Saturday, 8 May 2021

Saturday 8th May 2021

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Little Tern, Whimbrel, 2x Greenshank, Avocet, Grey Plover,  Sanderling, 68x Dunlin, 15x Ringed Plover, 3x Redshank, 2x RP, 15x Common Tern, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Hobby, 

Middleton Lakes

6x Avocet, 7x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, 20x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 3x Sanderling, Wood Sandpiper,  (MSm)  -  Now 2x Wood Sandpiper, (TPe)

Branston GPs

160x Dunlin on Ashy pit (site record), 4x Sanderling, Grey Plover, 29x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Pink-footed Geese, 3x Mandarin, c200x Swift, 6x Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail,  Wheatear, 5x Garden Warbler, (DSc)  -  222x Dunlin on Ashy pit at 15:00, Hobby, (JAl)

Silverdale CP

Fem Whinchat, 2x Garden Warbler, (JHu)

Doxey Marsh

2x Dunlin, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 3x Yellow Wagtail, Hobby, (DM, RRa)

Knypersley Resv

Willow Tit, Dipper, Goosander, (KWe)

Blithfield Resv

Black Tern, 3x Sanderling, 30x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Wheatear, 7x Yellow Wagtail, Hobby, Mandarin, (Kay, MYa)

Whitemoor Haye

Wheatear, (SCo)

Drayton Bassett

Hoopoe reportedly still from footpath running southwest from Portleys Lane

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Wheatear, (JDu)

Knypersley Reservoir

Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, Mandarin, (GBr)