Saturday 19 March 2011

19th Mar 2011

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Scoter drake from Scott Hide this morning..........Birdguides.
Little Ringed Plover one this afternoon........Birdguides.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Great White Egret at top of Tad Bay viewed from Newtonhurst Lane.....Birdguides.
Iceland Gull juvenile at the Dep End late afternoon........Birdguides.

Knypersley Res
Goosander x 10 (1 x drake) , also Raven over.....SS.

Dimmingsdale
Buzzard x 6 , Siskin x 22 and 33x Fieldfare heading north.........T Eyre.

Tittesworth Res
Goosander x 4 (3 x drakes) , 10 x Curlew , 2 x Oystercatchers and Chiffchaff.......AM.

Doxey Marshes
Black-tailed Godwit one present......R Swift..

Croxden Quarry
Little Ringed Plover x 2 , Teal x 9..........R Powell.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Goosander x 80 , Goldeneye , Shelduck x 2 , Mandarin x 2 , LRP x 2 ,
Curlew x 6 , Green Sand , Oystercatcher x 7 and Chiffchaff..........R Powell.

Fenton
Waxwing x 30 still on the Business Park off Grove Rd......N Broster.

Staffs Moors
Curlew x 5 , also 50 x Fieldfare at Anne Roach Farm.......D Powell.

Drayton Bassett
Ringed Plover x 5 , also Little Egret............TP.

Wombourne
Barn Owl at the ford late evening.......P Wooldridge.