Friday 12 March 2021

Friday 12th March 2021

Middleton Lakes

1w Med Gull still also Curlew over, Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, LRP, 2x Redshank, 8x Shelduck, Pintail, 8x Goldeneye, 2x Stonechat, (MSm), also Dunlin, (JJH, SJH)

Uttoxeter

Short-eared Owl across the A50 at 07:20, (HWa)

Codsall

Red Kite over Moatbrook Ave, (HLT)

Tameside NR

2x Oystercatcher, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Ringed Plover, 3x Ruff, 4x Oystercatcher, 19x Curlew, 4x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 100x Wigeon, 5x Goldeneye, 41x Shelduck, 6x Pink-footed Goose, 13x Little Egret, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, (CEc)  -  also Dunlin, 9x Redshank, 23x Curlew, 4x Ruff, 100x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, Pintail, 15x Goldeneye, 142x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, 46x Shoveler, 36x Gadwall, 180x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 49x Little Grebe, 3x Water Rail, 2x YL Gull, Common Gull, (JWo, DSc)

                                               Black-tailed Godwit by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater

Juv Glaucous Gull still, (HKi)  -  additionally in the roost, ad Kittiwake, Ad Med Gull, 2x YL Gull, 

Berryhill

Shelduck over,  2x Stonechat, Goosander, (RTo)

Yarnfield

Tree Sparrow, 2x Yellowhammer, 10x Lapwing, (RRa)

Okeover Hall

2x Red Kite over west at 14:45, (TJe, LJe)

Hanchurch Woods

6x Brambling around the feeders, (BR)

Blithfield Resv

Common Sandpiper on causeway, (RCB)