Saturday 12 November 2016

Saturday 12th November 2016

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
2x Slavonian Grebe Tad Bay (per GJM)  -  61x Dunlin, 3x Ruff, 30x Golden Plover, 60x Shoveler, 280x Teal (@rpintean)  -  Also Wood Sandpiper still, 2x Knot, Common Scoter, Whooper Swan, 232x Golden Plover. 18x Goldeneye, 5x Little Grebe, 2x Shelduck (HF SE)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Redhead Smew still, Common Scoter, 1w drake Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, Pintail (@BelvideBirding)

Aqualate
3x Bewick's Swan this afternoon (@Ian_m_grant)

Cheadle
5x Waxwing still on the Sidings cul de sac at 11:15 by the High school (@rpintean)

Terry Eyre

Middleton Lakes
Knot on Jubilee (GWi) -  Great White Egret, c260 Golden Plover (@Atkinson_steve)

Uttoxeter Quarry
24x Dunlin, 5x Green Sandpiper, 23x Snipe, Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 37x Shoveler, 198x Teal (@rpintean)

Chasewater Res
2x Common Scoter, adult Caspian Gull, 2nd winter & adult Yellow-legged Gull (@CWG_sightings)

Gailey Resv
2x juv fem Scaup on fishing pool (@TheSnapper)

Tucklesholme
Great White Egret main pit, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper (MPa)

Branston Gravel Pits
Shelduck, c50 Wigeon, c200 Teal, 17x Snipe, Ruff, c400 Lapwing, Woodcock, Peregrine, c700 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 30x Great Black-backed Gull, 35x Herring Gull, adult Yellow-legged Gull, 2x Stonechat, Tawny Owl, c5,000 Starling, Barn Owl & 2x Pipistrelle Bat (DSc)

Radford Meadows
c250 Wigeon, 39x Teal & 49x Lapwing (RegDavies5)