Birders visiting the Branston Gravel Pits complex should be aware that this area is a working quarry. Incidents are occurring where people are straying into dangerous operational areas. Everyone is requested to observe birds only from designated public footpaths.
Doxey Marsh
3x Cattle Egret, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (MBo)
Sandon
2x Red Kite one at 09:40 over A51 and over the B1066 near Sandon, (DGl)
Belvide Resv
Ad Kittiwake to 13:55 only, Bar-tailed Godwit,
Gailey Resv
Great Egret, 50x Pochard, Shoveler, (JIs)
Tittesworth Water
34x Wigeon, 15x Teal, 9x Snipe, 4x Willow Tit, Fieldfares, (SGi)
Whitemoor Haye
Jack Snipe, (ICW)
Westport Lake
Whooper Swan this morning,
Smestow
Green Sandpiper, Mandarin, Goosander on the flooded field opposite the Green Man pub Swindon, (Per ILi)
Burslem
18x Goosander, (PMo)
Brown Edge - Chell
2x Barn Owl, (PMo)
Tucklesholme
Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 74x Pochard, 123x Wigeon, 15x Gadwall, 10x Shoveler, 6x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (JWo)
