Tuesday 21 April 2015

Tuesday 21st April 2015

Whitemoor Haye
Black Tern present this evening, also Little Gull, 20x Yellow Wagtail, 5x Common Gull, 20x Yellowhammer, 20x Tree Sparrow, 5x Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Shoveler, possible Channel Wagtail still (SCo)

Radford Meadows
Green-winged Teal still present this afternoon (@Ian_m_grant)

Belvide Res
Pair of Garganey north shore and female Velvet Scoter still (@BelvideBirding)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Curlew Sandpiper from the west screen

Blithfield Res
Greenshank in Blithe Bay mid day (GJM)

Trentham-Hanford
2x Grasshopper Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Whitethroat (LS)

Gailey Res
Common Sandpiper, 2x Shoveler, 2x Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail & Green Woodpecker (SR, @TheMoorehen)

Newcastle
Raven over Basford mid day (LC)

Berryhill
10x Wheatear (MP RT) No sign of the Ring Ouzel

Westport Lake
3x Common Sandpiper, 1x LRP (NJS)

Doxey Marsh
23x Sedge Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 2x Whitethroat, 2x Groppers, 2x Willow Warbler, 6x Little Egret, 2x Ruff, 2x Common Sands, 14x Blackcap, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Little - ringed Plover, 2x Garden Warbler, 3x Raven, 4x Shelduck, 8x Gadwall, 2x Water rail - in front main hide (Mike Boote)

Hanchurch
Cuckoo, Tree Pipit (RSu)