Birding In Staffordshire (1 Viewer)

[minkstone]

Sounds like a Cinnabar moth to me.

Carl

thanks for that Carl.:t:

 

[greg_evans]

All the ususal suspects seen on Cannock Chase last night including Nightjar at 10.45 pm, roding Wodcock, Grasshopper Warbler and S E Owl.

B

Sylvia.

Hi,

I'm off on to the Chase tonight, where about did you have the SE Owl?

Cheers,

Greg

 

[coloz]

could be long eared seen them out quite early up there feeding young.

 

[Adam M]

Adam,

did you catch my previous post? Book suggestion and a possible/hopeful id for your odonata?

Carl

yes i did. not sure on the dragonfly ID, i didnt get too good of a look at it, just that it was green, reached for the camera and it had gone.

i ended up buying collins complete guide of wildflowers and collins complete guide to insects. both good for ID purposes but not full of loads of information, which is what i need at the beginning really.

adam

 

[Richard Powell]

Belvide and it's Godwits

Birdguides has mentioned 134 Black-Tailed Godwits at Belvide today. That's rather a lot for somewhere inland. :eek!:

Just wondering if it's a record count?

 

[Neil-T]

Record for Belvide with the Black tailed godwits is 172, so not quite the record.

 

[Neil-T]

http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/Belvide84
See here. 11th May 1999

 

[Periwinkle]

Waders also on move at Drayton Bassett today after a quiet spell including first Wood Sand and the 7th Avocet of the year ;-) (See blog for details)

 

[carlj]

Adam, you're entering the realms of the New Naturalists books. I've got the dragonfly version and it covers instars, ecology, distribution and more. Not cheap but amazing study aid. Google it and see whats on offer. Don't look on ebay - some of the vintage editions are silly money! Carl

 

[phil jones]

Marsh Harrier

Hey up folks, had the pleasure of seeing an adult female Marsh Harrier fly low over Poxey tonight at c1940:t:. Also single Wood Wobbler at hawksmoor. So seeing as the Harrier as got rid of the back to work blues and considering my recent run of form, i've decided to share my Lottery numbers with you.

They are: 51, 52, 54, 57, 59 and 60. Good luck

cheers

Andy.

Nice mate I also had an adult female up the Void last week also in the evening
which did fly south - same bird maybe ??

 

[phil jones]

oprey

Belvide.....

An Osprey has stuck around for a while now. I wonder if there's a breeding pair somewhere close?

Unlikely that there is a pair breeding nearby probably a non breeding
bird just loafing about, Blith has had them in the past

 

[Rob Jones]

Unlikely that there is a pair breeding nearby probably a non breeding
bird just loafing about, Blith has had them in the past

Thanks Phil, was wondering because one has been seen quite regularly around there.

 

[NickPomiankowski]

Moth Trapping

A bit off thread but I'm doing some moth trapping at Doxey Marshes for the SWT on Sat 6th - meeting at Cresswell Car Park at 9pm (the car park at the north end where the kids playground is).

Anyone welcome to attend.

Nick

 

[carlj]

Love to cadge a lift Nick

We should be there - not specifically mothing - more specifically Odonating...Odonataology...looking for dragonflies!

Carl

 

[coloz]

falco peregrinus

fm peregrine falcon seen this morning flying towards the britannia stadium with dinner a nice plump pigeon at 9.15 .

 

[carlj]

Both male and female perries showing well on exchange building - noisy, and one's running along the ledge on the west side!

 

[coloz]

Hi nick is there any where in s-o-t where i can get a mercury vapour bulb and a ceramic holder as i want to have a go at making a moth trap. cheers coloz

 

[John Sherratt]

Youngsters

Plenty of young birds round the garden at the moment, family of young Wrens, two young Robins, two young Goldfinches, two young Greenfinch and a young Dunnock, not bad going I think :t:

And a f/m Bullfinch too seemed to be feeding on seeds from Forget-me-nots.

John

 

[Neil-T]

Just had a quick scout around Huntley Quarry for the Sand martins, no sign of them yet but did see plenty of Linnets. Also seen were Buzzard, Kestrel, Song thrush, Robin, Wren, Goldfinch, Willow warbler and some common toads under an old log.

 

[sylvia staffs]

Hi,

I'm off on to the Chase tonight, where about did you have the SE Owl?

Cheers,

Greg

Hi sorry about the late reply my laptop is poorly so i have had to log on at work.

The S E Owl was in the Sherbrook valley in the Ansons Bank area it was definitly a S E Owl and not a LEO as it was seen well by a number of birders previously as well, i had distant views from over by the Katyn looking left down the valley.

Sylvia