Tuesday 5 April 2022

Tuesday 5th April 2022

Middleton Lakes

Spotted Redshank still on JW, (MSm)  -  also 2x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Avocet, 4x Oystercatcher, 6x Redshank, 4x Little Egret, Egyptian Geese, (PAn)

Halfpenny Green

Wheatear on the airfield, 

Berryhill

Black Redstart still, but generally elusive also 5x Wheatear, Green Woodpecker, (RTo)  -  Black Redstart  still present this evening, (IBu)

Wombourne

Ring Ouzel still on hill near Billy Buns lane, (SBr)

Branston GPs

Fem Common Scoter on Ashy pit, Knot, 8x Ruff, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Green Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 8x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 9x Redshank, 4x Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, 8x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 38x Shoveler, 22x Wigeon, 32x Gadwall, 30x Shelduck, 10x Mandarin, 20x Little Grebe, Peregrine, Water Rail, Common Gull, YL Gull, 2x Brambling, 10x Swallow, 30x Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 60x Linnet, 6x Fieldfare, (JWo, PAn, SCo)

                                                        Common Scoter by Jon Woodcock

Red Street

Fem Ring Ouzel briefly on track to monument also 2x Wheatear, (DKe)

Trent Washlands Burton

2x Crossbill over, Swallow thru, Green Sandpiper present, (SJT)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, LRP, Oystercatcher, Swallow, (DB)

Keele

Wheatear around Lymes Road, (MSu)

Gailey Resv

Curlew for about 10 mins, Sand Martin, (SRi)