Sandwell Valley (3 Viewers)

[yamyam]

Only three months in to the year and we have had six species we never had last year Smew, Bean Geese,Whopper Swan, Kittiwake, Black Redstart and Goshawk.
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

We had 94 species in the Valley in March
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[yamyam]

Well another month gone and the year list has gone up to 109 species. Highlights being the first Black Redstart for eight years unfortunately it didn’t stick around, Curlew, Redshank and Ringed Plover put in a brief appearance, the Little Owl was seen and so was the Barn Owl. We had Red Kite and Osprey on the same day a sprinkling off migrants with Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Sand Martin, Swallow and House Martin. Wheatear made it just before the end of the month with a Male in the Swan Pool Meadow on the 30th; we had a second Osprey over Salter’s Lane and two possible Ospreys where seen distantly one over Dartmouth Park and the other over Forge Mill. A cracking male Brambling was at Salter’s Lane and the Month finished with our first Goshawk for three years:-

96, Curlew
97, Ringed Plover
98, Little Owl
99, Redshank
100, Black Redstart
101, Chiffchaff
102, Osprey
103, Red Kite
104, Sand Martin
105, Swallow
106, House Martin
107, Wheatear
108, Brambling
109, Goshawk
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

Chiffchaff x2 Hill Top and Ring Necked Parakeets x2 Paddocks per Steve Lilly
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[steve_zodiac]

Forgot to say I had my first Butterfly today Small Tortoiseshell also saw a Hare a mammel I have not seen in Valley for many years
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Dave, I was talking to a woman dog walker last week who seems to know a lot about the Valley. She told me of a hare that's been frequenting the fields around the old farm in Forge Lane for the past few weeks so presumably they are one of the same.

 

[yamyam]

Thanks for that Steve I checked a few note books and the last one I saw was in 1999.
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[midlands birder]

Today. Willow Tit on Feeders.
From hide 1-3:30. 3 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin, 1 Swallow. 1 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 1 Snipe, 1 Wigeon briefly.

 

[yamyam]

Possible additions in April:-
Marsh Harrier
Hobby
Merlin
Garganey
Whimbrel
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Avocet
Black Tailed Godwit
Dunlin
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Common Tern
Artic Tern
Swift
Tree Pipit
Yellow Wagtail
Redstart
Whinchat
Ring Ouzel
Willow warbler
Reed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Whitethroat
Garden Warbler
Yellowhammer

Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

Garganeys on the move today and a Swift in Penkridge !
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[yamyam]

Andy Purcell informs me the Hare is the first record on the that side of the motorway in forty years
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[yamyam]

Red kite today per Rspb
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[yamyam]

Little Ringed Plover x3 today per Pete Carless
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[yamyam]

Swan Pool
Shoveler x2, m,f, Little Grebe c4, Great Crested Grebe x2, Lesser Black Back x25, Herring Gull x3, Sand Martin c20, Swallow c6 and Pochard x1 female
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[yamyam]

Swan Pool Meadow
Wheatear x1 female, Skylark and Reed Buntings x3 male.
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[yamyam]

The Dell (behind boating yard)
Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff c3 and Reed Bunting x2 male
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[yamyam]

Willow Warbler(110) new for the year
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[yamyam]

Redshank just dropped in on island
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[yamyam]

Sandwich Terns and Ospreys moving today
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[yamyam]

Willow Warbler x5 per Mike Ixer
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[yamyam]

Large number hirundines moving through Forge Mill
Sand Martins 100+, Swallow 40+ and House Martin c3
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