Sandwell Valley (2 Viewers)

[yamyam]

Brambling x2 male under Feeders per Mike Ixer
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juvenile collared dove in the garden with adults at the moment.per Mike Ixer
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Collared Dove by Mike Ixer

 

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Forge mill: 5 swallow, 2 blackcap, chiffchaff, willow warbler and 2 buzzard. Blackcap and willow warb valley year ticks per Steve Lilly
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[yamyam]

possible additions in April

Black-necked Grebe
Garganey
Goshawk
Hobby
Avocet
Golden plover
Sanderling
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Little Gull
Kittiwake
Little Tern
Sandwich Tern
Arctic Tern
Black Tern
Little Owl
Short eared owl
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Tree Pipit
Rock Pipit
Water Pipit
Black Redstart
Redstart
Whinchat
Reed Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Garden Warbler
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher

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[yamyam]

Song Thrush near Feeders by Wali Taylor

 

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2 male and 1 female brambling under feeders with 2 parakeet. At 16.12. per Richard Davis
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LP and LRP by Wali Taylor

 

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Redshank, 2 Common Tern island per Pete Hackett
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3 wheatear salters paddocks per John Clarke
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Still one Wheatear Paddocks by Warstone Drive at 17:30 per Matt Hadlington

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Two Wheatears on veiw from muddy track side of paddocks per Matt Hadlington
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4 Wheatears Swan Pool paddocks this evening per Rob Preston.
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[yamyam]

Year lists as of 14/4/18

White Wagtail not included in totals

Dave Saunders- 103 Ringed plover
Nightwing - 96 Redshank
John Clarke - 93 Osprey
Mel Jones - 91 House Martin
Mike Ixer - 90 Redshank
Matt Hadlington -90 Wheatear
Craig Reed- 88 Ringed plover
Dave Waite - 74 Blackcap
Steve Lilly -72 Blackcap
Carl seabode -71 Wheatear
Pete Carless - 65 Common Gull
Adrian Kirton- 65 Goldeneye
Tony Johnson - 60 LRP
Richard Eyres - 60 LRP

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[Steve Sutton]

White wagtail ,brambling,willow warbler on Forge mill lake ,2_common tern on Swan pool,lesser spotted pecker Sutton park yesterday

 

[yamyam]

Nice one Steve I got excited when I saw lesser spot until I read Sutton bit :t:
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Common Terns and Redshank by Wali taylor

 

[yamyam]

A note on year listing I use bird journal to keep a tally on my own year list
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2 l r p islands 2 common tern islands per Eric Norman
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Osprey over Forge Mill per John Clarke
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