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  1. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    It certainly is - Myself and a certain Mr Locker always Call Wood pigeons 'Badgers' that too is a long & tenuous tale ps Spoke briefly to Higgo last Sunday he's visiting Staffs in the next week or so
  2. smyrna

    Hello from Stoke on Trent.....

    A Up Deb - Welcome I'm a resident of 'Castle ( under lyme )
  3. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Red Kite Kite of the Red variety over Hanchurch on Sunday
  4. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Void Med Heres the hoped for pic
  5. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Yeah and them Penny Farthings had no gears either !!!;)
  6. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Yeah I know Stevo I went on Sunday and there wasnt a single Gull present and theres nowt to look at if you hang around to wait
  7. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Iceland Gull Iceland Gull pic attached ( could be the bird seen at Sandbach later today )
  8. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Void 1 Iceland Gull adult seen briefly today by Dave Kelsall on the mud at the end of Cannel road , Silverdale at 2pm ( hopefully photos to follow ) also the adult Caspian Gull was present ( yesterday briefly aswell ) Its very hit and miss with the Gulls here e.g. at 12.00pm there was a...
  9. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    GGO & Little Egret That was a brilliant holiday we had in Finland did you ever get a copy of Jeds DVD of the trip? ps the Little Egret seems to have departed Westport now the big thaw is on heres a pic of it leaving cheers PJ
  10. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

  11. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Little Egret at Westport Joined the select band of birders who have seen Little Egret at Westport this morning the bird was perched briefly in trees at the lakeside before flying into the Nature reserve where it stayed for a couple mins before flying upstream. The 4th record I'm told.B (: Also...
  12. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Bill Low had a female Goshawk being mobbed by a Sparrowhawk at Hanchurch this morning.
  13. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Remember this is a STAFFS SCARCE BIRDS forum ie NO garden birds or birds from other counties. ATB
  14. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    More pics of the Fudge and Scaup at Brookleys also Peregrine here and 5 Raven in the area. Smew, 2 Mandarins and Green Winged Teal at Blith plus a report of the Great Northern still being present.Also a Yellow legged Gull at Westport this morning.
  15. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Mmmm! I'm just finishing the last few projects aswell, been in the house 17 years !! ;)
  16. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Caspo Caspian Gull adult on the Void, Silverdale Colliery again briefly this morning but flushed. Highlights for me in 2009 were Nightingale (seen) at Branston and the Glossy Ibis at Drayton Bassett both Staffs ticks and without question the Belted Kingfisher was the bird of the decade if not...
  17. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Caspo
  18. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Caspo on the Void Heres the pics of said Caspo a fine individual found and photographed by Dave Kelsall.Very few gulls there today presumably as there is no water for a wash & brush up cheers PJ
  19. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Bless you for that;)
  20. smyrna

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Caspo Heres a pic of said Caspo taken by Dave Kelsall ( it woke up after Nick left ) also nearby a Barn Owl has been seen on several occasions hunting the 'Alpine meadow' area just off the Silverdale track at Black Bank
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