Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Tuesday 14th January 2025

Trentham Gardens

5x Shoveler, 8x Teal, 20x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, Lapwing over, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Stanley Pool

20x Goosander, (ALa)

Hixon Airfield 

Merlin, Red Kite, (RCB)

Whitmore Bent Lane

21x Golden Plover, 9x Tree Sparrow on the feeders, (AM)

Shugborough NT

Common Gull near the car park, 3x Great Egret, 3x Goosander, 3x Little Grebe, (PCo)

Stockton Brook

Spoonbill flew over east at 10:25, (JGr)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, (RBe)  -  2x Whooper SwanGreat Egret, Little Egret, Merlin, 115x Teal, 73x Wigeon, 13x Pochard, Goldeneye, Shelduck, 19x Shoveler, 4x Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, 300x Lapwing, 5x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, GBB Gull, (SCo)

                                                                  By Rob Bendelow

Radford Meadows Stafford

220x Golden Plover, 350x Lapwing, 21x Snipe, 22x Pintail, 12x Gadwall, 400x Teal, 420x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 130x Shoveler, 2x Little Grebe, (RBr)

Westport Lake

4x Goosander, (AR)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin, 20x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 4x Snipe, 158x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 30x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 6x Stonechat, 2x Siskin, 12x Greenfinch, 15,000x Starling, (JWo)

                                                          Merlin by Jon Woodcock

Rudyard 

267x Lapwing on ice, 10x Snipe, 4x Redpoll, 7x Siskin, (SSe) - Hawfinch reported over the north end mid afternoon.

Blurton

Ring-necked Parakeet over, (WJ)

Himley Plantation Wombourne

Marsh Tit, (HKi)