Friday, 9 October 2020

Friday 9th October 2020

Hixon Airfield

Male Merlin perched on a post, (RCB)

Silverdale CP

2x Brambling over, 4x Stonechat, (NDP)

Radford Meadows

28x Golden Plover, 137x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, Pintail, 36x Wigeon, 200x Teal, 22x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, (CDa)

Whitfield Valley

3x Stonechat, north end, (JJo)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret viewed from the train, (RGi)  -   Creswell, - 4x  Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, (RRa)

Blithfield Resv

Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 6x Ringed Plover, 14x Dunlin, 15 Golden Plover, 5x Stonechat, (SE,HF)

                                                                 By Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 11x Curlew, 14x Lapwing, 12x Pochard, 38x Shoveler, 22x Wigeon, 116x Teal, 7x Gadwall, 2x Little Egret, 53x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 7x Swallow, 18x House Martin, 120x Pied Wagtail, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 140x Lapwing, Golden Plover, 6x Snipe, 2x Common Gull, 40x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 2x Goosander, Hobby, 2x Redwing, 4x Redpoll, 15x Linnet, Swallow, Water Rail, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Cheddleton

3x Redwing, (DSc)

Knypersley Resv

2x Swallow still, (GBr)