Monday 11 January 2016

Monday 11th January 2016

Doxey Marsh is under water in places and care should be taken when walking off obvious tracks and perhaps it was not such a surprise that SE and HF saw 3 Otters from the cycle track.

Hinksford/Wall Heath
Hoopoe still present in landscaped quarry north of Enville Road (@WestMidsBirding)

Trentham Gardens
 Red-necked Grebe still present, also 2x Mandarin Duck & Little Egret (PLo) also 42x Fieldfare, Tawny Owl, 3x Gadwall & 2x Goosander (PFo)

Chasewater
3x Caspian Gull (ad, 1w,2w), 5x YL Gull (2ad, 1w, 3w,4w), SE Owl, Ring-necked Parakeet, 2x Greylag Geese, 7x Goosander, Kingfisher (@CWG_sightings)

Rocester
550x Pink-footed Geese over in two skeins at 10.05 (RHo)

Bobbington
2x Pink-footed Geese still at The Mere (DBa)

Fenton
Short-eared Owl again at 14:50 in field by allotments off Vivian Road (DB)

Doxey Marsh
Cetti's Warbler, PF Goose, 5x Shelduck (CHa)

Branston WP
2x Goldeneye, 20x Pochard, Kingfisher - 3x Goosander, Barton Marina (JWo)