Saturday 26 November 2022

Saturday 26th November 2022

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver still near the sailing club also the Shag, Red-crested Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 5x Goosander, 47x Lapwing, (BHa)  -  3x Caspian Gull in the roost also 5x YL Gull, 

Knypersley Resv

29x Pink-footed Geese over west, Woodcock, 4x Mandarin, (GBr)

Flash

Red Kite over late morning, (DCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

34x Golden Plover, 6x Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, Dipper, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Westport Lake 

Kittiwake still, (SJT)

Whitemoor Haye

Moribund Kittiwake with bird flu symptons reported in Quarry entrance, (MKe) 4x Goldeneye, 54x Pochard, c800 Lapwing, 8x Golden Plover, 4x Ruff, 4x Tree Sparrow, c50 Yellowhammer, 105x Wigeon, 4x Egyptian Geese, Peregrine, (SCo)

                                                           Kittiwake by Michael Kettle

Radford Meadows

Golden Plovers, 500x Lapwing, 52x Shoveler, 400x Wigeon, 450x Teal, 2x Gadwall, 4x Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, (RSw)  -  also 2x Chiffchaff, (CDa)

Trentham Gardens

Scaup, Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 15x Mandarin, (HF)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin again, 45x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 3x Goldeneye, Little Egret, (DSc)

                                                       Merlin by Dave Scattergood

Tittesworth Water

Peregrine, 13x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 12x Snipe, 6x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi, IB)

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11x Snipe, 48x Lapwing, 2x Green Woodpecker, 25x Skylark, 2x Yellowhammer, 3x Siskin, 200x Fieldfare, (JDu)

River Sow Meadows

Male Merlin causing havoc in the Redwing flock, (RSw)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Adult Med Gull in the roost, YL Gull also 4x Stonechat,