Friday, 21 December 2012

Friday 21 December 2012

Mossfield Pool - Adderley Green (SJ915451)
Common Scoter drake still on the pool c100m downhill off Mossfield Road (RT)
Still present at 11:30hrs (MT).


Above two pictures taken by Michael Turner today at Mossfield

Blithfield Resv (permit holders only)
Caspian Gull - One adult, and a possible second adult present. Also 4x Yellow-legged Gulls [adult, 3w, 2w & 1w] (GJM).

Keele Bank
Iceland Gull again in the field near the cemetery (ST)

Wolseley
Goosander and Kingfisher on the same stretch of the brook (SP)

Westport Lake
Female Scaup still present plus 3x Goldeneye, 7x Goosander, Little Grebe & 16x Pochard (NJS)

Tunstall Park, Stoke-on-Trent
10x Goosander (SS), with 13x this afternoon until 15:30hrs (GAl)

Newcastle
Peregrine on St Giles church at mid day.(GM)

By special request we will temporarily include sightings of Waxwings from Wolverhampton. Some of these location are close to the Staffs border, but some are in the county of West Midlands.

Wolverhampton
10+ Waxwings on the wires again in Enville Road, Penn at 8.45 this morning (DP). 9x Waxwings this afternoon 14.30 Enville Road Spring Hill on wires over road, above rowan trees (DB). 30x Waxwings feeding in Rowan tree in front garden nr Jolly Collier pub, Lucknow Rd, Willenhall 08.30 & 09.20 at least (RC)