Wednesday 12 December 2012

Wednesday 12th December 2012

Silverdale CP
1st winter Iceland Gull on the void at 11.20.........DK.
1st winter Iceland Gull again on the Void at 13:06 to 13:30 at least but no sign of the 1st winter Caspian Gull by 13:30.......DK.RT.



Iceland Gull on the Void, Silverdale CP, taken today by Dave Kelsall

Silverdale/ Keele
1st winter Iceland Gull at Walley's landfill site 12:50 to 13:05.......NP.

Waxwings@
Yoxall - 6x in local gardens this morning...............NL.
Wolverhampton - 21x in gardens on Fairview Rd, Penn.......Powners
Wombourne - 3x in Canon Road 15.55....DBa
Baswich - 10x rear of Penzance Way off Cornwall Drive feeding by cycle path at 14:50.......RS.
Fazeley - 18x in French Avenue, Mile Oak......Birdguides

Chasewater Res
No sign of the Great Northern Diver today, the Swag is 80% frozen...............GH

Belvide Resv
Jack Snipe on North Shore and 6x Yellow-legged Gulls in the roost.....SN

Westport Lake
Little Grebe, 4 Teal, 15 Pochard, Goosander female, no sign of the Common Scoter.............SG
also 4x Cormorants..............PL

Whitemoor Haye
Todays sightings- 08.00 to 10.20, very murky with thickening fog - 56x Wigeon, 51x Pochard, 6x Mallard, 4x Tufted Duck, 1x Great Crested Grebe, 1x Goldcrest, 1x Snipe, 27x Golden Plover, Several Redwing, Fieldfare, Goldfinch & Linnet, 62x Lapwing, 43+ Skylark, 1x Redshank (heard over back pit), 20+ House Sparrow, 91x Mute Swan....SCo

Oakamoor/Churnet Valley
Male Goosander on the river upstream of the weir...KK

River Sow Meadows, Stafford
264x Wigeon, 5x Little Grebe, 4x Goosander, 6x Snipe, Raven, Lesser Redpoll, male Blackcap....RS

Stafford Town Centre
Drake Goosander east of Bridge St on the River Sow at 08:50...RS

Fisherwick Road/Elford
Male/female Goosander in the swirl on the river at the junction of Fisherwick Rd, on the road to Elford 11.30am......RAs