Friday, 21 March 2025

Friday 21st March 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still just south of the shooting butts at 08:15 also Male Wheatear, (RPo)

Berryhill

Wheatear on the Palletstacks mound (IBu), and a further Wheatear on posts off the end of Mossfield Road, also Little Egret, (RTo) 

Aqualate

Female Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, Red Kite, 2x Goshawk, (KHa)

Blithfield Resv

7x Little Gull south (3 at 1036 and 4 at 10:50, Swallow Tad Bay, (GJM)  -  Avocet flew over the causeway at 14:17, (PFo)  -  2x Great Egret, 309x Wigeon, 9x Goldeneye, Goosander, 18x Shoveler, 29x Teal, 28x Gadwall, 21x GC Grebe, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Egyptian Geese, (RGr)

Trentham Gardens

House Martin thru north, Sand Martin, 22x Gadwall, 4x Goosander, Water Rail, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 11x Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Doxey Marsh

8x Sand Martin, (GPr) - Swallow, 2x Redshank, (AHa)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Goldeneye, Goosander, Pochard, (JIs)

Middleton Lakes

Wheatear, White Wagtail, 8x Sand Martin, 4x Avocet, 6x Redshank, LRP, (MSm)

Burton

Red Kite drifting west over Belvedere Road at 10:06, (CEc)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Black-necked Grebe at 13:45, 3x Sand Martin, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, Curlew, 3x Shelduck, 5x Goosander, 20x Shoveler, Red Kite, 3x Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Branston GPs

3x Little Gull (2nd sum) at Ashy pit at 11:30,  12x Shelduck, Little Egret, (DSc)  -  Marsh Harrier south over BM pit at 10:15, (BSt)  -  5x Little Gull on Ashy pit, male Marsh Harrier on SMP2, 5x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 7x Goldeneye, 16x Pochard, 16x Shelduck, 42x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Peregrine, 2x RL Partridge, 8x Sand Martin, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                          Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

Draycott in the Clay

Red Kite over the A515 at 11:12, (DSc)

Whitemore Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Ringed Plover, LRP, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, (PJT)  -  Also 2x Whooper Swan still, (SCo) - Merlin reported, 

Knypersley Resv

Water Rail in Osier beds, Willow Tit, 5x Mandarin, 10x Goosander, Oystercatcher, 20x singing Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Avocet, 1w Caspian Gull, 

                                                            Avocet by Rob Bendelow

Eccleshall

Red Kite over at 12:00 and later at nearby Woodseaves 2x Red Kite, (KLe)

Kingsley

2x Red Kite at 14:00, (per GSt)