Thursday 22 August 2013

Thursday 22 August 2013

Drayton Bassett Pits
Great White Egret on North Pit this morning plus Garganey

Belvide Res
Adult female Garganey plus Yellow-legged Gull and juv Mediterranean Gull (RBA)

Hanchurch Woods
40x Crossbill, 2x Tree Pipit, Hobby (NP)

Silverdale CP
Whinchat on the Void 1830hrs (PJ)

Branston Gravel Pits
2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ruff, 6x Dunlin, 12x Curlew, 7x Snipe, 17x Green Sandpiper, 6x Shoveler. 115x Teal, 6x Shelduck, 2x Kingfisher, Yellow Wagtail, 37x Little Grebe, 9x Gadwall, Cape Barren Goose (South Pit), Brown Argus, 4x Small Copper. (JW)
 
Blithfield Res (permit only)
Juvenile Black Tern still north of the causeway this afternoon.

Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent
Red Kite circling over Wickes on Reginald Mitchell Way at 1745hrs (SS)