Birding In Staffordshire (1 Viewer)

[russell toon]

Nice meeting you Rob,shame we missed out on the little owl.

Had a look for it but not there this morning,this spot has been a roosting place in the past.Probably been disturbed by the fence repairs.

Russell

 

[Topspot]

Caverswall And Coalville Moss

This morning, one wheatear off roughcote lane, one chiffchaff along the Blithe coalville moss, two kingfisher,swallow over village, the two regular raven still about,8+ Skylarks, 60+ meadow pipit,buzzard sparrowhawk, also bumped into the Caverswall ranger Coloz lol.........

 

[NickPomiankowski]

Silverdale Colliery

3 wheatears present today plus the long staying 5 goosanders
Nick

 

[coloz]

This morning, one wheatear off roughcote lane, one chiffchaff along the Blithe coalville moss, two kingfisher,swallow over village, the two regular raven still about,8+ Skylarks, 60+ meadow pipit,buzzard sparrowhawk, also bumped into the Caverswall ranger Coloz lol.........

Nice to see you out and about Steve.:t:

 

[NickPomiankowski]

Cranberry

Just had an email from a friend - 2 Little Egrets seen as an "office tick" at Standon Mill SJ8235 on the stream - presumably one of them the regular at Whitmore which is only about a mile away. Standon Mill lies between Standon and Cranberry
Nick

 

[Steve Turner]

Just had an email from a friend - 2 Little Egrets seen as an "office tick" at Standon Mill SJ8235 on the stream - presumably one of them the regular at Whitmore which is only about a mile away. Standon Mill lies between Standon and Cranberry
Nick

Berry Nice.

Steve

 

[bull's birder]

Barn Owl reported from Stafford St, Walton/Stone at 9pm last night

Cheers
Craig

 

[Neil-T]

Swallow Moss And Surrounding Area

Popped over the back roads on the way home from work in the hope of seeing some migrants on the moors. Not much in the way of small birds apart from Chaffinch and Reed bunting. Did manage to see 2 Red grouse in flight, I actually heard them before I saw them, and a few pairs of feeding Curlews.

 

[Rob Jones]

Berryhill is on the Opus complete with google map.

Russell

Thanks Russ I'll have a look.

 

[russell toon]

Berryhill

14 Wheatear this morning also one Jack Snipe and 2 Stonechat.

 

[Upland Birder]

Single Curlew feeding in field just north of Thorswood this morning (8:15am) on my way to work.

Dean

 

[NickPomiankowski]

18+ Crossbills at Hanchurch Woods today, plus a chiff on territory and still 100's of redpolls and siskins

Little Egret on the SWT pumping station pools at Whitmore (Bent Lane).

Nick

 

[sylvia staffs]

Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff singing at Westport Lake this morning. Also present the semi-resident Shoveler and a Redhead goosander on the boating lake.

Sylvia

 

[Adam M]

2 singing chiffs at uni today. along with...
GSW
green woodpecker
herring gull over (but didnt land on) the sports field (site tick)
several bullfinches
kestrel (which had a kill in its talons)
all the usual finches and tits, the majority of which were singing.

there is a daft amount of flies around the site as well, them swallows and martins cant arrive soon enough.

loving the avatar pic sylvia

adam

 

[coloz]

caverswall scrape

Quick walk around patch still a big flock of meadow pipits 40+ birds 2 teal on scrape. 1 Grey heron . 3 reed bunting. 3 lbb gulls. kestrel sparrowhawk buzzard
1 lapwing flew over. 2 Chiffchaff . 6 Skylark cheers col

 

[russell toon]

Berryhill

Large flock of about 420 Meadow Pipits this afternoon on the muck-spread fields above (south side )the Lap Bunt paddock,also some Skylarks and Buntings with them.

Russell

 

[Neil-T]

Had a call from Mick, a good friend of mine who told me there was a Brent goose on the small lake on Brookhouse road, I looked for it at 5.30pm but no sign of it, maybe it's moved up to Blake hall if anyone wants to check in the morning. I did see a couple of Oysts but nothing else apart from Canadas and Mallards.

 

[Steve Turner]

Berryhill

Large flock of about 420 Meadow Pipits this afternoon on the muck-spread fields above (south side )the Lap Bunt paddock,also some Skylarks and Buntings with them.

Russell

Cool - worth checking through that lot for something unusual! The Lap Bunt was at about this time of year in 2008...

Steve

 

[Richard Powell]

Cheesedale, Brent Goose mecca!

Following a tip-off this morning, I managed a few minutes looking at the Brent Goose before I had to go to work. I even missed breakfast! :-O But I did get to work on time.

As Neil said, no sign at dusk, or at both Blake Hall Fishery (although viewing is not easy without entering) or Hales Hall Pool.

 

[Steve Turner]

The Void

6 Goosander (site record count!) present late afternoon, also a smart male Stonechat and a group of 40 odd Mipits, looking rare, as they feed on the unique clumpy, tundra-like habitat of the Void

Steve