Tuesday 11th April 2023

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5x LRP, Wheatear, (JDu)

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo (first reported Staffs 2023 record) this morning, 2x Redstart, Green Woodpecker,  (JJH)

Chatterley Whitfield

Whitethroat this am, (SHi)

                                                                  By Sylvia Hill

Rudyard Lake

Osprey over, 3x Redstart, Common Sandpiper, (SSe)

                                                                Osprey by Steve Seal

Freehay 

12x Mandarin, (FCa)

Doxey Marsh

Lesser Whitethroat - first Staffs 2023 record, Whitethroat, Yellowhammer (local rarity), 2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 50x House Martin, 000's Sand Martin, 25x Swallow, (MBo)

Middleton Lakes

Drake Garganey, 4x LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 6x Avocet, 5x Yellow Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, House Martins, (SB)  also 2cy Med Gull, White Wagtail, Yellowhammer, (MSm)

Ipstones

Red Kite at 10:00, (SCh)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Avocet, Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 5x Redshank, 5x White Wagtail, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (TPe)

South Hanford farm/Sideway

Sedge Warbler, Snipe, Redpoll, (RGi)

Manifold

2x Willow Tit, Brambling, 20x Chiffchaff, (PJe)

Alvecote

Green Sandpiper, 3x Little Egret, House Martins, (MSc)

Chasewater

Shag still, (PWa)