Friday 24th February 2023

Westport Lake

Drake Common Scoter, (RSu), Goldeneye, Shoveler, 5x Goosander, 13x Pochard, Oystercatcher, (NJS, RSu)

                                                     Common Scoter by Steve Edwards

Middleton Lakes

Avocet, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 10x Goldeneye, 2x Stonechat, 3x Shelduck, (SPA)

Branston GPs

Spoonbill briefly on Ashy pit before flying off north at 15:00, Woodcock, 7x Avocet, 2x Ringed Plover, 5x Ruff, 3x Redshank, 6x Dunlin, 300x Golden Plover, 14x Curlew, 3x Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 700x Lapwing, 8x Snipe, Goosander, 2x Pintail, 12x Goldeneye, 38x Pochard, 36x Shelduck, 28x Little Grebe, 3x Water Rail, YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Little Egret, 2x Peregrine, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                        Spoonbill by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv 

Cattle Egret still, 

Whitemoor Haye

2x Merlin, 11x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, 32x Shoveler, 4x Shelduck, Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x GBB Gull, 9x Tree Sparrow, 15x Redpoll, 17x Egyptian Geese, 4x Little Egret, Great Egret, good numbers of Yellowhammers and Reed Buntings, 37x Skylark, (MKe, JKe)

Radford Meadows

Merlin, 285x Wigeon, 8x Shoveler, Great Egret, Little Egret, Chiffchaff, (CDa)