Monday, 8 January 2024

Monday 8th January 2024

Whitemoor Haye

3x Whooper Swan and Ruddy Shelduck in field below Sittles farm, 11x Goldeneye, 13x Gadwall, c50x Wigeon, 25x Shelduck, 36x Shoveler, 31x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Merlin,  Peregrine, Great Egret, Little Egret, 12x Egyptian Geese, 3x Little Grebe, c50x Linnet, 3x Chiffchaff, 4x Stonechat, Grey Partridge, 52x Lapwing, (SCo)  -  Marsh Harrier, (TSl)

                                                     Whooper Swan by Rob Bendelow

Blithfield Resv

Whooper Swan east over Blithe Bay, (GJM)  -  6x Goldeneye, (TDu)

Tittesworth Water

19x Whooper Swan over, c200x Pink-footed Geese, 30x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, 2x Willow Tit, 5x Snipe, (SGi, IB, IF)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

250x Pink-footed Geese over west at 09:45, (TEy)

Wilbrighton Bridge - Gnosall

Along old railway line Firecrest still, 150x Linnet, 2x Brambling, (AB, PB)

Radford Meadows Stafford

65x Golden Plover, 300x Lapwing, 16x Pintail, 121x Shover, c400x Wigeon, c400x Teal, 2x Little Egret, (CDa)

Branston GPs

Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 19x Curlew, 639x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, Goosander, 29x Goldeneye, 44x Pochard, 82x Wigeon, 38x Gadwall, 26x Shoveler, 8x Shelduck, 150x Teal, 32x Little Grebe, 24x Common Gull, 6x YL Gull, 10x GBB Gull, Merlin,  Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 4x Redpoll, 4x Stonechat, 6000x Starling, (JWo)

Chasewater

3x GN Diver and the Shag still, 7x Little Grebe, (CW)

Belvide Resv

4x Whooper Swan at 12:00,