Saturday, 7 January 2023

Saturday 7th January 2023

 Westport Lake

Adult Kittiwake still, 14x Pochard, 3x Goosander, (NJS)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

2x Brambling, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 23x Teal, 4x Wigeon, (BHa)

Stafford

Ring-necked Parakeet over Coton fields at 11:00 (PDy)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Scaup, 4x Pintail, 11x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 5x Stonechat, 3x Little Egret, 

Blithfield Resv

Barnacle Goose, 3x Stonechat, Wigeon, Teal, Pochard, (NJS)

Radford Meadows

1000+ Lapwing, 9x Little Egret, Wigeon, Teal, (CDa)

Fradley - Alrewas towpath

11x Grey Partridge again in field opposite the marina, (BHa)

Chasewater

GN Diver and the Shag still, (RSw)  -  Adult Kittiwake in the roost, (JAl)

Uttoxeter Quarry

6x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 13x Pochard, 9x Shoveler, 6x Shelduck, 108x Wigeon, 2x Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Peregrine, 4x YL Gull, 50x Common Gull, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Great Egret, Tree Sparrows, Egyptian Geese, (RBe)  -  13:30 to 16:00 15x Shoveler, 58x Teal, 5x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 93x Wigeon, 5x Gadwall, 1000+ Lapwing, 2x Dunlin, 31x Snipe, 6x Tree Sparrow, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 60x Egyptian Geese, 4x Little Grebe, Stonechat, 5x GBB Gull, YL Gull, 2x Peregrine, Merlin, (SCo)

Doxey Marsh

Redhead Smew on Tillington late afternoon, (DM)

Middleton Lakes

10x Pochard, 13x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 2x Great Egret, Stonechat, (SPA)

Branston GPs

5x Pink-footed Geese flew west, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x Little Egret, 8x Shelduck, 24x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander thru, Peregrine, 2x Curlew, 60x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

120x Wigeon, 40x Gadwall, 5x Goosander, 5x Common Gull thru south, 3x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese thru south, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

Little Egret, Goldeneye, 2x Goosander and at Catholme 20x Gadwall, (JWo)