Tuesday 1st April 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Blithfield Resv

5x Little Gull (4adults + 1st sum) south this am, (GJM)  -  Great Egret, Little Egrets, 3x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (RBe)

                                                               LRP by Rob Bendelow

Doxey Marsh

6x Little Gull from main hide at 10:55, (NGr)  -  Also 2x LRP, (BGo)  -  Still one Little Gull at 15:20, (RRa)

                                                         Little Gull By Bill Goldstraw

Longsdon Mill Pool on Devil's Lane

LRP this morning, (ALa)

Burntwood

Singing Whitethroat along the Burntwood bypass opposite Hammerwich Cemetary, (GHa)

Belvide Resv

3x Little Gull this afternoon, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

Bewick's Swan at 17:10 to 18:34 only, also 3x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper,  (RPo)

                                                        Bewick's Swan by Richard Powell

Chasewater

12x Little Gull at 16:20, (CW)

Branston GPs

Jack Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 26x Lapwing, 7x Curlew, 2x Little Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 31x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Willow Warbler, 9x Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, 4x Swallow, 50x Sand Martin, 8x Linnet, 4x Greenfinch, Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, George).