Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Tuesday 21st April 2026

Belvide Resv

Sanderling, Whimbrel on north shore, Hobby thru, 33x Swift, 

Blithfield Resv

3x Whimbrel, Swift, (GJM)

Doxey Marsh

Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 2x Gropper, 6x Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 4x Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap, 12x Sedge Warbler, 6x Swallow, 50+ Sand Martin, (NSl)  -  2x Swift over Creswell Flash at 09:50, (SRo)

Whitemoor Haye

5x Whimbrel, Redshank, LRP, Oystercatcher, Redpoll, Swift, Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, (PJT)  -  Whimbrel, Dunlin, 2x Wheatear, (JAl)

Middleton Lakes

Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Whitethroat, LRP, Avocet, Redshank, Cuckoo, Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Yellow Wagtail, (AGP)

Botteslow - Berryhill

Lesser Whitethroat along the disused rail line, Little Egret, Redstart, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Wheatear, Stonechat and 2x Mistle Thrush which have got very scarce here(RTo)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 2x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Mandarin, 2x Pochard, 24x Shelduck, 35x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 26x Teal, 12x Egyptian Geese +9 goslings, 14x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 36x Swift, 30x House Martin, 100x Swallow, 500x Sand Martin, 8x Willow Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 50x Redpoll, 10x Linnet, Stonechat, (JWo)

                                                     Green Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Trentham Gardens

Reed Warbler, Little Egret, (AR)