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Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Tuesday 20th January 2026

Hanchurch fishing pools

Great Egret, Red Kite, (SJT)

Blithfield Resv

A count of 184x Pochard this am, (GJM)  -  Red-throated Diver still, 20x Common Gull, 5x Goldeneye, Goosander, Shelduck, 20x Fieldfare, 6x Egyptian Geese, 30x Lapwing, 17x Skylark, 5x Stonechat, (DBr)

Whiston

Red Kite over The Leys at 10:30, (GSt)

Cannock Chase

A few Crossbills in Abraham's Valley also a Little Egret in the stream, (JTu)

Mere Farm (near Halfpenny Green)

3x Russian White-fronted Geese with Grey Lags opposite lake at 11:00 (DJa)  -  still at 12:45 per DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Great Egret, Merlin, 3x Grey Partridge, (AGP)  -  brief afternoon visit 2x Pintail, Slavonian Grebe, 7x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, (SCo)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 44x Curlew, 10x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 1732x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 8x Shelduck, 11x Goosander, 12x Goldeneye, 73x Pochard, 41x Wigeon, 44x Shoveler, 46x Gadwall, 352x Teal, 38x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 12x GBB Gull, 22x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 8x Skylark, 4x Grey Wagtail, 4x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, 25,000x Starling, (JWo, BSt)