Monday 12th December 2016

1030 - 1130 overcast, damp, 5c : Kingfisher, Goosander m, Teal 2 + 18 more at brickworks field, Tufted 21, Heron 3, Cormorant 9, M.Swan 2, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 9, Herring & LBb Gull 29, Lapwing 167, Moorhen 10, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Long-tailed Tit 6, Redwing 2, Blackbird 6, Robin, Wren, Chaffinch 2, Goldfinch 12, Jackdaw 4, etc.

Herons today.

Saturday 10th December 2016

1015 - 1130 overcast, 10c : Common Gull 9, Gb Gull 6, Herring / LBb Gull 30, Bh Gull 200+, Cormorant 11, Mute Swan 2, Heron, Teal 2, Tufted 10, Jackdaw 6, Rook 2 over, Fieldfare 15, Redwing 3, Blackbird 5, Goldcrest, Chaffinch 2m, Bullfinch 2f, Goldfinch 8, Wren, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 3, Lapwing 55, etc.

Grey Wagtail in the garden. Probably one of the birds seen recently at Stubbers Green.

Thursday 8th December 2016

1030 - 1120 cloudy, damp, 11c : Med.Gull adult PNU5, Yellow-legged Gull adult, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 4, Herring & LBb Gull 40, Lapwing 120, Cormorant 9, M.Swan 4, Heron 2, Wigeon 3, Tufted 26, Teal 10, Redwing flocks of 40 & 45, Blackbird 4, Redpoll 40, Goldfinch 9, Greenfinch, Pied Wagtail 2, Wren.

Mediterranean Gull today.

Monday 5th December 2016

1430 - 1500 hazy sun, frosty, 4c : Lapwing 5 + another 11 on field at Daw End canal, Rushall, Goosander 4, Wigeon 3, Teal 9, Tufted 12, Heron, M.Swan 4, Moorhen 15, Pied Wagtail 2, GBb Gull 4, Fieldfare, Buzzard.

Friday 2nd December 2016

1015 - 1130 overcast, 6c : Lapwing 144, Common Gull 4, GBb Gull 15, Herring / LBb Gull 85, Bh Gull 250, Greylag 2, Cormorant 3, M.Swan 4, Heron 2, Wigeon 3, Teal 11, Tufted 17, Moorhen 8, Coot 20, Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail 3, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit 13, Blue Tit 5, Goldfinch 5, Linnet, Blackbird 4, Redwing, Robin 3, Wren 2, Starling 30, etc.

Greylag today.

Thursday 1st December 2016

Linley Wood 1400 - 1500 fairly sunny, 6c : Nuthatch 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit 2, Long-tailed Tit 6, Redwing & Fieldfare mixed flock of 15+, Blackbird 6, Wren, Chaffinch 2, Goldfinch 5, etc. Large numbers of Black-headed & Herring Gulls flying north to roost at Chasewater.

Tuesday 29th November 2016

1230 sunny after frosty night : Cormorant, Heron, M Swan 4, GBb Gull 6, Common Gull, Teal 4, Pied Wagtail, Lapwing 80+. At Linley Wood 1430 - - Bullfinch m, Coal Tit 2, Chaffinch 2, Heron landed in tree, GS Woodpecker, Jackdaw 2, Pied Wagtail over, etc.

Crow on ice.

Saturday 26th November 2016

1400, cloudy, 7c : Goosander m, Teal 4, Tufted 14, M.Swan, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 5, LBb / Herring Gull 50, Lapwing 80, Pied Wagtail.

Teal drake.

Wednesday 23rd November 2016

A quick look 1430 - 1455, overcast, 7c : Cormorant 6, Heron 2, Lapwing 90, Tufted 14, Redwing 4, Kestrel on hay bales, etc.

Yet another (distant) Buzzard.

Tuesday 22nd November 2016

1230 - 1300 overcast, water levels up after Monday's rain, 6c : Cormorant 4, Heron, Mute Swan, Buzzard, Goosander f, Teal 4, Tufted 16, GBb Gull 8, Lapwing 95, Moorhen 15, Coot 20+, Pied Wagtail 2, Blackbird 11, Redwing 3, Lesser Redpoll 3, Greenfinch f, Goldfinch 4, Wren 3, Dunnock 2, Long-tailed Tit 2,etc. Still 3 Muscovy ducks present.

Buzzard on the boats 10th November.

Saturday 19th November 2016

1030 - 1100 sunny, cold after frost, 3c : Wigeon 3, Teal 5, Tufted 16, Lapwing 18, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 2, Pied Wagtail, Buzzard, Dunnock 2, Goldfinch 2, Wren, etc.

Moorhen along the canal on 15th Nov.

Wednesday 16th November 2016

1530, overcast, 7c : continuing quiet, Wigeon 4, Tufted 16, Teal 4, Lapwing 38, M Swan 4, Heron, Pied Wagtail, Redwing 3, GBb Gull 2, etc.

A couple of domestic Muscovy-type ducks turned up at the weekend.

Tuesday 15th November 2016

1500 drizzle, 14c : Lapwing 100, all five common gull species 300+, Cormorant 6, M.Swan, not much else...

Blackbird, Redwing & Song Thrush on 10th November.

Saturday 12th November 2016

1000 - 1030 drizzle, 8c : Yellow-legged Gull, GBb Gull 13, Common Gull 2, LBb / Herring Gull 120, Bh Gull 200+, Goosander 2f, Wigeon 2, Shoveler 2, Teal 8, Tufted 16, Cormorant 12, M.Swan 4, Heron 2, Kingfisher, Lapwing 101, Starling 100.

Yl Gull today.

Thursday 10th November 2016

1000 - 1100 showery, cold NW breeze, 6C : Common Gull 4, GBb Gull 3, Herring / LBb Gull 90, Pochard 4, Wigeon 4, Teal 8, Cormorant 13, Heron 3, M Swan 2, Lapwing 91, Buzzard, mixed flock of Fieldfares 2 Redwings 4 Blackbirds 9 Song Thrush 2 & Robins 3 in hedgerows.

Great & Lesser Black-backed Gulls today, and also Fieldfare.

Wednesday 9th November 2016

1100 - 1130 showery, 6c : Little Grebe, Cormorant 10, Heron 3, Wigeon 2, Pochard 7, Teal 12, Tufted 26, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 3, Kestrel on lamp post, Sparrowhawk, Lapwing 97, etc.

Tuesday 8th November 2016

1100 - 1200 overcast, 3 - 5c : Little Grebe, Cormorant 2, Heron 4, M.Swan 4, Pochard 6, Teal 14, Wigeon, Tufted 8, Lapwing 25, Common Gull 5, GBb Gull 4, Herring & LBb Gull 80, Bh Gull 200+, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Kingfisher, GS Woodpecker, Siskin 2, Wren 2, Buzzard, Kestrel, etc.

Common & Black-headed Gulls on the ice this morning.

Sunday 6th November 2016

0945 - 1030 generally sunny, bitter NW wind, 6c : Great Black-backed Gull 6, Common Gull 2, Lapwing 27, Teal 15, Tufted 15, Mute Swan 5, Cormorant juv, Heron, Pied Wagtail 3, Buzzard, etc.

At Linley Wood only Green Woodpecker & Pied Wagtail of note.   At Coppice Lane hedgerows - Blackbird 5, Song Thrush 2, Goldfinch 5, Blue & Great Tits 6, & Buzzard.

                  Redwing at Linley Wood 19th October.

Thursday 3rd November 2016

1015 - 1100 overcast, 7c : Lapwing 55, GBb Gull 4, Common Gull, Herring & LBb Gull 79, Bh Gull 150+, Cormorant 9, Heron 3, M.Swan 4, Wigeon 4, Pochard 3, Teal 9, Tufted 26, GS Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail 4, Collared Dove 7, etc.

Brambling in the garden at Rushall this morning.

Tuesday 1st November 2016

1430 - 1530 overcast, 10c : Wigeon 5, Teal 12, M.Swan 5, Cormorant 9, Heron 4, GBb Gull, Common Gull, Lapwing 36, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 3, Redwing 5, Sparrowhawk.