Saturday 24 November 2012

Saturday 24 November 2012

Chasewater
Juv Great Northern Diver still on swag this afternoon..............HK

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Great Northern Diver still by the dam off fishing club this afternoon, also drake Scaup in Dimsdale Shallows.......GJM, RP

Great Northern Diver at Blithfield by Richard Powell


Belvide Res (permits only)
Near adult Caspian Gull late afternoon, also 2x adult Yellow-legged Gulls.................Birdguides

Lichfield
21x Waxwing on Cappers Lane by Royal Mail centre.............PG.

Waxwings in Lichfield by Paul Gardner

Wombourne
2x Waxwing at Common Rd/Wombourne Park junction this morning.............Birdguides

Uttoxeter Quarry
Common Sandpiper, 10x Goosander & 2 Raven..............RP
also, Snipe x52, Mallard x615, Tufted Duck x62, Wigeon x37, Pochard x6, Teal x43 & Goldeneye x2.........AB

Silverdale CP
3x Yellow-legged Gulls present this afternoon (adult, 3rd winter and a 2nd winter)....ST

Endon
Female Brambling at Post Lake.............BMc

Mermaid Pool-Blake Mere
NO SIGN of the Snow Buntings by 09:30........
Nearby a Short-eared Owl on fenceposts at Royal Cottage.......SS.

Dimmingsdale
18x Long-tailed Tit, 4x Goldcrest, Mistle ThrushBuzzard................TE

Tittesworth Res
Nuthatch, 2x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30x Teal, 20x Tufted Duck, 52x BH Gull, 2x Snipe, Goldeneye, 25x Fieldfare over........IB.