The first ‘Peaky Birders Curry Night’ of the year. Quality scran, top company, plenty of birding nostalgia and copious amounts of laughter. 🪶 #peakybirders #westmidlandsbirding #ukbirding #currynight

Staffordshire ‘ghetto birding’ continued. At Chasewater this evening, the adult Iceland Gull (#150) was picked out early on in the roost. Other highlights were a couple of adult Yellow-legged Gull (#149) and an adult Mediterranean Gull. #peakybirders #winterbirding #westmidlandsbirding #gullroost

An afternoon of Staffordshire ‘ghetto birding’. Highlights at Whitemoor Haye included Slavonian Grebe (#148), a couple of juvenile Whooper Swan and a trio of adult Whooper/Bewick’s Swan over. It was then over to Chasewater….. #peakybirders #winterbirding #westmidlandsbirding

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Varying numbers of Mandarins are becoming a fixture at Keepers Pool these days - Grey Wagtail by the outflow at Bracebridge, no longer to be found at Wyndley while the works continue

It’s always nice to see a Black Redstart. This one showed well around the quaint 13th Century Holy Trinity Church in Morton Bagot, Warwickshire this afternoon. 🪶 #ukbirds #ukbirding #warksbirding #westmidlandsbirding #peakybirders

Bodymoor Heath Pits, Warks - 3 Ruff, Ringed Plover, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe & 79 Teal this morning. 🪶 #warksbirding #mercianbirds #warksbirding #westmidlandsbirding #ukbirds #ukbirding #peakybirders

Two trips to the patch today (morning & evening) produced 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, Redstart & 5 Lesser Whitethroat. Also a record count of 217 Shoveler for Mill Pool. #patchbirding #localpatch #ukbirds #ukbirding #alvecotepools #warksbirds #warksbirding #westmidlandsbirding #peakybirders

LITTLE BUSTARD - apparently shot by Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe at Bagerscroft Farm on the North Staffordshire Moors on Monday 20th September 1897. Taxidermist: TE Gunn - Norwich. #peakystuffers #staffsbirding #westmidlandsbirding #UKbirds #UKbirding 🪶

It was pretty quiet on the patch this morning. The star bird was a rather showy female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Other nice stuff included Hobby, 4 Swift and a few Garden Warblers and Lesser Whitethroats. #alvecotepools #staffsbirding #westmidlandsbirding #peakybirders

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Alvecote Pools, Staffordshire. A pleasant morning around the patch so far with 3 Tree Pipits (with a pair lingering around the Old Orchard). Other highlights included 5 Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher & 12 Swift. #UKbirding #patchbirding #localpatch #staffsbirding #westmidlandsbirding