Sunday, 25 August 2024

Sunday 25th August 2024

Blithfield Resv

24x Arctic Tern thru NW in two groups (9 at 09:38 and a further 15), (SAR, GJM)  -  3x Greenshank, 8x Great Egret in Tad Bay, (GWi)

Middleton Lakes

2x Garganey, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Snipe, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3x Common Tern, 31x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, Yellow Wagtail, (MSm)  -  also a second Greenshank, Peregrine, (DCo)

Stanley Pool

Wheatear, 3x Ringed Plover (2juv), Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ringed Plover, 12x Snipe, 5x Little Egret, Great Egret, (GPr, RRa)

Whitemoor Haye

Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, 11x Pochard, 21x Shoveler, Swift, (ICW)  -  Common Gull, YL Gull, 2x Hobby, Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 15x Little Grebe, 20x Swift, (SCo)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup still,

Tucklesholme

Red Kite over, Ruddy Shelduck, (GLy)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Greenshank, 131x Lapwing, Whinchat, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Tittesworth Water

2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, LRP, 8x Mandarin, 11x Lapwing, (JOa, TEe)

Trentham Gardens

2x Hobby, 6x Little Egret, 6x Swift, 4x Gadwall, Mandarin, 40x House Martin, (RGi)

Branston GPs

5x Little Egret, 70x Little Grebe, 4x Egyptian Geese, Shelduck, 50x Gadwall, 10x Pochard, Hobby, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 20x Swift, (DSc) - Also Great Egret, Peregrine, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, (SCo)