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Will anyone be kicking the Valley this Saturday? The All-
Dayer Unfortunately I will not be participating due to on going health issues.
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
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yamyam said:
Will anyone be kicking the Valley this Saturday? The All-
Dayer Unfortunately I will not be participating due to on going health issues.
Good Birding YAMYAM
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I can coordinate things but my time will be limited as I have visitors. If people message me their sightings, I'll collate them into a list.
 
yamyam said:
Will anyone be kicking the Valley this Saturday? The All-
Dayer Unfortunately I will not be participating due to on going health issues.
Good Birding YAMYAM
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Ill be there till about 13:00, will post sightings on Twitter.

Can't help but think we could turn this into some sort of sponsored bird race in the future?
 
Here are my sightings today so far

Crow, magpie, wood pigeon, feral pigeon, great tit, blue tit,house sparrow, whitethroat, jackdaw, rn parakeet, lt tit, chiffchaff,starling, bullfinch, robin, greenfinch, chaffinch, reed bunting, bh gull, grey heron, can goose, swan, moorhem, coot, wren, blackbird, reed warbler, sedge warbler, gs woody, water rail, g woody, swift, dunnock, mallard, song thrush, herring gull, lapwing, teal, gadwall, lbbg, c tern, lrp, tufted duck, cormorant, goldfinch, c sand, buzzard, wood sandpiper, oyc, house Martin, sand Martin, sparrow hawk, blackcap, jay, stock dove, gold crest, meadow pipit, less whitethroat, skylark, rook, mistle thrush, little grebe, treecreper, nuthatch, pied wag, grey wag, little egret, collared dove, peregrine.
 
From what I have seen/heard from people so far, the current list stands so with birds in bold still to be seen. Accreditation given where species was only recorded once. I'll edit the list throughout the day.

Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Greylag Goose
Barnacle Goose - T Hextell
Gadwall
Mallard
Shoveler
Teal
Pochard - M Jones
Tufted Duck
Goosander
Pheasant - M Jones
*Red-Throated Diver* - Sandwell Valley First! - T Hextell & M Hadlington
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Cormorant
Little Egret - R Davis
Grey Heron
Buzzard
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Hobby - M Jones
Peregrine - R Davis
Water Rail
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Little Ringed Plover
Lapwing
Common Snipe - in flight from Centre
Wood Sandpiper - R Davis
Common Sandpiper
Black-Headed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Common Tern
Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Ring-Necked Parakeet
Swift
Kingfisher
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Skylark - R Davis
Swallow
House Martin
Sand Martin
Pied Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail - C Seebode
Grey Wagtail
Meadow Pipit - R Davis
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Redstart - M Jones
Whinchat
Wheatear
Blackbird
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Grasshopper Warbler
Reed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Goldcrest
Long-Tailed Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit - B Hammond
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Jay
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Crow
Raven - M Jones
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Bullfinch
Reed Bunting
Spotted Flycatcher - M Jones

Current Total = 89
 
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Unless I hear anything from anyone else, it appears we finish the day on 89 species. Many thanks to all who contributed sightings (I won't try and name everyone for risk of missing individuals). With red-throated diver being a new (but frustratingly fleeting) bird for the Valley, it was a hugely successful day!
 
Thanks for putting all the info together mike.

Well done all who took part today.. I even managed my first water rail of the year and the only one at Sandwell I have ever seen today. Good day.

Sandwell life list now on 115
 
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