A good mix of species but not great numbers

29th July 15            early morning                mid section

mostly sunny,  8-15°c,  1008- 1011mb,  W 2- NW 8 mph

At 7 o'clock this morning I thought it were September, misted up car windows,heavy dew and pretty cold. Walking through the Paddocks I think someone had turned the sound off, but once on the Barleyfield things started to pick up, with 4 blackcap greeting me in the Shrike Bushes and as the sun performed its magic so I began to see some birds. Another immature willow warbler along with an adult was by the old oak tree at the top of the western border.

Sparrowhawk	1♀ circling to the south of the Barleyfield
Buzzard	1 over	Barleyfield
Moorhen	1 brood	1+1 imm Meadow View,
Black Headed Gull	18	Compton Field
Stock Dove	1 over	Top Roses
Swift	odds over	Tettenhall Ridge
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1 >> E over	Barleyfield
House Martin	20+ over	Barleyfield
Wren	4 singing	mid section
Song Thrush	1 singing	Station Paddock
Whitethroat	1+	Hanging Grds
Blackcap	7	Barleyfield
Chiffchaff	3	Barleyfield
Willow Warbler	2( 1 imm )	1 imm Hanging Grds, prob same imm + 1 ad  Annex oak,
Goldcrest	1	1 Station Paddock with tit flock,
Long Tailed Tit	few	small flock Station Paddock
Coal Tit	1	1 Station Paddock with tit flock,
Jay	1	Annex Barleyfield
Greenfinch	calls	Annex Barleyfield
Goldfinch	calls	mid section
Bullfinch	4+ ( 1 imm )	mid section
Small Tortoiseshell	2	Barleyfield
Small Skipper	few	Barleyfield
Essex Skipper	3+	Barleyfield
Comma	1	Barleyfield
Meadow Brown	few	Barleyfield
Gatekeeper	2+	Barleyfield
Ringlet	few	Barleyfield
Banded Demoiselle	1	Hanging Grds
Blue Tailed Damselfly	1	Wetlands

Some you win Some you lose

tue 7th april 15                         early morning                               mid section

Due to a physio appointment at lunch time I was was not intending to visit this 

morning,but noting an unprecedented  passage of Meadow Pipits across the UK over 

the last two days,including some huge numbers in the midlands and at Belvide Res 

in particular where Steve Nuttall smashed the Belvide record with 1881 yesterday 

and several hundred on sunday,I also had a flock of 20+ feeding on the Barleyfield late yesterday afternoon. I thought it worth a quick look this morning.

    A 20 minute vizmig off the playing field at the northern border of 

Barleyfield (Chris's old stamping ground)  produced absolutely nothing.(where's Chris when u need him).

            I just had time to cover the western border now, and happened to be in 

the right place at the right time to catch the brief and very intermittent notes 

of the second Blackcap of the spring at the old level crossing on the 

Barleyfield.Chiffchaff are now strongly present with 5 singing along this border 

and another 3 in the Paddocks. A R N Parakeet was calling from the south end of the 

Paddocks( the same area Ian had one on sunday).