Saturday, 1 September 2012

Saturday 1 September 2012

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey one in dead tree in Tad Bay this morning........NJS.....
Marsh Harrier this afternoon also Little Egret, Peregrine and 2x Wigeon.......JJH. SJH

Westport
11x Wigeon this morning......NJS

Croxden Quarry
Dunlin one briefly this morning before flying off, also a adult Yellow-legged Gull at 12.00......AB

Uttoxeter Quarry
Swift, 6x Wigeon, 14x Teal, 2x Goosander, 6x Common Sandpiper & Green Sandpiper...........AB....Also Egyptian Goose....JO, TB, TC

Aqualate
Fem Hen Harrier this afternoon and the Marsh Harrier still.........

Trent Washlands
Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, Hobby, c30 House Martin, c80 Swallow & Green Woodpecker..AJ
Branston GPs
3x Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, 15x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 2x Redshank, Hobby, 4x Buzzard, 2x Kestrel, 15x House Martin, Green Woodpecker, 162x Greylag Goose & 17x Little Grebe...AJ
Branston WP
Water Rail....AJ

Cheadle
Peregrine along Ashbourne Rd & 7x Mistle Thrush at Counslow Pot...........DC