Sightings
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Sightings in 2024
Recorders are indicated by their initials:
DWE - Dave Emley
MS - Mark Sutton
November 5 : c.50 Redwings flying around Lake 1. The fungi Wood Blewit and Smoky Bracket were added to the Keele list DWE.
November 1 : 1 Hawfinch and a Teal over Lake 1 MS. The second record of Little Egret for Keele on lake 2 Stuart McBain.
October 29 : 1 Hawfinch MS.
September 7 : a Whinchat on Lymes Road and a record count of 200 Goldfinches on setaside by Lymes Lodge and an adult Yellow-legged Gull near the village.
September 6 : Tree Pipit MS.
January 26 : 6 Goosanders, 3 males and 3 females, on the top lake DWE.
January 11 : pair of wintering Stonechats by the Solar Farm MS.
January 10 : 6 Jack Snipes MS.
January 5 : 110 Pink-footed Geese over heading west, plus a pair of roosting Tawny Owls. MS.
January 2 : 5 Goosanders on Lake 1 MS.
January 1 : A pair of Goosanders was seen on Lake 5 before moving to Lake 1. This is the first record of them using the lakes MS.