Wednesday, 21 August 2024

Wednesday 21st August 2024

Middleton Lakes

4x Garganey, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 3x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, 22x Snipe, 3x Swift, (SPA)

Blithfield Resv

Caspian Gull still in Blithe Bay this am, (GJM)  -  also 6x Ringed Plover, 2x Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Ruff, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 12x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, juv Shelduck, (DBa, PB, CE, KM)  -  this evening causeway into Blithe bay 3x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 4x hawking Hobby, 2x YL Gull, 50x Common Tern, 21x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 2x Greenshank, 2x Ruff, 3x Curlew, (SRi)

                                                           Caspian Gull by GJ Mant

Radford Meadows Stafford

Wood Sandpiper on BMW scrape this am, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, (RSw, NGR)

Berryhill

Whinchat, 4x Stonechat, (NDP)

Trentham Gardens

5x Swift, 3x Little Egret, 9x Gadwall, (RGi)

Tittesworth Water

Ringed Plover, 3x Common Sandpiper, 11x Lapwing, Common Gull, 6x Mandarin, 9x Teal, (SGi)

Branston GPs

Whimbrel over calling at 17:16, 2x Curlew, 3x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 130x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, 16x Pochard, 29x Shoveler, 98x Gadwall, 72x Teal, Wigeon, 3x Shelduck (1 juv), 72x Little Grebe, 6x Common Tern, Red Kite, Hobby, Green Woodpecker, 4x Swift, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup still this afternoon,