Monday 2 May 2022

Monday 2nd May 2022

 Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Black Tern, 42x Arctic Tern, 2x Bar-tailed Godwit, 2s Little Gull, 2x Scaup, 2x 1s Common Gull

Branston GPs

Wood Sandpiper still, (SCo)  -  Arctic Tern (PFo),  -  2x Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 3x Oystercatcher, Arctic Tern, 4x Common Tern, Wheatear, 20x Swift, Green Woodpecker,  (CEc)  -  Sanderling, Greenshank, 8x Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, Cuckoo, (per NJS). - additional Peregrine, 10x Ringed Plover, 5x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, (DSc)

                                                    Wood Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes

Bar-tailed Godwit (TPe),  - 3x Dunlin, 5x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, (MSm)

Stanley Pool

Red-breasted Merganser this am, (ALa)

                                                                    By Phil Jones

Blithfield Resv

Slavonian Grebe still in Blithe Bay, Whimbrel, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, (HF, SE)  -  3x Whimbrel north over the causeway at 18:07, Greenshank, (JAl)

                                                      Slavonian Grebe by Steve Edwards

Aqualate

Adult Little Gull mid day, Arctic Tern thru at 16:50,   (IGr)

Shenstone Wood End

2x Wheatear, (SWa)  -  also 2x Yellow Wagtail

Westport Lake

Common Sandpiper, (BCa, LCa)

Berryhill

3x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, (RGi)

Sandon - Burston

Great Egret, 4x Mandarin, Goosander, (RSw)

Cuckoo Bank

8x Wheatear,