Friday, 15 October 2021

Friday 15th October 2021

Blithfield Resv

Juv Whooper Swan over Watery Lane car par, (GJM), 2x Whooper Swan in Tad Bay, (GJM, MDJ)  -  later 5x Whooper Swan in Tad Bay, 2x Curlew, 9x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, Goldeneye, Ruddy Shelduck, Goosander, 9x Little Egret, 6x Stonechat, (HF, SE)  - Swallow around the causeway, (PDo)

                                                       Whooper Swans by Steve Edwards

Middleton Lakes

Ring tailed Hen Harrier over far side of North pit, White-fronted Goose, 3x Great Egret,2x Pintail, Black-tailed Godwit, 

Burston Marsh

Green Sandpiper, Stonechat, Wigeon, (AEa)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, (MSc)

Silverdale CP

Several Wigeon at 15:30, (PCa)

Flash - Longnor

Wheatear, 2x Curlew, 8x Lapwing, (PAn)

Branston GPs

5x Whooper Swan dropped in to roost (Ashy pit) at 18:45 probably from Blithfield, Spotted Redshank, 14x Curlew, Redshank, 4x Ruff, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, 2x ad YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, Common Gull, 30x Mandarin, Pintail, 50x Wigeon, 70x Shoveler, 80x Pochard, 34x Gadwall, 3x Goldeneye, 3x Water Rail, Peregrine, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)  -  Golden Plover, (JWo)

                                                     Common Darter by Dave Scattergood

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