Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas (3 Viewers)

Birder Gladys · Oct 5, 2013

nice photos of the Wheatear Dave.
last night, 3 large flocks of Jackdaws,canada geese flew over to westwood with a white goose in tow,tonight Water rail calling from two places in the reeds and Snipe flew out calling after dark,no sign of anything major here's hoping:t:

Birder Gladys · Oct 6, 2013

this evening
Buzzard,sparrowhark & kesteral seen about 10mins apart,Water rail calling from two postions west end and north side.only other thing of note was a Weasel (homework confirmed) spotted on canal towpath.

Birder Gladys · Oct 9, 2013

last three evenings

on average 1800hrs - 1915hrs
heron seen twice monday flew out of community woods over canal frighten me again I think its doing it for fun,Water rail calling every night, seen the noisey juv Buzzard looks a bit tatty,only other note very small bat littlest I ever seen long tow path flying just by main gate.
still no mr or mrs B

upstarts1979 · Oct 10, 2013

Woodchat said:
When I said female Wheatear I should have said 'female-type'. On closer inspection (the bird was quite confiding), it was clear that it was in fact a first-winter. A few record shots are attached (photographed through my binoculars).

Also today, the first flyover Redpoll of the autumn, Siskin, Meadow Pipits, Linnets, 2 Skylarks, Grey and Pied Wagtails, Raven, Linnets, Goldcrest, Mistle Thrushes, Starlings, Bullfinch and three Chiffchaffs plus most of the usual species. Still plenty of insects too - Hornets, Commas, Speckled Woods, Whites and Common Darters, for instance.

Dave what's the blue piping for are draining more land in worcestershire.

Woodchat · Oct 10, 2013

upstarts1979 said:
Dave what's the blue piping for are draining more land in worcestershire.

The water board seem to be upgrading the infrastructure around the villages of Salwarpe and Ladywood this year - digging up roads and burying pipes. I think these blue pipes are part of that scheme. The area where they are is already pretty well drained - being on top of a bank.

Birder Gladys · Oct 16, 2013

mon & tues

two different evenings 24 hours apart.
monday all very vocal robins ,blackbirds wrens,wagtail,water rail,mallards,crows and gulls but not much actually seen.untill grey heron flew over squawking
tuesday 2 foot mist over canal fields and coney,1300+ gulls flew over twards westwood mainly LBBG,mallards flying around,snipe flew out calling.pied wagtail came into roost
unable to go down today

Mary · Oct 20, 2013

Get well soon, woodchat. Hope you'll soon be out & about.

Woodchat · Oct 26, 2013

Mary said:
Get well soon, woodchat. Hope you'll soon be out & about.

Thanks Mary, I'll still be in hospital for a few days yet. Slowly improvong though I hope.Cheers

Phil Andrews · Oct 26, 2013

A speedy recovery Dave - will surpress all the local rarities until you are back on your feet again :t:

Brian Stretch · Oct 26, 2013

Best wishes for a speedy recovery Dave :t:

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wheatearlp · Oct 26, 2013

How's it going Dave? Still on bed-rest?

Birder Gladys · Oct 26, 2013

take things easy Dave get well soon,my laptop has been playing up but have been going down to coney during the week,pied wags growing in numbers slowly to roost, alot of mallards flying around,heron still cropping up and juv buzzard giving magpies hasel,I think bittern is waiting for you to make an appearance

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will take a walk down on tuesday to see what storm has done to the area.

Woodchat · Oct 27, 2013

wheatearlp said:
How's it going Dave? Still on bed-rest?

I think my clips are coming out on thursday (metal staples - equivalent to the old stitches). After that it will be a case of getting fully mobile and getting my digestive system up to speed. I won't be able to drive for a further 5 weeks as I won't be fully insured afyer major abdominal surgery (compromises the ability to make an emergency stop):t:

Phil Andrews · Oct 27, 2013

Woodchat said:
I think my clips are coming out on thursday (metal staples - equivalent to the old stitches). After that it will be a case of getting fully mobile and getting my digestive system up to speed. I won't be able to drive for a further 5 weeks as I won't be fully insured afyer major abdominal surgery (compromises the ability to make an emergency stop):t:

Off the curries of a few weeks then Dave? :-C

Birder Gladys · Oct 30, 2013

before and after

latest info
canal tow path now rebuilt by salwarpe bridge.
canal tow path has now been mowed
shetland cattle now in place,please be careful were you stand8-P

as for birds
still hundreds of gulls going over to roost,mallards flying around,pied wags,water rail still calling,heron still hunting,cormorant flew up from salwarpe on sunday

Birder Gladys · Nov 2, 2013

november

heres a start for Novembers count
pleasant morning but wind got up by evening time.
1 ..Blackbird...2..Mallard..3..Wren
4..Blue tit..5..C.Crow..6..Wood Pigeon
7..Chaffinch(f)..8..Goldfinch..9..Redwing(good numbers)
10..Robin..11..BHG..12..Cormrant
13..Magpie..14..Coot..15..LBBG(juv)
16..Reed Bunting..17..Kingfisher..18..Kesteral
19..Pied Wagtail..20..Long Tailed Tit..21..Meadow pipet
22..Buzzard..23..Raven..24..Jackdaw
25..Jay..26..Canada geese..27..Starling
28..Morhen..29..Heron

Birder Gladys · Nov 6, 2013

16.15 to 17.00
wet and windy.birds heard.
Blackbird,Crow,Magpie,Water rail close to fence,Buzzard,Snipe.
birds seen
30 starling and 25 pied wags came into roost,2 fieldfare,mallards,

Birder Gladys · Nov 9, 2013

this evening 15.45 to 17.00
2 birds for november count,Fieldfare and green woodpecker,others of interest 3 buzzards 2 quite friendly sitting on the same telegraph pole,good numbers of jackdaws crows and thrushes,canadian geese flying over with gulls together,jays and magpies not to happy with a heron by coney gate,water rail calling from 2 places,kingfisher hunting on canal near A38 bridge (salwarpe river flowing very fast)

Birder Gladys · Nov 10, 2013

really nice day.we had every thing today..added to novembers count G S woody and Sparrowhark which tryed its luck during the roost,as for that what numbers usual 100s of gulls flying over, 200c pied wagtails,800+ starling in two big murmurations,but the best sighting of the day for Mary and myself was seeing Mr Walker taking it carefully around coney.Hopfully he will be adding to the nov count.

Woodchat · Nov 11, 2013

Birder Gladys said:
really nice day.we had every thing today..added to novembers count G S woody and Sparrowhark which tryed its luck during the roost,as for that what numbers usual 100s of gulls flying over, 200c pied wagtails,800+ starling in two big murmurations,but the best sighting of the day for Mary and myself was seeing Mr Walker taking it carefully around coney.Hopfully he will be adding to the nov count.

The only things to add from yesterday's gentle walk-around are a flyover Yellowhammer (calling), several Reed Buntings, Jays, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Siskin, Goldcrests, Redwings and a few Mistle Thrushes.

Below are a few shots of the Shetland cattle - they seem to be doing a really good job of grazing the site.

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