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Common Sandpiper and LRP x2 on island, 16 Goosander new may record and Peregrine over Centre per Wali Taylor
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
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Very quiet couple of hours around Salters / Swan Pool / Ice House this evening. Only thing of note was a pair of Wheatear on Swan Pool Meadow per Matt Hadlington
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
Had a good slog round this morning. 3 Greylag on Ice House, looks like one bird guarding a nest somewhere, Yellow Wag on Swan Pool Meadow, Raven and Peregrine over Forge Mill Farm, Pheasant heard on Brown’s. The pleasant surprise was a pair of Linnet nest building on Brown’s per Matt Hadlington
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
Year lists as of 5/5/18

White Wagtail, Greenland Wheatear not included in totals

Dave Saunders- 115 Osprey
Pete Hackett -107 Arctic tern
Matt Hadlington - 104 Redstart
Rob Preston - 104 Garden Warbler
Mel Jones - 103 Hobby
John Clarke - 101 Sedge Warbler
Mike Ixer -101 Swift
Craig Reed - 98 Common Sandpiper
Terry Parker - 92 Reed Warbler
Dave Waite - 89 Garden Warbler
Steve Lilly - 84 Collared Dove
Adrian Kirton - 81 Buzzard
Tony Johnson - 74 Lesser Whitethroat
Richard Eyres -74 Lesser Whitethroat
Carl seabode -72 Common Tern
Pete Carless - 65 Common Gull
 
Hard Slog

With many Valley regulars not being available all day I new from the off it was going to be a long hard slog with my limited ability I was restricted in how much area I could cover, but we had a good go anyway by mid day we had clocked up 78 species. The main highlights of the day being Wheatear, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, Redstart, Hobby, Red Kite, Stonechat and Peregrine we kept at it with birders in the field from 07:00 till 19:00 clocking up 84 species. I myself clocked up nine hours and 67 species. several birds missing which could have been possible Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Sand Martin, Little Egret and Meadow Pipit Thanks to Hughie King, Matt Hadlington, Terry Parker, Mel Jones, Colin Sedgwick, Roger Jones, Dave Waite, Colin Groves, Alex Shared, Wali Taylor, Carl Seabode, Dean Hall, Alf Hill, Ben Bensley, Tim Hextell and John Clarke if I've missed your name I'm Sorry

Good Birding YAMYAM
 
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Valley All Dayer

Little Grebe.
Great Crested Grebe x4 fm
Cormorant
Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Greylag Goose x5
Gadwall
Teal x1 male marsh
Mallard
Shoveler x1 male marsh
Tufted Duck
Goosander x pair fm
Red Kite X 1 over Brownie's
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard c13
Kestrel x3
Peregrine x1 over golf course
Hobby x1 over fm
Pheasant x2 male heard
Water Rail x1
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Little Ringed Plover x2
Lapwing c20 in Valley
Black-headed Gull x6
Lesser Black-backed Gull c89
Herring Gull c15
Rock Dove (feral pigeon)
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Swift
Ring-necked Parakeet
Kingfisher x2
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Yellow Wagtail x1 near Ray Hall
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Redstart male below Ice House
Whinchat male behide CB's
Wheatear c3 Salters
Stonechat male on dawn chorus walk
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Sedge Warbler
Reed Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Garden Warbler
Whitethroat
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Blackcap
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Willow Tit dawn chorus
Skylark
Swallow
House Martin
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Jay
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven x1 over Swan pool
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Linnet pair Browns
Bullfinch
Reed Bunting - 84
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
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Wheatear fem Swan Meadow , Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Linnet, 2 Skylark, Common Tern, Greylag per Rob Preston
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
The results from yesterday: thanks to Phil Andrews

Middleton Lakes 95 species
Ladywalk 92
Sandwell 84
Belvide 83
Marsh Lane 81
Upton Warren 78
Salford Priors 76
Grimley 76
Whitemoor Haye 71
Morton Bagot 68
Earlswood 64
Sutton Park 58
Evesham 57
Saxon Mill 55
Trittiford 42

Good Birding YAMYAM
 
yamyam said:
Year lists as of 5/5/18

White Wagtail, Greenland Wheatear not included in totals

Dave Saunders- 115 Osprey
Pete Hackett -107 Arctic tern
Matt Hadlington - 104 Redstart
Rob Preston - 104 Garden Warbler
Mel Jones - 103 Hobby
John Clarke - 101 Sedge Warbler
Mike Ixer -101 Swift
Craig Reed - 98 Common Sandpiper
Terry Parker - 92 Reed Warbler
Dave Waite - 89 Garden Warbler
Steve Lilly - 84 Collared Dove
Adrian Kirton - 81 Buzzard
Tony Johnson - 74 Lesser Whitethroat
Richard Eyres -74 Lesser Whitethroat
Carl seabode -72 Common Tern
Pete Carless - 65 Common Gull
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Lesser Whitethroat puts me on 85. Good work all who put in some time on the All Dayer.
 
Birds not seen so far this year but still possible in May

Black-necked Grebe
Garganey
Goshawk
Avocet
Sanderling
Black-tailed Godwit
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Little Gull
Little Tern
Sandwich Tern
Black Tern
Little Owl
Short eared owl
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Tree Pipit
Black Redstart
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher

Good Birding YAMYAM
 
Cock Pheasant just crossed Salters Lane towards the old four-course fields / pitch’n’putt per Matt Hadlington
Good Birding YAMYAM
 

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