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Saturday, 1 January 2022

Saturday 1st January 2022

Tucklesholme

Red Kite over south, Great Egret, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 2x Stonechat, (MYa, Kay)

Whitemoor Haye

Barnacle Goose,  148x Wigeon, 72x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, Shelduck, 3x Green Sandpiper, 450x Lapwing, (SCo)  - Peregrine, (RBe)  -  also Great Egret, 10x Goldeneye, (Kay, MYa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

100x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, Ruddy Shelduck, 3x Pintail, 123x Pochard, 144x Wigeon, 3x Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

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Peregrine, Stonechat, Goosander, (JDu)

Endon STW

Barn Owl, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

131x Common Gull, 28x Snipe, Oystercatcher, 9x Pochard, 6x Goosander, 10x Wigeon, 4x Willow Tit, (SGi, IB)

Upper Tean

Red  Kite from the A522, (RPo)

Gailey Resv

36x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, Wigeon, 17x RL Partridge, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

Pink-footed Goose, YL Gull, Great Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck,  2x Egyptian Geese, Goosander,  (PAn)

Alrewas NMA

Goosander, Little Egret, (RBe)  -  Alrewas A38 GP  9x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, also 2x Stonechat  near the lock, (SCo)

                                                         Goosander by Rob Bendelow                                          

Branston GPs

19x Curlew, 3x Ruff, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 14x Shelduck, Pintail, 48x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, ad YL Gull, 12x GBB Gull, Common Gull, Peregrine, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Chasewater

3x YL Gull in the roost

Blithfield Resv

2w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, Med Gull (heard only) in the roost, (MPR)

Knypersley CP

8x Goosander, Marsh Tit, (EKi)  -  Otter on the Resv at 09:30, (GBr)

Westport Lake

13x Goosander, Chiffchaff, (KSt)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2w Caspian Gull, Brambling, Tree Sparrow, 4x Little Egret, YL Gull, 11x GBB Gull, 

Holden Lane - Ford Green
3x Ring-necked Parakeet still at Holden Lane and a Barn Owl at Chatterley Whitfield at 16:05, (JJo)

Lichfield

Long-eared Owl found by the roadside on Knowle Lane at 17:00 before flying off into a field, (PBe)