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Yesterday (30/01/13), A flock of 32 WAWINGS flew SW over middle pool, viewable from the c'way between Grove and middle pool. They briefly alighted on houses on Fens Pool avenue, before flying off SW into the estate.
A Peregrine flew in and landed upon a mast with a Feral Pigeon before flying onto the grass bank below, to briefly pluck it before being flushed. Good Numbers of Tufted Duck were scatted over the 3 Pools, and quite a few Gulls were scattered around, mostly being BHG.
There was no sign of the Glaucous Gull up to 4pm when we left.
MB
 
Good to see a new thread on Fens Pool let’s hope it takes off! Only being a stones throw from me at Bumble Hole it’s good to ear what’s happening in the local area.
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
Again visited this evening, staying untill around 4:45 at Middle Pool checking the Gulls as they flew over towards Bartley. No sign of the Glauc again (A juv bird turned up at Kingswood, Cannock however which could prove to be the same bird). a flock of 47 Tufties on Middle Pool, with a further 20c On grove Pool and smaller numbers on Fens Pool.
Little activity otherwhys
MB
 
A circuit round the pools today didnt produce much, with 92 Tufties, Female Pochard on Fens Pool, 4 Cormorants being best
 
That IS a good count of Tufties! Good to see a thread on FensPools, hopefully some of the 'regulars' will update here for those who do'nt access Brian Stretchs' site.

Laurie -
 
Visited this morning 8.15 till 10.50am, fairly quiet in general but managed 26 species in total.

Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Blackbird, Crow, Magpie, Mallard, Coot, BH Gull, Herring Gull, Little grebe (4 in total), Tufted Duck (72), Grey Heron, Canada Goose, Collared Dove, Cormorant (3), LBBG, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Long Tail Tit, Great Crested Grebe, Dunnock, Moorhen, Wren, Great Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker & Bullfinch.
 
Their was up to 160+ Tufteds back in Oct - Nov last year but they failed to attract anything rarer than up to 3 different Goldeneyes and a female scaup like hybred. The last rare diving ducks recorded on site were Scaup (About 4 records of birds in mid to late 1990s and a Male Ferruginous Duck back in 1991, cheers simon
 
Wow, really? I never though Fens had that sort of number of Tufties. IS that a regular occurence, or just a one off?
A drake Fudge would get me running!
MB
 
Tufteds regularly reach 140+ in late autumn. A walk around this morning produced 78 Tufteds + 1 female Pochard, also 3 Water Rails, pair Goosander over, 2 Siskin, 1st year Common Gull, and 11 Waxwings nearby on Russells Hall Estate nearby briefly
 
Not much happening around Fens Pools at moment, but did get a low flying ringtail Hen Harrier fly through nearby Barrow Hill today at 10.30 ish which then flew down through the Buckpool Valley heading sw
 
That is quite a notable record, it will be interesting to see whether it is picked up anywhere else or if a ringtail has been noted anywhere adjacent prior to your sighting, here's hoping.....

Laurie -:t:
 
Its only the second ive recorded on my local patch which covers Fens Pools, Barrow Hill, Russells Hall Estate, Milking Bank areas. The first was also a flyover heading south west on february 21st Apr 2011. On the other hand Marsh Harrier is recorded about every 2 to 3 years, As for the hen harrier being seen elsewhere, once it reaches the open country of Highgate / Kinver area in south staffs it could easily slip through un noticed.
 
The hen harrier was almost certainly seen by another local birdwatcher, who reported a harrier like raptor fly low SW over Buckpool Valley just after my sighting, unfortunately he was without optics at the time. thanks simon
 
Nothing of note during last couple of weeks, 80+ Tufteds, up to 2 male, 2 female Pochards, 1 Common Gull and the odd Water Rail
 
FENS POOL VISIT 11 – 03 – 2013

First vist of the year for me here after a bit of a trip on the buses from Withymoor Pool first I had to get the 287 from Sainsbury’s to merry hill then the 222 to fens pool arrived around 12.25pm with the wind now at a very cold – 9 with wind chill so had a quick walk around here not stopping to long.

There were a few other birders around but nothing species wise to shout about water was beginning to freeze in a few places where it was quite shallow.
When the blizzard hit around 1pm gulls seem to drop from the skies

SPECIES SEEN –

Moorhen (6), Magpie (10+), Jay, Robin, Black Headed Gull (250+), Carrion Crow, Coot (7), Canada Goose (12), Wood Pigeon (20+), Tufted duck (19), Herring Gull (1), House Sparrow (20+), Blackbird (7), Lesser Black Backed Gull (16 – 10 adults - 4 f/w – 2 s/w ), Common Gull (3), Long Tailed Tit (10+), Blue Tit, Wren & Collared Dove
 
A walk around site today produced 1 Water Rail on Grove Pool, + Ad Common Gull, also present 26 Tufted Ducks, 3 GC Grebes around pools, with a high count of 400+ Black Headed Gulls for the time of year (mind you they probably think its Jan still). Simon
 
Had a Red Kite circling for about 5 mins with a common buzzard looking towards kingswinford from Fens Pools NR, mid pm yesterday, also 1 Water Rail and 22 Tufteds, simon
 
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