Thursday, 31 March 2022

Thursday 31st March 2022

Rugeley

Osprey drifted over this morning, (GRo)

Aqualate

Osprey caught a Pike at 11:00, (DBl)  -  also 2x Garganey, 2x fem Scaup, 2x House Martin, 2x Swallow, 2x House Martin, 10x Sand Martin, Red Kite, (PJo)

Drointon Pool

9x Shelduck, 25x Shoveler, Egyptian Goose, (PBe)

Berryhill

Wheatear from the Palletstacks track mid morning, also nearby Green Woodpecker, 2x Snipe, (RTo)

Audley

Mill End - Great  Egret, Little Egret, 2x LRP, Green Sandpiper  -  Park Lane 2x Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Wigeon, (JMa)

Middleton Lakes

3x LRP, 3x Ringed Plover, 4x Avocet, 6x Redshank, 2x Shelduck, (SPA)

Trentham Gardens

30x Brambling, 3x Little Egret, 12x Mandarin, 4x Blackcap, (HF)

Tittesworth Water

36x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, Goosander, 3x Barnacle Geese, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)  -  Osprey thru  north at 13:14 also 5x Willow Tit, (JCl)

Blithfield Resv

Osprey over causeway early afternoon, (AWa)  -  Great Egret, (RCB)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 10x Shelduck, 6x LRP, Swallow, 5x Sand Martin, (DB)

Branston GPs

12x Swallow, 15x Redshank, 7x Ruff, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 13x Curlew, 10x Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher,  2x Green Woodpecker, Jack Snipe, 6x Snipe, 78x Shoveler, 14x Goldeneye, 27x Wigeon, 26x Gadwall, 35x Shelduck, 89x Shoveler, 12x Mandarin, 4x Water Rail, YL Gull, Barn Owl, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 30x Sand Martin, 3x White Wagtail, 4x Brambling, 3x Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 80x Linnet, (DSc, JWo)

                                                          White Wagtail by Jon Woodcock

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4x LRP, Green Sandpiper, (JDu)

Burston

2x Shelduck, 2x Gadwall, (ISS)

Hixon Airfield

Wheatear, (RCB)