Friday, 30 August 2024

Friday 30th August 2024

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper to 07:30, and a Greenshank, (SPA)  -  in addition Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ringed Plover, 8x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 34x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, (MSm)  -  Pectoral Sandpiper back on West scrape at 14:50, (DLe) - Water Rail, Hobby, 3x Common Tern thru, (MPo)

Stanley Pool

Ringed Plover flew west, 2x Snipe, 2x Teal, (GBr)

Berryhill

Whinchat, 2x Stonechat, Snipe, Lesser Whitethroat, (RGi)  -  this evening Redstart, Whinchat, 4x Stonechat, (IBu)

                                                           Whinchat by Clive Wood

Belvide Resv

Juv Wood Sandpiper, juv Ruff, Lesser Scaup still, 

Blithfield Resv

Whinchat, 4x Wheatear, 42x Little Egret, 7x Greenshank, (MDJ, GJM)

Branston GPs

Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, 4x Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 7x Curlew, 126x Lapwing, 16x Little Egret, Shelduck, 12x Pochard, 5x Wigeon, 38x Shoveler, 105x Gadwall, 56x Teal, 110x Little Grebe, 2x Hobby, Green Woodpecker, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Swift, 14x Linnet, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean, George)

                                                 Black-tailed Godwit by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

Common Sandpiper, 14x Lapwing, Little Egret, 16x Teal, (TEe)

Leek

Dipper on the River Churnet Abbey Green Road, (EWi)