The WMBC has received a report from the site manager at Branston GPs that birders are straying off the public footpaths into dangerous operational areas at the site. All birders are asked to refrain from doing so and only observe birds from the official designated public footpaths.
Kingsley
2x Hawfinch at St Werburghs church at 09:40, (RPo)
Rocester
40-50x PFG over NE at 07:50, (JDr)
Doxey Marsh
2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x Snipe, 55x Lapwing, 2x Cetti’s Warbler, 3x Goosander, Stonechat, (GPr)
Berryhill
26x PFG over SW at 10:27, 4x Stonechat, 6x Redpoll, Willow Tit, Fieldfare, 7x Skylark, (RGi)
Calf Heath WMI site
426x Golden Plover, 345x Lapwing, (SRi)
Gailey Resv
5x Pochard, Shoveler, 2x Water Rail, 30x Fieldfare, 2x Stonechat, Cetti’s Warbler, (SRi)
Westport Lake
Goldeneye, 2x ad Common Gull, Willow Tit, Siskin, (KSt)
Whitemoor Haye
169x Pochard, 112x Wigeon, 51x Gadwall, 13x Shoveler, 22x Little Grebe, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Little Egret, 3x Stonechat, 3x Fieldfare, Golden Plover thru, (SCo)
Knypersley Resv
2x Mandarin, Little Grebe, Dipper, (GBr)
Alrewas NMA
5x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, Shoveler, (RBe)
Great Egret by Rob Bendelow
Branston GPs
50x Little Grebe, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 20x Egyptian Geese, 4x Wigeon, 60x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 3x Pochard, 60x Lapwing, 146x Golden Plover, 3x Ringed Plover, Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 24x Skylark, 5x Stonechat, Fieldfare, Cetti’s Warbler, 30x Linnet, 24x Redpoll, Yellowhammer, (DSc)
Stone
200x PFG over NW at 16:30, (DEm)
Chasewater
2w Caspian Gull, adult Med Gull, (CWG)