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Re: spotted flycatcher spotted in Shrewley

Hugh Darwen — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:02:41 GMT

It was there again yesterday, 29 June. Dare I hope ... ? 2009/6/25 Hugh Darwen

spotted flycatcher spotted in Shrewley

Hugh Darwen — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:48:20 GMT

Glory be! One of my "disparus" has made a brief (?) but welcome reappearance in Shrewley. Today (25 June) an adult spotted flycatcher turned up in the trees

Re: cuckoos in Shrewley

Hugh Darwen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:31:16 GMT

Ah--I remember a day when a male was heard by many villagers, calling very close to the village. Sigh: I've never seen a cuckoo-parasitised nest! Thanks for

Re: cuckoos in Shrewley

jean561@... — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:06:18 GMT

Hi Hugh, Cuckoos have been closer to you than you thought. One laid its egg in a blackbirds nest, in a garden hedge only a couple of feet from the footpath on

Re: cuckoos in Shrewley

Phillip Robbins — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:24:44 GMT

Hello Hugh, I havn't noticed any cuckoos in the Hampton Magna area either this or last year. We do have a regular pair of Mistle thushes by the station. I

Siskin in Garden

Alan Anscomb — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:07:15 GMT

Found a juvenile Siskin on the niger feeder in our garden in Warwick this morning. We get them regularly in winter but I've never seen one in the garden in

red kite

Hugh Darwen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:16:18 GMT

Last Friday, 12th June, I was driving south on the M42 north of the M6 and had just crossed the county border into Warwickshire--can't pinpoint the location

cuckoos in Shrewley

Hugh Darwen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:11:37 GMT

I'm pleased to report that the cuckoos came to Shrewley again this year (really, between Shrewley and Rowington in the vicinity of a local landmark named High

mistle thrushes

Hugh Darwen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:03:01 GMT

Phill Robbins's enquiry about stock doves reminds me of my own concern about mistle thrushes, which I voiced here last year. I believe I spotted one on my

Re: Stock Doves

Hugh Darwen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:57:11 GMT

Hi Pill, I see one or two stock doves almost every day in the Shrewley area. They vie with jackdaws for nesting holes in the oak tree in the field beyond my

Stock Doves

phillrobbins@... — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:58:41 GMT

Dear All, on a recent trip to the Isle of Wight I frequently observed many small parties of Stock doves in the fields. This reminded me of how long it was

Re: Jays

meekins53 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:59:51 GMT

Willenhall doesn't suprise me being close to the 'country' and what's left of Willenhall Wood. I used to work there and a number of years ago regularly saw

Re: Jays

malcolm Wright — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:50:50 GMT

I have seen jays in Willenhall (CV3) which is somewhat less unusual being close to the edge of the (sub) urban area of the city and also in the Hall Green area

Woodcock

John Harris — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:44:08 GMT

Bentley Park wood Woodcock Roding this evening also juv Tawny Owl and 2 Muntjac deer, Bats in clearings I will have to get a bat detector.

Jays

meekins53 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:40:41 GMT

This morning I looked out of the back window and saw a juvinile jay sitting on the garden fence. Not totally unsuprising but having a CV 1 postcode unusual I