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  1. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Head shape alone looks good for a Caspian. Eye looks good too.
  2. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Very little at Bartley today......... 17 Herring Gulls 139 LBB gulls 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Chiffchaff Thats about it......
  3. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Good job I wasn't doing a bird race at Bartley today, the only racing going on was by boats........loads of them......pushed what birds there were down to the southern end of the res and even then nearly forced them off the res altogether :C But anyway....... 1 Green Sandpiper 2 Buzzards 1...
  4. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Not much at Bartley this afternoon apart from the usual gulls. However, for some reason, there seemed to be rather a lot of Large White butterflies moving south over the res during the hour that I was there.
  5. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Not much going on at Bartley the past few days, nothing passing through at all. Its been a bit more livelier up on Walton hill (Worcs) though. Lots of hirrundines passing over Monday and Tuesday, and quite a few Whitethroats, Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs too. More Buzzards than usual, and a few...
  6. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Probably was me actually. I was the only birder there at that time, and I do tend to lean back against the side of the car when I've got my scope out......terrible posture I know |:D|
  7. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Got to see the Two barred Crossbills after standing around in a wood at the edge of Broomhill reservoir for three hours with about sixty other birders. There were hundreds of Crossbills, constantly flying around and disappearing for ages before coming back, landing on the treetops, then taking...
  8. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Thurs 15.8.13.......12pm-2pm Not a lot........ 5 Whitethroat 1 Blackcap 35 Herring Gulls 2 Chiffchaffs No visit tomorrow, I'm off to South Yorkshire to see the Two-barred Crossbills
  9. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Adult Yellow-legged Gull, which incidentally wasn't there this morning. As for Scotland, well I'm half Scottish so its any excuse to get me up there |:d|. But it really is a great place to go, especially if you like birding in wild isolated and out of the way places. I didn't see another birder...
  10. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    List of main bird sightings on Scottish trip as follows Greylag Goose (3 presumably wild birds over Loch Broom) Common Eider Common Scoter Goldeneye Red breasted Merganser Goosander Red Grouse (Carn Ban Mor and Skye) Ptarmigan (Pass of the Cattle and Carn Ban mor) Red throated Diver Black...
  11. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    After spending the past seven days birding in the wilds of north-west Scotland it was back to reality this evening with an hour at Bartley. 1 Yellow legged Gull 23 Herring Gulls 1 Chiffchaff 1 Blackcap 1 Whitethroat And that was about it
  12. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Tues 6.8.13.......6.30pm - 7.45pm 1 Little Egret still by the sluice at the southern end 3 Green Sandpipers 30+ Swallows 2 Whitethroats 1 Chiffchaff 6 Herring Gulls et al.......
  13. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Fri 2.8.13.....6.15am - 7.45am and 5.00pm - 6.00pm 1 Little Egret 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Common Sandpiper 3 Sand Martins 30+ Swallows plus 450 Woodpigeons north-west over the res 5pm-6pm And an afternoon on Walton hill (Worcs) produced a Honey Buzzard soaring just east of Walton before drifting...
  14. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Thurs 1.8.13.....9.30am - 11.00am 1 Little Egret beside sluice at south end 2 Green Sandpipers 8 Grey Herons 50+ Swallows 250 LBB Gulls plus the usual stuff
  15. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Wed 24.7.13....11.15am x 1.30pm 2 Buzzards 1 Common Sandpiper 5 Grey heron 5 GC Grebe (inc 1 first year bird) 18 Herring Gulls 60+ Swifts c300 LBB Gulls (inc many juvenile birds) et al...
  16. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    23.7.13.....evening..... Boats, boats....everywhere.......more boats than gulls and there were a lot of gulls..... Needless to say with all that disturbance very little in the way of birdlife, and no waders at all. 12 Herring Gulls 2 Stock Doves 1 Whitethroat 1 Bullfinch 35 mallards Thats...
  17. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Tues 16-7-13.....9.30am x 11am and 3pm x 4pm 1 Yellow-legged Gull 400+ LBB Gulls 150+ BH Gulls 39 Herring Gulls 3 Common Terns
  18. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    15-7-13....2pm x 3.45pm 560 LBB Gulls 42 Herring Gulls 3 Common Terns 5 Common Sandpipers 1 Green Sandpiper et al....
  19. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    12-7-13....Quick visit this morning before work...... 3 Common Terns 1 Green Sandpiper c80 LBB Gulls 30+ Swifts Plus usual warblers
  20. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Tuesday 8.15pm x 9.15pm. Several boats on the res from the local sailing club but disturbance minimal. 4 Common Terns (inc 2 juveniles) 2 Chiffchaffs 50+ Swifts 20+ House Martins 31 Canadas c50 LBB Gulls 1 Whitethroat 30+ Magpies 1 Common Sand et al.....
  21. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Stopped off at Bartley for an hour today on my way home from deepest Staffordshire..... 1 Redshank 1 Common Sand 15 Herring Gulls 2 Chiffchaffs Had a report that a Grasshopper Warbler has been reeling at Bartley a couple of evenings over the past week, "near the sluice in the southern corner".
  22. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    And this evening at Bartley....... 1 Common Sand 1 Lapwing 34 Canadas plus 6 juveniles 18 Mallards plus 8 ducklings 130 LBB Gulls 8 Herring Gulls 3 Chiffchaffs et al.......
  23. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    :-O:-O I sat here and thought "What's he on about" .........Ive changed it........it was a Dusky Warbler at Sheepwash......which was another good find on a local patch.
  24. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    I recall him saying he went there because it was his own spot, and his incentive was to "rack up as many sets of initials in the WMBC Reports as he could, which wasn't difficult as he was the only one there". Its a bit like the guy who has watched that cemetery in Kent for years......and the...
  25. steve_zodiac

    Bartley reservoir

    Thanks John. I had a wander round the fields behind the church last week. I'm surprised how underwatched it is, I know its quiet at the moment but thats what you expect at this time of year. I'm optimistic, I know its going to get some good stuff this autumn :t:
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