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Thursday, 30 April 2026

Thursday 30th April 2026

Branston GPs

2x Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit and 2x Whimbrel flew north off the shingle isle at 08:36, Wood Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 16x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 2x Pochard, 14x Shelduck, 12x Gadwall, 12x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 2x Mandarin, 2x Little Egret, 8x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1s), 2x YL Gull, Red Kite, Peregrine, White Wagtail, 7x Yellow Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, Stonechat, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Garden Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler, 100x Swift, also Pine Snakefly, first for Branston GPs, (JWo, CEc)


                                                     Pine Snakefly by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

7x Black Tern, 2x Black-necked Grebe, 

Blithfield Resv

5x Black Tern briefly, (GJM)

Dydon Wood (NW of Middle Mayfield)

A flock of  8 to 10x Bee-eaters flew low NE calling towards the A52 at 12:20, (BRe)

Middleton Lakes

Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 6x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 10+ LRP, Ringed Plover, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 22x Avocet, Hobby, Gropper, (JKl)

Tittesworth Water

Mandarin, 9x LRP, 7x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, 2x Garden Warbler, Swallows, (JOa)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Slavonian Grebe, (JAl)

Gailey Resv

2x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Sandpiper, 4x Reed Warbler, (SRi)

Rocester

A Swift at dusk, (JDr)