Saturday, 15 April 2023

Saturday 15th April 2023

Whitemoor Haye

4x Wheatear by main lake quarry entrance, 3x White Wagtail, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, (TPe)  -  3x Oystercatcher, 3x Redshank, 14x LRP, Wheatear, Grey Partridge, Tree Sparrow, 60x Linnet, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Shelduck, 6x Gadwall, 5x Shoveler, Little Egret, (SCo)

Knypersley

2x Willow Tit at Meadows Green, (SHi)

Branston GPs

2x adult sum Med Gull, 2x singing Reed Warbler Sandy pit, Whitethroat, 15x Blackcap, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, 20x Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, 28x Shoveler, 7x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 4x Goldeneye, 7x Common Gull, 5x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher,  (DSc)

Gailey Resv

Yellow Wagtail, 7x House Martin,  also Cattle Egret along nearby Oak Lane, (SRi)

Furnace Grange Trescott

Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Grebe, Corn Bunting, 10x Yellowhammer, 18x Skylark, (IMo, GCl)

Westport Lake

2x LRP, (NJS)

Radford Meadows

3x Wheatear, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, 2x Little Owl, 2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x Shelduck, House Martin, (RSw)

Wombourne

Whinchat (first Staffs 2023 record) just north of Wombourne on Pickerells Hill from bridal path off Withymere Lane, (AMP)

Berryhill

Redstart, 4x Wheatear and 2x House Martin on Botteslow(RGi)

Tittesworth Water

Redstart, 2x Willow Tit, Brambling, 3x Tawny Owl, (IB)

Doxey Marsh

Reed Warbler, several Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Common Sandpiper, Cetti's Warblers, House Martin, (GHa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Yellow Wagtail, House Martin, Mandarin, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

4x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 2x Wheatear, 5x Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)  -  Red Kite, 10x Yellow Wagtail, Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher,  (MJa)

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, (BSe)

Freehay 

8x Mandarin, (FCa)

Pattingham

Ring Ouzel from Clive ridge (PHo)

Tucklesholme

2x Wheatear, 

Chasewater

Shag still, 

Belvide Resv

3x Scaup, 2x Common Gull, 2x Red Kite, 3x LRP, Cattle Egret, Common Sandpiper, Tree Sparrow,