Friday, 8 March 2024

Friday 8th March 2024

Middleton Lakes

2x Shelduck, 3x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 3x Great Egret, Peregrine, (MSm), 4x Black-tailed Godwit thru (per DCo)

Chasewater

Pair of Garganey on Jeffrey's Swag at 14:00, GN Diver, Shag. 23x Goldeneye, 19x GC Grebe, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Jack Snipe, 9x Snipe,  (CW)

Branston GPs

1w Little Gull on Ashy pit, 2x Cattle Egret, 2x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 18x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, Goosander, 46x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 42x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 27x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, 17x GC Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, Peregrine, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, ((JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                           Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

4x Black-tailed Godwit, 

Rocester JCB

2x Oystercatcher, 6x GC Grebe, (JDr)

                                             The Leucistic Oystercatcher by Richard Powell

Cheadle

Ring-necked Parakeet, (Jch)

Himley Great Pool

Gadwall, 6x Pochard, Ring-necked Parakeet, (CTi)

Lichfield - Wall Corner

Red Kite circling over the Birmingham Road A5123 at 11:00,  (PAn)

Tittesworth Water

Red Kite, 13x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Goosander, Willow Tit, Siskin, (SGi)  -  also 44x Wigeon, Pochard, 2x Mandarin, (JCa)

                                                               Siskin by Steve Gibson

Aqualate

Fem Scaup still, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on large Roadside pit at 16:10,  (TPe)

Coven Heath 

Brambling, (KCl)

Perton

Water Rail, (KCl)

Radford Meadows

Drake Garganey still, 14x Shelduck, 38x Gadwall, 22x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 85x Shoveler, 2x Little Egret, Chiffchaff, (RSw)

Freehay

11x Mandarin, 4x Siskin, (FCa)

Tucklesholme

2x Pintail, Goldeneye, 165x Wigeon, (JDr)