Saturday, 30 August 2025

Saturday 30th August 2025

Middleton Lakes

Spotted Redshank showing well in bay to the west of east scrape at 11:20, (SPA)  -  2x Curlew Sandpiper, 6x LRP, Ruff, 5x Common Tern, 5x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Garganey, 5x Swift, (DHu)

Wolseley Centre

2x Crossbill over this am, (GHa)

Enville

12x Crossbill, Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart, 35x Raven, (ICW)

Silverdale CP

Lesser Whitethroat, (PCa)

Blithfield Resv

09:30 - 14:15 Great Egret, 2x Red Kite, Hobby, 9x YL Gull, 1st S Caspian Gull, 7x Common Tern, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 3x Dunlin, 3x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 10x Ruff, 2x Snipe, Stonechat, (SRi)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Turnstone briefly, thru SW at 14:29, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 10x Little Egret, 30x Teal,  130x Pochard 130x Pochard, 7x Mandarin, Shelduck, Peregrine, Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Swift, 6x Egyptian Geese, 8x Sand Martin, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

Greenshank, Common Tern, 16x Gadwall, 15x Teal, Egyptian Goose, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)