Sunday, 27 October 2024

Sunday 27th October 2024

Stafford

Hawfinch over Sandon Road this am, Red Kite east over the MOD, (RSt)

Seisdon

3x Whooper Swan south at 07:27, Ring Ouzel west at 07:15, (GCl, KCl)

Branston GPs

Red Kite east at 08:19, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 12x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, Pintail, 40x Shoveler, 32x Pochard, 80x Teal, 11x Goosander, 8x Curlew, 74x Lapwing, Golden Plover, Snipe, ad Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Common Gull, 7x Stonechat, 30x Linnet, Green Woodpecker, Vis Mig 2200x Wood Pigeon, 15x Skylark, 35x Redwing, 26x Chaffinch, 12x Siskin, 6x Redpoll all thru south, (DSc)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still Sherbrook Valley, Brambling, 33x Reed Bunting, 16x Raven, Fieldfare, (ICW)  -  GGS still this afternoon, (IBu)

Calf Heath WMI site

250x Golden Plover, Goosander, (JIs)

Gailey Resv

Marsh Tit, 2x Pochard, (JIs)

Stanley Pool

2x Whooper Swan till 07:00 then flew west, 2x Lapwing, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Tucklesholme

5x Whooper Swan thru east at 08:30, (SJo),  -  Merlin thru south, 3x Snipe, 46x Pochard, 80x Wigeon, 66x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 16x GC Grebe, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Skylark, 8x Siskin, 2x Stonechat, 800+ Wood Pigeon thru south, (JWo)

Barton under Needwood

Red Kite, (JWo)

Tittesworth Water

8x Wigeon, 50x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, 40x Redwing, 5x Siskin, Common Gull, (JOa, LH, KH, TE)

Whitemoor Haye

84x Pochard, 24x Gadwall, 23x Wigeon, 3x Shoveler, 5x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, 31x Little Grebe, Peregrine, 25x Lapwing, 3x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Siskin, (SCo)

Alrewas NMA

Goosander, 5x Shoveler, Great Egret, Little Egret, Little Grebe, (SCo)

Alrewas GPs

42x Wigeon, 2x GBB Gull, 51x Lapwing, GC Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Chasewater

3x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Shag,  30x Lapwing, (CMa, LRM)  -  Evening roost 1w Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 5x YL Gull, (CWG)

The Burntwoood (Loggerheads)

Brambling, Siskins, Redwings, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

2x Scaup, 5x YL Gull, 

Middleton Lakes

Jack Snipe between east and west JW, (RCh)