Monday, 4 February 2019

Monday 4th February 2019

                                           3rd Staffordshire Birders Conference
                                                     Sunday 10th March 2019
                                          Connecting Birders across Staffordshire
                        Oulton Village Hall Kibblestone  Road, Oulton, Stone, ST15 8ND
                    For tickets and further info please contact Geoff Sales on 01782-618152,
                                           07397-169452 or sgeoff31@gmail.com

Cannock Chase
Abraham's Valley  Great Grey Shrike still at top end of valley, Green Sandpiper in stream 100 yards up from Trout pool, 10x Crossbill, (DBa, JSm)

Middleton Lakes
2x Whooper Swan at JW (GWi)

Rudyard Lake
Curlew, Redshank, 12x Snipe, Woodcock, 4x Willow Tit, 8x Brambling, 18x Redpoll, 7x Goosander, 79x Teal, 28x Wigeon, 2x Kingfisher (SSe)

Trentham Gardens
2w YL Gull this morning (DKe)

Biddulph Moor
5x Curlew over (SSe)

Loynton Moss NR
Red Kite over at 14:30 (BCa, LCa)

Gunn Hill
2x Red Grouse, Stonechat (SSe)

By Steve Seal

Chasewater
Ad and juv Glaucous Gull, ad Iceland Gull, 1w Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 4x YL Gull

Radford Meadows
435x Wigeon, 71x Teal, 2x Little Egret (CDa)

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret, 2x Great White Egret, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl showing at 16:45 (RRa)

North Staffs Moors
2x Short-eared Owl (TEy)

Blithbury
Woodcock flying along hedge at Stonyfield Lane (PMo)

Burton Washlands
5x Goosander, Common Gull (MSc)

Lichfield Stowe Pool
Little Grebe still by the hut (SDa)