Friday, 5 May 2023

Friday 5th May 2023

Blithfield Resv

9x Whimbrel south east Blithe Bay, just one Black Tern present this am only, (MDJ, GJM)

Stafford

Hoopoe in field at top of Kingston Hill at noon, (MEa)

                                                                 By Michelle Eastwood

                                                              By Steve Edwards

Stoke

Lordship Lane - Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

Bar-tailed Godwit and Whimbrel still, 8x Ringed Plover, LRP, 5x Common SandpiperHobby over, Osprey thru north at 13:42, 6x Common Tern, Tree Sparrow

Middleton Lakes

2x Arctic Tern thru at 12:30, 4x Common Tern, 6x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 3x Dunlin, 2x Avocet, 2x Common Sandpiper,  2x Hobby,  (SPA)

Wombourne

Red Kite over at noon, (AJo)

Berryhill - Eastwood

Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, (IBu)

Tittensor Chase

Red Kite over at 14:05, Garden Warbler, 3x Yellowhammer, (AR)

Branston GPs

Lesser Scaup back on BMP this afternoon, Sanderling on north pit, Little Gull, 2x Ruff, 2x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 10x Ringed Plover, Water Rail, YL Gull, 2x Common Tern, Peregrine, 4x Garden Warbler, (JWo)  -  Hobby briefly, Green Woodpecker, Cettis' Warbler, (BHa)

        
                                                             Sanderling by Jon Woodcock

Doxey Marsh

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x LRP, Redshank, Oystercatcher, 2x Arctic Tern, Common Tern, 6x Gropper, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, (RSt)

Cannock Chase

2x Cuckoo, 6x Tree Pipit, 3x Garden Warbler, 50x Redpoll, Green Woodpecker, (DBa, CE, IG, GH)

Hixon Airfield

3x Yellow Wagtail, (RCB)

River Sow Meadows

Cuckoo, (RSw)