Aside from birds, butterflies were everywhere. Most common were small tortoiseshell, but there were good numbers of peacocks too. Another two year ticks came in the form of a stunning male orange-tip and a large white.
Find out more about Dosthill Park LNR here - www.dpwg.org.uk
After a brief stop off at the office I called in at Blithfield Reservoir to catch up with yellow wagtails that had been seen earlier in the day. Six birds were present along the dam, all a stunning bright vibrant yellow. Before long a car passed and the birds flew down into the field and perched in the top of a hawthorn tree. A wheatear was also present in the sheep fields.
The day finished with an evening visit to Doxey Marshes, which was more productive than I hoped for. In all 3 pairs of shelduck were still present, 4 pairs of gadwall and single pairs of shoveler and tufted duck. From the bird hide a pair of little-ringed plover were present with a single dunlin. Also present was a pair of oystercatcher, common sandpiper, two snipe and 2 displaying male lapwing, with a female close by. Also from the hide were around 20 swallows and a couple of sand martin. Two little egrets were on Doxey Flash.
Looking at Staffordshire Bird News www.staffordshirebirding.blogspot.co.uk it would appear that I missed sedge warbler, reed warbler and house martin. Something to try for in the next week I guess.
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