Saturday 28 October 2017

Saturday 28th October 2017

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
27x Hawfinch in total thru this morning 

Whitemoor Haye
Possible Brent Goose over west, 35x Tree Sparrow (@AlrewasBirder)

River Sow Meadows
4x Hawfinch briefly in tree then flew SW, Great White Egret again, Green Sandpiper, 55x Wigeon, (@RobSwift5)

Blackbank
2x Hawfinch over at 08:15 (@philjo61, NDP)

Aqualate
Drake Scaup, Juv Marsh Harrier (Ian_m_grant

Branston GPs
9x Hawfinch flew west at 10:45, Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, Pintail, Yellowhammer, 14x Redpoll (DSc)

Uttoxeter Quarry
56x Golden Plover, 3x Ruff, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Goosander, Bar-headed Goose (@rpintean)

Knypersley Resv
8x Hawfinch over, Redshank near the lake (GBr)

Tutbury
2x Ring Ouzel over west at 13:40 (MPR)

Newcastle
Hawfinch flew low west over Lower Oxford Road, Basford (@SteveJTurner76)

Gailey
5x Hawfinch flew low west at 14:28 (@TheSnapper1978)

Coombes Valley RSPB
3x Hawfinch feeding in trees (MBr)

Downs Bank
20x Brambling over (@JohnMathers1)

Iverley (Sugar Loaf Farm)

Hawfinch over, Red Kite, 12x Brambling (@StourBirder)

Chasewater
11x Hawfinch in three groups over Norton Bog this afternoon also Ad Kittiwake briefly. In the roost Ad Caspian Gull, YL Gull, 2x Ad Med Gull