Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire (4 Viewers)

[smyrna]

Hey up folks, glad you all enjoyed "Frank the Yank"! Hopefully we Utch boys can get back to some serious birdin' again now, along the now very well worn path. As you can imagine I was shakin' like the proverbial "shiting dog" when I found it and the missus reckons I've been even more useless than normal!!

Andy.

Nice one mate, may start visiting more often only approx 20 mins from home and I'm sick of seeing nowt up the Void-I remember when me & Bill Low briefly thought we'd found one at Blith years ago - needless to say when we got closer it was an imm Redshank :-C

 

[NickPomiankowski]

Nice one Andy - just back from 5 days in the Big Apple, so gutted to say I missed it and have duly submitted my membership of the Bernie Smith "missed the Mega" Club.
Nick

Hey up folks, glad you all enjoyed "Frank the Yank"! Hopefully we Utch boys can get back to some serious birdin' again now, along the now very well worn path. As you can imagine I was shakin' like the proverbial "shiting dog" when I found it and the missus reckons I've been even more useless than normal!!

Andy.

 

[Steve Turner]

Nice one mate, may start visiting more often only approx 20 mins from home and I'm sick of seeing nowt up the Void

You filthy bandwagon jumper

 

[Nick Smith]

There is a vacancy for a patch worker at the Void (due to a transfer). Applications by letter pls to Nick Pom.

 

[Steve Turner]

Congrats to Richard Powell for making the BirdGuides webzine weekly round up of rarity sightings, with his stunning photo of the Jellylegs

 

[Rob Swift]

Congrats to Richard Powell for making the BirdGuides webzine weekly round up of rarity sightings, with his stunning photo of the Jellylegs

Yep, second that!!

 

[NickPomiankowski]

Uttoxeter Quarry

1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Gull present this afternoon.

Nick

 

[Adam M]

Red kites still making it on to this thread? Don't think it'll be long until they don't quite qualify as rare or scarce though.

One drifted over Leek High School today at about mid-day.

Adam

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Red kites still making it on to this thread? Don't think it'll be long until they don't quite qualify as rare or scarce though.

One drifted over Leek High School today at about mid-day.

Adam

Which way was it heading Adam?

CB

 

[The Moore-hen]

Yeh we will give you Red Kite still, if not for scarcity still for appearance!

Extra News for the 4th June

Drake Common Scoter - Belvide

 

[Adam M]

Which way was it heading Adam?

CB

It came in from.......*opens Google Maps*.....SW, circled around, couple of loops over the school and then headed off south.

Adam

 

[sturs]

It came in from.......*opens Google Maps*.....SW, circled around, couple of loops over the school and then headed off south.

Adam

Red Kite passed over Cannock chase around 7.30 am this morning heading south towards Cannock

 

[Neil-T]

Red kite also yesterday morning as I was driving past the County showground near Stafford, around 8.30am.

 

[Periwinkle]

Little Tern Blithfield per Snapper

 

[NickPomiankowski]

Maer Hills

30+ Crossbills present today at Maer Woods
Nick

 

[Upland Birder]

Received a text yesterday to say 4 Crossbill were seen in Churnet Valley Woodlands.

Dean

 

[s.g.]

xbill
greenshank
redshank
this morning at tittesworth.

s.g.

 

[Kevin Clements]

Drake Common Scoter still present at Belvide today.

 

[Phil Andrews]

Little Tern still present at Blithfield at 6pm between the causeway and Beech Tree Point; nice way to round off the day after a gentle amble around Middleton Lakes for the first time.

 

[deanleese]

I've just spent an hour or so looking through two counties forums to see if anybody else had reported seeing nesting peregrines and unless I've not gone far enough back then today I made what was for me a wonderful discovery.

I spent nearly an hour watching both adult birds bringing back prey to one (I think) chick. The nest could be viewed from about 80-100 metres.

Also I have never seen so many redstart (over a dozen pairs) pretty much in the same location.

Adam... PM me for location if you like.