Thursday 31 July 2014

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Pacific Golden Plover still on Jubilee Wetlands
PGP still this evening also 8x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, LRP, Snipe, Grasshopper Warbler, Green Woodpecker (RCB IDB)

Belvide Res
Adult Sanderling still also 2x juv Med Gull

Wednesday 30 July 2014

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Pacific Golden Plover still on Jubilee Wetlands early evening
Also Snipe, Kingfisher, Common Tern & Yellow Wagtail. Insects - 7x Clouded Yellow, numerous Roesel's Bush Cricket, Common Blue (JWo)

Clouded Yellow by Gareth Robinson
 

Blithfield Res
8x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Dunlin, 5x Snipe, 10x LRP, 14x Common Sandpiper, 65x Common Tern, 2x Goldeneye, 3x YL Gull, Little Egret (RCB)

Belvide Res
Sanderling on north shore this afternoon, also juvenile Mediterranean Gull & 3x Common Sandpiper

Croxall
3x Green Sandpiper, Water Rail (KJM)

Gailey Res
6x Dunlin, 20x Common Tern, 5x Yellow Wagtail (SR)

Tuesday 29 July 2014

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Pacific Golden Plover still on Jubilee Wetlands, Garganey on North Pit, also Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 8x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 40x Common Tern, 4x Wigeon, 15x Teal, 4x Clouded Yellow. (JM FM et al as per JH)

Branston Gravel Pits
Great White Egret on the new ashy pit, Whimbrel briefly on the sandy pit, 9x Curlew, 3x Ruff, 4x Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Little Egret, c12 Shelduck, 10x Teal, 19x Pochard & 3x Common Tern
Insects - 14x Long-winged Coneheads & 2x Brown Argus (JWo)

Great White Egret by Jon Woodcock

Long-winged Conehead by Jon Woodcock

Norton in the Moors

2x Redstart in field on edge of Caldon canal with several Chiffchaff (SCo)

Monday 28 July 2014

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Pacific Golden Plover still on Jubilee Wetlands plus Mandarin Duck early evening also 2x Garganey North Pit (TPe)

Blithfield Res
3x Sanderling, 15x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Dunlin, 8x Common Sandpiper, 18x LRP, Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 2x Goldeneye, Little Egret (SE HF)

Sunday 27th July 2014

Middleton Lakes RSPB
**PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER** still present this afternoon from Jubilee Wetlands, best viewed from the east screen, also Garganey present
5x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 4x LRP, 2x Wigeon, 18x Teal, Ringed- necked Paraqeet over (info supplied by JH)

Pacific Golden Plover by Nigel Talbot

Blithfield Res (permit only)
6x Knot through Blithe bay this morning (GJM)

Turnstone, 3x Common Sandpiper, 3x LRP, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Scoter, 2x Goldeneye, Little Egret, 2x YL Gull (RS)
Wood Sandpiper in Blithe Bay (JA)

Turnstone by Rob Swift

Branston Water Park
Great White Egret at 11:10 (DOu LOu)
Also 5x Little Egret & 14x Common Tern (JWo)

Great White Egret by Jon Woodcock

Branston Gravel Pits
2x Garganey (drake & female) on south pit also Red Kite flew over, 3x Ruff, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 14x Pochard, Water Rail (SCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Male Ruff, 4x Green Sandpiper, 7x Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 21x Common Tern, Willow Tit, 2x Egyptian Geese, Kingfisher (RP)

Ruff by Richard Powell

Whitemoor Haye
4x Common Tern, Hobby, Peregrine, 15x Tree Sparrow, 4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Little Egret (SC )

Doxey Marsh
Wood Sandpiper this evening, LRP, 3x Grasshopper Warbler, Water Rail

Westport Lake
Female Common Scoter on main lake this morning (CJW)

Common Scoter by Phil Jones

Saturday 26th July 2014

Middleton Lakes RSPB
**PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER** on Jubilee Wetlands this afternoon (GWi)

Pacific Golden Plover by Phil Jones

Pacific Golden Plover by Steve Nuttall

Clouded Yellow by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Res

Wood Sandpiper in Tad Bay this morning (GJM)
Sanderling, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 5x Common Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x LRPs, 2x Goldeneye, 55x Common Tern (RCB)

Cotonfields, Stafford
Red Kite flew over and chased off by a Peregrine (AWa)

Knypersley Res
Hobby over at 09.25 (GBr)

Friday 25 July 2014

Blithfield Res
32x Black-tailed Godwit also 2x Goldeneye (GJM)
Osprey still at 16:10. Non permit holders view from the causeway or Watery Lane.

Berryhill
Whinchat still also 2x Redstart and a Wheatear (RT)

Thursday 24 July 2014

Blithfield Res
Garganey in Blithe Bay (GJM)
Osprey, Ruddy Shelduck, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Spotted Flycatcher (SA)

Gailey
2x Redshank (any waders are good at Gailey!), Little Egret, 15x Common Tern and 2x Common Sandpipers (SR)

Berryhill
Whinchat on posts 200m west of the scrape, 4x Redstart, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat (RT)

Ford Green
5x Willow Tit (3 juvs) Kingfisher (JJ)

Trent Washlands
7x Little Egret (AJa)

Jackson's Bank
2x Hobby, Kingfisher (JW)

Wednesday 23 July 2014

Blithfield Res
36x Black-tailed Godwit, c80 Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, 12x Dunlin, Ruff, Redshank, 10x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 10x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 2x LR Plover, 3x Redstart, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Osprey (RCB)

Middleton Lakes
6x Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 3x Little Egret, 7x Teal, Oystercatcher, Hobby, 2x Pochard (various)

Whitemoor Haye
30x Tree Sparrow, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail (SC)

Alrewas
Common Sandpiper (SC)

Croxall Wides
Common Sandpiper (SC)

Croxall Lakes
4x Common Tern, 4x Purple Hairstreak, numerous Emerald Damselflies (JW)

Purple Hairstreak by Jon Woodcock

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 22nd July 2014

Branston GP
3x Ruff, 8x Curlew, 5x Green Sandpiper, 301x Lapwing, 4x Redshank, 8x Pochard, 11x Common Tern, 20x Shelduck, 12x Teal, Water Rail.
Insects - c10x Purple Hairstreak, Spotted Longhorn Beetle, 2x Brown Argus, 2x Common Blue, Latticed Heath, Yellow-tail Moth, Emperor Dragonfly and numerous Brown Hawkers egg laying (JW)

Common Grasshopper and (bottom) Lattice Heath

Top - Brown Argus and Purple Hairstreak

 

Drayton Bassett-Middleton Lakes RSPB
3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Redshank, Greenshank, 4x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 5x Little Egret, Wigeon, 4x Teal (info as per JH)

Monday 21st July 2014

Radial Park/Sideway
Peregrine with a juv Black-headed Gull kill, also 3x Reed Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, 3x Stock Dove & Green Woodpecker (DCo)

Croxden
Sanderling on the pit below the viewpoint

Branston GPs
2x Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Reed Warbler (AJ)

Trent Washlands
2x Little Egret (AJ)

 

Sunday 20th July 2014

Knypersley Resv
2x drk Common Scoter (GBr)

Blithfield Resv
Drk Common Scoter at Deep End (SBN)

Branston GP
2x Curlew, 1x Whimbrel, 3x Ruff and 2x juv Redstarts on path towards the water park (DOu)

Drayton Bassett Pits
Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 2x Grasshopper Warblers (news kindly forwarded by JHa)

Hixon
Hobby over at 08:45 (IH)

Old River Dove
7x Yellow Wagtail, 6x Yellowhammer, 3x Grey Wagtail, 3x Raven (AJa)

Whitemoor Haye
35x Tree Sparrow,3x Oystercatcher, 3x Common Tern, 2x Yellowhammer (SCo)

Saturday 19 July 2014

Bevide Res - visitors please note that there is heavy flooding in Horsebrook Lane.

Blithfield Res
2x Turnstone briefly, Black Tern north of the causeway, 4x Whimbrel through and 23x Dunlin (GJM MPR)
Black Tern still late afternoon at the deep end also additionally 4x Redshank, Greenshank, 3x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 6x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull (RPo)
LBB Gull (2S) bearing green ring with white lettering (K.ARW) was found to have been ringed in the Netherlands (RSw)

Family group by Rob Swift

Belvide Res
Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 6x Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Kingfisher (JJH)

Drayton Bassett-Middleton Lakes RSPB
Great White Egret still also Whimbrel, 7x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 2x Redshank, Oystercatcher, 5x Little Egret, Grasshopper Warbler

Gailey
3x Spotted Flycatcher, 7x Common Tern and 2x Common Sandpiper (SR)

Copmere
Juvenile Hobby late afternoon (IH)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Black Tern on main pit

Friday 18 July 2014

Drayton Bassett-Middleton Lakes RSPB
Great White Egret still on Jubilee Wetlands at 10:30 (SW) Still at 20:45 also Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Dunlin, 11x LRP, Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret. (TVB as per JH)

Blithfield Res
Black Tern north of the causeway also 2x Ruff, Greenshank, Redshank, 10x Dunlin (RCB)

Branston Gravel Pits

2x Ruff, 9x Curlew, 6x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 12x Pochard, c12x Common Tern, 8x Shelduck, 13x Teal, Lesser Whitethroat, Insects: 7x Long-winged Conehead (3 nymphs), c30+ Roesel’s Bush Cricket, c16x Essex Skipper, 3x Southern Hawker, Small Copper, numerous Green Leaf-hopper and Peacock Butterfly. (JW)

                          Top - Small Copper and Essex Skipper. Bottom - Roesel's Bush Cricket

Aqualate
Great White Egret this afternoon

Thursday 17th July 2014

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Great White Egret flew from the Jubilee Wetlands towards the new reed bed at 13.35, later flushed back to Jubilee Wetlands at 15.05, also on Jubilee 4x Little Egret, 2x Teal, 3x Little Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher & Common Sandpiper on north pit (JHa)

Wednesday 16th July 2014

Middleton Lakes RSPB
immature Marsh Harrier, over north pit at 10.00 (CCo)

Whitemoor Hayes
Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Yellowhammer & 8x Tree Sparrow (AM, GP)

Tittesworth Res
Little Egret, Scaup, 9x Goosander this morning (GAl)

Blithfield Reservoir

Greenshank, 11x Dunlin, 4x Common Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher (1x Juv), Yellow-legged Gull, 4x Little Egret, numerous Common Terns, Spotted flycatcher, Forest Bug. (JW)

Yellow-legged Gull by Jon Woodcock

Greenshank by Jon Woodcock

Tuesday 15 July 2014

Blithfield Res
4x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Redshank, Greenshank, 21x LRP, Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, Peregrine, 2x Kingfisher, Ruddy Shelduck (SE HF)

Spotted Flycatcher by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

2x Ruff, 5x Curlew, 2x LRP, 6x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 8x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 9x Common Tern (5x Juvs), 8x Shelduck (4x Juvs), 2x Pochard, 10x Tufted Ducklings, Insects: c8x Roesel’s Bush Cricket, 4x Essex Skipper, Emperor Dragonfly, 2x Common Darter, c14x Peacock, Yellow Ophion. (JWo)

Roesel's Bush Cricket by Jon Woodcock

Trent Washlands
Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Common Tern, Reed Warbler (AJ)

 

Monday 14 July 2014

Branston GPs
2x Ruff, 2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Curlew, YL Gull, 2x Common Tern (AJ)

Tittesworth
2x Redstart, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Tit, Goosander, 4x LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, Pochard (ARa)

Whitemoor Haye
3x Oystercatcher, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern, Yellowhammer (SCo)

Sunday 13th July 2014

Westport Lake
3x Sandwich Terns flew over to the north 06:45hrs (NJS)

Belvide Resv
16x Common Scoter (15drks) at 08:45hrs

Common Scoter by Nigel Talbot

Blithfield Res
8x Little Egret, Dunlin, 2x Greenshank, 6x Common Sandpiper, 38x Little Ringed Plover, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, 3x Raven, 5x Oystercatcher, c40 Common Tern & Ruddy Shelduck (RSw)

Stoke on Trent
Red Kite flew low over Cobridge towards the Festival Park early afternoon (PJo)

Doxey Marshes
5x Little Egret, Kingfisher, Mandarin Duck, 2x Greenshank & Green Sandpiper (RSt)

Old River Dove
6x Yellow Wagtail, 4x Yellowhammer, 2x Grey Wagtail & 3x Kingfisher ( AJa, RMa)

Trent Washlands
3x Little Egret (AJa, RMa)

Saturday 12 July 2014

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 7x Oystercatcher, 32x Common Tern, 2x Goosander (RP)

Tittesworth
Scaup, Little Egret, LRP, 4x Common Tern, 3x Common Sandpiper (SG)

Blithfield Res
Ruddy Shelduck, 37x LRP, 2x Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 8x Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 8x Little Egret, Kingfisher (SE HF)

Friday 11 July 2014

Blithfield Res
Whimbrel through Blithe Bay also Greenshank and juv Med Gull (GJM)

Berryhill
Redstart, Hobby and Peregrine (RT)

Aqualate Mere
Great White Egret from 11:00 til 12.30 before flying off SE (GBe)

Thursday 10th July 2014

Tittesworth Resv
Drake Lesser Scaup mid afternoon then flew off late afternoon to NW with two Tufted Ducks.
Also this evening - drake Scaup, Little Egret and 4x Common Tern (SGi)

Drayton Bassett - Middleton Lakes RSPB
Ruff on North Pit also 2x Greenshank and 2x Curlew on Jubilee Wetlands (GW as per JH)

Cannock Chase
Hobby, Sonechat, 2x Emperor Moth caterpillars, 7x Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet, 4-spotted Chaser, 8+ Black Darter, 2x Slow Worm, 3x Common Lizard (JW)

Emperor Moth caterpillars (JW)

Four-spotted Chaser (JW)

Black Darter (JW)

 

Wednesday 9 July 2014

Uttoxeter Quarry

Drake Common Scoter at 12:30 and 17:20 (RPo)

Also Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 7x LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, Redshank (SE, HF)

Common Scoter by Steve Edwards

Blithfield Res (permit only)

Ruddy Shelduck, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Little Egret, 3x Common Sandpiper & 26x Little Ringed Plover (SE, HF)

Branston Gravel Pits
2x Ruff, 8x Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 12x Ringed Plover, 3x Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 8x Shelduck, 5x Pochard, 23x Teal
Insects: 2x Common Darter & numerous Gatekeeper & Small Skipper (JWo)

Ruff by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Res
Pochard, Little Egret, 2x Cormorant, 2x Oystercatcher & c3 Common Tern (ARa)

Tuesday 8 July 2014

Blithfield Res
Blithe Bay 7x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Common Sandpiper, 5x LRPs, Redshank, 3x Little Egret, 7x Goosander, YL Gull - Tad Bay 14x Black-tailed Godwit flew in at dusk (RSw)

Newcastle
Red Kite over Wolstanton south at 10:20 (KSt)

Monday 7th July 2014

Drayton Bassett - Middleton Lakes RSPB
North Pit 4x Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x LRP (GW as per JH)

Westport Lake
1x Oystercatcher at 06:05hrs and Nuthatch again calling on car park.

Sunday 6 July 2014

Hanchurch Woods
4x Spotted Flycatchers & 2x Crossbill.
Insects : Hummingbird Hawk-moth, 3x Purple Hairstreak, 26x Ringlets, 12x Small Skipper, 30x Bordered White & 4x Red Admirals (NDP, JBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Green Sandpiper, 6x Common Sandpiper, 5x Little Ringed Plover & Willow Tit (RPo)

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Female Common Scoter this morning.
Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Little Egret, c12 Common Sandpiper, 7x Shelduck, c40 Common Tern & 2x Oystercatcher (JWo)

Doxey Marshes
4x Little Egret, Kingfisher & 7x Reed Warbler (RSt)

Knypersley Resv
1x Common Tern at 06:05hrs briefly (GBr)

Saturday 5th July 2014

Blithfield Res
40x LRPs, 18x Common Sandpiper, 10x Oystercatcher, 2x Green Sandpiper, juv Redstart (RCB)

Branston GPs

13x Shelduck ,26x Teal, Hobby, 4x Curlew, 2x LRP, 6x Ringed Plover, 6x Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Cetti's Warbler, 3x imm Green Woodpecker (DS)

 

Westport Lake
1x LRP, 1x Nuthatch (SBN)

Belvide Resv
15x LRP and a Common Sandpiper (Belvide Blog)

Silverdale CP
Several Essex Skippers were still present (SBN)

Essex Skipper at Silverdale CP (©SBN)

Friday 4 July 2014

Blithfield Resv
2x Black tailed Godwit, 26x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, YL Gull, 20x Common Tern, 5x Little Egret and Ruddy Shelduck still in Tad Bay (RS)
2x Spotted Flycatcher opposite the Educational centre at 15:30 (SW)

Branston GPs
6x Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x LRPs (SW)

Croxall
2x Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher (BRu)

Thursday 3 July 2014

Blithfield Res
Female Common Scoter in Tad Bay (GJM) - no sign at 14:00 (TJ)
Ruddy Shelduck Tad Bay, 2x Little Egret, near adult YL Gull, 5x Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 13x LR Plover Blithe Bay (TJ)

Aqualate
Drake Red-crested Pochard from the hide.

Lower Leigh
3x Spotted Flycatcher on the Green (JS)

Wednesday 2 July 2014

Blithfield Res
Ruddy Shelduck still in Tad Bay also adult YL Gull

Trent Washlands
4x Little Egret & 4x Oystercatcher (AJa)

Hanley
The young Peregrines now flown nest (MWa)

By Martyn Whalley

Tuesday 1st July 2014

Belvide Red (permit only)
2x Roseate Terns still in front of Gazebo hide at 15.05 and stay until 18:50hrs when flew high SW

Roseate Tern by Steve Nuttall

Hanchurch Woods
2x Crossbill & 4x Spotted Flycatcher (NDP)

Branston Gravel Pits
Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x LRP, 5x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Cettis Warbler, 25x Shelduck, Pochard, Shoveler, 27x Teal & Little Egret.
Insects:- 2x Gatekeeper, c8 Small Skipper 7x Five-spot Burnet & 6x Brown Hawker (JWo)

Five-spot Burnet Moth by Jon Woodcock

Doxey Marshes
5x Little Egret & 6x Little Ringed Plover (PDy)

Westport Lake
3x Pochard & 29x Tufted Duck (SGi) and Nuthatch again.