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Tuesday 28th March 2023

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Middleton Lakes

12x Avocet on JW, 4x LRP, 2x Redshank, 3x Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, Shelduck, 3x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, Wheatear, Blackcap, (MSm)

Himley Great Pool

Willow Warbler singing, 4x Sand Martin, (CTi)  –  3x Sand Martin this afternoon, (DBa)

Stanley Pool

4x Oystercatcher, 5x Swallow, (ALa)

Branston GPs

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 6x Redshank, 5x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Egyptian Geese, Little Egret,12x Shelduck, 80x Shoveler, 18x Wigeon, 4x Goldeneye, Green Woodpecker, Swallow, 4x Sand Martin, (DSc)  –  updated counts Fem Merlin, 9x Redshank, 4x Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 9x Curlew, 16x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 114x Shoveler, 53x Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, Common Gull, YL Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, Wheatear, 70x Linnet, 20x Sand Martin, 2x Cetti’s Warbler, (JWo, SBI, CEc, Dean)

                                                        Wheatear by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

Osprey thru 10:08 to 10:15,

Tucklesholme

2x Little Egret, (BGe)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Shelduck thru, (BGe)

Croxall Lakes

Little Egret, Oystercatcher, (BGe)

Blithfield Resv

10x Swallow, 100+ Sand Martin, LRP, (RCB)

Trentham Gardens

6x Goosander, 5x Swallow, 30x Sand Martin, (HF)

Fradley – Alrewas (towpath)

Yellow Wagtail (first Staffs 2023 record), in field opposite the marina, 2x Little Egret, 3x Yellowhammer and at Fradley Junction NR 6x Goosander, (BHa)

Freehay

Red Kite over the church at 17:25, (FCa)

Gailey Resv

3x Cattle Egret and Little Egret again roosting on sailing lake Island, (SRi)

Radford Meadows

2x Avocet on Rickerscote scrape, Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 3x Shelduck, (DBE)