Reserve: Blithfield

My first visit to Blithfield today and was fortunate to get good views of 3 x Whooper Swan, Red Kite, Stonechat and several Pink Footed & Egyptian Geese from the Cliff Hide.

Will definitely be back for more in the coming weeks and months.

If I could remind members to take care when using the the Dam road (pictured below) so that there is no danger of meeting another vehicle whilst using the road. Please take time to check if another vehicle is already on the road. Giving way by reversing off the Dam is suggested as it is forbidden for safety reasons for vehicles to pass on the road

Many thanks for your understanding

This is an important request for volunteers to pick up helping with the BTO WeBS activities at Blithfield Reservoir

We have had three excellent members doing the surveys between them for the the last 10 - 20 years

Peter Betts, Graham Mount and Roger Rooke

All three are standing down after the December count and it’s certainly with a great many thanks for the excellent work over the years that we will lose their support, whilst wishing them many happy hours visiting Blithfield in the future

We are looking for some new blood to do the counts and liaise with the BTO with the results; starting in the new year. A good level of competence / proficiency at bird identification and an interest in helping building our understanding of transient and resident species from the surveys

This a really important contribution at a major UK body of water