HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM STEVE , CHRIS AND RUSSELL AT STAFFS BIRD NEWS
AND MAY YOU ALL HAVE A BIRD FILLED 2012.
Upper Longdon
Great Grey Shrike still in clearfell area 300m west of the village and south
of Startley Lane ................Birdguides.
Gailey Res
Black Redstart female/1st-winter still on heron island on sailing lake also Adult Med Gull and Little Egret this morning ........SR
Fenton Park
Lesser Whitethroat still present in Fenton Park this morning......RT
Hanchurch Woods
30x Crossbill at Swynnerton Old Park this morning.......Birdguides
Blithfield Res (permit only)
Black Redstart still present in Mickledale Bay......AR
Berryhill
2x Short-eared Owls present this afternoon......RT
Knypersley Res
Scaup a male this morning on The Serp also 2x Goldeneye.....N Pope
River Sow Meadows
Green Sandpiper at the water treatment works also a Chiffchaff, 3x Goldeneye and 4x Raven.....RS
Westport Lake
12x Goosander and a Goldeneye......SW
Uttoxeter Quarry
2x Green Sandpiper,4x Snipe, a Pink-footed Goose, 30x Goosander, female Pintail, 2x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 14x Wigeon, 80x Teal, and 3x Shoveller.......RP
Brookleys Lake
9x Mandarin and 6x Goosander......RP
Dimmingsdale
A Brambling.......RP
Newcastle
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker this morning with Tit flock viewed from the bridge over the Lyme Brook behind Mr Kiplings factory near Clayton......RG
Barton Quarry Gravel pits
2x Smew present on pit viewed through thin line of trees from just past the gravel loading ramp.....CC
Chasewater
Iceland Gull 4thw in roost .........Birdguides
