Thursday 29 February 2024

Thursday 29th February 2024

Stafford

Great Egret over Rising Brook at 08:05, (MBo)

Stanley Pool

3x Oystercatcher, 12x Goosander, Curlew, (GBr)

Rocester JCB

North lake 4x Oystercatcher, Goosander, (JDr)

Endon - Denford

26x Curlew in the muddy pasture, 17x Lapwing, Jack Snipe, 2x Snipe, 7x Mandarin, 18x Teal, 2x Stonechat, (DCo)

Trentham Gardens

3x Goosander from River hide, (MJW)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret still in Sheep field, (RBe)  -  594x Golden Plover, 23x Curlew, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 11x Oystercatcher, 265x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 48x Goldeneye, 36x Pochard, 60x Wigeon, 18x Shoveler, 32x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 14x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 32x Little Grebe, 22x GC Grebe, Water Rail, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 6x Common Gull, 2x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Redpoll, 4x Greenfinch, 30x Linnet, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean) 

                                                         Cattle Egret by Rob Bendelow

Tean                                                   

Red Kite circling over the Anchor pub at 11:20, (FCa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 23x Goldeneye, 19x Pochard, 80x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 3x Little Grebe, Stonechat, (BHa)

Lichfield

5x Little Egret still at the HST workings, (BHa)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, GN Diver and Shag, (JAl)