Wednesday 6 December 2023

Wednesday 6th December 2023

The West Midland Bird club have asked me to post their appreciation of everyone making the effort to attend the talk by Craig Round at the Stafford branch meeting last night at Walton-on-the Hill.

Stanley Pool

4x Goosander, Wigeon, (GBr)

Endon

50x Pink-footed Geese over west at 10:35, (DCo)

Cannock Chase

2x Crossbill Abrahams Valley this am,  (JTu)  -  7x Crossbill, Woodcock, Stonechat, (DBa, IG, ML, KM)

                                                          Crossbill by Jean Tuck

Himley Great Pool

Pochard, ad Common Gull, Goosander, Little Egret, (IMo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

32x Black-tailed Godwit, 37x Golden Plover, c150 Snipe, c300 Lapwing, 2x Pintail, (CDa)

Westport Lake

4x Goosander, (AR)

Tittesworth Water

Barn Owl, Woodcock, 4x Willow Tit, 4x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 7x Wigeon, (SGi)

                                                             Siskin by Steve Gibson

Ford Green NR

Goosander, 3x Teal, Ring-necked Parakeet, Cetti's Warbler, (GBr)

Chasewater

3x Great Northern Diver, Shag, 52x GBB Gull, (CW) - Roost 2x Caspian Gull (ad,1w), 9x YL Gull, (CWG)

Branston GPs

Ruff, Redshank, 12x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 200x Lapwing, 21x Curlew, 2x Goosander, 18x Goldeneye, 31x Pochard, 350x Teal, Ruddy Shelduck, 8x Shelduck, 19x Egyptian Geese, 38x Little Grebe, 7x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 5000x Starling, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

9x Pintail, 3x Shelduck, 39x Dunlin, 2x Oystercatcher, 110x Golden Plover, 2x Caspian Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull,