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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    AONB Status-Churnet Valley It only takes a minute to sign the petition to put pressure on Staffordshire Moorlands District Council to support AONB status for the Churnet Valley. AONB status would also help prevent inappropriate tourism/business development along the valley. Birds, wildlife and...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Chris, Nick & Russell, I really dont have a problem with your suggestion. However, these are just my thoughts - will some birders stop reporting stuff if their Initials are not attached after the sighting? Would it make the blog less personal? Initials following reported sightings may enable...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Happy Christmas Its that time of year again so just want to say Happy Christmas and season's greetings to all who pass by and read this thread. The weeks and months have flown by this year. Dean:t:
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Pleased you enjoyed the links to the film footage of those birds:t: Myself and Terry Eyre visited the Mermaid Pool twice today with the knowledge that they had by now gone. When we first arrives there was a strong wind and no sighting. We visited again mid afternoon when the wind had dropped a...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    The sunshine has just reached us up here and blue sky is now taking over with clouds moving on. Quite windy though! Heavy rain throughout the night. Me and Terry are about to head up the Mermaid pool to check for the Snow bunting. They have most likely moved on now but you never know. Will...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Philip Parson's films on You Tube include other recent historic footage from Gailey of a Red-necked Grebe, Juvenile Sabine Gull, Franklin's Gull and some interesting footage of scarce gulls at Stubbers Green including Iceland, Glaucous and Caspian species. All fascinating film footage and kinda...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Great Grey Shrike .....and finally bringing us back to the present here is a link to recent excellent film footage of the Great Grey Shrike, at Upper Longdon, Cannock Chase on 04/11/2012 and 15/11/2012 plus for the creator of this thread footage of the Black necked Grebe at Gailey Res also...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Some of you on here will no doubt remember this bird from 1991. I'm sure it will bring back some happy memories. Its a short piece of film footage (24 seconds) of the Nutcracker seen at Cocknage Wood: October 14th to November 9th 1991. Its amazing what you can find on You Tube if you look...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Thanks for sharing those records Nick. Its really interesting when you look back over past records. Dean:t:
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Hi Rob, Pleased you enjoyed watching them and hope others on here did to. I feel that when you see a rare species in Staffordshire or elsewhere outside the county it is interesting to consider and take into account the bigger picture for the species. The call of the White-rumped sandpiper is...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Thanks for the latest info on the Snow buntings. Good to hear about Short eared owl up there this morning. Not seen one for the last couple of weeks. Dean:t:
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Snow buntings x 2 Thanks Steve and nice photos there from both you and Terry. Yep at about 2.30pm this afternoon myself and Terry Eyre walked along the track next to the Mermaid Pool aka Blake Mere on OS map in search of the reported Snow bunting. We met Steve Seal and Ann Pallas-Bentley who...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Not our White-rumped sandpiper but in the first film is interesting narration, photos and song of this species in its Arctic breeding grounds. The second film is of the species feeding and preening and was filmed through a Swarovski scope! Hope you don't mind me putting these on here. Take a...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    White-rumped sandpiper on film Found footage of the White-rumped sandpiper on You Tube. Take a look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANo8ik0tnT8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHiPREj2Vhg&feature=related Dean:t:
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Blake Mere I'll check the Mermaid Pool (Blake Mere) area on Friday. Very heavy rain up there last night and today. This afternoon and into the early evening very thick fog along Morridge and visibility was very poor! Dean:t:
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Ive just read a light hearted article about Robin Strokers and this line was included in one of the paragraphs: the sort of well-meaning ignoramus that serious birders call a "robin stroker" Dean:t::eek!::-O
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Mud Mud Glorious Mud Yep me and Terry Eyre ventured south and went to see the White-rumped Sandpiper at Drayton Basset Pits. There's a lot of mud about in this part of the world! :eek!: Luckily we had good views of the sandpiper through the scope wandering about feeding and also saw it in...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Hi Nick, PM sent and hope you get well soon. Take care Dean:t:
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Merlin Good views of Merlin hunting and chasing Meadow Pipits on Swallow Moss at 5.30pm. Dean:t:
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Hen Harrier A Hen Harrier (ringtail) in flight and hunting at Swallow Moss late afternoon at 6.10pm. Snipe took to the air as it hunted low over the Moss. It was seen here earlier by others along with sightings of Merlin. Regards Dean:t:
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Lesser yellowlegs at Utch in recent months was my last Lifer in Staffs and the Kentish Plover you mention is likely to be the one at Eyebrook Res in Leicestershire. We could do with Eyebrook being in Staffordshire. Dean:t:
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    .....And then then it took flight and headed in a southerly direction. Dean
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Received a text yesterday to say 4 Crossbill were seen in Churnet Valley Woodlands. Dean
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Good to meet you Kevin. Looks like we were the last to see it. I arrived just in time to watch it briefly in pleasant evening sunlight before it went. Kind of strange to see it go but I guess it had to happen at some point. It'll be interesting to see if this bird is seen somwhere else...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Hi Steve, There were several birders about in the time I was there all braving the elements. I was well concealed with hood up. I did not see you but I would have said hello if I had.. In any event I got a good soaking! I am at the quarry now but the Lesser Yellowlegs is much further over...
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