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West Midlands/Warwickshire local patches. (2 Viewers)
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jeff
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Only ever been a couple of times, and that was for the shrike early last year.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=410900&Y=264400&A=Y&z=120
Parking was along the road, under the pylons then we walked along the footpath Millennium Way. There were some pools but I have no idea how many but I'm sure they must be the ones.
Good luck
Matt Griffiths
ad. ♂ Blackcap
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Hi Pat,
I've been there a good many times. I've attached a map showing the locations of the wetlands that I know of in red. As Jeff says, park at the side of the road (marked "P" on the map). Please view the wetlands from public footpaths, although to get to the pools beyond the first, the farmer apparently doesn't mind people walking along the edge of the arable field west of the first pool, off the one public footpath to another footpath (red arrow on map). Today, having spoken to the birder who found the Mandarin, I couldn't quite picture which of the pools he was referring to, but habitat-wise I think it's probably the small western one that he saw it at. The fishing pond is popular with the ducks when there's no anglers there, so it might be there but you'll have to follow the footpath through several fields to view it properly. The area is really good for farmland birds, and the pools have attracted quite a lot of wader species over the last few years - it's under Higher Level Stewardship and it's a pity there's few other such sites elsewhere in the county. Hope the map is useful to you or other birders.
Kind regards,
Matt
Hi Pat,
I've been there a good many times. I've attached a map showing the locations of the wetlands that I know of in red. As Jeff says, park at the side of the road (marked "P" on the map). Please view the wetlands from public footpaths, although to get to the pools beyond the first, the farmer apparently doesn't mind people walking along the edge of the arable field west of the first pool, off the one public footpath to another footpath (red arrow on map). Today, having spoken to the birder who found the Mandarin, I couldn't quite picture which of the pools he was referring to, but habitat-wise I think it's probably the small western one that he saw it at. The fishing pond is popular with the ducks when there's no anglers there, so it might be there but you'll have to follow the footpath through several fields to view it properly. The area is really good for farmland birds, and the pools have attracted quite a lot of wader species over the last few years - it's under Higher Level Stewardship and it's a pity there's few other such sites elsewhere in the county. Hope the map is useful to you or other birders.
Kind regards,
Matt
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gareth_blockley
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Nice shots Max, did you see the Curlew sands?
Some nice inland wader passage there recently, have you seen Daves shots of the Knot?
Gareth
senatore
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senatore
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13!
Gareth
Ha Ha!!!!
Bad wording by me.Should have said "What different species of wader can you spot in this shot?" Looks like no one can crack this.Here is the shot again.
Max.
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Brian Stretch
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Four species: Dunlin (4), Sanderling (1), Curlew Sandpiper (4) and Ringed Plover (4).
Brian
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gareth_blockley
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What? No mention of the Red-necked phalarope? has one been to see it or is the Warks thread wel and truly dead?
Hopefully it'll stay till tomorrow afternoon and will be feeding right on the shore with stonking views to be had.
Gareth
Hopefully it'll stay till tomorrow afternoon and will be feeding right on the shore with stonking views to be had.
Gareth
Kevin Groocock
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Now reporting Warwickshire sightings on the Warwickshire Thread, Gareth
I for one have now abandoned the WM & W thread unless I see something in West Midlands.
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Kevin Groocock
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Guess who is NOT going to see it :-C :-C :-C ?
Working until Thursday then out of the area :-C :-C :-C
gareth_blockley
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Burton dasset hills 11/09/10
Had an early morning visit hoping to do a visible migration survey.
Unfortunately the conditions were por and ther was little movement so I decided
to just have an amble around looking for downed migrants.
Not a lot around, and hard to tell if there were local birds or migrants, but:
Yellow wagtails - 19 + (including a group of 8)
Pied wagtails - 10+
Meadow pipits - 16 (some obvious migrants)
Goldcrest - 7
Chiffchaff - 4
Willow warbler - 2 (one singing!)
Hirundines - 1 flock of c100 over east mostly swallow but some House martins
Gareth
Had an early morning visit hoping to do a visible migration survey.
Unfortunately the conditions were por and ther was little movement so I decided
to just have an amble around looking for downed migrants.
Not a lot around, and hard to tell if there were local birds or migrants, but:
Yellow wagtails - 19 + (including a group of 8)
Pied wagtails - 10+
Meadow pipits - 16 (some obvious migrants)
Goldcrest - 7
Chiffchaff - 4
Willow warbler - 2 (one singing!)
Hirundines - 1 flock of c100 over east mostly swallow but some House martins
Gareth
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