Saturday 7 December 2013

Middleton Lakes
Siberian Chiffchaff feeding in sallowed pools, just east of the east screen at Jubilee Wetlands, also Chiffchaff, Mealy Redpoll with 4x Lesser Redpoll, 4x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Stonechat & 2x Cetti's Warbler (JHa)

Belvide Res (permit only)
Greenland White-fronted Goose still on the north shore also 2x Long-tailed Duck off the dam and 2x Scaup at the west end

Long-tailed Duck by Chris Blackburn

Aqualate Mere
Female Velvet Scoter still south west of the hide

Gailey Res
Fem juv Scaup on sailing lake, still present late afternoon with a female Goosander (HKi)

Chasewater Res
Juvenile Glaucous Gull in roost, also juvenile Iceland Gull, 3x Caspian Gulls, 2x Yellow-legged Gulls & a adult Med Gull (@CWG_sightings)

Silverdale CP
2x adult Yellow-legged Gulls on the Void at 14.00 (PJo)

Brookley's Lake
A record count of 192x Mandarin Duck (RPo)

Trent Washlands
3x Little Egret, 36x Wigeon, 8x Gadwall, 7x Shoveler & 25x Teal (AJa)

Swallow's Mire, Milford
310x Wigeon, 15x Goosander, 9x Tufted Duck & Cormorant (JHo, BHo)

Ford Green, Stoke on Trent
5x Wigeon, 11x Pochard, 2x Gadwall & 2x Little Grebe (CGa)

Dimmingsdale
10x Woodcock over 16:30-16:45 (TEy)

Friday 6 Decmber 2013

Eric 'Sam' Clare is 88 today and I'm sure we would all like to wish him "Happy Birthday"

Aqualate
Velvet Scoter still this morning (SWo)

Chasewater
Juv Glaucous Gull just left of platform viewable from west shore at 15:15 also juv Iceland Gull

Belvide Res (permit only)
The 2x Long-tailed Duck still off the dam also 2x Scaup

Branston GPs
42x Golden Plover, 19x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, Ruff, 2x Redshank, c200 Lapwing, Little Egret, 30x Gadwall, 4x Shelduck, Little Owl, (JWo DSc)

Thursday 5 December 2013

Belvide Res (permit only)
2x Long-tailed Duck still off the dam also 2x Scaup

Chasewater
2x Caspian Gull (adult and 1w), juv Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, adult Med Gull

Wednesday 4 December 2013

Chasewater
3x Caspian Gull ( 2 adults and a 1w), juv Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, 5x YL Gull and a Short-eared Owl over the west shore

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike near the shooting butts, also 2x Raven, c9 Goldcrest & c30 Lesser Redpoll
(JWo)

Great Grey Shrike by Jon Woodcock

Tixall
c775 Golden Plover at Little Brancote farm this afternoon also c300 Lapwing (RCB)

Aqualate
Female Velvet Scoter still in front of the hide at the east end late afternoon

Drayton Bassett Pits
3x Stonechat, 3x Shelduck, 6x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, Little Egret, 280x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Merlin, 2x Water Rail - Dosthill NR Female Pintail, 5x Goldeneye, Water Rail (JHa)

Belvide Res (permit only)
Greenland White-fronted Goose, 2x Long-tailed Duck, 2x Scaup, 5x YL Gull

Tuesday 3 December 2013

Aqualate Mere
Female Velvet Scoter again late morning - Still at 15:00 to the extreme left of the hide (RCB)

Doxey Marsh
Green Sandpiper, 40x Snipe, 20x Goosander (SPe)

Chasewater
2x Juv Glaucous Gull this evening also juv Iceland Gull, adult and 3rd winter Caspian Gull

Belvide Res (permit only)
The Greenland White-fronted Goose again at the west end also 2x Long-tailed Duck and 2x Scaup

Branston GPs
12 x Ruff, 33x Golden Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 400x Lapwing, 18x Curlew, Little Egret, 5x Shelduck, 14x Gadwall, 300x Fieldfare, 150x Redwing (JWo)

Monday 2 December 2013

Belvide Res (permit only)
Greenland White-fronted Goose again on the north shore also 2x Long-tailed Duck and 2x Scaup

Drayton Bassett Pits
Pink-footed Goose, Dunlin, Redshank, 200x Lapwing, 2x Shelduck, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Stonechat, 6x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler  -  Dosthill NR - Chiffchaff (per JHa)

Sunday 1 December 2013

Aqualate
Velvet Scoter female still this morning but difficult (GJM)

Belvide Res (permit only)
Greenland White-fronted Goose still from the point on the north shore (GJM)
2x Long-tailed Duck still off the dam also 2x Scaup

Brookleys Lake
139 Mandarin Duck, Kingfisher (RPo)

Chasewater
Adult Caspian Gull mid afternoon (JD KJD)
In the roost juv Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, 3rd winter Caspian Gull

Saturday 30 November 2013

Aqualate Mere
Velvet Scoter female late morning also 5x Common Scoter and 3x Pintail, Velvet Scoter still present this afternoon, associating with Tufted Duck on South side of the Mere (IGr)
No sign of Velvet Scoter by dusk (it appeared to swim left of the hide and out of view at c14:45. It wasn't seen to fly off but RPo stayed till dusk and it didn't reappear) but Cetti's Warbler by hide and 100,000 Starlings into roost (RPo)

Record shots until we receive better!

Belvide Res
Greenland White-fronted Goose again on the north shore at the west end also a Bittern, 2x Long-tailed Duck, 2x Scaup

Chasewater Res
Adult Caspian Gull on the Swag, in the roost, juvenile Iceland Gull, 2x juvenile Gaucous Gull & 2x Caspian Gulls (@CWG_sigtings)
also adult Med Gull (AHa)

Uttoxeter Quarry
3x Goldeneye, 17x Gossander, 41x Pochard, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, c200 Fieldfare, c200 Redwing (RPo)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike again by the shooting butts at mid day (SE, HF)

Middleton Lakes
2x Dunlin, 2x Golden Plover, 5x Shelduck, 4x Little Egret & 3x Stonechat (GWi)

Friday 29th November 2013

Belvide Res (permit only)
Adult Greenland White-fronted Goose again at West end at 14.25, also 2x Long-tailed Duck, 2x Scaup & Bittern from Scott hide

Chasewater Res
Juvenile Glaucous Gull, juvenile Iceland Gull, 2x Caspian Gulls (adult & 1st winter) & 2x adult Yellow-legged Gulls in roost tonight (@CWG_sightings)

Rudyard Res
c140 Lapwing, c20 Brambling, c20 Teal, c10 Wigeon, 2x Goosander & 2x Snipe (WBi)

Silverdale CP
Adult Caspian Gull and two Yellow-legged Gulls (Adult and 3w) (SJT, DKe, NDP)

Thursday 28 November 2013

Belvide Res (permit only)
Greenland White-fronted Goose again at the west end also 2x Long-tailed Duck off the dam, 2x Scaup and a Bittern near Scott hide

Chasewater
2x Juv Glaucous Gull, juv Iceland Gull, adult Caspian Gull, 2x adult YL Gull in the roost and Great Northern Diver.
Adult Med Gull also in the roost (MHa)

Wednesday 27 November 2013

Belvide Res (permit only)
Greenland White-fronted Goose again this morning but no sign at 11:40. Later again on the north shore at the west end at 15:25
The 2 Long-tailed Duck still off the dam also 2x Scaup at the west end

Silverdale CP
Probable adult Caspian Gull on The Void at 13:00 also YL Gull (NP)

Chasewater
3x Caspian Gull again in the roost also 2x juv Glaucous Gull, juv Iceland Gull and Great Northern Diver still

Colwich
Green Sandpiper on the River Trent (AHo)

Drayton Bassett Pits
3x Dunlin, 44x Golden Plover, 14x Snipe, Shelduck, 4x Little Egret ( per JHa)

Cannock Chase (Abrahams Valley)
50+ Crossbill in several flocks, 25x Siskin (AWa)

Tuesday 26 November 2013

Chasewater
Juv Glaucous Gull, juv Iceland Gull, 3x Caspian Gull (adult, 3w, 1w), 4x YL Gull and Great Northern Diver still

Blackbank
8510x Wood Pigeon, 1075x Redwing, 840x Fieldfare all going north 08:00 - 09:00 (NP)

Branston GPs
Adult Glaucous Gull on the south pit at 13:30 - please view only from public footpaths, strictly no access to the workings.
Woodcock at dusk, Dunlin, 19x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 12x Ruff, 15x Snipe, 2x Shelduck, 18x Gadwall, 2x Little Owl heard at Small Meadows farm at dusk (JWo DSc)

Glaucous Gull by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Res (permit only)
2x Long-tailed Duck still off the dam also 2x Scaup but no sign of the Greenland White-fronted Goose - Bittern flew from Scott hide reedbed to SE Bay at 16:18

Trentham Gardens
Little Egret, adult Med Gull with c450 BH Gulls, 4x Mandarin, Goosander, 11x Cormorant, Kingfisher (RT)

Leek
2000x Starlings in field on the Macclesfield Road just past the cricket club at 08:00 (IBu)

Alrewas
Barn Owl and Woodcock flew over A513 National Arboretum roundabout towards Whitemoor Haye at dusk (SCo)

Drayton Bassett Pits
1x Redshank, 4x Snipe, Dunlin, 205x Lapwing, 5x Little Egret, 2x Chiffchaff (JHa)
Dosthill NR - 11x Goldeneye (JHa)

Monday 25th November 2013

Belvide Res
Greenland White-fronted Goose from West end at 14.34, also the 2x Long-tailed Duck  still present (SNu)  1st winter drake Scaup still.  WF Goose later flew north at 15:25 and landed in fields north of the A5

Chasewater
2nd winter Iceland Gull in the roost also adult Caspian Gull

Cannock Chase, Quarry area
21x Crossbill & 6x Lesser Redpoll (RWi)
Great Grey Shrike on south east side of Abrahams Valley at 14:15 (PDy)

Dimmingsdale
1000+ Starling over at 16:00 also a Brambling and 4x Redpoll (TE)

Sunday 24 November 2013

Belvide Res (permit only)
2x Long-tailed Duck still this am off the dam also 2x Scaup at the west end

Chasewater
Great Northern Diver still this morning. Juv Glaucous Gull, 2w Iceland Gull, 3x Caspian Gull (adult, 2w, 3w) in the roost

Kingswood Lake
1st winter Caspian Gull on ARC building (DDe)

Cannock (Kingswood)
2nd winter Iceland Gull at Poplars landfill site behind 3663 distribution building mid afternoon

Whitemoor Haye
2 drake Goldeneye, Little Egret, 536x Lapwing, 2x Golden Plover, 250x Linnet, 160x Fieldfare. (SCo)

Tittesworth
Woodcock, 3x Snipe (SGi)

Swallow Moss
No sign of the Hen Harrier 13:00 - 16:30 (SGi)

Churnet Valley, Consall
70x Pink-footed Geese flew SE along the valley at 16:20hrs (DSc)

Cannock
Ring-necked Parakeet showing well at Chadsmore, view from bridge near Nuffield Gym (@1st2Achieve)

Saturday 23 November 2013

Chasewater
2nd winter Iceland Gull again in the roost also juv Glaucous Gull, 3x Caspian Gull, ( adult, 3W, 2W) 4x YL Gull

Belvide Resv (permit only)
Bittern one from Scott hide this morning also 1st winter drake Scaup

Aqualate
female Common Scoter this am, also Cetti's Warbler still present during the week (IGr)

Tittesworth Res
Jack Snipe on conservation pool from East hide this am but flushed by 5x Common Snipe (PSh)

Uttoxeter Quarry
2x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 38x Pochard, 22x Wigeon, 63x Teal, 1x Green Sandpiper, 15x Snipe & 7x Egyptian Geese (RPo)

Silverdale CP
Jack Snipe, 200x Golden Plover and a Goosander over (NP)

Hanchurch Woods
60x Crossbill and a few Brambling  also c700 Rooks roosted, Woodcock and 70x Pied Wagtails over pre roost (NP)

Revige / Swallow Moss
Male Hen Harrier early afternoon (PSh)

Doxey Marshes
c30 Goosander, c50 Snipe, several Teal, Wigeon & Pochard, also 1x Stonechat, 2x Water Rail & 1x female Goldeneye 

Cannock
Ring-necked Parakeet in and around gardens near Hawks Green (JCh)
The Chase Abrahams Valley - 13x Crossbill  (RJS)

Maer Hills/Camphill Wood
c18 Common Crossbill feeding in larch at 14.30 (TJa)

Whitemoor Haye
200+ Golden Plover, 500+ Lapwing, 40x Tree Sparrow, 6x Yellowhammer, Green Woodpecker (SCo)

Alrewas GPs
36x Cormorant also 3x Little Grebe on river (SCo)

Arboretum
Willow Tit, 3x Goldeneye on R Tame and on meadow opposite PF Goose, Redshank, Green Sandpiper over (JHa)

Croxhall Lakes
Little Egret, Water Rail (JHa)

Friday 22 November 2013

Blithfield Res (permit only)
2nd winter Iceland Gull in deep end roost also adult Caspian Gull and 3x YL Gull

Chasewater
1w/2w Glaucous Gull at 15:45 (SWo). Also Yellow-legged Gull, Great Northern Diver, 17x Goosander, Stonechat, Chiffchaff (perJH)

Blackbank
15,420x Wood Pigeon over south 07:30 - 08:45 also a Woodcock present

Berryhill
Water Rail at the reedbed culvert also 2x Snipe at the new scrape (PBi)
Stonechat and a Peregrine (RT)

Belvide Res (permit only)
2x Long-tailed Duck still off the north end of the dam also 1st winter drake Scaup

Branston GPs
1086x Golden Plover, 17x Curlew, 12x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 665x Lapwing, 2x Redshank, 6x Snipe, Peregrine, Little Egret, 13x Little Grebe, 27x Gadwall, 11x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 23x Wigeon, 60+ Pied Wagtails (JWo)

Stretton
c450 Pink-footed Geese over north at 16:45 - SK235260 (ASt)

Thursday 21 November 2013

Chasewater
2nd winter Iceland Gull in the roost also juv Glaucous Gull, adult Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull and the Great Northern Diver still

Berryhill
c140 Pink-footed Geese over west at 10:00 (RT)

River Trent, Colwich
1x male Goldeneye & 1x Little Egret (AHo)

Branston GPs
c1000 Golden Plover, 12x Ruff, 17x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 3x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, c500 Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 3x Shelduck, 16x Gadwall, 12x Pochard, 30x Wigeon  and possibly 20,000 Starlings in the Sandy Pit roost (JWo)

Belvide Res (permit only)
2x Long-tailed Duck still and 1st winter drake Scaup

Wednesday 20 November 2013

Belvide Res (permit only)
2x Immature Long - tailed Duck still from Scott hide late morning
Adult Caspian Gull in the roost also 7x YL Gull and 1st winter drake Scaup

Chasewater
Juv Glaucous Gull in the roost also 2x Caspian Gull and Great Northern Diver still

Tuesday 19th November 2013

Belvide Res (permit only)
2x Long-tailed Duck still off the dam this afternoon, plus 1st winter drake Scaup

Chasewater
Juv Glaucous before flying off south also adult Caspian Gull, also late news, the Great Northern Diver still present and a adult Shag

Branston GPs
14:00hrs 13x Curlew, c1000 Golden Plover, 3x Green Sandpipers, 2x Redshank, 12x Ruff, 4x Snipe, Chiffchaff, Peregrine (DSc)

Branston WP
2x Goosander, 2x Shoveler, 64x Wigeon, 12x Gadwall, 36x Pochard, 2x Little Grebe (DSc)

Croxall GP's
243x Teal, 92x Tufted Duck, 1x Little Egret, 2x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 3x Snipe & 4x Goosander (SCo)

Whitemoor Haye
5x Tufted Duck, 29x Wigeon, 4x Pochard, 2x Grey Partridge, c600 Lapwing & c90 Golden Plover (SCo)

Westport Lake
3x female Goldeneye & drake Goosander this morning (JJo)

Monday 18 November 2013

Belvide Res (permit only)
2x Long-tailed Duck still from Chappell hide and 1w drake Scaup still present

Chasewater Res
Great Northern Diver still present at 10.00, viewed from the dam (GFWB)
Glaucous Gull  juv or 2nd winter in the roost also adult and 2nd winter Caspian Gull and  adult YL Gull

Tittesworth Res
Male Goldeneye this afternoon (PLunt)

Leomansley Woods
Long - eared Owl calling from Oak tree near to new metal gate also Kingfisher on the pool and a Snipe flushed from Pipe Green stream (BRu)

Whitemoor Haye
436x Golden Plover, 621x Lapwing, 15x Yellowhammer, 3x Tree Sparrow, Goldeneye, 26x Wigeon, 21x Tufted Duck, 4x Pochard (SCo)

Alrewas GPs
44x Lapwing, 35x Golden Plover, 3x Snipe, 62x Tufted Duck, 72x Wigeon, 6x GC Grebe, 3x Pochard, 18x Fieldfare, 6x Redwing, 8x Chiffchaff also north of Alrewas 400x Lapwing, 66x Golden Plover (SCo)

Sunday 17th November 2013

Belvide Resr
Two immature Long-tailed Duck again present at west end this morning. Also adult Caspian Gull this morning, 1w drake Scaup and Knot seen today.

Chasewater 
Great Northern Diver still present

Drayton Bassett Pits
A Pink-footed Goose with 275 Greylag Geese, Black Swan, 5x Dunlin, 3x Snipe, 240x Lapwing, 7x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 3x Cetti's Warblers, 7x Herring Gulls, Common Gull, 60x Goldfinches (JH)

Blithfield Res
Two adult Yellow-legged Gulls in the roost. In Tad Bay, 16x Goosander and a Little Egret (RPo)

Trentham Gardens
One Little Egret at 14:00hrs (MWright)

Whitemoor Haye
17x Tufted Duck, 21x Wigeon, 1x Little Owl, c220 Lapwing, several Tree Sparrow & Yellowhammer (SCo)

Saturday 16th November 2013

Belvide Res (permit only)
2x Long-tailed Duck still present at 10.55, plus juvenile Scaup. A possible 1w Ring-billed Gull was in the roost plus an adult Caspian Gull.

Gailey Res
Juvenile female Scaup on main sailing lake at 09.00, still present at 11.17 (JDa, KJD)

Aqualate Mere
Cetti's Warbler showing well by the hide at 08.00 (KHa)

Tittesworth Res
Male Red-breasted Merganser this morning south of visitor centre (RPo, PBa, IBu)

Swallow Moss
Peregrine, 35x Fieldfare & 2x Red Grouse (RPo)

Chasewater Res
Great Northern Diver still present this morning

Doxey Marshes
Water Pipit, c156 Snipe, c187 Lapwing, 7x Goosander, 2x Water Rail, 8x Golden Plover, 2x Stonechat & 47 x Fieldfare (SPe)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Adult Yellow-legged Gull, 5x Goosander, 16x Pochard, 79x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 20x Teal, 20x Snipe & 50x Fieldfare (RPo)

Cannock Chase
3x Stonechat, 2x Raven (JWo)

Clay Mills
Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, c100x Wigeon, c100x Fieldfare, c200x Redwing, 15x Tree Sparrow (DSc)

Friday 15th November 2013

Belvide Res (permit only)
2x Long-tailed Duck in front of Scott hide at 13.30 (RSw)

Chasewater
Great Northern Diver still present late PM at least (Keith Whitehouse)

The Great Northern Diver at Chasewater showed well at sunset - Keith Whitehouse

Black Bank
26,400 Woodpigeon south at 07.30-09.00, also 4x Brambling present (NDP)

Hanchurch Woods
50x Crossbill by Ranger Lodge this morning (DFo). 10-15 Crossbills by Woodcutters Cottage (RSm)

Ford Green Hall
4x Little Grebe, 2x Wigeon, 12x Tufted Duck, drake Teal, drake Pochard & Raven over (JJo)

Branston GP's
921x Golden Plover, 621x Lapwing, 16x Curlew, 32x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 9x Ruff, 2x Shelduck, 5x Shoveler, 3x Pochard, 16x Gadwall, 25x Wigeon, 12x Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail, 3x Little Egrets (JWo)

Thursday 14th November 2013

Belvide Res (permit only)
Bar-tailed Godwit on north shore this afternoon, also Ruddy Shelduck, 1st winter Scaup & Pink-footed Goose, also 2x adult Caspian Gull in the roost plus 13x Yellow-legged Gulls

Middleton Lakes
North pit, Pink-footed Goose still and 7x Little Egret over at dusk, a Bittern flew towards Dosthill at 15.30 (LGe)

Wednesday 13th November 2013

Doxey Marshes
Merlin, 11x Goosander, male Goldeneye & pair Stonechat (PDy)

Middleton Lakes
Pink-footed Goose, Raven, Stonechat & 6x Little Egret, also 3x Goldeneye at Dosthill NR (JHa)

Chasewater Res
Great Northern Diver still present at 13.30 (SJN)

Blithfield Res (permit only)
59x Goosander in Tad Bay roost at 16:45 also a Pintail (RCB)