Bittell Reservoirs and Hopwood area (6 Viewers)

[keithr]

REED WARBLERS.... sequence of a meeting for a sing song ....Lower Bittell

 

[keithr]

A vid of the Common Sandpiper on Lower on the 11th.....finally found a way to download it...lol

 

[keithr]

A vid of the Common Sandpiper on Lower on the 11th.....finally found a way to download it...lol

Ha ha...how the hell did all them reload ...lol

 

[keithr]

Love it on the road at Lower on sunny evenings...have the place to myself...apart from hundreds of Martin's...Swallows and Swifts with lots of other nice things dropping in...and then theres the millions of cars to keep me on my toes...ha ha...

 

[keithr]

LOWER /MILL SHRUB evening.
Heard there was a Red Kite around Withybed so hoping to catch it later around Lower.....but no luck.
Also a Knot was reported on Upper in morning.

While there I met a chap who said there had been a Cattle Egret on East shore a few hours earlier and we had a look in the smallholdings but to no avail - he also said the Knot was still on Upper around 7pm.

Shortly after he left I had 2 EGRETS go over Lower very high and tried getting a few snaps but focus was so hard....they flew around the resa and off left by the canal. A few mins a larger white bird than the gulls came from the left and across the resa then off to left again....

I am sure that there was one CATTLE EGRET and one LITTLE EGRET......

These were the 1st fly over...
1. Little Egret
2.Cattle Egret
3. Same as 2 but showing how high they were.

These 2nd fly around...
4 and 5 Cattle Egret...

 

[keithr]

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER......local fields above Bittell resa....29/7/22

 

[DaveJones]

Hobby and 1st Winter Yellow-legged Gull Upper Bittell mid afternoon yesterday.

 

[keithr]

Around 2 hours watching from road at Lower all for 10 seconds of the Hobby.....lots of Litgle Grebe but not a lot more.

 

[keithr]

2 Hobby at Lower around 2.45pm...

 

[keithr]

COPIED FROM WEST MIDLANDS BIRDING (Facebook )

Congratulations to the sites who partook in Saturday's autumn edition of the West Midlands All-Day Birdwatch. The results were as follows:

1. Branston GPs - 102
2. Belvide - 98
3. Ladywalk - 95
4. Grimley - 92
5. Middleton Lakes - 89
6. Chasewater / Cuckoo Bank - 85
=7. Sandwell Valley - 83
=7. Marsh Lane - 83
9. Alvecote Pool - 81
10. Doxey Marshes - 79
11. Upton Warren - 78
12. Venus Pool - 77
13. Bittell Reservoir - 76
14. Dairy Farm, Maxstoke - 71
15. Salford Priors GP - 67
16. Morton Bagot - 66
17. Saltwells - 60
18. Warwick patches - 59
=19. Bartley Reservoir - 58
=19. Edgbaston Reservoir / Winterbourne - 58
21. Bumble Hole - 57
22. Halesowen patches - 56
23. Babbs Mill - 52
24. Smestow Valley / Pool Hall - 50
25. Coney Meadows - 44
Recorded on the day which were new for the event were Nightjar, Tundra Bean Goose and Spotted Crake.

A great total for Bittell.....anyone got a list of birds spotted please.....

 

[JoshT01]

COPIED FROM WEST MIDLANDS BIRDING (Facebook )

Congratulations to the sites who partook in Saturday's autumn edition of the West Midlands All-Day Birdwatch. The results were as follows:

1. Branston GPs - 102
2. Belvide - 98
3. Ladywalk - 95
4. Grimley - 92
5. Middleton Lakes - 89
6. Chasewater / Cuckoo Bank - 85
=7. Sandwell Valley - 83
=7. Marsh Lane - 83
9. Alvecote Pool - 81
10. Doxey Marshes - 79
11. Upton Warren - 78
12. Venus Pool - 77
13. Bittell Reservoir - 76
14. Dairy Farm, Maxstoke - 71
15. Salford Priors GP - 67
16. Morton Bagot - 66
17. Saltwells - 60
18. Warwick patches - 59
=19. Bartley Reservoir - 58
=19. Edgbaston Reservoir / Winterbourne - 58
21. Bumble Hole - 57
22. Halesowen patches - 56
23. Babbs Mill - 52
24. Smestow Valley / Pool Hall - 50
25. Coney Meadows - 44
Recorded on the day which were new for the event were Nightjar, Tundra Bean Goose and Spotted Crake.

A great total for Bittell.....anyone got a list of birds spotted please.....

Full list:

Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Tundra Bean Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Teal, Garganey x2, Little Grebe, Great-crested Grebe, Cormorant, Moorhen, Coot, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Snipe, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Herring Gull, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Goshawk, Red Kite, Hobby, Wood Pigeon, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Great spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Swallow, Swift, House Martin, Sand Martin, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Jay, Rook, Raven, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Whinchat, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Skylark, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldfinch, Linnet, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer.

 

[keithr]

Full list:

Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Tundra Bean Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Teal, Garganey x2, Little Grebe, Great-crested Grebe, Cormorant, Moorhen, Coot, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Snipe, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Herring Gull, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Goshawk, Red Kite, Hobby, Wood Pigeon, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Great spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Swallow, Swift, House Martin, Sand Martin, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Jay, Rook, Raven, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Whinchat, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Skylark, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldfinch, Linnet, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer.

Cheers Josh...some great spots.

 

[keithr]

RED THROATED DIVER​

At Upper Bittell today 19/11/22

 

[keithr]

LOWER...1st Sand Martins flying through.11.30.

 

[keithr]

Lower...Osprey over Thursday...OTTER around Saturday

 

[keithr]

Apparently 6 ARCTIC TERN on Upper today...

Meanwhile on Lower as the Bats came out there were a few giant ones in the gloom....

 

[wheatearlp]

Apparently 6 ARCTIC TERN on Upper today...

Meanwhile on Lower as the Bats came out there were a few giant ones in the gloom....

I'd heard 16 rather than 6...

 

[keithr]

Lower..8.30...2 Common Sandpipers.

 

[keithr]

Lower..8.30...2 Common Sandpipers.

...and 9am...Reed Warblers at last..

 

[keithr]

Blimey loads if SWIFTS over Lower...in mega fast mode...awesome.