Tuesday 31 August 2010

31st Aug 2010

Westport Lake
Goosander x 3 on main lake NS , CW.
Spotted Flycatcher x 2 by the overflow along the Canal....DK.


Knypersley Res
Common Sandpiper also 7 x Teal.......SS.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Causeway
Osprey , 2 x Wheatear , 3 x Yellow Wagatil , 9 x Ringed Plover , 3 x Dunlin.
Blithe Bay
3 x Ruff and Ringed Plover .
Tad Bay
2 x Greenshank and 5 x Snipe .
Deep End
3 x Little Egret........................R Berry.

Branston GPs
Wood Sand  and 11 x Green Sand...........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Med Gull 1st winter today............Birdguides.

Chasewater
Hobby and Wheatear on cuckoo bank........GE.

Monday 30 August 2010

30th Aug 2010

Sandwich Tern Westport Lake.........SS.



Westport Lake
Sandwich Tern adult .............D  Kelsall.

Knypersley Res
Common Sandpiper , also Spotted Flycatcher.............SS , GB.

Chasewater
Whinchat one this morning on Cuckko Bank also male Redstart........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Sandwich Tern one present late afternoon.........Birdguides.

Gailey Res
Yellow-legged Gull adult present on sailing lake........Birdguides.

Doxey Marshes
Common Scoter drake still on Boundary Flash............Birdguides.

Rudyard Lake
Greenshank , Oystercatcher and Little Egret...........Andy.

Sunday 29 August 2010

29th Aug 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Curlew Sandpiper juvenile still this morning also 8 x Greenshank and
23 x Yellow Wagtails , Arctic Tern and adult Yellow-legged Gull.....Birdguides.

Knypersley Res
Turnstone x 2 flew off high south at 13-30 , Redshank , Common Sand
and 2 x  Raven.......SS.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey in Tad Bay this afternoon also 12 x Curlew Sandpipers and
2 x Turnstone , 35 x Ringed Plover , 13 x Common Sand , 12 x Swift ,
8 x Dunlin , 4 x Greenshank , 3 x LRP , 4 x Common Tern  and
2 x Hobbies.............M Yapp.

Uttoxeter Quarry
2 x Redstart this afternoon also 2 x Greenshank , 2 x Green Sand and
1stwinter Med Gull.plus Curlew , Common Sand , 26 x Teal , 20 x Goosander ,
Yellow Wagtail ,Peregrine and Raven.........RP , NP.

Whitemoor Haye
30 + Yellow Wagtail in stubble opposite the quarry entrance this afternoon.....T Perrins.

Drayton Bassett
2 x Greenshank , 3 x Green Sand and Ringed Plover........T Perrins.

Saturday 28 August 2010

28th Aug 2010

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey in Tad Bay early morning , in Blithe Bay 3 x Greenshank , 2 x Dunlin ,
6 x Ringed Plover , 6 x Little Egret also Hobby and Peregrine......NS , CW.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Curlew Sandpiper juvenile still this morning also 2 x Green Sand ,  8 x Greenshank.

Doxey Marshes
Quail one flushed by work party yesterday...........Birdguides.

Alvecote Pools
Redstart in hawthorns c200yds left of the stile between the pools........Birdguides.

Branston GPs
5 x Little Egret and 2 x Green Sand.............NS , CW.

Friday 27 August 2010

27th Aug 2010

Belvide Res (perit only)
Curlew Sandpiper juvenile at west end this afternoon also 2 x Ruff........Birdguides.

Berry Hill
Whinchat , 6 x Redstart , 10 x Wheatear , 2 x Spotted Flycatchers , Yellow Wagtail ,
2 x Willow Tit and 2 x fly over Tree Pipits early morning.........NP.

Knypersley Res
Common Sand , CurlewRaven and Willow Tit.........SS.

Drayton Bassett
Curlew Sandpiper one circled this afternoon..........Birdguides.

Branston GPs
Wood Sandpiper one this evening also adult Yellow-legged Gull and
8 x Green Sand...........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Hobby , 5 x LRP , 2 x Green Sand , Common Sand , Goosander ,
Mandarin 2 x Dunlin and Common Gull this evening.................R Powell , A Barker.

Chasewater
Greenshank , Curlew , 2 x LRP , Common Sand and 2 x Wheatears.....GE , PW.

Croxden Quarry
Common Sandpiper...........A Barker.

Thursday 26 August 2010

26th Aug 2010

Berry Hill
3 x Redstart this morning, also 4 x Whinchat and 40+ Wheatear...............NP.

Belvide Res (permit only)
12 x Greenshank , 20 x Ringed Plover , 4 x LRP , 5 x Dunlin , 3 x Common Sand ,
7 x Common Tern and Hobby..............BB.

Wednesday 25 August 2010

25th Aug 2010

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Marsh Harrier immature circled over Tad Bay this afternoon.......Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
11 x Greenshank , 20 x Ringed Plover , 3 x LRP , 3 x Dunlin , 4 x Common Sand ,
11 x Common Tern , Spotted Flycatcher and Lesser Whitethroat.......BB.

Westport Lake
Spotted Flycatcher , Lesser Whitethroat and 2 x Common Sand ........NS , CW, SS.

Uttoxeter Quarry
4 x Shelduck , Greenshank , Yellow Wagtail , Common Sand , Redstart ,
Peregrine , Green Sand and 2 x LRP also 5 Black-tailed Godwits flew over
at 19-00..........AB , EJF.

Chasewater
Greenshank , 2 x Little Egret , Common Sand , Yellow-legged Gull (adult) ,
4 x Common Tern , Peregrine and Wheatear..........GE.

Tuesday 24 August 2010

24th Aug 2010

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Kittiwake immature  still off the causeway this evening also
2 x juv Little Gulls and Knot.............Birdguides.

Westport Lake
Spotted Flycatcher one present on sewage works.......N Smith.

Berry Hill
4 x Redstart and 2 x Wheatear this morning.............NP.

Knypersley Res
Hobby over @ 18-15 also Raven and 5 x Grey Wagtail..........SS.

Gailey Res
Kittiwake immature on the sailing lake this evening also
Black-necked Grebe still.........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Knot uvenile morning only also 8 x Greenshank.........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Greenshank , 9 x LRP , Ringed Plover , 2 x Green Sand , 2 x Common Sand ,
4 x Shelduck , 2 x Yellow Wagtail and Peregrine............A Barker.

Monday 23 August 2010

23rd Aug 2010

Berry Hill
Whinchat x 3 this morning also 6 x Redstart.............Birdguides

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
Greenshank , Pintail , 11 x LRP , 2 x Ringed Plover , 2 x Little Egret .
Causeway
Whinchat , Little Egret , 3 x Turnstone , 3 x Dunlin , 4 x Ringed Pover.......S Edwards.

Branston GPs
10 x Green Sand , 6 x Black-tailed Godwit , aslo adult Turnstone.........Birdguides.

Sunday 22 August 2010

22nd Aug 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe juvenile still at wet end also Osprey over at 9-00 , Grey Plover
flew west , 7 x Greenshank and 3 x Yellow Wagtails below the dam..........Birdguides.
Late Afternoon
Little Stint juvenile from Scott Hide also 13 x Black-tailed Godwit.

Westport Lake
3 x Spotted Flycatchers on sewage works.......NS, CW.

Knypersley Res
Hobby and Raven over early morning........GB , SS.

Doxey Marshes
Common Scoter drake still on Boundary Flash this afternoon..........Birdguides.

Chasewater
Little Egret , 6 x Dunlin , 4 x Ringed Plover , 3 x LRP , Curlew , 2 x Common Sand ,
2 x Common Tern.................GE.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
Pintail , Mandarin , 3 x Little Egret.
Blithe Bay
3 x Little Egret , Ruff , 3 x Oystercatcher.
Causeway
4 x juv Little Gull , 4 x Dunlin , 4 Ringed Plover.
Dam
Whinchat , 2 x Wheatear..................R Powell.

Uttoxeter Quarry
4 x Greenshank , 6 x Green Sand , 3 x Common Sand , Ringed Plover , 2 x LRP ,
2 x Snipe , 3 x Redstart , 13 x Yellow Wagtail , 13 x Teal , Shelduck......RP , AB.

Rudyard Lake
Green Sandpiper.........P Shenton.

Berry Hill
2 x Redstart also Hobby over.

Tickhill
Redstart and Raven........A Barker.

Whitemoor Haye
Greenshank , 4 x Common Sand , 2 x Dunlin , 15 x Yellow Wagtails........T Perrins.

Saturday 21 August 2010

21st Aug 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe juvenile at west end also 3 x Ruff , 6 x Greenshank , Turnstone ,
juvenile Yellow-legged Gull , also Whinchat and 25 x Yellow Wagtails below the dam.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Little Gull x 3 juveniles still between Beech Tree Point and causeway also Ruff ,
and Greenshank............Birdguides

Whitemoor Haye
Whinchat one in barley field along rough track this morning also 3 x Peregrine
mobing a Buzzard.........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
3 x Greenshank , 6 x Green Sand , 5 x Common Sand , 6 x LRP ,
Dunlin , Snipe , 2 x Shelduck , 2 x Redstart , 7 x Yellow Wagtail..........A Barker.

Doxey Marshes
2 x Spotted Flycatchers also Lesser Whitethroat but no sign of the drake
Common Scoter on Boundary Flash.

Rudyard Lake
Greenshank and Green Sandpiper...............P Shenton.

Friday 20 August 2010

20th Aug 2010

Rudyard Lake
Greenshank , Green Sand, Redshank and Common Sandpiper......SS.

Uttoxeter Quarry
6 x Green Sand , 3 x Greenshank , 2 x Redstart , 3 x Wheatear , 2 x Common Sand ,
and  LRP....................EJF.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Black Tern juvenile still from beech tree point ,
Blithe Bay
Little Stint (juv) , Curlew Sand (juv) , 2 x Dunlin , 2 x Ruff (juv) , Little Gull (juv) ,
15 x Common Tern and a report earlier of Sandwich Tern .
Causeway
Sanderling x 2 , 4 x Dunlin , Common Sandpiper , Greenshank , Wheatear , Whinchat .
Tad Bay
Pintail , Little Egret x 8 , Peregrine , Hobby..................R Berry.

Thursday 19 August 2010

19th Aug 2010

Doxey Marshes
Ruff juvenile on wader scrape this morning.......Birdguides.

Hanchurch Woods
Crossbill x 3 this morning..........NP.

Berry Hill
Green Sandpiper on whitedoor paddock pool , also 3 x Redstart , Spot Fly ,
Tree Pipit and 2 x Wheatear..............R Toon.

Westport Lake
Little Egret x 3 over main lake @ 17-15..........P Jones.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Red-crested Pochard x 2 females from Scott Hide also
5 x juvenile Ruff , 7 x Greenshank and Black-tailed Godwit.........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Blithe Bay
Sanderling , Greenshank , 2 x Ruff , 2 x juvenile Little Gull north of the casueway
also Common Sandpiper...............Birdguides.

Wednesday 18 August 2010

18th Aug 2010

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Black Tern juvenile off Beech Tree point early afternoon , also 2 Juvenile
Little Gulls and 2 Arctic Terns off causeway.............Birdguides.

Westport Lake
Hobby over @ 07-25...............N Smith. C Waring.

Gailey Res
Black-necked Grebe juvenle still on sailing lake...........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Greenshank x 4 , also 6 x Green Sand , 2 x Redstart and Yellow Wagtail
2 x Common Sand , 2 x LRP.............EJF.

Croxden Quarry
Spotted Flycatcher x 2...............AB, MP, RP.

Coobes Valley RSPB
Hobby one present today.......Adam.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Four juvenile Ruff , 6 x juvenile Greenshank , 2 x Black-tailed Godwit ,
Green Sand , Dunlin , 4 x Common Sand , 7 x Ringed Plover , imm Peregrine ,
17 x Common Tern and Spotted Flycatcher................BB.

Tuesday 17 August 2010

17th Aug 2010

Stanley Pool
Barnacle Goose in with Canada Goose flock this morning before flying
off north west.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Three Greenshank , 6 x Green Sand , 7 x LRP , 4 x Snipe , Common Sand ,
34 x Teal , Shelduck , 3 x Yellow Wagtail , Whinchat and feral White-fronted Goose,
A Barker.

Branston GPs
Garganey juvenile also 9 x Green Sand and 2 x Little Egret.......Birdguides.

Gailey Res
Black-necked Grebe juvenile still on sailing lake also female Goosander ,
and Hobby.

Berry Hill
Whinchat by whitedoor paddock...............Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Spotted Redshank x 4 juveniles in Tad Bay , and 15 x Little Egret viewed
from causeway this evening.

Belvide Res (permit only)
11x juvenile Ruff and 5 x Greenshank...........Birdguides.

Rudyard Lake
2 x Green Sandpiprs..............P Shenton.

Drayton Bassett
4 x Greenshank , 4 x LRP..........TVB.

Chasewater
Little Egret , 3 x Greenshank , 10 x LRP , 2 x Ringed Plover , Common Sand ,
7 x Common Tern............GE , PW.

Monday 16 August 2010

16th Aug 2010

Stoke-on Trent
Common Redstart x 2  at Radial Park also Wheatear this morning........R Swift.

Endon
Common Redstart 1st winter male at sewage works 8-15.............Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe x 2 now present also Marsh Harrier flew through.......Birdguides.

Cheadle
Wheatear @ JCB Landpower plant..............A Barker.

Croxden Quarry
Tree Pipit , Mandarin and 2 x Teal..........A Barker.

Branston GPs
Green Sand x 7 this evening............Birdguides.

Tittesworth Res
Little Ringed Plover and 2 x Curlew...........P Shenton

Rudyard Lake
Greenshank and Common Sandpiper..............P Shenton.

Berry Hill
Willow Tit , 10 x Curlew over and 2 x Wheatear.

Dimmingsdale
2 x Raven over...............T Eyre.

Weaver Hills
Raven over Thorswood NR...............D Powell.

Sunday 15 August 2010

15th Aug 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe juvenile still also 2 x Greenshank , 3 x Ruff , 2 x Green Sand ,
and 2 x Black-tailed Godwit...........Birdguides.

Berry Hill
Pied Flycatcher this morning, also 2 x Redstart and 3 x Hobbies this afternoon.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Greenshank , 6 x Green Sand this morning also Common Sand , 3 x LRP ,
5 x Snipe , 13 x Yellow Wagtail , 2 x Grey Wagtail , juvenile Shelduck ,
and 10 x Egypian Geese...........R Powell.

Knypersley Res
Hobbies x 2 this morning also Raven......G Brereton , S Seal.

Gailey Res
Black-necked Grebe juvenile still on sailing lake........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Little Gull x 2 juvenile from causeway also Turnstone , 2 x Dunlin , Little Egret
and 10 x Common Tern.
Tad Bay
Ruff , Black-tailed Godwit , 8 x Ringed Plover , 2 x LRP , 2 x Snipe , Curlew ,
3 x Oystercatcher , Pintail , Peregrine , 5 x Little Egret.
Blithe Bay
6 x Little Egret........Concrete Bay 3 x Little Egret....................R Powell.

The Void
Wheatear this morning also Tree Pipit ........NP.

Hales Hall
Yellow Wagtails x 2 over @ 06-50...........A Barker.

Dimmingsdale
Redstart x 2 by youth hostel mid-afternoon.............D Powell , T Eyre.

Saturday 14 August 2010

14th Aug 2010

Westport Lake
Kittiwake adult briefly this morning also Dunlin......N Smith. C Waring.


Belvide Res (permit only)
Arctic Tern mid-afternoon......Birdguides.
Black-necked Grebe still from Scott hide also 3 x Ruff , 4 x Greenshank
and 2 x Black-tailed Godwits...........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart x 3 this morning also 3 x Greenshank , 6 x Green Sand ,
Common Sand , 2 x Yellow Wagtail , Goosander x2 , Shelduck ,
10 x Egyptian Geese , Pergrine and  White-fronted Goose (feral)....A Barker.

Gailey Res
Little Gull juvenile and 2 juvenile Black-necked Grebe on sailing lake......Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Marsh Harrier female flew over Tad Bay also Greenshank there.........Birdguides.

Knypersley Res
Spotted Flycatcher adult..............SS.

Friday 13 August 2010

13th Aug 2010

Westport Lake
Greenshank and Green Sandpiper early morning.....N Smith , C Waring.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart , Lesser Whitethroat , 4 x Green Sand , Shelduck , 3 x LRP ,
4 x Egyptian Geese , and (feral) Ruddy Shelduck............EJF.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe juvenile still in southeast corner and juvenile Knot through.
Also Ruff , Green Sand , 2 x Blackwits , 2 x Greenshank , 12 x LRP ,
4 x Common Sand , 2 x Yellow Wagtail , 2 x Ringed Plover and Hobby.......BB.

Thursday 12 August 2010

12th Aug 2010

Westport Lake
Common Sand early morning also 3 x Teal and 5 x Shoveler.....N Smith.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe juvenile still in southeast corner also 2 x Arctic Tern
and 2 x juvenile Ruff...........Birdguides.

Wednesday 11 August 2010

11th Aug 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe juvenile still also 5 x Greenshank , 2 x Black-tailed Godwit ,
and juvenile Ruff..............Birdguides.

Gailey Res
Black-necked Grebe juv still on sailing lake this evening also adult Y L Gull.....Birdguides.

Branston GPs
Garganey eclipse drake early evening also 6 x Black-tailed Godwit ,
6 x Green Sand...........Birdguides.

Doxey Marshes
Common Scoter drake still on Boundary Flash........EJF.

Uttoxeter Quarry
2 x Little Egret , 6 x LRP , 3 x Common Sand , Redstart ,
4 x Green Sand............R Powell , EJF.

Chasewater
Little Egret along stream in Fly Bay also 4 x Dunlin, 2 x Ringed Plover.

Tuesday 10 August 2010

10th Aug 2010

Berry Hill
Whinchat this morning..........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe juvenile still in southeast corner also present Turnstone ,
Green Sand , Ruff , 5 x Greenshank , 2 x Black-tailed Godwit , 4 x Common Sand ,
11 x LRP , Oystercatcher and 2 x juvenile Goosander...........BB.

Doxey Marshes
Common Scoter drake still on Boundary Flash ............Birdguides.

Gailey Res
Black-necked Grebe juvenile on sailing lake also 2 x Yellow-legged Gulls
and juvenile Med Gull...............Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
2 x Wheatear , 2 x Curlew............EJF.
At least 8 x Little Egrets around also 5 x Black-tailed Godwits.

Hales Hall Pool
Redstart...............A Barker.

Tickhill
2 x Redstart.............A Barker.

Uttoxeter Quarry
2 x Redstart , 5 x Yellow Wagtail , 10 x LRP , 2 x Common Sand ,
and Snipe................A Barker.

Monday 9 August 2010

9th Aug 2010

Endon
Sandwich Tern one and fem Goosander over sewage works this morning...Birdguides.

Branston GPs
9 x Green Sand this evening also 6 x Black-tailed Godwit........Birdguides.

Croxden Quarry
2 x Yellow-legged Gull (adults) this evening........R Powell.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe juvenile still in southeast corner also Ruff........Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
3 x Common Tern , 7 x Yellow Wagtail , Green Sand , 4 x LRP , Common Sand,
7 x Egyptian Geese ...........A Barker.

Bithfield Res (permit only)
11 x Little Egret this morning also 10 x L R Plover.............Birdguides.

Sunday 8 August 2010

8th Aug 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe still this morning in south east corner , also Turnstone ,
Ruff , 5 x Black-tailed Godwit and Greenshank...........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Marsh Harrier fem / imm quartering fields around Blythe Bay also ,
3 x Little Egrets , 5 x Dunlin , 3 x Ringed Plover , 2 x Common Sand ,
7 x Common Tern and 5 x Oystercatchers.............P Ward.

Uttoxeter Quarry
20 x Yellow Wagtail , 6 x Green Sand , 12 x LRP , Dunlin ,
and Common Sand this morning..............A Barker.

Knypersley Res
Common Sand x 2.......this afternoon........SS.

Drayton Bassett
Black-tailed Godwit  on north pit also Peregrine over ..........TVB.

Rocester
Arctic Tern one on JCB lake also 2 x R C Pochard (fem).........Birdguides.

Saturday 7 August 2010

7th Aug 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe juvenile still from Scott hide also 2 x Ruff ,
9 x Black-tailed Godwits , 5 x Greenshank , 2 x Dunlin , 9 x LRP ,
2 x Ringed Plover , 6 x Common Sand , 6 x Common Tern , Peregrine
and Hobby...................BB.

Westport Lake
Green Sandpiper  flew around main lake before flying off 7-40.......NS, CW.

Doxey Marshes
Common Scoter drake still on Boundary Flash also Greenshank and 2 x Ravens
over..............Birdguides.

Gailey Res
Yellow-legged Gull 2 x adults present this afternoon...............Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
10 x LRP , 4 x Curlew , 3 x Common Sand , 6 x Egyptian Geese ,
1 x White-fronted Goose (feral).............R Powell.

Friday 6 August 2010

6th Aug 2010

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe juvenile from Scott hide also Turnstone and juv Ruff
on the dam................Birdguides.

Uttoxeter Quarry
5 x Egyptian Goose , White-fronted Goose (feral) , Green Sand , 7 x LRP ,
Common Sand , Dunlin , 13 x Yellow Wagtail..........A Barker.

Handsacre Flash
Green Sandpiper...............R Berry.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
Greenshank , 2 x Black-tailed Godwit , Dunlin , 7 x LRP , 6 x Little Egret ,
Pintail and 2 x Wigeon..............R Berry.

Thursday 5 August 2010

5th Aug 2010

Uttoxeter Quarry
8 x Egyptian Geese , 10 x Yellow Wagtail , Dunlin , 4 x LRP ,
Common Sandpiper .............A Barker.

Doxey Marshes
Common Scoter drake still on Boundary Flash still .........Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
3 x Turnstone (juv) untill 16-00 only...........Birdguides.

Branston GPs
Black-tailed Godwit  one this evening also Little Egret and 12 x Green Sand .

Croxden Quarry
Yellow-legged Gull adult again today..........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Tad Bay
7 x Little Egret , Greenshank , Wigeon , 8 x LRP , Common Sand ,
and Shelduck.................R Berry.

Handsacre Flash
Green Sandpiper..................R Berry.

Wednesday 4 August 2010

4th Aug 2010

Doxey Marshes
Common Scoter drake still on Boundary Flash also Greenshank.......Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
12 x Little Egret in Blithe Bay this morning..........Birdguides.

Croxall Lakes
5 x Little Egret , 4 x Green Sand , 2 x Ringed Plover , 2 x Common Sand ,
4 x LRP..................EJF.

Belvide Res (permit only)
2 x Black-tailed Godwit , 4 x Greenshank , 11 x Dunlin , 8 x LRP ,
7 x Common Sand , 3 x Snipe............BB.

Tuesday 3 August 2010

3rd Aug 2010

Doxey Marshes
Wood Sand , Green Sand , 2 x Greenshank also drake Common Scoter
still present............Birdguides.

Greendale
Pied Flycatcher female and juvenile this morning........A Barker.

Uttoxeter Quarry
6 x Green Sand , 17 x LRP , 6 x Common Sand , 3 x Snipe........A Barker.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Marsh Harrier juv around Ten Acre Bay late morning......Birdguides.
Also
Peregrine juv , 2 x Shelduck , 2 x Wigeon , 3 x Little Egret , Common Sand ,
Wheatear , 23 x feral Barnacle Geese...............R Berry.

Belvide Res (permt only)
4 x Greenshank , Black-tailed Godwit , 5 x Dunlin juv, Green Sand , 3 x LRP ,
8 x Common Sand and Hobby over..........BB.

Croxden Quarry
Yellow-legged Gull adult again this evening............D Powell , R Powell.

Gailey Res
Again no sign this evening of adult Franklin's Gull but adult Yellow-legged Gull
present............Birdguides.

Monday 2 August 2010

2nd Aug 2010

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Blithe Bay
3 x Ruff , Redshank , Dunlin , 2 x Common Sand , Little Egret .
Tad Bay
3 x Dunlin , 2 x LRP , 4 x Little Egret , Wigeon , Pintail........R Berry.

Uttoxeter Quarry
13 x Green Sand , 32 x LRP , 3 x Common Sand , 3 x Snipe........A Barker.

Doxey Marshes
 Common Scoter drake still this afternoon also 3 x Greenshank......Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-tailed Godwit , Greenshank , 3 x Dunlin , 10 x Common Sand ,
2 x LRP ...............BB.

Croxden Quarry
Yellow-legged Gull adult also Hobby.........D Powell.

Sunday 1 August 2010

1st Aug 2010

Barnacle Goose (feral).......Tittesworth Res.

Gailey Res
Franklin's Gull adult this evening 18-25.........Birdguides.
Still on main lake @ 21-10.

Belvide Res (permit only)
3 x Greenshank (2 adults x 1 juv), 8 x Dunlin , Green Sand,
14 x Common Sand , 4 x LRP..........BB.

Tittesworth Res
6 x LRP , 2 x Common Sandpiper , Barnacle Goose , Spotted Flyctacher ,
Common Tern,...............SS.

Uttoxeter Quarry
8 x Green Sand , 25 x LRP , 3 x Common Sand , 2 x Oystercatcher ,
3 x Lesser Whitethroat , 2 x Yellow Wagtail , Peregrine (juv)........A Barker.

Croxden Quarry
Yellow-legged Gull adult this morning..........Birdguides.

Croxall
Greenshank , Dunlin , Common Sand , Green Sand ,
3 x Ringed Plover ( 1 adult x 2 chicks).............T Perrins.

Whitemoor Haye
4 x Common Sand............T Perrins.

Doxey Marshes
Eclipse drake Garganey also drake Common Scoter , 2 x Groppers and Hobby.......S Petrek.

Knypersley Res
Oystercatcher one present @9-50.