Monday 13 August 2018

Monday 13th August 2018

Middleton Lakes
Spotted Crake on East scrape but typically elusive (DHu)  -  2x Wood Sandpiper still, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Green Sandpiper, 4x Avocet, 4x Dunlin, Barn Owl  (RSPB)also 4x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2x LR Plover, Hobby, Water Rail (ABl)  -  Garganey, Whinchat, Peregrine, (TPe)

Cannock Chase
2x Redstart near the glacial boulder (CDa)

Berryhill
5x Tree Pipit, 3x Wheatear, Whinchat, Redstart, First two Autumn Meadow Pipit over (NDP. RT.)

Branston GPs
Eclipse male Garganey still on Sandy Pit, 6x Dunlin, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Curlew, 29x Little Egret, Wigeon, 104x Teal, 20x Shoveler, 77x Gadwall, 12x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 68x Little Grebe, 20x Common Tern, (JWo)

Garganey by Jon Woodcock

Astonfields Balance Lakes
2x Peregrine over (SPe)