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West Midland Bird Club Annual Report No. 64 1997 15 20 Miles West Midland Bird Club Annual Report No. 64 1997 15 20 miles R < hurnei 10 15 20 25 30 km Burton-or Trent (Stafford Belvide Reservoir Cannock ! WatSr Pal < Lea^arst in Ladywalk Nuneator Kinver, Bedworth Coventry linster Hills R Avonj Forest Bromsgrpve Kenilworth Hartlebury ARWI Common •Upton ^Warwick J Warren 'broitwich I sPa Rj Arrow ATrench Stratford- Wood upon-Avon R Stour Evesham, Land between 400-800ft <122-244m) Rivers Land over BOO ft (244m) Motorways Main towns and cities West Midand Bird Club Reserves County boundaries Other principal birdwatching sites Crown Copyrighl Licence No. MC B835BM0001 West Midland Bird Club Annual Report No. 64 1997 The Annual Report of the West Midland Bird Club on the birds in the counties of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire and the former West Midlands county. Contents 2 Officers and Committee 3 Editorial 5 Birds in 1997 11 European Nightjars and other breeding birds of Cannock Chase 28 Classified Notes 172 Short Notes 174 Ringing in 1997 179 Submission of Records 180 County Lists 187 Gazetteer 194 Key to Contributors The West Midland Bird Club is a registered charity. Registered Charity No. 213311. Printed by Healeys-Printers Ltd, Unit 10, The Sterling Complex, Farthing Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 5AP. Price £7.00 (Front Cover Photo) Black-tailed Godwit at Blithfieid Reservoir (Phill Ward). 2 Officers and Committee 1998 President C A Norris Vice Presidents F C Gribble, W E Oddie Chairman *A J Richards, 1 Lansdowne Road, Studley, Warks B80 7RB Deputy Chairman *G R Harrison, 'Bryher', Hatton Green, Hatton, Warks CV35 7LA Secretary *H M MacGregor, 74 Ivyfield Road, Erdington, Birmingham B23 7HH Treasurer *B J Cartwright, 41 Mucklestone Wood Lane, Loggerheads, Near Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9 4ED Report Editor Vacant Bulletin Editor J P South, The Croft, Lower Penkridge Road, Acton Trussell, Stafford ST17 ORJ Membership Secretary J O Reeves, 9 Hintons Coppice, Knowle, Solihull B93 9RF Permit Secretary Miss M Surman, 6 Lloyd Square, 12 Niall Close, Birmingham B15 3LX Ringing Secretary *A E Coleman, 67 Park Lane, Bonehill, Tamworth, Staffs B78 and Promotion, Fund 3HZ Raising and General Purposes Committee Chairman Research and *J R Winsper, 32 Links Road, Hollywood, Birmingham B14 Reserves Committee 4TP Chairman Birmingham Branch *J N Sears, 14 Ingram Street, Malmesbury, Wilts SN16 9BX Chairman Solihull Branch *G A Morley, 64 Cambridge Avenue, Solihull, B91 1QF Chairman Staffordshire Branch *F C Gribble, 22 Rickerscote Avenue, Stafford, Staffs ST17 4EZ Chairman Tamworth Branch B Stubbs, 19 Alfred Street, Tamworth, Staffs Chairman Warwickshire Recorder J J Bowley 17 Meadow Way, Fenny Compton, Warwickshire CV33 OWD Worcestershire R E Harbird, Flat 4, Buckley Court, 16 Woodfield Road, Recorder Moseley, Birmingham B13 9UJ Staffordshire Recorder Mrs G N Jones, 4 The Poplars, Lichfield Road, Abbots Bromley, Rugeley, Staffs WS15 3AA West Midlands T C Hextell, 49 Cradley Croft, Handsworth, Birmingham Recorder B21 8HP Executive Council Mrs H F Brittain (Minutes Secretary), D Coles, J P South, Records Committee J J Bowley, R E Harbird, S M Haynes, T C Hextell, Mrs G N Jones, W J Low * Officers serving on the Executive Council 3 Editorial Little did I think, when I last edited the Annual Report, that twelve years later I would be doing so again. But members are understandably dissatisfied with its increasingly late publication and certainly those who take the trouble to submit records promptly, whether members or not, deserve better. So I agreed to help the county recorders to catch up. Theirs is not an easy task, as I know better than most, but they are dedicated workers who do a demanding job extremely well. It can also be a very rewarding job and I would strongly urge anyone keen to see an earlier or better Report to come forward and help them achieve it. Lateness apart, the Club's Annual Report is highly regarded for its high standard and, in the role of temporary editor, I have not sought to make many changes from last year's excellent edition. There are, however, two changes of significance. Earlier this year, the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU) published The British List: The official list of birds of Great Britain (1998) and the status, sequence of species and scientific names in the Classified Notes follow this new list. In practice, most readers will notice little change from previous years, except perhaps for Yellow-legged Gull reverting to a sub-species. Of greater significance was which English names to adopt. With so many variations, some new-comers to birding are becoming confused. Consistency is therefore para- mount and it makes sense for the Club to follow the lead of an authoritative national body. The English names used in The British List are intended to avoid any possible confusion world-wide. Consequently they involve a great many changes to the names in common use. The Club has therefore decided to adopt the names used by British Birds (1993), together with subsequent amendments. Since these seek to avoid con- fusion only within the Western Palearctic, there are fewer name changes. Many of the new names are the same as those in The British List anyway, but there are some differences. I know opinions over the new names are sharply divided and many readers will disapprove of this change, but mixing some new names with the old, as in recent reports, merely adds to the confusion and is untenable. For those who prefer them, the commonly used English names are shown in brackets where they differ from the new. Returning after such a long time, three things have struck me. Firstly, the number of contributors to the Report has steadily risen over the years and I should like to say a special thank you to those who submit their records. As well as helping us to present a more informative and complete account of the Region's birdlife, you also assist us and others in fighting the conservation cause whenever important species or sites are threatened. Secondly, the range of coverage is now much wider, with contributors visit- ing many more sites and turning up some exciting finds in unexpected places. Lastly, I'm glad to say that more attention is now being paid to the commoner birds as well. Regrettably, this may be because they are common no longer, but it is a welcome trend nonetheless. Invariably, the conservation case hinges on the strength of the commoner species that regularly use a site and not on the rarities that turn up from time-to-time by pure chance. I should also like to express my thanks to Richard Harbird and Frank Gribble for their European Nightjar report: to Bert Coleman for his informative ringing report: to Loyd Berry, Andy Lawrence and Jim Rushworth for their contributions to the Short Notes: 4 to the artists; Nigel Baskervilie, John Broadbent, Rob Hume, Phil Jones, Alan Richards, Brett Westwood and Jim Winsper: to the photographers; Keith Stone, Neil Stych and Phill Ward: and to the county recorders and their teams: Warwickshire: Jonathan Bowley, Steve Haynes, John Judge, Simon Roper and Carl Baggott. Worcestershire: Richard Harbird, Terry Hinett, Gavin Peplow and Andy Warr. Staffordshire: Gilly Jones, Neil Carter, Eric Clare, Dave Emley, Andy Law- rence, John Martin and Ben Reavey. Also Mark Sutton who has now stepped down after helping for several years. Wesf Midlands: Tim Hextell. To achieve an earlier publication, tight deadlines had to be set, but through everyone's best endeavours these were nearly achieved. I know this required a lot of hard work on their part and I sincerely hope they will be rewarded by this standard being maintained, or even improved upon, in the future. Finally, I should like to thank Jim Winsper and my wife, Janet, for their much needed support with the editorship. Graham Harrison 5 Birds in 1997 Following last year's record 242 species, it was perhaps inevitable that 1997 would be something on an anti-climax. Yet 229 species were recorded, which was just one below the ten-year average, while Citrine Wagtail was an addition to the regional list and Icterlne Warbler to the Warwickshire list. By deciding to conform with The British List, published by the BOU in 1998, Yellow-legged Gull has been removed from the regional list as a separate species, but Hume's Warbler has been added. With high pressure to the north-west of Britain, the cold weather of late December 1996 continued until January 10th, bringing easterly winds and temperatures below freezing during the day and down to -7°C overnight. This provoked a major influx of wildfowl from the Continent, which was experiencing its coldest winter for years. Sawbills and Eurasian Wigeon were especially involved. Among the birds from 1996 that were still present in the New Year's snow were Shag, Tundra and Whooper Swans, White- fronted Geese and Twite. With regular waders largely frozen out, an over-wintering Little Stint and the discovery of Common Greenshank on the 1st and Common Redshank on 2nd were most surprising. A Great Bittern on the 1st was also a cold weather wanderer and two Red-breasted Mergansers arrived at this time. Over a thousand Goosanders were also present along rivers and the larger, unfrozen waters, with a record 237 at Blithfield alone, but it was the impressive influx of at least 40 Smew - a total similar to last year's - that really attracted attention. At least 27 Long-eared Owls were discovered at roosts during the month and four Short-eared Owls were also seen. Notable amongst the passerines were a Wood Lark on 1st, Horned Lark and two more Twite on 2nd, Water Pipit on 5th and 1000 Pied Wagtails roosting in Wolver- hampton during the month.
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