Sunday 28th March 2021

Branston GPs

2x Sandwich Tern low thru Ashy pit at 09:45, Dunlin, 3x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 5x Redshank, 2x Ruff, Pintail, 10x Sand Martin, DSc)  -  Ad male Marsh Harrier over Sandy pit, 7x Avocet, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Curlew, (ASt, BSt)  -  also 7x Redshank, 2x Ruff, 5x LRP, 6x Ringed Plover, 5x Oystercatcher, 3x Curlew, 2x Snipe, Water Rail, 11x Goldeneye, 48x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, Mandarin, 26x Shelduck, 100x Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Little Egret, 70x Linnet  (JWo)  -  Up dated counts this evening, the Marsh Harrier went to roost in the reeds at 18:32, Common Sandpiper, 8x Curlew, 7x Ringed Plover, 4x Ruff, 5x Snipe, 4x Water Rail, 40x Shelduck, 54x Wigeon, 34x Shoveler, 38x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 2x Green Woodpecker, (DSc)

                                                                     By Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

2x Sandwich Tern NW thru the deep end, Wheatear, 2x LRP, Swallow, 50x Sand Martin, (MPR, GJM)  -  Wheatear by Fishermans cottage, (AMa)

Hanbury

Red Kite over just east of Jacksons Bank at 07:27

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LRP, (JDu)  -  Swallow, (Foz)

Audley (Millend)

Green Sandpiper, (SJT)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Adult Kittiwake thru north at 10:18, 50x Sand Martin, 5x Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Peregrine, 

Middleton Lakes

4x Oystercatcher, 2x LRP, Snipe, Dunlin, 10x Redshank, 8x Shelduck, 3x Goldeneye, 12x Sand Martin, Peregrine, (MSm)  -  also Great Egret, Goosander and a third LRP, (DCo)  -  2x extra Dunlin later, (MYa)

Endon STW

3x White Wagtail, 2x Grey Wagtail, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

3x Sand Martin, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, 4x Gadwall, 56x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 3x Goosander, (DM)

Hanley Park

29x Goosander, Grey Wagtail, (RGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Wheatear, 30x Sand Martin, 2x Swallow,  2x Little Egret, Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 13x Wigeon, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Tree Sparrow, Peregrine, (SCo)

Pool Hall (Furnace Grange Road - Castlecroft)

2x Wheatear, Corn Bunting, White Wagtail, Little Egret, Peregrine, LRP, 10x Yellowhammer, (IMo)

Hopton

2x Brambling, (ABr)

Little Aston STW

2x Grey Partridge, Jack Snipe, Gadwall, (PAn)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Swallow, 50x Sand Martin, Little Egret, 10x Goosander, 2x Pochard, (RPo)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 4x Oystercatcher, Swallow, 95x Sand Martin, (SRi)

Rocester

Red Kite over JCB lakes at 13:45, (TDu)

Maer Hills

Male Crossbill, (KLe)

Bilbrook

Osprey over north at 16:05

Drointon pool

27x Shelduck, 13x Shoveler, (PBe)

Alvecote

15x Goosander, 5x Shelduck, 2x Little Egret, (MSc)

Radford Meadows

3x LRP, 3x Snipe, Oystercatcher, 3x Shelduck, 38x Wigeon, (CDa)