Thursday 26 August 2021

Thursday 26th August 2021

Middleton Lakes

Spotted Redshank on east scrape this morning, Ruff, Ringed Plover, Pintail, Common Gull, (MSm), -  2x Greenshank, 2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, LRP, 2x Great Egret, Wigeon, (SPA),  -   Evening update Spotted Redshank still, Wood Sandpiper,  Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper,  Med Gull, ad Common Gull, juv Black Tern JW south, Pintail, 3x Great Egret, Yellow Wagtail,  (TPe, JAl)

                                                   Spotted Redshank by Mark Smiles

Berryhill

5x Redstart, 2x Wheatear, 2x Tree Pipit, (NDP)

River Sow Meadows

2x Whinchat from Walton canal bridge, (RSw)

Blithfield Resv

Whinchat, Stonechat, (AMa)  -  7x Ruff, 4x Dunlin, 18x Ringed Plover, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Osprey, 2x Wheatear, 2x Whinchat, 10x Little Egret, 5x Yellow Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, 2x YL Gull, 3x Spotted Flycatcher, 5x Yellow Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, (IGr DBa)

Little Hay

4x Yellow Wagtail, (PAn)

Tittesworth Water

4x Little Egret, 14x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, Swift, 79x Lapwing, Grey Wagtail, (JOa, RJH, LH)

Rudyard Lake

3x LRP, 2x Little Egret, (JOa, LH)

Cuckoo Bank

Redstarts, Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Crossbill south,

Enville

8x Spotted Flycatcher, Hobby, Redstart, 18x Raven (IWh)

Stafford Castle

Spotted Flycatcher, (AHa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Garganey also Greenshank, 

Elkstone Hill - sky watch

Merlin, Hobby, Red Kite, 4x Redstart, Tree Pipit, (DGH)

Branston GPs

16x Curlew, 4x Common Sandpiper, 11x Green Sandpiper, 5x Greenshank, 2x Ruff, 4x Ringed Plover, 4x Dunlin, 20x Snipe, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 108x Lapwing, Great Egret, 16x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, 3x YL Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, (JWo)

                                                              Ruff by Jon Woodcock

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