Wednesday 3rd May 2023

Berryhill

Female Ring Ouzel flew from the Palletstacks towards Eaton Park paddocks but no further sign, Whinchat, 7x Wheatear, Swift, (IBu)

                                                          Whinchat by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Drake Lesser Scaup (first site record) on Black Meadows pit, (CEc),  also 4x Ruff on BMP, (JWo)

                                                        Lesser Scaup by Jon Woodcock

                                                       Lesser Scaup by Jon Woodcock

Barlaston - Tittensor

Wheatear, LRP, 2x Goosander, 2x Gadwall also a Wheatear at the Monkey forest car par, (RGi)

Tittesworth Water

5x Redstart, 8x Garden Warbler, 2x Common Tern, 8x Common Sandpiper, Goosander, (SGi)

Longsdon Mill Pool

2x Whimbrel, 2x Wheatear, (SGi)

Croxall Lakes

2x Common Tern, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Reed Warbler, Great Egret thru, (BGe)

Rudyard 

Hobby thru, (SSe)

Doxey Marsh

2x Hobby, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (MBo, RRa)

Whitemoor Haye

Whimbrel in field by Whitemoor House, 2x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 10x LRP, 6x Wheatear, (JAl)

Cannock Chase

Whinchat, Tree Pipits, (CMa)  -  2x Cuckoo, 7x Tree Pipit, 6x Garden Warbler, 3x Stonechat, 

Blithfield Resv

Whinchat in field below the dam, (AWa)

Radford Meadows

Wood Sandpiper on Rickerscote side scrape early evening, (RSw)

Rudyard

Spotted Flycatcher (first reported Staffs 2023 record), at north end, (DKe)