Monday, 20 March 2023

Monday 20th March 2023

Middleton Lakes

6x Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Redshank, (MB)

Gunstone

2x Wheatear still in horse field off Whitehouse Lane, (IMo)

Blithfield Resv

Common Sandpiper (first Staffs 2023 record),  4x Oystercatcher, 2x Chiffchaff, (CMa, RF)

Berryhill

15x Wheatear, 4x Stonechat, (RTo)  -  Red Kite over

Barton under Needwood

Red Kite over south, (JWo)

Endon - Denford

Red Kite over NW, 2x Curlew still, 6x Snipe,  2x Willow Tit, 13x Chiffchaff, (DCo)

Belvide Resv

 Cattle Egret, fem Scaup.

Hixon Airfield

2x LRP, 2x Wheatear, (RCB)

Upper Hanyards

Red Kite, (RCB)

Little Aston

Red Kite, 24x Yellowhammer, 3x Chiffchaff, (SWa)

Branston GPs

3x Red Kite thru, fem Merlin, 7x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Ruff, Dunlin, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Curlew, 4x Little Egret, 2x Common Gull, Egyptian Goose, 2x Green Woodpecker, 50x Linnet, (CEc)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, (MSc)

Rudyard

Red Kite over north, LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Sand Martin, 12x Chiffchaff, 40x Siskin, (SSe)

Thorney Lanes

25x Yellowhammer, 8x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

                                                      Yellowhammers by Jon Woodcock

Yoxall Meadow Lane

7x Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, 5x Chiffchaff, (JWo)