Monday 26 August 2024

Monday 26th August 2024

Doxey Marsh

Marsh Harrier (cream crown) between Creswell and the M6, (GPr, RRa)

Middleton Lakes

Little Stint JW south, 5x Garganey, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 7x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern (MSm)  -  Redstart

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup still, juv Caspian Gull, 

Blithfield Resv

13x Great Egret in Tad Bay this am, (GJM),   -  11x Great Egret and 12x Little Egret at 13:30,  (AWa) - In addition 13x Great Egret in Tad Bay (and possibly some movement into Blithe Bay), 17x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2x Ruff, 2x Curlew, Redshank, 5x Greenshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, (GWi)

Tittesworth Water

3x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 12x Lapwing, 10x Teal, 5x Mandarin, (SGi)

                                                         Ringed Plovers by Steve Gibson

Chasewater

The long staying Shag still, 11x Swift, (CMa, LRM)

Branston GPs

90x Little Grebe, 6x Little Egret, Wigeon, 80x Gadwall, 30x Shoveler, 24x Pochard, Peregrine, 6x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, YL Gull, 2x Swift, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)