Thursday 8th October 2020

1120 - 1230 overcast, 12c: Coot 94, Little Grebe 7, Shoveler 4, Tufted f, Teal 9, Cormorant 9, GBb Gull 5, Jay 3, Meadow Pipit 5, Pied Wagtail 4, Chiffchaff.   (GR)

Scaup-faced Tufty!

Tuesday 6th October 2020

1020 - 1130 cloudy, breezy, damp, 12c: House Martin 2, Stonechat 2, Meadow Pipit 9, Pied Wagtail, Yellow-legged Gull, Lapwing 15, Little Grebe, Cormorant 7, Tufted 3, Shoveler 6, Teal 12.   (GR)

Stonechat female (GR)

Monday 5th October 2020

1040 - 1210 showery, 12c: Stonechat, Skylark over, Meadow Pipit 5, Pied Wagtail 5, Redwing 3 over, Fieldfare 2, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird 4, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Chaffinch 2, Jay 2, Raven, Lapwing 15, GBb Gull 6, Herring Gull 12, Dabchick 2, Cormorant 10, Shoveler 6, Teal 8, etc.   (GR)

Mistle Thrush & Stonechat today

Thursday 1st October 2020

1030 - 1120 fairly cloudy after rain, 11c: GBb Gull, Teal 15, Shoveler 13, Little Grebe 3, Cormorant 7, Pied Wagtail 3, Meadow Pipit 4, Chiffchaff.

Tuesday 29th September 2020

Sunny from 1000, to 15c: Teal 18, Shoveler 17, Cormorant 8, Little Grebe 7, Collared Dove 14, Meadow Pipit 4, Pied Wagtail 2, Chiffchaff 2, Bullfinch 2.   (RP)

Linley Wood 1420 - 1500 sunny: Nuthatch, Buzzard, R N Parakeet over, Chiffchaff 2.  Also Red Fox, Speckled Wood & Small White 2.   (GR)

Chiffchaffs @ Rushall 24/9

Monday 28th September 2020

1015 - 1150 cloudy 9 - 11c: Chiffchaff 2, Pied Wagtail 8, Meadow Pipit 15, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Lapwing 9, GBb Gull 4, Little Grebe, Cormorant 7, Shoveler 12, Teal 15, Mute Swan pair + 3 juvs.   (GR)

Pipits today

Thursday 24th September 2020

1500 - 1520 showery, 13c: GBb Gull 5, Herring Gull 28, LBb Gull 117, Bh Gull 90, Cormorant 8 (photo), Little Grebe juv, a few Shovelers & Teal, Chiffchaffs moving through.   (GR)

Wednesday 23rd September 2020

0950 - 1030 rainy, 15c: Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 3, Starling c70, Sparrowhawk mobbed by a Lapwing, Wigeon, Teal & Shoveler 20+, Cormorant 9,  etc.  (GR)

Black-headed Gulls today

Tuesday 22nd September 2020

 1000 - 1200 sunny, 19c: Wigeon, Shoveler 14, Teal 31, Little Grebe 9, Cormorant 8, Lapwing 35, Herring GUll 5, Raven, Jay, Buzzard 2, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Skylark 2 over, Meadow Pipit 7, Pied Wagtail, House Martin, Chiffchaff 2, etc.  (RP)

Also mating pair of Southern Hawkers.

Shoveler & Grebes (RP)

Sunday 20th September 2020

 0930 - 1200 becoming sunny, 14-18c: Mute Swan pair+3 juvs, Shoveler 17, Wigeon 3, Teal 16, Little Grebe 9 (record count), Cormorant 6, Lapwing 29, Raven, Jay, Stock Dove 5, Pied Wagtail 2, Meadow Pipit 4, Chiffchaff 8+.  Southern Hawker 3, Small White mating pair.  (GR / RP)  

Winterley Lane Ivy flowers: Red Admiral 2, Comma, Speckled Wood. (GR)

Friday 18th September 2020

1020 - 1150 breezy, some sun 16c: Shoveler 11, Teal 17, Dabchick, Cormorant 6, Lapwing 30, Buzzard 4, Raven, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit 6, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff 2, Blackcap 2m.  Also Comma, Speckled Wood 2, Southern Hawker.  (GR)

Grey Wagtail 13th Sept. (RP)

Wednesday 16th September 2020

1100 - 1230 cloudy, 18c: Shoveler 5, Teal 19, Pochard f, Little Grebe 2, Cormorant 8, Lapwing 23, Raven, a few Blackcaps & Chiffchaff.  (RP)

           Chiffchaff & Willow Warbler on 12th Sept. (RP)

Tuesday 15th September 2020

1030 - 1200 sunny, to 24c: Wigeon 10, Shoveler 4, Teal 14, Tufted 2, Lapwing 31, Greylag, GBb Gull, Cormorant 6, Heron 4, Chiffchaff 3.  Also Red Admiral, Comma, Speckled Wood 5, Meadow Brown, etc  (GR)

 

Saturday 12th September 2020

1000 - 1130 mild, sunny 14-16c: Teal 23, Tufted 4, Shoveler 5, Coot 102 (massive count!), Goldcrest, Dabchick 2, Cormorant 8, Lapwing 18, GBb Gull juv, Chiffchaff 25+ (another high count), Willow Warbler 2, Blackcap 3, Bullfinch 2, House Martin 8, Sand Martin 2, Jay, Raven, Stock Dove 2.   Speckled Wood 10, Small Tortoiseshell 2, Southern Hawker.   (RP)

                    Meadowe Brown on 6th Sept. (GR)

Thursday 10th September 2020

1020 - 1200 overcast 13 - 15c: Stonechat (photo), Meadow Pipit 13 to south, Swallow 20, House Martin 10, Chiffchaff 8+, Goldcrest 2, Collared Dove 5, Raven, Sparrowhawk, Lapwing 19, Dabchick, Coot 55, Cormorant 7, Greylag, Shoveler 7, Teal 12.  (GR)

 

Wednesday 9th September 2020

0909 - 1111 fairly cloudy & breezy, 16c: Swift 2, House Martin c25, Swallow 6, Chiffchaff 3, Meadow Pipit 2, Buzzard 2, Lapwing 27, Cormorant 7, GBb Gull 2, Herring Gull 7, Teal 6, Speckled Wood 2, Vapourer moth, etc  (GR)

Raincloud on the 7th.

Tuesday 8th September 2020

0920 - 1045 light cloud, 18c: Green Woodpecker, Jay, Col.Dove 5, Swallow 5 flew thru, Chiffchaff 3, GBb Gull, Teal 3, Cormorant 4.   (GR)

Stock Dove on 6th Sept.

Sunday 6th September 2020

0930 - 1210 light cloud, 14-16c: Swift 6, House Martin 25, a few Swallows & Sand Martins, Blackcap 5, Chiffchaff 9, Meadow Pipit 3 over, Greylag, Canada Geese c400, Moorhen 3 chicks, GBb Gull, Shoveler 2, Lapwing 30, Cormorant 6.   Also Red Admiral, Meadow Brown 3, Large White, Silver Y, etc.   (GR)

 

                           Comma on 2nd Sept.

 

Friday 4th September 2020

0950 - 1150 light cloud, breezy, 17c: Hobby, Kestrel, Buzzard, Swift 6, House Martin 25, Swallow 4, Greylag, Shoveler 8, Teal 17, Gadwall, Cormorant 6, Coot 81, Moorhen 11, GBb Gull 2, Herring Gull 5, Lapwing 21, Jay 3, Grey Wagtail. 

Also Comma, Speckled Wood 6, Gv White 4, Southern Hawker.  (GR)

              Great Black-backed Gull & Cormorants today.
 

Wednesday 2nd September 2020

1030 - 1200 cloudy, 18c: generally quiet again, Swift 4, House Martin 12, Dabchick 2, Cormorant 5, Lapwing 12, Herring Gull 4, Rook, a few Chiffchaffs & Willow Warblers, etc.  Also Comma, Speckled Wood 2, Small White 3, Vapourer moth.  (GR)

Green Sandpiper 12th Aug (RP)