Tuesday 12 April 2022

Tuesday 12th April 2022

Middleton Lakes

Female Marsh Harrier south over JW at 06:50, Spotted Redshank still, 4x Avocet, 4x Ringed Plover, LRP, Common Sandpiper, (MSm)

Branston GPs

 2x Sanderling briefly on North pit, 3x Dunlin, 2x Common Sanderling, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Black -tailed Godwit, 10x Ruff, 12x Redshank, 2x Snipe, 13x Curlew, 4x Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, 3x Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, White Wagtail, Yellowhammer, 6x Brambling, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 20x Swallow, 20x House Martin, 100x Sand Martin, (JWo, CEc, Dean, JAl, PSt)

                                                        Yellow Wagtail by Jon Woodcock

Berryhill

3x Ring Ouzel, one at 07:50 by Tiddlers pool (RTo), and shortly after two at the standing stones circle (RGi),  -  9x Wheatear, 10x Willow Warbler, 2-3x Green Woodpecker, (RTo, NDP, RGi), male Redstart from the Palletstacks this afternoon, Swallow thru, (NDP)  -  3x Redstart at 15:30, IBu, RTo, NDP),  -  LRP at Botteslow Flash at 12:45, (RTo)

                                                       Redstart by Nick Pomiankowski

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Black-necked Grebe, ad and 1s Med Gulls, 5x Grey Plover 07:20 to 08:25 only, Sandwich Tern, 3x Common Tern,  2x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Yellow Wagtails, 

Blithfield Resv

4x adult Little Gull, 2x Common Tern (first Staffs 2022 record), Common Sandpiper, (GJM)  - also  Osprey, 6x Yellow Wagtail, (RPu)

Tittesworth Water

Imm male Marsh Harrier thru north at 08:13. LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher,  (PBe)  - Osprey thru at 1500, (STW)

Chasewater

6x Avocet off the dam, 100x Sand Martin, 40x Swallow, 10x Sand Martin

Himley Great pool

10x Sand Martin, 2x Swallow, House Martin, (DBa)

Endon - Denford

3x Willow Warbler, 3x Mandarin, 4x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Pool Hall

Common Sandpiper, 40x Sand Martin, 6x Swallow, Little Owl, (GCl)  -  4x Wheatear per (ADe)  -  7x Wheatear this evening, (IMo)

Seisdon Quarry

Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, (per IPh)  - 2x LRP, Goosander, 2x Gadwall, (IMo)

Fenton Marl pit (Lordship Lane)

Wheatear, 2x Sand Martin, 4x Willow Warbler, Blackcaps, (SJT)

Leek

Red Kite over Ornua foods at 13:05, (GBr)

Rudyard Lake

White Wagtail, Ringed Plover, 60x Swallow, 35x Sand Martin, (SSe)

                                                        Ringed Plover by Steve Seal

Cuckoo Bank

2x Ring Ouzel, 47x Wheatear, 3x Redstart, Curlew, 2x Golden Plover, Oystercatcher, 

Hanchurch

9x Brambling, Tree Pipit, (TRo)

Biddulph Moor

2x Wheatear still, (SSe)

Rocester JCB

24x Barnacle Geese, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Pochard, Goosander, (JDr)

Foxley

7x Wheatear, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 8x Yellowhammer, (DKe)

Radford Meadows Stafford

3x Dunlin, 8x LRP, Snipe, 3x Sand Martin, Little Egret, Goosander, Shelduck, 11x Wigeon, (RSw)

Kinver

White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, 60x Fieldfare, (MMo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Willow Warbler, 2x White Wagtail, Wheatear, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Tree Sparrow, 4x Oystercatcher, 12x Shoveler, 2x Wigeon, Green Woodpecker, several hundred of all 3 hirundines on main lake, (SCo)