Monday, 28 September 2026

Monday 28th September 2026

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still from the riverside benches, 4x Ruff, 20x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 2+ Stonechat, (MSm)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey over Creswell flash then flew west over the M6, also Great Egret, (HKi)  -  16:15 to 17:00 Marsh Harrier (f) , Osprey circling over Creswell flash for 10 mins the flew west, Stonechat, 2x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 40x Lapwing, Shoveler, Teal, Gadwall, (JKe, AKe)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, 15x Pintail, 6x Curlew, 11x Dunlin, 34x Ringed Plover, 8x Ruff, Snipe, 13x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, 3x Stonechat, 3x Wheatear, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, (SE, HF)

                                                          Pintail by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

10x Curlew, Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, 9x Lapwing, 6x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, Shelduck, 66x Wigeon, 72x Shoveler, 335x Teal, 110x Gadwall, 75x Pochard, 52x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Peregrine, Stonechat (j), 5x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Grey Wagtail, 26x Linnet, 12x Clouded Yellow, Willow Emerald, (JWo, DSc)

Sandon - Burston

5x Red Kite soaring together, 3x Goosander, Little Egret, (RSw)