Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Wednesday 30th December 2020

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret on old new workings, Merlin thru, 22x Snipe and possibly 2x Jack Snipe, SCo)

Blithfield Resv

12x Russian White-fronted Geese over Duckley plantation and then briefly Blithe Bay, (GJM)

Middleton Lakes

3x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, Pintail, 6x Shelduck, Great Egret, 7x Snipe, Oystercatcher thru, 2x Common Gull, (MSm)

Doxey Marsh  -  Main reserve accessible in wellies from main car park

Pink-footed Goose, 5x Snipe, 8x Gadwall, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DM)  -  also 300x Golden Plover, 800x Lapwing, 3x Water Rail, (MBo)  -  490x Golden Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Stonechat, (SE,HF)

                                                       Golden Plovers by Steve Edwards

Gailey Resv

85x Golden Plover, 55x Lapwing thru, 2x Goldeneye, Pochard, 40x Skylark, (IMo)

Barton under Needwood

2x Blackcap still and a Goosander over, (JWo)

Stafford

2x Blackcap on Newport Road, (ESm)

Botteslow Flash

YL Gull, GBB Gull, (RTo)

Wombourne

Blackcap, (DBa)

Silverdale

3x YL Gull, 10x GBB Gull at Walleys landfill, (NDP)

Branston GPs

Ruff, Redshank, 19x Curlew, Snipe, x Lapwing, 8x Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, 67x Wigeon, 58x Shoveler, 350x Teal, 22x Pochard, 29x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, ad Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 10x Common Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 1500x Starling, (JWo, DSc)

Amington

18x Greenfinch, (MSc)

Cannock Chase

150x Reed Bunting north of Aspen car park. (SMg)