Sunday 6 September 2015

Autumn patch all-dayer

Yesterday several midlands patches did an all-day bird race. The results are as follows:

  1. Belvide - 91 spp.
  2. Upton Warren - 89 spp.
  3. Grimley - 88 spp.
  4. Clayhanger/Stubber's Green - 81 spp.
  5. Middleton Lakes - 77 spp.
  6. Earlswood - 56 spp.


We had only a fool's hope against those other patches, but we fought bravely! ;-) Thanks to Jon Chidwick, Mike Jeeves, John Oates, Tony Philp and John Sirrett for also taking part at Earlswood. I managed to connect with all 56 of the species recorded at Earlswood, namely:

  1. Mute Swan
  2. Greylag Goose
  3. Canada Goose
  4. Mallard
  5. Shoveler
  6. Tufted Duck
  7. Great Crested Grebe
  8. Cormorant
  9. Grey Heron
  10. Sparrowhawk
  11. Buzzard
  12. Moorhen
  13. Coot
  14. Black-headed Gull
  15. Lesser Black-backed Gull
  16. Herring Gull
  17. Stock Dove
  18. Wood Pigeon
  19. Collared Dove
  20. Kingfisher
  21. Green Woodpecker
  22. Great Spotted Woodpecker
  23. Sand Martin
  24. Swallow
  25. House Martin
  26. Grey Wagtail
  27. Pied Wagtail
  28. Wren
  29. Dunnock
  30. Robin
  31. Blackbird
  32. Song Thrush
  33. Blackcap
  34. Garden Warbler
  35. Common Whitethroat
  36. Chiffchaff
  37. Goldcrest
  38. Long-tailed Tit
  39. Blue Tit
  40. Great Tit
  41. Coal Tit
  42. Nuthatch
  43. Treecreeper
  44. Jay
  45. Magpie
  46. Jackdaw
  47. Carrion Crow
  48. Raven
  49. Starling
  50. House Sparrow
  51. Chaffinch
  52. Greenfinch
  53. Goldfinch
  54. Siskin
  55. Linnet
  56. Bullfinch
We'll do another all-dayer next spring, hopefully against the above five patches plus the Warwickshire patches that participated in the spring this year.

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