

1030 - 1130, 0c, pools frozen :

All 5 species of commoner gulls but low numbers (2 Common Gull).

262 Canada Goose

169 Lapwing

62 Coot

10 Wigeon

2 Shoveler

2 Heron

1 Cormorant

(RP)

Gulls, Pochard & Heron 28th Jan

Wednesday 30th January 2019

1345 - 1420 sunny, frosty, Swag mainly frozen, 3c : Goosander 12, Shoveler 16, Wigeon 2, Lapwing c150, Bh Gull c200, Common Gull 2, large gulls c200.

Tuesday 29th January 2019

1115 - 1230 rainy, 3c : Mute Swan 4 ad & 7 juv, Cormorant, Goosander 4, Shoveler 12, Pochard 15, Wigeon 11, Teal 6, Tufted 31, Little Grebe, GBb Gull 35, Herring/LBb Gull c150, Bh Gull c400, Common Gull 3, Lapwing 200+.

Snipe habitat being grubbed out

Monday 28th January 2019

1115 - 1230 sunny, frosty 2c : Bh Gull c300, Common Gull 3, Lapwing c150, Wigeon 11, Shoveler 12, Pochard 20, Teal 2, Cormorant 2, Heron, GC Grebe.

Collared Dove (Rushall)

Mute Swans on 25th Jan.

Sunday 27th January 2019

0930 - 1115 strong westerlies, 5c : Jack Snipe & 46 Common Snipe at flooded field, Teal 12, Wigeon 9, Shoveler 13, Pochard 6, Tufted 48, GC Grebe 2, Cormorant 8, Bh Gull 250+, GBb Gull 25, Lapwing c150, Song Thrush.  (RP / GWR)

A dusting of snow on 23rd Jan

Friday 25th January 2019

1000 - 1130 showery, 8c : Mute Swan 11 (2 adults), Cormorant 7, Wigeon 7, Shoveler 8, Pochard  11, Teal 10, Tufted 40, Great Crested Grebe, Lapwing c150, Common Gull 3, Bh Gull c400, Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Jay, Goldfinch 22. (RP / GWR)

Gadwall on 23rd January (GWR)

Shovelers on 23rd Jan (RP)

Wednesday 23rd January 2019

1115 - 1315 sunny but frosty after light snowfall, 0c : Mute Swan 6, Goosander 11, Shoveler 18, Teal 6, Gadwall f, Pochard 12, Wigeon 11, Tufted 40+, Cormorant 3, Heron,  Lapwing c150, Buzzard, Common Gull, Bh Gull c400, Grey Wagtail, GS Woodpecker, Collared Dove, Song Thrush, Redwing 3, Siskin, Bullfinch 2, Chaffinch, Greenfinch 3, Red Fox 2, etc.  (GWR / RP)

Little Egret on 21st Jan.

Monday 21st January 2019

1350 - 1500 overcast, 5c : Little Egret, Cormorant 3, Heron 2, Wigeon 8, Pochard, Tufted 52, Shoveler 2, Teal 4, Common Gull 2, Kestrel, Buzzard 3, Jay 2, Green Woodpecker.

Redpoll yesterday (photo RP)

Sunday 20th January 2019

0945 - 1130 overcast, 3c : Shoveler 13, Wigeon 8, Pochard 12, Goosander 4, Teal 12, Tufted 42, Little Grebe, Mute Swan 7, Heron, Cormorant 11, Bh Gull 426, Common Gull 2, Lapwing 160, Rook, Jay, Song Thrush 2, Mistle Thrush, Greenfinch 2   (RP / GWR)

Quarry footpath : Raven, Sparrowhawk m & f, Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, Bullfinch f, Lesser Redpoll 3, Reed Bunting f. (RP)

Hawk & crow on 19th Jan.

Saturday 19th January 2019

1000 - 1115 drizzle, 3c : Wigeon 9, Shoveler 2, Teal, Cormorant 8, Heron 2, Coot 54, Lapwing 150, Pied Wagtail 3, Raven at quarry, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, etc.

Gulls on 18th Jan incl yellow ringed bird

Friday 18th January 2019

1300 - 1340 cloudy, easterlies, 3c : Goosander, Wigeon 9, Pochard 3, Bh Gull c300, GBb Gull 40, Common Gull 2, Heron 2, Coot 44, Lapwing 150+, Buzzard, etc.  Caspian Gull (3w) (GE).

A few gulls on 16th Jan.

Sunday 13th January 2019

1000 - 1115 overcast, windy 9c : Goosander 4, Wigeon 5, Shoveler 6, Teal 4, Pochard 3, Tufted 42, Cormorant 10, Common Gull 4, Bh Gull 350, Lapwing c150, Sparrowhawk f, Fieldfare 7.

Goosander today.

What the duck....

Friday 11th January 2019

1030 - 1200 cloudy 5c : Pochard 18, Wigeon 9, Shoveler 10, Teal 6, Tufted 34, Cormorant 3, Common Gull 3, GBb Gull 40, Goldfinch 30, Chaffinch 4.

Drake Goosander 3rd Jan.

Tuesday 8th January 2019

1040 - 1200 sunny, breezy, 7c : fairly quiet, Pochard 16, Goosander m, Teal 2, Cormorant 7, GBb Gull 40+, Bh Gull c300, Lapwing c150, Fieldfare 3 on berries at Brickyard Rd.

Hazel today : male catkins...

...and female flowers

Ladybirds hibernating

Sunday 6th January 2019

0930 - 1120 light cloud, 6c : Yellow-legged Gull adult, Common Gull 5, Green Sandpiper at quarry, Cormorant 10, Little Grebe 2, Goosander 5, Pochard 14, Wigeon 5, Tufted 40, Teal 14, Lapwing c120, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, GS Woodpecker, Collared Dove, Feral Pigeon 8, Stock Dove 2, Meadow Pipit 15+, Goldcrest, Redwing, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Chaffinch 5, etc  (RP/GWR)

Peregrine - pair at Walsall 0920.

              Iceland Gull yesterday & Green Sand. today

Saturday 5th January 2019

1100 - 1300 overcast, 5c : Iceland Gull adult, Common Gull 5, Little Grebe 2, Goosander 9, Wigeon 11, Pochard 12, Shoveler 9, Teal 8, Tufted 20, Cormorant 4, Lapwing c120, Pied Wagtail 4, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing 25, Fieldfare 20, Song Thrush, Lesser Redpoll 15.

Fieldfares & Redwings today

Friday 4th January 2019

1430 - 1500 overcast, 2c : Iceland Gull adult, Common Gull 4, Wigeon 11, Cormorant 4, Lapwing c100, Buzzard 2, etc.

Iceland Gull today.

Thursday 3rd January 2019

Park Lime Pits / Brook Field 1035 - 1130 : Green Woodpecker, GS Woodpecker, Treecreeper 2, Goldcrest, Moorhen 2, Goosander m, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch c100, Brambling, Linnet 15,, Greenfinch 6, House Sparrow 4, Yellowhammer 3, Reed Bunting c20, Skylark 9, Jay, Buzzard, Rook c50, Stock Dove 3.

Stubbers Green 1140, overcast, 3c : Little Grebe, Cormorant 6, Heron 3, Wigeon 5, Pochard 3, Common Gull 6, GBb Gull 25, Lapwing c170, etc.

Grey Wagtail in poor light 1st Jan.