Common Buzzard, Middleton Hall
Common Buzzard
Common BuzzardTuesday 2nd February 2010
Congratulations to Steve Haynes for seeing 200 bird species in the month of January. Quite an achievement, although I personally think hes a bit mad, still if thats what floats your boat good luck to you. Anyway well done.
My 110 species in Warks. seems a bit meagre in comparison, even if I plod on all year in the County I'm not going to reach 200. The best County total I can come up with from WMBC records in recent years is 211 in 2007. If I can beat my previous best of 180 in 2001 I shall be well pleased.
So it was out in the rain looking for birds in the Tame valley. I met one bloke you said hed seen a single W F Goose flying towards Bodymoor Heath over the water park but all the geese I saw were the regular Canadas and Greylags on the deck. There was a Little Egret at Coton and 3 more around Drayton Bassett pools where there was a couple of Redshank but no sign of any Smew or Pintail. At Middleton Hall there was a Goldcrest and an obliging Common Buzzard catching worms.
Nice Buzzard shots Bob.I can't get close to these guys.
ReplyDelete200 birds in a month.My god I would be happy with 200 in a year!!!!!