Near Kinver (April 13 2009)

Chiffchaff - silent bird flitting in trees. Heard other bird but not seen.
Canada goose - 2 on the canal.
Jackdaw - several noisy birds.

Sedgley - backyard birding (April 12 2009)

Greenfinch - very encouraging to see the pair of birds (male and female on the seed feeder, albeit briefly)

Midlands gravel pit (April 11 2009)

Greylag goose - 3 on pit.
Great crested grebe - 2 on pit.
Black headed gull - several in flight.

Midlands gravel pit (April 10 2009)

House martin - first of the year. Several feeding birds in the afternoon.
Sand martin - c.250 feeding over pit at dusk.

Oystercatcher - bird landed on one of the islands on the pit. Heard other calling birds (at least 2, but not seen).

Greylag goose - 4 on the water.

Barn swallow - 4 birds feeding over pit.

Skylark - singing over nearby field.

Reed bunting - male in pitside trees.

Total for 2009 - 82

Midlands gravel pit (April 9 2009)

Oystercatcher - single bird in flight, landed on one of the islands.
Sparrowhawk - male low in flight over water.
Greylag goose -7 birds on the pit.
Skylark - bird singing over nearby field, a second bird in flight, dropping onto field.
Cormorant - sightings of 3 birds and 2 birds in flight.
Goldfinch - 2 birds chasing each other in mating style.
Sand martin - several feeding over pit briefly.

Midlands gravel pit (April 8 2009)

Mute swan - 2 birds on water, 1 visiting bird chased away.
Canada goose - count of 31.
Reed bunting - male in pitside trees.
Cormorant - 3 sightings of single birds in flight.
Sand martin - c.50 feeding birds late in afternoon over pit.
Chiffchaff - singing bird in tree.

Sedgley - backyard birding (April 7 2009)

Dunnock - 2 feeding in birds in garden. One singing from cherry tree.
Blackbird - male and female in garden.
Common buzzard - high overhead in flight from NE to SW.
House sparrow - several male and female birds feeding.

Near Wombourne (April 6 2009)

Barn swallow - first one of the year. A single bird in direct flight, travelling north to south.

Bullfinch - male and female bird landed briefly in copse.

Song thrush - single bird in copse.

Chaffinch - male and female feeding in trees.

Mallard - several male and female birds on the canal.

Total for the year - 81

Sedgley - backyard birding (April 5 2009)

Dunnock - bird with nesting material in beak. I have located the area where they are nesting, it's in my backyard.

Blackbird - another nesting bird in the backyard, in a conifer. Male and female bird around regularly feeding.

Herring gull - 3 noisy birds in the area in flight.

Robin - bird singing well into dusk from its usual spot at the top of a mature sycamore in a neighbour's tree.

Midlands gravel pit (April 4 2009)

Oystercatcher - single bird on the shore of one of the islands on the pit.
Chiffchaff - singing bird in bushes.
Cormorant - single bird in flight.