First returning birds to Staffs 2024
Branston GPs
2x Ringed Plover on Ashy pit, (CEc) - 2x Cattle Egret in sheep field opposite SMP2 viewed from road which heads towards Dunstall cricket club, also at 11:30 800x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Curlew, (DSc) - also 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 20x Curlew, 1100x Lapwing, 11x Goosander, 18x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 7x Shelduck, 104x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 5x Egyptian Geese, 25x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 8x YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 6x Common Gull, Peregrine, (JWo, CEc)
Burton on Trent Washlands
At 11:55 20x Wigeon, 14x Common Gull with BHGs and LBBGs on floods behind Tesco view from St Peters bridge, (DSc)
Endon - Denford
3x Jack Snipe, 30x Snipe, 2x Little Egret still, 2x Goosander, Woodcock, (DCo)
Oakamoor
2x Dipper, (AMa)
Cannock Chase
200x Siskin, 40x Crossbill, (DBa, KM, ML, JS)
Stanley Pool
9x Goosander, 200x Lapwing, (GBr)
Chasewater
Iceland Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, 3x GN Dover, Shag, (JAl)
Radford Meadows Stafford
250x Golden Plover, 5x Pintail, 3x Goosander, (DBe)
Belvide Resv
6x Dunlin, 5x Shelduck, 12x Pochard, 185x Wigeon, Red Kite,
Doxey Marsh
Blackcap, 3x Chiffchaff, Willow Tit all in main car park, (MBo)