Wednesday, 4 November 2020

Wednesday 4th November 2020

Middleton Lakes

8x Whooper Swan on North pit, (JJH), Garganey still on North pit, 2x Great Egret, Dunlin, 3x Snipe, 6x Stonechat, 4x Goosander, Common Gull, (MSm)

Berryhill

1120x Pinkfoots over heading east in three skeins 08:10 - 08:50, 5x Swallow thru, (RTo, DWa)

Blackbank

1600x Pinkfoots in 5 skeins heading south and NW, 37,000x Wood Pigeons over SW, 27x Brambling, (NDP)

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver still and showing well off the dam, (KWh)  -  Swallow, (IWh)

                                                           By Keith Whitehouse

Tittesworth Water

Common Gull, 7x Mandarin, 8x Snipe, 18x Lapwing, 32x Wigeon, 22x Teal, (LH, JO)  -  16x Brambling at Moss Cottage, (LH)

                                                      Common Gull by Tammy Mellor

Stone

Peregrine Falcon along the canal, (SMN)

Tucklesholme

2x Little Egret, 20x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, 12x Wigeon, 14x Gadwall, 96x Teal, YL Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 150x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

31x Grey Partridge, Great Egret, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 5x Dunlin, 5x Curlew, 6x Stonechat, 6x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, (SE,HF)

                                                   Grey Partridge by Steve Edwards

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2w Caspian Gull