Friday, 17 November 2023

Friday 17th November 2023

Radford Meadows Stafford

A large count of 305x Black-tailed Godwit, (JBa)  -  also c100 Golden Plover, Dunlin, 

Chatterley Whitfield

Goosander, Stonechats, Cetti's Warbler, (SHi)

Endon - Denford

Jack Snipe, 25x Snipe, Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, Woodcock, Water Rail, (DCo)

Doxey Marsh

Cream crown Marsh Harrier behind Creswell Flash to 13:30 only, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Stonechat, 40x Wigeon, 40x Teal, (RRa)

Carmountside Flash

Cetti's Warbler over the scrape, also 16x Teal, (COs)

Himley Great Pool

Fem Goldeneye, 3x Wigeon, 2x Ring-necked Parakeet at 14:30, (CTi)

Belvide Resv

Roost - Adult Med Gull, 2w Caspian Gull, 8x YL Gull, 

Branston GPs

1w Little Gull, Shag, Scaup, Ruddy Shelduck, 6x Redshank, 16x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 16x Snipe, 60x Lapwing, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 14x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 14x Gadwall, 18x Shoveler, 8x Egyptian Geese, 65x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, 5x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Peregrine, 8x Stonechat, 4x Brambling, 25x Redpoll, 60x Linnet, 15x Greenfinch, (JWo, DSc)

Stafford

2x Ring-necked Parakeet still around the MOD end of Oxford Gardens. (JSt)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver and Shag still, 36x Snipe, Curlew, 18x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 14x Goosander, 10x Little Grebe, - roost YL Gull, 9x GBB Gull, 19x Common Gull. (CW)

Gailey Resv

Scaup reported, (BG)