Went to Lower Park Farm earlier only briefly as it was on the way back from getting a new pair of Bins for my birthday and mom was in the car! Saw about 10 in the field to the right of the entrance looking at it but there could easily have been more.
Anyone been to look for the possible Nutcracker reported in Hadley? Or anyone know any more details on it?
Also I've decided to do a Worcs year list and an Upton Year list for the first time this year seen as Brian's made a section for it on his website be interesting to see what I can get. Anyone know of anywhere I can view a map that shows the Worcestershire county boundary? And are there many sites out there that are spilt by the boundary to another county that anyone knows of?
Hi Tim,
Re: Nutcracker. Spoken to the lucky observer of the bird and the description sounds very interesting. As large as a Green Woodpecker (ruling out Starling), brown body plumage covered in silver/'gold' inverted triangles particulary on the neck, contrasting with golden brown and well defined cap to head. Plain brown wings, large bill and conspicous legs. Despite the 'gold' references (which may have been an artefact of the light) it's hard to imagine what else it could have been. It has not been seen today or yesterday.
The Yearlist page is now up and running here: http://www.worcesterbirding.co.uk/worcestershire_birders_year_lists_73.html
It will be updated as frequently as possible, but please be patient, particulary during the first few months as lists (& rankings) can change dramatically in a few days!
Brian
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Thanks Sy think I have it sorted now, is it me or does the county border split the Wyre Forest in half?
Dowels Brooke, running through the middle of the Wyre Forest forms the border between Worcestershire and Shropshire, so yes the border does split the forest in half.
Jackie
And are there many sites out there that are spilt by the boundary to another county that anyone knows of?
Dowels Brooke, running through the middle of the Wyre Forest forms the border between Worcestershire and Shropshire, so yes the border does split the forest in half.
Jackie
Hi Tim,
Another area only partly in Worcestershire is the Malvern Hills. Map with county borders at http://www.malvernhillsaonb.org.uk/pages/images/Map_LocationMapOS.jpg
Matt
a bit of late news from the week
after hearing news on a flock of crossbills nearby i decided to go for them
the flock of 42 was very quickly located and i started snapping away in the rain(photos rubbish) the next day we went back again to find more people looking for the flock, 23 crossbills were on top car park then we found an amazing flock of 60 near the water works,on the river 21 mandarin and 4 crossbill flew over
MB
Are these the crossbills at the lickey hills or elsewhere ?
Don't really know if this is this best place to post this but I saw 3 females on the river in the centre of town last week, but today I noticed 4 males as well as 3 females. I will certainly popping down again when the weather clears a little to hopefully get a reasonable picture of a male.
I hope someone finds this info useful.
Pete:t:
Hi Pete any rare or unusual bird is worth putting on the worcester birding site and go into 'submit news' . Goosander is one of those species.Don't really know if this is this best place to post this but I saw 3 females on the river in the centre of town last week, but today I noticed 4 males as well as 3 females. I will certainly popping down again when the weather clears a little to hopefully get a reasonable picture of a male.
I hope someone finds this info useful.
Pete:t: