Thursday 20 April 2017

Thursday 20th April 2017

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Green-winged Teal still present this morning, also 62x Black-tailed-Godwit, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 5x Goosander  (@RSPBMiddleton) also 3x Garganey, 2x Avocet, Little Egret, 2x Redshank, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Med Gulls, 1 Dunlin, Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 81 Black-tailed Godwits, Common and Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 1 Ringed Plover (PMo)

Far Coley Farm, Coley (NE of Great/Little Haywood)
2 Raven over and a Lesser Whitethroat singing (PMo)

Blithfield Res (WMBC Members Only)
3x Arctic Tern, 3x Black Tern briefly this morning (MPR GJM)

Belvide Res (WMBC Members Only)
Arctic Tern present this morning (@BelvideBirding). Water Pipit this afternoon from Chappell Hide

Highgate Common
4x Tree Pipit,3x Swift & Cuckoo (@HughieKing)

Silverdale CP
2x Wheatear (DAd)

Branston
3x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 11x Redshank, 5x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 12x Teal, 10x Great C Grebe, Sedge Warbler, 2x Reed Warbler (JW)

Alders, between Rocester and Hollington
A number of Yellowhammer present (DSto)

Coombes Valley RSPB
1x Pied Flycatcher (MBr)

Tucklesholme
2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Sand Martin, 2x Ringed Plover (@tucklesholme) also 6x Wheatear, Whinchat, Dunlin, 2x Redshank, 12x Little Ringed Plover  (DOu)

Doxey Marshes
1x Common Tern, Caspian Gull, Lesser Whitethroat (NGr)

Gailey
1x Wigeon, Common Sandpiper (@TheSnapper1978)

Chasewater
probable tristis Chiffchaff Norton Bog and fem Redstart Cuckoo Bank (@CWG_sightings)

Whittington
1x Whinchat, 1x Lesser Whitethroat, 1x Redstart, 6x Wheatear (@StourBirder)

Sugar Loaf Farm, Iverley
1x Hobby (@StourBirder)