Thursday 7 August 2014

Thursday 7th August 2014

Branston Gravel Pits
Great White Egret (KSk), also 3x Greenshank, Whimbrel, 9x Curlew, 3x Little Ringed Plover, 2x Snipe & Raven (AJa)
Great White Egret by Kevin Skidmore

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Ringed Plover, 5x Common Sandpiper, 5x Grey Wagtail, 2x Willow Tit & Peregrine (AMa)

Berryhill
3x Tree Pipit, 2x Redstart & a Grasshopper Warbler (NDP)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Wood Sandpiper on scrape on west side 100yds beyond west screen of Jubilee Wetlands, also 2x GarganeyRuff & Green Sandpiper, at north end of the Wetlands, 4x Black-tailed Godwit & a Stonechat (TVB)

Manifold Valley
2x Spotted Flycatcher & Grey Wagtail along the river at 11am (ARa)

Trent Washlands
3x Little Egret (AJa)

Between Norton Bridge and Chebsey
Juv Redstart in hedge of sheep field, 5 miles SW of Stone (DSc)