Tuesday 5 December 2023

Tuesday 5th December 2023

Rudyard Lake

7x Goosander, Goldeneye, 37x Wigeon, 12x Teal, 3x Snipe, (SSe)

Belvide Resv

Short-eared Owl briefly over at 12:45, 

Lichfield

2x Stonechat and a Little Egret at HS2 workings off Cappers Lane, (BHa)

Radford Meadows Stafford

39x Black-tailed Godwit, 16x Snipe, 3x Dunlin, c200 Golden Plover, c400 Lapwing, 4x Goosander, 2x Pintail, (CDa)

Chasewater

3x Great Northern Diver still at 15:00, close to the dam,  (KWh)

                                                                By Keith Whitehouse

Himley Pool

Pochard, Goosander, (DBa)

Stoke on Trent

Fenton - 2x Waxwing feeding on Rowans in Clarence St off Frederick St, (AFi)

Dimmingdsale (Alton)

8x Woodcock over at dusk, (TEy)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, 4x Woodcock, 12x Snipe, 7x Golden Plover, 21x Curlew, 3x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 250x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, 4x Goosander, 9x Goosander, 24x Pochard, 6x Shelduck, 18x Gadwall, 12x Shoveler, 300x Teal, 23x Egyptian Geese, 36x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, Barn Owl, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 6x Brambling, 50x Redpoll, 40x Linnet, 15x Greenfinch, (JWo)

                                                         Redpoll by Jon Woodcock

Endon - Denford

3x Goosander, 48x Wigeon, 35x Teal, 8x Snipe, - Ashes Pool, 65x Lapwing, 8x Snipe, (DCo)

Branston Water Park

12x Pochard, 26x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

Short-eared Owl briefly over at 12:45, 35x Dunlin, 40x Golden Plover, Goshawk, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Stonechat, 4x Goosander, Little Egret, 4x YL Gull