Chiffchaff at last

20th March 16,          morning               mid section

cloudy,  5-8°c,   1028 mb,  N 5- ENE 7 mph

But is it from Africa? Or a british wintering bird moving north to breeding grounds in Scandinavia. Who knows?  Not singing or calling but feeding greedily in vegetation on opposite side of canal at Newbridge. But the star bird of the day must be a male kestrel, hovering high over Barleyfield. the first for almost a year.

  Made another visit late afternoon to see if chiffy would sing, refound bird by Tennis Courts but still not singing. Also had a female goosander fly north west high over Barleyfield and a female great spotted woodpecker on tree tops in Hanging Grds.

Little Grebe	2	1 s/p Squash Club,  1 pale Newbridge Wharf
Mallard	pair	Wetlands
Goosander	1 >> NW over	Barleyfield
Buzzard	1 over	Compton Playing field
Kestrel	1♂ hunting	Barleyfield
Moorhen	1	Wetlands
Green Woodpecker	calls	Tettenhall Ridge & railway S of Barleyfield
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1 drum Shrike Bushes,  1 flew over Prefabs, █ later pm 1♀ Hanging Grds,
Pied Wagtail	1♂	Wetland Field
Wren	11 singing	mid section
Dunnock	6 singing	mid section
Robin	14 singing	mid section
Song Thrush	4 singing	mid section
Chiffchaff	1 feeding from opp canal bank Newbridge, seen again 17:20,
Long Tailed Tit	7+	mid section
Great Tit	4 singing	mid section
Nuthatch	calls	Tennis Courts
Chaffinch	1 singing	Meadow View
Greenfinch	3 (1 zz )	Barleyfield
Goldfinch	1	The Paddock
Bullfinch	2 pr + 1♂	mid section