Sunday, 28 August 2011

28th Aug 2011

Branston GPs
Pectoral Sandpiper still on Flash west side . Access on footpath between Dunstall and
gravel pits through the wood.........Birdguides.

Gailey Res
Red-necked Grebe adult still on main sailing lake also adult Little Gull.....Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Knot one this morning , also 2 x Ruff.........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Spotted Redshank one present early morning but flew off at 7-20 , also Ruff ,
Little Egret , 2 x Common Sand , 3 x Shoveler , Yellow Wagtail , 2 x Golden Plover ,
2 x Shelduck and female Mandarin.............NP.

Berryhill
3 x Whinchat , 4 x Redstart, 14 x Wheatear and Tree Pipit.........RT

Aqualate Park
Osprey still early afternoon and Little Egret ......... Birdguides.

Radial Park
2 x Whinchat, 9 x Wheatear, 2 x Lesser Whitethroat and 1 Swift,........RG

Whitemoor Haye
Black-necked grebe juv on main pit also 5 x Greenshank......... Birdguides

Silverdale Colliery
Common Sandpiper........JH

Drayton Bassett
2 x Curlew Sandpiper and 2 x Little Stint on reedbed pit

Blithfield - permit only
Tad bay Black-necked Grebe,Garganey and Osprey
Blythe bay 2x Little Gull. Causeway 4x Black Tern. Admaston reach Little Stint
Deep end Spotted Redshank and Sanderling ..........Birdguides

Swineholes wood
Still 10x Spotted Flycatcher this afternoon and 6 Tree Pipit.......... DP

Weaver Hills near Wootton
Juvenile Cuckoo...........JW

Tittesworth
5 x Mandarin, 7x Goosander and 2x Dunlin