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Juvenile Iceland Gull seen twice in recent days at Bartley Reservoir.
Green sand and grey wag on the flood btwn Frankley church and the waterworks. A common sand has been seen in the area recently.
Juvenile Iceland Gull seen twice in recent days at Bartley Reservoir.
Green sand and grey wag on the flood btwn Frankley church and the waterworks. A common sand has been seen in the area recently.
Green sand again nr . church but no sign of common sand. Juv Iceland gull flew in to the res about 5.15 and was immediately chased round by the other gulls.
Having failed to connect with common sand, LRP and yesterday's avocet on my previous daily jaunts to Bartley , today I picked up a couple of reed buntings and my first whitethroat of the year.Great find Keith - hope all is well with you and yours?
After a very small passage of black terns and little gulls across the UK in the last two days I visited Bartley but it was not to be, but did pick up LRP on the ramp plus song thrush x2, whitethroat x2, willow warbler, male sparrowhawk ,reed bunting, swallow and a few of the regular gulls.Having failed to connect with common sand, LRP and yesterday's avocet on my previous daily jaunts to Bartley , today I picked up a couple of reed buntings and my first whitethroat of the year.
After a very small passage of black terns and little gulls across the UK in the last two days I visited Bartley but it was not to be, but did pick up LRP on the ramp plus song thrush x2, whitethroat x2, willow warbler, male sparrowhawk ,reed bunting, swallow and a few of the regular gulls.
Had another daily exercise walk along the south side of Bartley and the only new birds were a pair of shoveler and a singing lesser whitethroat. Also 6x whitethroat singing, song thrush, 4 x reed bunting, 2x willow warbler, chiffchaff, house sparrows nest building, kestrel, several prs of gt. crested grebe, a pair of mallard with chicks, 2 wheatear nr. Frankley church plus grey wag, pied wag, pheasant, fem yellowhammer ,goldfinches, swallows and housemartins.
Thank you Julie. It could have been a House Martin. I didn’t notice any darker blue, it looked more brown, I’ll have to keep my eyes open incase I see it again
Green sandpiper.
Green Sand and they frequently call when flying off - very distinct, go on xeno-canto and have a listen:t:
Good birding -
Laurie:t:
Both Nightingale and Nightjar would be very unusual sightings.