Wednesday 31 May 2023

Wednesday 31st May 2023

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still on JW north, 2x Sanderling, 7x Ringed Plover, (MSm)

Aqualate

Black Tern, (MGG)

Tittesworth Water

Sanderling, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Greenshank, (SGi)

                                                      Ringed Plover by Steve Gibson

                                                        Sanderling by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

North pit - 32x Ringed Plover, 4x Sanderling, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 22x Shelduck, (CEc)  -  19:00 to 20:00 -  57x Ringed Plover on north pit which is a site record count, 4x Sanderling, Greenshank, Lesser Whitethroat, Little Egret, c300x Swifts, (DSc)

Uttoxeter Quarry

5x Black Tern, 3x Black-necked Grebe, 5x Sanderling, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret again on north shore, 

Tucklesholme

2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, Cuckoo, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 100x Swift, (JWo) 

Whitemoor Haye

Wood Sandpiper briefly on roadside pit, 5x Black Tern at back pit, (TPe, SCo)