Sunday, 4 March 2018

Sunday 4th March 2018

Cheadle Blakehall Fishery
Great White Egret still (@thevicar70)

Keele
4x Hawfinch still at St John the Baptist churchyard alos 6x Greenfinch, Tawny Owl (@grantprice20)

Whitemoor Haye
4x Whooper Swan still in field between rough track and quarry also Great White Egret still, 30x Yellowhammer, 15x Tree Sparrow, 16x Golden Plover, 7x Egyptian Geese, 126x Wigeon, Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, GBB Gull (@BirderAlrewas)  -  Also Little Egret, Peregrine (@julianallen2009)

Westport Lake
1st winter Iceland Gull this afternoon (DKe)

Dimmingsdale
Willow Tit (TEy)

By Terry Eyre

Chasewater
2w Iceland Gull in the roost, on Swag Juv Iceland Gull, 2w Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull

Doxey Marsh
Dunlin still on Boundary Flash (ISh)

Ford Green
Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Water Rail,  no sign of the Cetti's (JJo)

Branston GPs
Ad Glaucous Gull, ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 50x GBB Gull, 12x Golden Plover, 12x Curlew, 3x Ruff,  Barn Owl, Oystercatcher, 30x Little Grebe, Little Egret (DSc)

Glaucous Gull in poor light by Dave Scattergood

Staffs