Nightjar calling at 03:40, (DSa)
Tittesworth Water (no parking)
Cuckoo, Common Tern, LRP, Common Sandpiper, (JKe)
Gailey Resv
2x Common Tern thru, 2x Oystercatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, (HKi)
Doxey
Pair of Goosander with 10 young on the River Sow west of the marshes, (NGR)
Threapwood
2x Red Kite, (TEy)
Biddulph Park
Red Kite at 17:10, (PGL)
Ipstones
Garden Warbler, Cuckoo, 2x Swift, (SCh)
Churnet Valley
2x Garden Warbler, 8x House Martin, (SCh)
Tatenhill
Oystercatcher on airfield, (SCl)
Branston GPs
Dunlin, 9x Pochard (1f, 8m), Shoveler (m), 41x Gadwall, 16x Shelduck, Snow Goose, 2x Egyptian Geese +3 juvs, 9x Little Egret, 28x GC Grebe, 24x Little Grebe +1 new juv, 9x Common Tern, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Garden Warbler (including the one with the strange song), Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Green Woodpecker,
7x Silver Ground Carpet, Green Carpet, 12x Cinnabar, Black-tailed Skimmer - 1st this year, 52x South Marsh Orchids also Longhorne Beetle (Stenocorus meridianus) which is the 5th record for Staffs after the one in 2010 at Branston, Small Barred Long-horn Moth (Adela croescella) which is the 6th record for Staffs. (JWo)
7x Silver Ground Carpet, Green Carpet, 12x Cinnabar, Black-tailed Skimmer - 1st this year, 52x South Marsh Orchids also Longhorne Beetle (Stenocorus meridianus) which is the 5th record for Staffs after the one in 2010 at Branston, Small Barred Long-horn Moth (Adela croescella) which is the 6th record for Staffs. (JWo)
