Bittell Reservoirs and Hopwood area (1 Viewer)

[keithr]

Also Sand Martin and Reed Buntings....

 

[keithr]

Does anyone know if the reported Wheatear are still by the barn by the footpath from Upper to Lower

 

[keithr]

REPORT on W.M. Birding

2 Ring Ouzell on north fields on saturday.

 

[keithr]

REPORT.....

Philip AndrewsWEST MIDLANDS BIRDING​

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WORCESTERSHIRE: Garganey (drake) at Upper Bittell Reservoir at 3:30pm (17/05/21)

 

[keithr]

Juvenile Kingfisher and Common Terns on Lower/Shrub Mill on Sunday.

 

[keithr]

Counted 7 TERNS at Lower/Mill Shrub Sunday 1/8/21...chasing each other up over to Upper......Is this one an ARCTIC TERN anyone.....

 

[Steve Newland]

Counted 7 TERNS at Lower/Mill Shrub Sunday 1/8/21...chasing each other up over to Upper......Is this one an ARCTIC TERN anyone.....

It's certainly time to start looking for one, and the bill looks good... but I'm no expert.

 

[keithr]

I put it on West Midlands Birding (FB) and its a split decision... lol

 

[Steve Newland]

All six terns looked common today - typical Midlands riffraff really, haha! One obvious yellow-legged gull and several juvenile herrings, so I wondered if any of those were yellow-legs. The way I normally split young herrings from lessers is by the almost white heads and spangly looking coverts (rather than splotchy). Yellow-legs look to be in between. I'm just assuming they don't breed around here, so juveniles are unlikely.

Anyway, the highlight to the north was a massively distant raptor, I thought. Of course buzzard, I thought. This was through binoculars. I didn't like the way it was flying though and revised downwards to gull but got the scope on it regardless. At the distance this was a problem but after a couple of recalibrations I picked it up and stayed on it. No, those wings were two-tone and... finally the forked tail. Red kite of course. My only dilemma now is whether to cheat and add it to my Bittell list, or cheat the other way and put it on West Midlands. It was that far.

 

[keithr]

I think I know what this is BUT with all the Juveniles around it could and probably will be something else...I was thinking it was a Spotted Flycatcher....

 

[Woodchat]

I think I know what this is BUT with all the Juveniles around it could and probably will be something else...I was thinking it was a Spotted Flycatcher....

Yep 😁

 

[keithr]

Yep 😁

Oh great....in my local fields above the resa...almost on Groveley Lane....

 

[keithr]

Looked over hedge at Mill Shrub and small wader whizzing around....all I could see was it had white wing bars before going behind hedge.....

 

[Phil Andrews]

Looked over hedge at Mill Shrub and small wader whizzing around....all I could see was it had white wing bars before going behind hedge.....

I would suspect Common Sandpiper

 

[keithr]

REPORT.......

WEST MIDLANDS BIRDING​

Philip Andrews ·
2 x Little Gull (adult + juvenile) at Upper Bittell Reservoir this afternoon (05/09/21)

 

[keithr]

This was my last fighting of the HOBBY on Lower on Friday 10th Sept...as it got chased up to Upper....couldnt look over weekend but couldnt find it today...has anyone seen it after Friday please.

 

[keithr]

Copied from West Midland Birding -Phil Andrews on facebook.....
WORCESTERSHIRE: Garganey at Upper Bittell Reservoir yesterday on east shore (09/10/21)

 

[keithr]

Was the reported Egret at Lower today a Little or Great white.....?

 

[keithr]

A few Gadwall and Shoveller on Mill Shrub this afternoon.

 

[keithr]

COMMON SANDPIPER on outlet Lower Bittell 10/5/22...shots from roadway.