Saturday 1 December 2012

Saturday 1 December 2012

Tittesworth Res
Great Northern Diver still mid afternoon from point beyond the visitor centre also 4x Shelduck, 45x Wigeon and 4x Pochard........SG.


Great Northern Diver at Tittesworth by Steve Gibson


Shelducks at Tittesworth by Steve Gibson

Chasewater
Great Northern Diver juvenile still on the Swag late afternoon also Adult Iceland Gull and 3x Yellow-legged Gulls (2 adults and 2nd winter).........

Waxwings
Dosthill NR - 60x at 08:30........
Stafford - 6x still at Baswich in Ash tree on Cornwall Drive 75m up from junction with Baswich Lane........RS.
Cannock - 7x at the railway station at 13:55........
Tamworth - 10x at  Overwoods Road, Hockley mid day......
Silverdale CP - 8 over the Void at mid day........NP.

Gailey Res
Med Gull adult on main sailing lake at 11:30........

Belvide Res (permit only)
Caspian Gull adult in the roost........

Brookleys Lake
122x Mandarin present also c500 Mallard........RP.

Whitemoor Haye (15:10 to 16:20)
22x Wigeon, 117x Mute Swan, 23x Tufted Duck, 337x Lapwing, 1000+ BH Gull/LBB Gull. many hundreds of LBB Gulls going over to roost, 4x Redwing, 500+ Golden Plover, 2x Redshank, Little Owl, 12x Siskin, 18x Mallard, Mipits, Mistle Thrush........SC.

Hanchurch Woods
Woodcock one this evening ,also c600 Rooks went to roost and a pre roost movement of c280 Pied Wagtails over NE between 16:10 and 16:30.......NP.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 9x Goosander, 36x Wigeon, 23x Teal, Shoveller, 2x Pochard, 10x Lesser Redpoll, GBB Gull........RP.

Bateswood CP.
c100 Lesser Redpoll this morning........JHu.