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Runs in conjunction with my Staffs Bird News Blog which provides a complete daily round up of bird news across Staffordshire.
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Usual check of my local paddocks finally produced my first Yellow Wag of the year at Otherton. Also there 2 Wheatear(m&f) E of disused railway. Nearby 1 male Wheatear along Mansty Lane Staffs Bird News
Good morning at RSPB Middleton Lakes with 8 year ticks - Swallow, 2 Cuckoo, Yellow Wag, Whitethroat, Reed Sedge Garden + Grasshopper Warblers (3+ showing well in car park meadow). Also drake Garganey, Bittern, Lesser Pecker + GW Egret Mercian Birding Staffs Bird News WestMidsBirding
At Otherton late morning 2 male Wheatear E of disused railway. Nearby another male Wheatear in paddock along the B5012 W of Shoal Hill Common Staffs Bird News
Drake Garganey at RSPB Middleton Lakes on North Pit from Lookout at 9am
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Early morning check of the WMI site near Calf Heath produced 3 Wheatear(all male) + usuals of Shelduck, 6 Tufteds, 6 LRP, 1 Ringie Staffs Bird News
Late pm visit to the now, estuary mudflat appearance of Radford Meadows, Stafford, revealed 4 LRP, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Dunlin, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Shelduck, 14 Lt Egret,2 Cetti’s, 150 Sand Martin. (Earlier, per Rob Bryan- 21 Lt Egret, reeling Grasshopper Warbler) Staffs Bird News
A disappointing morning at RSPB Middleton Lakes was rescued by a White Wagtail just before I left. Also Yellow Wagtail Ringed Plover 4 LRP 4 House Martins ç30 S Martins 7 Swallows 4 Shelduck Staffs Bird News Mercian Birding
Otherton late afternoon produced 2 male Wheatear in field E of disused railway + Peregrine thru. Also nearby at Mansty Lane male Wheatear still looking very bedraggled in the cold wind & rain Staffs Bird News
Nice to see some wheatears on the Smestow patch today, Six birds (4m 2f) thanks to Gareth Clements Staffs Bird News
