Friday, 1 January 2021

1st January

Ladywalk NR (WMBC Members only) - 4 Chiffchaff, Common Gull over, 2 Egyptian Geese, 5 Goosander, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 4 Mandarin, Peregrine, Stonechat (C Waring). Merlin (m), Blackcap, 11 Chiffchaff plus 3 Sibe Type - 75 species seen (P Softley).
Middleton Village -  c40 Golden Plover [near Green Man Pub] (D Baker)
Bodymoor Heath - 32 Golden Plover (T Perrins)
RSPB Middleton - drake Pintail (S Berghoff), Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Great Egret, 4 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander, 2 Pochard, 10 Siskin, 6 Redpoll, 2 Egyptian Geese, 6 Snipe, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Water Rail (D Corfield).
Wishaw - 2 Stonechat [Blindpit Ln] (T Perrins).
Drayton Bassett - Brambling (M Smiles).

Happy New Year - Thanks again for all your sightings from last year. Much appreciated. Sorry the blog hasn't been updated for much of the year but following lockdown I struggled to find the enthusiasm. Slowly I'm now working backwards such that we have a complete record for the year.

The RSPB Middleton year total finished on 158 but I may have missed a few. This was 1 more than the previous year with the winners and losers when compared to 2019 as follows:-

Additions                                  Omissions

Barnacle Goose                          Black Tern
Broad-billed Sandpiper              Curlew Sandpiper
Glossy Ibis                                  Little Gull
Green-winged Teal                     Little Stint
Red-necked Phalarope               Osprey
Hawfinch                                    Redstart
Marsh Tit                                    Rock Pipit
Pallid Harrier                              Smew   
Red-breasted Merganser           Temmincks Stint
Rose-ringed Parakeet                Tree Pipit
Short-eared Owl                        Water Pipit
White-fronted Goose
                                    

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