Wednesday 24 October 2012

Wednesday 24th October 2012

Westport Lake
Scaup still present today, also 2x Common Gull, 2x Lapwing & 6x Pochard.......CJW.

        Scaup at Westport by Steve Seal
Doxey Marsh
30x Redwing over, 35 Snipe, c70 Lapwing & 80x Shoveler...............SP.

Belvide Res
Great White Egret at west end til 12.25 (This is the 2nd record for Belvide following a bird that flew through on the 31st March 2009.), Also two adult Mediterranean Gulls, twelve Yellow-legged Gulls (10 adults, 3rd winter and 1st winter), 21 Common Gulls, female Common Scoter, 13 Goldeneye, a Pintail, also 3500 LBB Gulls. The first 50 Fieldfare of the autumn were below the dam. 4 Dunlin flew thru late afternoon..........Belvide Blog


Blithfield Res (permit only)
9x Scaup (3 f/w drakes and 6 fem/imms), Little Gull f/w, Black Tern juv, 8x Pochard, 2x Curlew and a Brambling........GJM.

Gailey
Drake Scaup on main sailing lake at dusk......IM, SR

Oakamoor
3x Buzzard & 8x Fieldfare above Carr Bank Wood.................KK.