Saturday 31 July 2010

31st July 2010

Gailey Res
Franklin's Gull  adult in ploughed field opposite fishermans car park 16-15.......Birdguides.
Franklin's Gull adult on main sailing lake @ 21-00......Birdguides

Yoxall
Hobby x 3 over village this afternoon............Birdguides..

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
2 x Med Gulls ( 1st sum / juv) , Turnstone , Greenshank , 2 x Wigeon , 2 x Dunlin ,
2 x Raven .
Blithe Bay
3 x Little Egret , 11 x Common Tern ,
Causeway
4 x Common Sandpiper , Dunlin...............R Powell
also.....Garganey , Common Scoter , 2 Black-tailed Godwit , Knot...........E Clare.

Uttoxeter Quarry
3 x Little Egret , Redstart , 5 x Common Sand , 3 x Curlew , 16 LRP , 5 x Green Sand .
4 xOystercatcher , Yellow Wagtail ................A Barker , R Powell.

Friday 30 July 2010

30th July 2010

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Garganey one in Tad Bay also 1st summer Med Gull........Birdguides.

Doxey Marshes
Common Scoter drake still on Boundary Flash.............Birdguides.

Aqualate
Little Gull x 6 on the mere this afternoon..................Birdguides.

Thursday 29 July 2010

29th July 2010

Doxey Marshes
Cattle Egret showing well on Creswell Flash also drake Common Scoter
still on boundry flash...............Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
2 x Greenshank , 2 x LRP , 16 x Common Sand , 1 x Green Sand and an
immature Peregrine flew through this afternoon.............BB.

Chasewater
Franklin's Gull adult again from sailing club this evening...........Birdguides.

Branston GPs
Wood Sandpiper one this evening also adult Arctic Tern , 2 x Little Egret and
2 x Green Sands.............Birdguides.

Croxden Quarry
Y L Gull juvenile today.............Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Greenshank , 3 x Dunlin and Little Egret in Tad Bay this evening.

Wednesday 28 July 2010

28th July 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Arctic Tern still present also female Garganey and fly through Sanderling...Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart , 3 x Common Sand , 3 x Green Sand , Dunlin , 10 x LRP ,
10 x Egyptian Geese...............EJF.

Doxey Marshes
Cattle Egret again mid-evening from hide............Birdguides.
Common Scoter drake on large pool late evening.......Birdguides.

Westport Lake
2 x Common Sand early morning only.........C Waring.

Croxden Quarry
Hobby over @ 18-30............D Powell.

Tuesday 27 July 2010

27th July 2010

Doxey Marshes
Cattle Egret juvenile just below M6 motorway from main car park early
evening also Hobby over.........Birdguides.
Cattle Egret flew into roost late evening........

Westport Lake
Med Gull adult briefly this morning at 9-45.
2 x Arctic Tern mid-afternoon.......R Sutton.

Chasewater
Turnstone x 3 on south shore this afternoon........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
Med Gull x 2 (Juv / 1st summer)
Blithe Bay
8 x Common Tern , Little Egret , Black-tailed Godwit , Redshank ,
Dunlin , 3 x Common Sandpiper , 3 x Yellow Wagtail.
Causeway
Sanderling , 2 x Common Sandpiper.............A Barker.

Uttoxeter Quarry
1 x Green Sand , 3 x Common Sand , 10 x LRP , 12 x Yellow Wagtail.......A Barker.

Croxden Quarry
Y L Gull adult also Hobby this evening............A Barker.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Turnstone , 2 x Greenshank , 3 x Green Sand , 12 x Common Sand ,
17 x Common Tern , Little Egret and Hobby................BB.

Gailey Res
Y L Gull adult on sailing lake this evening........Birdguides.

Monday 26 July 2010

26th July 2010

Doxey Marshes
Cattle Egret came into roost again this evening and showed well
from hide................Birdguides.

Belvide Res (peermit only)
Arctic Tern x 11 present this morning also Little Egret....Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Knot x 5 in Tad Bay also Little Stint and Sanderling...........Birdguides.

Branston GPs
Arctic Tern x 5 this evening also 2 x adult Y L Gulls..........Birdguides.

Sunday 25 July 2010

25th July 2010

Doxey Marshes
Cattle Egret flew from Grey Heron roost @ 5-30 this morning....Birdguides.
(Bird roosted there late Saturday evening)
Cattle Egret came into roost this evening for its 2nd day..........Birdguides.

Westport Lake
Common Sandpiper early morning...........C Waring.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Med Gull juv at west end briefly at mid-day , also Whimbrel over
@9-30..........Birdguides.

Silvrdale Colliery
Med Gull adult briefly then flew west @ 11-30.......Birdguides.

Kynpersley Res
Common Sandpiper also Hobby over @ 13-45.......SS.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
Little Stint, 21 x Dunlin , Redshank , 2 x Black-tailed Godwit ,
3 x Common Sandpiper , Y L Gull adult , Peregrine .
Blithe Bay
2 x Little Egret , 5 x Egyptian Goose , Turnstone , Redshank ,
Common Sandpiper , 2 x Black-tailed Godwit .................R Swift.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Hobby , Peregrine (juv), 11 x Curlew , 10 x Oystercatcher ,
3 x Green Sand , 2 x Common Sand , 2 x Yellow Wagtail ,
Dunlin..............A Barker.

Saturday 24 July 2010

24th July 2010

Berry Hill
Whinchat this morning also Redstart and Hobby........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart still this morning also 6 x Yellow Wagtail , Willow Tit ,
4 x Green Sand , 10 x LR Plover , 7 x Oystercatcher ,
and Common Sand.............A Barker.

Gailey Res
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 near adults in field opposite the fishermens
car park mid-afternoon...........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Little Stint in Tad Bay late afternoon also Turnstone , Y L Gull and
2 x Black-tailed Godwits..............Birdguides.

Whitemoor Haye
Quail still calling along rough track.........Birdguides.

Chasewater
Franklin's Gull  adult again from west shore @ 16-00, but flew of east
@ 17-30 , No further sign by mid-evening , Whimbrel over @ 19-25.

Belvide Res (permit only)
14 x Dunlin , Greenshank , Black-tailed Godwit , 3 x Green Sand ,
10 x Common Sand , 7 x LR Plover............BB.

Friday 23 July 2010

23rd July 2010

Tittesworth Res
Wood Sandpiper on main reservoir by the causeway this morning
Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart x 2 , Yellow Wagtail x 6 , Green Sand x 8 , Ringed Plover ,
L R Plover x 23 , Common Sand x 2 , Oystercatcher x 3 ,
Curlew x 8 ..................A Barker.
3 x Little Egrets flew east @ 20-10.........R Powell.

Croxden Quarry
Shelduck juv , Y L Gull juv , Oystercatcher and Peregrine.....A Barker.

Gailey Res
Adult Yellow legged Gull on sailing lake this afternoon....Birdguides.

Doxey Marshes
Green Sand x 2 on flash also Peregrine over.........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Sanderling still present also Greenshank.........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
10 x Dunlin , 6 x LR Plover , 4 x Black-tailed Godwit , 2 x Redshank ,
adult Y L Gull , 2 x Yellow Wagtail.
Blithe Bay
Turnstone , 2 x Dunlin , 5 x Black-tailed Godwit , Redshank ,
3 x Little Egret , 8 x Goosander , 8 x Egyption Goose , 16 x Common Tern .
Around the Reservoir
2 x Oysterctcher , 16 x Common Sandpiper , 8 x Shelduck........R Berry.

Westport Lake
Ruddy Shelduck adult early morning..........N Smith.

Branston GPs
Little Egret x 3 juv, also 2 x adult Y L Gulls and 8 x Green Sand.....Birdguides.

Thursday 22 July 2010

22nd July 2010

Whitemoor Haye
Quail still calling early morning in part harvested field by bend along
rough track.....................Birdguides.

Chasewater
No sign of Franklin's Gull early morning but Little Egret opposite
sailing club.........Birdguides.

Westport Lake
Common Tern early morning briefly........N Smith.

Croxden Quarry
Y L Gull x 2 (1 adult 1 juv), LR Plover x 2 , Peregrine........A Barker.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-tailed Godwit x 10 mid-afternoon also Greenshank.......Birdguides.

Wednesday 21 July 2010

21st July 2010

Westport Lake
13 x Crossbill over towards Burslem @ 6-30.......N Smith.

Chasewater
Franklin's Gull still present at dusk also 5 x Y L Gull........Birdguides.

Doxey Marshes
Green Sand x 2 on flash today.......Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Sanderling this afternoon also Turnstone and Little Egret.....Birdguides.

Whitemoor Haye
Quail still by sharp bend along rough track............Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart this morning also 2 x Green Sands....WMB.

Handsacre Flash
4 x Shelduck...........R Berry.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Blithe Bay
5 x Little Egret , 3 x Redshank , 5 x Dunlin , Goosander , Yellow Wagtail ,
7 x Ringed Plover , 8 x Shelduck ,
Tad Bay
8 x Dunlin , Greenshank , 2 L R Plover ,
Around Res
4 x Common Sandpiper , 3 x Oystercatcher , Turnstone.........R Berry.

Tuesday 20 July 2010

20th July 2010

Westport Lake
Common Tern briefly at 9-45 on main lake.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Wood Sand , 8 x Green Sand , Dunlin , 9 x Oystercatcher ,
4 x Curlew , 45 x LR Plover and a Shelduck this evening...A Barker.

Chasewater
Franklin,s Gull adult showing well this evening also
5 x Yellow-legged Gulls and Med Gull.......Birdguides.

Branston GPs
Med Gull adult also Green Sand, juvenile Little Egret , and female
Mandarin.................Birdguides.

Drayton Bassett
Little Gull 1st summer still viewed from canal tow path........Birdguides.

Whitemoor Haye
Quail x 2 still calling from bend along rough track...........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
1st summer Arctic Tern still present also 20 x Common Tern , Dunlin ,
5 x Whimbrel briefly @ 14-30 before  flying off south , also 3 x Green
Sand , 25 x Common Sand , 13 x LR Plover , and a Little Egret ........BB.

Monday 19 July 2010

19th July 2010

Biddulph
4 x Raven over heading north east 9-45.....SS.

Croxden
Yellow-legged Gull adult this evening.........A Barker.

Chasewater
Franklin's Gull adult again mid-evening...........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Arctic Tern 1st summer still also Turnstone and Greenshank....Birdguides.

Whitemoor Haye
Quail at least one still calling in field along rough track, NOTE,
Field will be harvested tonight.!!!!!!!!!!!..........Birdguides.

Sunday 18 July 2010

18th July 2010

Chasewater
Franklin's Gull present mid-morning viewed from south shore.
No further sign at 13-00 but 4 x Yellow legged Gulls....Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
1st summer Arctic Tern still present also Ruff , 26 x Common Sandpiper ,
Green Sandpiper , 15 x LR Plover , 5 x Oystercatcher , Little Egret ,
20 x Common Tern and Hobby...............BB.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay.........2 x Whimbrel flew through @ 15-25 , Pintail ,
Greenshank , Ringed Plover , Dunlin , Snipe , 7 x LRP , 9 x Common Tern .
Blithe Bay.....Turnstone , Greenshank , adult Y L Gull , adult Med Gull ,
Little Egret , 5 x Ringed Plover , 5 x LRP , 6 x Dunlin , Common Sand ,
Oystercatcher , 2 x Common Tern ................R Powell.

Branston GPs
Yellow-legged Gull adult also (juv) Little Egret, fem Mandarin....Birdguides.

Westport Lake
3 x Common Sand's............N Smith.

Saturday 17 July 2010

17th July 2010

Westport Lake
Black-tailed Godwit flew over south 6-30 also female and immature
Mandarin on main lake at 6-40 before flying off north...N Smith , C Waring.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Arctic Tern first summer still also 2 x Little Egret...........Birdguides.

Chasewater
Franklin's Gull adult again from south shore this evening also 1st summer
Med Gull and  2 x Yellow-legged Gulls..........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry  17-00 / 19-00
Wood Sandpiper juv still present also 5 x Green Sand , 2 x Common Sand ,
and a Redshank......Steve.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Greenshank , 5 x Redshank , Pintail (unseasonal).......N Smith.

Branston GPs
Little Egret , 4 x Dunlin , 4 x Redshank , Goosander.........N Smith.

Friday 16 July 2010

16th July 2010

Chasewater
Franklins Gull adult again late afternoon viewable from sailing club.
Still present this evening but distant.

Doxey Marshes
42 x Black-tailed Godwit flew low south early afternoon.....Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Black-tailed Godwit x 5 today ..........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Arctic Tern first summer today.........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Wood Sandpiper still present also 5 x Green Sands , Hobby ,
14x (juv) Gooseander, 2 x Common Sand , Curlew and
a (juv) Shelduck...............R Powell.

Thursday 15 July 2010

15th July 2010

**************MEGA****************
Chasewater
Franklins Gull adult by island viewable from sailing club this evening
G Evans...

Stafford
Red Kite over Weston Village along A51 mid-morning........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Greenshank , 4 x Black-tailed Godwit , 3 x Green Sands ,
15 x Common Sands , 3 x Dunlin , 25 x LR Plover , 2 x Little Egret ..BB.

Branston GPs
Yellow-legged Gull adult this evening also Little Egret , Black-tailed Godwit
and 3 x Green Sands...........Birdguides.

Wednesday 14 July 2010

14th July 2010

Uttoxeter Quarry
7 x Green Sandpipers late morning.........Birdguides.
1 x Wood Sandpiper , 14 x Oystercatcher , 5 x Curlew.....R Powell.

Whitemoor Haye
2 x Quail still calling by bend along rough track.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
6 x Black-tailed Godwit in Blythe Bay and Greenshank Tad Bay.
2 x Redshank , 3 x Ringed Plover , 7 x LR Plover , 2 x Snipe ,
10 x Common Sand , 8 x Common Tern , 2 x Raven over.....E Clare.

Belvide Res (permit only)
2 x Black-tailed Godwit this afternoon also 2 x Little Egret ,
Green Sandpiper and Whimbrel.....BB.

Tuesday 13 July 2010

13th July 2010

Rudyard Lake
1 x Green Sandpiper , 6 x Common Sandpiper , 2 x L R Plover ,
2 x Redstart , 1 x Pied Flycatcher...........R Toon.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-tailed Godwit still present also Green Sandpiper ,
13 x Common Sandpiper , 27 x L R Plover , 22 x Common Tern .....BB.

Uttoxeter Quarry
1 x Greenshank , 11 x Green Sandpiper , 4 x Common Sandpiper ,
19 x L R Plover , 8 x Oystercatcher , Little Egret (juv).........A Barker.

Silverdale Colliery
Little Egret briefly before flying off east..........NP.

Bradwell Woods
10 x Crossbill at Parkhouse end.........R Sutton.

Monday 12 July 2010

12th July 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Whimbrel on north shore between 13-00 & 14-30 also
Black-tailed Godwit..............Birdguides.

Sunday 11 July 2010

11th July 2010

Westport Lake
Common Tern x 2 on main lake @ 8-15........N Smith.

Drayton Bassett (north pit)
Little Gull (1st sum) still present this afternoon also Garganey....J Allen.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Black-tailed Godwit one present this morning also Green Sand x 1 ,
LRP x 25 , and Common Tern x 1 ............A Barker.
This afternoon, HobbyLittle Egret and Common Sand.....R Powell.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Black-tailed Godwit x 13 , Little Egret x 3 , Whimbrel x 1 , LRP x 14,
Dunlin x 2 , Common Sand x 9 , Common Tern x 6 , Pintail and
Hobby ......................E Clare.

Belvide Res (permit only)
LRP x 25 , Common Sand x 22..........BB.

Whitemoor Haye
Quail one possibly two along rough track by bend still.........Birdguides.

Branston GPs
Little Egret one at midday also 8 x Black-tailed Godwit on
Sandy Pit..............Birdguides.

Saturday 10 July 2010

10th July 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Scoter (female) still this afternoon........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Green Sandpiper x 10 , Curlew x 11 , LRP x 20 , Oystercatcher x 3,
Common Sand x 2 , YellowWagtail x 2 (juv), Common Gull ...........A Barker.

Tittesworth Res
Little Egret x 1 , Oystercatcher x 6 , Peregrine x 2 , LRP x 4 ,
Common Sand and female Goosander with 2 youngsters.....P Shenton.

Friday 9 July 2010

9th July 2010

Croxhall Lakes
9 x Ringed Plover , 5 x LRP , 3 x Green Sand , Oystercatcher ,
5 x Common Sand............R Berry.

Uttoxeter Quarry
8 x Green Sand , 3 x Common Sand , 2 x Ringed Plover , 1 x Curlew ,
24 x LRP , 5 x Oystercatcher , 2 x Common Tern.......R Powell , A Barker.

Cannock Chase
5 x Woodlarks by army camp , also 2 x Nighjars .............R Eyres.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Scoter fem still in south east bay , 23x LRP , 15 x Common Tern ,
12 x Common Tern..........BB.

Drayton Bassett (north)
Little Gull (1st sum) ...TVB.

Whitemoor Haye
2 x Quail still calling along rough track by sharp bend.........Birdguides.

Thursday 8 July 2010

8th July 2010

Hanchurch Woods
Crossbill x 40 this morning.........NP.

Biddulph
Peregrine over this morning.........PS.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Scoter (fem) still from Scott hide also 2 x Green Sandpipers
and Greenshank.............Birdguides.

Croxhall Lakes
15 x Common Sand , 4 x Green Sand , 9 x LRP , 2 x R Plover ,
4 x Common Tern .............S Petrek.

Westport Lake
2 x LRP.............C Waring.

Whitemoor Haye
2 x Quail calling in barley field @ SK17118 from bend in track......Birdguides.

Wednesday 7 July 2010

7th July 2010

Belvide Reservoir
Common Scoter (f), Ruddy Shelduck x 2 (Birdguides)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Green Sandpiper x 4 , Oystercatcher x 4 , LR Plover x 18 ,
Common Sand x 2 , Curlew x 4..........A Barker.

Tuesday 6 July 2010

6th July 2010

Belvide Reservoir
Ruddy Shelduck x 2, Black-tailed Godwit (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye
Quail still singing in barley field c.SK171128 (Birdguides)

Drayton Basset Pits
Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull (Birdguides)

6th July 2010

Westport Lake
LR Plover x 2 early morning only.........C Waring.
also Common Tern at 10-15.

Monday 5 July 2010

5th July 2010

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay.
9 x Black-tailed Godwit , 6 x L R Plover , 3 x Wigeon ,
2 x Common Tern ,
Blithe Bay.
8 x L R Plover , Common Sandpiper ,
Deep End.
Dunlin , 6 Common Sandpiper , 4 x Common Tern , 2 x Oystercatcher ,
Little Egret...............R Berry.

Whitemoor Haye
Quail still calling in barley field at SK17118 from bend in road....Birdguides.

Sunday 4 July 2010

4th July 2010

Hanchurch
Red Kite over this morning........B Low.

Westport Lake
A report of a B N Grebe at @ 15-00 but no sign since.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Little Tern x 2 in Tad Bay @ 12-45.........Birdguides.
L R Plover x 27 , Common Sand x 8 , Redshank x 2 ,
Ringed Plover x 2 , Little Egret , Common Tern x 6.....R Powell.

Whitemoor Haye
Quail still singing today by sharp bend along rough track.......AR.

Belvide Res (permit only)
L R Plover x 20 , Green Sand , and 8x Common Sand.......BB.

Croxall Lakes NR
Little Egret on west side @ 14-20.

Saturday 3 July 2010

3rd July 2010

Black-tailed Godwit yesterday at Smallthorne taken by C Gater.

Belvide res (permit only)
Green Sandpiper one today also 26x L R Plover and
6 Black-tailed Godwit........Birdguides.

Whitemoor Haye
Quail male still by sharp bend along rough track at
SK171128 mid morning..........Birdguides.

Hanchurch Woods
Crossbill x 10 also Tree Pipit.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Green Sandpiper x 1 , Common Sandpiper x 8 , Curlew x 4 ,
and Oystercatcher x 4 this evening..............R Powell.

Friday 2 July 2010

2nd July 2010

Blithfield Res (permit only).
Little Egret x 1 , Black-tailed Godwit x 1 , Common Sandpiper x 14 ,
L R Plover x 18 , Ringed Plover x 3 , Oystercatcher x 5 ,
Common Tern x 8..............E Clare.

Smallthorne
Black-tailed Godwit on lake behind Ford Green Hall.

Thursday 1 July 2010

1st July 2010

Whitemoor Haye
Quail calling briefly in barley field near rough track at
SK171128 early morning...........Birdguides.