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Friday, 2 April 2021

Friday 2nd April 2021

Berryhill

Black Redstart from the Palletstacks track, (RTo, NDP), 2x male Redstart nearby, (NDP), also 2-3 Wheatear, 2x Willow Tit, Snipe, Willow Warbler, 

                                                    Black Redstart by Nick Pomiankowski


                                                       Redstart by Nick Pomiankowski

Doxey Marsh

2x Med Gull briefly from the Octagonal hide, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 2x Willow Warbler, 4x Little Egret, 2x Swallow, 2x Shelduck, (DM) - also a Curlew, (PDe, JTa)

Gailey Resv

Wheatear opp fishing pool, 2x Shoveler, Goldeneye, 5x Oystercatcher, 18x Swallow, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

Yellow Wagtail, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x LRP, 8x Redshank, Swallow, (MSm)  -  Green Sandpiper, - 6x Avocet, (MSc)

                                                          Avocet by Rob Bendelow

Porthill

Red Kite over at 10:30, (STi)

Ford Green

Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail on the small pool towards Holden Lane, (JJo)

Cannock Chase

60x Crossbill, Tree Pipit, 7x Willow Warbler, (CMa, RFe)  -  Hobby Sherbrook Valley, (TMG)

Blithfield Resv

Short-eared Owl, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Wheatear, (PFo)

Brocton

Tree Pipit, (IWi)

Cuckoo Bank

3x Redstart, 2x Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Tree Pipit, 20x Willow Warbler, 

Shoal Hill Common - LittletonPit

2x Willow Warbler, (SRi)

Yarnfield - Swynnerton

3x Corn Bunting, 2x Snipe, Yellowhammers, (SMN)

Caverswall - Dilhorne

Willow Tit, (AR)

Branston GPs

9x Avocet, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ruff, 4x Green Sandpiper, 19x LRP, 9x Ringed Plover, 11x Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Curlew, 7x Snipe, Little Egret, 19x Goldeneye, Pintail, 57x Shoveler, 32x Wigeon, 10x Pochard, 3x Mandarin, 30x Shelduck, 63x Gadwall, 44x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, 4x Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Ipstones Edge

Common Crane over at 19:00, (HBa)

                                                                 By Helen Ball

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