Tuesday 27 December 2011

27 December 2011

Lesser Whitethroat (sp) Fenton Park photo's by Ann Bentley.



Fenton Park
The Lesser Whitethroat still showing on and off this morning around the sunken green square surrounded by a low brown beech edge........RT. SS.

Upper Longdon
Great Grey Shrike still in clearfell south of Startley Lane 250m west of the village......Birdguides.
Photo by Terry Eyre.

Photo by Chris Cook.


Silverdale Colliery
Goosander x 3 drakes this morning........J Hutchins.

Westport Lake
Goldeneye x 2 drakes still present on main lake......NS.

Uttoxeter Quarry
17x Goosander, 9x Pochard, 6x Wigeon, Shoveller, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 40x Golden Plover, 8x Snipe, Peregrine and 4x Egyptian Geese........RP

Gailey Res
Black Redstart still present but spent most of the day on the island , also adult Med Gull
briefly this afternoon , 3w Yellow-legged Gull and Little Egret........SR.

Stafford (River Sow Meadows)
Green Sandpiper , Chiffchaff , Goldcrest x 3 , Linnet x 96 and Goosander x 2......R Swift .

Doxey Marshes
Goosander x 27 , Teal x 196 , Shoveler x 6 , Wigeon x 6 and Stonechat x 1pair.....R Swift.