Thursday 17 January 2019

Thursday 17th January 2019

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, 3x Little Egret, Water Pipit, Common Gull, Stonechat, 4x Goosander, 40x Golden Plover (GPr)

Codsall
3x Waxwing on Rowan outside Blunts Shoes on Station Road at 10:55 (BelvideBirding)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Great White Egret in Blithe Bay (GJM)

Cannock Chase
20x Crossbill at Abraham's Valley (DVi)  -  Great Grey Shrike still still on Strawberry Hill (DPi)

Crossbills by Trevor Dance

Chasewater
Little Egret, 5x Goosander, 2x Pochard (CMa)  -  Ad Iceland Gull, 1w Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull and ad YL Gull in the roost

Rocester
Redhead Smew still on south lake also 14x Goosander (SWe)

Hednesford-Pye Green
Waxwings still although absent for long periods (SWe)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck, 8x Ruff, 5x Redshank, 22x Curlew, 350x Lapwing, 14x Shelduck, Goldeneye, 4x Egyptian Geese, 24x Shoveler, 32x Wigeon, 28x Pochard, 16x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 2x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 23x Little Grebe, 3w Caspian Gull, 2x Yellow-legged Gull, 6x Common Gull, 16x GBB Gull, c20,000x  Starling, Chiffchaff (JWo)

3w Caspian Gull by Jon Woodcock

Barton Marina 
Little Egret (JWo)

Cellarhead
Barn Owl near Moorville Hall at 20:15 (BBo, JBo)