Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas (16 Viewers)

[Woodchat]

A Red Kite over New Mill around midday.
A Water Rail showed along the canal at Ladywood
Pair of Gadwall and a Coot at Tapenhall Pool
A single Egyptian Goose along Sinton Lane
Singing male Stonechat near the bridleway
Cetti's Warblers singing
Chiffchaffs becoming more widespread
Singing Blackcaps
Kestrels
Meadow Pipits
Fieldfares and Redwings

My first Brimstone butterfly of the year

 

[Clawman]

A Red Kite over New Mill around midday.
A Water Rail showed along the canal at Ladywood
Pair of Gadwall and a Coot at Tapenhall Pool
A single Egyptian Goose along Sinton Lane
Singing male Stonechat near the bridleway
Cetti's Warblers singing
Chiffchaffs becoming more widespread
Singing Blackcaps
Kestrels
Meadow Pipits
Fieldfares and Redwings

My first Brimstone butterfly of the year

First Comma on Thursday and also first Brinmstone yesterday too👍

 

[Julie50]

Lots of reports of brimstones in the Midlands this week, I saw one at Brandon Marsh yesterday. I have had a quick read and it seems like those we are seeing are adults who hibernated over the winter and have come out to mate due to the warm weather. Let’s hope they made it as it looks like that might be it for a few weeks!

 

[Woodchat]

A Muntjac this morning near the bridleway.

Pair of Stonechats
Cetti's Warblers
2 Coots on Tapenhall pool
9 singing Chiffchaffs counted on a relatively short walk
Singing Blackcaps
Buzzards
Kestrel

3 Brimstone butterflies

 

[Philb50]

One Barn Owl tonight. Hunting along the river Bank. Also Kingfisher from bridge

 

[Woodchat]

Pair of Stonechats (male singing) near the bridleway plus another singing male along the river at the back of Coney Meadow.
2 Lesser Redpolls just west of Salwarpe village
Singing Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs
Kestrel and Buzzards
Coal Tit

Muntjac again

Significant disturbance due to gunshots - a couple of goons shooting Corvids between the canal and Chawson Lane. Let's hope that's all they were shooting!

 

[Clawman]

Red Kite being mobbed by a Raven over Dilmore Lane towards the A38 mid-afternoon

 

[Woodchat]

A pair of Mandarins at Salwarpe this morning.
Pair of Stonechats on High Park
Coot on Tapenhall Pool and 2 on a Pool near Hawford Grange
Meadow Pipit
Winter Thrushes
Singing Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs

They have now finished ploughing the rough field near Salwarpe - so that's unlikely to be any good for Barn Owl now. It will be interesting to see if Stonechats attempt to breed again this year now the areas of suitable habitat have been significantly reduced.

 

[Woodchat]

Pair of Mandarins on river adjacent to Coney Meadow this morning plus another pair near the confluence at Hawford.
Red Kite near Knight's Grove
Pair of Gadwall on river near Tapenhall
Pair of Greylags at Hawford
Buzzards
Kestrel
Meadow Pipits
Great Spotted and Green Woodpeckers
Singing Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps
Mistle Thrushes
Singing Blackbirds and Song Thrushes
Redwings and Fieldfares

 

[Andris75]

Coney Meadow (15:00 - 18:00)

BARN OWL (First appeared at 16:35)
Buzzard
Kestrel
Reed Bunting
Goldfinch
Linnets
Pheasant
Stonechat
Redwings and Fieldfares
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipits

 

[Phil Andrews]

Any images of the White Wagtail?

 

[Woodchat]

Pair of Mandarins Coney Meadow again this morning.
Egyptian Goose along Sinton Lane
2 Pairs of Gadwall around Tapenhall plus 2 Coots
Pair of Stonechats north of Salwarpe village
Yellowhammer
Meadow Pipits
Raven
Skylarks
Kestrel

 

[Woodchat]

A Little Egret on waterlogged field between Tapenhall and Mildenham this morning.
Pair of Stonechats from the bridleway at Salwarpe.
A Meadow Pipit in full song briefly (unusual) plus other small flocks noted.
Kingfishers at Coney and near Mildenham
Cetti's Warblers singing
Mistle Thrushes
Fieldfares and Redwings
Pied Wagtails
Grey Herons
Singing Reed Buntings
3 Sparrowhawks
Buzzards
Kestrel
Skylarks

7 Hares on High Park
Fox

 

[Woodchat]

Little Egret again at Tapenhall
2 Coots Tapenhall Pool
Pair of Stonechats near bridleway
12 singing Chiffchaffs counted in circular walk (increasing slowly)
Singing Blackcaps
Meadow Pipits
Large flocks of mainly Fieldfares in newly tilled fields near Salwarpe
Redwings
Large flocks of Linnets near Salwarpe
Kestrels
Mistle Thrushes
Grey Wagtails
Pied Wagtails

 

[Woodchat]

I was stunned to have prolonged views of a female Fallow Deer near Knight's Grove this morning - a species I've never seen on the patch before. It just stood looking at me for about 5 minutes and then, when it turned, I could see its distinctive long black and white tail and white rump with black surround - very different from the smaller Roe Deers that are frequently seen around here.

A Little Egret was hanging around Coney Meadow this morning.
Good views of Cetti's Warbler
3 Stonechats seen - a pair on High Park and Coney plus a male near the bridleway.
Pair of Yellowhammers in the newly tilled field
Kingfisher
Singing Blackcaps becoming more widespread.
Egyptian Goose near Sinton Lane
A few small flocks of Meadow Pipits over
Skylarks
Buzzards and Kestrel

2 Hares

 

[Woodchat]

Barn Owl flying around High Park

 

[Woodchat]

4 Sand Martins over Coney Meadow now - my first 'proper' summer migrants of the year.

3 Snipes seen in the reedbed cuttings

 

[Woodchat]

2 singing male Stonechats - 1 in Coney reedbed and the other near the bridleway plus a female.
Little Egret on waterlogged field between Tapenhall and Mildenham
Yellowhammer
Meadow Pipits
Singing Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs
Cetti's Warblers
Skylarks
2 Kestrels
Buzzards
Kingfisher
Raven
Grey Herons

Butterflies on the wing:
Peacocks
Commas
Brimstones

 

[Woodchat]

3 Sand Martins this evening but no sign of the Barn Owl.

A Water Rail called from Coney reedbed.

Several Bats flying around at dusk - mainly pipistrelles but also a slightly larger species.

 

[Woodchat]

A Peregrine circling over Chawson Lane this morning.
A Little Egret around Coney Meadow and Salwarpe.
Pair of Mandarins flew from Coney
Singing male Stonechat Coney Meadow
Redpoll over Coney
Singing Chiffchaffs in abundance now
Singing Blackcaps
3 Yellowhammers
Raven
Kingfisher
Treecreeper
Cetti's Warblers

Hare High Park