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Birding In Staffordshire (1 Viewer)
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...and another flock over just (9.50), same sort of size and same sort of direction . . . probably just going round in a big circle.!
Andy
coloz
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Hi jack had the skein go over the Meir at 9.35 heading north west.cheers col:t:
Looks like the same groups that went over my house between 10 and 10.30 am. I counted in total around 450 in two lots.
could well be, I estimated rather than counted them! Just had yet another group c200 birds over same direction at 11.20!! Are we expecting some cold weather from the east or something??
Andy
coloz
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I was thinking the same jack. This happened when we had the last cold snap .
120 pink feet over coombes at 2.30 and a raven as well, two more year ticks. good number of goldfinches around the visitor center, roughly 40-50, along with the usual woodland species. cracking view of buzzards over head too.
passed on some information about huntley and hopefully that'll get to the site manager (not in on weekends) and he'll pass it on to the appropriate person at midlands or central head office. neil has given me a list of species he has seen at huntley, dragonflies, butterflies, birds, the lot. if anyone else who has either seen something of interest at the site or goes there on a regular basis would like to do so i can then pass that information on. it might just be that one or two species really sell the site and raises some interest, so all data welcome, just send it by pm.
adam
passed on some information about huntley and hopefully that'll get to the site manager (not in on weekends) and he'll pass it on to the appropriate person at midlands or central head office. neil has given me a list of species he has seen at huntley, dragonflies, butterflies, birds, the lot. if anyone else who has either seen something of interest at the site or goes there on a regular basis would like to do so i can then pass that information on. it might just be that one or two species really sell the site and raises some interest, so all data welcome, just send it by pm.
adam
coloz
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Be interesting how many geese came over staffs today.Look's like they were quite spread out over staffs. col
bull's birder
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Had an hour over the Harley Thorn area of Hanchurch this afternoon. Pretty quiet apart from huge numbers of Redwings, a few siskins and we were about ten foot from a pair of ravens without knowing!!! They were one side of the hedge we were the other and didn't realise til one took off and cronked!! Great close-up though but naturally the camera was in the car
Cheers
Craig
Cheers
Craig
Rob Swift
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starlings
I am hopeless at numbers. If you saw them a couple of years ago I would say about the same but they have only been back for a couple of weeks and the numbers are building apparently. I will try to attach a photo but it was getting dark (obviously) and previous attempts at attachments have not been too good!
I am hopeless at numbers. If you saw them a couple of years ago I would say about the same but they have only been back for a couple of weeks and the numbers are building apparently. I will try to attach a photo but it was getting dark (obviously) and previous attempts at attachments have not been too good!
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Charlie Sargent
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Pink-foots
A few people spotted lots of Pink-foots flying over yesterday. In Madeley we too had two flocks of geese flying over in formation side by side going south to south east. Because they were high and I did not have my bins with me I was unable to identify them. This happened at about 1.00ish.
I was wondering how everyone managed to do this and make positive identification. I would like them to have been Pink-foots for another Madeley tick but need to be sure. I listened to them as they flew over and then listened to my Pink foot sound recording when I got home but I can't be positive.
Any help please?
Charlie
A few people spotted lots of Pink-foots flying over yesterday. In Madeley we too had two flocks of geese flying over in formation side by side going south to south east. Because they were high and I did not have my bins with me I was unable to identify them. This happened at about 1.00ish.
I was wondering how everyone managed to do this and make positive identification. I would like them to have been Pink-foots for another Madeley tick but need to be sure. I listened to them as they flew over and then listened to my Pink foot sound recording when I got home but I can't be positive.
Any help please?
Charlie
terryeyre
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walk from ramblers retreat to brookleys lake this afternoon,mixed flock of 120 redpolls,siskins and goldfinches feeding on alders,also saw plenty of long tailed,great,blue and coal tits,robins,wrens,blackbirds,chaffinches,woodpigeons,crows,jackdaws and rooks.5 buzzards,3 ravens 1 jay 2 g s peckers 1 green pecker 2 goldcrests 2 treecreepers 2 marsh tits 4 nuthatches,2 bullfinches 15 manderins and 25 tufted ducks 1 badger(dead).
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i would imagine everyone ID'd them by call, i know i did. i got an app for my ipod with the calls and songs of something like 270 species, along with all the other usual information and loads of photos of differing plumages. it was well worth the money just for the calls and is a great thing to have in your pocket when out birding, just in case.
i would imagine the geese you saw yesterday were pink feet, but now comes the tricky question, do you want to assume they were pink feet and have a 'grey' tick on your list, or do you wait until some more come by and you make a 100% positive ID?
adam
