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News from today
Little Egret, GoldenEye pair, Snipe c30, Lapwing x12 and Peregrine per Pete Carless
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
A couple More of the Egret by Colin Groves
 

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White Fronted Geese

The first record was in 1960 when 21 birds flew over Swan Pool, we had to wait twenty years for our next record when 8 birds again flew over Swan Pool in 1980. In 1982 we had 21 birds fly south, between February 1993 and Match 1994 we had a feral bird join the Canada's on Forge Mill, then in 1997 we had a tame bird on Forge Mill for three day's. We had 2 birds on the 13th March 2003 and that was our last record till today's flock of 32 birds.

Good Birding YAMYAM
 
yamyam said:
#County News
Waxwings in Amblecote and Sutton's Coldfield per Bird Guides
Good Birding YAMYAM
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Around 60 Waxwings all in the same tree on Farnborough Road, Castle Vale at 11.20am today, the same area they've been reported all week. I don't think they'll be hanging around though, the trees were stripped of berries.
 

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Leage update

John and Mike add the Geese to their lists

1.Dave Saunders, 211 latest Great White Egret
2.Pete Hackett, 210 latest- Red Kite
3.Tim Hextell, 201 latest- Raven
4.Matt Hadlington, 192 latest- Osprey
5.Mel Jones, 186 Great Northern Diver
6.Hughie King, 177 latest- Great Reed Warbler
7.Simon Edwards, 172 latest-Ruff
8.Terry Parker, 171 latest- Common Scoter
9.John Clarke, 167 latest- White Fronted Geese
10 Pete Carless, 159 latest- Black Redstart
11.Tracy Saunders, 154 latest- Yellow Legged Gull
12.Steve Lilly, 151 latest- Mediterranean Gull
13.Mike Ixer, 144 latest- White Fronted Geese
14.Steve Roper, 141 latest- Peregrine
15.Richard Eyres, 126 latest- Great Reed Warbler
16.Bob Slater, 125 latest- Great Northern Diver
17.Andy Thomas, 114 latest- Common Scoter
18.Richard Davis, 112 latest- Spotted Flycatcher
19.Matt Gibbs, 111 latest- Whinchat
20.Jason Davis, 109 latest- Ruff
21.Craig Reed, 109 latest- Ring Ouzel
22.Carl Seebode, 107 latest- Cuckoo
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
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Today's white front's was the largest flock recorded in Sandwell Valley and possibly the largest flock recorded in the County
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
And one final one of the whole flock (because I can't add more than one to a post from my iPad).
 

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