Saturday, 20 December 2025

Saturday 20th December 2025

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still at 09:30, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 1000+ Lapwing, Dunlin, (TPe)  -  Merlin, Great Egret, Goldeneye, Slavonian Grebe late afternoon(PAn) - c1000x Lapwing, 11x Golden Plover over, 2x Slavonian Grebe, 4x GC Grebe, 4x Little Grebe, 2x Great Egret, 12x Goldeneye, 24x Pochard, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 12x Gadwall, 18x Wigeon, 39x Teal, Merlin, 2x Stonechat, 2x GBB Gull, YL Gull, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Pochard, 2x fem Goldeneye, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, 25x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Peregrine, Red Kite, 70+ Golden Plover, Pintail, Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 5x Shoveler, Common Gull, (AMa)  -  Adult Caspian Gull roosted, YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 6x Egyptian Geese, (RPo)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still in Whites Wood in usual Holly tree by bridge, (GCl per GS)

Tittesworth Water

1w Med Gull, 61x Common Gull, Woodcock, 2x Snipe, 38x Pochard, 22x Mandarin, 19x Wigeon, 3x Teal, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi, IB)

Chasewater

Ad Med Gull, 2x YL Gull, (JAl)

Branston GPs - (Wellies required)

2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, 6x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 5x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 250x Lapwing, 6x Green Sandpiper, 3x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 100x Fieldfare, 2x Chiffchaff, 5x Linnet, 10x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, (DSc)

Tucklesholme - (partly flooded)

Great Egret, Curlew, 4x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)