Friday 24 August 2018

Friday 24th August2018

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Spotted Redshank in Tad Bay (MPR)

Whitemoor Haye
20x Tree Sparrow, 2x Pochard, Peregrine, (alrewas birder)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret still  -  This evening 2x Garganey on JW, 10x Ringed Plover, LR Plover, West scrape, Ruff, Greenshank, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 7x Snipe, 3x Egyptian Geese East scrape, Hobby over (Mercian Birding)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Imm/fem Marsh Harrier thru at 13:05

Uttoxeter Quarry
Great White Egret on main pit, (ABa)  -  Also 2x Little Egret, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper,  (RPo)

By Andy Barker

Barlaston
Juv Cuckoo in a garden (per NDP)

Branston GPs
8x Little Egret, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin. Ringed Plover, 3x Snipe, 6x Common Tern, 9x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Swift (DSc)