Saturday 6 August 2022

Saturday 6th August 2022

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

White-rumped Sandpiper on north shore 08:12 to 08:35 only, -  fem Garganey, Red Kite over at 11:10, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Common Tern, Redshank, 

Middleton Lakes

Cattle Egret flew south from JW south at 07:40, 2x Wood Sandpiper still on east scrape, Dunlin, LRP, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, (MSm)

Drayton Bassett

Redstart in hedge along footpath between end of Portleys Lane and canal, (MSm)

Branston GPs

11x Black-necked Grebe, 7x Avocet, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Curlew, 6x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Redshank, 5x Snipe, 7x ad YL Gull, 100x Pochard, 5x Little Egret, Water Rail, 10x Common Tern, 5x Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

5x Dunlin, 10x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 88x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, 3x Goosander, (SGi, IB)

Rudyard Lake

4x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, (SGi, IB)

Acreswood

3x Swift over, (SGi)

Betley

Green Sandpiper at Shraley Brook, (JMa,PJo)

                                                     Green Sandpiper by Phil Jones

Branston WP

Hobby, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 6x Common Tern, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

2x Little Egret, 4x Common Tern, 3x Yellow Wagtail, (DSc)

Doxey Marsh

Juv Redstart, 3x Little Egret, Lesser Whitethroat, (RSt)

Alrewas NMA

4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker,  -  Canal to Wychnor 2x Common Tern and Green Lane to Barton 3x Yellowhammer, (JWo)