Saturday, 25 November 2023

Saturday 25th November 2023

Middleton Lakes

5x Dunlin, 13x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 5x Stonechat, 2x Great Egret, (SPA)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan on roadside pit, 2x Great Egret, 5x Grey Partridge, 10x Wigeon, 14x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 17x Gadwall, 15x Shoveler, 45x Teal, Shelduck, GBB Gull, YL Gull, 103x Lapwing, (SCo),  

Uttoxeter Quarry

Bar-tailed Godwit briefly at 11:25, 2x Dunlin, 3x Snipe, 2x Shelduck, Water Rail, (RPo)

Chasewater

3x Great Northern Diver and Shag still this morning, (CW)  -  also 9x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, 6x Goosander, 20x Lapwing, 8x Little Grebe, 4x Siskin, (BHa)

Gailey Resv

6x Little Grebe, 2x Gadwall, 4x Goldeneye, 33x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Water Rail, 30x Skylark, (SRi)

Knypersley Resv

Stonechat, 2x Water Rail, 2x Woodcock, Goosander, 2x Shoveler, 7x Mandarin, (GBr)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret in sheep field at 14:20, 14x Curlew, c200 Lapwing, Dunlin, 3x Redshank, 2x Golden Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 3x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 6x Stonechat, 50x Linnet, 2x Little Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, 4x Shelduck,  (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Scaup, Great Egret, c156 Pink-footed Geese over, Little Grebe,7x Wigeon, Mandarin,  4x Pochard, 7x Snipe, 3x Common Gull, (SGi, IB)

Trentham Gardens

22x Gadwall, Goosander, 5x Little Egret, Snipe, Siskins, (RGi)

Trescott area

5x Stonechat, 67x Lapwing, Peregrine, 3x Shoveler, 6x Goosander, 2x Little Grebe, (IMo, GCl)

Tucklesholme

5x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 72x Wigeon, 46x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Snipe, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Merlin, 56x Dunlin, Peregrine, 3x Shelduck, 2x GBB Gull,