Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Wednesday 21st April 2021

Middleton Lakes

Fem Marsh Harrier thru north at 07:50, 6x AvocetRuff, 3x Oystercatcher, 7x Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, 2x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 8x Redshank, 5x Yellow Wagtail, 7x Groppers, Common Tern, (MSm, SPA)  -  Cattle Egret roosted in Willows near east scrape, (KCl)

Blithfield Resv

10x Arctic Tern, Whimbrel in Tad Bay, (GJM)

Branston GPs

Greenshank, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Ringed Plover, Little Egret, (GCl)  -  2x 1w Little Gull on Ashy pit, Marsh Harrier, 2x Ruff, 4x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 4x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 5x Ringed Plover, Pink-footed Goose, 2x Goldeneye, 6x Mandarin, 8x Pochard, Wheatear, 2x Gropper, 8x Sedge Warbler, 3x Reed Warbler, White Wagtail, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                      Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Arctic Tern, 3x Common Tern, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, Whinchat, Wheatear,

Silverdale CP

Fem Ring Ouzel still, (JHu)

Cuckoo Bank

Whinchat, Ring Ouzel, (GHa)

Tittesworth Water

5x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 2x Snipe, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Curlew, 3x Goosander, (JOa)

Longdon Mill pool

2x Wheatear, Redstart, 45x Fieldfare, (ALa)

Alrewas NMA

2x Common Tern, LRP, Oystercatcher, 2x Goosander, House Martin, (RBe)

                                                    Common Tern by Rob Bendelow

Hanchurch Woods

15x Crossbill, (CBa)

Furnace Grange Road

Fem Merlin thru SW, 6x Wheatear, 12x Yellow Wagtail, (IMo)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (MSc)

Chasewater

90x Black-tailed Godwit thru this evening, 

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo by Glacial boulder,