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Saturday, 15 December 2012

Saturday 15 December 2012

Tamworth
20+ Waxwings on Jonkel Avenue, Hockley this afternoon.......BIRDGUIDES

Aqualate
Bittern one in flight from the hide this morning........BIRDGUIDES

Yoxall
7x Waxwing in St Georges Wood at 15.30.................MP

Belvide Resv
Grey Plover - one flew thru at 09:40hrs......BIRDGUIDES

Silverdale CP
Caspian Gull adult on the Void this morning also 1st winter Caspian Gull and 8x Goosander.......NP....1w Iceland Gull, 3x Yellow-legged Gull (Ad, 3w, 2w) and 1w Caspian Gull 13:00....NJS, DK

 Caspian Gull at the Void today by Dave Kelsall
Iceland Gull today at the Void by Dave Kelsall

Rugeley
This afternoon between 14.00 hrs and 1500 hrs there were 80 to 100 Waxwings on the car park at Amazon ,Rugeley, and at 15.45 there were 40 to 50 Waxwings on the car park at Morrisons Rugeley...........PBe

Westport Lake
Female Scaup on main lake, also male Shoveler & 25x Pochard................NJS

Uttoxeter Quarry
Pink-footed Geese 3 on floods north of main pit, Ruddy Shelduck 1, Cape Shelduck 2, Goosander 10, Wigeon 68, Teal 40, Pochard 5, Tufted Duck 144, Goldeneye 5, Gadwall 2, Snipe 9, Common Sandpiper 1 & Peregrine 1..............AB
also a female Merlin flew north at 12.05 & a Mandarin Duck was present............RP

Trent Washlands
6x Goosander, 3x Shoveler, 36x Wigeon, c20 Gadwall, c25 Teal, 12x Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 3x Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch & Meadow Pipit......... AJ


Branston GPs
Ruff, Snipe, 12x Curlew, 5x Shelduck, c80 Teal, c20 Wigeon, Water Rail, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Goldcrest & 15+ Fieldfare.............AJ
Bateswood CP
3x Wigeon, 3x Common Gull, c80 Redpoll and a Brambling.......JHu.

Hales Hall Pool
Kingfisher & Goosander....................DC