Tuesday 4 August 2015

Tuesday 4th August 2015

Gailey Res
Immature Marsh Harrier again over sailing lake at 09.30 at least, also 6x Common Tern, Kingfisher, c3 Spotted Flycatcher & 2x Purple Hairstreak (SRi)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
4x Little Stint & Garganey this evening, also 3x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 4x Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper & Mandarin Duck (JAl via TVB)

Blithfield Res
3x Dunlin, Wood Sandpiper, 2x Greenshank, 3x Little Ringed Plover, 5x Common Sandpiper, 5x Shelduck & 28x Barnacle Geese (RBe)

Branston Gravel Pits
Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Ruff, 4x Green Sandpiper, 7x Curlew, Snipe, 54x Teal, 21x Pochard, 3x Shoveler, 15x Shelduck, 2x Little Egret, Common Tern, 17x Great Crested Grebe & 12x Little Grebe (JWo)

Croxden Quarry
7x Black-tailed Godwit at 19.00 (RPo)

Belvide Res
2x Garganey, 17x Teal, Wigeon, 4x Pochard, 2x Yellow-legged Gull, 7x Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Snipe & 2x Dunlin (BB)

Doxey Marshes
Hobby flew through at approx 09.30 (PDe, JTa)