Birding In Staffordshire (5 Viewers)

[Upland Birder]

This reminds me. Whatever happened to the user known as "WPLBird Club"? I miss the postings of sightings from "Stoke-on-Trent's premier birding hot spot"!

Hi Richard,

I have PM'd "WPLBirdclub" to try and persuade him to come back and continue to post sightings from Westport.

Lets see what happens.

Dean

 

[Rob1991S-O-T]

hopefully swynerton landfill will be getting the ringed bill gull from moor NR
then roosting and bathing at cop mere / coldmeece

welcome scott my mate of who can drive to such locations as coomb hill meadow for stil sand

there are 3 iceland gulls in staffs tonight belvide/chasewater /cop mere

 

[NickPomiankowski]

Copmere

Hi Steve - nice one with the Little Egret - only 2 other records for the site from 1996 and 1997.

Welcome aboard Scott - hope you'll post some Doxey sightings too.

Nick

Packed in a few sites today around work;

Blithfield - 1 fem Scaup, 1 Oystercatcher

Uttox Quarry - 44 Barnie Geese, 12 Greyslags, 25 Goosander, pair of Stonechat, 1 Green Sand

Copmere - Little Egret 1 (a site tick for me), plus the pale/advanced? 1w Iceland Gull. Not many large gulls in the roost, but c.1500 Black-heads.

Cheers
Steve

 

[Adam M]

Hi Richard,

I have PM'd "WPLBirdclub" to try and persuade him to come back and continue to post sightings from Westport.

Lets see what happens.

Dean

you might have to send him a message via e-mail as he hasn't been online since 21st of december, so i think it might be a while till he reads any personal messages.

i think westport is a really good site, maybe not staffs premier site, but still pretty good. over 100 species a year is good for any site, but for somewhere so small and located in an urban area its fantastic and regular reports are a great help.
adam

 

[carlj]

Fletcher Road has another rarity - honest! The Euroasian Roadrunner! (See attached!)

And our not at all shy thrush. Hoping that at least one of my days from work allow us to get out and about - going stir crazy at the moment.

 

[Upland Birder]

Hi Adam,

There is an email facility on Birdforum but he has not given permission for emails to be sent so not possible.

He may open up Birdforum at some point soon and see the message.

If you see him down there perhaps you could have a chat with him (assuming you know him) and try and persuade him.

I don't think there is any more that I or anyone else can do.

Cheers

Dean:t:

 

[Upland Birder]

Hi Carl,

A couple of good pics there. Keep them coming.

Dean:t:

 

[Steve Turner]

Hi Steve - nice one with the Little Egret - only 2 other records for the site from 1996 and 1997.

Nick

Cool - I knew the place hadn't recorded one for many years, but didn't know there were so few total records. As nice as the Iceland Gull was, the egret was the star bird...all in all a bit of a white-out

Steve

 

[Neil-T]

Siskin Invasion.

Only managed half a day at work today due to the weather. Just been watching the birds on the side feeders and there must have been a minimum of 50 Siskins. Also Redpolls, Bulfinches, Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Dunnock, House sparrow, Starling, Redwing and Blackbird.

 

[Keele birder]

Visited Coldmeece again this afternoon, but very few gulls present, with only a dozen or so over the tip & non loafing around in the fields. The highlight of the day will have to be my first Green pecker of the year at Keele. Wont be seeing any gulls for a while now, as off to Brazil tomorrow for a few weeks :t:. I (hopefully) have a date with a Harpy Eagle & should to crack the magical 5,000 species barrierB .

Mark

 

[terryeyre]

garden

another busy day on my garden feeders

 

[Rob Jones]

Visited Coldmeece again this afternoon, but very few gulls present, with only a dozen or so over the tip & non loafing around in the fields. The highlight of the day will have to be my first Green pecker of the year at Keele. Wont be seeing any gulls for a while now, as off to Brazil tomorrow for a few weeks :t:. I (hopefully) have a date with a Harpy Eagle & should to crack the magical 5,000 species barrierB .

Mark

A waste tip in England on snowy February day or a few weeks in Brazil. Where would I most like to be? Huuum, Let me think........:-O

Have a good trip Mark.

 

[Neil-T]

Hi Keele birder, have a great time in Brazil, hope you get to see a few maga's. Don't forget to report in when you get back. Best wishes. Neil.

 

[Rockbirder]

Enville South Staffs'

Hey up folks, haven't been on for a couple of days the old computer as been playin' up a bit.

Snow Buntin' at Enville? In the early nineties Enville had a bit of a good run, i can remember seeing Snow Bunta there,Woodlark, Black Redstart and a couple of Red Kites. Back in those days Kites were still rare! Oh and Goshawk as well! They were all on the Sheepwalks above the village.

If i remember rightly i went at least once with old Sylvia before he became a "Filthy Tick Hungry Twitcher".

How the other half live eh, BRAZIL! Have a good un pal.

Nice one with the Egret Steve.

cheers

Andy.

 

[sylvia staffs]

Hey up folks, haven't been on for a couple of days the old computer as been playin' up a bit.

Snow Buntin' at Enville? In the early nineties Enville had a bit of a good run, i can remember seeing Snow Bunta there,Woodlark, Black Redstart and a couple of Red Kites. Back in those days Kites were still rare! Oh and Goshawk as well! They were all on the Sheepwalks above the village.

If i remember rightly i went at least once with old Sylvia before he became a "Filthy Tick Hungry Twitcher".


cheers

Andy.

Remember the day well, ticked Woodlark :eek!:

Happy memeories :t:

Sylvia.

 

[Adam M]

just wondering if the black redstart is still present at your place rob?

 

[Rob1991S-O-T]

hi
adam havent seen black redstart since the 2nd february could be still around
or it has moved on now
garden today had
male sparrowhawk perched in tree
2 grey wagtails
2 song thrush
2 lesser redpoll which i think are only here because of the cold snap
were the only birds of intrest the rest were here in usual numbers

 

[Upland Birder]

Hales Hall Pool

Had a wander around Hales Hall Pool (Cheadles very own wetland) this afternoon. There seemed to be an increase in numbers of Canada Geese and the White Fronted Goose is still present.

I also saw

Siskin,
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Dunnock
Wren
House Sparrow
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Starling
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Black Headed Gull
Lesser Black Backed Gull
Coot
Moorhen

Had a good view of a pair of Goosander in flight and circling the pool about 5 times before making a decision not to land on the pool. Great to watch in flight though.

Dean:t:

 

[Rockbirder]

Hey up Dean, now is a good time to look for Water Rail at The Pond! All the Birds i've seen at this "Staffordshire Hotspot" have been during very cold weather like we are currently experienceing. Many moons ago i had Firecrest and Water Rail on the same afternoon in the Cheesedale area, both Cheesedale Megas!!

cheers

Andy.

 

[Upland Birder]

Hi Andy,

I was scanning for Water Rail today but no joy. It will happen one day!! The closest I've got to a Wader there is a Snipe in flight over the sight.

I like Hales Hall. You get all your usuals there but every now and again a surprise drops in.

Its good to know that Goosanders are about as well. Jim saw two pairs there a few days ago.

Dean:t: