The Birds of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands 2015
The Birds of Sta ordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands 2015 1 The Birds of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands 2015 Annual Report 82 Editor D.W. Emley BEM Published by West Midland Bird Club 2018 1 Published by West Midland Bird Club © West Midland Bird Club All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission of the copyright owners. The West Midland Bird Club is a registered charity No. 213311. Web site: http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.org.uk/ ISSN 0963-312X Printed by Swallowtail Print, Drayton Industrial Park, Taverham Road Drayton, Norwich, NRB 6RL www.swallowtailprint.co.uk 2 The Birds of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands 2015 Annual Report 82 Contents 4 Editorial 5 Submission of Records 6 Birds and Weather 14 Systematic List 218 Ringing Report 232 Report on the nest box scheme in the Bearda area 2015 360 A territorial Melodious Warbler in West Midlands 240 Do ‘Continental Stonechats’ Saxicola rubicola rubicola reach the West Midlands? 244 County Lists 252 Gazetteer 260 Contributors 265 Index of Species Front Cover Photograph: Red-footed Falcon, Chatterley Whitfield, Bill Goldstraw 3 Editorial This year sees a major cosmetic and physical change in the Annual Report as we move from an A5 format to a B5 format, in line with many other clubs and societies. The larger size gives us more room to present data, use a larger typeface and to increase the size of the images that we use.
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