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Saturday, 28 January 2023

Saturday 28th January 2023

Knypersley Resv

Woodcock, Willow Tit, 5x Mandarin flew over, 9x Goosander, (GBr)

Westport Lake

34x Pochard, 2x Goosander, (NJS)

Doxey Marsh

25x Golden Plover, Water Rail, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, (DM)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Great Egret, fem Merlin, 50+ Egyptian Geese, Golden Plover, Snipe, c10 Tree Sparrow, 30x Yellowhammer, (SRi, IMo)  -  additional c1300 Lapwing, 27x Pochard, 29x Wigeon, 4x Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, 2x Gadwall, c50 Yellowhammer, c40 Skylark, c30 Linnet, Stonechat, c30 Reed Bunting, c80 Stock Dove, Peregrine, Chiffchaff, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

1w drake Scaup still on sailing lake at 11:50, (SRi, IMo)

Radford Meadows

1446x Lapwing, 244x Golden Plover, Ruff, Snipe, 21x Shoveler, Gadwall, Cetti's Warber and at nearby Brancote water works 2x Green Sandpiper, Chiffchaff, Little Egret, (RSw)

Rocester

2x Dipper below the weir, (JDr)

Ipstones

6x Red Kite perched in tree preening, (SCh)

Chasewater

Gull roost Ad Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull also the GN Diver, Shag still,

Catholme (footpath)

c800 Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 15x Wigeon, 4x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Alrewas

c2000+ Starling,  -  NMA 8x Goosander, Shelduck, 24x Gadwall, 50x Teal, 2x Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Trentham Gardens

2x Water Rail, Dipper, 2x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, Little Egret, (RGi)

Branston GPs

600x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, 24x Shoveler, 18x Shelduck, 25x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

15x Curlew thru NW, 16x Lapwing, Little Egret, 60x Wigeon, 7x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, Peregrine, 2x Common Gull, (DSc)

Tameside NR/ River Tame

Goosander, Chiffchaff, 22x Teal, 10x Lapwing, (MSc)