dudley no2 canal

Birds of Netherton Hill
Little Grebe - On canal 1993. Present during the breeding season 1998.
Cormorant - 1992. Maximum 13 October 24 1994. 1996. 1998.
Shag - April 27 1996.
Pink-footed Goose - Flew over November 28 1994.
Shoveler - Flew over August 30 1992.
Buzzard - June 16 1994. 1995. February 15 and May 25 1998. September 22 2000. July 20 2001. February 15 2002.
Osprey - May 1997.
Merlin - January 6 1993.
Hobby - Summer 1988. July 19 1989. August 9 & 14 1990. August 16 & September 3 1991. 1993. 1994.
Peregrine - July 30 1993. October 17 1996.
Red-legged Partridge - 1988. 1989. Throughout 1990, maximum five. Three throughout 1991. Two pairs bred but favourite area destroyed in August 1992. Two March to July 1993. Two in breeding season 1994. April 20 1996.
Grey Partridge - May 25 1996.
Pheasant - April 4 to 6 & September 19 1990. April 14 & December 17 1991. Female April, October to December 1996.
Water Rail - 1995. 1996.
Oystercatcher - July 23 1991.
Little Ringed Plover - Probably bred 1985. April 13 to 17 1991. April 9 1992. March 23 1993.
Ringed Plover - June 13 1991.
Lapwing - 1990.
Jack Snipe - February 1985. December 21 1988. September to October 1989. October 3 & 24 1991. October 5 1994. February 26 to March 12 1996. November 12 1998.
Woodcock - November 15 1991. October 28 & November 29 1994. 1996. 1997. 1998. One flushed on November 16 2001.
Curlew - One on the cricket pitch June 27 1996.
Redshank - August 1990.
Common Sandpiper - May 1993. April 23 1998.
Common Gull - July 1998.
Great Black-backed Gull - 1993.
Kittiwake - November 19 1994.
Arctic Tern - August 24 1994.
Turtle Dove - Over July 29 1992.
Cuckoo - 1988. Two May 10 1989. 1990. 1991. 1993. 1995.
Barn Owl - September 20 1994.
Short-eared Owl - April 12 1992.
Swift - 164 July 18 1993.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - March 2 1991.
Skylark - Bred, 35 over February 8 1991. Present in the breeding season, 181 February 6 1996. Five November 5 1998.
Swallow - Thirty-eight September 28 1991. 250 September 14 1994.
Tree Pipit - Two September 3 1989. August 25 1991. May 10, August 22 & 28 1992. Two August 15 & September 11 1993. One on April 22, two on August 31, three on September 5, one on September 10 & 13 1994. 1995. April 17 & 18 , August 27 1996. August 25 & 30 1997. April 22 & 23, May 4, August 18 & 30 1998.
Meadow Pipit - Bred 1990. 35 March 31 1992. 81 October 10 1993. 40 March 25, 30 October 3 1996. 25 March 20 & September 25 1998. 18 November 10 2001.
Rock Pipit - October 8 1989.
Yellow Wagtail - 1991. Spring 1992. June 26 1994. 1996.
Grey Wagtail - Seven October 10 1993. Five October 8 1994.
White Wagtail - May 2 1990. May 5 1993.
Redstart - August 9-10, 12, 20-21 1990. July 20 1992. 1995. August 25 1997.
Whinchat - Two May 1 1988. Spring 1990. Autumn 1991. Autumn 1992. Autumn 1993. Spring 1994.
Stonechat - Male November 9 1988. September 15 1989. Spring, August 29, November 2 to 23 1994. 1995. October 13 1998. Four on October 7 and one on October 16 2001.
Wheatear - Spring & autumn 1990. Spring 1991. Spring & autumn 1994. 1995.
Ring Ouzel - Male April 9 1989. Female April 30, male October 14 1990. Female April 9, male May 2 & 6 1991. April 16 1992. Male September 17 1993. April 23, May 5, September 14 1994. April 23 1997. April 4 1998.
Fieldfare - 300 December 1990. 100 November 17 1998.
Redwing - 300 autumn 1985. 350 December 1990. 500 early January, 300 early November 1991. 80 March 16 1998.
Mistle Thrush - 33 August 22 1991. 48 August 22 1992. Thirty August 14 1993.
Grasshopper Warbler - Passage 1991. April 26 & 27 1997. August 20 1998.
Sedge Warbler - May 3 & 5 1990. Spring 1993. May 15 & 16 1994. 1995. Spring 1998. One singing on May 9 2002.
Reed Warbler - May 25 1990. May 11 1994. 1995. Possibly bred 1997. Sang June 28 to July 25 1998.
Lesser Whitethroat - Four August 12 and September 3 1989. Four pairs bred 1990. Five August 5 1991. Breeding season 1992. Breeding pair 1993. Sang 1998. Two singing on April 24 2002, with one remaining until June.
Common Whitethroat - At least 4 pairs bred 1990. Bred, seven August 20 1991. Bred, 15 August 2 1992. At least four singing 1993. 1995. At least four singing spring 2002.
Garden Warbler - July 17 to August 22 1990. Three August 27 1991. Singing 1993. Singing 1994.
Wood Warbler - August 11 1990.
Goldcrest - Forty winter 1990.
Marsh Tit - Two August 22 1990. September 10 1991. Three May 28 1992. Two July 20 1993. Two March 6 & August 13 1994.
Willow Tit - One on March 29 and two on April 9 1999. One on December 30 2000. An adult and two juveniles on June 18 and a pair on October 12 and 13 2001. Single birds seen in March, April and June 2002, with two on April 15.
Rook - Thirty flying over September 19 1990.
Starling - Leucistic 1990.
Brambling - Autumn 1993. 1994.
Siskin - 22 over September 19 1991. 40 January 1 1994.
Linnet - Sixty April 8 1988. Twenty to forty pairs 1994. Fifty 1997. Present in good numbers in spring 2002.
Crossbill - Five over May 14 1994.
Yellowhammer - At least 2 pairs bred, eleven September 9 1990.
Reed Bunting - Two singing males 1989. Males seen in April 1997 and May 1998. One female on October 7 2001. One singing in April 2002 was still present in June.
Corn Bunting - April 3 1997.

Last updated 30 June 2002

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