Sandwell Valley (3 Viewers)

[yamyam]

Year list League table will be posted every Saturday cheers Dave

Year lists as of 10/3/18

Mel Jones - 92 Mandarin
Nightwing - 85 Kingfisher
Dave Saunders - 83 Greylag
Mike Ixer - 79 Dunlin
Craig Reed - 79 Stonechat
John Clarke - 77 Little Egret
Matt Hadlington - 76 Oystercatcher
Pete Carless - 68 Common Gull
Dave Waite - 68 Fieldfare
Adrian Kirton- 65 Goldeneye
Steve Lilly - 63 Yellow Legged Gull
Richard Eyres - 56 Siskin
Tony Johnson - 56 Siskin

Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[xFritzx]

Year list League table will be posted every Saturday cheers Dave

Year lists as of 10/3/18

Mel Jones - 92 Mandarin
Nightwing - 85 Kingfisher
Dave Saunders - 83 Greylag
Mike Ixer - 79 Dunlin
Craig Reed - 79 Stonechat
Matt Hadlington - 76 Oystercatcher
John Clarke - 77 - Little Egret
Pete Carless - 68 Common Gull
Dave Waite - 68 Fieldfare
Adrian Kirton- 65 Goldeneye
Steve Lilly - 63 Yellow Legged Gull
Richard Eyres - 56 Siskin
Tony Johnson - 56 Siskin

Good Birding YAMYAM

If you could add me on to the list, I'm on 67 so far (Last year being Lesser Redpoll) . Is anyone else logging sightings on Patchwork Challenge?

 

[yamyam]

If you could add me on to the list, I'm on 67 so far (Last year being Lesser Redpoll) . Is anyone else logging sightings on Patchwork Challenge?

I can add to the list no problem I don't think anyone doing Patchwork challenge

Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

Carl Seabode joins our year listing league table

Year lists as of 10/3/18

Mel Jones - 92 Mandarin
Nightwing - 85 Kingfisher
Dave Saunders - 83 Greylag
Mike Ixer - 79 Dunlin
Craig Reed - 79 Stonechat
John Clarke - 77 Little Egret
Matt Hadlington - 76 Oystercatcher
Pete Carless - 68 Common Gull
Dave Waite - 68 Fieldfare
Carl Seebode -67 Redpoll
Adrian Kirton- 65 Goldeneye
Steve Lilly - 63 Yellow Legged Gull
Richard Eyres - 56 Siskin
Tony Johnson - 56 Siskin

Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

At least 5 Water Rails calling on rspb reserve early evening per Rspb
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[yamyam]

Presumably the Glaucous Gull that graced the Valley with a brief appearance Saturday morning roosted at Bartley Reservoir in the evening

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[yamyam]

Curlew nice bonus flying over golf course calling. Reported by a birder landed briefly on island earlier.per Pete Hackett
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[yamyam]

Curlew

The first documented record was in 1952 when birds where present in the Valley during the breeding season, now its only a passage migrant with most records being birds in flight, occasionally birds have landed and we had one bird spend three months with us in the Newton Fields, the maximum flock to date being eight birds seen in January 1985 since 2000 we have had birds yearly except 2004 and 2009, between 2000 and today’s bird 11th March 2018 we have had 32 records involving 35 birds.

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[yamyam]

Buzzard x5 Monks/Newton Meadow per Steve Lilly

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Pintail pair on Reserve per Steve Lilly

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[yamyam]

Ref Curlew

Dave Waite had a Curlew over Tipton at 9:00 O'clock this AM same bird ?

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[yamyam]

Feeders

Reed Bunting x8
Chaffinch x16
Greenfinch x13
Bullfinch c8
Redpoll
Long Tailed Tit x2
Willow Tit x2
Coal Tit x2
Ring Necked Parakeet x7
Stock Dove x4

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[yamyam]

From Centre

Lapwing c10
Buzzard x6
Raven
Cormorant x2
Goosander x4
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Jay x6

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[yamyam]

Marsh/Forge Mill

Shoveler x10
Teal x6
Wigeon x8
Pochard 1 male
Goldeneye pair
Pintail pair
Oystercatcher x4

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[yamyam]

update on Pete Carless I Phoned the Hospital and they let me speak to him he said treatment​ was working slowly and he sounded in good spirits

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[yamyam]

9 little grebes and a lone female goldeneye on Swan.per Mike Ixer
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[yamyam]

There was a drake Goldeneye on Forge Mill this morning. 14 Wigeon were near Kingfisher corner and 12 Goosander along the river. I could only see 8 Lapwing on the island. That's a poor total for the beginning of the breeding season.per Pete Hackett

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[yamyam]

Goldeneye

A few people have commented on how long the Goldeneye have been with us this winter period there have been Goldeneye present since November 12th last year spending weekdays on Swan Pool and weekends on Forge Mill due to yacht club boating on Swan Pool on Saturdays as of today 11th March 2018 there as been a presence in the Valley for 119 day's.

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[yamyam]

Brambling x3 reported on bird track

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[yamyam]

Swan pool
Goldeneye m, 2f, Little Grebe c8 and Great Crested Grebe x2
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