Tuesday 17 July 2012

Tuesday 17th July 2012

Westport Lake
Kingfisher, Barnacle Goose & 3x Teal this morning........................NJS, CJW.

Silverdale CP
Whimbrel NW calling over void at 05.53 & a Grasshopper Warbler reeling................JH.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey in dead tree at Tad Bay 10.10........................Birdguides.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Eclipse drake Red-crested Pochard still, also 2x Oystercatcher, Common Tern, 81x Mute Swan & Lesser Whitethroat....................Belvide Blog

Radford Meadows SWT Reserve,Stafford
1x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Oystercatcher, 1x Common Sandpiper, 210x Lapwing, 2x Green Woodpecker, 1x Lesser Whitethroat.......RS

Gailey Res
5x Spot Fly (2ad) at south end of causeway, 1x Common Sandpiper, 6x Common Tern, fem Shoveler, 10x Little Grebe (6 Juv), 3+ singing Reed Warbler.....IM.

Woodlane
Hobby flew over A515 at 16.20....................AJ.

Trent Washlands
Common Tern, Garden Warbler & c15 House Martin.................AJ.

Whitemoor Haye
6x Mute Swan, 5x Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5x Mallard, 30+ Tree Sparrow & Grey Partridge..................SC.

Branston GP
Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 18x Curlew, 3x Ringed Plover (2 Juv), 24x Shelduck (17 Juv), Common Tern, 45x LBBG, 64x Coot, 12x Great Crested Grebe, 10x Mute Swan, 4x Little Grebe, 2x Green Woodpecker, 5x Sedge Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 30+ Sand Martin, 2x RL Partridge, 2x Stock Dove,
(Insects and others) Gatekeeper, Small White, 8x Small Skipper, 8x Large Skipper, Comma, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Common Darter, 4x Brown Hawker, 5x Banded Demoiselle, Large Red Damselfly, 100s of Common Froglets (Marley Pit), 10+ False Fox Sedge, Dung Beetle (Sphaeridium lunatum)..................JW.

Chasewater
2x Yellow-legged Gull (Ad & 2nd summer)........

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