Dave Saunders: Sandwell Valley Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 214 of 214 total.
Seq.,Species,Scientific Name,Rare?,Date,Location,Comments
1,Brent Goose,Branta bernicla,,25/01/1984,Forge Mill,
2,Canada Goose,Branta canadensis,,25/06/1978,Swan Pool,
3,Barnacle Goose,Branta leucopsis,,15/08/1981,Forge Mill,
4,Greylag Goose,Anser anser,,09/08/1986,Forge Mill,
5,Pink-footed Goose,Anser brachyrhynchus,,12/04/1990,Forge Mill,
6,White-fronted Goose,Anser albifrons,,09/01/1982,flying over ,
7,Mute Swan,Cygnus olor,,28/08/1978,Swan Pool,
8,Bewick's Swan,Cygnus columbianus,,23/10/1988,Forge Mill,
9,Whooper Swan,Cygnus cygnus,,15/01/1987,Forge Mill,
10,Egyptian Goose,Alopochen aegyptiaca,,26/09/1987,Forge Mill,
11,Shelduck,Tadorna tadorna,,15/01/1987,Forge Mill,
12,Mandarin Duck,Aix galericulata,,28/03/1991,Forge Mill,
13,Garganey,Spatula querquedula,,04/05/1984,Forge Mill,
14,Shoveler,Spatula clypeata,,28/11/1980,Ice House Lake,
15,Gadwall,Mareca strepera,,28/01/1979,Ice House Lake,
16,Wigeon,Mareca penelope,,18/12/1981,Swan Pool,
17,Mallard,Anas platyrhynchos,,25/06/1978,Swan Pool,
18,Pintail,Anas acuta,,16/02/1984,Forge Mill,
19,Teal,Anas crecca,,10/10/1978,Swan Pool,
20,Red-crested Pochard,Netta rufina,,20/10/1979,Swan Pool,
21,Pochard,Aythya ferina,,01/01/1979,Swan Pool,
22,Tufted Duck,Aythya fuligula,,17/12/1978,Dartmouth Park,
23,Scaup,Aythya marila,,14/12/1984,Forge Mill,
24,Eider,Somateria mollissima,,31/10/1993,Swan Pool,
25,Velvet Scoter,Melanitta fusca,,03/12/1994,Forge Mill,
26,Common Scoter,Melanitta nigra,,03/12/1986,Swan Pool,
27,Long-tailed Duck,Clangula hyemalis,,03/11/1991,Forge Mill,
28,Goldeneye,Bucephala clangula,,24/10/1979,Swan Pool,
29,Smew,Mergellus albellus,,05/03/1986,Forge Mill,
30,Goosander,Mergus merganser,,20/01/1979,Swan Pool ,
31,Red-breasted Merganser,Mergus serrator,,17/06/1990,Swan Pool,
32,Ruddy Duck,Oxyura jamaicensis,,10/08/1981,Swan Pool,
33,Grey Partridge,Perdix perdix,,04/04/1979,Jubilee Mound,
34,Pheasant,Phasianus colchicus,,30/09/1984,Hill Top,
35,Quail,Coturnix coturnix,,19/05/1989,Near Forge Mill,
36,Red-legged Partridge,Alectoris rufa,,25/04/1982,Park Farm Fields,
37,Swift,Apus apus,,25/06/1978,Swan Pool,
38,Cuckoo,Cuculus canorus,,15/05/1981,Cypress,
39,Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon),Columba livia,,28/12/1978,Dartmouth Park,feral pigeon
40,Stock Dove,Columba oenas,,09/07/1979,Near Swan Pool,
41,Woodpigeon,Columba palumbus,,25/06/1978,Swan Pool Paddocks,
42,Turtle Dove,Streptopelia turtur,,10/07/1979,Ice House Wood,
43,Collared Dove,Streptopelia decaocto,,16/07/1978,Park Farm,
44,Water Rail,Rallus aquaticus,,14/12/1981,Ice House Lake,
45,Spotted Crake,Porzana porzana,,28/09/1987,R.S.P.B. Marsh,
46,Moorhen,Gallinula chloropus,,02/07/1978,Ice House Lake,
47,Coot,Fulica atra,,25/06/1978,Swan Pool,
48,Little Grebe,Tachybaptus ruficollis,,21/04/1979,Swan Pool,
49,Red-necked Grebe,Podiceps grisegena,,29/04/1993,Forge Mill,
50,Great Crested Grebe,Podiceps cristatus,,02/07/1978,Ice House Lake,
51,Slavonian Grebe,Podiceps auritus,,10/12/1991,Swan Pool,
52,Black-necked Grebe,Podiceps nigricollis,,30/10/1983,Swan Pool,
53,Oystercatcher,Haematopus ostralegus,,08/05/1986,Forge Mill,
54,Avocet,Recurvirostra avosetta,,15/05/2013,Forge Mill,
55,Grey Plover,Pluvialis squatarola,,01/09/1987,Forge Mill,
56,Golden Plover,Pluvialis apricaria,,01/12/1984,Swan Pool,
57,Ringed Plover,Charadrius hiaticula,,01/08/1979,Swan Pool,
58,Little Ringed Plover,Charadrius dubius,,24/04/1982,Forge Mill,
59,Lapwing,Vanellus vanellus,,01/01/1979,Over Swan Pool,
60,White-tailed Plover,Vanellus leucurus,Yes,01/06/2022,Sandwell Valley,
61,Eurasian Whimbrel,Numenius phaeopus,,25/04/1986,Forge Mill,
62,Curlew,Numenius arquata,,27/08/1979,Swan Pool,
63,Bar-tailed Godwit,Limosa lapponica,,14/09/2002,Forge Mill,
64,Black-tailed Godwit,Limosa limosa,,14/05/1989,Swan Pool,
65,Jack Snipe,Lymnocryptes minimus,,28/01/1979,Swan Pool Marsh,
66,Woodcock,Scolopax rusticola,,07/03/1981,Over Ice House Wood,
67,Great Snipe,Gallinago media,Yes,22/08/1995,forge mill,
68,Snipe,Gallinago gallinago,,06/10/1979,River Tame,
69,Grey Phalarope,Phalaropus fulicarius,,10/09/1993,R.S.P.B. Marsh,
70,Common Sandpiper,Actitis hypoleucos,,05/09/1979,River Tame,
71,Green Sandpiper,Tringa ochropus,,25/04/1982,Forge Mill,
72,Wood Sandpiper,Tringa glareola,,19/05/1986,R.S.P.B,
73,Redshank,Tringa totanus,,17/01/1981,River Tame,
74,Spotted Redshank,Tringa erythropus,,06/09/1988,Forge Mill,
75,Greenshank,Tringa nebularia,,26/04/1986,Bowaters Marsh,
76,Turnstone,Arenaria interpres,,19/05/1985,Forge Mill,
77,Knot,Calidris canutus,,15/11/1996,Forge Mill,
78,Ruff,Calidris pugnax,,03/02/1981,Swan Pool,
79,Curlew Sandpiper,Calidris ferruginea,,10/09/1988,Forge Mill,
80,Temminck's Stint,Calidris temminckii,,12/05/1993,Forge Mill,
81,Sanderling,Calidris alba,,15/05/1994,Forge Mill,
82,Dunlin,Calidris alpina,,30/08/1979,Swan Pool,
83,Little Stint,Calidris minuta,,22/09/1989,Forge Mill,
84,Pectoral Sandpiper,Calidris melanotos,,24/08/2003,Forge Mill,
85,Little Tern,Sternula albifrons,,13/09/1980,Swan Pool,
86,Black Tern,Chlidonias niger,,17/05/1979,Swan Pool,
87,Arctic Tern,Sterna paradisaea,,17/06/1980,Swan Pool,
88,Common Tern,Sterna hirundo,,17/05/1979,Swan Pool,
89,Sandwich Tern,Thalasseus sandvicensis,,19/09/1996,Swan Pool,
90,Little Gull,Hydrocoloeus minutus,,21/08/1981,Swan Pool,
91,Kittiwake,Rissa tridactyla,,05/04/1986,Forge Mill,
92,Black-headed Gull,Chroicocephalus ridibundus,,07/10/1978,Swan Pool,
93,Mediterranean Gull,Ichthyaetus melanocephalus,,28/05/2005,Forge Mill,
94,Common Gull,Larus canus,,18/12/1981,Swan Pool,
95,Caspian Gull,Larus cachinnans,,16/01/2019,Forge Mill,
96,Herring Gull,Larus argentatus,,01/11/1978,Swan Pool,
97,Yellow-legged Gull,Larus michahellis,,27/12/1996,Swan Pool,
98,Great Black-backed Gull,Larus marinus,,20/11/1978,Swan Pool,
99,Lesser Black-backed Gull,Larus fuscus,,21/04/1979,Swan Pool,
100,Iceland Gull,Larus glaucoides,,06/01/1990,Forge Mill,
101,Little Auk,Alle alle,,06/01/1990,Beconveiw Road,
102,Great Northern Diver,Gavia immer,,29/12/2013,Swan Pool,
103,Manx Shearwater,Puffinus puffinus,,03/09/1988,Forge Mill ,
104,Gannet,Morus bassanus,,15/03/2006, Salter Lane,
105,Cormorant,Phalacrocorax carbo,,13/05/1985,Swan Pool,
106,Shag,Gulosus aristotelis,,25/12/1989,Swan Pool,
107,Glossy Ibis,Plegadis falcinellus,,24/08/2014,Forge Mill,
108,Spoonbill,Platalea leucorodia,,01/05/2021,,
109,Bittern,Botaurus stellaris,,04/01/1993,R.S.P.B. Marsh,
110,Little Egret,Egretta garzetta,,06/07/2004,Swan Pool,
111,Cattle Egret,Bubulcus ibis,,28/03/2024,Salters ,
112,Great White Egret,Ardea alba,,14/01/2017,Flew over Crematorium,
113,Grey Heron,Ardea cinerea,,10/10/1978,Swan Pool,
114,Osprey,Pandion haliaetus,,01/09/2004,From R.S.P.B Centre,
115,Honey-buzzard,Pernis apivorus,,30/07/2020,Salters Lane,
116,Sparrowhawk,Accipiter nisus,,08/09/1980,Ice House Wood,
117,Goshawk,Accipiter gentilis,,26/02/2000,R.S.P.B,
118,Marsh Harrier,Circus aeruginosus,,29/04/1988,Hill Top,
119,Hen Harrier,Circus cyaneus,,18/11/1989,R.S.P.B,
120,Red Kite,Milvus milvus,,08/04/2006,Salters Lane,
121,Buzzard,Buteo buteo,,16/02/1986,Browns Fields,
122,Barn Owl,Tyto alba,,23/11/1992,Owl Field,
123,Little Owl,Athene noctua,,19/04/1986,Browns Fields,
124,Long-eared Owl,Asio otus,,14/11/1983,Owl Field,
125,Short-eared Owl,Asio flammeus,,04/04/1979,Jubilee Mound,
126,Tawny Owl,Strix aluco,,10/10/1978,Priory Wood,
127,Kingfisher,Alcedo atthis,,08/12/1979,River Tame,
128,Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,Dryobates minor,,21/04/1979,Ice House Wood,
129,Great Spotted Woodpecker,Dendrocopos major,,10/07/1979,Cascade Wood,
130,Green Woodpecker,Picus viridis,,26/08/1980,Swan Pool Paddocks,
131,Kestrel,Falco tinnunculus,,16/09/1978,Near Swan Pool,
132,Merlin,Falco columbarius,,01/04/1984,Forge Mill Fields,
133,Hobby,Falco subbuteo,,19/08/1986,Forge Mill Fields,
134,Peregrine,Falco peregrinus,,02/09/1992,Swan Pool,
135,Ring-necked Parakeet,Psittacula krameri,,07/04/1991,Forge Mill,
136,Jay,Garrulus glandarius,,20/04/1979,Darthmouth Park,
137,Magpie,Pica pica,,25/06/1978,Over Swan Pool,
138,Jackdaw,Coloeus monedula,,06/10/1979,Over Swan Pool,
139,Rook,Corvus frugilegus,,19/02/1984,Forge Mill Fields,
140,Carrion Crow,Corvus corone,,16/07/1978,Over Park Farm,
141,Raven,Corvus corax,,13/02/2006,Hill Top,
142,Waxwing,Bombycilla garrulus,,13/01/2011,Hill Top,
143,Coal Tit,Periparus ater,,16/09/1978,Priory Wood,
144,Marsh Tit,Poecile palustris,,17/09/1978,Ice House Wood,
145,Willow Tit,Poecile montanus,,21/04/1979,Ice House Wood,
146,Blue Tit,Cyanistes caeruleus,,25/06/1978,Near Swan Pool,
147,Great Tit,Parus major,,25/06/1978,Dartmouth Park,
148,Woodlark,Lullula arborea,,31/10/2014,Salters Lane,
149,Skylark,Alauda arvensis,,08/10/1978,Swan Pool Meadow,
150,Sand Martin,Riparia riparia,,21/04/1979,Swan Pool,
151,Swallow,Hirundo rustica,,25/06/1978,Swan Pool,
152,House Martin,Delichon urbicum,,25/06/1978,Swan Pool,
153,Cetti's Warbler,Cettia cetti,,07/10/2001,Forge Mill,
154,Long-tailed Tit,Aegithalos caudatus,,28/12/1980,Jubilee Mound,
155,Wood Warbler,Phylloscopus sibilatrix,,06/05/1984,Allotments Wood,
156,Yellow-browed Warbler,Phylloscopus inornatus,,19/10/2019,North island,
157,Willow Warbler,Phylloscopus trochilus,,26/04/1979,Park Farm Wood,
158,Chiffchaff,Phylloscopus collybita,,18/04/1979,Park Farm Wood,
159,Great Reed Warbler,Acrocephalus arundinaceus,Yes,18/05/2015,swan pool island,
160,Sedge Warbler,Acrocephalus schoenobaenus,,09/05/1981,Ice House Lake Island,
161,Reed Warbler,Acrocephalus scirpaceus,,10/07/1981,River Tame,
162,Marsh Warbler,Acrocephalus palustris,,19/06/1982,Ice House Lake Island,
163,Grasshopper Warbler,Locustella naevia,,16/07/1982,Bowaters Marsh,
164,Blackcap,Sylvia atricapilla,,10/07/1979,Cascade Wood,
165,Garden Warbler,Sylvia borin,,17/06/1979,Priory Wood,
166,Lesser Whitethroat,Curruca curruca,,16/06/1984,Bird Lane,
167,Whitethroat,Curruca communis,,17/05/1980,Park Farm Wood,
168,Firecrest,Regulus ignicapilla,,06/11/1983,Allotment Wood,
169,Goldcrest,Regulus regulus,,28/01/1979,Cascade Wood,
170,Wren,Troglodytes troglodytes,,16/07/1978,Park Farm,
171,Nuthatch,Sitta europaea,,06/11/1985,Park Farm Wood,
172,Treecreeper,Certhia familiaris,,01/01/1981,Priory Wood,
173,Starling,Sturnus vulgaris,,16/07/1978,Park Farm,
174,Song Thrush,Turdus philomelos,,01/11/1978,Cascade Wood,
175,Mistle Thrush,Turdus viscivorus,,25/06/1978,Near Swan Pool,
176,Redwing,Turdus iliacus,,01/01/1979,Swan Pool Island,
177,Blackbird,Turdus merula,,25/06/1978,Near Swan Pool,
178,Fieldfare,Turdus pilaris,,03/11/1978,Swan Pool Paddocks,
179,Ring Ouzel,Turdus torquatus,,25/04/1986,Swan Pool Paddocks,
180,Spotted Flycatcher,Muscicapa striata,,17/05/1979,Park Farm Wood,
181,Robin,Erithacus rubecula,,02/07/1978,Park Farm Wood,
182,Pied Flycatcher,Ficedula hypoleuca,,11/08/1981,Cypress Pool,
183,Black Redstart,Phoenicurus ochruros,,26/04/1986,R.S.P.B,
184,Redstart,Phoenicurus phoenicurus,,15/08/1981,Swan Pool Paddocks,
185,Whinchat,Saxicola rubetra,,05/05/1980,Swan Pool Marsh,
186,Stonechat,Saxicola rubicola,,22/10/1979,Swan Pool Marsh,
187,Wheatear,Oenanthe oenanthe,,13/10/1979,Hill Top Golf Course,Greenland 
188,Dipper,Cinclus cinclus,,29/09/1987,Over R.S.P.B. Marsh,
189,Tree Sparrow,Passer montanus,,10/09/1978,Cypress Pool,
190,House Sparrow,Passer domesticus,,10/09/1978,Swan Pool Paddocks,
191,Dunnock,Prunella modularis,,25/06/1978,Cascade Wood,
192,Yellow Wagtail,Motacilla flava,,21/04/1979,Swan Pool ,Blue Headed 5th May 1980: Black Headed 18th Apr 1996 ( I Relocted Bird)
193,Grey Wagtail,Motacilla cinerea,,08/10/1978,Swan Pool,
194,Pied Wagtail,Motacilla alba,,23/09/1978,Swan Pool Paddocks,White Wagtail 10th April 1982
195,Meadow Pipit,Anthus pratensis,,21/04/1979,Swan Pool,
196,Tree Pipit,Anthus trivialis,,27/07/1979,Jubilee Mound,
197,Water Pipit,Anthus spinoletta,,04/04/1987,Forge Mill,
198,Rock Pipit,Anthus petrosus,,01/03/1981,River Tame,
199,Chaffinch,Fringilla coelebs,,16/09/1978,Priory Wood,
200,Brambling,Fringilla montifringilla,,06/12/1980,Ice House Wood,
201,Hawfinch,Coccothraustes coccothraustes,,14/12/1997,Swan Pool/Jubilee Mound,
202,Bullfinch,Pyrrhula pyrrhula,,23/09/1978,Swan Pool Paddocks,
203,Greenfinch,Chloris chloris,,17/12/1978,Dartmouth Park,
204,Twite,Linaria flavirostris,,01/02/1984,Forge Mill,
205,Linnet,Linaria cannabina,,08/10/1978,Swan Pool Paddocks,
206,Common Redpoll,Acanthis flammea,,14/02/1987,R.S.P.B,
207,Lesser Redpoll,Acanthis cabaret,,03/11/1979, Swan Pool Paddocks,
208,Common Crossbill,Loxia curvirostra,,10/08/2000,Fly Over,
209,Goldfinch,Carduelis carduelis,,08/10/1978,Swan Pool Meadow,
210,Siskin,Spinus spinus,,21/11/1981,Jubilee Mound,
211,Snow Bunting,Plectrophenax nivalis,,15/11/1987,Forge Mill,
212,Corn Bunting,Emberiza calandra,,11/01/1982,Monks Meadow,
213,Yellowhammer,Emberiza citrinella,,20/06/1979,Swan Pool Paddocks,
214,Reed Bunting,Emberiza schoeniclus,,01/01/1979,Swan Pool,