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)
