about my blog

this is a blog about what birds i see when i go to pools/estuaries/reserves in the uk.

Saturday 18 February 2012

last few days of birdwatching

On monday the motherboard in my laptop failed so I haven't been able to blog about where I've been and what I've seen, so here it is.

Brierley Hill Pools-13/2/12
  • Lesser Black Backed Gull
  • Coot
  • Mallard
  • Canada Goose
  • Mute Swan
  • Moorhen
  • Dunnock
  • Blackbird
  • Great Tit
  • Greenfinch
  • Woodpigeon
  • Goldcrest
  • Blue Tit
  • Magpie
  • Bullfinch
  • Long Tailed Tit
  • Jay
  • Jackdaw
  • Robin
  • Crow
  • Black Headed Gull
Northycote Farm-14/2/12
  • Magpie
  • Redpoll
  • Great Tit
  • Blue Tit
  • Dunnock
  • Chaffinch
  • Woodpigeon
  • Greenfinch
  • Robin
  • Blackbird
Bartley Green Reservoir and Bromwich Woods-15/2/12
  • Dunnock
  • Great Tit
  • Blue Tit
  • Canada Goose
  • Black Headed Gull
  • Tufted Duck
  • Pochard
  • Crow
  • Magpie
  • Blackbird
  • Grey heron-7 flew off
  • Lesser Black Backed Gull
  • Little Grebe
  • Jay
  • Robin
  • Long Tailed Tit
  • Goldcrest
  • Nuthatch
Sandwell Valley and Forge Mill Lake/farm-16/2/12
  • Sparrowhawk
  • Jackdaw
  • Long Tailed Tit
  • Crow
  • Magpie
  • Woodpigeon
  • Shoveler
  • Canada Goose
  • Teal
  • Black Headed Gull
  • Lapwing
  • Coot
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Mallard
  • Lesser Balck Backed Gull
  • Mute Swan
  • Great Tit
  • Blue Tit
  • Moorhen
  • Oystercatcher
  • Starling
  • Goldfinch
  • Goosander
  • Kestrel
  • Pochard
  • Snipe
  • Pied Wagtail
  • Pintail
  • Goldeneye
  • Wigeon
  • Buzzard
  • Blackbird
  • Grey Heron
  • Tufted Duck
Pictures While there


Greenfinch at Northycote Farm

Grey Heron at bartley green reservoir
Goosanders at sandwell valley
Oystercatcher at sandwell valley

Great crested grebe at sandwell valley
Lapwings at sandwell valley
Jason at sandwell valley
Black Headed Gulls, a coot and a male tufted duck in the background at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Mallards at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Mallards, tufted ducks and a coot at Forge Mill Lake/farm
A Canada Goose at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Female Tufted Duck at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Male Tufted Duck at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Mute Swan Signets, Mute Swan adult and a Male Mallard at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Mute Swan, Canada Goose and a coot at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Ducks and gulls at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Mute Swan at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Black Headed Gulls at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Male Mallard at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Mute Swan Signets at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Ducks, Geese and Swans at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Black Headed gull at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Male and Female Tufted Duck at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Pied Wagtail at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Ducks and Geese at Forge Mill Lake/farm
Hybrid at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Canada Goose at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Sunday 12 February 2012

northycote farm

Today I went to northycote farm to do some voluntary work again and I was told that I was going to do a bird survey. While I was at northycote farm and doing the bird survey I saw:
  • Robin
  • Redpoll
  • Greenfinch
  • Great Tit
  • Goldfinch
  • Blue Tit
  • Pheasant
  • Blackbird
  • Nuthatch
  • Redwing
  • Coal Tit
  • Dunnock
  • Jackdaw
  • Chaffinch
  • Wood pigeon
  • Black Headed Gull
  • Jay
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Song Thrush
  • Field fare
  • Bullfinch
  • Goldcrest
  • Magpie
  • Long Tailed Tit
  • Lesser Black Backed Gull
  • Cormorant (Fly Over)
  • Treecreeper
  • Siskin
  • Buzzard

Monday 6 February 2012

northycote farm

yesterday i went to northycote farm doing some voluntary work and while i was there i saw quite a few species of birds.The species i saw were:
  • Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit
  • Robin
  • Kestrel
  • Lesser Redpoll
  • Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Jackdaw
  • Crow
  • Blackbird
  • Dunnock
  • Nuthatch
  • Woodpigeon
  • Stock Dove
  • Pheasant
  • Fieldfare
  • Barn Owl
  • Black Headed Gull