Sunday, 2 February 2025

Sunday 2nd February 2025

Gailey Res

Great Egret, 50x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 15x Siskin, (SRi)

Calf Heath WMI

Possible ad Caspian Gull briefly, 9x Shoveler, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

2x Redhead Smew still, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Goosander, Shelduck, Shoveler, 2x Chiffchaff, Lapwing, (GHa)

Tittesworth Water

29x Wigeon, 3x Pochard, 13x Goosander, 11x Teal, Mandarin, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, Redpoll, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Little Bank Top farm

45x Raven, (MKe, JKe)

Himley Plantation

Marsh Tit still on the feeders near car park, (PBa) - also at Himley Pochard, Goosander, Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, (CVa)

Blithfield Resv

2x Great Egret, 10x Goldeneye, (MJa)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull in the roost at 16:35, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier, 2x Whooper Swan, 10x Goldeneye, Shelduck, 73x Wigeon, 41x Gadwall, 16x Pochard, 5x Shoveler, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little EgretOystercatcher, 13x Little Grebe, Yellowhammer, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)  -  Merlin this afternoon, (DHa)

Branston GPs

30x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 13x Shelduck, 170x Teal, 34x Pochard,12x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, Peregrine, 19x Curlew, c1000x Lapwing, 180x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 12x Snipe, 2x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 5x Stonechat, (DSc)

                                                    Green Sandpiper by Dave Scattergood

Branston Water Park

2000x Starlings roosted, (DSc)

Radford Meadows Stafford

431x Golden Plover, 891x Lapwing, 550x Wigeon, 500x Teal, 7x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 6x Pintail, 30x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, Little Grebe, Little Egret, (RSw)

Rushton Spencer

70x Lapwing, (HBa)