Saturday 17 May 2014

the swifts are back

round up of other reports for first half of May

Greylag Geese
3 flying SE on 3rd
and today a single flying towards town over Newbridge and then 9 in single file going northwest over wightwick (the seventh bird in the chain was a bit odd).  Suspect6 they may be from the Chillington flock.

Moorhen
today had my first young of the year on canal-3 at wightwick Mill
this is a month earlier than last6 year and two earlier than after the bad winter of 2009.
altho had a week old bird at Perton at end April.

Coot
nesting pair under Dunstall viaduct

Kingfisher
By Meccano today

Swift
3 birds at Wightwick on 10th drifting north and over the house and in Reans from Wednesday

Common Whitethroat

good numbers in southern half of valley

Lesser Whitethroat

Singing bird at newbridge on 3rd and bird seen at south end of Turners field on 10th but none today

Garden warbler
1 maybe 2 on 10th at smallholdings still there on 15th
Today birds on barley and turners field also smestow bank

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