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Saturday, 16 March 2024

Saturday 16th March 2024

Gailey Resv

Female Common Scoter on sailing lake at 07:45, 4x Little Egret, 14x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Chiffchaff, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still, (MSm)  -  also Redshank, 7x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 3x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 80x Teal, 12x Gadwall, 26x Shoveler, 100x Wigeon, 14x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Chiffchaff, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (BHa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Redshank, Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, Pochard, Goosander, 3x Shelduck, 4x Shoveler, 90x Teal, 135x Wigeon, 5x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Red Kite, (RPo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Drake Garganey still near the BMW garage, (BGo)  -  Garganey, 15x Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Shelduck, 18x Pintail, 30x Gadwall, 85x Shoveler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, (RSw)

                                                                By Bill Goldstraw

Himley Great Pool

Red Kite drifted off north at 09:45, also 4x Ring-necked Parakeet, (CTi)

Alton - Denstone

5x Chiffchaff, (TEy)

Knypersley Resv

4x Chiffchaff, 2x Willow Tit, Water Rail, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, (GHa)

Tittesworth Water

2x Peregrine, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 6x Goosander, 23x Wigeon, Mandarin, 3x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 4x Lapwing, Common Gulls, Willow Tit, Little Egret, Little Grebe, 6x Chiffchaff, (SGi, IB)

Chasewater

Shag, GN Diver still, (MBe)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret, 2x Little Egret, Marsh Harrier thru at 10:48, Red Kite thru north, Scaup 24x Shelduck, 57x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 18x Pochard, 22x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 35x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 16x Curlew, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, Med Gull, Common Gull, 24x Little Grebe, 8x Egyptian Geese, 7x Sand Martin, 10x Chiffchaff, (DSc, @Ochruros, JAl, GJM)

                                                          LRP by Dave Scattergood

Belvide Resv

LRP still, (TJa)  -  Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 2x Curlew, 14x Chiffchaff, 2x Little Egret, 3x Mandarin, 5x Shelduck, 5x Pochard

Cheadle

2x Redpoll at recreational park, 15x Siskin along Eaves Lane, (TDu)