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keithr · Jul 5, 2013

Phil Andrews said:
Reported sightings since 2001 have included Sandwich Arctic and Black Tern, Common and Velvet Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Smew, Pomarine Skua, Great Northern Diver, Quail, Avocet, Sanderling, Turnstone, Whimbrel, Greenshank, Knot, Grey Phalarope, Kittiwake, Kumlien's Little Iceland Caspian Glaucous and Med Gulls, Slavonian Red-necked and Black-necked Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Osprey, Whooper Swan, Red-crested Pochard, Short-eared Owl, Stonechat, Whinchat, Red Kite, Brent and Pink-footed Goose, Nightingale and Ring Ouzel.

I told ya it was crap .......8-P

Keith :t:

pic...a Gull ...the Beeches are on the right....taken through the bathroom window in West Heath last night ( a few miles away)....I always look at this view every day to judge the weather...most days its a blur with mist/cloud.8-P

davercox · Jul 5, 2013

As soon as I saw a thread titled 'Bartley Reservoir' I instantly thought 'Bill Oddie'.
Can't forget his wonderful accounts of birding here in the mid-50's :
'Bartley: one Dabchick'
'Bartley: one Lesser Black-backed Gull'
while sites around were recording masses of birds.

steve_zodiac · Jul 5, 2013

davercox said:
As soon as I saw a thread titled 'Bartley Reservoir' I instantly thought 'Bill Oddie'.
Can't forget his wonderful accounts of birding here in the mid-50's :
'Bartley: one Dabchick'
'Bartley: one Lesser Black-backed Gull'
while sites around were recording masses of birds.

I recall him saying he went there because it was his own spot, and his incentive was to "rack up as many sets of initials in the WMBC Reports as he could, which wasn't difficult as he was the only one there".

Its a bit like the guy who has watched that cemetery in Kent for years......and the other week found the Dusky Thrush.

Personally, unless its a mega, I hate seeing other peoples birds, I like to go and find my own.

Phil Andrews · Jul 5, 2013

steve_zodiac said:
I recall him saying he went there because it was his own spot, and his incentive was to "rack up as many sets of initials in the WMBC Reports as he could, which wasn't difficult as he was the only one there".

Its a bit like the guy who has watched that cemetery in Kent for years......and the other week found the Dusky Warbler.

Personally, unless its a mega, I hate seeing other peoples birds, I like to go and find my own.

Or even Thrush

steve_zodiac · Jul 5, 2013

Phil Andrews said:
Or even Thrush

:-O:-O I sat here and thought "What's he on about" .........Ive changed it........it was a Dusky Warbler at Sheepwash......which was another good find on a local patch.

steve_zodiac · Jul 5, 2013

And this evening at Bartley.......

1 Common Sand
1 Lapwing
34 Canadas plus 6 juveniles
18 Mallards plus 8 ducklings
130 LBB Gulls
8 Herring Gulls
3 Chiffchaffs

et al.......

steve_zodiac · Jul 7, 2013

Stopped off at Bartley for an hour today on my way home from deepest Staffordshire.....

1 Redshank
1 Common Sand
15 Herring Gulls
2 Chiffchaffs

Had a report that a Grasshopper Warbler has been reeling at Bartley a couple of evenings over the past week, "near the sluice in the southern corner".

steve_zodiac · Jul 9, 2013

Tuesday 8.15pm x 9.15pm. Several boats on the res from the local sailing club but disturbance minimal.

4 Common Terns (inc 2 juveniles)
2 Chiffchaffs
50+ Swifts
20+ House Martins
31 Canadas
c50 LBB Gulls
1 Whitethroat
30+ Magpies
1 Common Sand

et al.....

steve_zodiac · Jul 12, 2013

12-7-13....Quick visit this morning before work......

3 Common Terns
1 Green Sandpiper
c80 LBB Gulls
30+ Swifts
Plus usual warblers

steve_zodiac · Jul 15, 2013

15-7-13....2pm x 3.45pm

560 LBB Gulls
42 Herring Gulls
3 Common Terns
5 Common Sandpipers
1 Green Sandpiper

et al....

steve_zodiac · Jul 16, 2013

Tues 16-7-13.....9.30am x 11am and 3pm x 4pm

1 Yellow-legged Gull
400+ LBB Gulls
150+ BH Gulls
39 Herring Gulls

3 Common Terns

steve_zodiac · Jul 24, 2013

23.7.13.....evening.....

Boats, boats....everywhere.......more boats than gulls and there were a lot of gulls.....

Needless to say with all that disturbance very little in the way of birdlife, and no waders at all.

12 Herring Gulls
2 Stock Doves
1 Whitethroat
1 Bullfinch
35 mallards

Thats as good as it got :C

steve_zodiac · Jul 24, 2013

Wed 24.7.13....11.15am x 1.30pm

2 Buzzards
1 Common Sandpiper
5 Grey heron
5 GC Grebe (inc 1 first year bird)
18 Herring Gulls
60+ Swifts
c300 LBB Gulls (inc many juvenile birds)

et al...

steve_zodiac · Aug 1, 2013

Thurs 1.8.13.....9.30am - 11.00am

1 Little Egret beside sluice at south end

2 Green Sandpipers

8 Grey Herons

50+ Swallows

250 LBB Gulls

plus the usual stuff

steve_zodiac · Aug 2, 2013

Fri 2.8.13.....6.15am - 7.45am and 5.00pm - 6.00pm

1 Little Egret
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Common Sandpiper
3 Sand Martins
30+ Swallows
plus 450 Woodpigeons north-west over the res 5pm-6pm

And an afternoon on Walton hill (Worcs) produced a Honey Buzzard soaring just east of Walton before drifting away south-east (not south-west as stated on RBA).

Phil Andrews · Aug 2, 2013

steve_zodiac said:
Fri 2.8.13.....6.15am - 7.45am and 5.00pm - 6.00pm

1 Little Egret
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Common Sandpiper
3 Sand Martins
30+ Swallows
plus 450 Woodpigeons north-west over the res 5pm-6pm

And an afternoon on Walton hill (Worcs) produced a Honey Buzzard soaring just east of Walton before drifting away south-east (not south-west as stated on RBA).

Nice one Steve:t:

steve_zodiac · Aug 6, 2013

Tues 6.8.13.......6.30pm - 7.45pm

1 Little Egret still by the sluice at the southern end
3 Green Sandpipers
30+ Swallows
2 Whitethroats
1 Chiffchaff
6 Herring Gulls

et al.......

steve_zodiac · Aug 14, 2013

After spending the past seven days birding in the wilds of north-west Scotland it was back to reality this evening with an hour at Bartley.

1 Yellow legged Gull
23 Herring Gulls
1 Chiffchaff
1 Blackcap
1 Whitethroat

And that was about it

rollingthunder · Aug 15, 2013

Presume you had a good trip Steve? I would hae thought the weather was mixed? Have you posted stuff elsewhere, if not what did you see and where?

I do'nt mind you spicing up the 'Bartley' thread

Laurie:t:

steve_zodiac · Aug 15, 2013

List of main bird sightings on Scottish trip as follows

Greylag Goose (3 presumably wild birds over Loch Broom)
Common Eider
Common Scoter
Goldeneye
Red breasted Merganser
Goosander
Red Grouse (Carn Ban Mor and Skye)
Ptarmigan (Pass of the Cattle and Carn Ban mor)
Red throated Diver
Black throated Diver (last 2 species off Applecross)
Great Northern Diver (Gruinard bay)
Fulmar
Manx Shearwater (Hundreds from Neist point, Skye)
Storm Petrel ( several from Neist point, Skye)
Red Kite (over A9 near Dunkeld on way home)
White tailed Eagle (Skye and Gruinard Bay)
Goshawk ( Findhorn valley)
Golden Eagle (Findhorn valley, Skye, Gruinard)
Osprey ( Beauly firth)
Merlin (Strath Bran, Findhorn valley, Skye)
Peregrine (Findhorn valley)
Dotterel (pass of the Cattle and Carn Ban Mor)
Whimbrel (100+ south past Fort George, Moray firth)
Arctic Tern ( Loads in Moray firth off Fort George)
Black Guillemot (Broadford bay, Loch Broom)
Bonxie (Loch Broom and Neist point)
Arctic Skua (Neist point, Skye)
Hooded Crow (All over the place)

Plus the common stuff. It was a good trip. Should have liked to do a sea-watch from the Stornoway ferry but didn't have time)

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