Blithfield Resv
Curlew Sandpiper flew NW at 09:00, 2x Wood Sandpiper in Blithe Bay, Whimbrel, Sanderling at the causeway, 46x Arctic Tern, Whinchat, (GJM) - 2x Little Tern between BTP and the causeway at 15:23, (JAl), - Slavonian Grebe still at the deep end, (PWa), - additional 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Mandarin, 2x Egyptian Geese, (NDP) -
Sanderling by GJ MantMiddleton Lakes
3x Turnstone JW south, Wood Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, (MSm)
Stanley Pool
Red-breasted Merganser still early morning, (RGi, SGi),
By Steve GibsonTittesworth Water
Whimbrel, Redshank, 13x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 6x Oystercatcher, Common Tern, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, (SGi, PB) - Sandwich Tern, (SCh)
Whimbrel by Steve GibsonSandwich Tern by Steve Chell
Uttoxeter Quarry
Greenshank, 2x Dunlin, 6x Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, 3x Shelduck, Mandarin, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, (NDP)
Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Manx Shearwater this evening to 19:25 when it flew off, 15x Arctic Tern, 2s Little Gull, Whimbrel briefly, Whinchat,
Branston GPs
4x Arctic Tern, Greenshank, 9x Redshank, 2x Ruff, 12x Ringed Plover, 4x Dunlin, 4x Common Sandpiper, 59x Shelduck, 8x Common Tern, Whinchat, 20x Swift, 2x Green Woodpecker, 5x Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, JAl, Dean)
Whinchat by Jon WoodcockLittle Hay
2x Whinchat in paddocks on corner of Green Barns Lane, (PAn)
Doxey Marsh
Marsh Harrier thru south at 13:30, (RRa, RSt)
Cannock Chase
4x Cuckoo, (DRi)
Bottom House
3x Curlew, (SCh)
Parkhall - Hulme
Cuckoo calling 19:15, (PWi)