Wednesday, 1 January 2020

Wednesday 1st January 2020

Whitemoor Haye
Firecrest still in hedge 100 yards before old pig field from the Croxall end also a Merlin, (SCo, GJM)  -  also Green Sandpiper, 155x Wigeon, 14x Goldeneye, 18x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, Great Egret, 4x Goosander, 22x GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, Tree Sparrows, Yellowhammer, (SCo)

Gailey Resv
2x Cetti's Warbler, 21x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Goosander, 17x Shoveler, 3x GBB Gull, Grey Wagtail, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry
35x White-fronted Geese flew south at 13:27, 29x Golden Plover, 9x Goosander, Goldeneye, 16x Pochard, 70x Wigeon, 5x Shoveler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Willow Tit, (RPo)

Berryhill
3x Willow Tit, 2x Stonechat, 3x Snipe, also a Shoveler on Botteslow, (NDP, RTo,)

Whitfield Valley
2x Little Egret, (JJo)

i54
5x Snipe, 21x Teal, 

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Ad Med Gull, 2x Common Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Goosander, 2x Peregrine, 21x Yellowhammer, Marsh Tit, 164x Lapwing, Snipe, 

Doxey Marsh
Red-crested Pochard on Creswell Flash, 3x Water Pipit, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 40x Snipe, 22x Gadwall, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Water Rail, 4x Stonechat, 2x Egyptian Geese, Pink-footed Goose, 400x Lapwing, (GPr, RRa,MBo, JBa, AHa,)

Middleton Lakes
3x Pintail, 15x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 5x Shelduck, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, (MSm)  -  also 5x Great Egret in Riverside roost, 13x Goosander, 6x Common Gull, 5x GBB Gull, Stonechat, (MercianBirding)

Chasewater
Ad Med Gull, 4x YL 5x Shelduck, 

Tittesworth Water
Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 7x Goosander, 24x Snipe, 11x Lapwing, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi)

Alrewas Junction Pit
Green Sandpiper, (SCo)

Alrewas GPs
Green Sandpiper, 5x Chiffchaff, Pochard, 24x Wigeon, (SCo)

Branston GPs
4x Ruff, 15x Curlew, 28x Golden Plover, 2x ad YL Gull, Pintail, 4x Goldeneye, 68x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 2x Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 2x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, (DSc)

Catholme
Yellow-browed Warbler still (BG)