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  1. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Good deed for the day - nice to see a post from the place. I haven't been down for yonks but will summon up the enthusiasm over the Winter..... Good birding - Laurie -
  2. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Yes it does - i cycled over yesterday and not having to park a car means i can view from the factory side then along and up onto the canal and view the shoreline for waders from above. I then moved along and dropped down to the John’s Lane tunnel to circuit Sheepwash which although quiet held...
  3. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Nesting at Merry Hill mate👍🏻
  4. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Excellent mate - ta for the update:t: ATB - Laurie:t:
  5. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    It’s a sign of the times that you are ‘patch’ working the ‘Wash again Geoff;) With The Goldfish Bowl closed i suspect there will be more of this once common activity - i thought your suggestion of a webcam down there was a novel one👍🏻 All the best - Laurie:t:
  6. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    ‘No Hirundines seen’..... I could post that quote on every thread of the sites that i visit locally. I have visited Fens Pools for 5 consecutive mornings with not a single record of a Swallow or Martin spp. My brother went to Sandwell Valley on Saturday afternoon, perfect weather for hawking...
  7. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Popped in en-route to Sandwell Valley. The place is finally receiving a bit of woodland management and not before time imo:t: A patchwork of coppice areas will give it a range of regrowth that should benefit the shrub layer but i would have liked to have seen the cut material left as habitat...
  8. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Could be an early-flowering Barren Strawberry - the sepal arrangement is different:t: Laurie -
  9. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    just seen it on Twitter..... Laurie -
  10. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    A month since the last post..... Bumped into Hughie King ystda and in the absence of anything of note we indulged in what birders do when in that situation - we talked of 'what's about' and previous ticks! The Ruddy Duck aka 'Lonesome Dove' finally seems to have disappeared, i think i last saw...
  11. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Does anybody visit these days? An hour or so down there with a circuit of the main pool only. A couple of singing Reed Warblers and a Chiffchaff. Lots of Herons but not as many Little Grebes as during the breeding season last year? A good range of flowers out with lots of vetches - i picked...
  12. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    That's an excellent record and getting a tad late? Do you know if it was a singing bird? Laurie:t:
  13. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Popped in for an hour or so on Sunday - no other birders seen but a worthwhile visit on a very pleasant, Spring-like, day..... To my surprise, having heard a distinct Raven cackle, there was a bird busily dismantling an old nest/drey and flying off to one of the Pylons. It's smaller swarthy...
  14. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Popped in ystda, briefly, just clocked Lonesome Dove on the main pool and a load of 'coonts in the community' lounging around - i offered to go and get them some Sun-tan lotion but there were no takers;) Laurie:t:
  15. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Nice that Rattlechain has pulled in a passage wader. Laurie:t:
  16. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Just checked an old notebook 'wash ca84 - 32 Common Sandpipers around the main pool:eek!: Laurie:t:
  17. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Had a male Pheasant a couple of Sundays ago on the chemical pool out in the open wandering about... Laurie:t:
  18. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Had an hour or so there ystda - no waders but i don't expect any to hang around on the weekend, particularly Sunday, as the site does recieve visitors. 4 spp of warbler including 3 singing Reed, 3 clutches of Canada Goose and their Sulphur-coloured offspring. Rattlechain;) Held an impressive...
  19. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Only you could blame a Plod 'chopper (;)) It's yr age mate! Can you still hear a Goldcrest singing? If not then you've probably missed an annual Savi's..... Laurie:t:
  20. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    There was a Reed Warbler singing in that reedbed on the left the day we saw you Mark, i thought you had heard it? Laurie:t:
  21. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    It just goes to show, Mark, what difference a day makes:eek!: 3 spp of wader is excellent and with SedgeW and Whinchat who knows? You might even drag GeoffWilliams1496 back to his roots;)..... Laurie:t:
  22. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Mark - had a single Common Sandpiper after we left you ystda on the "beach". Laurie:t:
  23. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    St George? Where is he? I have a hideous fire-breathing old dragon that needs slaying!..... We have some local Peregrines 'making a mess';) http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/12905284.Peregrine_falcons_set_up_home_in_Kidderminster/?ref=mr&lp=1 Laurie:t:
  24. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    What are you doing Sat Mark? The 'Wash' or u comin' on down to the 'Valley to hang with the boys? There'll be a few year-ticks and some 'Swaros to be photographed standing next to? Seriously, if you are coming over.....bring my Green hat while it still fits;) Laurie:t:
  25. rollingthunder

    sheepwash urban park

    Presume the Plodz have been informed Mark? Laurie:t:
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