Friday, 27 January 2023

Friday 27th January 2023

Rocester

c230 Pink-footed Geese over high NW. (SJT)

Blithfield Resv

27x Pink-footed Geese west over Blithe Bay this am,  (GJM)  -  c200 Pink-footed Geese flying SW at 16:10, (ISS)

Westport Lake

32x Pochard, 2x Shoveler, 2x Goosander, Greenfinch, (NJS)

Cheddleton

c285 Pink-footed Geese in two skeins over NW at 10:04, (DSc)

Middleton Lakes

c600 Lapwing, 20x Golden Plover, 20x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, Goosander, 3x Great Egret, Stonechat, Peregrine, 3x Egyptian Geese, (SPA)

Doxey Marsh

3x Little Egret, Great Egret, 280x Lapwing, 2x Shelduck, 7x Goosander, 10x Gadwall, Stonechat, (DM)  -  additional this pm c90 Golden Plover, c300 Pink-footed Geese over south, 2x Great Egret, 2x Shelduck, Chiffchaff, 2x Water Rail, (DB)

Pool Hall and Seisdon area

Merlin, 3x Little Egret, 4x Corn Bunting, 39x Goosander, 7x Shoveler, Stonechat, (GCl, KCl, AD, CVa, IMo)

Radford Meadows

1500+ Lapwing, 236x Golden Plover, 3x Little Egret, 27x Shoveler, 7x Snipe, (CDa)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

Little Egret, 7x Goosander, 8x Teal, (BHa)

Cheadle

c200 Pink-footed Geese over NW  at 09:40, (TDu)

Enville

2x Hawfinch, Green Woodpecker and at Sheepwalks 2x Gadwall, 3x Goosander on Temple pool, (MDJ)

Chasewater

Caspian Gull, 21x Common Gull, 20x GBB Gull, 9x Goosander, 23x Goldeneye, 142x Lapwing, GN Diver, Shag, (BHa)  -  Gull roost 2x Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, 

Whitemoor Haye

250-300 skein of Pink-footed Geese heading west, Merlin, Peregrine, Yellowhammers, Tree Sparrows, Chiffchaff, Great Egret,  (RBe)  -  also c1300 Lapwing, 80x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 5x Shoveler, 4x Goldeneye, 3x Gadwall, 6x Tree Sparrow, Great Egret, 100x Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 57x Egyptian Geese, (SCo)

Branston GPs

Fem/juv Marsh Harrier, 16x Curlew, Redshank, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Little Egret, 11x Shelduck, (CEc)  -  also Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, c6x Water Rail, 18x Shelduck, 22x Shoveler, 50x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Green Woodpecker, no further sign of the Marsh Harrier at dusk, (JWo)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, Goosander, 3x Shelduck, 3x Yellowhammer, 150x Lapwing, (MSc)

Hanley Park

2x Ring-necked Parakeet, (RGi)

Aston by Stone

 150-200x Pink-footed Geese flew high W/NW, (ISS)

Aqualate

2x fem Scaup, Marsh Tit, Water Rail, 6+ Pintail at 12:30, (ISS)

Alrewas NMA

7x Goosander, Junction pit Great Egret, 7x Gadwall, 4x Goosander over, (SCo)  -