0945 - 1100 dry, light cloud, 9c: Teal 10, Shoveler 5, Heron 2, Cormorant 6, Dabchick 4, Lapwing 5, Stock Dove 2, Collared Dove 2, Meadow Pipit 8, Pied Wagtail 3, Redwing 6, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Reed Bunting f. (RP)
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| Yl Gull (3rd winter) 6th Oct (GR) |
1130 - 1230 sunny to 12c: Skylark, Meadow Pipit 3, Pied Wagtail 6, Chiffchaff, Buzzard 7 circling at quarry, Raven 2, Little Grebe, Cormorant 9, Moorhen 12 along short stretch of canal, Tufted 4, Shoveler 8, Pochard, Teal 8, Greylag. Also Red Admiral, Southern Hawker 2, Common Darter, Lacewings. (GR)
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| Blue Tit on Northywood Bridge |
0945 - 1200 sunny, 9c: Stonechat f, Skylark 5, Meadow Pipit 2, Pied Wagtail 4, Chiffchaff, Fieldfare 30 over, Redwing 5, Blackbird 12 moving thru, Song Thrush, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting, Buzzard, Jay 4, GBb Gull, Lapwing 3, Cormorant 9, Heron 3, Dabchick 6, Shoveler 9, Teal 10, Tufted 3, Mute Swan pair + 3 juvs, Black-headed Gull white/black ringed Polish bird T2RM last seen 4th March 2017.
Also Canada Geese/Mallard/Coot/Moorhen/Wood Pigeon/Col Dove/Starling/Herring Gull 2/LBb Gull/Blue Tit/Great Tit/Lt Tit/Dunnock/Robin/Wren/Greenfinch/Goldfinch/Jackdaw/Magpie/C Crow, total 43 species. (GR / RP)
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| Black-headed Gull T2RM today (GR) |
1000 - 1045 sunny breaks, 10c: Cormorant 10, Heron 2, Dabchick 7, Shoveler 5, Teal 8, Coot 92, Lapwing 2, GBbGull 9, Grey Wagtail 2. (RP)
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)
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| Scaup-faced Tufty! |
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)
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| Stonechat female (GR) |
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)
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| Mistle Thrush & Stonechat today |
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.
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)
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| Chiffchaffs @ Rushall 24/9 |
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)
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| Pipits today |
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)
0950 - 1030 rainy, 15c: Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 3, Starling c70, Sparrowhawk mobbed by a Lapwing, Wigeon, Teal & Shoveler 20+, Cormorant 9, etc. (GR)
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| Black-headed Gulls today |
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.
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| Shoveler & Grebes (RP) |
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)
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)
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| Grey Wagtail 13th Sept. (RP) |
1100 - 1230 cloudy, 18c: Shoveler 5, Teal 19, Pochard f, Little Grebe 2, Cormorant 8, Lapwing 23, Raven, a few Blackcaps & Chiffchaff. (RP)
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)
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)
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)
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| Raincloud on the 7th. |
