Tuesday 30 March 2021

Tuesday 30th March 2021

                            First Spring Ring Ouzel and Tree Pipits this morning

Berryhill 

Ring Ouzel in paddock at the bottom end of the Palletstacks at 07:07, (RTo)  -  also a Wheatear and 5x Sand Martin, (RGi), 

                                                         By Nick Pomiankowski

Tittesworth Water

2x Osprey thru north, also 2x LRP, 41x Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher,  5x Swallow,  8x Wigeon, 5x Goosander, Dipper, 4x Grey Wagtail, SGi)

Middleton Lakes

Short-eared Owl over at 08:40. 12x Avocet, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, LRP, Ringed Plover, 10x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher,4x Snipe, Wheatear, 4x Shelduck, (MSm)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 4x Gadwall, Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 4x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Alrewas NMA

Singing Willow Warbler, Great Egret on Junction pit, (SCo)

Croxall GP

Great Egret, (SCo)

Little Aston

9x Wheatear, (KWh)

Flash

2x Curlew, (SJT)

Radford Meadows

Wheatear still, 11x Wigeon, Little Egret, 8x Shoveler, LRP, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)

Bobbington

2x Wheatear, Swallow, (WN)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, 14x Goosander, 4x Pochard, 4x Mandarin, Green Woodpecker. (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Gadwall, 2x Goldeneye, 5x Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, Peregrine, (SCo)  -  4x Grey Partridge, Willow Warbler, 2x Snipe, Yellowhammers, Peregrine, (DBa)

Cannock Chase

2x singing Tree Pipit, Willow Warbler, 5x Crossbill, (CMa, MPa, JPa)

Audley

Red Kite over west at 14:36, (JHu)

Branston GPs

5x Redshank, Ruff, 2x Avocet, Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, Pintail, 2x Pochard, Shelducks, 2x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (DBa)  -  7x Black-tailed Godwit, (MPi)  -  additional - female Marsh Harrier thru north at 19:00, 9x Oystercatcher, 6x Curlew, 2x Ruff, 9x Redshank, 8x Snipe, 4x Ringed Plover, 40x Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, 48x Wigeon, 36x Shoveler, 38x Gadwall, 70x Teal, 8x Pochard, 15x Goldeneye, 4x Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, Swallow, (DSc)

North Staffs Moors

11x Wheatear, (NDP)

Holden Lane

Red Kite over west at 16:55, (JJo)

Cannock (Kingswood)

Ring Ouzel flew across road next to Apc factory at 18:12, (GCl)

Hopton

4x Brambling, (ABr)

Hill Chorlton

3x Swallow, (MJH)

Barton under Needwood

14x Wigeon at the marina, (JWo)

Baldwins Gate

Swallow, (RWh)