There was a goldcrest in bushes by the canal near the Sea Life centre in Birmingham city centre at lunchtime today. Nearby, the wood duck was still around. ...
Dear All There was a pair of Gadwall at the reservoir today. They obligingly did several circuits of the reservoir before flying away giving some excellent...
ANDREW SIMONS
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Dec 23, 2007 8:41 pm
1922
The 36th Report of the BOU Records Committee has been published in the BOU's journal Ibis. Further details can be found at http://newsbou.blogspot.com/. ... ...
Hobbies and other falcons, near my house by Brian L Kington. A detailed account of Hobby in the Coleshill area, with observations on behaviour. Also a chapter...
I’ve just signed up for doing a couple of tetrads for the BTO bird atlas survey – my local area of SP37T and SP37U in east / Southeast Coventry. Turns out...
Malcolm I have signed up for the atlas survey and have a tetrad in Worcestershire (between Wadborough and Pirton). My previous experience is much the same as...
Malcolm I've just finished my first year doing the winter census here in Spain and although the system is slightly different - I believe you do 2hr slots...
Hi Malcolm I've got three tetrads I do in North West Birmingham. I would echo Philip's suggestions in that I printed out the map for my tetrads and chose a...
ANDREW SIMONS
andrew.simons@...
Feb 10, 2008 10:09 pm
1928
Hi All There was a Dunlin at the Reservoir today in winter plumage. The water level is low at the moment so potentially lots of shoreline for visiting waders. ...
ANDREW SIMONS
andrew.simons@...
Mar 9, 2008 8:04 pm
1929
Hi everyone, I spotted a buzzard (probably common!) soaring in the Elmdon area of Solihull this morning at around 11.30am. It seemed to be hassled by a couple...
There are several buzzards which I have seen on numerous occasions in the vicinity of Blythe Valley (Business) Park adjacent to the M42 / A34 roundabout. It...
I had two above my garden in Solihull Lodge, a couple of miles north of there, a few Sundays back. They flew north well over the border into Birmingham. Steve ...
I have seen Buzzards fly over Bearwood on sunny days, usually mobbed by crows. Last one was early last week, along with a lone Kestrel. Safe, Fritz To:...
Hello, I have seen at least one pair of Buzzards low over fields in Hockley Heath and Lapworth. Also had sightings of individuals along various stretches of...
Well behind all you sand martin spotters, but I had my first migrant of the year this morning. A beautiful male blackcap singing on Aston University's Campus,...
As an ex `night` worker I still enjoy the thrill of seeing good sightings in the small hours. At 03.15 hrs I was on the M42 heading for Nottingham East...
Hi All Recorded the first Willow Warbler today which was singing at mid-day. There was a Chiffchaff singing on the 31 March - but we recorded an individual...
ANDREW SIMONS
andrew.simons@...
Apr 2, 2008 5:24 pm
1938
Hi All There was a White Wagtail today at the Reservoir today and also four Sand Martins and a single Willow Warbler. Also good views of a Buzzard ( a medium...
ANDREW SIMONS
andrew.simons@...
Apr 6, 2008 8:08 pm
1939
There was a male Redstart at the Centre late afternoon today. I thought this was an early record but according to Bird Track the earliest record for the region...
ANDREW SIMONS
andrew.simons@...
Apr 7, 2008 9:36 pm
1940
There was a female Brambling at the Centre of the Earth today. We have had a female and on one occasion a male present since the beginning of the year. Cheers...
ANDREW SIMONS
andrew.simons@...
Apr 11, 2008 7:22 pm
1941
Having recently been dragooned, I mean elected, as the Chairman of the Birmingham Branch of the West Midland Bird Club, I would be interested to hear people's...
You might all enjoy this collection of photographs: <http://flickr.com/groups/610194@N25/> called "The Green Black Country". -- Andy Mabbett : Webmaster,...
... From: rekitup To: WMBC-WestMidlands@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [WMBC-WestMidlands] Centre of the Earth where is...
A Tawny Owl has been calling in Handsworth Wood most evenings from the 1st April. I think from the trees between Hamstead Hill and Hudson Road. This has...
Peter Lines
peterwl@...
Apr 14, 2008 7:34 am
1945
There are also Tawny Owls present at Warley Woods (Bearwood), last heard calling last week. I have also been told that they are active in Kingsheath. Keep your...
I saw a LBB Gull mobbing a Sparrowhawk at about 1:30pm today. Nothing unusual in that, you might think - but they were over Colmore Row in the centre of...
I watched a Sparrowhawk circling over Edgbaston County Ground for about ten minutes yesterday (April 16th). I'm not saying it was more interesting than the...
Peter Lines
peterwl@...
Apr 17, 2008 8:33 am
1949
Some people don't like "seagulls": <http://www.fixmystreet.com/?id=21366> (FixMyStreet is a website which allows people to report problems such as potholes,...
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