A brief flurry of warblers, then bit and pieces

21st August 15          morning             mid section

Thick low cloud, 17-19°c, 1018mb, S 9 mph

A quiet start, the Paddocks were dead, a few more pied wags (7) than recently on Compton playing field.  Then I bumped into Ian ( haven't seen him for a while ) and we had 30 minutes of fairly intense warbler activity ( nothing funny about that ) whitethroats,chiffchaffs and a willow popping up all over the place, almost certainly the same few birds doing what they've been doing all week, but no blackcaps today which seem to have gone through. A pair of bullfinch and a greenfinch were at the top of Barleyfield and the moorhen with one small chick was still on the Prefab spill weir. Calling goldcrest and long-tailed tit were also noted.

Mallard	few	S&W Canal
Buzzard	calls	Valley
Moorhen	1 brood	Prefab Weir
Black Headed Gull	18	Compton Field
Lesser Black Backed Gull	odds over	mid section
Pied Wagtail	7	Compton Field
Wren	1 singing	meccano Grds
Whitethroat	3	Hanging Grds
Chiffchaff	3	Barleyfield
Willow Warbler	1	Hanging Grds X
Goldcrest	calls	Smestow Br
Long Tailed Tit	calls	The Paddock
Greenfinch	1	Central Scrub
Bullfinch	pair	Top Roses
Meadow Brown	few	Barleyfield