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    Withymoor - Amblecote, Stourbridge.....

    Long tailed Duck Hi Laurie Long time no see! Cracking find (refinds) mate. Well done. Don't get on here much nowadays but regularly keep up with your travels both locally & abroad. Entertaining & informative. As we all know Midlands patch birding can be a tedious hard slog at the best of times...
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    West Midlands County News

    Agree Phil. Find twitter/Facebook an essential part of modern birding. No longer have a pager but "following" local & national birders/sites gives as much information. This can be supplemented with phone apps Birdguides & RBA if needed. Twitter is good for immediate & daily updates along with...
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    Sandwell Valley

    Not on Bird track Dave. That is a fault of the system if no accountability of the records submitted cannot be traced to source.
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    Bittell Reservoirs and Hopwood area

    Decent day at Upper Bittell despite continuous rainfall. Chris Thompson along with Phil Parsons found a Sanderling & I believe a Greenshank which did not stay. They also found a juv Arctic Tern to accompany the 3 Common Terns ( 2 juv & adult. It was whilst watching these that a 1st summer Little...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Hi Nick Think we've all got to agree to differ on this one. Tend to agree with Richard that this issue has been done to death on other forums. Let's keep the Staffs forum "clean" so to speak & be grateful that we've all seen a cracking Red f Falcon for our area, which hopefully will carry on its...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Hi Roger I did state in my post I received some long drawn out answers from the organisations I contacted , all of this led to the unanimous conclusion of No. To elaborate most of the recognised bodies would not allow feeding of any kind unless authorised by themselves. Slimbridge for example...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Been doing a bit of research connected to this bird. Asked a simple question " Would you allow the feeding (especially of a non native species such as locusts) to a resident or vagrant bird on any of your sites. To simplify some long drawn out answers the following said a resounding NO. RSPB...
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    Sandwell Valley

    Can only reiterate your comments about Pete Carless & wish him good health & a speedy recovery. Top bloke. Hughie.
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    Sandwell Valley

    No sign of them on either Forge Mill or Swan Pool after Simon. Thanks to PH got there just in time. Didn't see them depart though. Unfortunately TH & KD missed them by minutes. Hughie.
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    sheepwash urban park

    Whilst on the subject good to see you again Mark. Not much seen after you left, except of course Laurie. I'm sure things will pick up soon. Focus on those Gulls. A Med will sneak in sometime. Cheers Hughie.
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    sheepwash urban park

    Hi Laurie. Reciprocations to yourself. Nice to have met you yesterday despite it being so quiet. All the more reason for admiring Marks perseverance when this New Year has been so static. As the lottery cliche states " you have to be in it to win it ". As we discussed, patch working can be...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Two are usually on the island in the middle of the boating pool. Best viewed from the children's playground side. I've seen them at various times in the day, although some say morning is best. Used to be a cracking place for plastic wildfowl. Mandarin, Wood Duck, R C Pochard, Ruddy Shelduck...
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    Sandwell Valley

    Sorry to hear about Alan. Smashing bloke & I can only reiterate Yam yams post & hope he makes a full recovery. Get well soon Alan. Hughie.
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    Sedgley Beacon

    Spent an hour at SB on Sunday morning. Usual Mipits, Jays, goldfinches & a few flyover Redwing. Very windy up top but calm in the scrub valley. Interrupted by a text from Craig about the Y b W. There in half an hour not realising it was another cracking find by him! Think he was on a natural...
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    Sedgley Beacon

    Couldn't agree more Craig. Used to be up there in the late 70s & early 80s seeing my first Willow Warbler, Redwing, Fieldfare & even Yellowhammer (long since gone). However it's reputation for urban scum made the place a no go area. After your recent sightings I have given it a couple of...
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