Sunday, 29 December 2024

Sunday 29th December 2024

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still from opposite the quarry entrance, 2x juv Whooper Swan still, 29x Pochard, 36x Gadwall, 11x Goldeneye, 21x Shoveler, 14x Wigeon, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret,  c400 Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Stonechat, YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, (SCo)  -  Tundra Bean Goose on roadside pit opposite quarry entrance, (JAl)  -  Female Merlin, (PBa)

                                                       Slavonian Grebe by Rob Bendelow

Belvide Resv

Rough legged Buzzard briefly over west marsh then lost to view, Lesser Scaup, Pintail, Goldeneye, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

Whooper Swan, 5x Pintail, 4x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 15x Pochard, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Water Rail, Dipper, (RPo)

Tucklesholme

Red-breasted Merganser still, (TWy)  -  4x Goldeneye, 15x Pochard, Shelduck, (SCa)

Knypersley Resv

Pink-footed Geese heard over the arboretum, 2x Water Rail, 2x Goosander, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 24x Wigeon, 22x Teal, Shoveler, 12x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, 20x Greenfinch, Snipe, (LH, JOa, TEe, KH)

Little Bank Top Farm (north of Dilhorne)

8x Red Kite at midday, 30x Raven, (DSc)

Branston GPs

14:00 - Little Egret, Peregrine, 300x Lapwing, 9x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)  -  additional Red Kite, YL Gull ,4x ad Common Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Shelduck, Green Woodpecker, 40x Fieldfare, (JWo, LWa)

Endon - Denford

17x Snipe, 24x Wigeon, 40x Teal, 4x Mandarin, (DCo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, YL Gull, Shag, 2x Goosander this evening, (BHa)

Blithfield Resv

2x Great Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, 4x Goosander, 28x Shoveler, 5x Gadwall, 223x Wigeon, (MJa