Sigh i need to find something locally been such hard work to point grilling a canada goose to try turn into a different race....who cares lol anyway nice to see 4 corn bunting today at pool hall most i have had this year on patch @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
An hour at Whitemoor Haye tonight, 17.00 - 18.00.
4 lrp, 1 redshank, 9 oyc, 2 slav grebe, at least 2 herring gull, 1 great black-backed gull
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Common Snipe feathers found this morning in one of their local wintering grounds.
Out along the valley this morning. Misty, almost mild and completely still. 2 Jack Snipe flushed with 46 Snipe, plus Pink-footed Goose, 4 Curlew, 4 Lapwing, 13 Wigeon, 10 Teal, 2 Green Woodpecker, 15 passage Meadow Pipit, and a few singing Redwings. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 🪶
Whitemoor Haye 07.40 - 14.30.
1 of 2.
12 gadwall, 60 shoveler, 66 mallard, 1 curlew, 5 great crested grebe, 9 cormorant, 110 tufted duck, 12 goldeneye, 28 wigeon, 38 coot, 24 pochard, 92 teal, 5 little grebe, 1 cettis warbler, 82 lapwing.
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Whitemoor Haye 07.40 - 14.30. 2 of 2
82 lapwing, 77 mute swan, 4 oystercatcher, 1 whooper swan, 20+ yellowhammer, 9 great white egret, 4 shelduck, 4 little egret, 1 herring gull, 1 peregrine, 2 common scoter, 2 slavonian grebe, 1 raven.
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2 Common Scoter at Whitemoor Haye this morning #staffsbirds @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
2 common scoter on railway pit at Whitemoor Haye @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
Brief visit to Whitemoor Haye this am.
No Slav grebe, 1 whooper swan, 1 peregrine, 1 snipe, 2 redshank, 1 cettis, 6+ chiffys, 1 raven, 1 shelduck, 9+goldeneye, 10 pochard, 5+ oyc, many Reed bunting @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
2 slavonian grebe and 1 whooper swan still at Whitemoor Haye late pm @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
Branston GP's today: Woodcock, Avocet, Redshank, Green Sand x2, Curlew x17, Oystercatcher x2, Snipe, Lapwing x40, Little Egret x2, GWE, Shelduck x18, Goldeneye x11, Red Kite, Redpoll x2, Linnet x100, Cetti’s Warbler, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail. (CEc, Dean, GBe) @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
Out along the valley this a.m.: pleased to find 3 more local-patch Russian Whitefronts at the Ashes Pool (with 1 Pink-foot & 2 Oystercatchers). Elsewhere: singing Willow Tit, 59 Snipe, 2 Curlew, 29 Lapwing, 36 Wigeon, 4 Goosander, 43 Teal, 2 Mandarin, Green Woodpecker, & four Chiffchaffs in song. 🪶
Highlights from #middletonlakes this morning Golden Plover Bittern booming GBBG still 7 Pochard 13 Goldeneye (5 in Staffs) Pintail 2 Shelduck 11 Snipe dubious Red-breasted Goose 20+ Siskins #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
@ Fauld by bend in river Dove 200 Pink f Geese & 3WFG mainly in flight @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
Highlights this morning #middletonlakes 2 Avocets Red Kite Great Black-backed Gull 2 Herring Gulls 4 Oystercatchers Stonechat 13 Goldeneye (5 in Staffs 8 in Warks) #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
Blith still quiet but nice to see rather than just hear 17 Crossbill over Tad Bay. Then on to Fauld to see geese flock. MPR counted 320 pinkfeet, the most I'd seen on the deck in Staffs. The other side of the river Dove we could see 20+ White-fronts but most of the flock was hidden by the willows.
3 russian white fronts still mere farm bobbington per james thorpe
3 corn buntings 2 grey partridge trescott per ian moore
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Whitemoor Haye 08.00 - 12.00. 3 of 3
1 gbb gull, 1 stonechat, 3 raven.
Pics of both peregrines
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Whitemoor Haye 08.00 - 12.00, 2 of 3.
5 grey partridge, 10 cormorant, 1 ruff, 3 meadow pipit, 4 little grebe, 2 slavonian grebe, 1 little egret, 84 mute swan, 1 merlin, 8 egyptian geese, 4 yellowhammer (2m, 2f), 1 gw egret, 2 peregrine. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
Whitemoor Haye 08.00 - 12.00. 1 of 3
c12 greenfinch, 69 mallard, 23 shoveler, 62 teal, several skylark singing, 8 oystercatcher, 1 goldcrest, 2 lesser redpoll, 14 gadwall, 29 pochard, 4 goldeneye, 176 tufted duck, 67 coot, 85 wigeon.
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Half a century of species on Radford Meadows, Stafford this AM. 62 Russian White fronted Geese, 51 Pintail, 4 Shelduck, Goldeneye, 75 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 4 Goosander, Curlew, 4 Oystercatcher,4 Golden Plover, 652 Lapwing, Peregrine, Lt Egret, 3 Cetti’s, 6 Siskin. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
This am, 94 RWF Geese flew ESE over Fauld, (Staffs) Also 250+ PF Geese in fields North of the Dove at Fauld. (Derbys.)
1 Ruff with Lapwing at Whitemoor Haye from quarry entrance @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
Highlights from #middletonlakes this afternoon - Ringed Plover Great Black-backed Gull Marsh Harrier 4 Oystercatchers 3 Shelducks #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
Thanks
Were the Geese on the south side of the River Dove
Barnacle Geese
yellow ring with black lettering on right leg (pretty sure one is 00) and red ring with white lettering on left leg. 3 White-fronts still too with 196 Greylags, 1 Lapwing mere farm bobbington @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social well done @themoorehen.bsky.social
The mere at bobbington this afternoon - 3 russian white fronted geese and 12 barnacle geese per dave banks.
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Whitemoor Haye 2 Slav Grebe on roadside pit @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
@staffsbirdnews.bsky.social Radford Meadows Stafford 1100hrs 151 Russian whitefront, 49 pintail, c500 wigeon and c600 teal and 1 pochard (which are rare on this site)
A quick march to the south end of Radford Meadows, Stafford at dusk, revealed at least 124 Russian White fronted Geese. Also a quick count of 61 Pintail, 2 Shelduck 6 Goosander & Cetti’s. Year tick Green Sandpiper x 2 were a joy to find. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @staffswildlife.bsky.social
