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White fronts have been on the move across the country today 👍

Wasn't there once a North Sea bird club for birders working on the rigs. I seem to recall reading in Birdwatching back in the eighties about the club, and some of the bird records particularly during spring and autumn migration.

I just wondered if it was the Middleton bird because I don't think that's been seen recently.

To and from which direction?

11.30am - 2pm 2-4 Oystercatchers 7 Barnacle Geese 1 Cettis Warbler in the marsh 2 Wigeon on Icehouse pool 1 Common Gull on rspb island Too many people down there today.

Not much difference in bird numbers on Swan pool or FML this lunchtime. Goldeneyes still on Swan pool. 10 Herring Gulls 26 Shovelers on FML 23 Pochards on FML 9 Goosander More people than birds today 🤬

Cold an frosty earlier this morning.....- 4 degrees at 07.30am. Forge mill lake partly frozen. 3 Little Egrets 2 Goldeneye on Swan pool 1 Water Rail in the marsh 32 RN Parakeets from roost and around the RSPB centre. 1 Green Woodpecker A few Redwings about.

Great White Egret on FML at 9am, just along from the hide near the viewing platform. Then flew low over the trees and looked to be heading towards the Newton meadows. Also 25 Shovelers on FML, and 164 Coot on Swan pool.

Ah, where I ticked my first Sedge Warbler in 1986. Thanks mate 👍

Which is hill 60, Dave.

Birdtrack (and the WMBC) also requires additional details ie description, call etc for records of Marsh Tit if seen in the West Midlands county. Considering how often the bird is recorded in the valley, and the amount of suitable habitat available across the county in general it seems a bit...

Swan pool, Icehouse, Hill Top and FML combined notable totals today. 15 Shoveler 48 Teal 163 Coot 53 Mallard 13 Mute Swans 29 Tufted Ducks 16 Moorhen 103 Canadas 2 Little Grebes 4 GC Grebes 23 Cormorant 372 BH Gulls 19 LBB Gull 2 Herring Gulls 1 Green Sandpiper 4 Little Egret 1 Marsh Tit Swan...

Green Sand in the marsh.

Early start Swan pool and Hill Top checking for Ring Ouzels but very quiet migration wise. Plenty of Chiffchaffs about, Redpolls, Blackcap. Only thing of note on Swan pool was the GW Egret. Loads of Woodpigeons, particularly in the paddocks, and 26 Stock Doves on Swan pool meadow at 7am.

In the hedgerow between the dump and the paddocks: Lesser Whitethroat and Blackcap. Not much in the paddocks apart from Woodpigeons and Jackdaws.