It's been an interesting week at the pits with it being the West Midlands All Dayer on Saturday. That day had a strange start as Richard kindly text me from Morton Bagot that he had found a Temminck's Stint on the flash pools. Morton Bagot is actually closer to home than the pits and it was great to observe this wader as it migrates to the Tundra.
I did the all dayer in two parts due to sports taxi committments. It actually worked out well as I recorded three additional species on the evening session. The cold northerly winds didn't help but our score of 84 was very reasonable. 10 below our record.
Scores of the 23 sites were as follows :-
1) Ladywalk 102
2) Middleton Lakes 97
3) Brandston GP 90
4) Belvide 89
5) Grimley 89
=6) Upton Warren 84
=6) Salford Priors 84
=6) Chasewater 84
=6) Sandwell Valley 84
7) Marsh Lane 82
8) Doxey Marsh 70
9) Venus Pools 69
10) Saisy Farm NR 65
11) Earlswood 64
12) Morton Bagot 61
13) Elmdon Park 60
14) Avon Meadows 58
15) Halesowen patches - 57
16) Edgbastob Res - 55
17) Sutton Park - 51
18) Fens Pool / Satways 50
19) Trittiford 47
Our species recorded were a Hobby hawking above the main pit (first of the year), a Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover & 2 Yellow Wagtails.
Our species recorded were a Hobby hawking above the main pit (first of the year), a Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover & 2 Yellow Wagtails.
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