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Coombes Valley2x Whooper Swan eastern at 10:30, (RSPB)Doxey Marsh2x Whooper Swan this morning, 5x Cattle Egret(BGo) – 2x Whooper Swan, Cattle Egret Creswell Flash (CVa, DEm) – 6x Cattle Egret, 5x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (CAFH)Whooper Swans by Bill GoldstrawWMI off Vicarage Road60x golden plover, 270x Lapwing, (CVA),Branston GPs3x Spoonbill still, 3x Great Egret6x Little Egret, Water Rail, 4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 69x Lapwing, Goosander, 119x Pochard, 2x paint tail, 46x by the way 58x Gadwall, 155x Teal, 89x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, 7x stonechat, 2x Cetti’s Warbler, 6x greenfinch, (JWo)Radford Meadows73x paint…

StokeLordship Lane – greenshank, 2x Red Kite together in the west, 30x PFG in the east, 24x Lapwing, (RGi)Trentham Gardens17x Gadwall, Little Egret3x Little Grebe, (RGi)Doxey Marsh11x Cattle Egret still, (RCB, ID)CroxallJack Snipe, 2x Great Egret90x Teal(ICW)Whitemoor HayWhinchat, Great Egret40x Little Grebe, 26x Pochard, 85x Lapwing, Shelduck, GBB Gull, 3x stonechat, (ICW)Branston GPs3x Spoonbill yet, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 9x Curlew, 2x ringed plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 50x Lapwing, 4x Goosander, 2x paint tail, 105x Pochard, 12x Wigeon, 78x Gadwall, 31x by the way 96x Teal, 84x Little Egret, 5x Common Gull, YL Gull, juv…

Branston GPs3x Spoonbill still, 7x Great Egret, juv Marsh Harrier, 2x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Curlew, 174x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, Pintail, 6x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 36x Gadwall, 52x by the way 116x Teal, 58x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, YL Gull, 2x stonechat, 6x greenfinch, 4x Cetti’s Warbler, 15x Chiffchaff, Blackcap, (JWo, DSc, PFo, SBI, SCo, Bob)Spoonbills by Jon WoodcockEnvillegoshawk, 3x Red Kite, Redwing, 120x swallow by, (ICW)Endon – Denford29x rift22x Lapwing, 35x Teal, Water Rail, 25x redwing, (DCo)Doxey Marsh11x Cattle Egret(Staff record count), also 4x Great Egret6x Little Egret, Water Rail, 84x…

Doxey Marsh4x Cattle Egret with Cattle Creswell Flash, (IGr) – also 100x PFG in the east, 6x laziness, (AHa) – in addition 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x redwing, 2x Water Railway, 10x Cetti’s Warbler, 14x laziness, 2x stonechat, (DBa, IGr, CEv)Whitemoor HayMarsh Harrier, Peregrine, 11x by the way 25x Wigeon, 31x Pochard, 12x Teal, 4x Gadwall, 3x Great Egret,7x Little Egret, 52x Egyptian Goose, 25x Little Grebe, 12x Yellowhammer, 8x greenfinch, 2x Cetti’s Warbler, 31x Lapwing, (SC)Belvide ResvJuv Black Tern,Himley Pool7x Goosander, (DBa)Tittesworth Water5x Goosander, Mandarin, Wigeon, Little Egret, Red Kite, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE)Gailey Resv2x stonechat,…

Blithfield ResvCattle Egret, 3x Common Gull, 2x Curlew, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 17x ringed plover, 16x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, 15x Goosander, 49x Wigeon, Wheatear, Stonechat, Peregrine,(SE, HF) – Rock Pipit, 2x Cattle Egret, Red Kite, (GW)Cattle Egret by Steve EdwardsBelvide ResvTundra Bean Goose again, juv Arctic Tern, Black-necked Grebe, fem Scaup, 3x Gargany,10x Great Egret,Baldwins GateRed Kite turning on the A51 near Slaters pub at 10:30, (CPe)ChasewaterGreat Egret south side of the boat club, Shag and Wheatear at the dam, (SWa)Branston GPs11x Curlew,4x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 96x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, Garganey, 32x Pochard,…

Middleton Lakes3x paint tail, 2x Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x laziness, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 3x Great Egret(MSm)Belvide ResvPectoral Sandpiper, Lesser Scaup, 3x Common Scoter, GarganeyBerryhill13x Whinchat (7 at Lap Bunt paddock and 6 from Palletstacks track), 11x Wheatear2x redstart, (RTo)Whinchat by Steve EdwardsTrentham Gardens3x Little Egret, 3x Mandarin, Teal, 2x Reed Warbler, 8x Smooth Newt,(RGi)Stanley PooleLesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Common Sandpiper, 6x Teal, (GBr)Branston GPs5x Whinchat, Stonechat on plants in fence line between Newbold and SMP1, (JWo)Radford Meadows Stafford12x laziness, 2x juv LRP, 106x Lapwing, 3x paint tail, 59x Teal, 7x by the way 3x Little Egret,2x…

Stanley PooleOsprey at 08:20, Common Sandpiperfem Shoveler, Lesser Whitethroat, (GBr)Belvide ResvPectoral Sandpiper, Lesser Scaup, Garganey,Uttoxeter Quarry6x Ringed Plover only until 10:30, Ruff, Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Barnacle Goose, (no)Blithfield ResvJuv Grebe with a black neck in the deep end, (MDJ, GJM)Black-necked Grebe by GJ MantTittesworth WaterRinged Plover, Common Sandpiper17x Lapwing, Mandarin, 13x Teal, (JOa, LH)Branston GPsTurnstone, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Dunlin, Hobby, Peregrine, Wigeon, 60x by the way 26x Pochard, 80x Gadwall, 80x Little Grebe,12x Little Egret, Cetti’s Warbler, (DSc)Tucklesholme6x Goosander, 120x Pochard, 430x Tufted Duck, Cetti’s Warbler(DSc) Source link

Blithfield ResvWhite Stork (from the south coast stork project), disembarked at Tad Bay this morning, (GJM,MPR) – Blithe Bay 06:45 to 12:00, 7x Great Egret (with a few further afield in Tad Bay), 2x red kite, ad Caspian Gull, 23x ringed plover, 4x LRP, Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, Curlew, Snipe, 20+ Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear(SRi) – NoonWhite Stork still in Tad Bay at 12:50, 9x Great Egret16x Little Egret6x Greenshank, Dunlin3x Ringed Plover, Curlew, Snipe, (RPo)Belvide ResvLesser Scaup still, Osprey until 09:00, 24x Black-tailed Godwits in short,Uttoxeter Quarry2x Greenshank, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 3x Great Egret8x Little Egret9x Wigeon, Barnacle x…

Salt – WestonFlock of 4x Red Kite done, (RSw)BerryhillRed Kite then, 3x Stonechat(boys and 2 juvs), 12x swift, (RGi)Tittesworth Water3x Common Tern, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, Peregrine, (JOa, LH)Rochester JCB22x Barnacle Goose, 4x oyster catcher, 3x Common Tern, 5x swift(JDr)Branston GPs1s Little Gull, 2s YL Gull, 3x redshanks,8x oyster catcher, 4x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 108x Lapwing, 9x Little Egret, 58x Pochard, 8x by the way 8x Gadwall,4x Mandarin,14x Teal, 10x Shelduck 27xLittle Grebe,28x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, 4x Cetti’s Warbler,150x swift(DSc, JWo)Jon Woodcock’s hobbyBlithfield Resv2x Little Egret, 2x oyster catcher, 20x Common…

Stanley PooleCommon Tern3x Oystercatcher(GBr)WMI site near Calf Heath6x LRP, Lesser Whitethroat(SRi)Blithfield Resv2x Turnstone briefly on the causeway then flew NW, 2x more Turnstone and 3x Dunlin by, (GJM) – Sanderling on the road, (Jal)Turnstones by GJ MantRadford Meadows Stafford18x ringed plover, 4x Dunlin, LRP, Cuckoo, 4x Little Egret, Mandarin, Cetti’s Warbler, 140x swift, 200x Martin’s house, (RSW)Uttoxeter QuarrySanderling, 6x Dunlin, Cuckoo, (RPo)Tucklesholmeringed plover, 2x LRP, 2x Common Tern, 14x GC Grebe, 4x Shelduck, 8x Gadwall, 10x Egyptian Goose, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 50x swift(JWo)Burslem Park/High Lane7x swift, (PMo)ChasewaterThe Shag still, (SWa)Kings Bromley4x Common Tern, 2x oyster catcher, 5x Egyptian Goose (3…