Saturday, 17 December 2022

Saturday 17th December 2022

Tucklesholme

Redhead Smew on the river just north of the wood but later flushed by canoes(DOu, LOu)  -  Merlin, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 4x Curlew and a Black-tailed Godwit thru100x Lapwing, 6x Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 3x Stonechat, (BHa)  -  additional counts 5x Snipe, 246x Wigeon, 55x Gadwall, 70x Teal, (JWo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Spoonbill back, Great Egret, (RPo)

Westport Lake

3x Pochard, Goosander, Shoveler, 10x Siskin, Chiffchaff, (NJS)

Alrewas

Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Willow Tit, Goosander, 2x Redpoll, (SCo)

Barton Marina

15x Pochard, 32x Wigeon, 12x Little Grebe, 2x Gadwall, (JWo)

Tittesworth Water

4x Woodcock, Little Egret, 6x Shoveler, 14x Pochard, 49x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, Willow Tit, 3x Common Gull, (SGi, IB)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, 12x Tree Sparrow, Golden Plovers, (RBe)  -  133x Wigeon, 5x Goldeneye, 300x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 73x Skylark, Yellowhammer, 3x Egyptian Geese, (MKe, JKe) 

                                                     Tree Sparrows by Rob Bendelow

River Sow Meadows Stafford

14x Goosander, 150x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 3x Stonechat and at the Water Works 2x Green Sandpiper, Chiffchaff, (RSw)

Biddulph Moor

Willow Tit, 7x Greenfinch, (ALo)

Chasewater

7x Red-crested Pochard! 19x Pochard, Pintail, 26x Goldeneye, 22x Goosander, GN Diver, Shag, (CW) - in the roost 8x YL Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, 

Catholme

Green Sandpiper, 150x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, - Alrewas NMA 6x Goosander, Water Rail, 12x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Branston GPs

Redshank, 5x Curlew, 25x Lapwing, 98x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, 26x Little Grebe, 6x Egyptian Geese, 7x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, (DSc)