Saturday, 31 August 2024

Saturday 31st August 2024

Blithfield Resv

White Stork (from the Knepp stork project), dropped into Tad Bay this morning, (GJM,MPR)  -  Blithe Bay 06:45 to 12:00, 7x Great Egret (with several more distantly in Tad Bay), 2x Red Kite, ad Caspian Gull, 23x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, Curlew, Snipe, 20+ Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, (SRi)  -  Midday White Stork still in Tad Bay at 12:50, 9x Great Egret, 16x Little Egret, 6x Greenshank, Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, Curlew, Snipe, 2x Wigeon, (RPo)

                                                    White Stork by Richard Powell

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup still, Osprey thru at 09:00, 24x Black-tailed Godwits briefly, 4x Common Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 2x Hobby,

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Greenshank, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 3x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 9x Wigeon, Barnacle x Nene hybrid Goose, (RPo)

Berryhill

Early morning 3x Redstart, Whinchat, 2x Wheatear, 4x Stonechat, Tree Pipit, (RTo)  -  mid morning 2x Whinchat, 2x Wheatear, 3x Redstart, 4x Stonechat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, (RGi, IBu  -  mid afternoon now 4x Whinchat, (RSu)

                                                              Redstart by Clive Wood

Stanley Pool

Lesser Whitethroat on south side, flock of 17x Mistle Thrush flew east, (GBr)

Endon - Denford

Red Kite, Wheatear, 2x Willow Tit, 27x Lapwing, Snipe, 2x Little Grebe, (DCo)

Tittesworth Water

Great Egret, Common Gull, Snipe, 21x Lapwing, 35x Mandarin, 9x Teal, (SGi, IB, CL, AP)

Alvecote

Whinchat, 7x Little Egret, 36x Shoveler, (MSc)

Ford Green

Spotted Flycatcher on Hawthorne Hill, (JJo)