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2nd Staffordshire Birders' Conference
Sunday March 5th 2017
Connecting Birders across Staffordshire
Oulton Village Hall, Kibblestone Road, Oulton, Stone, ST15 8ND
Tickets are just £6, or £3 for under-25s
The event is being facilitated by RSPB North Staffs Local Group: www.rspb.org.uk/groups/northstaffordshire
Tickets available for purchase at the Group's indoor meetings in January and February 2017.
Chasewater
Velvet Scoter off south shore and 3x 1w Caspian Gull and 5x YLG in the roost (@CWG_sightings)
Belvide
Juv Glaucous Gull roosted at 1740hrs, Bittern roosted at 1710hrs, also Smew, 11x Oystercatcher and Common Sandpiper (@BelvideBirding)
Branston GP
c2500x BHG, 3x Common Gull, 14x Shoveler, 6x Shelduck, 13x Curlew, 4x Ruff, 1x Ringed Plover, 2x Snipe (DSc)
Whitmore Bent Lane
3x Tundra Bean Geese early morning (@keelebirder) - Oystercatcher, Peregrine (et al)
Drayton Bassett Pits
1x Great White Egret, 5+ Stonechat, 13x Shelduck on Jubilee Wetlands (@onionsomething)
Bent Lane, Stableford
1x Jack Snipe, 28x Snipe, 1x Stonechat, 1x Mandarin (PJ)
Barton North Pit
1x Great White Egret (@TameBirding)
Whittington
Yellow-browed Warbler still present (sev obs)
Whitemoor Haye
1x Egyptian Goose (@TameBirding)
Aqualate
1x Great White Egret still present at far end (@Ian_m_grant)
Doxey Marshes
250+ Golden Plover, 1x Pochard, 1x Pintail, 10+ Shoveler, 7x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, 4x Stonechat, 1x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher (GHa)
Dimmingsdale
55x Siskin, 20x Goldfinch, 2x Redpoll, 70x Meadow Pipit, Willow Tit (TEy)
Berryhill
4x Stonechat, 2x Teal, 1x Snipe (@nutcracker1965)
National Arboretum GP
1x Green Sandpiper, 2x Shelduck (@BirderAlrewas)
Endon SW
121x Pied Wagtail (GBr)
Last updated 19:55 26/2/17
