Friday, 1 May 2026

Friday 1st May 2026

Blithfield Resv

Little Tern at 07:30, (MDJ, GJM)

Middleton Lakes

Drake Garganey, Bar-tailed Godwit (different bird from yesterday), 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, (JKl)

Rocester

6+ Swifts over this am, (JDr)

Swallow Moss

Cuckoo, Blackcap, Whitethroat, (TMe)

Branston GPs

2x Red Kite, Peregrine, Curlew, Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Ringed Plover, 7x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 4x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 12x Teal, 25x Gadwall, 28x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Red-legged Partridge, 6x Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Garden Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, 3x Greenfinch, 2x Bullfinch, 30x Swift, Stonechat, Mistle Thrush, (JWo, CEc, IWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Wood Sandpiper, (et al)

Sandon

West along the Trent & Mersey Canal - Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, 7+ Sedge Warbler, 7x Whitethroat, Goosander, 2x Gadwall, 15+ Reed Bunting, (RSw)

Trentham Gardens

4x Reed Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, (AR)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe still,