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Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Tuesday 24th February 2026

Middleton Lakes

4x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, 7x Goldeneye, Great Egret, Stonechat, (MSm)

Trentham Gardens

18x Gadwall, 3x Goosander, YL Gull, 8x Golden Plover over, Water Rail, Little Egret, (RTo)

Rough Close

c200x Lapwing in fields just off the A520 Stone road, (ST)

Whitemoor Haye 

Late afternoon - Slavonian Grebe, Redshank, 2x Peregrine, 5x Yellowhammer, RL Partridge, (TPe)

Hinksford

Red Kite drifted over towards Highgate common mid afternoon, (TWe)

Dilhorne area

c90 Lapwing in Autumn sown crop field to north of Banktop farm, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Merlin (m), Red Kite, Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, 2x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 14x Oystercatcher, 23x Curlew, 286x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 23x Goldeneye, 35x Shelduck, 32x Pochard, 75x Wigeon, 66x Gadwall, 78x Shoveler, 400x Teal, 31x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (ad), YL Gull, GBB Gull, 9x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Mistle Thrush, 62x Fieldfare, 3x Stonechat, 46x Linnet, 20x Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)