Monday 24 December 2018

Monday 24th December 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Red-necked Grebe still in SE bay

Gailey Resv
Cetti's Warbler again, Little Egret, 23x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, Golden Plover (SRi)

Whitmore Bent Lane
16x RL Partridge, 120x Lapwing, 3x Brambling, Water Rail (PJo)

River Sow Meadows - Baswich to Milford
2x Green Sandpiper, 24x Snipe, 105x Wigeon, 11x Little Grebe (RSw)

Cuckoo Bank
Peregrine, Stonechat, 4x Yellowhammer, (GHa)

Rudyard
29x Wigeon, 84x Teal, 115x Lapwing, 5x Goosander, Goldeneye, 4x Willow Tit, 6x Siskin, (SSe)

Kingswood
Ad Caspian Gull to 14:50 then flew west

i54
Yellowhammer, Jack Snipe, 2x Snipe, 30x Linnet, 12x Skylark, Chiffchaff, (MFo)

Chasewater
Ad Iceland Gull, 3x Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 14x Goosander, 7x Shoveler 

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret, 2x Great White Egret, Little Egret, Golden Plover, 100x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, 6x Goosander, Common Gull (SCa)

Middleton Lakes
Pink-footed Goose on JW (MercianBirding)

Branston GPs
Pair of American Wigeon (or hybrids) again on Ashy Pit, Long-tailed Duck, 67x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 12x Wigeon, 10x Shoveler, 10x Shelduck, 2x Little Egret, 10x Curlew, 5x Snipe, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 3x ad YL Gull, 800x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Chiffchaff, 2x Cctti's Warbler (DSc)

Hednesford
5x Waxwing reported going to roost on Cannock Road