Sunday, 1 January 2023

Sunday 1st January 2023

Whitemoor Haye

8x Dunlin, 1000x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, 13x Snipe, 3x Ruff, 87x Egyptian Geese, 111x Wigeon, 9x Goldeneye, 26x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 40x Teal, 5x Gadwall, 4x Goosander, 4x Little Grebe, 3x Grey Partridge, 12x Tree Sparrow, YL Gull, 34x Stock Dove, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Peregrine,  Redpoll, (SCo)

Aqualate

Smew, Ferruginous Duck, 2x Scaup, (IGr)

Chasewater

GN Diver and the Shag still, (@Ochruros, MartynYapp)  -  Jack Snipe, (CMa)  -  Also in the roost Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 75x GBB Gull, 94x Common Gull, - 

Endon STW

Barn Owl early am, (GBr)

Westport Lake

Pochard, Shoveler, (NJS)  -  12x GoosanderWillow Tit, 30x Siskin, Chiffchaff, (KSt)

Coven - i54

4-500x Fieldfare, 13x Yellowhammer, 87x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, (JDu)

Blithfield Resv

White-fronted Goose still, 3x Pintail, 4x Goosander, Great Egret, Barnacle Goose, (NJS)

Holden Lane pool

Ring-necked Parakeet, (GBr)

Ipstones

2x Red Kite over at 13:00, (SCh)

Doxey Marsh

Golden Plover, Water Rail, (RRa)

Gailey Resv

32x Pochard, Goldeneye, 5x Little Grebe. 2x Little Grebe, 20x Siskin, (SRi, IMo)

Middleton Lakes

6x Pochard, 17x Goldeneye, c700 Lapwing, Snipe, 2x Great Egret, escaped Hooded Merganser, (MSm)

Tittesworth Water

2x Woodcock, 24x Snipe, 7x Lapwing, 14x Pochard, 36x Teal, 3x Goosander, Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi, KH, AP)

Trentham Gardens

Great Egret, 2x Mandarin, (JGl)

Wombourne

Goosander Bumblehole locks, (AJo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

1000x Lapwing, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 6x Shoveler, 8x Pochard, 600x Teal, Little Egret, Peregrine, (RPo)

Ford Green Pool

5x Ring-necked Parakeet, (RGi)

Tunstall Park

2x Goosander, (RGi)

Furnace Grange - Pool Hall

8x Goosander, 5x Shoveler, Little Grebe, Little Egret over and a Blackcap at Finchfield, (IMo, GCl, CVa, KCl)

Alrewas - Fradley

12x Grey Partridge along the canal opposite the marina, (PBa)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

2-3x Woodcock, (RGi)

Keele

6x Jack Snipe, (MSu)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Jack Snipe, 3x GBB Gull, 14x Common Gull, YL Gull, 

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, 350x Lapwing, 12x Golden Plover, 2x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 3x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 2x Siskin and 2x Blackcap Barton under Needwood, (JWo)  -  additional 17x Curlew, Jack Snipe, 6x Snipe, 20x Little Grebe, 50x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 8x Shelduck, 4x Little Egret, 6x GBB Gull, 3x YL Gull, 3x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 5x Redpoll, (DSc)