Wednesday, 17 April 2024

Wednesday 17th April 2024

Brindley Ford

Whinchat in scrubby field SE of the football pitches, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Goosander flying towards Ford Green, (CBo)

Berryhill

2x Ring Ouzel in paddocks on north side of the Palletstacks track, Whinchat at the Palletstacks mound,(NDP)  -  In addition Lesser Whitethroat still on bottom track, 8x Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, (RTo)

Botteslow Flash

Common Sandpiper at 08:57 (RTo)  -  still at 14:45, (IBu)

                                                  Common Sandpiper by Russell Toon

Fenton Park

Female Pied Flycatcher, (IBu)

                                                                   By Rob Gilbert


Belvide Resv

Adult Kittiwake

Blithfield Resv

Whinchat, 4x Wheatear, (GJM)

Pendeford Hall Lane

Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, (JDu)

Otherton

3x Wheatear in large field east of old railway, (SRi)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

2x Red Kite, (TEy)

Huntington

Wheatear in paddocks off Mansty Lane, (SRi)

Branston GPs

3x Wheatear, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 6x White Wagtail, c1000x Sand Martin, 20x House Martin, Curlew, 4x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, Scaup, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, 16x Shoveler, 21x Gadwall, 34x Shelduck, 40x Teal, 2x Mandarin, 5x Egyptian Geese, 30x Little Grebe, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Reed Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 4x Whitethroat, (JWo, DSc)

Coombes Valley RSPB

17x Pied Flycatcher, one Redstart, (RSPB)