Friday, 13 March 2026

Friday 13th March 2026

Middleton Lakes

14x Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Redshank, LRP, 14x Snipe, 9x Shelduck, 3x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Marsh Harrier, 3x Great Egret, the feral RB Goose still, (MSm)  -  In addition Marsh Harrier, Common Gull, Bittern, c40 Siskin, c40 Redpoll, (SPA)

                                                           Avocets by Rob Bendelow

Uttoxeter Quarry

White-fronted Goose, Sand Martin, 12x Oystercatcher, (NPo)

Freehay

Red Kite south over the church at 14:45, (RCa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe (summer plumage), 4x LRP, (TPe)

Rudyard

3x Little Egret went to roost at 18:08, (Laxmi)

Branston GPs

Merlin (m), 2x Red Kite, 10x Curlew, Dunlin, 5x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 26x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, 6x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 31x Goldeneye, 39x Shelduck, 41x Wigeon, 46x Pochard, 102x Shoveler, 32x Gadwall, 300x Teal, 31x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x RL Partridge, 2x Grey Wagtail, 11x Chiffchaff, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Mistle Thrush, 8x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, (JWo, DSc, MCa)

                                                     LRPs and Dunlin by Jon Woodcock

Trentham Gardens

2x Greenfinch, (AR)

Shareshill

Whimbrel over calling heading WNW at 21:12, (per ICr)