West Midlands Spring Bird Race 2016

This year and hopefully in subsequent years from now on, the Warks bird race took place on the same day as the spring all-dayer that has been organised at Upton Warren for many years, and at other key West Midlands region birding sites more recently too. The "Ladywalk Loons" did really well to come first in this #WestMidsBirdRace list as well when you look at the competition! I'm really pleased with Team Earlswood's position here too for the same reason. But all patches got good scores, so well done all :-)

1. Ladywalk - 93
2. Belvide - 90
=3. Grimley - 89
=3. Middleton Lakes - 89
5. Sandwell Valley - 85
6. Upton Warren - 84
7. Marsh Lane - 83
=8. Earlswood - 77
=8. Salford Priors GP - 77
=9. Clayhanger / Ryders Mere / Stubber's Green - 74
=9. Draycote - 74
=9. Venus Pool - 74
10. Charlecote - 73
11. Farnborough Park / Burton Dassett - 59
12. Morton Bagot - 54

A re-match in the autumn is on the cards! >:-)

Phil Andrews has posted species lists for most of the participating sites here.

Warks Patch Bird Race 2016 - results

WARWICKSHIRE PATCH BIRD RACE

May 7th 2016

A total of 6 patches took part in this year's Warwickshire patch bird race. I hope everyone who participated enjoyed it as much as I did! The final results are as follows:

1. Ladywalk - 93 (Adam Archer, Steve Cawthray, Peter Forbes, Steve Haynes, Dave Hutton, Donna Mallon, Pete Sofley, Kevin Whiston, Mick)

=2. Earlswood - 77 (Jon Chidwick, Paul Fitzgerald, Matt Griffiths, Yvonne Heward, Mike Jeeves, John Oates, Barbara Philp, Tony Philp, John Sirrett, Jim Winsper)

=2. Salford Priors GP - 77 (Jon Bowley, anon)

3. Draycote - 74 (T. Crawford, Bob Hazell, John Judge, Tim Marlow, I. Martindale, Richard Mays, Steve Valentine)

4. Charlecote - 73 (Gus Ariss, Jack Bradbury, Lizzy Bradbury, Roland Hopkins)

5. Farnborough Park / Burton Dassett - 59 (Gareth Blockley, Dan Watson)

6. Morton Bagot - 54 (Mike Inskip)

SPECIES LIST
A total of 115 species were recorded during the day, including a few recorded at non-participating sites. My thanks to Gus Ariss, Steve Haynes and John Judge for putting day lists together for Charlecote (C), Ladywalk (L) and Draycote (D) respectively. Species recorded at Earlswood are denoted with E.

1. Great Crested Grebe - D, E, L
2. Little Grebe - C, L
3. Cormorant - C, D, E, L
4. Grey Heron - C, D, E, L
5. Little Egret - L
6. Mute Swan - C, D, E, L
7. Greylag Goose - C, D, E, L
8. Canada Goose - C, D, E, L
9. Shelduck - L
10. Wigeon - C, L
11. Gadwall - D, L
12. Teal - Brandon
13. Mallard - C, D, E, L
14. Shoveler - L
15. Tufted Duck - C, D, E, L
16. Goldeneye - D
17. Goosander - L
18. Red Kite - D, L
19. Sparrowhawk - D, E, L
20. Buzzard - C, D, E, L
21. Kestrel - D, E, L
22. Hobby - L, L
23. Peregrine - L
24. Grey Partridge
25. Red-legged Partridge - C, D
26. Pheasant - C, D, E, L
27. Moorhen - C, D, E, L
28. Coot - C, D, E, L
29. Water Rail - L
30. Oystercatcher - D, E, L
31. Avocet - Salford Priors GP
32. Lapwing - D, E, L
33. Ringed Plover - L
34. Little Ringed Plover - L
35. Common Sandpiper - C, D, E, L
36. Wood Sandpiper - Morton Bagot
37. Dunlin - D
38. Greenshank - Brandon
39. Redshank - Brandon
40. Curlew
41. Common Gull - D
42. Great Black-backed Gull - D
43. Herring Gull - C, D, E, L
44. Lesser Black-backed Gull - C, D, E, L
45. Black-headed Gull - C, D, E, L
46. Black Tern - Salford Priors GP
47. Common Tern - D, E, L
48. Feral Pigeon - D, E, L
49. Stock Dove - C, D, E, L
50. Wood Pigeon - C, D, E, L
51. Collared Dove - C, E, L
52. Turtle Dove
53. Cuckoo - C, E, L
54. Barn Owl - L
55. Little Owl - C, E
56. Tawny Owl - E, L
57. Swift - C, D, E, L
58. Kingfisher - C, D, E, L
59. Great Spotted Woodpecker - C, D, E, L
60. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
61. Green Woodpecker - C, D, E, L
62. Skylark - C, D, E, L
63. Sand Martin - C, D, E, L
64. Swallow - C, D, E, L
65. House Martin - C, D, E, L
66. Meadow Pipit - C
67. Pied Wagtail - C, D, E, L
68. Yellow Wagtail - D, E, L
69. Grey Wagtail - C, D, E, L
70. Wren - C, D, E, L
71. Dunnock - C, D, E, L
72. Robin - C, D, E, L
73. Blackbird - C, D, E, L
74. Song Thrush - C, D, E
75. Mistle Thrush - C, E, L
76. Spotted Flycatcher - E
77. Pied Flycatcher
78. Cetti's Warbler - L
79. Grasshopper Warbler - D, L
80. Sedge Warbler - C, D, L
81. Reed Warbler - C, D, E, L
82. Blackcap - C, D, E, L
83. Garden Warbler - C, D, E, L
84. Whitethroat - C, D, E, L
85. Lesser Whitethroat - C, D, E, L
86. Willow Warbler - C, D, E, L
87. Chiffchaff - C, D, E, L
88. Goldcrest - C, D, E, L
89. Long-tailed Tit - C, D, E, L
90. Great Tit - C, D, E, L
91. Blue Tit - C, D, E, L
92. Coal Tit - C, E, L
93. Marsh Tit - C, L
94. Willow Tit - L
95. Treecreeper - C, E, L
96. Nuthatch - C, E, L
97. Jay - C, D, E, L
98. Magpie - C, D, E, L
99. Jackdaw - C, D, E, L
100. Rook - C, D, E, L
101. Carrion Crow - C, D, E, L
102. Raven - C, E, L
103. Starling - C, D, E, L
104. House Sparrow - C, E, L
105. Tree Sparrow - D
106. Chaffinch - C, D, E, L
107. Greenfinch - C, D, E, L
108. Goldfinch - C, D, E, L
109. Lesser Redpoll - E, L
110. Siskin - E, L
111. Linnet - C, D, E, L
112. Bullfinch - C, D, E, L
113. Yellowhammer - C, D, E, L
114. Reed Bunting - C, D, E, L
115. Corn Bunting