Sunday, 16 March 2025

Sunday 16th March 2025

Endon STW

Barn Owl early am, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Drake Common Scoter, 2x Whooper Swan, 2x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 52x Teal, 118x Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

2x Jack Snipe, 2x Avocet, 2x Snipe, Redshank,  8x Shelduck, 3x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, Bittern, (MSm)

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103x Skylark, 26x Snipe, 2x Jack Snipe, Green Woodpecker, (JDu)

Belvide Resv

Bearded Tit flew out of Scott hide reedbed and then flew high south, - 1w Caspian Gull, 4x Great Egret, fly thru Goshawk, Redshank, 6x Snipe, 68x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, Water Rail, 

Westport Lake

6x Pochard, Goosander, Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, Red Kite, 2x Grey Wagtail, (KSt, WeBS)

Park Lane

30x Wigeon, 26x Teal, Shelduck, 24x Lapwing, (JHu)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, , Yellowhammer, Woodcock, 4x Stonechat, (AEv)

Branston GPs

17x Whooper Swan on SMP1, 7x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 8x Shoveler, 10x Shelduck, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Common Gull, 1s YL Gull, (DSc, PFo)  -  Red Kite over, 2x Peregrine, 30x Little Grebe, 5x Egyptian Geese, 14x Shelduck, 60x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 12x Goldeneye, 6x Oystercatcher, 15x Curlew, 10x Lapwing, 3x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 10x Linnet, (DSc, JWo)

                                                      Whooper Swans by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

26x Whooper Swan thru, 49x Common Gull, 26x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 5x Goosander, 13x Teal, 2x Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, 6x Redpoll, Grey Wagtail, 5x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Weeping Cross Stafford

3x Brambling visiting garden feeders, (HKi)

Doxey Marsh

Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, Merlin, Red Kite, 2x Shelduck, 35x Wigeon, 7x Chiffchaff, Stonechat, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RRa, RSt)