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  1. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    A couple of you will know that I'm currently off work and recovering from surgery. I had back-to-back appointments this morning at the doctor's and the opticians. I was then due to meet a brewer friend of mine at 1 o'clock. Being as I'm unable to drive at the moment, rather than getting the bus...
  2. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    It is a sad reflection on their present-day numbers that I was quite chuffed to see a flock of 51 Starlings feeding on our recently mown fields this morning.
  3. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Yes, mutch more "butch" than a Montagu's (please excuse earlier species typo!).
  4. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Dave Yes I was too vague there. The bird I saw was not Tracey's bird. Mine was a brown bird with a patterned upper wing and silver/grey underwings marked black. It had a banded tail and a very prominent white (much more so than Tracey's bird) rump. Given this, the geographical position and the...
  5. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    No Phil. Much more pronounced "ring". Mine was definitely a Hen Harrier, mate.
  6. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Just off the phone to Brian Stretch. I had a Ringtail Hen Harrier over South Wood (Guarlford, Malvern) Clevelode Lane at 1550 this afternoon. Maybe a 15 second view of it but as clear as day is day, diving and weaving. Nearly crashed my son's car! No bins with me but they weren't required for...
  7. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    It's always worked for me Phil... doh!
  8. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Simply stunning John - great work. We're going to have to join forces and get some more of this little beauty! I can feel my Ghillie suit getting its first public airing! :eek!:
  9. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Nice bird Keith!
  10. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Yesterday, a certain birder/photographer of some repute showed me two fantastic photos (taken by him, of course) of Marsh Tits in a popular North Worcestershire Wood. This is to try to tempt him to put them on this thread. Come on JC you know you want to! ;)
  11. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Two Black Terns over the Severn flood plain next to the A4440 Temeside Way this afternoon at 1620hrs. Several large gulls too but road safety precluded IDs!
  12. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Yes. I wander south of the village (Bournheath & Dodford) and the like of Terry Hinnett do the village and the surrounding ponds/fields etc
  13. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Don't forget Ipsley Alders in Redditch too.
  14. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    3 Redwing over Lydiate Ash this a.m. (0855) whilst dog walking. I believe Gert has some more to report at the mecca too.
  15. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    There's a bird in it somewhere (you prove there isn't) and I didn't want this going to waste. Here's a shot across the meadows outside Powick, taken on my way to work this morning. I haven't really done it justice though...
  16. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    I wonder why the BBC were so reluctant to disclose the whereabouts of the feature? Using the words, "... a quiet corner of the West Midlands..."
  17. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Mick Lesser spots are most often seen along the path of the old railway track that leads from one of the secondary car parks at GR SO 772 762 (use Get-a-map) to Lodge Farm GR SO 759 766 (and beyond). The old orchard opposite Lodge Farm at GR SO 758 764 is where the Hawfinches have been seen...
  18. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    The report (on Worcester Birding News) of a Caspian Gull (2W) in Wildmoor on Monday afternoon mentioned the Landfill site. FYI, this is the site to the North of the A491 (as opposed to the Quarry (Wildmoor Aggregates) owned by the Williams family to the South of the same road).
  19. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Oh I wish I'd known 24 hours earlier, I was drinking with John Caswell on Sunday afternoon. Would have been a great mickey taking opportunity...
  20. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Had another go at one of the other Hawfinch pictures; still not very good. Then had a play with one of my inadvertent Nuthatch shots.
  21. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Went for a stroll with wife and dog (on the lead always - and so was the dog!) up the old railway line of the the Wyre Forest this morning. Very quiet going up until we turned the corner to the farm where it all went rather crazy. Here are a few record shots as almost everything was at...
  22. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Grey Wagtail in St John's Churchyard Bromsgrove this morning as I left following the funeral of Marine Carl Harrison.
  23. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    I had a very productive stroll around some of North Worcestershire's woods yesterday morning, I went out early with a view to joining the gang for the work party at Upton later in the day (as it transpires, once I had negotiated the rough and slippery terrain with the camera and tripod over my...
  24. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    Last reported 2nd Nov with a Pink-footed Goose.
  25. Sy V

    Birding in Worcestershire

    It now appears to be sorted.
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