Wednesday 25 January 2023

Wednesday 25th January 2023

Pattingham

Adult male Hen Harrier heading along escarpment towards Wolverampton. (@fisherandbirder)

Middleton Lakes

5x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 2x Stonechat, Great Egret, (SPA)  -  afternoon counts 8x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 2x Pochard, Little Egret, Stonechat, 2x Egyptian Geese, (MSm)

Westport Lake

3x Goosander, 19x Pochard, Willow Tit, (NJS)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 18x Gadwall, 4x Wigeon, 250x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, (DM)

Kingstone

2x Red Kite circling low over fields this am. (PBe)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, Little Egret, Merlin, Peregrine, Tree Sparrows, Chiffchaff, Shelduck, Egyptian Geese, (RBe)  -  also 48x Egyptian Geese, 3x Little Egret, Yellowhammers, Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 400x Lapwing, Stonechat, (DBa, KM, PB, AB, DE)

                                                          Chiffchaff by Rob Bendelow

                                                       Tree Sparrow by Rob Bendelow

 Branston GPs

26x Curlew, Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, 695x Lapwing, Little Egret, 15x Goldeneye, 82x Pochard, 12x Wigeon, 4x Gadwall, 11x Shoveler, 24x Shelduck, 60x Teal,  6x Egyptian Geese, 20x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 7x YL Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

Chasewater

Gull roost - Ad Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, 2-3x Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 6x YL Gull, 

Croxall GP

Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 10x Goosander, 2x Greenfinch, (DBa, KM, DE, PB, AB)