Notebook from Rudyard: June 2023

Friday 2 June 2023

Little Grebe Hunt

If anybody visits this year and sees a Little Grebe can you let me know , as we seem to have lost the pair we have had for the last couple of years.

All the usual stuff doing well , no Black Terns here unfortunately. Red Kite over the north end , looks like the same bird as a few days ago. Five Greylag Geese over and two Garden Warblers singing well , also adult male Grey Wagtail noted. We seem to have lost our Spotted Flycatcher this year. He was around during early May but has not been seen for couple of weeks now , perhaps the female has not returned this year so he has moved on to pastures new.

Thursday 1 June 2023

Blackcap

Several Blackcap were singing well this morning in the early morning sunshine.

The Annual Bird Report has just dropped through my letterbox . If you not a member of the West Midland Bird Club why not. The Report is always packed with information and sightings and the region has some excellent photographers who's work can be seen throughout the Report. Just log onto th WMBC website for further details.

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Rudyard Lake Staffordshire

Rudyard Lake lies on the edge of the North Staffordshire moors and covers some 168 acres and is over 2.5 miles long . It is owened by the Canal & river Trust built in 1799 as a canal feeder . The area is abundant in wildlife and due to Rudyard still feeding the canal systems the water levels do vary , and many wading and migrating birds can be seen on the mud flats at the northern end. Rudyard holds a very impressive list of bird species with 186 recorded to date.

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Calendar

Resident
G C Grebe , Grey Heron , Mute Swan , Canada Geese , Mallard , Mandarin ,Sparrowhawk , Kestrel , Kingfisher , Grey Wagtail , Gt S Woodpeckers , Raven , Buzzard .

April/June
Oystercatcher , L R Plover , Ringed Plover , Dunlin , Curlew , Common Sandpiper , Common Tern , Redstart , Pied and Spotted Flycatcher , Chiffchaff , Willow Warbler , Blackcap , Garden Warbler .

July/Sept
Passage Species.Osprey , Whimbrel , Redshank , Greenshank , Green Sandpiper , Little Stint , Curlew Sandpiper , Black-tailed Godwit , Wood Sandpiper , Arctic Tern , Black Tern , Yellow Wagtail .

Oct/March
Whooper Swan , Pink-footed Goose , Shelduck , Wigeon , Teal , Gadwall , Pintail , Shoveler , Pochard , Goldeneye , Goosander , Water Rail , Woodcock , Snipe , Willow Tit ,Brambling , Siskin ,Lesser Redpoll and occasionally a rare Sea Duck.