Its turned out nice again

3rd May 15           late morning             mid section

cloudy & mild after rain,  11-16°c,  992mb,  S 8 - SW 15

A visit to Belvide Res was on the cards when we woke up to a rainy morning and southerly winds.     ( just the weather for goodies to turn up) ( as it happens black terns are now everywhere ) Yes including Belvide, but it started to clear about 9 o'clock so it was back on for the valley. You never know something could drop in, as Ian said recently "don't get fooled again" but I did.
       The best I could muster was another garden warbler ( or has it been hiding ) in the same bushes as the one on 23rd April. Nothing new and the regulars down on numbers too. Though I didn't have time to cover the southern section of the canal including Compton Lock, where we usually get good numbers.

Grey Wagtail	pair	Smestow Bridge
Wren	7 singing	mid section
Dunnock	6 singing	mid section
Robin	13 singing	mid section
Blackbird	5 singing	mid section
Song Thrush	1 singing	Barleyfield Annex
Mistle Thrush	2	Wetland Fields
Whitethroat	3 singing	Barleyfield
Garden Warbler	1 singing	Barleyfield Annex  (singing & s/well),
Blackcap	8 singing	mid section
Chiffchaff	8 singing	mid section
Long Tailed Tit	pair	Graisley Culvert (barleyfield)
Great Tit	5 singing	mid section
Chaffinch	4 (3 singing )	mid section
Greenfinch	1 singing	Barleyfield Top Roses
Goldfinch	2	Meadow View