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Wednesday, 29 September 2010

29th Sept 2010

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Common Scoter x 3 ( 2  x Drakes) this morning also , Black Tern , 2 x Arctic Tern ,
and a Bar-tailed Godwit in Blithe Bay briefly, also Little Stint.............Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Scaup (drake) early evening also Little Stint x 4, Black Tern. , Ruff and Hobby.....Birdguides.

Branston GPS
Ruff x 5 on Sandy Pit this evening also 2 x Green Sands..........Birdguides.

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

28th Sept 2010

Chasewater
Little Stint x 2 juveniles on south shore........Birdguides.

Berry Hill
Black Redstart one present this afternoon around thecentral paddock......Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Little Stint x 2 juveniles still present.........Birdguides.

JCB Lakes
Common Sandpiper south lake , Raven woodseat lake.............EJ Fox.

Monday, 27 September 2010

27th Sept 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Little Stint x 2 juveniles still by the dam............Birdguides.

Sunday, 26 September 2010

26th Sept 2010

Westport Lake
Common Scoter female on main lake early morning.......D Kelsall.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Little Stint x 2 still by the dam also Rock Pipit..........Birdguides.

Saturday, 25 September 2010

25th Sept 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Two juvenile Gannets flew west at 16-57 , Little Stint x 2 juveniles showing well by the dam also Rock Pipit.......Birdguides.

Silverdale Colliery
Whnchat in small reedbed this morning...........Birdguides.

Branston GPs
Ruff x 2 on Sandy Pit , 2 x Golden Plover , 10 x Curlew , Shelduck ,
6 x Wigeon and 6 x Swallow..............R Powell.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Green Sand , 3 x Snipe , 37 x Teal , 2 x Chiffchaff , Swallow , 5 x R L Partridge
and Raven..................E J Fox , R Powell .

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
Yellow-legged Gull adult , Black-tailed Godwit , 16 x Goosander , Pintail , 21 x Wigeon.
Causeway
4 x Egyptian Geese , Wheatear and Ringed Plover...............R Powell.

Friday, 24 September 2010

24th Sept 2010

Rudyard Lake
Pectoral Sandpiper still mid-morning at north end..........Birdguides.
Flushed by a Merlin and flew off with Lapwing flock @10-45........Birdguides.

Stoke-on-Trent
Wheatear x 3 @ Radial Park also Yellow Wagtail over early morning...Rob.

Chasewater
Black Tern one present today ..........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Pink-footed Geese x 11 still in stubble field beyond west marsh , also juv Arctic Tern ,
2 x Greenshank , 10 x Dunlin , 11 x Ringed Plover and possible Grey Plover this morning....BB.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
Black-tailed Godwit , 3 x Greenshank , 3 x Pintail , 24 x Wigeon , 2 x Goosander
and 100+ Meadow Pipits.
Deep End
Little Egret , 3 x Egyptian Geese.
Blithe Bay
Chiffchaff.........................R Berry.

Thursday, 23 September 2010

23rd Sept 2010

Rudyard Lake
Pectoral Sandpiper at north end but elusive mid-morning........Birdguides.
Still present early evening.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black Tern adult also Curlew Sand and 11 x Pink-footed Geese still........Birdguides.

Westport Lake
Rock Pipit over south this morning.........D Kelsall.

Stoke-on-Trent
Wheatear x 5 at Radial Park this morning.

Croxden Quarry
Wigeon x 10 ............M Plant.

Wednesday, 22 September 2010

22nd Sept 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Pink-footed Geese x 11 still present also  Curlew Sand.......Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Deep End
Black Tern x 7 , Dunlin x 5 , Common Sand , Yellow Wagtail x 4 , Little Owl
and Grey Wagtail x 2 .
Tad Bay
LRP x 2 , Black-tailed Godwit , Ruff , Greenshank x 4 , Little Egret , Pintail x 3
and Wigeon x 11.
Blithe Bay
Curlew and Yellow Wagtail x 4.................R Berry. 

Chasewater
Black Tern x 14 present this evening......PJ , GE.

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

21st Sept 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Pink-footed Geese x 11 this afternoon , also adult Curlew Sand still
and Ruff..........Birdguides.

Chasewater
Arctic Tern juvenile one present today.....GE.

Monday, 20 September 2010

20th Sept 2010

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Causeway
Arctic Tern (poss) , Wheatear , Yellow Wagtail ,
Tad Bay
Black-tailed Godwit , 2 x Greenshank , 8 x Wigeon , 3 x Pintail , Hobby ,
Deep End
3 x Yellow Wagtail and Little Owl...............R Berry.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Curlew Sandpiper x 3 present today also Knot and Ruff......... Birdguides.

Croxden Quarry
Common Sand , 2 x Teal and feral White-fronted Goose.........A Barker.

Sunday, 19 September 2010

19th Sept 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Curlew Sandpiper adult still present also Knot , Ruff , 13 x Dunlin , LRP ,
18 x Ringed Plover and 2 x Hobby........BB.

Saturday, 18 September 2010

18th Sept 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Lapland Bunting probable over southwest (heard only) @ 7-40 , also Curlew Sand still
and Knot..........Birdguides.

Gailey Res
Yellow-legged Gull adult commuting between fields and sailing lake......Birdguides.

Drayton Bassett
Greenshank and Little Egret........T Perrin , J Allen.

Hanchurch
Possible Lapland Bunting over this am...........B Low.

Friday, 17 September 2010

17th Sept 2010

Westport Lake
Med Gull 1st winter present early morning before flying off south also
Spotted Flycatcher breifly by the car park.......(Many Obs).

Black Bank
Pink-footed Geese two skeins 20 and 21 flew over northwest @8-30....NP.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Curlew Sand still also Black Tern , Osprey over @ 11-00 and Knot......Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
Ruff , Black-tailed Godwit , Dunlin , Greenshank , 2 x LRP , 2 x Ringed Plover ,
4 x Pintail , 4 x Wigeon , Wheatear , 2 x Yellow Wagtail .
Causeway
Little Gull (juv) , 4 x Dunlin , Ringed Plover , Little Egret , 4 x Wheatear...........R Berry.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Green Sand , Common Sand , Shelduck , Little Egret , Redstart and Goosander...E J Fox.

Hanchurch
Whinchat  , 10 x Yellow Wagtails.

Thursday, 16 September 2010

16th Sept 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Leach's Storm Petrel early evening from 1st hide also adult Curlew Sand ,
Black Tern , Knot and Ruff................Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Little Gull juvenile from Beech Tree Point this afternoon.......Birdguides

Branston GPs
Green Sand x 6 this evening also LRP and juvenile Little Egret........Birdguides.

Westport Lake
Med Gull 1st winter on boating lake this afternoon......D Kelsall

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

15th Sept 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Curlew Sand adult this afternoon also 6 x Little Stint , 2 x Black Tern , Ruff ,
and Knot this evening...........Birdguides.

Chasewater
Black Tern one juvenile today.........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
3 x Greenshank , Ruff , Black-tailed Godwit , 2 x Ringed Plover , Hobby and
3 x Sand Martin.
Blithe Bay
Wheatear , Yellow Wagtail , 2 x Ruff , Little Egret and Ringed Plover .
Beech Tree Point
Little Gull juvenile..................R Berry.

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

14th Sept 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Six Little Stint still present also 3 x Greenshank , Ruff , Black Tern (adult)...Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Greenshank x 3 in Blithe Bay mid-afternoon.............Birdguides.

Monday, 13 September 2010

13th Sept 2010

Uttoxeter Quarry
Green Sand , Commom Sand  and 11 x Goosander...........A Barker.

Stafford
Hobby south over beaconside this evening..........R Powell.

Belvide Res ( permit only)
6 x Little Stint still present also Ruff , Knot , 4 x Dunlin , Green Sand , Common Sand ,
3 x Greenshank , 8 x Ringed Plover , Black Tern (adult) , 2 x Hobby and 2 x Spot Flys.......BB.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Little Egret x 2 , Wheatear , Hobby and Swift over dam @15-10......BG.

Sunday, 12 September 2010

12th Sept 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Little Stint x 6 juveniles still this morning also adult Black Tern and
Knot.............Birdguides.

Berry Hill
Whinchat x 6 this morning also Wheatear.........SS.

Tittesworth Res
Black Tern one juvenile still present...........Birdguides.

Knypersley Res
Redstart early morning behind the hatchery and 5 x Raven from the bridge........GB.

Rudyard Lake
Black Tern one present this afternoon.

Drayton Bassett
Pintail , 3 x Greenshank and Hobby over...............T Perrins.

Morridge
Raven x 7 and Whinchat.................D Powell.

Alrewas GP
Spotted Flycatcher and Hobby today.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Little Stint by the causeway also Common Sandpiper.

Saturday, 11 September 2010

11th Sept 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Little Stint x 6 juveniles still early morning from Scott Hide also
Curlew Sandpiper...........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Black Tern one at Deep End also 1st winter Med Gull.............Birdguides.

Black Bank
Ring-necked Parakeet flew over northwest mid-morning........Birdguides.

Tittesworth Res
Black Tern x 2 still present late afternoon............Birdguides.

Friday, 10 September 2010

10th Sept 2010

Tittisworth Res
Black Tern x 2 this afternoon.............Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Little Stint x 6 juveniles this morning also juvenile Curlew Sand
and 4 x Greenshank..............Birdguides.

Hanchurch (Tater Field)
Yellow Wagtail x 6 and Hobby over mid-morning..........C Bailey.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Black Tern x 3 north of causeway also juvenile Little Gull and
Little Stint in Tad Bay and Black-tailed Godwit..........Birdguides.

Thursday, 9 September 2010

9th Sept 2010

Little Stint........Blithfield....SS.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Causeway
Little Stint juvenile at 9-40 this morning also Little Egret , 2 x juv Black Tern
and juv Little Gull...............SS.

Aqualate
Black Tern x 2 on the mere mid-afternoon........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Curlew Sandpiper juvenile still also 3 x Whinchat.......Birdguides.

Berry Hill
Whinchat x 5 still present this morning also 3 x Redstart , Spotted Flycatcher ,
Hobby over and Wheatear............R Toon.

Drayton Bassett
2 x Greenshank , 2 x Green Sand , Common Sand , LRP
and Ringed Plover ................J Allen.

Uttoxeter Quarry
2 x Greenshank , 3 x Green Sand , Common Sand , 15 x Goosander ,
2 x Shelduck , 30 x Teal and Whinchat............A Barker.

Whitemoor Haye
Hobby early morning also Whinchat and 22 x Grey Partridge........R Powell.

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

8th Sept 2010

Whitemoor Haye
Woodchat Shrike juvenile reported this evening at the bend in the road.......Birdguides.
( The bird was seen to go to roost tonight)

Park Hall CP
Wryneck reported on telegraph pole by Hoper Front car park breifly
mid-morning..........Birdguides.

Stoke-on Trent
Whinchat x 2 at Radial Park also 2 x Redstart and Tree Pipit over.......Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Spotted Redshank juvenile still present.......Birdguides.

Doxey Marshes
Whinchat near Boundary Flash this morning.........Birdguides.

Knypersley Res
Common Sand  and Raven over this evening..........SS.

Morridge
Whinchat x 5 , and 13 x Red Grouse this evening.........D Powell.

Tuesday, 7 September 2010

7th Sept 2010

Uttoxtter Quarry
Spotted Redshank juvenile still also Greenshank , Green Sand , 2 x LRP ,
4 x Common Sand , Little Egret , Shelduck , Snipe , Goosander
and Peregrine................R Powell , A Barker , E J Fox.

Berry Hill
Whinchat x 8 this morning...........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
Greenshank , 5 x LRP , 2 x Pintail and 8 x Wigeon.
Causeway
2 x Black Tern , 2 x Wheatear.
Ten Acre Bay
9 x Curlew Sand , 11 x Dunlin , Ringed Plover and Common Sand.
St Stephens Bay
Sanderling , 2 x Dunlin and 2 x Ringed Plover .
Deep End
2 x Yellow Wagtail , 4 x Little Owl.
Blithe Bay
3 x Ruff and 4 x Greenshank..................R Powell , R Berry.

Knypersley Res
Arctic Tern and 3 x Common Terns 17-30  before flying off south west
@ 18-55.............SS , GB .

Tittesworth Res
Little Stint juvenile though mobile...........Birdguides.

Swallow Moss
Short-eared Owl one this evening............D Powell.

Monday, 6 September 2010

6th Sept 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black Tern juvenile also 9 x Greenshank and 2 x juv Curlew Sands..........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Curlew Sands x 2 in St Stephens Bay ........Birdguides.
Deep End
14 x Yellow Wagtail .
Tad Bay
Little Stint , 4 x Dunlin , 3 x Ruff , 4 x Greenshank  , 16 x Ringed Plover ,
7 x Wigeon , 3 x Pintail , Peregrine , Hobby and Osprey .
Blithe Bay
2 x Greenshank , 5 x Little Egret.................R Berry.

Rudyard Lake
Curlew Sandpiper x 2 at north end this afternoon.............Birdguides.

Sunday, 5 September 2010

5th Sept 2010

Knypersley Res
2 x Common Sandpiper, Peregrine and Hobby over early morning.......GB.

Westport Lake
Avocet flew over south at 10-30 ...........PL.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Curlew Sandpiper still in concrete bay this morning, also Osprey again over
Tad Bay and 2 x Arctic Tern (adult) and 3 x Ruff , Little Stint , one in
Tad Bay late afternoon........Birdguides.


Belvide Res (permit only)
Curlew Sandpiper 2 x juveniles from Scott Hide also Mandarin and 10 x Greenshank.
and Avocet this afternoon..........Birdguides.

Hanchurch Woods
Tree Pipits x 9 in potato fields also 22 x Yellow Wagtail.

Berry Hill
Whinchat x 4 and 2 x Hobbies also 3 x Tree Pipits over..........R Toon.

Alvecote Pool
Mandarin female east end of Pretty Pigs Pool...........Birdguides.

Drayton Bassett
Wood Sandpiper and 5 x Greenshank at north end...........Birdguides.

Saturday, 4 September 2010

4th Sept 2010

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
Osprey , 3 x Pintail , 8 x Wigeon , 4 x Greenshank , 2 x Ringed Plover ,
3 x LRP and Raven.
Blithe Bay
3 x Ruff , 4 x Greenshank , Redshank.
Concrete Bay
Curlew Sandpiper and 17 x Ringed Plover .
Ten Acre Bay
Cuckoo (juv)....................R Powell

Swallow Moss
Hen Harrier male near Fleet Green Farm this afternoon........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Greenshank , 2 x Green Sand , 3 x Common Sand , 7 x Ringed Plover , 2 x LRP ,
6 x Snipe , 3 x Yellow Wagtail , 4 x Grey Wagtail and Raven , 21 x Goosander ,
44 x Teal and 2 x Shelduck..........A Barker , R Powell.

Friday, 3 September 2010

3rd Sept 2010

Uttoxeter Quarry
Spotted Redshank , 2 x Greenshank , Green Sand , Dunlin , 2 x LRP ,
4 x Ringed Plover , 7 x Curlew , Common Sand , Redstart and Whinchat.....A Barker.

Knypersley Res.
Common Sandpiper , 2 x Teal and Raven.......SS.

Drayton Bassett
Wood Sandpiper on north pit also 3 x Greenshank and Green Sand.......Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
6 x Greenshank , Whinchat and LRP............Birdguides.

Thursday, 2 September 2010

2nd Sept 2010

Knypersley Res
Common Sandpiper still present early morning and Raven over......SS.

The Void
Redstart immature this morning also 2 x Tree Pipit over........NP.

Westport Lake
Spotted Flycatcher on sewage works..........DK.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Purple Sandpiper at the back of first scrape.........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Spotted Redshank x 2 juveniles on south shore from Gazebo Hide........Birdguides.

Doxey Marshes
Common Scoter drake still on Boundary Flash .

Drayton Bassett
Knot , 2 x Greenshank , 2 x Green Sand , 2 x LRP ..........TVB.

Wednesday, 1 September 2010

1st Sept 2010

Westport Lake
Osprey over going south around 10-15this morning.......CH , AH.

Knypersley Res
Common Tern , Hobby , Dipper and imm/fem Redstart.....GB.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Marsh Harrier immature flew north @ 13-55 , also present Whinchat ,
and 8 x Greenshank...............Birdguides.

Kinver Edge
Redstart female one present.........Birdguides.

Hanchurch Woods
3 x Spotted Flycatcher and 2 x Raven..........NP.

Berry Hill
Whinchat , Redstart , 2 x Wheatear , Spot Fly and Tree Pipit..........R Toon.

Drayton Bassett
Knot , 2 x Green Sand , Greenshank and 2 x Redshank........TVB.