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* A section in ''Where to Watch Birds in the West Midlands'', Graham Harrison ''et al'', 3rd edition 2007, Christopher Helm, ISBN 978-0-7136-6419-5 | * A section in ''Where to Watch Birds in the West Midlands'', Graham Harrison ''et al'', 3rd edition 2007, Christopher Helm, ISBN 978-0-7136-6419-5 | ||
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Revision as of 11:52, 9 May 2008
Overview
Green oasis area between Fenton, Bentilee and Berry Hill, Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffordshire. Good at any time of the year but does attract some interesting birds during migration times
Reclaimed coal industry area, consisting of open hillside grassland, rough paddock areas and some scrubby loose hedgerows and ditches and a few scattered ponds but no large area of open water.
Birds
Notable Species
Top site for Wheatear in Spring; Stonechat can (usually) be relied on in Autumn and Winter; Whinchat in late summer; Ring Ouzels are occasional visitors which can linger.
Rarities
Bittern,Red-backed Shrike; Wryneck; Black Redstart; Snow Bunting; Lapland Bunting;Golden Oriole.
Check-list
Birds you can see here include:
Little Grebe, Great Cormorant, Great Bittern, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Pink-footed Goose,Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Common Teal, Mallard, Osprey, Western Marsh Harrier, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Eurasian Kestrel, Hobby, Peregrine Falcon,Hen Harrier,Merlin, Common Pheasant , Red-legged Partridge, Grey Partridge,Water Rail,Moorhen, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, Eurasian Golden Plover, Northern Lapwing, Jack Snipe, Common Snipe, Woodcock, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Curlew, Greenshank,Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Common Woodpigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Cuckoo, Little Owl, Tawny Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Common Swift, Eurasian Wryneck, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Skylark, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Common Kingfisher, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Waxwing, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Black Redstart, Common Redstart, Whinchat, European Stonechat, Northern Wheatear and Greenland Wheatear, Ring Ouzel, Eurasian Blackbird, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Common Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Wood Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Spotted Flycatcher, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Nuthatch, Red-backed Shrike, Common Jay, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Raven, Starling,Eurasian Golden Oriole, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Brambling, European Greenfinch, European Goldfinch, Lesser Redpoll, Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Linnet, Common Crossbill, Eurasian Bullfinch,Twite, Lapland Bunting, Snow Bunting, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting.
Escape: African Grey Parrot
===Current site total=== 121
Please note: The only approved and complete list of birds for this site is held within the Staffordshire birds database - contact the Staffordshire County Bird Recorder for details.
Other Wildlife
To do
Site Information
History and Use
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Areas of Interest
Hillside below transmitter mast has a "cloughy" appearance helped by scree of coal in the steeper parts. Horse paddocks well grazed hence good aspect for Wheatears and fences here need checking for chats, hawthorn scrub near industrial units in east attracts some thrushes and finches, etc
Access and Facilities
Access excellent from several points around the site: end of Arbourfield Drive; etc
Terrain largely good with some metaled path surfaces. Generally dry enough for shoes/boots rather than wellies
Can be busy during the day with dog-walkers being main users
Survey work known
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Contact Details
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Regularly bird-watched by:
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Bibliography/Further Reading
- A section in Where to Watch Birds in the West Midlands, Graham Harrison et al, 3rd edition 2007, Christopher Helm, ISBN 978-0-7136-6419-5
- ??Stoke-on-Trent City Council leaflet - more details needed
External Links
Please add if any reputable, non-commercial, sites are known.
Other sites nearby are:
within a few minutes travel: Park Hall, Wetley Moor,
a little further afield: Tittesworth Reservoir, Rudyard Lake, Westport Lake, Apedale, Blackbank, Consall,
References
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Reviews
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