Sunday, 25 May 2025

Sunday 25th May 2025

Stanley Pool

2x Ringed Plover, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

5x Sanderling, 13x Dunlin, 37x Ringed Plover, (MPR, GJM)  -  Afternoon counts 6x Sanderling, 47x  Ringed Plover, 23x Dunlin, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, (SE, HF)

                                                     Sanderlings by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Osprey over North pit this am, 16x Dunlin north over Ashy pit at 12:45, (JWo)  -  Osprey headed back south  from Sandy pit at 09:44, Red Kite over west at mid day, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 16x Shelduck, 40x Gadwall, 6x Pochard, 2x Hobby, 2x Peregrine, 4x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 8x Common Tern, c150x Swift, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Linnet, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)  -  Additional 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, YL Gull, 12x Common Tern, 52x Gadwall, 16x Shelduck, 6x Pochard, 500x Swift, (JWo, ASt, DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 11x LRP, 9x Oystercatcher, 46x Lapwing, 18x Common Tern, 19x Gadwall, 8x Pochard, Great Egret, 5x Little Grebe, Red Kite, Cuckoo, 2x Cetti's Warbler,  (SCo,WeBS -  Also a Hobby, (MBr)

Silverdale CP

2x Oystercatcher over High Lane car park at 08:00, also Gropper, (PCa)

Doxey Marsh

2x Cuckoo, Red Kite, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 1st year Caspian Gull, Common Tern, (MBo, PDy, RRa, RSt, DTo)

Tittesworth Water

Sanderling, 8x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher(with 4 juvs), 5x Lapwing, 4x Mandarin, 2x Common Tern, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JOa, LH)

Middleton Lakes

Temminck's Stint still JW north at 15:20, (TPe)

Croxden Quarry

8x Ringed Plover, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

Red-crested Pochard still, 17x Ringed Plover, 4x Dunlin, Sanderling, 6x LRP, Redshank, 4 pairs Common Tern,