Sandwell Valley (1 Viewer)

[yamyam]

Pintail drake by hide, Raven over and Cetti's near sluice per Pete Hackett
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

Great white Egret flew over Hill 60 per Pete Hackett
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[yamyam]

Mandarin pair briefly on Forge Mill this AM per Richard Baker and Mike Nicklin
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

male Mandarin under willows South bank at Forge Mill per Mike Ixer
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

Mandarin still forge Mill
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

A Snipe count today produced 60 Snipe and 11 Jack Snipe.
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

Mandarin still present and s Chiffchaff at Hill Top.
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[steve_zodiac]

Great White Egret on FML at 9am, just along from the hide near the viewing platform. Then flew low over the trees and looked to be heading towards the Newton meadows.
Also 25 Shovelers on FML, and 164 Coot on Swan pool.

 

[yamyam]

Great White Egret on FML at 9am, just along from the hide near the viewing platform. Then flew low over the trees and looked to be heading towards the Newton meadows.
Also 25 Shovelers on FML, and 164 Coot on Swan pool.

Cheers Steve.
Good Birding YAMYAM and a Happy Xmas to all

 

[Julie50]

Some wigeon today

 

[steve_zodiac]

Cold an frosty earlier this morning.....- 4 degrees at 07.30am. Forge mill lake partly frozen.

3 Little Egrets
2 Goldeneye on Swan pool
1 Water Rail in the marsh
32 RN Parakeets from roost and around the RSPB centre.
1 Green Woodpecker
A few Redwings about.

 

[steve_zodiac]

Not much difference in bird numbers on Swan pool or FML this lunchtime.

Goldeneyes still on Swan pool.
10 Herring Gulls
26 Shovelers on FML
23 Pochards on FML
9 Goosander

More people than birds today 🤬

 

[yamyam]

2m and 2 female goldeneye swan pool plus 4 shoveler, kingfisher, 2 skylark over. Colliery bank: 15 plus goldcrest fm: 19 snipe, 30 lapwing, 8 goosander, little egret, 2 gs wd, 5 meadow pulpit on deck Tanhouse field per Steve Lilly
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[Oliver Brum]

2m and 2 female goldeneye swan pool plus 4 shoveler, kingfisher, 2 skylark over. Colliery bank: 15 plus goldcrest fm: 19 snipe, 30 lapwing, 8 goosander, little egret, 2 gs wd, 5 meadow pulpit on deck Tanhouse field per Steve Lilly
Good Birding YAMYAM

Is there a map that shows the locations that you describe? Can't find them on OS maps.

 

[yamyam]

Is there a map that shows the locations that you describe? Can't find them on OS maps.

Unfortunately not most places have got their names from regular patch workers over many years
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

Great white Egret over Forge Mill this AM per Richard Baker.
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

Great white Egret again on Forge Mill per Terry Nicklin
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

Great white Egret in Roost yesterday per Pete Hackett
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

The year got off to a fairly good start with 68 species, main Highlights being a Yellow legged Gull, Common Gull and 5 Goldeneye on Swan Pool, a Jack snipe was seen on the Bund and the Cetti's warbler was heard near the Sluice.
Good Birding YAMYAM

 

[yamyam]

We had 3 additions to the year list today Greylag per Matt Hadlington, Kestrel per Richard Baker and Woodcock per My Self taking the year list to 71
Good Birding YAMYAM