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  1. midlands birder

    Grimley and Holt

    HI Jim Can you send me an email about your Rosy Starling last summer please : [email protected] Cheers Craig
  2. midlands birder

    Sandwell Valley

    Nice one with the Weasel, just out of interest. Where did you have it? I had one in the RSPB meadow near the carved viewing screen a week or so ago.
  3. midlands birder

    Upton Warren

    I also saw this bird a couple of weeks ago in the flashes roost. Think I wrote it in the book?
  4. midlands birder

    uk id

    Juvenile Gannet.
  5. midlands birder

    small bird S France

    Zitting Cisticola
  6. midlands birder

    Upton Warren

    Not particularly early, but I will be on site just after 7am hopefully and will open up the gate if it isn't already. Presume it will be though
  7. midlands birder

    Sandwell Valley

    Both of those reports (and all previous records) are from the same observer and relate to the grid square over the RSPB centre. Obviously no Tree Sparrows exist on the reserve, nor anywhere in WM county (presumed extinct). This observer has reported them multiple times, however funnily enough...
  8. midlands birder

    Upton Warren

    Yes mate, a metal BTO ring. I have the 5 number sequence, but couldn't make out the 2nd letter to make the full sequence.
  9. midlands birder

    Upton Warren

    Moors Pool. Juvenile Black Tern showing well. juv Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Wigeon, 47 Greylag, 2 Green Sand Flashes 2 YLG into roost (ad and 3w) + 2 Green Sand (not Moors birds). 15 Curlew. c200 large Gulls, c20 Herring, the rest LBBG. 2 intermedius birds inc. 1 very dark mantled bird. If...
  10. midlands birder

    Upton Warren

    Last night on the reserve. Moors- Hobby still showing well, hunting dragonflies. 8 Lapwing. Gadwall Sailing Pool- 1 Common Sand, 3 GC Grebe Flashes- Wood Sandpiper still until dark, but always distant. 5 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sand, 1 Snipe, 15 Curlew, 10 Avocet, 1 juv Black-tailed Godwit...
  11. midlands birder

    Upton Warren

    This evening on the reserve. Made myself a task to finally find the Hobby on the east side. On walking to the hide, a juv Coal Tit was feeding in trees on the corner of the concrete road and east track. Having heard that the Hobby had been perched earlier in the day around the hide, we headed...
  12. midlands birder

    Upton Warren

    Late report from last night (15th) as fell asleep when I got home. Moors: 18:10-18:50- Goldcrest (male) behind West Hide. 10 Mute Swan. 12 Common Tern (including 2 fledged juvs). Female Shoveler, Common Sand. family party of Cettis in channel as well as shed loads of Arcos. 1 Gadwall. Flashes...
  13. midlands birder

    Sandwell Valley

    Nothing much different to report from the hide than you report Dave. 6 Pochard (4m) though rather than 5
  14. midlands birder

    Upton Warren

    Tonight on the reserve. Moors- No sign of the Red-crested Pochard. 3 Gadwall, including a female escorting 4 chicks at the north end of the pool, Much the same as recently, but Little Grebes much more visible, with at least 9 (3 young) at various locations around the pool. Flashes- 1 each of...
  15. midlands birder

    ID help. Common Scoter? Bartley Reservoir Uk

    Yep, Common Scoter. A flock of 9 have been there all day. Looks like 11 birds in your photos?
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