Sunday 31 July 2011

31st July 2011

Westport Lake
Egyptian Goose x 2 early morning but flew off at 6-20........NS.

Endon
Red Kite over sewage works , also Hobby , 4 x Tree Pipits , Lesser Whitethroat
and 2 x Redstart.......GB.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Spoonbill in Tad Bay this morning..........Birdguides.

Knypersley Res
Common Tern seen for 10mins this morning..........................JH

Saturday 30 July 2011

30th July 2011

Westport Lake
Dunlin flew through early morning.........N Smith.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Green Sand x 4 , 2 x Dunlin , 3 x LR Plover , Common Sand , Curlew ,
3 x Redstart , 12 x Goosander , 16 x Common Tern and 12 x Yellow Wagtail...
..R Powell.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Arctic Tern x 2 flew west at 8-20 and 2 x Greenshank flew in at 10-00 , also
Black-tailed Godwit and 5 x Common Sand........BB..

Friday 29 July 2011

29th July 2011

Aqualate Mere
Osprey still present this morning.........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Sandwich Tern x 2 briefly this morning.........Birdguides.

Silverdale Colliery
Wheatear x 2 present today........NP.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Knot x 3 in Tad Bay and 2 at Admaston Reach , also 23 x Arctic Tern flew through
Deep End . Osprey and 2 x Sandwich Tern also in Tad Bay.

Thursday 28 July 2011

28th July 2011

Belvide Res (permit only)
Spotted Flycatcher around the car park and 3 x Common Sand , 1 x LR Plover
on the dam.............BB.

Wednesday 27 July 2011

27th July 2011

Westport Lake
Black-tailed Godwit briefly at 6-35 this morning before flying off south....N Smith.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Hobby around most of the morning , also 3 x Common Sand on the dam and
10 x Common Tern.........BB.

Bucknall
Common Tern x 2 off A52 on Jammies Pool today.........R Bullock.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart one this evening , also 8 x Goosander and 2 x Green Sand.........Birdguides.

Aqualate Mere
Osprey this evening , also female Marsh Harrier........BF.

Croxden Quarry
Adult Yellow-legged Gull present for its 2nd evening.........Birdguides.

Chasewater
Hobby hunting around the dam..........GE.

Tuesday 26 July 2011

26th July 2011

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe one from Scott Hide , also juv Y L Gull......Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Green Sands x 3 this morning , also 4 x Common Sand , Shelduck , Redstart ,
2 x Spotted Flycatchers and 2 x Lesser Whitethroat.........EJF.

Blithfield Hall
Spotted Flycatcher x 2 in the Hall Park this evening........P Betts.

Monday 25 July 2011

25th July 2011

Hanchurch Woods
Crossbills x 2 this morning , also 2 x Raven and 14 x juvenile Siskin.......NP.

Endon
Redstart x 2 at sewage works this evening ,imm male , imm/fem......GB.

Sunday 24 July 2011

24th July 2011

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey over Tad Bay........................Birdguides

Essington Quarry Pool
Crossbills one flew south west.......................Birdguides

Bateswood CP
Red Kite over at 17-50 then drifted west........J Hutchins.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Peregrine and Hobby over the car park this morning......BB.

Saturday 23 July 2011

23rd July 2011

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Ten Acre Bay .....Sanderling , 3 x Common Sand and 2 x Redshank.

Blithe Bay........Greenshank , 6 x Dunlin , 4 x Ringed Plover.

Tad Bay......Osprey , 27 x LR Plover , 6 x Snipe , Redshank and Dunlin .

Deep End......Yellow-legged Gull..............R Powell.


Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart x 4 , Green Sand x 4 , Common Sand , 2 x LR Plover ,
3 x Lesser Whitethroat and Hobby...........R Powell .

Friday 22 July 2011

22nd July 2011

Knypersley Res
Hobby over visitor's centre at 12-30.......SS.

Thursday 21 July 2011

21st July 2011

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Little Tern one in Blithe Bay , also 5 x Greenshank and
Brent Goose at 16-50......Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Sand x 5 on the dam , also 2 x Curlew and Dunlin......BB.

Wednesday 20 July 2011

20th July 2011

Cannock Chase
Crossbill x 30 still around Coppice Hill car park this morning but mobile......Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
Osprey , 5 x Dunlin , 13 x LR Plover , 2 x Garganey , Pintail , 2 x Wigeon .
Blithe Bay
Greenshank , 3 x LR Plover , 2 x Dunlin and 2 x Common Sand.
Elsewhere
Greenshank , 2 x Shelduck , 4 x Oystercatcher and 2 x Common Sand.......R Berry.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-tailed Godwit x 6 briefly this morning........Birdguides.

Tuesday 19 July 2011

19th July 2011

Endon
Black-tailed Godwit (summer plumage) on Cauldon Canal near
Endon Basin early morning.......RGM.

Westport Lake
Redshank on model boating lake early morning.......N Smith.

Knypersley Res
Spotted Flycatcher x 2 and Common Sandpiper......SS.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey , 3 x Garganey , 2 x Greenshank and 4 x Dunlin........R Broadbent.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-tailed Godwit x 3 flew in at 13-40.........BB.

Monday 18 July 2011

18th July 2011

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Sanderling one in Tad Bay , and 3 x Greenshank in Blithe Bay.......Birdguides.

Cannock Chase
Crossbill x 30 around Coppice car park......Birdguides.

Chasewater
Little Egret , 15 x Common Tern and 2 x Oystercatchers.....CM , RF.

Sunday 17 July 2011

17th July 2011

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Garganey x 3 in Tad Bay , also 4 x Black-tailed Godwit , Osprey , fem Pintail ,
10 x LR Plover , 8 x Dunlin , 10 x Common Sand , Greenshank and Redshank.
G Mant. 

Uttoxeter Quarry
Green Sand x 4 this morning , also 2 x Redstart , 7 x Common Sand and
10 x Yellow Wagtail...........S Turner. 

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-tailed Godwit x 7 flew through at 10-15.......BB.


Saturday 16 July 2011

16th July 2011

Belvide Res (permit only)
Sanderling one on the dam between 9-30 / 10-55 then flew off east.......Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey again also Little Egret and 2 x Greenshank.......R Swift.
Also reported 3 x Garganey still and Black-tailed Godwit.

Friday 15 July 2011

15th July 2011

Westport Lake
Hobby over early morning........N Smith.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Garganey x 3 in Tad Bay , also 9 x Black-tailed Godwits , 3 x Dunlin ,
11 x LR Plover and 2 x Wigeon .
Blithe Bay
Oystercatcher x 6 , Greenshank x 2 , 3 x LR Plover , 3 x Little Egret
and Whinchat..............R Berry.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart x 5 mid-morning , also 3 x Green Sandpipers.........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Sandpiper x 7 still on the dam , also 4 x Oystercatcher.....BB.

Thursday 14 July 2011

14th July 2011

Knypersley Res
Common Tern mid-day, also Common Sand , 2 x Spotted Flycatchers and
2 x Raven over........SS.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Crossbill over West End Hide this afternoon.....Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey , 31 x LR Plover , 16 x Black Tailed Godwit , 4 x Dunlin ,
3 x Ringed Plover , Redshank and 2 x Greenshank..........R Broadbent.

Wednesday 13 July 2011

13th July 2011

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart x 2 this evening , also 5 x Green Sand , 6 x Common Sand
and 13 x Common Gull.........R Powell.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
Osprey , 10 x LR Plover , 3 x Dunlin , 3 x Common Sand , 20+ Sand Martin
and Wigeon .
Blithe Bay
Black-tailed Godwit x 16 , Redshank , Greenshank , 3 x LR Plover .
Causeway
LR Plover x 3 , Ringed Plover and 3 x Oystercatcher............R Berry.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Sandpiper x 6 on the dam.......BB.

Tuesday 12 July 2011

12th July 2011

Berry Hill
Redstart still present also juv Wheatear and Yellow Wagtail over......R Toon.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-tailed Godwit x 3 flew through at 13-30.........BB.

Monday 11 July 2011

11th July 2011

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Sandpiper x 10 along the dam, also a single Dunlin elsewhere
5 x Oystercatchers........BB.

Knypersley Res
Spotted Flycatcher x 2 and 5 x Raven......SS.

Doxey Marshes
Grasshopper Warbler singing alongside the disused railway under the power lines.....Birdguides.

Sunday 10 July 2011

10th July 2011

Mayfield
2x Ring-necked Parakeet flew south.........................Birdguides

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart x2, also 2x Green Sandpiper and a Red Kite over this morning...........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey in Tad Bay @11-00........S Pick.

Knypersley Res
Spotted Flycatcher x 2 still present also 3 x Raven over and Curlew......SS.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Sandpiper x 10 on the dam , also 7 x Oystercatchers.......BB.

Branston GPs
Little Egret x 2 , Curlew x 8 , LR Plover x 4 , Oystercatcher x 5 , Shelduck x 30 ,
and Lesser Whitethroat........R Powell.

Saturday 9 July 2011

9th July 2011

Spotted Flycatcher.......Knypersley Res.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Female Garganey on North shore then flushed , also 28 x Common Sandpiper
on the dam wall................BB.

Berryhill
2x Redstarts around the paddock this morning..............RT

Knypersley Res
Spotted Flycatcher x 2 also Curlew and 4 x Raven........SS.

Silverdale Colliery
Oystercatcher at 6-45 this morning also Common Sandpiper.....J Hutchins.

Uttoxeter Quarry:
6 Green Sand, 8 Common Sand, 2 Curlew, 4 Redshank, 1 Dunlin, 11 LRP........R Powell.
Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay: 28 LRP, 1 Green Sand, 3 Redshank, 1 Wigeon, 1 Pintail, 6 Common Tern.
Blithe Bay: 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 5 Common Sand, 2 LRP, 1 Little Egret, 13 Common Tern.
Admaston Reach: 2 Common Sand, 10 LRP, 1 Dunlin, 4 Oystercatcher........R Powell.

Friday 8 July 2011

8th July 2011

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Black-tailed Godwit x 18 , Greenshank x 2 , LR Plover x 47 , Dunlin x 3 ,
Common Sandpiper x 11 and Osprey...........R Broadbent.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Garganey female on north shore this afternoon........Birdguides.

Chasewater
Common Sand and 2 x Common Tern........GE.

Thursday 7 July 2011

7th July 2011

Uttoxeter Quarry
Green Sandpiper x 2 late morning , also Redstart x 2...........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Sandpiper x 5 on the dam........BB.

Wednesday 6 July 2011

6th July 2011

Uttoxeter Quarry
Black-tailed Godwit x 7 flew east @ 19-23 , also Green Sand , 2 x Curlew
and Shelduck..........R Powell.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey x 2 , Black-tailed Godwit , 37 x LR Plover , 3 x Ringed Plover ,
Dunlin , Redshank , Greenshank , 11 x Common Sand , 10 x Common Tern
and Hobby.............R Broadbent.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-tailed Godwit dropped in at the west end @ 14-55.......BB.

Tuesday 5 July 2011

5th July 2011

Belvide Res (permit only)
Quail in field below the dam..............Birdguides

Monday 4 July 2011

4th July 2011

Blithfield Res (permit only)
1x Osprey in Tad Bay.....................Birdguides

Belvide Res (permit only)
3x Red-veined Darter Dragonflies on south shore by West hide.......Birdguides

Sunday 3 July 2011

3rd July 2011

Knypersley Res
Osprey over @ 8-55 heading north , also Crossbill.........GB.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Sandpiper x 8 on the dam , also 7 x Oystercatchers at the west end....BB.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Little Stint adult still in Blithe Bay , also Osprey x 2 in Tad Bay......Birdguides.

Trentham Lakes
Common Tern single bird present........BM.

Saturday 2 July 2011

2nd July 2011

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Wood Sandpiper one in Blithe Bay late morning also Black-tailed Godwit ,
and one Wood Sandpiper in Tab Bay late afternoon,
Little Stint adult in Blithe Bay late afternoon also female Garganey.......Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Green Sandpiper x 3 also Teal , Shelduck and Lesser Whitethroat.........R Powell.

Black Bank
Yellow Wagtail one present this morning........J Hutchins.

Tittesworth Res
Yellow-legged Gull 2nd summer , also Little Egret and Green Sand.........Birdguides.

Friday 1 July 2011

1st July 2011

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Wood Sandpiper x 2 , one in Blithe Bay this afternoon ,also one
in Tad Bay along with a Ruff , and Osprey over the dam
mid-afternoon........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Redstart imm/fem along south east bay this afternoon , also
7 x Common Sand..........BB.