Herefordshire Birding (2 Viewers)

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Wellington GPs
28th April
9:45-12:00
15 swift
13 buzzard
10 stock dove
1 little owl
1 common sandpiper
1 oystercatcher
1 raven
50 swallow
40 sand martin
5 house martin
1 yellow wagtail
3 pied wagtail
20 sedge warbler
3 reed warbler
14 blackcap
4 willow warbler
7 reed bunting
2 lesser whitethroat
10 LBB gull
5 herring gull
15 BH gull

 

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Wellington GPs
6th may
8:30-12:30
1 common sandpiper
3 little ringed plover
2 oystercatcher
countless sedge warbler and whitethroat
7 willow warbler
5 chiffchaff
3 reed warbler
2 garden warbler
10 blackcap
1 hobby
1 sparrowhawk
2 bullfinch
2 kingfisher
10 BH gull
20 LBB gull
9 buzzard
1 grey heron
10 swallow
10 sand martin
2 raven
1 jay

 

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Wellington GPs
12th may
9:00-11:15
250+swift
300+swallow
200+ house martin
100+sand martin
2 cuckoo, pic below
1 yellow wagtail
1 LR plover
7 willow warbler
15 sedge warbler
10 whitethroat
2 reed warbler

Wellington GPs
22nd may
18:15-19:15
300+swift
100+ swallow
100+sand/house martin
3 LR plover
2 oystercatcher
2 lapwing
2 pied wagtail
20+LBB gull

 

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Wellington GPs
1st June

9:30-12:30

..very similar to previous visit but less hirundines and a little grebe.

 

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Wellington GPs
5th July
18:30-19:00
23 LBB gull
14 pied wagtail
1 grey heron
2 LRP
1 little owl
4 buzzard

 

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Wellington GPs
4th August
14:00-16:00
1 pied wagtail
4 cormorant
1 water rail
1 common sandpiper
1 green sandpiper
1 linnet
3 LBB gull
5 sedge warbler
1 lesser whitethroat

Wellington GPs
6th of august
13:00-14:15
1 kingfisher
2 peregrine
1 lesser whitethroat
2 sedge warbler
3 green sand
15 cormorant
1 LRP
20 lapwing
3 pied wagtail

7th August
1 pochard
30 LBB gull
1 herring gull
25 cormorant
1 green sand
1 reed warbler
1 little owl

 

[Brian Stretch]

Some great footage of the recent Spotted Crake at Wellington now online here.

Brian
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Wellington GPs
21st august
16:00-18:30
140 LBBG
2 herring gull
35 BH gull
1 gadwall
4 little grebe
1 little egret
2 grey heron
11 chiffchaff
8 sedge warbler
1 whitethroat
25 lapwing
30 sand martin
20 house martin
1 kingfisher

 

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Wellington GPs
26th august
17:00-18:00
1 reed warbler
3 sedge warbler
25 chiffchaff
2 willow warbler
5 little grebe
9 wigeon
240 LBBG
1 gadwall

Wellington GPs
28th august
13:15-15:10
1 snipe
3 lapwing
4 little grebe
4 BH gull
30 LBBG
8 chiffchaff
9 wigeon
7 teal
3 gadwall
1 hobby
15 swallow
10 sand martin

 

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Wellington GPs, light drizzle, later turning heavier
11th September
14:10-16:30
6 GC grebe
3x juv goldcrest
7 chiffchaff
2 pochard
230 Canada goose
1 feral greylag goose
77 LBB gull
1 herring gull
30 sand martin
20 swallow
8 house martin
8 wigeon
20 teal
6 gadwall
2 little grebe
2 green woodpecker
1 hobby

 

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Wellington GPs
18th September
14:15-16:30
35 LBBG
9 little grebe
1 dunlin
1 little egret
17 teal
1 gadwall
5 grey heron
5 buzzard
200 hirrundines
20 cormorant
1 pied wagtail
5 goldfinch
10 chiffchaff
1 green woodpecker

 

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Wellington GPs
22nd Sept
8:30-10:00
1 arctic tern
1 snipe
9 little grebe
13 teal
4 grey heron
10 chiffchaff
6 BH gull
2 kingfisher
3 chaffinch
6 goldfinch
1 gadwall

Wellington GPs
25th Sept
14:00-17:00
6 little grebe
3 grey heron
7 wigeon
130 Canada goose
2 pochard
1 gadwall
2 snipe
4 skylark
2 meadow pipit
10 teal
2 green woodpecker
15 goldfinch

Wellington GPs
28th Sept
9:25-12:00
4 little grebe
3 gadwall
7 pied wagtail
10 meadow pipit
great spotted woodpecker
5 snipe
30 goldfinch
5 blackcap
3 chifchaff
200+ Canada goose
1 barnacle goose
8 GC grebe
1 LBB gull
3 wren
15 blue tit
13 great tit
1 dunnock
29 teal
1 kingfisher
6 reed bunting
3 swallow
6 shoveler
25 chaffinch
12 lapwing
1 long tailed tit
1 buzzard

 

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Wellington GPs
rain+ some clear spells
2nd October
15:00-17:30
Stumbled across a very large tit/warbler flock, at least 80/90 birds in total!!
13 LBB gull
5 GC grebe
1 robin
5 wren
6 little grebe
3 snipe
38 teal
5 shoveler
200 starling
20 blackbird
2 song thrush
1 GS woodpecker
1 green woodpecker
25+ blue tit
15+ great tit
5+ LT tit
3+ coal tit
20+ chiffchaff
5 swallow
5 sand martin
1 bullfinch
13 wigeon
1 sparrowhawk
6 BH gull

 

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Wellington GPs
13th October
8:15-10:15
52 redwing
92 BH gull
2 common gull
87 LBB gull
2 herring gull
3 fieldfare
3 GC grebe
15 long tailed tit
6 meadow pipit
40 starling
28 lapwing
1 peregrine
2 bullfinch
11 blue tit
4 wren
3 robin
1 dunnock
7 skylark
4 great tit
30 chaffinch
24 teal
19 goldfinch
5 pied wagtail
1 grey heron
1 snipe
1 Canada goose
1 pochard
1 buzzard
1 chiffchaff
8 greenfinch
1 mistle thrush

Wellington GPs
19th October
11:00-15:10
sunny spells, rainy in last 20 mins
27 lapwing
2 little grebe
6 GC grebe
43 redwing
56 starling
6 great tit
5 blue tit
3 robin
32 BH gull
28 skylark
21 goldfinch
12 pied wagtail
2 mistle thrush
20 meadow pipit
2 green woodpecker
1 jay
1 bullfinch
4 grey heron
13 chaffinch
25 teal
2 sparrowhawk
3 wigeon
9 LBB gull
1 herring gull
1 dunlin (ad new workings)
2 RC pochard (pair on main lake around island)
5 shoveller
1 kingfisher
2 GS woodpecker

 

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Wellington GPs
23rd oct
16:15-18:10
4 GC grebe
2 little grebe
1 buzzard
1 snipe
3 meadow pipit
2 gadwall
9 pied wagtail
74 canada goose
1 skylark
3 redwing
1 teal
1 red legged partridge
Gull roost:
c1000 LBB gull
6 herring gull
4 common gull
1 ad winter YL gull
c300 BH gull

Wellington GPs
1st november
10:30-12:15
1 little grebe
3 GC grebe
2 LBB gull
34 fieldfare
110 starling
107 redwing
1 pied wagtail
8 skylark
32 chaffinch
1 grey heron
1 buzzard
2 raven
15 goldfinch
3 LT tit
1 mistle thrush
55 lapwing
1 snipe
1 very late juv swallow south over new workings

 

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Blue winged teal on new workings found by J Tilby this am, still present in evening.

 

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Wellington GPs
9th November
14:30-16:40
332 redwing
1 little grebe
4 GC grebe
3 teal
17 shoveler
3 grey heron
1 lapwing
40 chaffinch
2 gadwall
1 green woodpecker
1 mistle thrush
1 snipe
1 pochard
7 pied wagtail
1000+ starling in roost

 

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female Parrot xbill reported Wapley Hill yesterday.

 

[Dollymos15]

Just joined the site, and was excited to see this thread for Hereford. I notice though that no one has posted for a while though, would be good to start up again and get an idea of whats around this area. Are there not many people from Hereford on this site :t:

 

[delia todd]

Hi Dollymoss... it's hard to tell, as not everyone gives out their location details.

I would like to see more postings to this thread, my brother lives in Abergavenny, so it's not too far away when I go to visit him.