Kentish Plover
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27 December 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Goosanders, Cormorant

1 December 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Another quiet day.

24 November 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
First fieldfares of the Autumn

23 November 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Great White Egret

27 October 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Whooper Swans

20 October 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Great Spotted Woodpecker

12 October 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Heron, Jays, Pinkfeet

6 October 2019 - Littleborough
juv Gannet over Littleborough and Blackstone Edge

5 October 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Whooper Swan

28 September 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Greylag Goose and Kingfisher in morning; 9 Common Terns briefly in afternoon.

21 September 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Teal, various Butterflies, Sparrowhawk over garden

27 August 2019 - Hollingworth Lake - 27 August 2019
Kingfisher

26th August 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, Treecreeper, Grey Heron, Roe Deer

25 August 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Wheatear, Speckled Wood, Heron, Buzzards over house

24 August 2018 - Garden, Littleborough
Not much about, so did a little macro work in the garden

6 August 2019 - Mickletown, W.Yorks
Little Bustard

29 July 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Painted Ladies, Small Skipper, Comma, Gatekeeper, Small White, Peacock etc. Very few birds.

28 July 2019 - Watergrove Reservoir
Knot at Watergrove

27 July 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Common Tern, Little Ringed Plover, Willow warblers

14 July 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Oystercatcher, a few butterflies & moths

22 July 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Black-tailed Godwits

13 July 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Very little about today, though a number of swifts feeding over the water.

7 July 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Various insects around the lake, Red Kite over garden in afternoon

6 July 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Roe Deer, Common Tern, Sand Martins, Little Ringed Plover, Sparrowhawk

30 June 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Sparrowhawk, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff

29 June 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Lesser Redpoll, Redshank with young, Roe Deer, Foxes, Painted Lady, Small Heath, Small Skipper, Meadow Brown,

25 June 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
2 Avocets before work - found by Andrew

23 June 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Swallow, Silver-ground Carpet

22 June 2019 - Garden, Hollingworth Lake, Congleton
Wren singing in garden, Pied Wagtail, Red Admiral etc.

21 June 2019 - Back Garden
Swifts

19 June 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Foxes, Kestrel

9 June 2019
Collared Dove, Jackdaw

8 June 2019 - Home, Hollingworth Lake
Collared Dove, Jackdaw, Lesser Black-backed Gull

4 June 2019 - Titchwell, Choseley Barns
Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, Med Gulls, Red-crested Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer

3 June 2019 - Titchwell, Hunstanton, Cley
Spoonbill, Purple Heron (poss), Marsh Harriers, Mediterranean Gulls, Red Kite, Red-crested Pochard, Turtle Doves, Sedge Warbler, Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler (H), Hobby

2 June 2019 - Titchwell, Norfolk
Mediterranean Gulls, Brent Geese, Avocets, Little Egret, Bearded Tit, Marsh Harriers, Red Kite, Little Tern

1 June 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Little Egret, Redstart, Buzzard, Kestrel

31 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Little Egret

28 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Redshank, Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Mute Swans with Cygnets

27 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Peregrine

26 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Common Tern

25 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
2 Grey Partridges, Nuthatch, Roe Deer

18 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Goldfinch

17 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Common Tern

14 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Redshank, Grey Heron, Common Sandpipers

12 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Redshank

11 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Redstart, Grasshopper Warbler, Green Woodpecker, Reed Buntings, Little Egret

10 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Common Tern, Pied Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Roe Deer

9 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Common Tern

8 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
2 or 3 Black Terns, 2 Common Terns, Grey Plover, Common Sandpipers, Grey Wagtail

6 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Dunlin, Wren, Goldfinch

5 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake, Congleton
Whitethroat, 5 Greylag Geese

4 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Greenfinch

3 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Little Ringed Plovers

2 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Redshank, Grey Heron

1 May 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Dunlin, Redshank

28 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail

27 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Common Sandpiper, 5 Dunlin, Lesser Black-backed Gulls

26 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
3 Ringed Plovers, Dunlin in morning, then 3 Whimbrel, 7 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plovers, Common Sandpiper & Redshank in evening.

25 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
3 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail

24 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Grey Wagtail, Dunlin, Ringed Plover

21 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Great-black-backed Gull

20 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
pr. Shoveler, 6 Oystercatchers

19 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Reed Bunting, Swallow, Roe Deer

18 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Pair Gadwall, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatchers, Buzzard, Little Ringed Plover, Blackcap

17 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
2 drake Wigeon, pair of Gadwall, one or two Dunlin, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Common Sandpiper

15 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake - Oystercatchers
2 Oystercatchers, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank

14 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake - Avocet
Site tick today - Avocet, flew in at around 08:30. Ended up on muddy edge of nature reserve and stayed for most of the day.

13 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
First Swallow, House Martins & Willow Warbler of the year; Greylag Goose

6 April 2019 - Hollingworth Lake/Watergrove Reservoir
Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Redshank, Meadow Pipit, 5 Sand Martins, Chiffchaff. Mealy Redpoll, c. 12 Lesser Redpolls, c. 10 Bramblings

23 March 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Nice Great Crested Grebe performing by road

25 February 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Tufted Ducks

24 February 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Glaucous Gull, Pink-footed Goose, Goldcrest, Oystercatchers

18 February 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Glaucous Gull, Goldeneye, Cormorants, possible Woodcock near home

2 Feb 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Cold after overnight snow, a confiding Robin allowed some decent photos; several Gadwall on the reserve in the early morning gloom, and a Dipper on the stream by the bridge.

1 Feb 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Drake Goldeneye performing well near overflow

25 January 2019 - Hollingworth Lake
Glaucous Gull

5 January 2019 - Burton Marsh, Parkgate, Shotwick Lake
Bittern, Marsh Harriers, Hen Harrier, 2 Great White Egrets, Little Egrets, Pinkfeet, Whooper & Bewick's Swans, Black-tailed Godwits, Golden Plover, Peregrines