Wednesday, 22 January 2025

Wednesday 22nd January 2025

Tucklesholme

Barn Owl, 4x Little Egret, 6x Pochard, 3x Goosander, 38x Wigeon, 21x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 3x Snipe, 4x Stonechat, c1000x Starling roosted, (BHa)

Trentham Gardens

Hawfinch still this morning seen in trees from the rear of the garden centre, Dipper, 21x Gadwall, Goosander over, 2x Wigeon, 3x Little Grebe, (RTo)  -  this afternoon the Hawfinch seen at the church and in Beech on the banks of the Trent, (AEa)

Uttoxeter

Red Kite over west at 13:15, (AR)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan, Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (JAl)

Little Bank Top farm (north of Dilhorne)

30x Red Kite this afternoon, also Lapwings and Ravens, (DCo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull again in the roost, (JAl)

Blithfield Resv

Adult fem Caspian Gull in the roost, (GJM)

Branston GPs

60x Golden Plover, 1016x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 20x Curlew, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 12x Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 9x Pochard, 250x Teal, 3x Shelduck, 32x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, ad Common Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, Blackcap, 2x Chiffchaff, 36x Skylark, 30x Fieldfare, 100x Redwing, 8x Greenfinch, Siskin, 15,000x Starling, (JWo)

                                                     Green Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Barton Marina

45x Wigeon, 14x Pochard, 8x Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, (JWo)