Sunday, 6 March 2016

Sunday 6th March 2016

Tittesworth Res
Female Ring-necked Duck in Fosters Bay at 08.20, also Mediterranean Gull, female Goldeneye, 15x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 43x Tufted Duck & 152x Curlew (SGi, KHa)
Med Gull at Tittesworth - Steve Gibson

Aqualate Mere
Drake American Wigeon still present (RPo) still til 15.00 plus 2x Egyptian Geese, 9x Shelduck & 2x Cetti's Warbler (SRi)

Hinksford
Hoopoe still present in landscaped quarry off Enville Road

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Avocet on Jubilee Wetlands this afternoon (SAt). Also 2x Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, 10x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, c800 x Golden Plover, 10x Little Egret, Pink-footed Goose, Egyptian Goose (JW)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Stonechat, 15x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Green Sandpiper, 12x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 9x Pochard & 64x Wigeon (RPo)

Branston Gravel Pits
4x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ruff & Tawny Owl (NJS)

Radford Meadows
188x Wigeon, 96x Teal, 3x Goosander, 2x Shoveler, 150x Golden Plover, 8x Snipe & Raven (RSw)

Hartherton Res
Cetti's Warbler heard this afternoon (@daftoldbirder)

Chasewater
Adult Glaucous Gull, 2x ad and 2x 2w YL Gull (@CWG_sightings)

Silverdale CP
Short-eared Owl this afternoon (@philo61)

Tucklesholme
2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Oystercatcher, 20x Lesser Redpoll, 2x Goosander, 12x Wigeon, 11x Teal, 2x Pochard (MPa)

Berryhill
Short-eared Owl still late afternoon

Hanley
1x Peregrine (PLo)