Friday 16 October 2020

Friday 16th October 2020

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400-500x  Redwing, 200x Pied Wagtail, (JDu)

Middleton Lakes

Juv Marsh Harrier perched behind Dosthill NR early am, 3x Great Egret, Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 8x Snipe, 3x Stonechat, (MSm)

Blackbank

Fem/juv Marsh Harrier thru south, 1020x Pinkfoots over, in four flocks, 2x Crossbill, 14x Brambling, 1905x Redwing, (NDP)

Berryhill

c1200 Pinkfoots over in 5 flocks, Great Egret over, a long string c6500x Starlings over east to west at 07:50, 1079x Redwing, (RTo, DWa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Great Egret, Grey Plover, Little Stint, Dunlin, Greenshank, Rock Pipit, Brambling over, (SRi)  -  also Peregrine, Goosander, 5x Redpoll, Swallow

Branston GPs

c130 Pinkfoots thru east at 10:50, 80x Little Grebe, Pintail, 3x Mandarin, 120x Wigeon, 80x Gadwall, 70x Shoveler, 46x Pochard, Goldeneye, 2x Peregrine, 3x Water Rail, 80x Lapwing, 20x Golden Plover, Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 8x Snipe, 7x Curlew, 2x ad YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Swallow, 45x Skylark over, 3x Grey Wagtail,  35x Redpoll, 12x Siskin, 350x Redwing, (DSc)

Blurton

c150x Pinkfoots over east at 09:35, (PFo)

Whitfield Valley

55x Pinkfoots east, also 65x Fieldfare, 250x Redwing, Green Woodpecker, (JJo)

RSPB Coombes Valley

c80x Pinkfoots over east at 11:10, also 3x Willow Tit, 

Blithfield Resv

Rock Pipit this am, (GJM) - later 2x Rock Pipit species, Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 18x Dunlin, 5x Curlew, 2x Little Egret, (SE, HF)

                                                      Rock Pipit species by Steve Edwards

Gailey Resv

3x Snipe, 70x Redwing, 15x Fieldfare, Redpoll, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Great Egret, 5x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Peregrine, Barnacle Goose, 55x Shoveler, YL Gull, (NDP)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, Stonechat, 20x Wigeon, 25x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, (MSc)