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Wednesday, 2 May 2012

2 May 2012

Berryhill
3x Whinchat this morning,( 2 at the Lap Bunt paddock and a singing male at Tiddlers Pool).
2 Ring Ouzel at the pallet stacks paddocks also a Redstart,42x Wheatear,14x Whitethroat,
Yellow Wagtail,3x Groppers,3x Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler,Lesser Whitethroat
 and 13x Swifts........RT.NP.KH


Westport Lake
Kittiwake one till 07:10 at least also a Dunlin........NJS.
Male Wheatear poss 'Greenland' on old gas works at 18.30, also 40+ Swift and male Peregrine over main lake........................PJ, CJW.

Silverdale CP
Wheatear one this morning, also Common Sandpiper, 5x Whitethroat and 2 Groppers........JH

Uttoxeter Quarry
3x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, 20+ Little Ringed Plover, 2x Wheatear, 2x Shelduck, Curlew, 4x Goosander, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 2x White Wagtail & Sedge Warbler.....................EF.
6x Little Gull briefly late afternoon........ST


Whitemoor Hayes
5x Black Tern, 2x Common Sandpiper & Whitethroat @ mid-afternoon......................RF.

Blithfield Reservoir (permit only)
3x Black Tern, 4x Arctic Tern, White Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Shelduck, Goldeneye..............JW.
Branston Golf Course
Cuckoo calling from the trees behind Paget School this morning............................AJ.
Branston Gravel Pits
Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Reed Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 6x Whitethroat, c25 Swift, 5x Sand Martin, 9x Redshank, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x Little Ringed Plover, 4x Mandarin & 28x Shelduck....................AJ.
Branston Water Park
White-fronted Goose, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 4x Whitethroat, 8x Swift, c30 House Martin, c100 Sand Martin & 3x Oystercatcher......................AJ.
JCB Earthmovers
Lesser Whitethroat & 8x Wheatear..............................AB.
Clamgoose Lane
5x Wheatear............................AB.