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  1. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Hi Steve, That's not to far from me, I will try and give it a go over the winter. Been looking for a new site or two to bird now and again........like you say it's quite high up on the sw edge of the chase escarpment. Gotta try these sites away from the honeypots! ;-) Had a walk...
  2. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    The same applies for Shotguns according to the BASC. Shotguns should not be discharged near members of the public if causing hindrance, interruption or alarm.Shotguns should not be fired from a permissive area over adjoining land where permission has not been granted if pellets go into...
  3. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Hughie............a very good suggestion at the time of the logo consideration change.I've long thought that the name should encompass the area it covers in a better context. Cheers Rob
  4. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Hi chaps, Just seen following the comments on the possible Parrots on the chase.........I've now seen the Notts birds twice, with prolonged views the weekend before last. From the views last time I remember thinking that the two main I.d features I would need to pin down in the future would be...
  5. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    I enjoyed watching these...thanks for putting them on Dean. It brings it home to where some of these migrants come from and how far they travel! I was thinking of going for another look at the W R Sand today, but I take it the place is flooded...(like my local patch!) cheers Rob :t:
  6. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    WMBC/BTO Conference...... still time to book tickets for this Saturday's conference.....should be a very interesting day of talks & presentations. http://www.bto.org/news-events/event...bto-conference cheers Rob
  7. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    River Sow Meadows, Stafford.... 10 x Waxwings, flying low south-west at 11.30am. cheers Rob
  8. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Nice sequence of shots there!:t:
  9. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Doxey Marsh...friday morning. Osprey x 1....flew in from the south east and lingered low over Tillington & Boundary Flash for 7-8 minutes before slowly drifting high northwards. Rob
  10. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Yep, Staffordshire's where it's at!! Keep up the good work Chris & Co:clap: cheers Rob :t:
  11. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Red Kite over the local patch this morn....River Sow Meadows Stafford. Always nice to get a patch tick!! B (: Rob :t:
  12. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    DEFRA & Buzzards Hi All, looks like people power has done the trick! :t: Please see the link for today's announcement: www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?c=11&cate=__121 cheers Rob
  13. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    DEFRA & Buzzards Hi All, You maybe are aware that DEFRA has sanctioned a trial to 'control' Buzzards on Pheasant Shooting Estates. Several methods of the trial include the persecutive allowance of nest destruction (by shooting out and/or poking out with a pole) and the capture and third party...
  14. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Nicely framed images....it's good to see the SEO's still about, as the local Magpies were giving it a hard time the other week!! Rob :t:
  15. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Stroke of Luck --Red-Spotted Bluethroat Just about leaving Doxey Marshes this morn & chatting to Eric Clare in warrens lane, when the Bluethroat came on the pager.....couldn't believe it!! A quick dash to the other end of the reserve, a 45 minute wait ensued, but then the bird (singing at...
  16. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Cannock Chase Marsh Harrier x 1 immature male --flew through the marshy valley adjacent to Brocton Coppice this morn cheers Rob
  17. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    [ it's 'bunkered down' out of sight it's done a 'Spring'...the joys of Spring - great birds but nothing sticks around long...except the Crane! Talking of the Crane, I was driving home from town (Stafford) at about 11.15am this morn and saw it fly high over the A34 in a north-east direction. I...
  18. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Common Crane Hi All, just had an other hour with the Crane this morn. Seems a little more flighty this morning around the site, ranging right over towards Rickerscote and back. Still a popular bird, with plenty of birders coming & going, along the canal also. cheers Rob
  19. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

  20. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

  21. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Cannock Chase ...eerily quiet on the Chase today (day tripper wise) due to the typical easter bank holiday weather. Crossbill x 80+ ...good views of the birds feeding in the mature pine tree belt, 500m north of the cadet huts Cuckoo x 1...rather skulking in another area of the Chase (probably...
  22. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Common Crane at Radford Meadows Just sat down for my tea and received a text from Scott Petrek to say there was a pair of Garganey showing well at the SWT trust reserve just around the corner from where I live. A few seconds later another text from Scott to report a Common Crane on...
  23. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    What a great opportunity to do something for the birds of the Chase.....count me in! :t: Rob
  24. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    West Midland Bird Club Bulletin Andy L, the editor of the WMBC bulletin, is always on the lookout for material, for the bulletin issues. Anybody can contribute, and he's very appreciative of reports on anything bird related e.g local patches, yearly local patch reports, personal birding...
  25. Rob Swift

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    BTO Breeding Bird Survey Hi Everyone, the local organiser of the BTO Breeding Bird Survey is looking for volunteers, for this seasons survey. Only two early morning visits to a grid square are required, between mid April & mid June. Recording and submitting records is easy, via the BTO...
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