WILDFOWL AT EHF/PHF ~~ Mallard regular, max 182 on 7th ~ Teal regular, max 12 on 30th ~ Shoveler singles on 3rd, 7th & 11th ~ Wigeon regular, max 4 on 11th ~ Gadwall 5 on 20th, 2 on 22nd & 23rd ~ GC Grebe 2 on 24th ~ Shelduck 3 broods, total 23 juvs ~
Greylag Goose 3 on 2nd ~ Ringed Teal a pair on 5th
WADERS AT EHF/PHF ~~ Black-tailed Godwit regular, max 320 on 22nd ~ Lapwing regular, max 234 on 29th ~ Common Sandpiper 2 on 30th ~ Dunlin 1 on 8th ~ Green Sandpiper 3 on 18th ~ Curlew 2 on 24th ~ Redshank singles on 2nd & 17th ~ Little Ringed Plover regular, max 4 on 24th ~ Oystercatcher regular, max 3 on 24th
Elsewhere ~~ a juvenile Little Ringed Plover was recorded at Doddington Pool
RAPTORS AND OWLS ~~ Buzzard regular in the SECOS area ~ Hobby 3 sightings all at EHF ~ Peregrine one over EHF on 7th ~ Little Owl one regular in Clay Lane
GULLS ~~ YL Gull 3 at EHF on 7th ~ Med. Gull one at EHF on 21st ~ Common Tern a single at EHF on 24th and 2 on 26th
OTHER SIGHTINGS ~~ Return passage waders started to trickle through during the month with three Green Sandpipers at EHF on the 18th followed by two Common Sandpipers on the 30th ~ a Kingfisher was at EHF on the 2nd and 20th ~ Ravens were over Sandbach on the 16th and EHF on the 24th ~ a Grasshopper Warbler was singing at EHF on the 2nd and a Lesser Whitethroat on the 26th ~ a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker was seen briefly at PHF on the 28th and Willow Warbler, Chiff Chaff and Whitethroat were present on the 30th ~ at MGT three Reed Warblers were singing on the 5th and at Doddington a pair of Spotted Flycatchers fledged five young
