Sunday, 22 June 2025

Sunday 22nd June 2025

Doxey Marsh

Marsh Harrier flying over west at 06:00 mobbed by Lapwings, (MGo)

Brocton

Red Kite being mobbed by Crows and Gulls over field adjacent to the Chetwynd Arms at 10:30, (GBe)

Gailey Resv

2x Egyptian Geese, 4x ad Oystercatcher + one well grown chick, Common Sandpiper, 2+ Yellow Wagtail, Marsh Tit, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

Green Sandpiper, 3x Curlew over, Dunlin, Ringed Plovers, (GJM,MPR)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, 9x Avocet (inc young), 12x Ringed Plover, 8x Common Tern, (LDa, MKe)  -  Bittern, Cuckoo, Red Kite, 28x Avocet (inc young), 12x LRP, 2x Redshank, (RBr)

Branston GPs

Sum/plum Grey Plover viewed from Ashy pit at 13:35, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper,  4x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, 2x Shelduck, 6x Shoveler, 3x Teal, 12x Pochard, Common Tern, 5x Little EgretCetti's Warbler, 5x Linnet, Lesser Whitethroat, 50x Swift, (DSc)  -  19:00 - 20:30 S/p Grey Plover still on Ashy pit, 3x  Curlew, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Avocet, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, 8x Little Egret, 5x Teal, Gropper, 100x Swift, (JWo)

                                                      Grey Plover by Jon Woodcock

Sandyford

Red Kite over the Tesco express at 07:30, (GPr)

Tittesworth Water

2x Common Tern(+3juvs), 14x LRP, 10x Common Sandpiper, 12x Oystercatcher, 7x Lapwing(+5juvs), Red Kite, (JOa, LH, TE)

Gnosall

Red Kite low over Ginger Hill at 13:30 then drifted north, (GCa)

Tucklesholme

LRP, Lapwing, Common Tern, 20x Swift, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Linnet, (DSc)