Friday, 31 March 2023

Friday 31st March 2023

Berryhill

Male Ring Ouzel (first Staffs 2023 record), calling in hawthorns on the Ind estate track at 07:03 then flew uphill towards Tiddlers pool, (RTo)  -  3x Wheatear

Blithfield Resv

2x Common Tern (first Staffs 2023 record),  (MDJ, GJM)

Branston GPs

Adult/sum Little Gull on Ashy pit at 08:35 to 09:45, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Curlew, 2x Ruff, 4x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Willow Warbler, 5x Blackcap, Swallow, 10x Sand Martin, 40x Shoveler, 40x Shelduck, 5x Pochard, 13x Goldeneye, 2x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 20x Redpoll, 40x Linnet, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Osprey flew thru this am, 8x Goosander, 6x Oystercatcher, 5x Sand Martin, 17x Chiffchaff, (SGi)

Middleton Lakes

4x Avocet, 4x Redshank, 6x Oystercatcher, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, Great Egret, 11x Sand Martin, (SPA)

Westport Lake

Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 3x Sand Martin, (NJS)

Endon - Denford

4x Snipe, 2x Curlew, Red Kite over the STW, Green Woodpecker, (DCo)

Doxey Marsh

Willow Warbler, 5x Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, (DM)

Stoke (Lordship Lane)

3x Gadwall, Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, (RGi)

Parkhall CP

Green Woodpecker, Willow Tit, Blackcap and at nearby Hulme Curlews and Lapwing, (RGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, 14x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 2x Redshank, Curlew, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Tree Sparrow, 2x Grey Partridge, Merlin, 7x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, (SCo)

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