Hey up folks, after the rather lightweight performance by moi (fancy the host fallin' asleep) at last nights Inaugural Dinnerin' I was fresh as a daisy when I parked up the old punto at Spath this mornin'. The misty conditions early on gave way to a beautiful, sunny late winter mornin', perfect for searchin' out any migrants that may have pitched up at Utch overnight. RP had managed to get on the first LRP's and Sand Martins yesterday mornin' so i was hopin' to perhaps get onto the first Northern Wheatear or Chiff'. Later in the day a Swallow was picked up by some of the Staffs BFers on a rapid fire tour of staffs in search of owt they could get their weapons on.
Wildfowl numbers continue to drop and it won't be long before we're just left with M'ards and Tufties. A pair of Mandarins flew up from the Dove and another flew up from a ditch near one of the footbridges.
The three LRP's from yesterday were still on the Leasowes fm pit early on before movin' off, six more flew in from the east at 0950 and eventually landed on the Cottonmill fm pool.
Four Sand Martins were feedin' over the far end of the main pit as the sun came out around 0840.
A small movement of Meadow Pipits produced 15 in fields near to the River Tean, also 5 singin' Skylarks.
Mandarin 3
Goosander 7
Eurasian Wigeon 18
Eurasian Teal 7
Mallard 32
Tufty 16
Little-ringed Plover 9
Oystercatcher 6
Green Sand' 2
Common Snipe 4
Lapwing 10
Meadow Pipit 15
True to form no sign of the hoped for Whitearses or Chiff's, hopefully this w'end will be different and with the clocks goin' forward it means I'll be gettin' at least one mid-week visit in.
That's all folks.
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