Monday, 13 January 2025

Monday 13th January 2025

Blithfield Resv

Dunlin at deep end, (PBe)

Belvide Resv

3x redhead Smew, Great Egret, 

Gailey Resv

18x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 4x Gadwall, (JIs)  -  Great Egret over, Egyptian Geese, 7x Goldeneye, 10x Little Grebe, (CVa)

Trentham Gardens

2x Ruddy Shelduck, 22x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 18x Lapwing over, (RGi)

Stanley Pool

2x Pintail still, Goosanders, (PJo)

Ford Green NR

5x Ring-necked Parakeet, (PJo)

Calf Heath area

400x Lapwing off Malthouse Lane towards M6, (CVa)

Coven

4x Chiffchaffs at Ball Lane sewage works, (CVa)

Branston GPs

Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 15x Curlew, 2x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 8x Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 16x Shoveler, 14x Gadwall, 239x Teal, Egyptian Goose, 25x Little Grebe, 5x YL Gull, 6x ad GBB Gull, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 6x Siskin, 3x Redpoll, 2x Greenfinch, 12,000x Starling, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 52x Gadwall, (JWo)

Barton Marina

Little Egret, 8x Pochard, 38x Wigeon, 10x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Chasewater

Iceland Gull in the roost, but again no sign of the Shag, (CW)