Friday 4 May 2012

4 May 2012

Berryhill
Ring Ouzel (sub adult male), Whinchat, 40x Wheatear, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Fieldfare, 3x Sedge Warbler and 14x Whitethroat........RT & NP

Gailey Res
6x Common Scoter on the main sailing lake this morning also Lesser Whitethroat.......SR

Westport Lake
Cuckoo calling in reserve @ 06.35, also Reed Warbler top pool, 2x Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper & 3x Whitethroat on old sewage works........................NJS.

Silverdale CP.
Wheatear, 2x Grasshopper Warbler & 2x Swift............................JH.

Cannock Chase
Tree Pipit, 5x Crossbill & 2x Cuckoo..........................BJ.
9x Tree Pipit, Redstart & Pied Flycatcher........................BB, JB.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
2x Male & female Common Scoter, 4x Common Sandpiper, Hobby, c10 Common Tern, c25 Arctic Tern, Black Tern, c400 Swift, c1200 Swallow & 5x Wheatear......................GJM, MPR.

Burton (Trent Washlands)
Common Sandpiper, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Sedge Warbler, 9x Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, House Martin, 30+ Swallow & Kingfisher..........................AJ.

Alrewas Arboretum
Cuckoo, 3x Sedge Warbler,3x Whitethroat, 5x Common Tern......................JW
Whitemoor Haye
Arctic Tern, 5x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, Oystercatcher, Blackcap, 3x Whitethroat, Corn Bunting, Grey Partridge, Little Owl, 12x Tree Sparrow, 1000s of Swallow, Swift, House Martin.......................JW
Croxall
8x Common Tern, Reed Warbler, 5x Blackcap, 2x Oystercatcher.....................JW
Trent Valley Pits
4x Arctic Tern, 5x Common Tern, Little Ringed Plover, 2x Shelduck, 3x Whitethroat, Oystercatcher......................JW.

Hem Heath Wood
5x Blackcap, 6x Chiffchaff & Nuthatch this morning.............................AR.

Clay Mills
2x Greenshank, 2x Arctic Tern, 4x Common Tern, 3x Goosander, 6x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Whitethroat, 2x Swift, 400+ Hirundines, Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher & Kingfisher......................AJ.

Branston Gravel Pits
2x Arctic Tern, Common Sandpiper, 8x Redshank, 6x Ringed Plover, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 6x Whitethroat, 2x Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 4x Wheatear, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 34x Shelduck, Hobby, 100’s of Swallows, Swifts, House Martin & Sand Martin..............................JW.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Whinchat, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 5x Ringed Plover, 5x Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 2x Curlew & Common Tern........................AB.