Tuesday 18 April 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017

Community Noticeboard

North Staffs RSPB Indoor Meeting
19th April 2017 at 19.30

Micheal & Paula Webster - Living Wild with Birds in South America

Meetings held at the Medical Institute (Conference Centre), Hartshill
For further information please contact Geoff Sales (Group Leader) Tel: 01782 618152

Berryhill
7x Wheatear on fields below pallet stack this morning (DVi/PSa)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
2x Whimbrel this morning, also 5x Black-tailed Godwit & 2x Common Sandpiper (@RSPBMiddleton) also Greenshank, 3x Avocet, 3x Redshank, 4x Little Ringed Plover (@onionsargey)

Cuckoo Bank 
3x Wheatear & Grasshopper Warbler (@GrantHames)

Fullmoor near Penkridge
Red Kite and 5x Wheatear (1 Greenland male) (@fisherandbirder)

Belvide Res (WMBC Members Only)
3x Common Tern, Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Common Sandpiper, Redstart, 4x Wheatear and Yellow Wagtail (@paulsmith15363)

Trentham Gardens
2x Oystercatcher; 3x Tufted Duck; 2x Goldcrest; Grey Wagtail; Mandarin Duck; 10x House Martin. (MPa)

Branston Gravel Pits
Redstart, Reed Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x White Wagtail, 2x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 16x Redshank, 3x Oystercatcher, 9x LRP, 55x Lapwing, Water Rail, 19x Little Grebe, 12x Shelduck, c50x Tufted Duck, 27x Gadwall, 16x Teal, 6x Shoveler, 345x BHG, Raven, 3x Red Admiral, Nursery Web Spider (JWo)

Silverdale CP
Common Sandpiper, 10x Linnet, Whitethroat (SGM)

Cannock Chase
Tree Pipit and one Cuckoo near the Scout Huts this morning (CMa)

Whitmore Haye
4x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 2x White Wagtail (CMa)

Wolseley Bridge
Raven, Goosander (PMo)

Blithfield Reservoir (WMBC Members Only)
4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Little Ringed Plover, 3x Common Tern, pair Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, Shelduck (PMo)

RSPB Coombes Valley
Redstart around Clough Meadow this evening (KFo/MBr)