Sunday 11th April 2021

Berryhill

2x Ring Ouzel, male at Botteslow Flash and a Ouzel west of Botteslow (from track Trentmill Road to Fenton Rd), (RGi)  -  19x Wheatear this morning, 15 from the Palletstacks, (RTo) and a further 3 from the Fenpark track, (IBu), also one on the top mound, (NDP), also Botteslow Flash - 2x Shoveler at 07:30, Common Sandpiper, LRP,  (RTo)  -  Redstart, (DBl)

                                                         By Nick Pomiankowski

Whitemoor Haye

Wheatear in flight from rough track, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Oystercatcher, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Peregrine, (SCo)  -  Short-eared Owl flew south down the workings at 11:00, Common Sandpiper, LRP, (DOu)

Blithfield Resv

Channel Wagtail, 8x Yellow Wagtail, 7x White Wagtail, (MPR, GJM)

                                                      Channel Wagtail by GJ Mant

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo, also c1000x flock of Bramblings, Siskins, Redpolls Goldfinch, (RSw)

Chasewater

Fem Common Scoter, (RSo)

Middleton Lakes

6x Avocet, 5x Oystercatcher, Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 2x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 8x Redshank, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, (MSm)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Wheatear, White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, 4x Goldeneye, (RPo)

Cuckoo Bank

10x Wheatear, 2x Redstart, Curlew, House Martin, 2x Fieldfare, 

Catholme

Wheatear opposite side of the rail line, Great Egret over, (SCo)

Doxey Marsh

Whitethroat, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 8x Water Pipit, Curlew, 6x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, 9x Cetti's Warbler, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x House Martin, Mandarin, (DM, MBo, RRA, PDy, 

Furnace Grange Road

2x Redstart,  3x Yellow Wagtail, 2x White Wagtail, Wheatear, House Martin, Stonechat, (IMo)

Sheepwash

Redstart, (DBl)

Tittesworth Water

Redshank, 7x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, Dipper, Grey Wagtail, 2x Barnacle Geese, 2x Goosander, (SGi)

Alvecote

Common Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 2x Goosander, 2x Shoveler, Little Egret, (MSc)

Silverdale CP

2x Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, (DVe)

Gailey Resv

3x Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, 2x Wheatear, 3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Goosander, 2x Shoveler, Little Egret, (SRi)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Osprey thru at 15:54,

Alrewas Arbouretum pit

9x Little Egret, 3x Snipe, 4x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, (SCo)

Rudyard

3x Common Sandpiper at Cliffe Park, (BBo)

Weston Coyney

2x Little Egret by River Blythe, (BBo)

Lower Foxley

5x Wheatear in field by the Audley Road opposite track to Lower Foxley, (MBa)