Thursday, 16 April 2026

Thursday 16th April 2026

Berryhill

Male Redstart, 6x Wheatear, 3x Shelduck again briefly on the Palletstacks mound, Curlew over, Cetti's Warbler,  (RTo)

Branston WP

Lesser Whitethroat singing by canal path this am, (BSt)

Belvide Resv

4x Cattle Egret north west shore, 2x Caspian Gull, (2s+2w)

Tittesworth Water

Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 8x Oystercatcher, 5x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Lapwing, House Martins, Swallows, 3x Reed Bunting, (JOa, TE)  -  3x House Martin, 2x Goosander, (TMe)

Blithfield Resv

Common Tern, 2x LRP, 2x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, (AWa)

Biddulph Moor

At least 15x Tree Sparrow this afternoon, (ALo)

Chasewater

Whimbrel at Target point at 16:10, (JAl)

Otherton

Male Wheatear in field field E of disused railway, also nearby 2x Wheatear (m&) in large paddock adjacent to Rockstar Equestrian, (SRi)

Ipstones Edge

2x Red Kite, male Wheatear, 5x Curlew, Mistle Thrush, many Skylarks, (TDu)

Middleton Lakes

Little Egret, Barnacle Goose, Avocet, Redshank, LRP, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, (RBe)

Doxey Marsh

Grasshopper Warbler singing near main hide this afternoon, (AHa)  -  Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 3x Shelduck, 2x Reed Warbler, (GPr)  -  11:30 -13:00 2x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5+ Cetti's Warbler, 4+ Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, (KLe)

Tucklesholme and Branston Leas

Red Kite, 3x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 5x Goosander, 4x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 12x GC Grebe, 4x Egyptian Geese, Yellow Wagtail, 11x Sedge Warbler, 10x Reed Warbler, 14x Whitethroat, 8x Willow Warbler, 9x Cetti's Warbler, 120x Sand Martin, 14x Linnet, (JWo)