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  1. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    Nice to see this thread start up again. I had a pair of Dippers on the brook yesterday with the male singing.
  2. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    I'm in the Wire Forest regularly and i've never seen a Willow Tit, but I've seen plenty of Marsh Tits. The best person to enquire of would be the county recorders.
  3. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    Dipper and Kingfisher on the brook today, Housemartins, Swallows and at least 10 Swift. Great view of a Cuckoo flying in to the top of a tree and calling. Numerous Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler. 3 Wood Warbler heard but not seen. 2 Common Lizzards fighting and good numbers of Butterfly...
  4. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    Purple Hairstreak butterfly today at Button Oak. White Admiral last week at Trimply
  5. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    I saw Spotted Flycatcher on Saturday in the forest, so yes they have arrived.
  6. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    2 Painted Lady butterflies plus loads of Pearl Bordered Fratillaries on the wing today.
  7. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    Tree Pipits are back in the forest.
  8. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    A quad bike was on the track along the Dowles Brook, anyone know details about the legality of bike and quad bike use in the forest, and who to contact if they are seen again?
  9. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    5 Dippers yesterday and 1 Kingfisher today . Also of note, plenty of Grey Wagtails. Jackie
  10. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    I managed to flush a Woodcock in the Forest today, I must have been within a few feet of it and never saw it till it flew. Good camouflage. Jackie
  11. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    Two Dippers on the brook today fighting, one looked asif it's feathering had pale edges. Perhaps one of this years young being driven off. Also a flock of Siskins in an Alder. Other than that it was all Tits, Robins and Blackbirds. Jackie
  12. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    3 Swifts over the Forest today, it's now officially summer. Also 6 species of butterfly, although no Fratillaries today, my first common Lizard and Dor Beetle of the year. Jackie
  13. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    The other side of the track from Knowles Coppice and upstream of lodge hill farm. Jackie
  14. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    Had a great day yesterday, Pied Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Wood Warbler, dipper and Grey Wagtail plus plenty of Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers. At least 25 to 30 Palmate Newts in the trackside ditches, and 5 different species of Butterfly, Peacock, Brimstone, Orange tip, Comma and 1...
  15. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    6 Crossbills yesterday on the Shropshire side of the stream. Jackie
  16. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    Another good day, with another Lesser Spotted Woody (female), male Redstart, loads of Willow Warblers and at least 3 Tree Pipits singing. Also Common Lizard, Adder and loads of what I think were Palmate Newts. Are they the ones that fold their tails back along their bodies and shiver the tip to...
  17. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    A good day in the forest yesterday, with plenty of the usual woodland birds, plus 8 Brambling, Marsh Tit, and Lesser Spotted Woody at Lodge Hill farm. I also saw 2 Muntjac and a small group of Fallow Deer, and later on a Fox as well. Jackie
  18. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    I should add that the farms driveway is not a public right of way. The footpath is accessed from Knowles Coppice to the side of the farm. Jackie
  19. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    2 Hawfinch there again today. Keith, the Orchard/meadow is directly over the bridge, a footpath runs uphill from the farm, over the bridge and through the meadow. Lots of Yellow Ant hills. Jackie
  20. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    Hawfinch again at Lodge Hill, plus 2 dippers together on the stream, and at least 6 Crossbills up towards Button Oak. Jackie
  21. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    1 Hawfinch today at Lodge Hill Farm, plus Dipper and a pair of Mandarin Ducks on the brook. Jackie
  22. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    Tom As Woodwolf said these birds are easily disturbed, but this is a good area for them. I have been lucky enough to see a pair of Kingfishers and a pair of Dipper at the same time and at the same spot, feeding within feet of each other. Then 3 dogs and their owner noisily splashed up the...
  23. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    Saw them at Wimperhill, off the main track, where the tributary stream runs down in to Dowles Brook. There's a narrow muddy little track running above the stream and plenty of Conifers. Jackie
  24. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    Over 40 Common Crossbills in the forest today. This is the biggest flock I have seen here. Jackie
  25. jackied

    Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest

    Pearl Boardered Fritillary on the wing today in Wyre Forest. Jackie
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