rollingthunder
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Nothing locally yesterday but 3 hours down @ Grimmers.
Very quiet altho the weather was very pleasant it doesn't make conditions conducive to bird movement but i'm not complaining - it was like birding abroad but without the birds
The gravel extraction appears to have finished and the new 'house' is nearing completion. I will put my home-made sign of "Eyesore Towers" the next time i visit
Not a single hirundine was noted in 3 hours? A single Lesser Whitethroat was a new migrant for the year with another five spp of warbler noted including Reed and Sedge. Several pairs of both Oystercatcher and LRP in addition to Redshank and Lapwing. A single Common Sand seen on the Old Workings. Ravens, Buzzards and Sparrowhawk in the air. lots of duck and Little Grebes, certainly beats around here.
It's Sandwell Valley for me on Saturday and with the weather changing slightly on Friday i think it should bode well for a good range of birds and hopefully some movement on the day. The recording area is a decent size but over 70 people have pledged support so nothing should escape observer scrutiny! I don't live local so will not be there until mid-morning and shall depart late afternoon due to committments at local hostelries in the Stourbridge area and hopefully will have something to celebrateB and not just the usual thirst-slaking exercise
Looks like a few hours at SV today as a pre-cursory exercise.
Laurie:t:
Very quiet altho the weather was very pleasant it doesn't make conditions conducive to bird movement but i'm not complaining - it was like birding abroad but without the birds
The gravel extraction appears to have finished and the new 'house' is nearing completion. I will put my home-made sign of "Eyesore Towers" the next time i visit
Not a single hirundine was noted in 3 hours? A single Lesser Whitethroat was a new migrant for the year with another five spp of warbler noted including Reed and Sedge. Several pairs of both Oystercatcher and LRP in addition to Redshank and Lapwing. A single Common Sand seen on the Old Workings. Ravens, Buzzards and Sparrowhawk in the air. lots of duck and Little Grebes, certainly beats around here.
It's Sandwell Valley for me on Saturday and with the weather changing slightly on Friday i think it should bode well for a good range of birds and hopefully some movement on the day. The recording area is a decent size but over 70 people have pledged support so nothing should escape observer scrutiny! I don't live local so will not be there until mid-morning and shall depart late afternoon due to committments at local hostelries in the Stourbridge area and hopefully will have something to celebrateB and not just the usual thirst-slaking exercise
Looks like a few hours at SV today as a pre-cursory exercise.
Laurie:t: