Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Wednesday 4th December 2024

Doxey Marsh

Cream crown Marsh Harrier hunting near motorway, 4x Goosander, 3x Great Egret, (RRa)

Tittesworth Water

Pinkfoots over SE in the fog, 16x Wigeon, 8x Goosander, 4x Snipe, (SGi, IF)

Whitemoor Haye

Oystercatcher flew from main lake this am, (SCo)

Tuesday, 3 December 2024

Tuesday 3rd December 2024

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver flew at 08:45, (CW)  -  Evening roost 2x Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 38x Common Gull, 20x GBB Gull, 2100x LBB Gull, (CW)

Rising Brook Stafford

2x Great Egret going towards Radford at 12:30, (MBo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x juv Whooper Swan still along rough track, 2x Little Egret, Great Egret, (JAl)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper, Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 26x Pochard, 28x Shoveler, 2x Dipper, Common Gull, Redpoll, (AMa)

Tittesworth Water

Woodcock, 21x Lapwing, 4x Goosander, (SGi, IF)

Belvide Resv

2x Caspian Gull, Lesser Scaup, 

Branston GPs

2x Woodcock, 9x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 150x Golden Plover, 278x Lapwing, 19x Curlew, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 58x Pochard, 9x Wigeon, 10x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 115x Teal, 9x Egyptian Geese, 42x Little Egret, 2x ad YL Gull, 3x ad Common Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 4x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Yellowhammer, 9x Redpoll, 10x Greenfinch, 12x Skylark, 5000+ Starling, (JWo, GWi)

Endon - Denford

3x Jack Snipe, 29x Snipe, 28x Wigeon, 18x Teal, also at Ashes pool 7x Mandarin and a Snipe, (DCo)

Monday, 2 December 2024

Monday 2nd December 2024

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, Merlin, 10x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 8x Snipe, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

Great Northern Diver to 14:05 only, Lesser Scaup, 

Chasewater

Ad Med Gull, 31x Common Gull, Shag also a Diver called twice before being located in the gloom, probably the GND seen at Belvide earlier, (CWi)

Sunday, 1 December 2024

Sunday 1st December 2024

Belvide Resv

Female Hen Harrier again at midday, 

Aqualate

Drake Garganey, (IMG)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan off rough track at 12:15, (TPe)

Radford Meadows Stafford

244x Golden Plover, Dunlin, 2x Snipe, c500 Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 10x Gadwall, 75x Shoveler, 8x Pintail, c400 Wigeon, c500 Teal, 2x Stonechat, (RSw)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still at deep end at 13:20, (AWa)

Tittesworth Water

17x Wigeon, 7x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, 5x Common Gull, Lapwing, 4x Willow Tit, (JOa, TE, KH)

Calf Heath WMI site

733x Golden Plover, 5x Shoveler, 2x Goosander, 1w GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, (SRi, KCl)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Shelduck, 36x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 19x Curlew, 140x Lapwing, 7x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Gull, 5x GBB Gull, YL Gull, 3x Stonechat, Cetti;s Warbler, (DSc)

Chasewater

2x Caspian Gull (ad+3w),  ad YL Gull, (CWG)  -  also 12x Goldeneye, Shag, 310x Tufted Duck, (CW)

Cannock Chase

Goshawk over, (KPi)