I have received this appeal, regarding a lost Alexandrine Parakeet... ...named Lucy and today she some how managed to open the door on her cage and she flew...
From another mailing list. Although the WM county is not specifically ... National Stag Beetle Survey 2006 This weekend the People's Trust for Endangered...
Three Oystercatchers flew into the RSPB Reserve at Sandwell Valley late yesterday morning; they spent some time one th island on Forge Mill Lake. There were...
There were at least 77 Carrion Crows on the grass above Powell's Pool, next to the car park at about 7:30 this evening. In the same area, a male Chaffinch was...
Hi All, I have just spent two days as an `in` patient at the Wolverhampton Nuffield Hospital in Tettenhall. A superb hospital with excellent `bird watching`...
http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/misc.htm#Barnes -- Andy Mabbett Webmaster & Trustee West Midland Bird Club: ornithology in Staffs, Warwks, Worcs & the West ...
Hi, I've just been looking out of my living room window and noticed a Magpie with a piece of bread in it's beak - not unusual. Then I saw that the bird was...
Hello, there are plenty of magpies around Great Barr where I live. We have a bird bath and the magpies regularly take a piece of bread off the lawn and dunk...
This behaviour is well-known for corvids (e.g. Crows of the World, Goodwin 1986; British Birds 87:478). Black-headed Gulls have also been seen dunking bread...
Hello Ged We witnessed this behaviour in our garden a couple of weeks ago. A magpie was taking bread and dunking it in a small trough that we have. However,...
Visiting the Peregrine watchpoint in Birmingham on Saturday, I saw my first LBB Gull chick of the year, on a building in Corporation Street. -- Andy Mabbett ...
The RSPB have launched 'Birds Near You' in Birmingham and the Black Country, including a Peregrine watchpoint in Birmingham, other promotional and conservation...
They are also breeding in the Jewellery quarter and along the Kingsbury Road on the industrial buildings in the area between KFC/Mc Donalds and the Minworth...
Grasshopper Warbler heard singing in the reeds behind the carlton hide to the left, near the avon. Reed Warbler, Greenshank, Sedge Warbler, green sandpiper,...
Common tern over Central Park Drive, Hockley (actually over the houses!!) calling flying east, must have been following the canal (first sighting for the area)...
on hearing that there are bng at Gailey reservoir and a juvenile there is this a possibility that they bred here or post breeding dispersal perhaps from...
Hi all, To day in Sandwell Greenshank x1,Green Sandpiper x2 (3 birds on the 31st July) Common Sandpiper x1 Teal x6 Snipe x4 and a Redstart in the Paddocks. ...
1 pair of great crested grebe with at least 2 chicks 3 pairs of coot with young all v surprising given the very low water levels and suitable breeding sites as...
Birds seen on 3rd of interest 3 common terns on Blackroot pool bullfinches all over the park very common unusually stonechat in Longmoor valley, also linnet,...
Please can anyone point me in the right direction for reporting a coloured ring seen on a Canada Goose at Aston University? I did a web search with no success!...
Empee, you could tryt his website for more information http://www.cr-birding.be/ Regards, Eddie Chapman, Birding Scandinavia http://www.birdwatchsweden.com...
As some of you may be aware, there has been a serious fire at RSPB Sandwell Valley. Sadly the plastic screen and boardwalk down to the hide has been burnt...