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Friday, 30 April 2010

30th Apr 2010

Drayton Bassett
Garganey (drake) also Whinchat and Greenshank.......Birdguides.

Doxey Marshes
Greenshank , Whimbrel x 3 , Dunlin x 2 .......R Powell.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Dunlin x 3 , Ringed Plover x 1 , Common Sand x 7 ,
Wheatear x 4..............A Barker.

Berry Hill
Wheatear x 4.

Tittesworth Res
Whimbrel x 4.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Wheatear x 7 , Cuckoo , Hobby , Common Sand x 5 ,
Yellow Wagtail x 2 ...............BB.

Thursday, 29 April 2010

29th Apr 2010

Hanchurch Woods
Grasshopper Warbler x 3 , also Cuckoo (fem) this morning.

Tatenhill/Branston WP this morning
Whitethroat x 4 singing, Lesser Whitethroat x 1 singing, Sedge Warbler x 4 singing, Reed Warbler x 1 singing and Willow Tit x 1 (Sean Cole)

Uttoxeter Quarry this evening
Common Tern x 2, Dunlin x 38, Ringed Plover x 6, Common Sandpiper x 2, Yellow Wagtail x 2 and Swift x 1 (Richard Powell) also Ringed Plover x 14, Oystercatcher x 5, Goosander x 5, White Wagtail x 1 (Andrew Barker)

Burton-upon-Trent
Hobby flew east over town late morning (Birdguides)

Westport Lake
Wood Warbler x 1 (C Waring)

Cannock Chase
Wood Warbler.

Belvide Reservoir
Arctic Tern x 7 later afternoon and Whimbrel x 3 through midday (Birdguides)

Branston GPs
Little Egret, Mandarin x 2 and Yellow Wagtail x 2 (Birdguides)

Blithfield Res
Arctic Tern x 7 also Turnstone.............(Birdguides).

Wednesday, 28 April 2010

28th Apr 2010

Bassett North
Dunlin x 3 (TVB)

Chasewater
Spotted Crake NW of causeway at 06:30 before flying off east (Birdguides)

Tittesworth
Whimbrel x 2 this evening on small island opposite 1st car park (Birdguides)

Westport Lake
Osprey over main lake @ 17-06 , also L R Plover x 2 , Common Sand x 1 .

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Whinchat , Cuckoo , Common Tern x 8.........BB.

Keele University
Wood Warbler morning only............D Emley.

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

27th April 2010

Branston GPs
Avocet x 2 flew through south (Birdguides)

Westport Lake
L R Plover x 4 , Common Sandpiper x 4 ......N Smith.

Doxey Marshes
Grasshopper Warbler x 2.

Hanchurch Woods
Crossbill x 2 , Cuckoo x 2 , Tree Pipit x 5.

Cannock Chase
Wheatear x 4 , Cuckoo x 3 , Katyn Memorial are.

Whitemore Sewage Works
Little Egret this evening.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Cuckoo , Hobby , L R Plover x 10 , Common Sand x 5......BB.

Uttoxeter Quarry 18-30 / 20-10.
Green Sand x 1 , Dunlin x 3 , Ringed Plover x 1 , Common Sand x 6 ,
Curlew x 1 , Oystercatcher x 5 , Shelduck x 2 , Goosander x 4 ,
Yellow Wagtail x 10 ,White Wagtail x 6................A Barker.

Monday, 26 April 2010

26th Apr 2010

L R Plover .....Westport Lake......SS.

Berry Hill
Whinchat also Greenland Wheatear in upper horse
paddocks (Birdguides)

Croxden Quarry
Wheatear x 3, Common Sandpiper x 1 and LRP x 3 this evening (Andy Barker)

Silverdale Colliery
Grasshopper Warbler , Wheatear x 11 , and Cuckoo.

Drayton Bassett
Garganey (drake) plus Yellow Wagtail , Wheatear and Dunlin x 6.

Westport Lake
L R Plover x 2...........C Waring.
Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Common Sand x 4 , L R Plover x 6 , Common Tern x 5......BB.

Sunday, 25 April 2010

25th April 2010

Tamworth
White Stork flew east over Tamworth Rugby Club mid-day (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
Whinchat, Grasshopper Warbler x 8 and Common Sandpiper (Birdguides)

Berry Hill Fields
Black Redstart present around White-door paddock still mid-afternoon, plus Greenland-type Wheatear x 2 and Common Redstart(Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hobby over toward Marquis Drive and Cuckoo x 5 near Birches Valley pools mid-morning (Birdguides)

Westport Lake
L R Plover x 4 , Common Sand x 2 , Tern sp (over).....C Waring.

Uttoxeter Quary
Yellow Wagtail x 4 , White Wagtail x 1, Dunlin x 1 ,
Common Sand x 5 , Ringed Plover x 1, Goosander x 6 ,
Oystercatcher x 2..........NP.
1600 / 17-40
Dunlin x 15 , Curlew x 2 , Oystercatcher x 2 , Ringed Plover x 1,
L R Plover x 2 , Common Sand x 6 , White Wagtail x 2......A Barker

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Whimbrel x 10 on north shore @ 9-10 , another 3 @ 14-50
and a single @ 17-30 all birds departed.........BB.

Trimpos
Grasshopper Warbler x 1 , Whitethroat x 2.........A Barker.

Ticknill
Wheatear..........A Barker.

Croxden Quarry
Ringed Plover x 1 , L R Plover x 4 , Common Sand x 1...A Barker.

Chasewater
Shelduck x 1 , Common Tern x 1 , Ringed Plover x 2 ,
Dunlin x 2 , Common Sand x 6 , L R Plover x 6 ,
Oystercatcher x 4 .................GE.

Saturday, 24 April 2010

24th Apr 2010

Doxey Marshes
Wood Sand x 1 , Whinchat , Grasshopper Warbler x 5 ........Birdguides.

Bobbington
Wheatear x 3 on old airfield and ploughed field.......Birdguides.

Berry Hill
Ring Ouzel over viewpoint early morning , Lesser Whitethroat x2,
Sedge Warbler , Wheatear x 8 ............R Toon.

Branston GP / Tattenhill Lock
Lesser Whitethroat x 2 , Sedge Warbler x 2 .......S Cole.

Westport Lake
L R Plover x 1 , Common Sand x 2 , Shelduck x 2 ,
Garden Warbler , Whitethroat x 2 , Little Egret (over) ,
Grey Wagtail , Blackcap x 4......P Jones, N Smith, D Kelsall, S Seal.

Bevide Res (Permit Only)
Lesser Whitethroat x 2 , Wheatear x 3 , Reed Warbler x 1 ,
Sedge Warbler x 10 , Whitethroat x 8 , Yellow Wagtail x 3,
Common Tern x 3............BB.

Hanchurch Woods
Tree Pipit x 2 , Crossbill x 3 , Brambling x 3 ,
Cuckoo , Raven ..............Steve / N P.

Bassett North
Dunlin x 10, Common Sandpiper x 2, Yellow Wagtail x 2 and Little Gull x 3 around midday (TVB)

Croxden Quarry
Mandarin x 2, LRP x 6, Curlew x 2, Garden Warbler and Reed Warbler (Andrew Barker)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Scaup (f) and Mandarin x 2 (Andrew Barker)

Cannock Chase
Hobby x 1 and Cuckoo x 1 (Daniel Armishaw)

Friday, 23 April 2010

23rd Apr 2010

Gailey Res
B N Grebe x 2 on sailing lake............Birdguides.

Cannock Chase
Whinchat , Hobby x3...........Birdguiders.

Doxey Marshes
Wood Sandpiper x 2 still on scrape mid-afternoon......Birdguides.

Westport Lake
White Wagtail still present also L R Plover x 4 ,
Common Sandpiper x 1, Dunlin this evening ...............C Waring.

Whitemoor Haye
Grennshank , Dunlin , Common Sandpiper x 5 , Wheatear x 2 ,
White Wagtail x 12 , Yellow Wagtail , .....................T Perrins.

Croxden Quarry
Shelduck x 2 , Teal x 2 , L R Plover x 3 and Yellow Wagtail
over Trimpos this afternoon...............A Barker.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Common Sand x 15 , L R Plover x 9 , Dunlin x 10......BB.

Drayton Bassett
Garganey (drake) , Dunlin x 3 , Ringed Plover x 6 ,
Common Sandpiper x 1 ..............TVB.

Cheadle
Grasshopper Warbler x 1 @ JCB Plant this evening.......M Plant.

Thursday, 22 April 2010

22nd Apr 2010

Berry Hill
Whinchat x 2 , Redstart and 8 x Grasshopper Warblers ,
Wheatear x 13...........R Toon.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Garganey (drake) , Whinchat , Grasshopper Warbler ,
Hobby , Tree Pipit , Lesser Whitethroat , Reed Warbler ,
Wheatear x 2 ............BB

Branston WP / Tatenhill Lock
Sedge Warbler , Lesser Whitethroat.........S Cole.

Dunstall
Grasshopper Warbler x 2 Smestow Valley.

Westport Lake
Blackcap x 8 , Chiffchaff x 5 , L R Plover x 5 ,
Common Sandpiper x 3 ,White Wagtail , Grey Wagtail ,
Willow Warbler x 2 , Sedge Warbler x 1..........C Waring.

Silverdale Colliery
White Wagtail x 3 , Common Sandpiper x 3 , Wheatear x 14 ,
Raven ................NP. Whinchat early evening.........Birdguides.

Rocester
Whinchat at JCB site , Mandarin x 4 off Nabbs Lane
early evening...............Birdguides.

Chasewater
White Wagtail x 7 , Yellow Wagtial x 1 , Ringed Plover x 6 ,
Common Sandpiper x 7 , Wheatear x 2 , Common Tern x 3.

Doxey Marshes
Wood Sandpiper x 2 , Common Sandpiper x 3 .............Birdguides.

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

21st Apr 2010

Doxey Marshes
Wood Sandpiper x 2 , Green Sand x 1 , Common Sand x 4 ,
Ringed Plover x 1 , L R Plover x 6 , Redshank x 2 ,
Dunlin x 1 Oystercatcher x 2 , White Wagtail x 1 ,
Yellow Wagtail x 2 ................R Smith.

Westport Lake
White Wagtail , L R Plover x 2 ........N Smith , C Waring.

Berry Hill
Whinchat , Redstart , Wheatear x 10..........Birdguides.

Dimmings Dale
Pied Flycatcher male opposite Ramblers............Birdguides.

Silverdale Colliery
White Wagtail , Common Sandpiper , Grasshopper Warbler ,
Wheatear x 14 , Cuckoo , Whitethroat ..................NP.

Whitemoor Haye
Greenshank x 1 , Common Sand x 2, Wheatear x 5 ,
White Wagtail x 7 , Yellow Wagtail x 25 , Dunlin x 1.....T Perrins.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Whinchat , Redstart (male) , Wheatear x 3 , L R Plover x 12 ,
Common Sandpiper x 23 ................BB.

Rudyard Lake
Redstart (male ).

Parkhall
Grasshopper Warbler x 2 on golf course.

Croxden
Common Sand x 3 , L R Plover x 5 , Ringed Plover this evening.

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

20th Apr 2010

Doxey Marshes
Wood Sandpiper x 2 on scrape with Dunlin x 1 , Common Sand x 3 ,
Green Sand x 1 , L R Plover x 7 , Ringed Plover x 1, Yellow Wagtail ,
Redshank x 2 , Oystercatcher x 1 .........S Petrek.

Essington Quarry
Grasshopper Warbler.

Cannock Chase
Hobby over Sherbrook Valley this morning......Birdguides.

Blithfield Res
Hobby over dam this morning.......Birdguides.

Tamworth
Arctic Tern x 2 still on Borrow Pit Lake by Snowdome.....S Petrek.

Westport Lake
Blackcap x 8 , Willow Warbler x 5 , L R Plover x 4 ,
Whitethroat x 1 , Chiffchaff x5 , House Martn x 5 ..........C Waring.

Drayton Bassett
Green Sand , Common Sand , Yellow Wagtail , Greenshank ,
Black-tailed Godwit x 2 ...........TVB.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Dunlin x 11, Ringed Plover x 4, L R Plover x 8, Common Sand x 7,
White Wagtail x 6, Wheatear x 4...........BB.

Branston WP / Tatenhill Lock
Whitethroat..........S Cole.

Monday, 19 April 2010

19th Apr 2010

Doxey Marshes (yesterday 18th).
Goosander x 1 male , Grasshopper Warbler x 3,
Common Sand x 3 , L R Plover x 2 , Oystercather x 1 ,
Whitethroat and 2 x Shelduck.......................S Petrek.

Chasewater
Little Gull adult , Whimbrel and Swift x 5, Redstart ........Birdguides.

Berry Hill
Whimbrel in field north of radio mast , also 31 x Wheatear ,
Ring Ouzel , Redstart.................R Toon.

Caverswall Scrape
L R Plover x 2, Wheatear x 5 , Grasshopper Warbler .

Silverdale Colliery
Wheatear x 9 , Oystercatcher.........NP.

Westport Lake
L R Plover x 3 , Common Sand x 2 , Shoveler x 3 ,
Sedge Warbler x 1 , House Martin x 1 ...........N Smith, P Lunt.

Cannock Chase
Marsh Harrier fem over sherbrook valley , Redstart x 4 ,
Tree Pipits x 3 , Cuckoo x 2 , Wheatear x 2 .

Branston GPs
Black-tailed Godwit on sandy pit also Green Sand x 3......Birdguides.

Cheadle
Wheatear x 14.

Croxden
Dunlin x 2 , L R Plover x 2 this evening.

Hanchurch Woods
Crossbill x 25 .

Drayton Bassett
Dunlin x 3.......TVB.

Tamworth
Arctic Tern x 2 on Borrowpit lake by the Snowdome......TVB.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Whimbrel flew through , Dunlin x 6 , Common Sandpiper x 8 ,
L R Plover x 8 , Ringed Plover x 1 , Oystercatcher x 4 ,
White Wagtail x 1 , Wheatear x 4 , and a probable male Channel Wagtail
on the north shore........BB.

Sunday, 18 April 2010

18th Apr 2010

Redstart Rudyard Lake...SS



Rudyard Lake
Redstart still around chalets early morning S Seal.

Aqualate Mere
Arctic Tern late morning also Cuckoo , Hobby........R Swift.


Silverdale Colliery
Cuckoo x 2 on The Void.......Birdguides.

Cannock Chase
Pied Flycatcher (male) stepping stones also Cuckoo ,
Redstart x 2 and Tree Pipit.........Birdguides.

Berry Hill
Ring Ouzel , Grasshopper Warbler x 6 early morning.......Birdguides.

Parkhall Golf-course
Garden Warbler , Grasshopper Warbler x 3 , Blackcap x 4 ,
Willow Warbler x 10 , Chiffchaff x 7 .

Westport Lake
L R Plover x 5 , Common Sandpiper , Blackcap x 4,
Chiffchaff x 5 , Sand Martin x 6, Pied Flycatcher fem this evening.........C Waring.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Sedge Warbler , Common Sandpiper, and fem Scaup still.

Branston GPs
Black-tailed Godwit , Green Sandpiper x 2.

Chasewater White Wagtail x 4 , Wheatear , Common Sandpiper ,Ringed Plover , L R Plover x 6 , Oystercatcher x 3.

Belvide Res (Permit Only) Whimbrel x 6 this morning , Swift and Little Gull this evening.......Birdguides

Hanchurch Woods Brambling x 6 , Crossbill x 22....NP.

Doxey Marshes......Green Sandpiper ..........Birdguides.

Whitemoor Haye.....White Wagtail x 3 , Yellow Wagtail x 15 , Wheatear x 2 .....T Perrins.

Branston WP / Tatenhill Lock Grasshopper Warbler , also Hobby........S Cole.

Saturday, 17 April 2010

17th Apr 2010

Berry Hill
Grasshopper Warbler x 6 reeling this morning.....Birdguides.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Greenshank @ west end,
L R Plover x 6 , Common Sandpiper x 4.......Birdguides.

Rudyard Lake
Redstart still by chalets..

Westport Lake
L R Plover x 4 ...........C Waring.

Blithfield Res (Permit Only)
Yellow Wagtail x 10 , Common Sandpiper x 2

Aqualate Mere
Whooper Swan just south of Mere on A518

Draton Bassett
Green Sand..........T Perrins.

Codsall
Lesser Whitethroat along Port Lane 1mile north of Codsall........S Nuttall.

Whitemoor Haye
Greenshank x 2 on quarry pool also Green Sandpiper ,
Redshank x 10 , Yellow Wagtail x 2 ........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Goosander x 17

Friday, 16 April 2010

16th Apr 2010

Uttoxeter Quarry
Scaup female still also White Wagtail , Green Sand x 4 .....Birdguides.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
L R Plover x 10 , Common Sandpiper x 3 .....BB.

Westport Lake
L R Plover x 5 , Blackcap x 7 , Willow Tit ........N Smith.

Berry Hill
Grasshopper Warbler x 2 this morning.

Drayton Bassett
Yellow Wagtail x 7 , White Wagtail 4 ......J Fincham / J Harris.

Dimmingsdale
Pied Fly x 2.........D Pointon.

Croxden Quarry
L R Plover x 2 ...........D Pointon.

Thursday, 15 April 2010

15th Apr 2010

Little Haywood
Little Egret on small pool opposite Shugborough shooting
club for second day..............Birdguides.

Westport Lake
L R Plover x 4 , Willow Warbler x 2 , Chiffchaff x 5 ,
Swallow x 2 , Blackcap x 3 ..............C Waring.

Silverdale Colliery
Ring Ouzel still by The Void .........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Scaup female still this evening...........Birdguides.

Berry Hill
Grasshopper Warbler x 4 , Wheatear this morning.....R Toon.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
L R Plover x 8 , Common Sandpiper x 2 ............BB

Doxey Marshes
Grasshopper Warbler , Goosander x 4 , Reed Warbler.

Radford Meadows NR
Green Sandpiper x 2.

Hanchurch Woods
Brambling x 12.

Wednesday, 14 April 2010

14th Apr 2010

Dipper Staffs.........SS

Silverdale Colliery
Ring Ouzel showing well around large lake.....Birdguides.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
L R Plover x 10 , Green Sand , Common Sand x 2 .....BB.
Rudyard Lake
Red Kite over northern end late afternoon......BF.
Blithfield Res
Common Sandpiper on the dam also Yellow Wagtail x 11...Birdguides.
Doxey Marsh
Grasshopper Warbler x 3 .........RBA.

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

13th Apr 2010

Westport Lake
L R Plover x 3 , Chiffchaff x 5 , Willow Warbler x 2 ,
Blackcap x 4 , also Peregrine over at 8-30 (C Waring)

Cannock Chase
Cuckoo x 6 and Tree Pipit x 2 (Birdguides)

Uttoxeter
Yellow Wagtail x 13 and Mandarin x 2 (Birdguides)

Keele
Whimbrel x 1 at Keele University in a field near the observatory (Birdguides)

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
L R Plover x 6 , Green and Common Sandpiper ,
Redshank x 2, Oystercatcher x 5............BB.

Monday, 12 April 2010

12th Apr 2010

Ring Ouzel Staffordshire Moors........SS


Blithfield
Yellow Wagtail x 3, Little Owl x 1 and Green Sandpiper x 1 on outfall stream south of Staffordshire Way bridge
(Scott Petrek)

Berry Hill
Grasshopper Warbler x 2 , also Redstart (Birdguides)

Belvide
Common Scoter x 1 (female) off dam (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
Red Kite over M6 then departed over Stafford (Birdguides)

Radford Meadows
Green Sand x 2 , Goosander x 4 ..........R Swift.

Westport Lake
L R Plover x 2..................C Waring.

Chasewater
Garganey (drake).............Birdguides.

Sunday, 11 April 2010

11th Apr 2010

Branston GPs
Avocet x 4 still on Sandy Pit...........Birdguides

Uttoxeter Quarry
Scaup female still present this morning......Birdguides.

Caverswall Scrape
Grasshopper Warbler........BF.

Chasewater
L R Plover x 2 , Green Sand x 2 , Ringed Plover.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Garden Warbler , Whitethroat , White and Yellow Wagtail ,
Sedge Warbler , Common Sand x 2 , Green Sand x 3 ,
L R Plover x 4 ..........BB.

Weaver Hills
Chiffchaff x 2 , Willow Warbler x 4 , Blackcap ,
Raven x 4 ...........T Eyre , D Powell.

Saturday, 10 April 2010

10th Apr 2010

Yoxhall
White Wagtail x 5 just off meadow lane..........Birdguides.

Cannock Chase
Redstart by stepping stones also Tree Pipit x 3..........Birdguides.

Branston GPs
Avocet x 4 , also Ruff........Birdguides.

Doxey Marshes
Reed Warbler , also Sedge Warbler x 2........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Whitethroat , Sedge Warbler x 3 , L R Plover x 4 ,
Blackcap x 10 , Common Sandpiper x 3 , Oystercatcher x 6 ......BB.

Friday, 9 April 2010

9th April 2010

Doxey Marshes
Reed Warbler (Birdguides)

Aqualate Park
Gargeney x 2 drakes late afternoon (Birdguides)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Scaup (fem) & White Wagtail x 15 (Birdguides)

Thursday, 8 April 2010

8th Apr 2010

Westport Lake
Chiffchaff x 6 , Willow Warbler x 5 , Blackcap x 3.....C Waring.

Belvide Res
Common Sand x 3 , L R Plover x 2 , Redshank x 3 ,
Oystercatcher x 5 , Yellow Wagtail x 2 , White Wagtail x 2,
Blackcap x 7 , Willow Warbler x 2................BB.

North Staffs
Short-eared Owl x 3 between Flash / Gradbach this evening..BF.

Wednesday, 7 April 2010

7th Apr 2010

Berry Hill
Ring Ouzel still present also Redstart , Yellow Wagtail ,
and 22+ Wheatears .......Birdguides.

Doxey Marshes
Water Pipit on wader scrape also Little Egret , L R Plover ,
and White Wagtail .............Birdguides.

Westport Lake
L R Plover x 2 , Chiffchaff x 7 , Willow Warbler x 5 ,
Curlew x 4 (over)...........C Waring.

Silverdale Colliery
Goosander x 16 , Wheatear x 3 ........NP.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Common Sand , Green Sand , Redshank x 4 , Oystercatcher x 4 ,
Yellow Wagtail x 5 , White Wagtail x 5 ...........BB.

Tuesday, 6 April 2010

6th Apr 2010

Berry Hill
Ring Ouzel male still present............Birdguides.

Blithfield Res
Osprey Tad Bay , Little Gull adult north of causeway...Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
White Wagtail x 2........Birdguides.

Branston GPs
Avocet x 2 , on Sandy Pit , also male Ruff , Green Sandpiper x 2 ,
L R Plover x 6 , and White Wagtail............Birdguides.

Westport Lake
Kittiwake adult late afternoon.........Birdguides.

Park Hall CP
L E Owl still this afternoon............Birdguides.

Great Wyrley
White Wagtail in horse paddocks Long Lane also ,
Wheatear and Yellow Wagtail x 3 ............Birdguides.

Drayton Bassett
White Wagtail x 5 , Green Sand , Little Egret......TP / JA.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
Yellow Wagtail x 5 , White Wagtail , L R Plover ,
Redshank x 4 ...........BB.

Monday, 5 April 2010

5th Apr 2010

Berry Hill
Ring Ouzel male in paddocks below mast ...........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res
Little Gull x 2 adults from causeway still this evening ,
Osprey Tad Bay late morning...........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Water Pipit , Green Sand , Goosander x 6 .............Birdguides.
Scaup (fem) .....Richard Powell.

Westport Lake
L R Plover , Blackcap , Oystercatcher............C Waring.

Aqualate Mere
Osprey and Red Kite over mid-afternoon........BF.

Drayton Bassett
Wheatear x 2 , White Wagtail , Green Sand x 3 ...........TVB.

Belvide Res (Permit Only)
L R Plover x 2, Redshank x 3 , Oystercatcher x 4......BB.

Doxey Marshes
Water Pipit on new wader scrape, aslo Yellow Wagtail.....Birdguides.

Croxall Lakes
Green Sandpiper , Ringed Plover x 2 .

Hopwas
Ring Ouzel male WNW of Tamworth in field nr Pig Farm at 3-30pm.

Sunday, 4 April 2010

4th Apr 2010

Westport Lake
Kittiwake adult this morning........Birdguides.

Berry Hill
Ring Ouzel male this morning..........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res
Little Gull adult still north of causeway this evening
also Pink-footed Goose with Greylags ,........Birdguides.

Park Hall CP.
Long-eared Owl in pines near green bench this afternoon.....Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Scaup fem , 3 x Green Sand , 2 x White Wags ,
2 x Oystercatchers , 4 x L R Plovers , and a Little Egret ..........NP.
Water and Rock Pipit this evening ......Andy Barker & Richard Powell
2 x Mandarins.......Birdguides.

Silverdale Colliery
11 x Goosanders on The Void.........D Kelsall.

Belvide Res
Dunlin x 2 , Redshank x 3 , Oystercatcher x 4 ,
Chiffchaff x 12 , Curlew , (Permit Only)...........BB.

Drayton Bassett
Wheatear x 6 , White Wagtail x 3 , L R Plover x 12 ,
Green Sandpiper x 4 , Little Egret............TVB.

Yoxall
Pink-footed Goose x 2 , on the bank of the river Trent
late afternoon ................Birdguides.

Saturday, 3 April 2010

3rd April 2010

Blithfield Reservoir
Sandwich Tern x 1 in Blithe Bay mid-morning, Little Gull from the causeway Osprey x 2 and Common Tern (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
Water Pipit x 2 Pensioner Pollards and Little Egret on New Scrape (Birdguides)

Belvide
Sandwich Tern from 13:14 to 13:25 when it flew north (Birdguides)

Berry Hill Fields
Ring Ouzel x 2 still in paddocks below radio masts (Birdguides)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Scaup (fem) (Birdguides)

Drayton Basset
Peregrine over north pit, Green Sandpiper x 3 and Redshank x 3

Friday, 2 April 2010

2nd April 2010

Berry Hill Fields
Ring Ouzel x 2 in fields below viewpoint (Birdguides)

Whitemore Haye
Dunlin x 2 on quarry lake (Birdguides)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Scaup (fem), Green Sandpiper x 1 and White Wagtail x 2 (Birdguides)

Park Hall CP
Long-eared Owl x 2

Doxey Marshes
Little Egret, Water Pipit and Little Ringed Plover (Birdguides)

Belvide
Osprey over mid-morning (Birdguides)

Drayton Basset Pits
Peregrine and Little Egret (TVB)

Thursday, 1 April 2010

1st April 2010

Berry Hill Fields
Ring Ouzel male in field south of viewpoint (Birdguides)

Cheadle
Dark-bellied Brent Goose still on small pool by Brookhouse Road this morning (Birdguides)

Uttoxeter Pits
Scaup (fem) still, Green Sandpiper x 2, Goosander x 5 and Swallow x 13 (Richard Powell)

Belvide
White Wagtail x 1, Yellow Wagtail x 1 (Birdguides)