Thursday, 12 November 2020

Thursday 12th November 2020

Dimmingsdale

50x Pinkfoots east at 08:45, (TEy)

Blackbank

198x Pinkfoots over in three skeins 08:25 to 09:20, also 3x Brambling, (NDP)

Middleton Lakes

2x Dunlin, 3x Snipe, Great Egret, 7x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 5x Stonechat, (DC)  -  Marsh Harrier this afternoon, 3x Great Egret, Woodcock, (SPA)

                                                        Sparrowhawk by Rob Bendelow

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

4x Whooper Swan in SE bay at 15:10 only, Little Stint, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 

Tittesworth Water

29x Pinkfoots, 33x Wigeon, 12x Mandarin, 3x Pochard, Goosander, 14x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, YL Gull, 2x Willow Tit, (JOa, RJH)

Stoke on Trent

3x Brambling Florence Hill, (AM)  -  Longton Brook, Stonechat, also Little Egret around the pool next to the Dunelm warehouse, (JAt)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Great Egret, Little Egret, 71x Golden Plover, 5x Dunlin, 5x Snipe, 2x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 88x Teal, 23x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, Peregrine, (RPo)

Brookleys Lake

50x Mandarin, 5x Goosander, (RPo)

Chasewater

GN Diver still, 3x YL Gull

Branston GPs

2x Ruff, 16x Curlew, 4x Dunlin, 54x Lapwing, 15x Snipe, Pintail, 5x Shelduck, 2x Water Rail, Peregrine, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (CEc) - Marsh Harrier again at 16:00, (CRa,  Dean)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 15x Wigeon, (MSc)

Dunstall Woods

2x Brambling, (CEc)

Barton under Needwood

Red Kite down Green Lane, (MCa)

Keele

White Wagtail