Friday, 15 November 2024

Friday 15th November 2024

Branston GPs

Hawfinch flew out of large Oak at SMP2 and then went south over SMP1 at 12:05, 2x Redshank, Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 9x Curlew, 106x Golden Plover, 192x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 3x Pintail, 4x Shelduck, 13x Egyptian Geese, 72x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull (3ad+1w), Common Gull, ad GBB Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Stonechat, 2500+ Starling, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

2x Bearded Tit still, also a Bittern, 

Aqualate

Black-necked Grebe, (PJo)

Middleton Lakes

Jack Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, Bittern, 5x Pochard, Goldeneye, 3x Great Egret, Barn Owl, Stonechat, 9x Egyptian Geese, 6x Redpoll, (DCo)  -  early evening - 2x Goosander, juv Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 18x Snipe, Common Gull, 2x Great Egret, (MSm)

Westport Lake

2x Common Gull, 3x Pochard, Little Grebe, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Calf Heath WMI site

361x Golden Plover, 3w YL Gull, 3x Shoveler, 2x Wigeon, (SRi, KC)

Essington Quarry area

3x Yellowhammer, 7x Goosander, Little Grebe, (DBa)

Ipstones Edge

9x Tree Sparrow, (BBo)

Alton - Oakamoor

Little Egret, (BBo)

Chasewater

The roost, 2150x LBB Gull, 1000x Herring Gull, 20x GBB Gull, 24x Common Gull, (CW)