Sunday 25 August 2019

Sunday 25th August 2019

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Ad Little Gull, (CDa, MPR, GJM), also a juv Little Gull, (BPu)  -  Whimbrel,  juv Arctic Tern 70x Yellow Wagtail, Great White Egret, (GJM, MPR), - Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, (BPu)  -  ad and two juv Little Gull early afternoon, (HF, SE),  -  3x Greenshank flying around the deep end, (AMa)  -  Imm Marsh Harrier, 2x Osprey, 2x Whinchat, 3x Wheatear, (MYa, Kay)

Ruddy Shelduck by Steve Edwards

Middleton Lakes
5x Garganey, Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, Mandarin, 2x Great White Egret, 16x Little Egret, (DCo)

Alvecote
Whinchat Pretty Pigs pool, 3x Spotted Flycatcher

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Great White Egret still, 3x Garganey, Greenshank thru, 7x Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Red Kite, Med Gull,

Whitemoor Haye
Whimbrel and 7x Curlew flew west, 5x Snipe, 120x Linnet, Common Tern, Tree Sparrows, Yellowhammer,  5x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, (BirderAlrewas)

Berryhill
Quail briefly, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Willow Tit, 2x Tree Pipit, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Redstart, Gropper, 22x Swift, (NDP, RTo)

Otherton
4x Redstart, Whinchat, 4x Wheatear, 3x Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)

Tucklesholme
2x Great White Egret, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Peregrine, (Kay)

LMS Stanier class 8F by Jon Woodcock at Tucklesholme

Cannock Tip
2x Redstart, 

Gailey
Whinchat, 5x Common Tern, (SRi)

Doxey Marsh
Willow Tit in scrub/trees by newly opened car park, (JSa)

Branston GPs
13x Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 108x Lapwing, Redstart, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 5x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Little Egret, 54x Little Grebe, 20x Shoveler, 2x Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Rudyard Resv
Osprey at the lake this evening, (Laxmi)