Saturday 29 September 2012

Saturday 29 September 2012

Aqualate Mere
Black-necked Grebe still also Black Tern mid morning........Birdguides

Whitemoor Haye
4x Grey Heron, 3x Great-crested Grebe, 8x Mute Swan, 6x Shoveller, 60x Goldfinch, c100 Linnet, 20x Skylark, 5x Tree Sparrow, 15x Mipits, 30x Lapwing, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk........SC.

Uttoxeter Quarry
3x Pintail, 37x Wigeon, 5x Shoveler, 74x Teal, 2x Goosander, 6x Snipe, Golden Plover, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Pink-footed Goose, 6x Egyptian Geese, 3x Jay, 12x Swallow, 2x House Martin, Chiffchaff...............RP.

Middle Hills (near Morridge)
Hen Harrier ringtail on moor by firing range also several Red Grouse.......DP. SG.

Stoneyfield Lane (near Swallow Moss)
3x Stonechat and a Kestrel.........DP.

Boarsgrove
Stonechat........DP.

Cheddleton Heath
3x Kestrel, 2x Buzzard........DP.

Lower Elkstone
Kestrel, Buzzard, 10x Swallow, 10x Goldfinch, Long-tailed Tit.......DP.

Berryhill
635 Mipits over SW, 42x Golden Plover over ........RT. KH.

Blackbank
605 Mipits over SW, 30x Golden Plover......NP.