Monday 19 August 2019

Monday 19th August 2019

Middleton Lakes
Whimbrel flushed off JW, 3x Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Mandarin, (GSt)

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Redstart, Water Rail, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Snipe, (JDu)

Berryhill
Cuckoo still, Whinchat, 4x Redstart, (DWa)  -  Spotted Flycatcher at Ouzel paddocks, (HF, SE)

River Sow Meadows
2x Greenshank, 2x Snipe, 55x Lapwing, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Knypersley Resv
Imm/fem Redstart between warders tower and old hatchery, (IBr)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Marsh Harrier briefly over bale field opp Stanley Wood, Osprey fishing in Blithe Bay also Great White Egret, Yellow Wagtails, (RCB)  -  4x Wheatear, 6x Yellow  Wagtail, Common Terns, (DBa)  -  13x Black-tailed Godwit over, (GSa)

Tittesworth Water
5x Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, 55x Lapwing, Grey Wagtail, (SG)

Branston GPs
2x Turnstone, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Green Sandpiper, 14x Curlew, 43x Lapwing, Great White Egret, 16x Little Egret, 15x Pochard, 49x Teal, 84x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese, 38x Little Grebe + 18 juvs, Peregrine, (JWo)

Turnstones by Jon Woodcock

Little Grebe with juvs by Jon Woodcock

Trentham Gardens
Swift over, (BB)