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Monday, 31 August 2020

Monday 31st August 2020

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Marsh Warbler trapped and ringed at 07:30

Middleton Lakes
2x Garganey, 4x Pintail, Wigeon, 2x Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, Hobby, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (MSm)

Cuckoo Bank
Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Redstart, Tree Pipit, 2x Wheatear, Whinchat, (MCh)  -  afternoon update, 9x Redstart, 4x Whinchat, 3x Tree Pipit, Hobby, Stonechat, 2x Swift,

Knypersley Resv
Whinchat by Lodge Barn Road, Willow Tit, 2x Swift, Peregrine, 5x Tawny Owl, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh
4x Little Egret, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 

Blithfield Resv
2x Little Stint,  also the escaped White-naped Crane, (HF,SE)  -  also Osprey over, 3x Dunlin, 7x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 6x Common Sandpiper, 5x ad YL Gull, 30x Common Tern, 7x Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, (SRi)

                                                            Little Stints by Steve Edwards
                                                                                   
                                            White-naped Crane escapee by Steve Edwards

Enville
Marsh Harrier briefly at 12:35,

Uttoxeter Quarry
Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, Willow Tit, Cetti's Warbler, 37x Barnacle Geese, Green Woodpecker, (NDP)

Berryhill
2x Whinchat, 2x Stonechat, 3x Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher 2x Swift, and a briefly calling Quail, (IB, RTo, NDP)

Drayton Bassett
3x Whinchat still, (MSm)

Westport Lake
Common Sandpiper, 4x Grey Wagtail, Willow Tit, (BCa)

Tittesworth Water
30x Lapwing, 7x Goosander, YL Gull, 2x Redstart, (DGH)

Branston GPs
Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Ringed Plover, 3x Snipe, 8x Curlew, 4x Spotted Flycatcher, 3x Green Woodpecker, c100x Little Grebe, 10x Little Egret, 60x Shoveler, Hobby, 2x Peregrine, (DSc)

Alvecote
Redstart, (MSc)

Whittington Farm
Little Owl, Peregrine, c550x Swallow roosted in maize fields, (Jon)