Thursday 2 December 2021

Thursday 2nd December 2021

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

The juv Iceland Gull flew off west at 07:35, 2x Great Egret briefly, adult Caspian Gull in the roost

Blithfield Resv

Shore Lark still at the causeway, (DJa)  -  ad Caspian Gull in Tad Bay (GJM),  -   Great Egret, 8x Goosander, 

Middleton Lakes

6x Goldeneye, 4x Pintail, 7x Pochard, Dunlin, Great Egret, Stonechat, (SPA)

Berryhill Botteslow Flash

Whooper Swan still, (IBu)

Tittesworth Water

17x Snipe, Oystercatcher, 4x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 6x Goosander, (MSc)

Trentham Gardens

Great Egret still at the weir, (DMi)

Branston GPs

The wing tagged imm /fem Marsh Harrier flew into Sandy pit at 15:40 to roost in the reed bed, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, 21x Curlew, 2x Ruff, Redshank, 5x Snipe, 2x Pintail, 40x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 4x Brambling, Peregrine, (DSc)

                                                      Marsh Harrier by Dave Scattergood

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