The West Midland Bird club have asked me to post their appreciation of everyone making the effort to attend the talk by Craig Round at the Stafford branch meeting last night at Walton-on-the Hill.
Stanley Pool
4x Goosander, Wigeon, (GBr)
Endon
50x Pink-footed Geese over west at 10:35, (DCo)
Cannock Chase
2x Crossbill Abrahams Valley this am, (JTu) - 7x Crossbill, Woodcock, Stonechat, (DBa, IG, ML, KM)
Crossbill by Jean TuckHimley Great Pool
Pochard, ad Common Gull, Goosander, Little Egret, (IMo)
Radford Meadows Stafford
32x Black-tailed Godwit, 37x Golden Plover, c150 Snipe, c300 Lapwing, 2x Pintail, (CDa)
Westport Lake
4x Goosander, (AR)
Tittesworth Water
Barn Owl, Woodcock, 4x Willow Tit, 4x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 7x Wigeon, (SGi)
Siskin by Steve GibsonFord Green NR
Goosander, 3x Teal, Ring-necked Parakeet, Cetti's Warbler, (GBr)
Chasewater
3x Great Northern Diver, Shag, 52x GBB Gull, (CW) - Roost 2x Caspian Gull (ad,1w), 9x YL Gull, (CWG)
Branston GPs
Ruff, Redshank, 12x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 200x Lapwing, 21x Curlew, 2x Goosander, 18x Goldeneye, 31x Pochard, 350x Teal, Ruddy Shelduck, 8x Shelduck, 19x Egyptian Geese, 38x Little Grebe, 7x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 5000x Starling, (JWo)
Belvide Resv
9x Pintail, 3x Shelduck, 39x Dunlin, 2x Oystercatcher, 110x Golden Plover, 2x Caspian Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull,