Sunday 8 January 2023

Sunday 8th January 2023

Carmountside Flash

Little Egret, Willow Tit, 42x Teal, (ALa)

Endon - Denford

50x Snipe, 2x Jack Snipe, 81x Lapwing, Little Egret, 7x Wigeon, 42x Teal, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (DCo)

Gailey Resv

37x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Redpoll, Little Egret, (SRi, IMo)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, (RRa)  -  also 1000+ Lapwing, 2x Goosander, 8x Wigeon, 3x Shoveler, 20x Teal, Greenfinch, Little Egret, (MKe, JKe)

Radford Meadows

1300x Lapwing, 126x Golden Plover, c400 Wigeon, c300 Teal, 6x Goosander, 2x Gadwall, (CDa, MKe, JKe)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Bewick's Swan viewed from the rough track at 11:00, (TWy)  -  08:00 to 09:45  c1000 -1300 Lapwing, 32x Snipe, 148x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Shelduck, 31x Teal, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x GBB Gull, 13x Tree Sparrow, (SCo)  -  additional Merlin, 8x Pochard, 16x Yellowhammer,  Peregrine, (BHa)  -  also 3x Dunlin, 70x Golden Plover, (JWo)

                                                      Bewick's Swans by Jon Woodcock

                                                       Tree Sparrows by Stu Collins

                                                    Bewick's Swans by Steve Edwards
                                                 

Branston GPs 

SMP only Green Sandpiper, 12x Snipe, 4x Little Grebe, 5x Shelduck, 4x Gadwall, 14x Teal, GBB Gull, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, (JWo, MCa, TWy, CEc, Dean, SCo)  -  additional other pits  Curlew, 3x Ruff, Woodcock at dusk, 70x Lapwing, 10x Pink-footed Geese, 4x Egyptian Geese, 20x Shelduck, 23x Wigeon, 30x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, ad YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, 35x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 5000x Starling roosted, (DSc)

                                                         Ruff by Dave Scattergood

Kings Bromley  (A515 layby) 

14x Yellowhammer, Little Egret, 19x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 3x Little Grebe, (BHa)

Ford Green

2x Ring-necked Parakeet, (SGi)

                                                                 By Steve Gibson

Fradley - Alrewas

9x Grey Partridge still opposite marina, also Fradley Junction NR 14x Siskin, 4x Redpoll, 3x Goosander, (BHa)

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag still, Caspian Gull and 4x YL Gull in the roost.

Cuckoo Bank

23x Wigeon, Pintail, 6x Goosander, 5x Stonechat, Water Rail, 

Trentham Gardens

Water Rail, Goosander, Little Egret, (RGi)