Saturday 8 October 2016

Saturday 8th October 2016

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl, 26x Little Egret. Golden Plover (RSPBMiddleton, JJH, SJH, PB)

Blithfield Res (WMBC Members Only)
Great White Egret, Wood Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 9x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Pintail, 10x Snipe & 3x Little Grebe (SE, HF)
Great White Egret - Steve Edwards

Talke
3x calling immature Whooper Swans this morning (MBa)

Blackbank (vis mig)
3600x Redwing over 07:15 to 09:35 also 12x Brambling, c100 Pink-footed Geese, 5x Fieldfare (NDP)

Branston Water Park
Little Egret & 3x Chiffchaff (DSc)

Branston Gravel Pits
3x Stonechat, 4x Chiffchaff, 58x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 2x Raven (DSc)

Cuckoo Bank
c70 Skylark, 6x Mistle Thrush, 9x Fieldfare, 15x Redwing, 2x Raven, 2x Chiffchaff, 7x Yellowhammer, 3x Kestrel, 3x Stock Dove, 2x Cormorant, 18x Lesser Redpoll, 3x Siskin (GHa)

Burntwood
3x Swallow over (GHa)

Cheddleton - Consall
36x Redwing, Chiffchaff & 2x Raven (DSc)

Burston
4x Teal, 2x Wigeon, 8x Snipe, Kestrel & 2x Raven (AEa)

Trentham Gardens
2x Goosander, 2x Mandarin Duck, 20x Tufted Duck, Kingfisher, 3x Grey Wagtail (MPa)

Aqualate
1x Peregrine, 1x Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler (ALo)