Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Mallards stay put but garden warbler moved


2nd June 15              morning                     mid section

blustery,occ drizzle,muggy, 12-16°c, 997mb,SSW 12-SW 22


No sign of yesterday's spot-fly,though given the weather I doubt it's gone far, I could easlly have missed it in today's windy conditions ( the swifts were feeding low down indicating the lack of insects ).
       Wetlands was deserted until after a waiting game the mallard family of  3 appeared deep in the reedmace before showing later in open water. The garden warbler was surprisingly found singing from the top of Barleyfield in the now reduced Willow and Wild Rose scrub, ( this was traditionally the area used along with the Annex to the west ).
    There is still a brood of 4 moorhen chicks just south of the weir back of the Prefabs but no sign of the brood of 2 chicks from the same area or the brood south of Meadow View. Also no mallard broods on the canal. I suspect the Wetland brood of 9 have moved off to the north.


Mallard ♀ + 3 chks Wetlands still
Moorhen pr + 4 chks S&W Canal nr Prefab weir
Swift 10+ low over Barleyfield & wetlands
Green Woodpecker calls Tettenhall Ridge
Pied Wagtail 1♀ carrying/food Compton Playing Field
Wren 7 singing mid section
Dunnock 2 singing Barleyfield
Robin 9 singing mid section
Blackbird 7 singing mid section
Song Thrush 4 singing mid section
Garden Warbler 1 singing Barleyfield Top Roses
Blackcap 7 singing mid section
Chiffchaff 6 singing mid section
Blue Tit 1 juv Graiesley Culvert feed by adults
Chaffinch 1 singing Station Paddock
Bullfinch 2 pair mid section


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