SECOS Sightings

WILDFOWL AT EHF/PHF	COUNT	WADERS AT EHF/PHF	COUNT
Mallard	regular, no count	Black-tailed Godwit	regular, max 53 on 4th
Teal	3 on 15th, 6 on 16th	Lapwing	regular, max 530 on 15th
Wigeon	a single on 23rd	Common Sandpiper	regular, max 2 on 13th
Gadwall	singles on 22nd and 23rd	Green Sandpiper	regular, max 6 on 18th
Greylag Goose	2 on 21st	Curlew	regular, max 54 on 25th
Pochard	a single on 28th	Snipe	regular, max 3 on 15th
Ruddy Shelduck	singles regular	Redshank	regular, max 5 on 18th
Mandarin	2 on 24th and 28th	Little Ringed Plover	regular, max 15 on 6th
		Ruff	2 regular
		Oystercatcher	2 regular
		Ringed Plover	2 on 14th
		Greenshank	singles 2nd and 3rd
elsewhere	Tufted Duck bred at CF ~ 2 pairs of Great Crested Grebe bred at WF and 5 Ruddy Duck were at Doddington on the17th
RAPTORS AND OWLS	COUNT
Sparrowhawk	regular in the Flashes area
Kestrel	records from EHF and Weston where a family of 4 were recorded
Buzzard	regular at EHF, 3 on the 25th
Hobby	4 sightings, all from EHF
Red Kite	one over EHF for 10 mins on the 2nd
Peregrine	just two records, both from EHF
Barn Owl	one hunting around EHF at 07:00am on the 18th
GULLS	COUNT
Mediterranean Gull	a juvenile was at EHF 25th to 28th
Y L Gull	a single 8th and 3 on the 18th at EHF
Common Gull	singles 10th and 25th at EHF
Common Tern	a single at PHF on 15th and at EHF 17th
OTHER SIGHTINGS
250 House Martins were over EHF on the 7th ~ Yellowhammers were recorded at EHF and Haslington ~ a Little Egret was over EHF on the 23rd ~ three Great Spotted Woodpeckers were at the EHF feeders on the 24th and a Green Woodpecker was seen at Oakwood Lane, Elton on the 25th ~ 5 Whitethroats, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, a Sedge Warbler, a Willow Warbler and a Chiff Chaff were all in the hedge at PHF on the 25th ~ Kingfishers were recorded at Rode Pool and EHF and a pair of Bullfinches plus 4 juvs have been coming to feeders in a Crewe garden