Monday, 29 April 2024

Monday 29th April 2024

190 species recorded so far in Staffs 2024

Middleton Lakes

2x Whimbrel on west scrape, Garganey, Cuckoo, 6x Swift, LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, Great Egret, 5x Garden Warbler, (MSm)

Outwoods - Park Farm floods

6x White Wagtail, 3x Shelduck, 2x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, (ABe)

Tittesworth Water

Yellow Wagtail, Redstart, Common Tern, (SGi)

                                                        Yellow Wagtail by Steve Gibson

Endon - Denford

3x Garden Warbler, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x LRP, Curlew, (DCo)

Carmountside Flash

Grasshopper Warbler, RNP, Little Egret, (ALa)

Stanley Pool

Common Sandpiper,  Garden Warbler, (ALa)

Belvide Resv

Wood Sandpiper to 13:40 only, Greenshank, 6x Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 

Chasewater

Shag still, Common Sandpiper, 2x Swift, Oystercatcher, 12x GC Grebe, (SWa)

Berryhill

2x Whinchat, 3x Wheatear, Snipe, (RTo, IBu)

Pendeford Hall Lane

Greenshank heard calling, Lesser Whitethroat, Gadwall, (IMo)

Branston GPs

2x Whimbrel, 8x Dunlin, 12x Ringed PloverCommon Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, Scaup, 7x Pochard, 32x Shelduck, 32x Gadwall, 12x Shoveler, 8x Teal, 6x Egyptian Geese, 30 GC Grebe, 36x Little Grebe, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Garden Warbler, 5x Yellow Wagtail, 80x Swift, 25x Redpoll, (JWo)

                                                         Whimbrel by Jon Woodcock

Cannock Chase

3x Tree Pipit, 2x Crossbill, Redpolls, Siskins, (CMa, RF)

Whitemoor Haye

6x Whimbrel still this evening from quarry entrance, (BHa)  -  7x Whimbrel late evening, (SRi)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Whimbrel, 28x Shelduck, 20x Gadwall, 5x Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail, Common Gull, Swift, (RSw)