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The Birds of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands 2016 The Birds of Sta ordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands 2016 1 The Birds of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands 2016 Annual Report 83 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 2016 Annual Report 83 Contents 4 Editorial 6 Submission of Records 7 Birds and Weather 15 Systematic List 229 Ringing Report 247 County Lists 256 Gazetteer 264 Contributors 269 Index of Species Front Cover Photograph: Grey Heron, Earlswood Lakes, John Oates 3 Editorial Frank Gribble died on 5th September 2016 at the age of 86. That simple sentence belies the enormity of the loss to the Club and to the wider ornithological world. There have been a number of obituaries and tributes paid to Frank and there is not room to repeat the full contents here. Members are referred to Dedicoat, P.K., 2017, British Birds, 110, pp 242-243 and WMBC News 2016, No. 483 for that. Here I outline Frank’s contribution to the Club as a whole and to the Stafford Branch in particular but also his outstanding contribution to our knowledge of the birds of our Region. Frank moved to Staffordshire from Shropshire in 1964 and his first records for the Club appeared in the Annual Report of that year and included 57 Bewick’s Swans at Blithfield Res, Pintail at Belvide, a Merlin on Cannock Chase and a count of 225 Tufted Ducks at Gailey. He also recorded a Red-legged Partridge’s nest at Rickerscote. Thereafter, the initials FCG appeared in every Report. He was a very active member of the Stafford Branch Committee (which included Eric Longman, Roy Went, Bevan Craddock and others) taking an active and often prominent role in countless wildlife and conservation projects, including the creation of reserves at Belvide and Blithfield Reservoirs and Doxey Marshes. The branch benefitted enormously from Frank’s close links to the BTO, especially when it came to speakers who Frank and his wife Hilary very kindly hosted. He became BTO Representative for Staffordshire in 1965; a position he shared from 1985 onwards. Frank was always a proactive member of the Club’s Research Committee. The reserves and recording teams were amalgamated with the Research Committee and the whole rebranded as the Research, Reserves and Records Committee, or the three Rs committee, a move Frank was extremely supportive of. Over the years there were a number of Club members involved in research but there was always a core group of which Frank featured prominently. As long as a research project had a meaningful purpose, something that could be developed whereby a better understanding of the subject was the end result, no matter what, where or how, Frank would provide full and enthusiastic support while always offering critical evaluations. From a chairman’s point of view, there was no better member of a research committee than Frank, his infectious enthusiasm inspired one to want to do more. From 1966-68 he was Staffordshire square organiser for the ground-breaking WMBC Atlas Project. In 1973 he was BTO National Organiser for the Black- headed Gull Survey and received the BTO’s Tucker Medal for that and for services to the BTO. In 1981 he was organiser for the BTO’s Nightjar Survey – something close to the Staffordshire 4 Branch. Frank was a founder member of Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and was instrumental in the Trust acquiring its first nature reserve, Loynton Moss. From 1986-93 he served on the Council of the Trust and was Chairman of its Conservation Committee. He was awarded the Staffordshire Wildlife Medal in 2014 for exceptional service to the Trust. From 1990 until his death he was a Vice-President of the Club and he became Branch Chairman in 1991. In 1992 he organised the first Cannock Chase Breeding Bird Survey, repeating that in 1997 and 2002. In 1996 he was awarded an MBE for services to nature conservation. In 1998, together with Ray Jennett, he organised the important survey of breeding waders in Staffordshire. In 2007 he was co-author, with Graham Harrison, Helen Griffiths, Jim Winsper and Steve Coney, ofWhere to Watch Birds in the West Midlands: Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the Former West Midlands County. Few members have done more to serve the Club and to contribute to our knowledge of the birds of our area. I thank Pete Dedicoat and Jim Winsper for their help with the above and Bevan Craddock for the photograph. This is the second report in the new and larger format. Nomenclature is currently in a state of flux, but we have retained names pertaining to the date of the report (2016) rather than to the date of its publication (2018). Once again, we have had a tremendous response for records with over 1000 contributors, many of these now using the BTO’s BirdTrack. I have also had a fantastic response to my request for images with 17 photographers generously allowing us to use their work. Acknowledgements I would like to thank all those who helped with this year’s report. I am especially grateful to all those who contributed records, especially those sending in valuable census data; to Steve Edwards, Bill Goldstraw, Ian Grant, Bob Hazell, Phil Jones, Dave Kelsall, Hughie King, Peter Lichfield, Graham Mant, John Oates, Richard Powell, George Reiss, Nigel Talbot, Steve Seal, Rob Swift, Steve Valentine, Andy Warr for making their work available; and above all to the County Recorders and their teams: Warwickshire: Report Writers: Steve Haynes and John Oates with thanks to Jonathan Bowley; Records Committee: Matt Griffiths, Steve Haynes, John Judge, Tim Marlow and Simon Roper. Worcestershire: Report Writers: Steven Payne, Gavin Peplow, Andy Warr; Rarities Committee: Terry Hinett, Gavin Peplow, Rob Prudden, Andy Warr Staffordshire: Report Writer: Nick Pomiankowski; Rarities Committee: Steve Nuttall, Bernard Smith, Mark Sutton, Steve Turner; Site Report Compilers: Peter Betts, Mike Boote, Ian Grant, Steve Haynes, Pete Jordan, Steve Nuttall, Tom Perrins, Russell Toon; Data Input; NDP, Holly Sissons, Matthew Sissons. West Midlands: Report Writer: Kevin Clements; Rarities Committee: Gareth Clements, John Oates, Steve Nuttall. I would like to thank Mike Dawson of Swallowtail Print, Jim Winsper and my wife Sue, for their support and help during the compilation of this report. David Emley [email protected] 5 Submission of Records All contributors are asked to follow the guidelines set out in the booklet A Checklist of the Birds of the Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands and Guide to Status and Record Submission (third edition 2011). All records should be sent to the relevant County Recorder as soon as possible after observation. Concise, though adequate, field descriptions (including how the species was identified, the circumstances of the sighting and the observer’s experience of the species) should accompany records of all species – marked as A in the Details column of the checklist. In addition, descriptions are required for all out-of-season migrants, unusual hybrids and scarce sub-species, including Scandinavian Rock Pipit, Blue-headed and other flava race wagtails, White Wagtail (autumn only), Black-bellied Dipper, Greenland Wheatear and Chiffchaff races. The lack of an acceptable description may lead to records being rejected. Records should be sent to the appropriate County recorder. Postal addresses can be found on the Club’s Website or in the Newsletter: Warwickshire Steve Haynes [email protected] Worcestershire Steven Payne [email protected] Staffordshire Nick Pomiankowski [email protected] West Midlands Kevin Clements [email protected] Records can be sent electronically as Excel, Word, CSV or RTF files or on record slips. These are available from the Club Secretary (address inside back cover). Another alternative that is proving very popular and which members are encouraged to use if possible, is the BTO’s BirdTrack website http://www.bto.org.uk/birdtrack/. Data entered here can be accessed, with permission, by the County Recorder, thus obviating the need to send in slips etc. 6 A total of 236 species was recorded in the region during 2016. This figure is considerably higher than the two previous years cf. 227 in 2015 and 229 in 2014 and its the highest annual total since 2009 when 238 species were recorded. Among the many notable species that occur in this report, the following birds are of county or regional significance. A Cattle Egret found at Marsh Lane NR is a county first for the West Midlands, while the Baird’s Sandpiper found at Upton Warren Flashes is a county first for Worcestershire. These were followed by a remarkable set of events involving county and regional firsts. A Dusky Warbler at Ripple Pitts was a county first for this species in Worcestershire, this bird was followed the day after by a second Dusky Warbler at the same site and, quite remarkably, two days later with both warblers still present, a Black Redstart of the eastern race, Phoenicurus ochruros phoenicuroides was found at the same location. The Eastern Black Redstart was a WMBC regional first for this race.
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