Sunday, 4 October 2026

Sunday 4th October 2026

Blithfield Resv

1w male Marsh Harrier NW at 08:00, (MPR, GJM)  -  15:00 to 16:30 -  Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 6x Ruff, 2x Stonechat, 100x Linnet, Kestrel, (JKe, AKe)

                                                          Kestrel by Alex Keeble

Belvide Resv

Grey Plover, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 9x Ringed Plover, 2x Golden Plover, 7x Great Egret, Little Egret, Snipe, 2x Red Kite, Goshawk, 7x Pintail, 6x Swallow, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

16x Pintail, 11x Pochard, 4x Goosander, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

3x Teal, Gadwall, Snipe, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Peregrine, 3x Swallow, (JOa, LH)

Shoal Hill

Fem/imm Marsh Harrier 11:40 -11:45 before flying south, (SRi)

Tucklesholme

3x Curlew, 3x Snipe, 113x Wigeon, 2x Stonechat, (KayD)

Whitemoor Haye

Juv Hobby, Red Kite, Snipe, Great Egret, Stonechat, (KayD)

Branston GPs

4x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, Shelduck, 58x Wigeon, 80x Shoveler, 162x Pochard, Goosander, 11x Curlew, 18x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, GBB Gull, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 15x Skylark, 6x Stonechat, 20x Chiffchaff, 75x Linnet, 2x Siskin, (DSc)