Sandwell Valley (3 Viewers)

[yamyam]

Short eared owl over Sots Hole per Clive Higgins
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[yamyam]

Wheatear, Tree pipit and Redstart at Salters lane
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[Oliver Brum]

Wheatear, Tree pipit and Redstart at Salters lane
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Is that near the paddock and school or Salters Lane proper?

 

[yamyam]

Today In the Valley 3 Reed Warbler (first of the year) 3 Yellow wagtail and 8 Wheatear with two birds showing features of the Greenland race
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[yamyam]

Salters Lane Redstart male poss 2 per Pam Thompson
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[yamyam]

our first Swift and Sedge Warbler also a Cuckoo calling near Swan Pool paddocks.
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our first Grasshopper warbler of the year at Salters lane per Steve Lilley

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[yamyam]

Gropper on Brownies and 5 Wheatear in the valley
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Gropper on Brownies and 5 Wheatear in the valley
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[yamyam]

Salters Gropper, yellow wagtail wheatear and one swan pool
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[yamyam]

Gropper still in Brownies and Lesser Whitethroat legion field per Pete Hackett.
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[yamyam]

Ring Ouzel male Salters lane near sink hole viewable from stile
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[yamyam]

Ouzel still present 17:40 per Matthew Fletcher
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[yamyam]

Negative news so far today on the Ring Ouzel, Cockoo heard Salters near School/ Sots Hole and Gropper still present on Brownies
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[yamyam]

Late news yesterday a Marsh Harrier was over Forge Mill
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[yamyam]

The Harrier was seen again briefly this AM
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[yamyam]

2 SPOONBILL just gone east over Forge Mill
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[yamyam]

Sandwell Valley
All Dayer 1st May 2021

Little Grebe 4
Great Crested Grebe 6
Cormorant 2
Little Egret 2
Grey Heron
Spoonbill 2
Mute Swan
Greylag Goose 3
Canada Goose
Barnacle Goose 7
Gadwall
Mallard
Tufted Duck
Goosander 5
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Kestrel
Peregrine 1
Pheasant 3
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher 4
Little Ringed Plover 3
Lapwing 12
Common Sandpiper 4
Black-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Dove (feral pigeon)
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Swift 30+
Ring-necked Parakeet
Kingfisher
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Skylark 1
Sand Martin
Swallow
House Martin
Yellow wagtail 5
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Cetti's Warbler 2
Sedge Warbler 5
Reed Warbler 6
Lesser Whitethroat 3
Whitethroat 16+
Garden Warbler 3
Blackcap 12+
Chiffchaff 25+
Willow warbler 8+
Goldcrest
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Jay
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven 1
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin 1 conifer near entrance to Farm
Linnet 2male
Bullfinch
Reed Bunting 7 male
:- 81

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[yamyam]

I'd like to thank the following for participating in the All Dayer hopefully I've not missed anyone we finished on 81 not bad for a country park I wish Mathew and John had got on to the Spoonbill so close yet so far 😕 Mike got the only scarce migrant of the day with his yellow wagtails, John's Peregrine was a good call has they can be hit or miss and we did well for Warblers with 10 species recorded and last but not least Pam's two hour vigil paid off with Kingfisher being the last addition to the list 👍

Richard Baker
John Clarke
Mark Dickinson
John Fletcher
Mathew Fletcher
Steve Hextell
Clive Higgins
Mike Ixer
Roger Jones
Catherine Knowles
Steve Lilly
Gareth Marlow
Terry Nicklin
Mike Nickln
Steve Roper
Dave Saunders
Pam Thompson
Craig Whitelaw.
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[yamyam]

Ringed Plover x2 on the island at Forge Mill
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