Monday, 2 August 2021

Monday 2nd August 2021

Middleton Lakes

Garganey, 2x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret,  Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, (MSm)

Knypersley Resv

LRP, Common Sandpiper, Mandarin and a fem Tufted Duck with a duckling, only the 2nd ever breeding record for the Resv, (GBr)

Mere Farm

Wheatear in the Alpaca field viewed from the Staffs way, (MMo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

3x Ruddy Shelduck dropped in at 14:43 from the north, Wood Sandpiper, Garganey,  -  juv Med Gull still

Blithfield Resv

5x Ringed Plover, 16x Dunlin, 4x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Greenshank, Redshank, 2x Red Kite, 2x Little Egret, (MJa)  -  also Wheatear, 21x Barnacle Geese briefly, (CEv)

Tittesworth Water

Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 10x LRP, Dipper, 9x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SGi)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (DBa)

Branston GPs 

North Pit only, Ad Med Gull, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 25x Lapwing, 2x Green Woodpecker, (JWo)  -  Marsh Harrier briefly at 14:15, 3x Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 12x Curlew, 9x Little Egret, GBB Gull, 6x Common Tern, (CEc)