Saturday 23 September 2017

Saturday 23rd September 2017

Gailey Resv
1st w Little Gull on sailing lake to 09:45 only also Goosander flew east (@TheSnapper1978)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Ruff, 20x Ringed Plover thru, Green Sandpiper, 3x Goosander, 5x Wigeon, 5x Little Egret (@rpintean)

Aqualate

Juv Marsh Harrier (@Ian_m_grant)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Osprey caught a fish in Tad Bay at 11:20, 70x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 3x YL Gull, 2x Wheatear, Greenshank, 31x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, Peregrine, (@TheSnapper1978 and @rpintean)

North Staffs Moors
A passage male Ring Ouzel at mid day (BC. LC)

Middleton Lakes
Marsh Harrier on JW mid afternoon (@Piccalilli123)

Whitemoor Haye
Short-eared Owl this evening, 2x Little Egret, 20x Tree Sparrow, 4x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye,(@BirderAlrewas)

Branston GPs
Ring-necked Paraqeet flew  thru north at 19:05, also 17x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Peregrine (DSc)