Sunday 2 August 2020

Sunday 2nd August 2020

Radford Meadows
Wood Sandpiper still, 2x Green Sandpiper, 9x Snipe, (ESm)

Whitemoor Haye
Grey Partridge, 3x Tree Sparrow, 8x Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Goldeneye, 5x Little Egret, Peregrine, (SCo)

Middleton Lakes
Ruff, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, (MSm)  -  2x Garganey JW south, (TPe)

Branston GPs
Juv Black Tern still to 10:40 at least, 8x Common Tern, Redshank, 6x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 3x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 12x Little Egret, 2x Hobby, 3x Green Woodpecker, Mandarin, (DSc)  -  also ad YL Gull, (JWo)

                                                          Black Tern by Dave Scattergood

                                                                             
Black Tern by Jon Woodcock

Alrewas NMA
Green Woodpecker, Hobby, 2x Goosander, Little Egret, Junction Pit - 11x Green Sandpiper, (SCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Great Egret still, 5x Little Egret, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, (RPo)

Berryhill
2x Whinchat, 4x Redstart, Stonechat, (RTo, NDP)  -  2x Little Egret on Bottleslow early am

Knypersley Resv
Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Tit, Little Owl, fem Mandarin, (GBr)

Baddeley Green
Hobby over Leek New Road at 13:20, also Crossbills heard flying over(GBr)

Doxey Marsh
2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Common Gull, (RRa)

Aston by Stone - Burston pool
2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Common Sandpiper, 300x Lapwing, (@fisherandbirder)  -  also 3x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, (AEa)

Tittesworth Resv
7x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 176x Lapwing, juv Redstarts, (JOa)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Greenshank, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 8x Oystercatcher, ad YL Gull, 10x Common Tern, (NMo)

Knighton
Quail calling at SJ746273, (RSu)

Whitfield Valley
Redstart, (RGi)