Saturday, 2 April 2022

Saturday 2nd April 2022

Berryhill

Black Redstart (first Staffs 2022 record) in paddocks on north side of  the Palletstacks track at the top end, (JOa)  -  2x Wheatear also nearby, Snipe, Green Woodpecker, (RTo) and a further Wheatear on the south side, (NDP)

Middleton Lakes

2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Avocet, 8x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, 9x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, Great Egret, (MSm)

Cuckoo Bank

2x Osprey thru north, Ring Ouzel still, Red Kite over north, 5x Golden Plover, 

Gailey Resv

170x Golden Plover, 3x Swallow, 2x Blackcap, 4x Oystercatcher, 50x Fieldfare, and 2x Green Woodpecker at Otherton, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

4x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, Goosander, 3x Mandarin, 2x Sand Martin, Little Egret, Dipper, Willow Tit, (RPo)

Pool Hall area

2x Sand Martin, 2x Blackcap, Little Owl, 3x Goosander, 150x Linnet, (IMo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Osprey thru north at 12:55, 12x Sand Martin, 3x Swallow, 2x LRP, Bramblings.

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3x LRP, Green Sandpiper, 

Halfpenny Green 

Red Kite over Leaton Lane, (HKi)

Cheadle 

Red Kite circling over Froghall Road at 15:15, (TJe)

Catholme

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

4x Goosander, 4x Gadwall, Little Egret, Green Woodpecker and the canal Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, (JWo)

Branston GPs

7x Ruff, 8x Redshank, 16x Snipe, 3x Ringed Plover, Jack Snipe, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2x Swallow, 8x Sand Martin, (SE, HF)  -  additional 1w Iceland Gull roosted on North pit from 19:32 to dusk, 7x Common Gull, ad YL Gull, Common Sandpiper, 40x Shoveler, 8x Goldeneye, 5x Swallow, 9x Fieldfare, 55x Linnet, (DSc)

                                                           Ruff by Steve Edwards

                                                       Iceland Gull by Dave Scattergood

Alvecote

3x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 13x Fieldfare, (MSc)

Whitemoor Haye

Redshank, 3x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Corn Bunting, 90x Linnet, Tree Sparrow, 31x Wigeon, White Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Great Egret, (SCo)

Ipstones Edge

4x Curlew, (DPo)

Bottom House 

Curlew, (DPo)

Morridge

2x Oystercatcher, (DPo)