Thursday, 21 August 2025

Thursday 21st August 2025

Doxey Marsh

Creswell Flash Garganey, Pochard, 2x Great Egret, Cattle Egret, Little Egret and  2x Green Sandpiper on Octo scrape scoped from Creswell, (RRa)

Blithfield Resv

This am 2x Turnstone thru, 15x Ruff, 5x Greenshank, 8x Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, LRP, 23x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail, 30x Linnet, 3x YL Gull, (RBr)  -  Additionally pm - juv Curlew Sandpiper, juv Marsh Harrier thru, 3x Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 3x Swift, (DBr)  -  Curlew Sandpiper still at 19:13 in Blithe Bay (JKl)

Tittesworth Water

Female Common Scoter, 5x Mandarin, 4x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, 2x Red Kite, (JOa, LH)

Middleton Lakes

Black-tailed Godwits, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Great Egret, Common Tern, Water Rail, Goosander, 

Belvide Resv

Juv Black Tern at 15:15, 1st sum Goshawk

Whitemoor Haye

2x Ruff, 4x juv LRP, 4x Green Sandpiper, (TPe)

Branston GPs

2x Ruff (juv), Dunlin (juv), 2x Curlew, 12x Snipe, 5x Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 196x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 2x Mandarin, 126x Pochard, 116x Gadwall, 35x Shoveler, 106x Teal, 85x Little Grebe, 7x Common Tern (5 juv), YL Gull, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 6x Linnet, Tree Pipit over Newbold pit,  (JWo)