Roger and I set off for the
Seven Springs car park at Cannock Chase where we were hoping to see Wood
Warbler and Redstart.
We arrived in the car park and
were soon exploring the woodland close by.
We had two Treecreeper and a Garden Warbler and Cuckoo, Willow Warbler
and Blackcap were all heard but there was no sign of either Wood Warbler or
Redstart. We continued searching and
found a Nuthatch when we both thought we might have heard a Wood Warbler some
distance away. As we started to climb
the hill side a Redstart sang and saw it perched on a dead stump but it flew
before Roger got onto it. It continued
singing and we soon found it again and eventually had some reasonable
views. As we searched the top of the
hill I had brief views of a Spotted Flycatcher but there was still no sign of
Wood Warbler. We returned to footpath at
the bottom of the hill were we watched two more Spotted Flycatchers and a
Nuthatch. Roger then called me over and
he had found a Wood Warbler, which proceeded to perform quite well but there
was still no song. Perhaps it was a
female and others are yet to arrive.
We left Seven Springs and
headed for Swallow Moss. When we arrived
it felt colder here and despite hearing a couple of Red Grouse call I failed to
see any. There were plenty of Meadow
Pipits and we did locate five Buzzards, a single Whitethroat and Wheatear and a
Cuckoo and Raven were heard calling.
From Swallow Moss we drove the
short distance to the Manifold Valley parking at Wetton Mill and walking north
along the road. We had a female Grey
Wagtail close to Wetton Mill and male Redstart not too far from where we had
parked. At least six House Martins were
flying over Wetton Mill and six Swift were observed over the valley. We located at least five Spotted Flycatchers
and we found a pair of Mandarin and Goosander on the river. We also found a Dipper on a rock and a
We arrived in the car park and
were soon exploring the woodland close by.
We had two Treecreeper and a Garden Warbler and Cuckoo, Willow Warbler
and Blackcap were all heard but there was no sign of either Wood Warbler or
Redstart. We continued searching and
found a Nuthatch when we both thought we might have heard a Wood Warbler some
distance away. As we started to climb
the hill side a Redstart sang and saw it perched on a dead stump but it flew
before Roger got onto it. It continued
singing and we soon found it again and eventually had some reasonable
views. As we searched the top of the
hill I had brief views of a Spotted Flycatcher but there was still no sign of
Wood Warbler. We returned to footpath at
the bottom of the hill were we watched two more Spotted Flycatchers and a
Nuthatch. Roger then called me over and
he had found a Wood Warbler, which proceeded to perform quite well but there
was still no song. Perhaps it was a
female and others are yet to arrive.
Wood Warbler
Nuthatch
From Swallow Moss we drove the
short distance to the Manifold Valley parking at Wetton Mill and walking north
along the road. We had a female Grey
Wagtail close to Wetton Mill and male Redstart not too far from where we had
parked. At least six House Martins were
flying over Wetton Mill and six Swift were observed over the valley. We located at least five Spotted Flycatchers
and we found a pair of Mandarin and Goosander on the river. We also found a Dipper on a rock and a
second
back at Wetton Mill and a Tawny Owl called just as we were getting ready to
depart.
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