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Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas (5 Viewers)

Probably best starting off with the DCLG website with the various links and documents attached thereto: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/town-and-village-greens-how-to-register

For a slightly more involved read the Open Spaces Society website is useful: http://www.oss.org.uk/what-we-do/village-greens/

Attached also are couple of links to applications elsewhere in Worcestershire to give you a flavour; would be interesting to find out if these was successful
http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/1699/hornhill_application.pdf
http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/1680/wychbold_application.pdf
http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/1707/gardners_meadow_bewdley_application.pdf
 
Patch highlights this weekend:

A Peregrine over Porter's Mill on Saturday was a patch year tick.
Kestrels at Tapenhall and Coney Meadow.
3 Chiffchaffs around Tapenhall and 1 near Salwarpe
Meadow Pipits on the move with small flocks passing regularly overhead.
Singing Mistle Thrushes in various places.
2 Teal on river near New Mill Farm.
Coots at Tapenhall and Hawford.
Long-tailed Tits nest building.

Mute Swans, Grey Herons, Canada Geese, 2 Water Rails Coney Meadow, Reed Buntings, Sparrowhawks, Buzzards, Redwings and Fieldfares, Siskins, Starlings, Reed Buntings, Grey Wagtails, Pied Wagtails, Kingfisher, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Treecreepers, Goldcrests, 2 Linnets, Coal Tits, Bullfinches, Cormorant, Moorhens, Skylarks, Mallards, Jays, Ravens at Salwape and Porter's Mill.
 
A brisk 1 hour stroll before work this morning produced 2 singing Chiffchaffs just west of Salwarpe village, a pair of Greylags over, 2 Grey Wagtails, 11 Meadow Pipits, 1 Siskin, singing Coal tits and Goldcrests, Raven, Reed Buntings, singing Mistle Thrushes and Song Thrushes. The dawn chorus is now starting to build up nicely.
 
Beautiful sunny morning in Salwarpe. Was delighted to watch a couple of brimstone butterfly's fluttering along canal corridor.

Loads of bird song, lovely jubbly.

Had a very quick look in some of the village ponds last night and three in village have great crested newts, smooth newt population seems higher than in previous years and saw a solitary toad in the Salwarpe Court pond. Numbers of gcns are low, I suspect breeding season is pretty much done and dusted as I first recorded egg laying here on 9th of Dec. Why can't they read the guidelines?

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A single Sand Martin roosted this evening plus about 25 Pied Wags. Chiffchaff numbers building slowly - 1 at Porter's Mill, 1 Tapenhall, 2 Chatley, 1 Hawford, 3 Salwarpe and 1 New Mill.

2 Greylags over Tapenhall. Coots at Tapenhall and Hawford plus male Tufted Duck.

Yellowhammer over Ladywood plus 2 Linnets.

Meadow Pipits, Skylarks, 4 Kestrels (together at Coney), Buzzards, Sparrowhawks, Goldcrests, Coal Tits, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Ravens, Kingfishers, Grey Wagtails, Sparrowhawks, winter thrushes, Grey Herons and Cormorant.

My first Brimstones of the year (2) and Comma plus Small Tortoiseshell.
 
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An early morning circular walk: Porter's Mill --> Tapenhall --> Mildenham --> Hawford --> Chatley --> Porter's Mill:

Pair of Gadwall on flooded field (year tick)
1 Lapwing flew over
4 Coot, 2 drake Tufted Ducks, 8+ singing Chiffchaffs, Kingfisher, Cormorant, Yellowhammer, 6+ Skylarks, 2 Linnets, 5+ Meadow Pipits, Pied wagtails, Grey Herons, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Buzzards, Canada Geese, Stock Doves, Mistle Thrushes, Siskin over, Great Spotted Woodpecker, House Sparrows.

Ladywood: 1 singing Blackcap, 7 Canada Geese over, 7 Meadow Pipits over plus one Yellowhammer over.

Copcut: 39+ Linnets, Sparrowhawk, Meadow Pipit, Skylark
 
A Tawny Owl being mobbed by Blackbirds and Magpies near Salwape churchyard this evening and showing reasonably well.

23 Sand Martins roosted in the reedbed plus about 40 Pied Wags.
 
This morning's highlights on the patch:

Coney Meadow: 1 Redpoll, Ravens, 2 Chiffchaffs

14 singing Chiffchaffs around Porter's Mill, Tapenhall, Mildenham, Hawford and Chatley.

1 Little Owl and 4 Yellowhammers (including singing male) around Jacob's Ladder + 2 Red-legged Partridges.

3 Gadwalls Tapenhall and 2 at Hawford.

Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtails, Kestrel, Goldcrest, Linnets, Yellowhammers (Tapenhall and Hawford), Skylarks, Meadow Pipits, Tufted Ducks (2), Coots (4+), Cormorant, Buzzards, Mistle Thrushes, Siskin over, House Sparrows, Starlings etc.
 
1 drake Mandarin, 1 Green Sandpiper and 15 Gadwall (easily a patch record count) on floods between Harford Hill and New Mill farm.
 
Two House Martins and at least six Sand Martins over Tapenhall fishing pool. Singing Redpoll also.

...And a Swallow at Chatley to complete the set. ;)
 
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A decent day on the patch today, with definite signs of movement and increasing numbers of early migrants.

As well as the birds already mentioned;

25+ Chiffchaffs widely dispersed throughout the patch in suitable areas.
2 singing Blackcaps along the canal near Ladywood.
Another Swallow over Porter's Mill
c60 Sand Martins roosted this evening at Coney plus 100+ Pied Wagtails
A few Lesser Redpolls and Siskins still but much fewer winter thrushes in evidence.
3 Snipes dropped into Coney reedbed this evening.

Also 3 Ravens at Hawford and 2 at Coney, Grey Wagtails at Ladywood and Mildenham, Tufted Duck, 4+ Coots, Grey Herons, Buzzards, Kestrels at Hawford and Coney, Coal Tits, singing Treecreepers, Cormorants, Sparrowhawks, Great Spotted and Green Woodpeckers.
 
Patch List Q1 2016

After the first quarter of the year, I have recorded 84 species so far on the patch. Below is the list and the month they were added:

January
1. Mute Swan
2. Canada Goose
3. Mallard
4. Tufted Duck
5. Pheasant
6. Red-legged Partridge
7. Cormorant
8. Grey Heron
9. Common Buzzard
10. Sparrowhawk
11. Kestrel
12. Water Rail
13. Moorhen
14. Lapwing
15. Common Snipe
16. Black-headed Gull
17. Herring Gull
18. Lesser Black-backed Gull
19. Stock Dove
20. Woodpigeon
21. Collared Dove
22. Tawny Owl
23. Green Woodpecker
24. Great Spotted Woodpecker
25. Skylark
26. Meadow Pipit
27. Grey Wagtail
28. Pied Wagtail
29. Dunnock
30. Robin
31. Song Thrush
32. Fieldfare
33. Redwing
34. Mistle Thrush
35. Blackbird
36. Blackcap
37. Cetti’s Warbler
38. Chiffchaff
39. Goldcrest
40. Wren
41. Great Tit
42. Coal Tit
44. Blue Tit
45. Long-tailed Tit
46. Nuthatch
47. Treecreeper
48. Magpie
49. Jay
50. Jackdaw
51. Rook
52. Carrion Crow
53. Raven
54. Starling
55. House Sparrow
56. Chaffinch
57. Linnet
58. Lesser Redpoll
59. Goldfinch
60. Greenfinch
61. Siskin
62. Bullfinch
63. Yellowhammer
64. Reed Bunting
Februrary
65. Little Grebe
66. Coot
67. Woodcock
68. Kingfisher
March
69. Greylag Goose
70. Shelduck
71. Teal
72. Marsh Harrier
73. Merlin
74. Peregrine
75. Green Sandpiper
76. Little Owl
77. Sand Martin
78. Common Gull
79. Goosander
80. Gadwall
81. Mandarin
82. House Martin
83. Swallow
84. Willow Warbler

I've failed to connect with Barn Owl and the reported Great White Egret - but not a bad start to the year. Hopefully, still lots of goodies to come. B :)
 
Today's birds:

1 Willow Warbler in hedge opposite Lock Cottage, Ladywood, this morning - singing and showing well.
3 Gadwall (2 drakes) Tapenhall fishing pool + another pair near Mildenham on the river, then 3 (possibly the Tapenhall birds) over Hawford.
Swallows over Mildenham and Chatley
Sand Martins over Tapenhall (2) and Salwarpe (1).
2 Lesser Redpolls Coney Meadow
Siskins over in several places
Fieldfares and Redwing now seemingly very sparse - only ~6 of former and 2 of latter recorded today.
Tufted Duck, Ravens, Coal Tits, lots of Chiffchaffs, Coots, Linnets, Mistle Thrushes, skylarks, Meadow Pipits, Pied wagtails, Stock Doves, Reed Buntings, Grey Herons, Buzzards, Kestrels, Sparrowhawks, Cormorants, Great Spotted and Green Woodpeckers, Goldcrests and Nuthatch.
 
Over 100 Sand Martins roosted at Coney this evening.

Singing Blackcaps at Ladywood and just west of Salwarpe plus a female at Coney.

A Yellowhammer near Chatley this morning.

Kingfisher, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzards, both regular Woodpeckers, Nuthatch, 2 Tufted Ducks, nesting Coots.
 

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