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| − | [[Barn Owl]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Blackcap]], [[Blue Tit]], [[Eurasian Bullfinch|Bullfinch]], [[Canada Goose]], [[Carrion Crow]], [[Chaffinch]], [[Common Chiffchaff|Chiffchaff]], [[Coal Tit]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove|Collared Dove]], [[Eurasian Curlew|Curlew]], [[Dunnock]], [[Fieldfare]], [[Garden Warbler]], [[European Goldfinch|Goldfinch]], [[Common Grasshopper Warbler|'''Grasshopper Warbler''']], [[Great Tit]], [[Green Woodpecker]], [[European Greenfinch|Greenfinch]], [[Grey Heron]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Jack Snipe]], [[Common Kestrel|Kestrel]], [[Northern Lapwing]], [[Lesser Black-backed Gull]], [[Lesser Redpoll]], [[Eurasian Linnet|Linnet]], [[Little Owl]], [[Long-eared Owl]], [[Long-tailed Tit]], [[Eurasian Magpie|Magpie]], [[Mallard]], [[Meadow Pipit|'''Meadow Pipit''']], [[Mistle Thrush]], [[Eurasian Nuthatch|Nuthatch]], [[Common Pheasant|Pheasant]], [[Northern Raven|Raven]], [[Common Redstart|Redstart]], [[Redwing]], [[Reed Bunting|'''Reed Bunting''']], [[European Robin|Robin]], [[Eurasian Skylark|Sky Lark]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Song Thrush]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk|Sparrowhawk]], [[Common Starling|Starling]], [[Stock Dove]], [[Eurasian Stonechat|Stonechat]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Common Swift]], [[Northern Wheatear|Wheatear]], [[Common Whitethroat|Whitethroat]], [[Willow Warbler|'''Willow Warbler''']], [[Eurasian Woodcock|Woodcock]], [[Common Wood Pigeon|Woodpigeon]], [[Winter Wren|Wren]]. | + | [[Barn Owl]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Blackcap]], [[Blue Tit]], [[Eurasian Bullfinch|Bullfinch]], [[Canada Goose]], [[Carrion Crow]], [[Chaffinch]], [[Common Chiffchaff|Chiffchaff]], [[Coal Tit]], [[Eurasian Collared Dove|Collared Dove]], [[Eurasian Curlew|Curlew]], [[Dunnock]], [[Fieldfare]], [[Garden Warbler]], [[European Goldfinch|Goldfinch]], [[Common Grasshopper Warbler|'''Grasshopper Warbler''']], [[Great Tit]], [[Green Woodpecker]], [[European Greenfinch|Greenfinch]], [[Grey Heron]], [[House Sparrow]], [[Jack Snipe]], [[Common Kestrel|Kestrel]], [[Northern Lapwing]], [[Lesser Black-backed Gull]], [[Lesser Redpoll]], [[Eurasian Linnet|Linnet]], [[Little Owl]], [[Long-eared Owl]], [[Long-tailed Tit]], [[Eurasian Magpie|Magpie]], [[Mallard]], [[Meadow Pipit|'''Meadow Pipit''']], [[Mistle Thrush]], [[Eurasian Nuthatch|Nuthatch]], [[Common Pheasant|Pheasant]], [[Northern Raven|Raven]], [[Common Redstart|Redstart]], [[Redwing]], [[Reed Bunting|'''Reed Bunting''']], [[European Robin|Robin]], [[Eurasian Skylark|Sky Lark]], [[Common Snipe]], [[Song Thrush]], [[Eurasian Sparrowhawk|Sparrowhawk]], [[Common Starling|Starling]], [[Stock Dove]], [[Eurasian Stonechat|Stonechat]], [[Barn Swallow|Swallow]], [[Common Swift|Swift]], [[Northern Wheatear|Wheatear]], [[Common Whitethroat|Whitethroat]], [[Willow Warbler|'''Willow Warbler''']], [[Eurasian Woodcock|Woodcock]], [[Common Wood Pigeon|Woodpigeon]], [[Winter Wren|Wren]]. |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Some records placed within Birdtrack >> WMBC Staffs Database >> Staffs Record Centre. | Some records placed within Birdtrack >> WMBC Staffs Database >> Staffs Record Centre. | ||
| − | Map published by Wetley Moor Joint Planning Committee - any details?==External Links== | + | Map published by Wetley Moor Joint Planning Committee - any details? |
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Please add if any reputable, non-commercial, sites are known. | Please add if any reputable, non-commercial, sites are known. | ||
==Other sites nearby are:== | ==Other sites nearby are:== | ||
| − | + | [[Park Hall]], [[Stanley Pool]], [[Berry Hill]] | |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 20:05, 5 May 2008
Birds and birdwatching on Wetley Moor in North Staffordshire, England.
Overview
For the birdwatcher Wetley Moor is of interest, but not a place where rare birds can be expected (or perhaps even hoped for!) - you more or less know what you're going to see. Perhaps of most importance for wintering Reed Bunting, it also holds an assemblage of "rough-ground" breeders during the summer with Meadow Pipits a characteristic bird. Only Common Snipe and Jack Snipe are found on the ground within the moorland area, although Northern Lapwing and Eurasian Curlew are noted around the adjacent fields. Grasshopper Warbler on-site during the summer, with visiting Wheatear occasional. Linnets are summer birds, plus the usual array summer visitors with Willow Warbler totals probably well over 40 pairs around the edge of the site. Stonechats regular during the October and March movement period and has also overwintered.
Birds
Notable Species
Reed Bunting, Stonechat, Willow Warbler: good numbers in summer
Rarities
Check-list
Current bird list runs as follows (additions to list would be useful):
Birds you can see here include:
Barn Owl, Black-headed Gull, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Collared Dove, Curlew, Dunnock, Fieldfare, Garden Warbler, Goldfinch, Grasshopper Warbler, Great Tit, Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, House Sparrow, Jack Snipe, Kestrel, Northern Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Lesser Redpoll, Linnet, Little Owl, Long-eared Owl, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Raven, Redstart, Redwing, Reed Bunting, Robin, Sky Lark, Common Snipe, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Starling, Stock Dove, Stonechat, Swallow, Swift, Wheatear, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Woodcock, Woodpigeon, Wren.
Incomplete total = 57
Please note: The only approved and complete list of birds for this site is held within the Staffordshire birds database - contact the Staffordshire County Bird Recorder for details.
Other Wildlife
To do
Site Information
History and Use
To do
Areas of Interest
Area has been split into biological recording areas largely according to natural boundaries - details with Staffs Moorland District Council I think
Access and Facilities
Main access from the car park near Armshead although access points around the site allow entry from several other points although these not well served for parking.
Survey work known
Three-visit Common Bird Census (CBC) performed in summer of 2007 - results with Staffs Moorland District Council.
One square included in the Breeding Bird Survey [any details?]
Possible commissioned survey in early 2000s [any details?]
Contact Details
Wetley Moor Joint Planning Committee [details?] help to manage this location.
Regularly watched by:
add names; jackhaye
References
Bibliography and further reading
No writing specifically on th birds known;
Some records placed within Birdtrack >> WMBC Staffs Database >> Staffs Record Centre.
Map published by Wetley Moor Joint Planning Committee - any details?
External Links
Please add if any reputable, non-commercial, sites are known.
Other sites nearby are:
Park Hall, Stanley Pool, Berry Hill
External Links
To do
Reviews
Please add any visit details
