Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Tuesday 13th May 2025

Middleton Lakes

Grey Plover on JW south, (per GG)  -  Wood Sandpiper from JW north, (GG)  -  Grey Plover and Wood Sandpiper still JW north at 17:30, (MSm)

Weston Coyney

Red Kite over east at 11:27, (SFe)

Branston GPs

2x Black Tern,  (CEc, Dean),  -  4x Sanderling, 5x Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, 6x Oystercatcher, 22x Lapwing, 7x Little Egret, 9x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 23x Shelduck, 9x Egyptian Geese, Black Swan, 20x Little Grebe, 11x Common Tern, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, 2x Stonechat (m+juv), 4x Garden Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean, George)

                                                           Black Tern by Jon Woodcock

Lightwood

Florence Park Garden Warbler, 2x Whitethroat, (LDa)

Belvide Resv

3x Black-necked Grebe again, 5x Whimbrel, 

Wolseley Centre

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Reed Warbler, (AR)

Hazelslade LNR

2x Garden Warbler, (BCh)

Stafford

Peregrine over Riverside shopping centre at 13:00, HWi)

Blithfield Resv

2x Sanderling this am (GJM)  -  7x Sum plum Black Tern north of causeway to 17:15 at least, (SRi)  -      - Also Greenshank, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail, (PBe)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Grey Plover, 2x Sanderling, Dunlin, 3x Tundra Ringed Plover, (TPe)  -  Also 30x Common Tern on back pits, (SCo, TPe)

Cannock Chase

Woodcock, 2x Hobby, 3x Cuckoo, 3x Tree Pipit, 5x Stonechat, (NSl)