Saturday 18 August 2012

Saturday 18th August 2012

Blithfield Resv (permit only)
c24 Black Tern still (viewable from causeway). Also 30+ Common Tern, 15x Common Sandpiper, 2x Black-tailed Godwit in Tad Bay and 6x Wigeon.....CJW. NJS.
Afternoon update still 20+ Black Tern, Common Sandpiper up to 30+, also 30+ Common Tern and 6x Yellow Wagtail.......B.&LC......fem Redstart, 1x Wheatear, 1x Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Yellow-legged Gull.......K & MY

Chasewater
LNY Arctic Tern present in evening on buoy....

Berryhill
2x Whinchat and a Redstart this morning.......RT. NP.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Marsh Harrier female/juvenile flew over north at 11:22......

Branston GPs
10x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ruff, 16x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, Water Rail......CJW.NJS......14x Curlew, 2x Greenshank, Ringed Plover, Raven, Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher & 3x Buzzard.....AJ

Knypersley Res
Pied Flycatcher one this afternoon on track to Lodgebarn Road also 3x Spotted Flycatcher and a Wheatear.......Birdguides

Uttoxeter Quarry
Med Gull juv, Yellow-legged Gull juv, 2x Greenshank, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 8x Common Tern, Gadwell, 28x Teal, 6x Goosander and a Mandarin........AB

Loynton Moss Nature Reserve
2x Spotted Flycatcher.............JW.

Spotted Flycatcher at Loynton Moss by JW

Trent Washlands
7x Sand Martin, c40 House Martin, c30 Swallow, 2x Swift, 2x Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher & 52x Pied Wagtail.........AJ