Tuesday 12 May 2015

Warwickshire Patch Bird Race - species list

Here's the list of 106 species recorded on the all-dayer (plus 3 species recorded by non-participants in county). Thanks to Steve Haynes for putting this together.

Mute Swan

Greylag Goose
Brandon, Draycote, Morton Bagot
Canada Goose

Shelduck
Bubbenhall , Haselor, Ladywalk
Mandarin
Bubbenhall
Gadwall

Teal
KWP, Morton Bagot
Mallard

Garganey
Fisher’s Mill    (Other obs)
Shovelor
Brandon
Pochard
Lea Marston, Fisher’s Mill
Tufted Duck

Goosander
Ladywalk, Middle Spernal
Red-legged Partridge

Grey Partridge
Charlecote, Wishaw
Pheasant

Cormorant

Little Egret
Fisher’s Mill, Ladywalk
Grey Heron

Little Grebe
None at Draycote !
Great Crested Grebe

Marsh Harrier
Salford Priors
Sparrowhawk

Buzzard

Kestrel

Hobby
Bubbenhall, Charlecote, Kingsbury area, maybe others
Peregrine
Brandon (Other obs)
Moorhen

Coot

Oystercatcher
Ladywalk, Kingsbury area at least
Little Ringed Plover

Ringed Plover
Draycote, Kingsbury area, Ladywalk
Lapwing

Dunlin
Draycote, Fisher’s Mill, Morton Bagot
Common Snipe
Ladywalk (2)
Whimbrel
Brandon  (Other obs)
Redshank

Common Sandpiper
Kingsbury WP, Shustoke
Black-headed Gull

Little Gull
Draycote
Mediterranean Gull
Shustoke
Common Gull
Draycote
Lesser Black-backed Gull

Great Black-backed Gull
Brandon
Herring Gull
Bubbenhall, Charlecote, Draycote, Earlswood
Common Tern
Brandon, Draycote, Earlswood, Kingsbury, Shustoke (very few)
Stock Dove

Wood Pigeon

Collared Dove

Cuckoo
Earlswood
Barn Owl
Charlecote, Kingsbury area, Ladywalk area
Little Owl
Charlecote, Morton Bagot
Tawny Owl

Swift

Kingfisher

Green Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Shustoke
Jay

Magpie

Jackdaw

Rook

Carrion Crow

Raven
Charlecote, Draycote, Kingsbury, Morton Bagot, Shustoke at least
Goldcrest

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Coal Tit

Marsh Tit
Charlecote, Morton Bagot
Skylark

Sand Martin

Swallow

House Martin

Cetti’s Warbler
Brandon and two other sites
Long-tailed Tit

Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Blackcap

Garden Warbler

Lesser Whitethroat
Charlecote, Draycote, Earlswood, Kingsbury, Morton Bagot, Shustoke at least
Whitethroat

Grasshopper Warbler
Kingsbury area
Sedge Warbler

Reed Warbler

Nuthatch

Treecreeper

Wren

Starling

Blackbird

Song Thrush

Mistle Thrush

Spotted Flycatcher
Earlswood, Farnborough
Robin

Whinchat
Brandon area
Wheatear
Coleshill, Morton Bagot
Dunnock

House Sparrow

Tree Sparrow
Draycote
Yellow Wagtail
Draycote, Kingsbury, Morton Bagot, Shustoke at least
Grey Wagtail
Draycote, Kingsbury, Shustoke at least
Pied Wagtail

Chaffinch

Greenfinch

Goldfinch

Linnet

Bullfinch

Yellowhammer

Reed Bunting

Corn Bunting
Charlecote

Saturday 9 May 2015

Warwickshire Patch Bird Race - results

WARWICKSHIRE PATCH BIRD RACE
May 9th 2015

A total of 9 patches took part in this patch bird race. The final results are as follows:

  1. Ladywalk/Coton/Shustoke - 84 species (Steve Haynes, Simon Roper)
  2. Brandon Marsh - 77 species (Paul Cashmore, Dennis Woodward)
  3. Morton Bagot - 76 species (John Coombes, Richard Harbird, Mike Inskip, Dave Scanlan, Jon Yardley)
  4. Salford Priors GP - 75 species (Jon Bowley, Neil Duggan)
  5. Charlecote - 71 species (Gus Ariss, Jon Barnett, Roland Hopkins, Dan Watson)
  6. Earlswood - 65 species (Jon Chidwick, Paul Fitzgerald, Mike Jeeves, Matt Griffiths, Yvonne Heward, John Oates, Bob Roberts, John Sirrett)
  7. Draycote - 64 species (Dave Cox, John Judge, Richard Mays, Steve Valentine)
  8. Farnborough Park - 58 species (Gareth Blockley)
  9. "The Dump" - 53 species (Gareth Blockley, Dan Watson)

Thursday 7 May 2015

Earlswood all-day bird race

This Saturday (9th), birders at Earlswood will be taking part in an all-day bird race against 7 or 8 other teams of Warwickshire birders at their local patches. These are set to comprise Charlecote, Draycote Water, Farnborough Park, Ladywalk area, Morton Bagot, Salford Priors Gravel Pits and Newton. Each team will be spending all or part of the day trying to find as many bird species on their patch as they can. The hope is that this will encourage further bird recording in Warwickshire, and that perhaps a few rarities will be found on the day.

Birders and garden-watchers are more than welcome to contribute what they see at Earlswood on the day, or meet up with me. I'll be at the Malthouse Lane causeway hopefully from first light to around 9am, with maybe a group photo around 8am/8:30am. Birding will be concentrated at the lakes, Clowes Wood / New Fallings Coppice, and Springbrook Lane areas, and we'll be aiming for a total of around 60 species. My email address is matt_avesmaster@hotmail.com

It's going to be a great day! :-)

Kind regards,
Matt

The Earlswood recording area:

Warwickshire Patch Bird Race - participants

WARWICKSHIRE PATCH BIRD RACE
May 9th 2015

A total of 10 patches are taking part in this Saturday's Warwickshire Patch Bird Race! Patches and participants:

Charlecote
Gus Ariss
Jon Barnett
Roland Hopkins
Dan Watson

Draycote
Dave Cox
John Judge
Richard Mays
Steve Valentine

Earlswood
Jon Chidwick
Paul Fitzgerald
Mike Jeeves
Matt Griffiths
Yvonne Heward
John Oates
Bob Roberts
John Sirrett

Farnborough Park
Gareth Blockley

Ladywalk/Coton/Shustoke
Steve Haynes
Simon Roper

Morton Bagot
Richard Harbird
Mike Inskip
Dave Scanlan
Jon Yardley
John Coombes

Salford Priors GP
Jon Bowley
Neil Duggan
Lee Taylor

"The Dump"
Gareth Blockley
Dan Watson

“The Puddle”
Matt Bruce