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Recent content by rhbirder

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    Sandwell Valley

    Hi dave did you get my new phone number I texted you, cheers simon
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    Sandwell Valley

    I was birding around the Fens Pools NR, in Dudley on the same date you mentioned above, the 5 above mentioned Sandwich Terns flew in from the west, landing briefly on the raft on fens pool before continuing eastwards towards Sandwell. I believe they were later seen at chasewater, cheers simon.
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    Sandwell Valley

    A 7 hour session produced 59 species with highlights being 10+ Gadwall, 4 Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, 7 Cormorant, Female Peregrine, 2+ Water Rails, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Snipe, 70+ Lapwings, Resident 4 Ad + 2 Juv Common Terns Forge Mill + 2 migrant older Juv Commons Swan Pool early morn, 2...
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    Sandwell Valley

    Hi dave you have got my name down wrong, it is Simon Edwards not Richards, and double checked my list and it is in fact 171 species for the valley with the last being Little Egret, cheers simon
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    Sandwell Valley

    Cracking views of the 2 Blackwits after a text from yamyam, cheers. Goosander present again, Nice to see our young terns flying around. A rather gruesome site was an adult Lesser Black Back Gull catch a fully grown juvenile Little Grebe which it despatched and then proceeded to eat
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    Sandwell Valley

    Forgot to mention, no sign of goosander today but pair of pochard and 5 gadwall also present
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    Sandwell Valley

    An 8 hour stint in the valley today produced 58 species, highlights were 4 Juvenile Water Rails in marsh, 3 Little Grebes, Common Sandpiper, a migrant juvenile LR Plover and juvenile Common Tern on forge mill in addition to the local birds, also witnessed our young terns leave the raft and half...
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    Sandwell Valley

    An 8 hour session today. 4 Cormorant, 4 Male, 2 Female Gadwall, 4 Oystercatcher, 5 LR Plover (4 RSPB, 1 North Island), 6 Black Headed Gull, 4 Common Tern, 2 Kingfisher, Green, Great Spot Woodys, Few Sand Martins, Garden Warbler, Sedge and Reed Warblers, Numerous Goldcrests, 10+ Reed Buntings...
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    Sandwell Valley

    After twitching GR Warbler which showed very well checked Forge Mill out which produced 5 LR Plovers and 2 Common Terns and plenty of Swifts and House Martins only. cheers si
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    Sandwell Valley

    Sorry forgot to say I will be down next sat, just messaged yamyam with my number, do you meet up to start ?. If I see anything I will text yamyam when he lets me know his number, cheers si
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    Sandwell Valley

    Heard Gropper only this morn, also 2 peregrines as above and my 1st Swift of year high over Forge Mill Lake at 10.15 while I was watching the circling buzzards, cheers simon
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    Sandwell Valley

    You certainly will yamyam, I have turned the valley into my regular patch, and its already turning up the goodies, eg I have already seen the mergs, knot, garganeys and found the scoters and marsh harrier etc, that's not bad for an urban patch in the west mids county, cheers simon, heres hoping...
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    Sandwell Valley

    1 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, 3 Mallard, 4 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler (3M 1F Forge mill early am), 6 Wigeon, 7 Teal (3 Pair Forge mill), 8 Pochard, 9 Tufted, 10 Goosander (Pair Forge mill early am), 11 GC Grebe, 12 Little Grebe, 13 Cormorant, 14 Grey Heron, 15 Marsh Harrier (Female, through paddocks N...
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    Sandwell Valley

    Hi all, an amazing day in the valley today, certainly my best ever, started at swan pool where 2 common terns appeared around 8.30 am, soon after another tern appeared which turned out to be an arctic, this was attacked by the commons and flew out towards the motorway, then onto forge mill where...
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    Upton Warren

    Cheers
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