Saturday, 22 March 2025

Saturday 22nd March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Chasewater

2x Little Gull, 4x Sand Martin at 07:45, 5x Goldeneye, (Ochruros)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still viewed from opposite old quarry entrance, 2x Whooper Swan still, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 10x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 16x Shoveler, 37x Teal, 2x Gadwall, 40x Wigeon, Curlew, 2x Redshank, LRP, 6x Oystercatcher,10x Yellowhammer, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)  -  also 4x LRP, Curlew, Yellowhammers, (PAn)

Berryhill

2x Wheatear this am one in paddock above the lookout and one in the "Lap Bunt" paddock, Curlew and Goosander over, (RTo)  -  A third Wheatear was still in a paddock near Fenton Park, also a Lapwing, (IBu)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, fem Goldeneye, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Sand Martin, 10+ Chiffchaff, and along nearby Micklewood Lane 6x Shoveler, (SRi)

Stanley Pool

2x Sand Martin, fem Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Male Merlin, 6x Little Egret, 195x Wigeon, c50 Teal, 3x Shoveler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Branston GPs

Wheatear, 3x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 9x Curlew, Dunlin, 14x Lapwing, 10x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 16x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 66x Wigeon, 20x Shelduck, 16x Shoveler, 40x Teal, 2x Goosander, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Common Gull, 8x Fieldfare, 10x Linnet, Yellowhammer thru east, 2x Sand Martin, 1w YL Gull, (DSc)  -  Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, 40+ Linnet, (JWo, CEc)

                                                          Wheatear by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

Wheatear on the dam, 

Longsdon Mill Pond

LRP, Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, White Wagtail, (SGi)

Tittesworth Water

Willow Warbler, 5x Chiffchaff, Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, 2x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, Mandarin, 3x Fieldfare, (SGi, IB, PG)

Lichfield

3x Little Egret in field on Cappers Lane by HS2  works, (PAn)

Trent Washlands

Cetti's Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 101x Wigeon, 42x Teal, 10x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, 2x Grey Wagtail, (AJa)

Tucklesholme

Red Kite, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Snipe, 3x Shelduck, (Ochruros)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

Red Kite, RL Partridge, (TEy)

Trentham Gardens

Dipper, 4x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 2x GC Grebe, (STu)