Wednesday 4th January 2023

1030-1200 cloudy breezy, 11c:  GBb Gull 160, Common Gull 3, Shoveler 2, Teal 5, Redwing 3, Meadow Pipit 11, Goldfinch 20, Raven over, etc.   (GE/RP/GR)

Pipit & Goldfinches today (GR)

Tuesday 3rd January 2023

Overcast, drizzle & breezy, 8c:  Stock Dove 4, Mistle Thrush 2, Redwing 4, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Chaffinch 6, Starling 8, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Buzzard, Jay, Goosander 6, Wigeon 4, Shoveler 2, etc

Blackcap male at Rushall.   (GR)

Goosanders today (GR)

Monday 2nd January 2023

An afternoon visit (sunny, 7c) added Sparrowhawk m & Rook. Also Moorhen 35, Feral Pigeon 5, Wren 4, Gadwall 4, + usuals.   (GR)

Goosander & Buzzard

Hazel catkins already formed

Sunday 1st January 2023

0920-1320 becoming cloudy 7-9c:  Mute Swan 23, Canada Goose 50, Greylag, Mallard 50, Tufted 22, Teal 27, Wigeon 4, Gadwall 2, Shoveler 5, Pochard 7, Goosander m, Coot 100+, Moorhen 32, Little Grebe 2, Little Egret, Cormorant 12, Lapwing 61 + 96 at McKechnies later, GBb Gull 40, Bh Gull 200+, Herring Gull 30, LBb Gull 20, Common Gull, Buzzard, Carrion Crow 52, Magpie 15, Jay 2, Jackdaw 28, Wood Pigeon 8, Feral Pigeon, Starling, GS Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail 2, Meadow Pipit, Blackbird 5, Redwing 6, Robin 3, Wren 2, Dunnock 4, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit 6, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch 3, Goldfinch 41, Siskin 3, (46 species).   

A mid-afternoon visit added Heron, Collared Dove 2 & Mistle Thrush 2. Also 150 Jackdaws flew north-west as did thousands of gulls heading to roost sites.   (GR / RP)

Pied Wagtails today (RP)

Coal Tit & Com Gull today (GR)

Thursday 29th December 2022

1020-1200 generally sunny, SW wind, 7c:  Greylag, Wigeon 2m, Pochard 11, Goosander 5, Gadwall 12, Teal 33, Tufted 26, L Egret 2, Lapwing 40, GBb Gull 40, Common Gull 2, Sparrowhawk, GS Woodpecker.   (GR / RP)

Bh Gull & Jackdaw (RP)

Sunday 25th December 2022

1145-1315 light cloud 8c:  Goldcrest 2, Chaffinch 3, Goldfinch 30, Green Woodpecker, GS Woodpecker f, Jay, Buzzard, Bh Gull 350, Com. Gull, Moorhen 28, Cormorant 12, Gadwall 11, Pochard 10, Teal 4, Wigeon 2, M Swan 23, etc.   (GR)

Buzzard, Woody & Robins today (GR)

Saturday 24th December 2022

1300 - 1400 sunny, 8c:  M Swan 23, Gadwall 10, Tufted 20, Pochard 10, Wigeon 3, Teal 42, Goosander 2, Dabchick 4, Lapwing 132, Common Gull.   (RP)

Lapwings & Gulls @ McKechnies

Friday 23rd December 2022

1400 rain 6c:  Goosander 4, Pochard 8, Gadwall 6, Teal 12, Lapwing 50, large gulls- well over 800 all took off shortly after 1400 and headed north (photo), Common Gull 2, Swans down to 21.   (GR)

Thursday 22nd December 2022

1300-1400 overcast, drizzle 7c:  Chiffchaff with a Goldcrest & 11 Long-tailed Tits, Stock Dove, Common Gull, 500+ large gulls, Moorhen 21, Gadwall 4, Pochard 6, Wigeon pair, Dabchick 2, etc.  Also 3 Red Deer stags.   (GR)

Com.& Herring Gulls today

Chiffchaff this afternoon (GR)

Wednesday 21st December 2022

1215-1400 sunny 7c: Woodcock 2, Green Woodpecker, Col. Dove, Redwing 3, Goldcrest 2, Chaffinch 6, Bullfinch f, Buzzard 2, Carrion Crow 64 at landfill, Little Egret 4, Lapwing 25, Gadwall pair, Shoveler 4, Teal 4, Tufted 18, large gulls 400+.  Kestrel at Aldridge airfield.   (RP / GR) 

Tuesday 20th December 2022

Late morning, sunny 7c:  Peregrine Falcon twice chasing lapwings & gulls, Mistle Thrush 4, GS Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Common Gull, Lapwing 80, Dabchick 2, Little Egret, Cormorant 4, Wigeon 8, Gadwall 6, Shoveler 5, Teal 8, Pochard 4, Tufted 12, etc.   (RP) (GR)

Peregrine juv. today (RP)

Mistle Thrush (GR)

Monday 19th December 2022

1130 overcast, strong SW wind, 12c:  M Swan 30, Cormorant 4, Heron 2, Mallard 68, Teal 15, Shoveler 4, Pochard 4, Tufted 6, Lapwing 15, Bh Gull 150+, etc.   (GR)

Pied Wagtail today

Fieldfare @ Rushall

Sunday 18th December 2022

Midday, cloudy, icy wind, 1c:  Fieldfare 3, Mistle Thrush 3, Redwing 12, Goldfinch 40 at Vigo landfill, Buzzard, Common Gull, Mute Swan 26, usual waterfowl.   (GR)

Scenes from last week

Saturday 17th December 2022

1300-1400 cloudy, 3c:  M Swan 30, Greylag 19, Teal 7, Shoveler 4, Wigeon 17, Tufted 2, Coot 188, Moorhen 29, Cormorant, Little Grebe 5, Pied Wagtail 2, GS Woodpecker, Collared Dove, Redwing 10, Blackbird 6, Bullfinch 2.   (RP / GR) 

Blackcap female at Rushall.

Yellow-ringed Herring Gull (7R3D?)

Swans on 15th Dec.

Redwings today (GR)

Thursday 15th December 2022

1100-1230 heavy frost, sunny, -2c:  Dunlin, Snipe 2, Lapwing 43, Little Grebe 3, Moorhen 31, Wigeon 17, Gadwall pair, Teal 15, Mute Swan 32 (4 flew off), Common Gull, some 800+ of the regular gull species, Bullfinch 3, Chaffinch 2, Greenfinch f.   (RP / GR)

Dunlin this morning (GR)

Com Gull & Teal today (RP)

Wednesday 14th December 2022

1345-1445 sunny, frosty, -1c:  Red Deer stags 2, Weasel, Fox, Mute Swan 32, Wigeon 8, Buzzard, Rook, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, etc.   (GR)

Stags & Chiffchaff today (GR)

Tuesday 13th December 2022

Fox on ice today (GR)

Black-ringed GBb Gull today