Friday 1 April 2022

Friday 1st April 2022

Keele

5x Hawfinch still around the Uni, (MSu)

Hanchurch 

Whimbrel thru north, (DKe)

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LRP still, (Foz) - also Green Sandpiper, (CVa)

Chasewater

Adult Kittiwake at 08:50, 3x Swallow, 2x Sand Martin, 2x Oystercatcher, 

Endon to Denford

Wheatear, Willow Tit, 2x Mandarin, 33x Fieldfare, 2x Green Woodpecker, Water Rail, (DCo)

Middleton Lakes

4x Avocet, 3x Redshank, 3x LRP, 155x Shoveler, Shelduck, Little Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Egyptian Geese, (MSc)  -  also 2x Ringed Plover, Blackcap, (CMa, DGl)

Branston GPs

4x Swallow, 2x White Wagtail, 5x Curlew, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Ringed Plover, 4x Ruff, 2x Redshank, 10x Goldeneye, 18x Shelduck, Red Kite, Blackcap, 50x Linnet, Little Egret, (DMa)  -  Updated counts - House Martin thru,  Jack Snipe still, 14x Snipe, 7x Ruff, 10x Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 8x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Curlew, 26x Shelduck, 11x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 8x Mandarin, 4x Green Woodpecker, Barn Owl, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Blackcap, 3x Brambling, 3x White Wagtail, 76x Linnet, 30x Fieldfare,  (JWo)

Tittensor

Whimbrel over calling, (AEa)

Drointon Pool

17x Shelduck, 13x Shoveler, (PBe)

Gailey Resv

2x Swallow, Sand Martins, 2x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Trescott Farm

100x Linnet, 80x Fieldfare, (CVa)

Blithfield Resv

Pink-footed Goose, 2x Barnacle Geese, Great Egret, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Pintail, (SE,HF)

                                                       Barnacle Geese by Steve Edwards