Wednesday 29 July 2015

A good mix of species but not great numbers

29th July 15            early morning                mid section

mostly sunny,  8-15°c,  1008- 1011mb,  W 2- NW 8 mph


At 7 o'clock this morning I thought it were September, misted up car windows,heavy dew and pretty cold. Walking through the Paddocks I think someone had turned the sound off, but once on the Barleyfield things started to pick up, with 4 blackcap greeting me in the Shrike Bushes and as the sun performed its magic so I began to see some birds. Another immature willow warbler along with an adult was by the old oak tree at the top of the western border.


Sparrowhawk 1♀ circling to the south of the Barleyfield
Buzzard 1 over Barleyfield
Moorhen 1 brood 1+1 imm Meadow View,
Black Headed Gull 18 Compton Field
Stock Dove 1 over Top Roses
Swift odds over Tettenhall Ridge
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 >> E over Barleyfield
House Martin 20+ over Barleyfield
Wren 4 singing mid section
Song Thrush 1 singing Station Paddock
Whitethroat 1+ Hanging Grds
Blackcap 7 Barleyfield
Chiffchaff 3 Barleyfield
Willow Warbler 2( 1 imm ) 1 imm Hanging Grds, prob same imm + 1 ad  Annex oak,
Goldcrest 1 1 Station Paddock with tit flock,
Long Tailed Tit few small flock Station Paddock
Coal Tit 1 1 Station Paddock with tit flock,
Jay 1 Annex Barleyfield
Greenfinch calls Annex Barleyfield
Goldfinch calls mid section
Bullfinch 4+ ( 1 imm ) mid section
Small Tortoiseshell 2 Barleyfield
Small Skipper few Barleyfield
Essex Skipper 3+ Barleyfield
Comma 1 Barleyfield
Meadow Brown few Barleyfield
Gatekeeper 2+ Barleyfield
Ringlet few Barleyfield
Banded Demoiselle 1 Hanging Grds
Blue Tailed Damselfly 1 Wetlands

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