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Friday, 30 June 2023

Friday 30th June 2023

Stanley Pool

5x LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

11x Egyptian Geese, LRP, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, (CMa, DG)

Branston GPs

10x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 46x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, 22x Pochard, 11x Shelduck, 5x Mandarin, 12x Egyptian Geese, 18x Common Tern, YL Gull, (JWo, DSc)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Snipe, Gropper, (LCl)

Thursday, 29 June 2023

Thursday 29th June 2023

Middleton Lakes

Red-backed Shrike by east scrape, (Jake Klavins)  -  also 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Little Egret, (BHa)  -  also Black-tailed Godwit, LRP, Bittern, 5x Little Egret, (JWo)

                                                   Red-backed Shrike by Jon Woodcock

Doxey Marsh

20x Black-tailed Godwit from the Octagonal hide, LRP, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (RRa)

Stanley Pool

3x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, (GBr)

Lichfield

Red Kite over Fradley Park at 08:15, (GHa)

Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Wednesday 28th June 2023

Middleton Lakes

2x Little Tern thru at 06:35, (SPA)

Cannock Chase

10x Tree Pipit, 3x Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Garden Warbler, 6x Stonechat, Yellowhammer, (DBa, CE, KM)

Freehay

Red Kite over village hall at 13:55,  (FCa)

Dilhorne

2x Oystercatcher, (FCa)

Tucklesholme

2x Gropper, 4x Garden Warbler, 7x Cetti's Warbler, Gadwall, Little Egret, 4x Common Tern, Tawny Longhorn Beetle, (JWo)

                                                Tawny Longhorn Beetle by Jon Woodcock

Bottleslow Flash

2x LRP, Little Egret, Hobby thru, Peregrine, (RTo)

Silverdale

An escaped House Finch near the cricket club, (TRo)

                                                                 By Timothy Rowley

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Tuesday, 27 June 2023

Tuesday 27th June 2023

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, Cetti's Warbler, (JDr)

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 8x Oystercatcher, 38x Lapwing, 5x Little Egret, 62x Pochard, 26x Gadwall, 9x Shelduck, 12x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern, YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Alvecote

3x Little Egret, 24x Lapwing, (MSc)

Monday, 26 June 2023

Monday 26th June 2023

Branston GPs

2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, 3x Oystercatcher, 58x Lapwing, 26x Pochard, 18x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, Shoveler, 22x Teal,  11x Egyptian Geese, 10x Common Tern, 2x Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Westport Lake

Little Egret this am, (NJS)

Swallow Moss

Cuckoo still, (TMe)

Sunday, 25 June 2023

Sunday 25th June 2023

Middleton Lakes

Adult Med Gull from the benches, (MSm)

Baddeley Green

Red Kite west over Leek New Road, (GBr)

Forsbrook

Willow Tit near Cash Heath farm, (AR)

Tittesworth Water

17x Oystercatcher, 11x LRP, 9x Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, (JOa, LH, KH)

Kings Bromley

Red Kite over the A515 layby this afternoon also Little Egret, (BHa)

Weeford

Red Kite over old school house restaurant at 15:00, (CFe)

Saturday, 24 June 2023

Saturday 24th June 2023

Uttoxeter Quarry

Moulting drake Garganey still this morning, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Redshank, 6x Oystercatcher, Pochard, Little Egret, Lesser Whitethroat, several Garden Warbler, Peregrine, several Tree Sparrow, (SCo)

Belvide Resv

Grey Plover still, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 3x Common Sandpiper, 23x LRP, Hobby, Red Kite, 

Gailey Resv

Red Kite lingered for 20 mins before flying south at mid day,  Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher opposite car park(SRi)

Huntington

Hobby over low, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 102x Lapwing, 9x Shelduck, 3x Little Egret, (MJa)  -  7x LRP, Ringed Plover, Curlew this evening, (RCB)

Tittesworth Water

Redshank, 6x Common Tern, Peregrine, 9x Mandarin, (SGi, IB)

Burston

Hobby, LRP, (AEa)

Branston GPs

4x Curlew, 3x Oystercatcher, 30x Lapwing, 4x Common Tern, 2x ad YL Gull, 24x Pochard, 10x Shelduck, Mandarins, 2x Little Egret, (DSc)

Friday, 23 June 2023

Friday 23rd June 2023

Stanley Pool

A Shag this morning with 2 Cormorants also juv Yellow Wagtail, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

Cuckoo, Spotted Flycatcher, 5x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 4x Oystercatcher, 16+ Common Tern, (CMa, RF)

Belvide Resv

3x Grey Plover at 14:45, 

Branston GPs

2x Common Sandpiper, 57x Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, 24x Pochard, 28x Gadwall, 17x Shelduck, 5x Mandarin, 6x Common Tern, YL Gull, Cuckoo, (JWo)

Thursday, 22 June 2023

Thursday 22nd June 2023

Tittesworth Water

10x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 2x Common Tern, Goosander, (JOa, LH)

Stafford

Red Kite over Rising Brook at 10:45, (MBo)

Rocester

Red Kite over at 12:30, (JDr)

Branston GPs

2x Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 7x Oystercatcher, 156x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 46x Pochard, 5x Mandarin, 24x Shelduck, 22x Gadwall, 4x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, 12x Little Grebe, Gropper, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, (JWo)

Wednesday, 21 June 2023

Wednesday 21st June 2023

Endon

3x Oystercatcher over west at 06:15, (DCo)

Alvecote

Hobby. 2x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 

Cannock Chase

Woodcock, 2x Cuckoo, 2x Garden Warbler, 4x Tree Pipit, 2x Stonechat, (NSl)

Wombourne

2x Red Kite over SW at  14:34, (WN)

Westport Lake

Drake Garganey this afternoon, (NJS)

Blithfield Resv

Hobby, Great Egret below dam,  3x Common Tern, Oystercatcher, (BGe)

Whitemoor Haye

Several Tree Sparrow, 3x Yellowhammer, (BGe)

Bramshall

Red Kite over west at 15:40, (JTu)

Whitemoor Haye

Curlew, (TPe)

Tuesday, 20 June 2023

Tuesday 20th June 2023

Newcastle

8x Crossbill over this morning, (SJT)

Stoke on Trent

Nightjar just north of the city boundary at 00:30, (MBr)

Tucklesholme

Cuckoo, Gropper, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, (JWo)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (SRi, IMo)

Monday, 19 June 2023

Monday 19th June 2023

Stanley Pool

2x LRP over east early am, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Female Marsh Harrier over roadside pit at 16:40 and appeared to go down opposite main lake, (JAl)

Branston GPs

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Curlew, 9x Oystercatcher, 146x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 53x Pochard, 38x Teal, 10x Gadwall, 51x Shelduck, 6x Mandarin,  Cuckoo, 6x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, Gropper, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Garden Warbler, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, Little Egret, Common Tern, (RBe)

Doxey Marsh

Barn Owl hunting between Creswell Flash and the motorway, (JPe)

Sunday, 18 June 2023

Sunday 18th June 2023

Stanley Pool

3x LRP flew east early morning, juv Yellow Wagtail, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Wood Sandpiper, Bewicks pit, (TPe)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Drake Garganey late morning, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

8x Oystercatcher, 12x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 4x Mandarin, Spotted Flycatcher, GBB Gull, 2x Common Tern, Gadwall, (LH, JOa)

                                                           Polecat by Steve Gibson

Whiston

Red Kite around over The Leys, also Green Woodpecker, (GSt)

Smestow Brook Trescott

Corn Bunting, Yellowhammers, Little Grebe, 9x Lapwing, (IMo,)

Middleton Lakes

Red Kite thru south at 14:35, (MSm)  -  Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 3x LRP, Barn Owl, (DCo)

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 32x Shelduck, 30x Pochard, 28x Teal, 2x Common Tern, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, (DSc)

Saturday, 17 June 2023

Saturday 17th June 2023

Middleton Lakes

Grey Plover JW south at 05:00, (MSm)

Tittesworth Water

Ringed Plover, Common Terns, (SGi, IB)

Ipstones

Red Kite over 15:45, (SCh)

Stanshope

Singing Quail, also Marsh Tit and Dipper at Dovedale,  (RWa)

Adderley Green

Red Kite over late afternoon heading west, (CSi)

Belvide Resv

Green Sandpiper, 21x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 5x LRP, Common Gull thru, 2x Common Tern, 


Friday, 16 June 2023

Friday 16th June 2023

Blithfield Resv

2x Spoonbill in Tad Bay, (MDJ GJM)

                                                                   By GJ Mant

Middleton Lakes

Female Marsh Harrier flew thru at 11:30, (DCor)

Flash

Red Kite, (KBr)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 

Whitemoor Haye

Cream crown Marsh Harrier over roadside pit at 10:40, also Red Kite Croxall, (IWh)

Whitemoor Haye

Mandarin on Bewicks pit, (TPe)

Stoke on Trent

Nightjar again heard north of the city boundary at 22:00. (SCo)

Thursday, 15 June 2023

Thursday 15th June 2023

Stoke on Trent

The Marsh Warbler still near Lordship lane by the bridge over the Trent early am onwards. 

                                                                 By Steve Gibson

Middleton Lakes

Cream headed Marsh Harrier still on JW south at 07:18, (SPA)

Stoke on Trent

Nightjar heard north of the the city boundary at 01:30. (SC)

Endon

Red Kite flew off towards Stanley village, (DPC)

Brown Edge

Red Kite over Marshes Hill at 12:30, (GWo)

Branston GPs

214x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 52x Pochard, 36x Gadwall, 76x Shelduck, 5x Mandarin, 5x Common Tern, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, (JWo)

Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Wednesday 14th June 2023

Stoke on Trent

Singing male Marsh Warbler at Lordship Lane by the bridge, parking available at Fenton Manor car park. (RGi)

Middleton Lakes

Female type Marsh Harrier at 15:23(MSm)

Tucklesholme and Branston Leas

2x Cuckoo, LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, 8x Goosander, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Tuesday 13th June 2023

Endon - Denford

Oystercatcher, Willow Tit, Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Garden Warbler, (Co)

Monday, 12 June 2023

Monday 12th June 2023

Middleton Lakes

Wood Sandpiper from the benches, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, (MSm) 

Tittesworth Water

Sanderling, Goosander with 5 young, Common Sandpiper with 3 young, 41x Lapwing, (SGi)

Ipstones

Red Kite low over houses at 15:15, (SCh)

Chasewater

Common Gull, (GHa)

Sunday, 11 June 2023

Sunday 11th June 2023

Stanley Pool

7x Gadwall, Oystercatcher, Stanley Moor Barn Owl at 04:30, (GBr)

Stockton Brook

Ring necked Parakeet back of Sportsmans pub, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

7x Little Egret, Greenshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 9x Shelduck, Cuckoo, Red Kite, Common Terns, (MJa), additionally 2x Dunlin and  Spotted Flycatcher, (MBr)

Whitemoor Haye

4x Ringed Plover on roadside pit to 08:02 only, 8x LRP, 5x Oystercatcher, Corn Bunting, Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Garden Warbler, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Peregrine, (SCo)

                                                           Peregrine by Stu Collins

Huntington

Red Kite over east at 12:30, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

12x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, (JOa, LH)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern again at JW, Little Egrets, 2x Cuckoo, Common Tern, (RBe)

                                                            Bittern by Rob Bendelow

Church Eaton

2x Red Kite over at 10:30, (GCa)

Tucklesholme

Cuckoo, Gropper, 4x Common Tern, 2x Oystercatcher, (JWo)

Branston GPs (SMP2)

YL Gull, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, 2x Egyptian Geese, (JWo)

Saturday, 10 June 2023

Saturday 10th June 2023

Whitemoor Haye

Grey Plover Bewicks pit, Garganey roadside pit, (TPe)

Knypersley

Red Kite, (ALo)

Middleton Lakes

Red Kite over at16:00, 3x Hobby over JW, ad Med Gull on JW north, (MSm)

Baldwins Gate

2x Red Kite, (RWh)

Alrewas NMA

Female Marsh Harrier, LRP, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Common Tern, (JWo)

Branston GPs

Sanderling, 4x Ringed Plover, 40x Lapwing, 2x Common Teal, 16x Pochard, Gropper, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Cuckoo, 3x Common Tern, 4x Goosander, Pochard, 2x Oystercatcher, (DSc)

Gnosall

Red Kite over at 08:15, (GCa)

Friday, 9 June 2023

Friday 9th June 2023

Middleton Lakes

Wood Sandpiper on JW north, Grey Plover, (SPA)

Wolseley Centre SWT

Common Tern, (AR)

Doxey Marsh

Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, (GPr)

Stoke

Chasewater

The Shag reported as still present, 

Branston GPs

Turnstone, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 28x Pochard, 22x Gadwall, 4x Shoveler, 29x Shelduck, 5x Mandarin (4 juvs), 2x Common Tern, 5x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

Hobby, Cuckoo, 4x Common Tern, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Baldwins Gate

Red Kite, (RWh)

Rudyard Lake, 

Spotted Flycatcher, (LRa)

Thursday, 8 June 2023

Thursday 8th June 2023

Middleton Lakes

Grey Plover still, 6x Ringed Plover, (MSm)

Tittesworth Water

Drake Common Scoter, 2x Curlew, 9x Oystercatcher, 11x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, Red Kite, Spotted Flycatcher, (JOa, LH)

Denstone - Alton

5x Red Kite over the Churnet valley, 

Norton

Red Kite over north, (IMy)

Trentham

2x Red Kite around the golf club and close to the A34 for around 5 minutes at 14:30. (JBa)

Baldwins Gate

Red Kite east low over Madeley Road at 18:15. (CPe)

Branston GPs

14x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 61x Lapwing, 27x Pochard, 20x Gadwall, 9x Mandarin, 61x Shelduck, 12x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, DSc, MCa)  -  Turnstone still at 20:00, (DSc)

Wednesday, 7 June 2023

Wednesday 7th June 2023

Middleton Lakes

Little Tern JW south, Grey Plover still, Marsh Harrier north over JW at 16:45, (MSm)

Tucklesholme

Cuckoo, Gropper, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, 4x Common Tern, 16x Goosander (15 ducklings), 4x Gadwall, Little Egret, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

Red Kite over north at 09:15, 4x LRP, Oystercatcher, 6x Shelduck, 2x Common Tern, 2x Garden Warbler, (BrM)

Doxey Marsh

Greenshank, Dunlin, 2x LRP, Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 5x Cetti's Warbler, Peregrine, 2x Common Tern, 4x Greenfinch, (DBa, CE, ML)

Branston GPs

SMP2 - Turnstone still, Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 8x Shelduck, 3x Common Tern, (DSc)

Tuesday, 6 June 2023

Tuesday 6th June 2023

Blithfield Resv

3x Turnstone, Sanderling, 3x Dunlin, Greenshank, (GJM)

                                               3 Turnstones and a Sanderling by GJ Mant

Uttoxeter Quarry

Sanderling early afternoon, 

Branston GPs

Turnstone on SMP2, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, 18x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 24x Pochard, 42x Gadwall, 6x Mandarin, 62x Shelduck, 12x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, Cuckoo, 5x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Garden Warbler, 300x Swift, ((JWo)

Middleton Lakes

Grey Plover, 8x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 2x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, Common Tern, (MPo)  -  also Bittern seen over JW and north pit, Little Egret, Garden Warbler, Common Tern, Common Gull, (RBe)

                                                          Common Tern by Rob Bendelow                       

Monday, 5 June 2023

Monday 5th June 2023

Middleton Lakes

Grey Plover, 6x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, Dunlin, (MSm)  -  3x Hobby, Red Kite, 4x Redshank, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, (SB)

Rocester JCB north lake

6x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 10x Barnacle Geese, (JDr)

Branston GPs

Grey Plover, Redshank, 6x Ringed Plover, 5x Oystercatcher, 12x Pochard, 20x Gadwall, 28x Shelduck, 2x Water Rail, 14x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, Hobby, Green Woodpecker, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Garden Warbler, 300x Swift, (JWo)


Sunday, 4 June 2023

Sunday 4th June 2023

Middleton Lakes

Spotted Flycatcher briefly, 2x Avocet, 5x Redshank, 5x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 3x Common Tern, Cuckoo, (MSm)  -  Green-winged Teal JW north then North pit, Ruff, (JHa)  -  GW Teal still North pit at 19:00 from lookout, also Grey Plover JW north, (TPe)

Stanley Pool

2x Common Tern, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Grey Partridge, Cuckoo, Corn Bunting, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x LRP, 200x Swift, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

                                                        Grey Partridge by Stu Collins

Branston GPs

2x Sanderling, 10x Ringed Plover,

Branston Water Park

Oystercatcher, Common Tern, Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Egyptian Geese, (DSc)

Halfpenny Green

Red Kite by vineyards, (DBa)

Highgate Common 

Tree Pipit at south end near East wood, (DBa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Goldeneye (male and female), one Black-necked Grebe, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Willow Tit, 10x LRP, 14x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, Goosander, (LH, JOa, KH)

Ford Green

Hobby drifting high over the lake at 14:15, (PMo)

Saturday, 3 June 2023

Saturday 3rd June 2023

Blithfield Resv

4x Sanderling, Grey Plover, Redshank, 10x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, Cuckoo, Little Egret, Red Kite, Common Terns, (MJa)  -  3x Red Kite, Hobby, Garden Warbler, (GHa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Black-necked Grebe still, drake Goldeneye, 10x Ringed Plover, Little Egret, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

2x Avocet, Greenshank, 2x Redshank, 6x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2x Red Kite, 4x Yellowhammer, 

Forsbrook

Lesser Whitethroat along Draycott Old Road, (AR)

Whitemoor Haye

Sanderling, Ringed Plover, Bewicks pit, (TPe)  -  13x Yellowhammer, 3x Tree Sparrow, (GHa)

Pershall/Eccleshall

Red Kite, (K)

Alrewas

NMA - Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Little Egret, - Alrewas to Wychnor 2x Cetti's Warbler, Green Lane Barton - 4x Yellowhammer, (JWo)

Baldwins Gate

Red Kite at 16:00, (RWh)

Trentham Gardens

 Common Tern this evening, (NMk)

Branston GPs (SMP2)

14x Shelduck, Mandarin, 18x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

2x Cuckoo, Oystercatcher, 3x Common Tern, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, (DSc)

Friday, 2 June 2023

Friday 2nd June 2023

Middleton Lakes

2x Avocet, 6x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 4x Redshank, 2x Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail, (SPA)  -  Also Tree Sparrow by the river, Little Egret, 4x Common Tern, Wigeon, (CMa, RF)

Tittesworth Water

2x Greenshank, (SSe)

Rudyard 

Red Kite, (SSe)

Belvide Resv

Little Stint from Hawkshutts hide, Greenshank, Redshank, 4x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Black Tern, 2x GBB Gull, 

Forsbrook

Red Kite east over Cash Heath, (AR)

Blithfield Resv

Black Tern, Common Terns, 2x LRP, Oystercatcher, Hobby, (RBe)

Wetton Mill

2x Spotted Flycatcher, (K)

Warslow

Red Kite over, (K)

Doxey Marsh

Greenshank, 2x LRP, 2x Little Egret, Great Egret, 5x Common Tern, Red Kite, 2x Gropper, 300x Swift, (MBo, PDy)

Whitemoor Haye 

Greenshank and Redshank Bewicks pit, (TPe)

Branston GPs

Turnstone on SMP2 this evening, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x Common Tern, Hobby, Pochard, 250x Swift, 2x Mandarin + 7 ducklings, (DSc)


Thursday, 1 June 2023

Thursday 1st June 2023

Tittesworth Water

Sanderling still on Fosters point, (SGi)  -  Sanderling, 11x LRP, 7x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Sandpiper, 5x Common Tern, (LH, JOa)

                                                         Sanderling by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

55x Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, Greenshank, (DSc)  -  5x Oystercatcher, Water Rail, 16x Little Grebe, 17x Pochard, 14x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 39x Shelduck, 4x Common Tern, YL Gull, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Hobby, Cuckoo, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Garden Warbler, 300x Swift, (JWo, CEc, Dean, MCa)

Middleton Lakes

Sanderling, 6x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, (MSm)

Blithfield Resv

Grey Plover

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Black-necked Grebe still, 2x Greenshank, Ruff, 8x Ringed Plover, Cuckoo, (RPo)

Aqualate

2x Black Tern this afternoon, (PJor)

Whitemoor Haye

4x Black Tern, c40 Common Tern, 3x Hobby at Back Pit, (TPe)