Monday, 30 March 2026

Monday 30th March 2026

Branston GPs

c300x Sand Martin, (PAn) - 2x House Martin, 12x Swallow, 300x Sand Martin, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 12x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 5x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Goosander, 16x Goldeneye, 26x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 48x Shoveler, 28x Gadwall, 6x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 32x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 3x Green Woodpecker, 5x Blackcap, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Redpoll, 6x Siskin, 20x Linnet, 9x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Yoxall

Red Kite over, (PAn)

Trentham Gardens

Red-crested Pochard in open water near the Beaver area, Mandarin and Goosander on the Trent, (AR)

                                                   Red-crested Pochard by Heather Forbes

Blithfield Resv

2w Kittiwake still from the dam this afternoon, 2x Swallow thru, (RCB)  -  Kittiwake, 2x Scaup, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 100s of Sand Martins thru, few Swallows, (JDa)

Chasewater

200-300x Sand Martin, House Martin, Swallow, 3x Blackcap, 3x Oystercatcher, Pochard, 2x Goosander, Treecreeper, (CMa, DGI)

Tittesworth Water

Osprey, 205x Common Gull, (SGi)

                                                            Osprey by Steve Gibson

Millpool

3x Wheatear, (SGi)

Belvide Resv

Swallow, c40 Sand Martin, 2s Caspian Gull, LRP, Red Kite