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Friday, 30 April 2010
30th Apr 2010
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
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
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
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
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.
Sunday, 25 April 2010
25th April 2010
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Ring Ouzel showing well around large lake.....Birdguides.
Belvide Res (Permit Only)
L R Plover x 10 , Green Sand , Common Sand x 2 .....BB.
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
13th Apr 2010
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
Blithfield
Yellow Wagtail x 3, Little Owl x 1 and Green Sandpiper x 1 on outfall stream south of Staffordshire Way bridge
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)