Thursday 13th August 2020

The Spotted Redshank was the 200th reported species in Staffs in 2020

Middleton Lakes
Spotted Redshank, 3x Garganey, Great Egret, 22x Little Egret, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 2x LRP, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, (MSm)

                                                 

                                                               

                                                   Spotted Redshank by Mark Smiles

Penkridge

Red Kite west over the A449, (JPr)

Berryhill

3x Whinchat, 3x Tree Pipit, 3x Redstart, 2x Stonechat, Lesser Whitethroat, (NDP, DWa)  -  also 2x Spotted Flycatcher, 

Tittesworth Water

Juv Arctic Tern, Red Kite, 4x Common Sandpiper, 7x LRP, 2x Mandarin, 2x Barnacle Geese, Redstart, Grey Wagtail, (JOa)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier again on BM pit this afternoon also Red Kite over, 2x Common Sandpiper, (CEc)  -  also Sanderling, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 42x Lapwing, 58x Pochard, 76x Gadwall, 116x Teal, 16x Little Egret, 118x Little Grebe (44 juvs), 2x YL Gull, 2x Peregrine, 4x Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Radford Meadows

2x Black-tailed Godwit, Little Egret, (CDa)