Monday 18th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

Juv Little Stint Admaston Reach at 08:00,  4x Great Egret, 2x Hobby, 4x YL Gull, 33x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 7x Dunlin, juv Curlew Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 7x Ruff, 3x Curlew, 2x Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)  -  Juv Curlew Sandpiper in Blithe Bay at 10:30, Little Stint, 6x Ruff, 2x Greenshank, 16x Dunlin, 34x Ringed Plover, LRP, Curlew, 17x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, Yellow Wagtail, 8x Egyptian Geese, (RPo)  -  also Knot, (PAn)

                                                    Curlew Sandpiper by Steve Edwards

                                                         Little Stint by Steve Edwards

                                                                Curlew by GJ Mant

Middleton Lakes

4x Garganey, Great Egret, 11x Snipe, (MSm)  -  Greenshank,

Branston GPs

Ruddy Shelduck on Ashy pit, 2x Cattle Egret,  Marsh Harrier, Spotted Redshank, 5x Ruff, Redshank, 13x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 100x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, Garganey, 4x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 38x Pochard, 142x Shoveler, 128x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 26x Wigeon, 14x Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, Common Gull, 4x YL Gull, 11x Egyptian Geese, Hobby, 2x Peregrine, (JWo, CEc, RPo, Dean, Bob, PFo, JAl, BSt, ASt, PAn)

                                                     Spotted Redshank by Jon Woodcock

                                                               Pintails by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

8x Snipe, 16x Mandarin, 4x Goosander, Common Gull, (SGi)

Radford Meadows

8x Wigeon, 29x Shoveler, 40x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Doxey Marsh

Marsh Harrier thru at 08:45, (per REv)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Juv Marsh Harrier this afternoon, Oystercatcher, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 2x Little Egret, (RPo)