Saturday 27 August 2022

Saturday 27th August 2022

Middleton Lakes

5x Great Egret on JW north, 4x Garganey still, 5x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 4x Green Sandpiper, Hobby, Goldeneye, (SPA, MSm)

Berryhill

Marsh Harrier at the viewpoint 08:39 to 08:43 then drifted off west, (PBi)  -  4x Red Kites around Tiddlers pool and mown grass at 14:30, (Ed, CPi)  -  6x Whinchat still, 

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Wood Sandpiper still, 8x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 7x Greenshank, 6x Common Sandpiper, YL Gull, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Stonechat, Lesser Whitethroat, 

Doxey Marsh

8x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Whinchat, (RRa, MBo)

Cuckoo Bank

Marsh Harrier NE at 13:20, 200x Willow Warbler, 11x Garden Warbler, 6x Redstart, 3x Whinchat, Wheatear, 3x Spotted Flycatcher, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Redstart, Tree Pipit, 2x Stonechat, Gropper, 

Pool Hall area

Whinchat, 3x Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher, 10x Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, (GCl, CVa, IMo)

Croxden Quarry

47x Barnacle Geese, 89x Greylag Geese, 2x Pintail, 14x Gadwall, (ALa)

Tittesworth Water

Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 5x LRP, 13x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, (SGi)

Rudyard Lake

Green Sandpiper, (SGi)

Wombourne Pickerells Hill

Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear, (AMP)

Blithfield Resv

Marsh Harrier, Merlin, (NJS)

Branston GPs

5x Black-necked Grebe, 12x Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, 12x Curlew, 12x Snipe, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Greenshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Wigeon, (DSc)

Radial Park to Hanford

Willow Tit near Sideway from path, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

7x Egyptian Geese, (DSc)

Catholme

Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Sheen - Longnore

Red Kite along the ridge at 11:45, (PAn)