Friday 17 February 2023

Friday 17th February 2023

Middleton Lakes

26x Goldeneye, Pintail, 6x Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Stonechat, Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, Chiffchaff, (SPA)  -  also 26x Golden Plover and a second Pintail, (MSm)  -  150x Lapwing, 20x Shoveler, Gadwall, (PTh)

Uttoxeter Quarry

A Merlin thru, 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x Goosander, 6x Shover, 15x Gadwall, 3x Shelduck, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Stonechat, (EFo)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret still.

Uttoxeter

2x Red Kite over JCB (MJa)

Chasewater

Gull roost - 2x Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 5x YLGull and the Shag and GN Diver.

Branston GPs

2x Ringed Plover, 5x Ruff, 3x Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 12x Curlew, 298x Golden Plover, 700x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 10x Goldeneye, 26x Pochard, 45x Shelduck, 6x Pink-footed Geese, 33x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, Peregrine, 3x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)  -  At dusk 2x Woodcock over, 7x Snipe, 2x Goosander also 2x Oystercatcher at Branston Water Park. (DSc)

                                                       Ringed Plover by Jon Woodcock

Chatterley Whitfield

Little Egret, (SHi)