Garaths Corn Bunting    

Garath Clemence is taking on the Smestow Valley this year as his patch for Patchwork Challenge ( its a birding thing, google it to find out more). He was in touch today to let me know that he had found a corn bunting in with 8 yellowhammers at Wightwick Fields near Castlecroft canal bridge. This is only the third record for the valley ( 2 roosting with linnets on the Loopinfields 12/4/80 and 2 singing in almost the same place as today's 21/3/05  being the others ). He also reports two goosander flying along the canal.