Sunday, 15 April 2018

Sunday 15th April 2018

Chasewater
2x Ad Little Gull (@CWG_sightings, RSo)  -  Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Grasshopper Warbler, White Wagtail (@CWG_sightings)

Berryhill
Hawfinch in bush by The Viewport, 2x Grasshopper Warbler, Wheatear, Stonechat, Willow Tits, (RT, NDP)  - Curlew over east at 10:49 (IBu), nearby at Bottleslow Flash LR Plover, Yellow Wagtail

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Ad Little Gull to  08:00 only (GJM)  -  Further 2x Little Gull this afternoon (HF, SE)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Male Ring Ouzel,  Black-necked Grebe still

Doxey Marsh
Whimbrel, 4x LR Plover, 3x Common Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Little Egret (@grantprice20)  -  Additionally 2x Sedge Warbler, 2x Water Pipit, 5x Cetti'sWarbler, 6x Water Rail, White Wagtail, (MBo)

Cannock Chase
Cuckoo, Tree Pipit at the Punchbowl (@shakerstu)

Whitemoor Haye
Great White Egret still, Yellow Wagtail,  Sedge Warbler, 2x Curlew (@Ochruros)  -  5x White Wagtail, 3x Yellow Wagtail on new working (@TameBirding)  -  Also 21x Goldeneye, 2x Ringed Plover, Little Egret (DAb)

Whitmore Bent Lane
Yellow Wagtail, 5x Oystercatcher, House Martins (@philjo61)  -  Also 3x LR Plover, Dunlin, 2x Shelduck (@DKelsall3

Audley
LR Plover over Cross Lane (JHu)

Parkhall CP
Cuckoo showing and calling along the top ridge (CSi)

Westport Lake
Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern all thru, Reed Warbler still (@Chris23565)

Middleton Lakes
3x Ruff, LR Plover, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Avocet on JW (@TameBirding)

Alrewas
2x Little Gull on gravel pit opposite entrance to National Arboretum (@Ochruros)

Branston GPs
Adult Little Gull, 7x Curlew, 6x LR Plover, 4x Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Whitethroat, 20x Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 4x White Wagtail, 3x Little Egret, 2x Mandarin (DSc)

Endon Sewage Works
3x House Martin, (GBr)