Pied Flycatcher's - Ladywalk Nature Reserve and Seeswood Pool

What an Amazing couple of days on the Saturday we went for the Female Pied Flycatcher at Ladywalk, we walked up and down a few times before it was located but then had amazing views brief but nice views, such a pretty bird and a Warwickshire tick for me, always special when it's a local tick, even more special was the next day the Female Pied Flycatcher was still at Ladywalk
(Thankyou to Chris Doyle who put the news out that it was still present), so we decided to go for it again, had lovely views and got a record shot which was really nice, Dave had left his camera in the car I felt really bad hate getting a photo when he can't from now on i'm making sure he takes it with him lol
You would think the day couldn't get any better than this but then Dave got a message saying that there was a Male Pied Flycatcher at Seeswood pool, Daves Local Patch :)
We had been out all day and I was dying for a wee lol so we decided to go and have a quick check then go home, we checked all round but couldn't locate it so we headed home.
I went to the loo and then made coffees but didn't even get half way through my cuppa when Dave got a call of Steve Haynes saying he had found it, boots and coat back on and we rushed back to Seeswood, was quite distant at first but then it flew towards us and landed on the fence and fence posts and was going up and down the fence for awhile this was just amazing two Pied Flycatchers in one day and just a dream to see a Female and then a Male and have lovely views of both :)
I managed to get a record shot of the Male but it was late by this time and the light had gone so it hasn't come out well at all but just over the moon to have seen them :)
Big thank you to Danny Simmonds who found the Male Pied Flycatcher on Seeswood and also a big thank you to Steve Haynes who relocated it :)  

Weekend Lifers at Middleton and the Wyre Forest

While the rest of the Twitchers were racing down the Motorway like headless chickens to Somerset for the Hudsonian Godwit that had come all the way from South America, me and Dave opted for a more peaceful day, Dave had been working nights so had only had a couple of hours sleep, would of been dangerous to drive all that way to somerset and back, would of been a lifer for both of us of course being only the third bird in Britain and the first for 30 years but it's not all about the rarity of the bird, it's about enjoying the day which we did we had a lovely day in the Wyre Forest and I picked up a few lifers, and even though we never went for the Godwit was still nice because I had never heard of Hudsonian Godwit before so I was still learning about a new bird and looked up the differences between Hudsonian and Black- tailed Godwits.  
We started saturday morning at Middleton Lakes was fairly quite there, but then we heard a Cuckoo I thought it would be another heard but not seen but Dave quickly located it, my first ever cuckoo so happy to have finally seen one after hearing them quite a few times :)
We then headed to the Wyre forest were I picked up another lifer Pied Flycatcher such a beautiful little bird black and white plumage and nice song :)
Then another bird I had been waiting along time to see was Dipper, we searched all along the stream and no sign we were about to give up, we were just standing there and then Dave said there one !!!! he was so excited to get me Dipper, lovely feeling when you see a bird you've longed for, had really nice views, so pretty brown plumage with white throat and breast and a chestnut colour belly and crown this one's belly looked very chestnut.

The Sunday we went to Nottingham for the Night Heron dream bird I have written a separate blog for the Night Heron and other birds seen at Attenborough. :)
We then headed to Cannock Chase nice walk round but no new birds but still nice with the sun shining, we then headed back to Tame Valley and went to Shustoke, the Grey Wagtails were showing well so we took the chance to photograph them, also at Shustoke was 2 common Sandpipers and 2 Common Terns :)
We then headed home and checked Seeswood on the way, was two Common Terns showing well out of all the Common Terns I have seen these were my best views they landed on logs in the water was great seeing them close and taking photos, also saw another Cuckoo which Dave spotted it landed so got lovely views through bins amazing too see another cuckoo :)