Scaup f/w drake still also 2x Peregrine over........SS.
Scaup at Westport today by Steve Seal
Cheddleton
130x Pink-footed Geese flew southeast along Churnet Valley at 10:10, also Raven, Fieldfare and 10x Redwing.......DS.
Belvide Resv
Fem Common Scoter remains. Also 30x Goldeneye, 63x Wigeon, 56x Pochard and 4x Little Grebe were counted. c100 Fieldfare and Redwing were seen today. Three Dunlin flew thru also an immature male Peregrine was seen. An adult Mediterranean Gull roosted............Belvide Blog
Blithfield Res (permit only)
3x Whooper Swan early morning........GJM.
Oakamoor
Tawny Owl over rough pasture approx 400m upstream of the weir, also a Dipper in Cotton Dell and 2x Treecreeper.......KK.
Parkhall CP
2x Long-eared Owl in Ox-iron wood also 6x late Swallows, 20x Golden Plover in the top meadow and 30x Redwing / Fieldfare........PS. (warden)
Aqualate Mere
2x Black-necked Grebe at 12:30........
Gibb Tor
7x Crossbill........RGM.
Blackbank (visible migration 08:20-08:50)
1348x Wood Pigeon, 160x Fieldfare, 65x Redwing, 20x Jackdaw........ST.
Caverswall
38x Redwing and 32x Pied Wagtail........STU.
Alton farmland
70x Redwing, 3x Redpoll, 6x Siskin, Kestrel, Buzzard........TE.
Berryhill (visible migration 07:45-11:00)
Ring Ouzel over also 2025x Fieldfare, 510x Pink-footed Geese in 3 skeins 08:45 to 10:00 heading southeast, 120x Redwing and 3x Brambling........RT.KH.
Whitemoor Haye
1500+ mixed Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Black Headed Gulls, 89 Mute Swan, 17 Lapwing, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, 652+ Fieldfare (400+ in one flock, 150+ in another plus 102 in a field), Little Owl, 9 Tree Sparrow, 13 Grey Partridge, 3 Grey Heron, 6 Mallard, 3 Skylark........SC.
