Thursday 15 September 2022

Thursday 15th September 2022

Baddeley Green 

74x Pink-footed Geese south over Leek New Road at 08:58, (GBr)

Branston GPs

8x Curlew Sandpiper, 8x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 3x Curlew, 2x LRP, Pintail, 4x Pochard, 4x Barnacle Geese, 3x Shelduck, 4x Little Egret, (PBe)  -  Evening update only 3x Curlew Sandpiper at dusk, 8x Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 10x Snipe, 6x Little Egret, 3x Pintail, 8x Wigeon, Water Rail, 3x ad YL Gull roosted (DSc)

Middleton Lakes

4x Ruff, 7x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, Green Egret, 3x Water Rail, 3x Pintail, Goldeneye, Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, (MSm)  -  also 3x Great Egret, Whinchat, 3x Stonechat, (SPA)

Knotbury

Black Redstart at Green farm Readyleech to 11:00 at least, (DR)

Blithfield Resv

6x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 7x Ringed Plover, Whinchat, (BGe)  -  also Wheatear, Peregrine, 3x Curlew, 3x Egyptian Geese, (Mark)

Rudyard Lake

5x Ruff, 6x Snipe, Dunlin, (JOa, LH, DH,)

Tittesworth Water

2x Goosander, 2x Snipe, Curlew, 17x Mandarin, Goosander, (JOa, LH)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, (RRa)  -  2x Cattle Egret, (DB)

Berryhill

110x Pink-footed Geese east over Hanley, Whinchat, 2x Redstart, Tree Pipit, (NDP)

                                                    Common Sandpiper by Russell Toon

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Egyptian Geese, (MSc)