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Sunday, 23 April 2023

Sunday 23rd April 2023

Whitemoor Haye

Whimbrel flew off N early am, 2x Sanderling, 8x Dunlin, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Curlew, 12x LRP, 2x Redshank, 4x Shelduck, 11x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, 9x Teal, 4x Little Grebe, Tree Sparrow, Peregrine, (SCo)  -  8x Bar-tailed Godwit 3x Whimbrel, 10x Black-tailed Godwit flew off, 2x Ringed Plover,  (TPe)  - 3x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, (@Ochruros)

Huntington

6x Wheatear, 4x Yellow Wagtail in large paddock along B5012, (SRi

Middleton Lakes

53x Black-tailed Godwit on JW also a Knot, (DHu)  -  2x Sandwich Tern thru, Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 4x Dunlin, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, Arctic Tern thru 16:15, Common Tern, 2x White Wagtail, 2x Yellow Wagtail, Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, (MSm) - Wheatear, (SPA)

Blithfield Resv

5x Arctic Tern north, (GJM)

Belvide Resv

11x Whimbrel, 3x Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 8x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Scaup, Arctic Tern, Common Tern  (Foz)

Chasewater

5x Little Gull, 3x Arctic Tern thru E, Whimbrel, Greenshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Shag still, 2x Swift, (@Ochruros)

Radford Meadows

2x Whimbrel, (CDa)

Westport Lake

Common Scoter, Redstart, (KSt)

Branston GPs

Drake Garganey, Whimbrel, 21x Black-tailed Godwit 10:30 to 12:30 only,  Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 5x Dunlin, Curlew, poss Artic Tern thru, 12x Gadwall, Wheatear, Gropper, 2x Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Cettis Warbler, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (DSc)

                                                Black-tailed Godwits by Dave Scattergood

Wombourne

Ring Ouzel on Pickerells Hill, view from Withymere Lane, (AMP)

Uttoxeter Quarry

5x Bar-tailed Godwit, 5x Whimbrel, 4x Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Wheatear, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, (RPo)

Aqualate

10x Whimbrel flew NW at 11:05, fem Ferruginous Duck still, (IGr)

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5x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2x Gadwall, (JDu)

Tittesworth Water

Cuckoo, 2x LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Redpoll, (PBe)

Doxey Marsh

2x Whinchat, 2x Wheatear, Common Tern thru, 5x Gropper, Whitethroat, (DM

Halfpenny Green

Ringed Plover, 3x Wheatear, (MMo)

Gailey Resv

Whitethroat, Common Tern, 3x Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)

Tucklesholme

4x Whinchat by wading ponds, (TWy)  -  2x Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, 3x Whitethroat, (@Ochruros)  -  2x Swift, 2x Reed Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Common Sandpiper on the river, Goosander, 2x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, (BHa)

Chatterley Whitfield

Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, (PMo)

Carmountside Flash

2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Teal, and a Wigeon at Stanley pool, (ALa)

Cuckoo Bank

7x Whinchat, 5x Wheatear, fem Ring Ouzel, 2x Tree Pipit, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Stonechat, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, 24x Arctic Tern flew low,  Woodlark, 

Forsbrook

Hobby at 15:00, (AR)

Berryhill

2x Whinchat in scrub field up from the Ind estate track, Wheatear, Whitethroat, Botteslow Flash Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 2x Little Grebe, (RTo)

Silverdale CP

2x Wheatear, Stonechat, Gropper, Whitethroat, (PCa)

Ramshorn

Red Kite flying towards Kevin quarry at 18:30, (RWi

Coven Pendeford Hall Lane

2x Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 3x LRP, 2x Gadwall, Cuckoo, 

Woodhead Farm

6x Wheatear, (COs)