Wednesday 28 November 2012

Wednesday 28 November 2012

Uttoxeter Quarry
Great Northern Diver, 15x Whooper Swan, 6x Goosander, Goldeneye, Shoveler, Common SandpiperGolden Plover, 2x Pochard....EF...but no sign of Great Northern Diver at 15:00hrs...NJS

Belvide Resv (permit holders only)
Great Northern Diver at West End from 14:00hrs to 14:45hrs only. Adult Mediterranean Gull and 4x Yellow-legged Gulls roosted ..............Birdguides

Pool Hall Fisheries
Great Northern Diver juvenile still off the dam.........Birdguides


The Pool Hall Great Northern Diver taken today by David Burns

Chasewater Res
Great Northern Diver showing well on the 'swag' between 9am - 11am.............RS.
In the roost.... Iceland Gull (adult), Yellow-legged Gull (adult), imm Great Northern Diver still on the Swag, 4x Goldeneye (2x Female, 2x Drake), Goosander (female), Numerous: GBBG, LBBG, Herring Gull, Common Gull.....JW

Lichfield
84x Waxwing still on Europa Way by Walter Tipper Ltd  at 08:05, SK 138096.......JW

Dosthill
c50 Waxwing in garden at Ascot Drive..............GB

Waxwing at Dosthill by Geoff Bridgwater

Whitemoor Haye
2x Kestrel, 62x Mute Swan, 7x Mallard, several small flocks of Linnet and Goldfinch, 300+ Black Headed Gull on flooded field, 7x Tree Sparrow, 3x Grey Heron, 100+ Starling, 1x Fieldfare heard only, 40+ Lapwing, 3x Redwing, 1x Cormorant over, several Meadow Pipits, 2+ Skylark, 1x Grey Partridge heard only......SC

Part flooded field north of Alrewas.
396 Lapwing, 200+ Black Headed Gull & Redshank............SC

Croxall, part flooded field opposite the entrance to nature reserve.
700+ Lapwing, 565 Golden Plover, 120 Fieldfare &
20+ Redwing..............SC

Road leading to Fradley Junction
c300 Fieldfare in hedgerow....................SC

Fradley Junction Nature Reserve
20+ Mallard, Nuthatch, Treecreeper & 30+ Goldfinch in alders by canal..............SC
 

Cheddleton
Nuthatch and 10x Redwing over.....DS

Willfield School, Parkhall, Stoke-on-Trent
1x Kingfisher.....LS

Alton farmland
2x Buzzard, 3x Bullfinch, 3x Nuthatch, Sparrowhawk, 2x Great Spotted Woodpecker & 2x Jay.................TE
Nuthatch at Alton by Terry Eyre

Talke
Treecreeper, 4x Goldfinch, Mistle Thrush, Jay, Buzzard, Kestrel & 2x Pied Wagtail...........ARa