West Midland Bird Club Stafford Branch meeting on Tuesday 7th February 2023 at Walton on the Hill Village Hall, Green Gore Lane, ST17 OLD. The talk is entitled " Jewels of the Gambia, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & Rollers" with Ashley Grove of Experience Nature at 19:00 for a 19:30 start, Admission £2 including refreshments.
Shipley
Male Hen Harrier over Clive Road at 07:55. (WN)
Knypersley Resv
5x Mandarin, 6x Goosander, Woodcock, 5x Tawny Owl, (GBr)
Alrewas
Willow Tit on edge of T&M canal bottom of Wychnor Hill, (SCo)
Chatterley Whitfield
Barn Owl hunting at 07:45, (PMo)
Carmountside Flash
2x Ring-necked Parakeet, Little Egret, 7x Teal, (ALa)
Stanley Pool
Now 2x Oystercatcher back, (ALa)
Westport Lake
35x Pochard, 3x Goosander, Willow Tit, (NJS)
Branston GPs
Ashy pit - 6x Pink-footed Geese, 13x Shelduck, Pintail, 3x Goldeneye, Pochard, 40x Wigeon, 52x Teal, 18x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 2x Ruff, 400x Lapwing, 8x Egyptian Geese, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, 35x Linnet, (BHa) - additional c80 Golden Plover, 2x Dunlin, 5x Ruff, 4x Curlew, 10x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Peregrine, (DSc) - also 2x Redshank, (PAn)
Tittesworth Water
48x Snipe, Oystercatcher, 3x Lapwing, 45x Common Gull, Little Egret, 28x Pochard, 3x Goosander, 3x Wigeon, 8x Teal, 21x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, (SGi, IB)
Doxey Marsh
3x Pintail, YL Gull, (DM)
Radford Meadows
c400 Golden Plover, c500 Lapwing, Ruff, 20x Snipe, 4x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 350x Wigeon, 250x Teal, Shoveler, 5x Little Egret, Common Gull, (RSw)
Chasewater
Gull roost ad Iceland Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, Med Gull, YL Gull. Also GN Diver, Shag.
Whitemoor Haye
Male Merlin perched on rocks from the rough track at 16:45 also Great Egret, (DSc)
Uttoxeter Quarry
Oystercatcher, Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 10x Goosander, 7x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, Little Egret, Peregrine, Dipper, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)
Aqualate
2x imm/fem Scaup, 40x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, Marsh Tit, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)
Catholme (footpath only)
600+ Lapwing, 2x Shelduck, 44x Pochard, 20x Linnet, (JWo)
Alrewas NMA
Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 22x Gadwall, 100x Lapwing, GBB Gull, 5x Redpoll and c3000 Starling at Alrewas, (JWo)
