Paul told me he saw the Red Kite and the Grey Partridge yesterday too.
This morning a Green Woodpecker was calling from the wood to the east and later a Nuthatch was feeding a juvenile in the bushes and trees at the top end of the village.
A quick look at Stanford reservoir around the dam end produced a female and juvenile Grey Wagtail, four Common Tern were feeding off shore, a single male Pochard and the male Goldeneye were resting on the water. A Hobby was hunting over the reed bed. The Geylag Goose flock is building up post breeding, 53 present today. Among them and the Mute Swans a Oystercatcher was feeding on the dam.
I visited Cannock Chase in the evening to see/hear the Nighjar, Woodcock and Long eared Owl. About 0945h the first churning Nightjar was heard and the first displaying Woodcock about 10 mins before this. The owl showed and its young could be heard calling for it. Before the night shift started two Cuckoos, a Kestrel, Green and Great-spotted Woodpeckers and a couple of singing Tree Pipit were all seen.
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