Thursday, 13 December 2012

Thursday 13 December 2012

Barton GPs
Bittern one flew west and appeared to land between Argos and the rail line.......

Tittesworth Resv
Great Northern Diver still present. Also 75x Teal, 6x Pochard, 21x Wigeon.........SG

Waxwings
Great Haywood -13x around the Clifford Arms pub this morning.....RBr.
Burton - c50 in the Fitness First car park on Wetmore Road........AP.
Uttoxeter- 2x on A518 near the road bridge over the A50......EF.
Lichfield - c30 still on Eastern Avenue.......
Rugeley -5x at the Amazon distribution centre at 14:50......
Barton-under-Needwood - c.30 on Barton Business Park 14:45.....Birdguides
Tamworth - one flew over the railway station early morning......Birdguides

Silverdale/Keele
Iceland Gull 1st winter in fields opposite Whalley's landfill at the junction of Cemetary Rd and Keele Rd........NP.

Silverdale CP
3x Yellow-legged Gulls on the Void.......NP.....Caspian Gull 2nd winter on the Void this afternoon.......ST.


2w Caspian Gull on the Void today by Dave Kelsall

Yellow-legged Gull on the Void today by Dave Kelsall

Branston Gravel Pits
6x Waxwing (in hedge next to sandy pit), 8x Snipe, 11x Curlew, Redshank, 19x GBBG, 3x Herring Gull, 4x LBBG, 92x Wigeon, 3x Shoveler, 71x Gadwall, 29x Pochard, 5x GC Grebe, 6x Little Grebe, Shelduck, 2x Goldcrest, Bullfinch, 3x Reed Bunting, Green Woodpecker.

Dosthill NR
19x Goldeneye were flushed from the river, also 2x Little Egret along the river, and a Cetti's Warbler singing in the Northern area......per JH

Newcastle
Peregrine still on St Giles church late morning........GM.

Hanley Park-Etruria canals
3x Mistle Thrush, Mandarin, 6x Lesser Redpoll.......ARa.

Alton farmland
20x Redwing, 6x Fieldfare, 4x Song Thrush, 2x Mistle Thrush, 20x Blackbird........TE.

Kingsley, Cheadle
60x Fieldfares, 35x Redwings, 6x Ravens,3x Buzzard, 23x Blackbirds......KC