Monday 11 April 2022

Monday 11th April 2022

Fenton  (Lordship Lane)

2x Willow Warbler, Swallow, 4x Sand Martin, (RGi)

Middleton Lakes

2cy Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, 4x Avocet, 6x Redshank, 3x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 2x Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, 15x Sand Martin, 2x Swallow, House Martin, Yellow Wagtail, Sedge Warblers, Willow Warblers, (MSm)

Whitemoor Haye

Grey Plover thru south at 08:30, (SCo)

Outwoods

Redstart (first Staffs 2022 record), 2x Ruff, Ruddy Shelduck, 10x Shelduck, (GCl)

Pool Hall

Marsh Harrier thru at 10:35, (IPh)  -  Redstart from fisheries access road, (PDe)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Avocet, Black-necked Grebe, Wheatear, 180x Sand Martin, 3x House Martin, 20x Swallow, 

Berryhill

2x Wheatear, Willow Warbler, Little Egret, (RTo)  -  second Willow Warbler Blackcap, Peregrine, (RGi)  -  Swallow thru Botteslow Flash at16:30, (IBu)

Knypersley Resv

3x Swallow, 5x Sand Martin, 2x Mandarin, (GBr)

Branston Lea

Red Kite drifted over, (SJT)

Branston GPs

Male Marsh Harrier east over Ashy pit, Sanderling4x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 6x Ruff, 13x Curlew, 9x Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x  Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Red Kite at 11:50, 8x Goldeneye, 26x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, 6x Pochard, 29x Shoveler, 32x Gadwall, Common Gull, Egyptian Goose, Cetti's Warbler, YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, Yellow Wagtail, 6x Brambling, 20x Swallow, 100x Sand Martin, 2x House Martin, 4x Willow Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean, SCo, PFo, PSt)

                                                        Marsh Harrier by Peter Strain

                                                            Sanderling by Jon Woodcock

Biddulph Moor

3x Wheatear along top road, (SSe)

                                                                      By Steve Seal

Tucklesholme

10x Swallow, Willow Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Mandarin, (TWy)

Audley

2x Green Sandpiper over Green Lane, (JHu)

Draycott in the Moors

Swallow, 70x Linnet, (AR)

Hanbury

Red Kite over this afternoon, (ASt)

Trentham Gardens

20x Sand Martin this afternoon, (NMK)