Saturday, 11 February 2023

Saturday 11th February 2023

Tittesworth Water

2x Hawfinch showing well at the childrens play area, (SGi)  -  2x Goosander, 5x Pochard, 2x Oystercatcher, Willow Tit, Common Gull, (MKe, JKe, AKe)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

4x Scaup off the dam, 18x Shelduck, 4x Little Egret, 4x Little Egret, Peregrine, 

Middleton Lakes

3-4x Great Egret, 19x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 5x Shelduck, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Egyptian Geese, (SPA)

Doxey Marsh

Goshawk over Lily pool/Doxey pool this morning heading towards Eccleshall Road cemetery, (DM)  -  150x Golden Plover, Great Egret, 4x Goosander, 2x Stonechat, (RRa)

Shugborough NT

3x Goosander, 8x Gadwall, (PCo)

Stoke

2x Little Egret and a Dipper along the Trent, - Lordship Lane Little Egret, 24x Lapwing, (RGi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Ruff, 2x Curlew, 2x Golden Plover, 5x Oystercatcher, 3x Green Sandpiper, 5x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 6x Shelduck, Little Egret, (RPo)

Wolseley Park

25x Brambling, 200+ Chaffinch, (IWi)

Chasewater

Gull roost - ad Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, also Shag and GN Diver, 

Cuckoo Bank

Merlin, Water Pipit in wet areas of stubble field18x Yellowhammer, 75x Linnet, 60x Skylark, 38x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, 62x Lapwing north.

Astonfields Balancing Lakes

Little Egret, (GHa)

Branston GPs

6x Pink-footed Geese, 14x Curlew, 600x Lapwing, 30x Golden Plover, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 5x Ruff, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, (DSc)

Hales Pools

10x Shelduck, 2x Pink-footed Geese, 80x Lapwing, (RGi)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

Red Kite, 1000x Starling over to roost, (RGi)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Pintail, 7x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, (MSc)

Catholme (footpath)

2x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 100x Wigeon, 16x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, 12x Greenfinch, 30x Linnet, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, Shelduck, 20x Gadwall, (JWo)