Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Middleton Lakes

40x Redshank still, LRP, 6x Snipe, Garganey, Common Tern thru, Garden Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, 2x White Wagtail, (MSm)

Whitemoor Haye

10x Whimbrel still, 6x LRP, 8x Yellowhammer, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Little Egret, 6x Shoveler, Yellow Wagtail, (SCo), this evening Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Grey Partridge, White Wagtail, and the 10x Whimbrel still, (TPe)

Berryhill

Palletstacks - Whinchat, 4x Wheatear still,  Curlew over, (RGi)  -  Botteslow Flash a Redstart this evening along the fence line that runs alongside the north side of the flash, Little Egret, (RTo)

Belvide Resv

Drake Garganey, drake Scaup, Arctic Tern,

Blithfield Resv

2x Arctic Tern early am, 7x Pintail, (GJM)  -  4x Arctic Tern at 14:30 also 6x Yellow Wagtail, (PFo)

Downs Banks

Redstart, 6x Yellowhammer, (CBo)

Chatterley Whitfield

2x Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2x Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler, (CBo)

Sideway fishing pool

Cetti's Warbler still, Lesser Whitethroat, (IBu)

Chasewater

Shag still, Common Sandpiper, 5x Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, (CMa)  -  Cuckoo, 2x Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, (CW)

Tittesworth Water

Osprey, 2x House Martin, (SGi)

                                                                  By Steve Gibson

WMI site near Calf Heath

Probable 3rd sum Caspian Gull briefly, 12x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Gadwall, Wheatear, White Wagtail, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Curlew, 3x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 14x Shoveler, 14x Gadwall, 24x Teal, Mandarin, 17x Shelduck, 11x Egyptian Geese, 22x GC Grebe, 40x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Wheatear, 12x Swift, 5x Yellow Wagtail, 3x White Wagtail, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Garden Warbler, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Redpoll, Yellowhammer, (JWo)