Tuesday 3rd May 2022

Blithfield Resv

Curlew Sandpiper flew NW at 09:00, 2x Wood Sandpiper in Blithe Bay, Whimbrel, Sanderling at the causeway, 46x Arctic Tern, Whinchat, (GJM)  -  2x Little Tern between BTP and the causeway at 15:23, (JAl),  -  Slavonian Grebe still at the deep end, (PWa),  -  additional 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Mandarin, 2x Egyptian Geese, (NDP)  -  

                                                             Sanderling by GJ Mant

Middleton Lakes

3x Turnstone JW south, Wood Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, (MSm)

Stanley Pool

Red-breasted Merganser still early morning, (RGi, SGi), 

                                                                   By Steve Gibson

Tittesworth Water

Whimbrel, Redshank, 13x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 6x Oystercatcher, Common Tern, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, (SGi, PB)  -  Sandwich Tern, (SCh)

                                                         Whimbrel by Steve Gibson

                                                       Sandwich Tern by Steve Chell

Uttoxeter Quarry

Greenshank, 2x Dunlin, 6x Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, 3x Shelduck, Mandarin, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, (NDP)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Manx Shearwater this evening to 19:25 when it flew off,  15x Arctic Tern, 2s Little Gull, Whimbrel briefly, Whinchat, 

Branston GPs

4x Arctic Tern, Greenshank, 9x Redshank, 2x Ruff, 12x Ringed Plover, 4x Dunlin, 4x Common Sandpiper, 59x Shelduck, 8x Common Tern, Whinchat, 20x Swift, 2x Green Woodpecker, 5x Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, JAl, Dean)

                                                         Whinchat by Jon Woodcock

Little Hay 

2x Whinchat in paddocks on corner of Green Barns Lane, (PAn)

Doxey Marsh

Marsh Harrier thru south at 13:30, (RRa, RSt)

Cannock Chase

4x Cuckoo, (DRi)

Bottom House

3x Curlew, (SCh)

Parkhall - Hulme

Cuckoo calling 19:15, (PWi)