Wednesday 1 March 2017

Wednesday 1st March 2017

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Great White Egret on Jubilee Wetlands this morning (@johnoz99) also 2x Great White Egret on Dosthill Lake & Bittern on Fisher's Mill Lake this afternoon (MS)

Madeley
Waxwings Bridle Path and Pear Tree Drive still this morning (@percywiseman)

Biddulph
27x Waxwing on Smokies Way (ALo)

Whitmore
Bent Lane, 3x Tundra Bean Geese, 80x Linnet, 4x Shoveler, 2x Wigeon & 8x Stock Dove (@DKelsall3)

Belvide Res (WMBC Members Only)
Juvenile Glaucous Gull roosted at 5.30pm. Bittern, Smew, Jack Snipe and Common Sandpiper also present (@BelvideBirding)

Chasewater Res
5x Yellow-legged Gull, Velvet Scoter, Pintail & Dunlin (@CWG_sightings)

JCB Rocester
Red Kite over lake this afternoon (BB, JB)

Gailey Res
25x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 21x Great Crested Grebe & 5x Oystercatcher (@HughieKing)

Tucklesholme
2x Oystercatcher, 6x Ringed Plover, 4x Goosander, c30x Meadow Pipit, c50x Linnet. Also Barton North Pit: Goldeneye, 20x Wigeon (JW)

Barton
Little Egret (JW)

Branston GP
2x Ringed Plover, 5x Shelduck, 10x Pochard, c2500x BHG, c100x Lapwing (JW) also Common Gull, 6x Shelduck, 4x Ringed Plover, 12x Curlew, 2x Woodcock & Water Rail (DS)