Saturday, 16 August 2025

Saturday 16th August 2025

Blithfield Resv

Grey Plover dropped into Blithe Bay early am,  (MPR), - 2xTurnstone, c35x Ringed Plover, Grey Plover, Marsh Harrier, Caspian Gull, 2x Whinchat, (GJM)  -  Imm Marsh Harrier, Hobby, 1st sum Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, Grey Plover, 2x Turnstone, 75+ Ringed Plover (incl group of c40 NW), 6x LRP, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 3x Greenshank, Curlew, 40+ Yellow Wagtail, 3x Wheatear, Whinchat, juv Stonechat, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Greenshank, 6x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 11x Little Egret, Common Tern, 20x Shoveler, 5x Mandarin, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

2x Ruff (juvs), 9x Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, 2x LRP, 17x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, Goosander, Wigeon, (MSm)

Stanley Pool

2x Red Kite, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 31x Gadwall, 2x Mandarin, 3x Pochard, Hobby, 100x Lapwing, male Redstart, (MBo)

Croxall

Great Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, Tree Pipit, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, Hobby, Green Sandpiper, (ICW)

Belvide Resv

2x Lesser Scaup, Garganey, 32x Egyptian Geese, 4x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 2x Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, 16x Ringed Plover thru, 2x Greenshank, 6x Redshank, 3x Dunlin, 9x LRP, Oystercatcher, 3x Goosander, 

Branston GPs

8x Little Egret, 70x Little Grebe, 4x Egyptian Geese, 110x Gadwall, 44x Shoveler, 80x Teal, 45x Pochard, 2x Peregrine, Hobby, Water Rail, 175x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, ad YL Gull, 6x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

2x Little Egret, Little Grebe, 6x Gadwall, 2x Lapwing, 4x Common Tern, (DSc)

Catholme (footpath)

Great Egret, 26x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 10x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, (JWo)