Tuesday 23 October 2018

Tuesday 23rd October 2018

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret still still by cattle near M6, also 2x Great White Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 2x Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, (DBa)  -  late afternoon Cattle Egret on Creswell Flash also 4x Water Pipit, (RCB)

Cannock Chase
20x Brambling, 8x Crossbill, 40x Siskin  between Rifle Range corner and Beggars Hill (GLy)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still on Ashy Pit, 8x Ruff, Dunlin, 4x Redshank, 10x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 334x Lapwing, Little Egret, 81x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 118x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 18x Wigeon, 100x Teal, 58x Little Grebe, 5x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 24x GBB Gull, 20x Linnet, 3x Tawny Owl, (JWo)  -  Great White Egret over Small Meadows

Long-tailed Duck by Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes
2x Great White Egret Dosthill NR and North Pit, 4x Pintail Reedbed Pool, 2x Stonechat, 5x Snipe North Pit, Common Gull, Shelduck on JW, Peregrine thru (SAt)  -  Whooper Swan flew into JW at 11:20 (JWi)   -  5x Great White Egret on JW tonight (Mercian Birding)

Knypersley Resv
12x Brambling (SSe)