Thursday 1 April 2021

Thursday 1st April 2021

                                 Yellow Wagtails and a Redstart were new in this morning                  

Middleton Lakes

2x Yellow Wagtail briefly, 2x Curlew, 6x Avocet, 6x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, (MSm)

Branston GPs

2x Spoonbill over heading north, ad male Marsh Harrier, 9x Avocet, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, 11x Redshank, 2x Ruff, 4x Ringed Plover, 9x LRP, 11x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x Snipe, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret,  8x Swallow, 6x Water Rail, 7x Pink-footed Geese,  Pintail, 13x Goldeneye, 52x Wigeon, 10x Pochard, 56x Shoveler, 37x Gadwall, 41x Shelduck, 3x Mandarin, 35x Little Grebe, 2x Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, 14x Swallow, Green Woodpecker 2x Cetti's Warbler,  (JWo, DSc)

                                                          Spoonbills by Jon Woodcock

Knypersley Resv

Swallow, Dipper, Shoveler, Mandarin, (GBr)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Garganey west marsh, Marsh Harrier thru at 07:50, Ruddy Shelduck 14:13 to 14:25 only,

New Landywood Pool

3x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher and from the lane a further 2x LRP, (JJO)

Doxey Marsh

6x Swallow, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Shelduck, Willow Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DM)  -  42x Swallow, 10:15 to 10:30, (NGR)

Yarnfield - Swynnerton

2x Yellowhammer, 8x Lapwing, 30x Linnet, (SMN)

Radford Bank  (Stafford)

Male Hen Harrier over north, (RSw)  -  nearby Radford Meadows - 8x Pink-footed Geese, 8x Shoveler, 6x Wigeon, 8x LRP, Little Egret, (RSw)

Freehay

13x Brambling, (RCa) 

Stafford

Red Kite low over Kingston Ave at 15:45, (AHa)

Flash

4x Curlew, (AEd)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, Goldeneye, 4x Oystercatcher, Swallow, (SRi)

Tamworth  -  River Tame

4x Little Egret, 5x Swallow. (MSc)

Berryhill

2x Wheatear still, (RTo)