2x adult Little Gull flew north through Blithe Bay at 09:43.........GJM......Also Turnstone and two Common Sandpipers on the dam.....SW
Gailey Res
Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 7x Common Tern (1 juv), 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher & 11x Greylag Geese.................IM.
Alton
2x Grey Wagtail, Buzzard, 2x Garden Warbler, Treecreeper & 4x Swift................AR.
Belvide Res (permit only)
Sanderling one from Scott hide and 5x Crossbill flew over west at 14:19 also 5x Common Sandpiper,
Oystercatcher, Spotted Flycatcher and a Marsh Tit at the feeders........CM
Red-crested Pochard still from Chapple hide late afternoon.......
Branston GPs
Yellow-legged Gull, Greenshank, 3x Redshank, Common Sandpiper,3x Green Sandpiper,
19x Curlew, 6x Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 90x LBB Gull, 8x Common Tern,
Green Woodpecker, 2x Stock Dove, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Sedge Warbler,
6x Reed Warbler, 28 Shelduck (23 juvs)........JW
Insects - 12+ Gatekeeper, 12x Green Veined White, 4x Small White, 20+ Small Skipper, 2x Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, 3x Black-tailed Skimmer, 1x Brown Hawker, 5x Common Darter, Spotted Longhorn Beetle, Yellow Shell Moth, 20+ Bird’s Nest Fungus (amongst the long grass in field between small meadows farm and gravel pits).
Gatekeeper at Branston........JW
Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Sedge & Garden Warbler, c20 House Martin, 7x Sand Martin, c20Swift, 66x Mute Swan, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x juvenile Grey Heron and a Kingfisher....AJ
Blythe Bridge
1x Siskin.......AR
Cauldon Canal between Basford Bridge and Oakmeadowford Lock
2x Willow Tit, Siskins, Spotted Flycatcher (family party), Lesser Redpolls and
Green Woodpecker........PAD
