Friday, 1 November 2013

Friday 1 November 2013

Blithfield Res (permit only)
3x Red-breasted Merganser (redheads) in Tad Bay this afternoon (GJM)

Red-breasted Merganser by Steve Edwards

Doxey Marsh
2x Kingfisher, 7x Goosander, 5x Pochard, Water Rail, 23x Snipe, 57x Lapwing, 17x Fieldfare, 8x Redwing (RSt)

Uttoxeter Quarry
9x Snipe, 11x Golden Plover, Kingfisher, 120x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 12x Redwing, 4x Fieldfare, Chiffchaff (EF)

Branston GPs
2x Ruddy Shelduck, 964x Golden Plover, 86x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 12x Ruff, 7x Curlew, 2x Redshank, c500 Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, 2x Shelduck, 8x Gadwall, 6x Wigeon, 10x Pochard, 200x Fieldfare (JWo, DSc)

Ruddy Shelduck by Jon Woodcock
  
Blackbank (visible migration)
7020x Wood Pigeon, 87x Redwing, 87x Chaffinch, 81x Starling, 35x Fieldfare 3x Bramling, 2x Crossbill, (NP)

Bateswood CP (visible migration)
1175x Wood Pigeon, 28x Fieldfare (JHu)

Berryhill (visible Migration)
10770x Wood Pigeon, 720x Fieldfare, 335x Starling, 76x Redwing, 9x Cormorant (RT KH)

Belvide Res (permit only)
1st winter drake Scaup from Gazebo hide also 13x YL Gulls