Sadly not the Geese I wanted to find with the flock
Salford Priors GP :- Very few reports this week perhaps linked to the crescendo of the shooting season. I visited early Saturday intending once again to get a Jack Snipe on the site year list. Yet again I had no such luck and only 2 Common Snipe were recorded. The days of 25 Jacks & 60 Common are now a distant memory. Wildfowl numbers were very low again, to be recording no Teal at this time of year is dreadful. The Squire added a female Merlin to the year list on Sunday. There remains good numbers of Brambling in the area.
Very distant Tawny Owl
Old Yarr :- Large finch flock remains but sometimes feed out of view.
Studley :- 30 Redpoll, Tawny Owl, Little Egret & Marsh Tit.
Further afield
Iceland Gull
That's a white wing
Lapwing
Green Woodpecker
Brambling (Upton Warren)
Cormorant
Pintail (Upton Warren)
Curlew
Great Crested Grebe
Further afield :- The week started of well, as I stopped at Edgbaston Reservoir on the way to the office and was lucky enough to see the juvenile Iceland Gull arrive and also added Yellow-legged Gull to my year list. If you intend to go and see this Gull you need to park on Reservoir Road as the carpark is now closed. The bird is generally observed on central/eastern side.
I also had a rare visit to the Moors at Upton Warren on Sunday. The reserve was looking in it's normal prestige condition. Siskins were feeding in the alders along the path and there were two stunning drake Pintail outside the hide. Note to self - need to go more often.
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