Sunday 13 March 2016

Plenty resident bird song


13th March 16             morning                mid section

sunny & mild,  8-12°c,  1035 mb,  E 6-9 mph


  Looks like I will have to kick myself out of bed earlier now there's a dawn chorus starting to happen. At least three little grebe, one summer plumage, early morning heading north by Meadow View, another between Prefab weir and Meccano, seen from Compton Rough,  which we couldn't find fifteen minutes later on return from Compton Lock. Another two by the Squash Club ( 1 s/p + 1 partial s/p ) but can't be sure one of these wasn't a recount. A kingfisher near the grebes which eventually flew towards the Smestow in the Paddocks.

Little Grebe 1 s/p MV, (return) 1 N of weir,  2 ( 1 s/p + 1 p/s/p ) SqC,
Moorhen 1 Wetlands
Kingfisher 1 S&W Canal
Green Woodpecker calls Tettenhall Ridge
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 drumming    Aspine Way area ( heard from canal )
Wren 11 + singing min section
Dunnock 4+ singing min section
Robin 10+ singing min section
Song Thrush 3 singing Barleyfield
Mistle Thrush 2 Compton Field
Goldcrest pair Top Birches
Long Tailed Tit 2 pair min section
Great Tit 4+ singing min section
Chaffinch 2 singing min section
Greenfinch 3 min section
Bullfinch 1♀ Annex Barleyfield

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