Monday 28th October 2024

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still in Sherbrook Valley this am, (GJM)

Endon - Denford

40x Snipe, 14x Wigeon, 10x Teal and at Ashes Pool 5x Snipe, 10x Teal, (DCo)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup still, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, Little Egret, Shoveler, (RBe)

Calf Heath WMI site

Adult Caspian Gull, 441x Golden Plover, 13x Goosander, (SRi)

Branston GPs

17x Curlew, Redshank, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 12x Golden Plover, 130x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, Goldeneye, Pintail, 63x Pochard, 46x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 40x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 3x Egyptian Geese, 82x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 12x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Barn Owl, 2x Peregrine, 7x Stonechat, 26x Siskin, 16x Redpoll, 8x Skylark, 8x Fieldfare, 86x Redwing, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Goldcrest, (JWo)

Sunday 27th October 2024

Stafford

Hawfinch over Sandon Road this am, Red Kite east over the MOD, (RSt)

Seisdon

3x Whooper Swan south at 07:27, Ring Ouzel west at 07:15, (GCl, KCl)

Branston GPs

Red Kite east at 08:19, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 12x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, Pintail, 40x Shoveler, 32x Pochard, 80x Teal, 11x Goosander, 8x Curlew, 74x Lapwing, Golden Plover, Snipe, ad Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Common Gull, 7x Stonechat, 30x Linnet, Green Woodpecker, Vis Mig 2200x Wood Pigeon, 15x Skylark, 35x Redwing, 26x Chaffinch, 12x Siskin, 6x Redpoll all thru south, (DSc)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still Sherbrook Valley, Brambling, 33x Reed Bunting, 16x Raven, Fieldfare, (ICW)  -  GGS still this afternoon, (IBu)

Calf Heath WMI site

250x Golden Plover, Goosander, (JIs)

Gailey Resv

Marsh Tit, 2x Pochard, (JIs)

Stanley Pool

2x Whooper Swan till 07:00 then flew west, 2x Lapwing, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Tucklesholme

5x Whooper Swan thru east at 08:30, (SJo),  -  Merlin thru south, 3x Snipe, 46x Pochard, 80x Wigeon, 66x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 16x GC Grebe, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Skylark, 8x Siskin, 2x Stonechat, 800+ Wood Pigeon thru south, (JWo)

Barton under Needwood

Red Kite, (JWo)

Tittesworth Water

8x Wigeon, 50x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, 40x Redwing, 5x Siskin, Common Gull, (JOa, LH, KH, TE)

Whitemoor Haye

84x Pochard, 24x Gadwall, 23x Wigeon, 3x Shoveler, 5x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, 31x Little Grebe, Peregrine, 25x Lapwing, 3x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Siskin, (SCo)

Alrewas NMA

Goosander, 5x Shoveler, Great Egret, Little Egret, Little Grebe, (SCo)

Alrewas GPs

42x Wigeon, 2x GBB Gull, 51x Lapwing, GC Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Chasewater

3x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Shag,  30x Lapwing, (CMa, LRM)  -  Evening roost 1w Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 5x YL Gull, (CWG)

The Burntwoood (Loggerheads)

Brambling, Siskins, Redwings, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

2x Scaup, 5x YL Gull, 

Middleton Lakes

Jack Snipe between east and west JW, (RCh)

Saturday 26th October 2024

Uttoxeter Quarry

200x PFG over west at 11:15, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 2x Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Branston GPs

Vis Mig 08:30 to 10:30 - Hawfinch thru south at 09:21, also 7x Fieldfare to west, 22x Redwing, c3500x Wood Pigeon, 18x Chaffinch, 16x Siskin, 14x Redpoll, 25x Skylark,  all south, 160x PFG  over SW at 10:29. 70x Golden Plover, Curlew, 11x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 36x Shoveler, 12x Wigeon, 10x Egyptian Geese, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Linnet (DSc)

Cuckoo Bank

7x Hawfinch SW at 13:00, 10x Stonechat, 60x Skylark, 200x Linnet, 20x Redpoll, Woodcock, 15x Redwing, (CWG)

Knypersley Resv

Barn Owl, 4x Mandarin, Lesser Canada Goose with 150x Canada Geese, (GBr)

Croxall

8x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 300x Teal, 60x Redwing, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Green Woodpecker, (ICW)

Branston Water Park

144x Gadwall, 60x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 2x Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Alvecote

3x Great Egret, Little Egret, (MSc)

Whitemoor Haye

63x Wigeon, 18x Gadwall, 54x Pochard, 7x Shoveler, Goldeneye, 35x Little Grebe, Green Sandpiper, 50x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Redwings, 2x Stonechat, (SCo)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, 70x Wigeon, 18x Pochard, Peregrine, Common Gull, YL Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Chasewater

2x Med Gull (ad and 1w), 3x YL Gull, (CWG)

Trentham Gardens

3x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, (STu)

Gailey Resv

A late Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Friday 25th October 2024

Middle Mayfield

Yellow-browed Warbler briefly this morning, (BRe)

                                                                 By Ben Reavey

Trentham Gardens

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Pochard still, 2x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, Goosander, 75x Tufted Duck, 6x Siskin, (RGi)

Chasewater

25x Goosander by the dam, (JTu)  -  Roost 2x Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 5x YL Gull, (CWG)

Whitemoor Haye

Female Marsh Harrier this morning, (PJT)

Calf Heath WMI site

254x Golden Plover, 204x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 12x Mistle Thrush, (SRi)

Enville

Hawfinch, 2x Goshawk, 70x Redwing, (ICW)

Blithfield Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, (MDJ)

Branston GPs

Adult Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, Ringed Plover, 34x Golden Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 196x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Pintail, Ruddy Shelduck, 6x Shelduck, 110x Pochard, 5x Wigeon, 44x Shoveler, 74x Gadwall, 82x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 87x Little Grebe, ad Common Gull, juv Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Greenfinch, (JWo, George)

Thursday 24th October 2024

Middleton Lakes

5x Great Egret, 13x Pochard, Goosander, 4x Snipe, 250x Lapwing, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (SPA)

Knypersley Resv

12x Mandarin, (GBr)

Norton

3x Ring-necked Parakeet over the Co op, (Ed)

Calf Heath WMI site

2x Caspian Gull, YL Gull, 205x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, (SRi)

Branston GPs

32x Golden Plover, 162x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Great Egret, Goosander, 62x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 38x Shoveler, 32x Gadwall, 168x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 77x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 9x GBB Gull, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, 6x Siskin, 5x Redpoll, 20x Linnet, 6x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 20x Redwing, 4x Fieldfare, 6x Skylark, 1000x Starling, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

Possible Baltic Gull in roost, Lesser Scaup, 45x PFG, 

Wednesday 23rd October 2024

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still in Sherbrook Valley, (HF, SE) 

                                                                 By Steve Edwards

Doxey Marsh

11x Cattle Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Golden Plover, 90x Lapwing, 20x Snipe, Water Rail, Pochard, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, (GPr)

Wetley Moor

Green Woodpecker, 7x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, 3x Reed Bunting, (HF, SE)

Tittesworth Water

Pochard, 8x Wigeon, Gadwall, 9x Teal, Chiffchaff, (SGi, IF)

Belvide Resv

45x PFG again, Tundra Bean Goose, Lesser Scaup, 

Tucklesholme

Ruddy Shelduck, 35x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 68x Wigeon, 40x Teal, 40x Egyptian Geese, 16x GC Grebe, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

Calf Heath WMI site

Near adult Caspian Gull, YL Gull, 150x Golden Plover, (SRi)

Branston GPs

34x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 120x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Shelduck, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, 4x Redpoll, 5x Redwing, (CEc)

Middleton Lakes

Pink-footed Goose, 2x Shelduck, 4x Shoveler, 24x Gadwall, 150x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, (CAFH)

Stafford

Great Egret on floods adjacent to River Penk by Roseford Lane, (RTh)

Tuesday 22nd October 2024

Smithpool Park

Great Egret over SW at 08:38, (RGi)

Trentham Gardens

Great Egret, Little Egret, Pochard, 20x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 2x Little Grebe, 70x Tufted Duck, (RGi)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike again in Sherbrook Valley this morning, (GWi)

Belvide Resv

Tundra Bean Goose, 6x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, (CMa, RF)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Black-tailed Godwit, 150x Lapwing, 3x Golden Plover, 12x Pintail, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)

Blithfield Resv

4x Cattle Egret deep end and again in Cattle field by Admaston Reach to 17:30, (JAl)

Chillington

Swallow over, (PB)

Branston GPs

17x Golden Plover, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 156x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 8x Pochard, Pintail, 63x Wigeon, 64x Gadwall, 58x Shoveler, 3x Shelduck, 254x Teal, 9x Egyptian Geese, 78x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 6x GBB Gull, YL Gull, Little Owl, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, 110x Linnet, Cetti's Warbler,  -  Barton Marina 27x Pochard, 12x Goldcrest, (JWo)

Cannock Chase

Female Merlin Sherbrook Valley, (RSw)

Calf Heath WMI site

190x Golden Plover, 241x Lapwing, 4x Goosander, (SRi)

Monday 21st October 2024

Parkhall CP

Willow Tit, 2x Redpoll, 6x Siskin, 22x Redwing, 4x Goldcrest, Little Egret, (RGi)

Blithfield Resv

Black-necked Grebe deep end, (PFB, GJM)

                                                                      By GJ Mant

Cannock Chase

Rig-tailed Hen Harrier Sherbrook Valley this afternoon, (GLy)

Gailey Resv

Stonechat, Pochard, (JIs)

Branston GPs

Spoonbill, 17x Golden Plover, 136x Lapwing, 13x Curlew, Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 79x Pochard, 3x Gadwall, 64x Shoveler, 108x Teal, Pintail, 5x Egyptian Geese, 68x Little Grebe, Common Gull, YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Stonechat, 4x Redpoll, 17x Skylark, (JWo, JAl)

Dovedale

Red-breasted Merganser on the Dove also 3x Dipper, also Red Kite over Calwich, (JDr)

Chasewater

10x Pochard, 18x Goosander, 27x GC Grebe, 6x Little Grebe, Jack Snipe, 12x Snipe and the Shag, (WeBS)

Belvide Resv

Tundra Bean Goose, 2x Cattle Egret, 6x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 102x Redwing, Goldeneye, 

Sunday 20th October 2024

Doxey Marsh

11x Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, Otter, (GPr, MBo, RRa, PDy, DTo, RSt), WeBS)

Branston GPs

Spoonbill, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 6x Egyptian Geese, 10x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler, 48x Pochard, Merlin, Peregrine, 13x Curlew, Redshank, 100x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Redwing, 6x Redpoll, 6x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, 50x Herring Gull, 5x Goosander, 50x Little Grebe, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, Tundra Bean Goose, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Red Kite, 2x Shelduck, YL Gull, Goldeneye

Tittesworth Water

8x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, 21x Teal, 5x Goosander, Snipe, Common Gull, (JOa, LH, TEe)

Saturday 19th October 2024

Uttoxeter  Quarry

Pink-footed Goose, 2x Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Shelduck, 4x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 60x Shoveler, 70x Teal, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Berryhill

Yellow-browed Warbler still, showing well this am on the Greenway by the information board adjacent to the east end of Uffington Parade. (JOa)

Branston GPs

One Spoonbill on Ashy pit at 12:45, 2x Stonechat, Little Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, (RPo)  -  3x Spoonbill to 11:00 at least and one still present at 18:00, 16x Golden Plover, 10x Curlew, 135x Lapwing, Pintail, 66x Wigeon, 70x Shoveler, 24x Gadwall, 80x Teal, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 30x Redwing, 6x Egyptian Geese, 3x Little Egret, (DSc)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike briefly by trig point at 14:30 then flew towards Sherbrook Valley, (SE, HF)

Calf Heath WMI site

Near adult Caspian Gull, 240x Lapwing, 107x Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Radford  Meadows

11x Pintail, Goosander, 150x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 350x Teal, 200x Wigeon, 3x Pochard, 150x Lapwing, 18x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, 2x Little Grebe, (RSw)

Trentham Gardens

200x PFG NE at 16:49, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 20x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, 82x Tufted Duck, (RGi)

Weston Coyney

Approx 190x PFG over north at 16:30, (SFe)

Shoal Hill Common - Littleton pit site

Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, Redwing, 2x Redpoll, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

5x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye,  49x Pochard, 21x Gadwall, 23x Shoveler, 64x Teal, 76x Tufted Duck, 9x Wigeon, 5x Snipe, 416x Lapwing, 36x Little Grebe, 7x GC Grebe, 15x Egyptian Geese, YL Gull, Peregrine, Stonechat, 8x Redwing, (SCo, WeBS

Friday 18th October 2024

Smithpool Park

Yellow-browed Warbler still this morning, (RGi)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still, 16x Golden Plover, 13x Curlew, Redshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 136x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Pintail, Goldeneye, Goosander, 85x Pochard, 16x Gadwall, 94x Shoveler, 120x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 69x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Marsh Harrier juv), Peregrine (juv), 2x Green Woodpecker, 6x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 46x Linnet, 5x Greenfinch, 7x Skylark, (JWo)

                                                         Spoonbills by Jon Woodcock

Trentham Gardens

20x Gadwall, Little Egret, Skylark, River Trent at Stoke - Dipper, (RGi)

Middleton Lakes

Riverside roost - Cattle Egret, 8x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, (MB)

Thursday 17th October 2024

Smithpool Park

Yellow-browed Warbler still this morning but very elusive and mobile, (RGi)

Berryhill

Yellow-browed Warbler still, (NDP)

                                                                    By Clive Wood

Knypersley Resv

2x Red Kite over Lodge Barn road, Willow Tit, 5x Mandarin, fem Wigeon, Woodcock, (GBr)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still, Marsh Harrier, 8x Great Egret (site record count), 5x Little Egret, Redshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 13x Curlew, 142x Lapwing, Pintail, 133x Pochard, 38x Shoveler, 5x Gadwall, 54x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 78x Little Grebe, 3x Common Gull, YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 8x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 14x Chiffchaff, 8x Redwing, (JWo)

Chasewater

Rock Pipit at the dam, 12x Goosander and the Shag, (SWa)

Tittesworth Water

10x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, 50x Teal, GBB Gull, 90x Redwing, (JOa, LH)

Belvide Resv

45x PFG at west end, 15x Great Egret, Lesser Scaup, 

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan still along rough track, Marsh Harrier thru north at 17:30, 2x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 52x Pochard, 14x Wigeon, 25x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

                                                        Whooper Swans by Stu Collins

Waterhouses - Swinscoe

2x Red Kite at  13:30 and a Red Kite over Weaver Hills, (TDu)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x Little Grebe, (MSc)

Wednesday 16th October 2024

Smithpool Park

Yellow-browed Warbler north east corner of the pool near the bridge, (RGi)

Berryhill

Yellow-browed Warbler still on the footpath south of Uffington Parade, (NDP)

Endon - Denford

160x Redwing over to the south also 20x grounded, 9x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 11x Teal, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whopper Swan in the fields at the start of the track Roddige Lane end, (SMcG)  -  also Great Egrets, 3x Little Egret, 31x Little Grebe, 4x GC Grebe, 19x Pochard, 18x Teal, 21x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 5x Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Calf Heath WMI site

103x Golden Plover, 274x Lapwing, drake Mandarin, (SRi)

Tucklesholme

2x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 38x Pochard, 109x Wigeon, 58x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, 17x GC Grebe, Common Gull, 7x Stonechat, 9x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Chiffchaff, 10x Redwing, 8x Linnet, (JWo)

Tuesday 15th October 2024

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbills still, male Merlin, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 83x Lapwing, 5x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Pintail, 91x Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 16x Gadwall, 68x Shoveler, 167x Teal, 86x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, juv Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 18x Chiffchaff, 90x Linnet, 2x Redpoll, 5x Redwing, 600+ Starling, (JWo)

                                                              Merlin by Jon Woodcock

Stoke

Lordship Lane Green Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 9x Teal, (RGi)

Blithfield Resv

2x Great Egret, 2x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, (CMa, RF)

Cannock Chase

100+Redwing at the Beaudesert Old Park area, (BCh)

Calf Heath WMI site

1w YL Gull, 170x Lapwing, 7x Goosander, (SRi)

Chasewater 

Evening roost - adult Med Gull, 1cy Caspian Gull, 625x Herring Gull by 18:00, also the Shag still, (CW)

Belvide Resv

3w Caspian Gull and 5x YL Gull roosted this evening, Lesser Scaup still, 

Monday 14th October 2024

Berryhill

Yellow-browed Warbler in a Tit flock at the SW corner of the reedbed pools, (NDP)

Mow Cop

80x PFG over east at 11:55, (LH)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbills still, Redshank, 15x Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 4x Curlew, 122x Lapwing, juv Marsh Harrier, 79x Pochard, 6x Wigeon, 93x Teal, 75x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 78x Little Grebe, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, juv Peregrine, Barn Owl, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 9x Chiffchaff, 8x Stonechat, 15x Goldcrest, 2x Redpoll,  Barton Marina 28x Pochard, (JWo)

Trentham Gardens

Great Egret, 2x Wigeon, 18x Gadwall, Goosander, 2x Redwing, (RGi)

Chasewater

Roost this evening- 8x GBB Gull, 5x Common Gull, 4400x BH Gull, 1400x LBB Gull, 900x Herring Gull, 12x Goosander, Shag, also apparent distant views of a white winger. (CW)

Belvide Resv

Grey Plover thru at 13:12, Lesser Scaup, 

Barton

20x Redwing over this evening, (JWo)

Sunday 13th October 2024

Blithfield Resv

Yellow-browed Warbler in Stansley Wood with a mobile Tit flock this am, (MPR)

Gailey Resv

Water Rail and a flyover Redwing, (SRi)

Calf Heath WMI site

12x Golden Plover, 283x Lapwing, (SRi)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, imm Marsh Harrier, 116x Shoveler, 4x Wigeon, 75x Teal,  82x Pochard, 88x Lapwing, 10x Curlew, 15x Golden Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 62x Little Grebe, 5x Egyptian Geese, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Redwing, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Redpoll, Siskin, Branston Water Park 52x Wigeon, 110x Gadwall, (DSc)

Shoal Hill Common

Yellow-browed Warbler with the Tit flock to 13:15 at least, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

Osprey thru at 08:30, 23x Whooper Swan thru 09:20, 140x PFG over at 13:00. Red Kite, 17x Redwing, Fieldfare, Goosander, 3x Mandarin, (LH, JOa, TEe, KH)

Berryhill

130x PFG over NE at 11:58 in two skeins, (RTo)  -  225x PFG over, (RGi)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

45x Redwing over also 6x Redpoll, (RGi)

Doxey Marsh

Creswell Flash - 10x Cattle Egret, 5x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, (AEa)  -  also 2x Water Rail, Stonechat,  CAFH)

Castlecroft - Dimmingsdale

Imm Merlin just south of Mopps Farm bridge at 15:55, 5x Redwing, Little Egret, (IMo, GCl)

Saturday 12th October 2024

Trentham Gardens

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 10x Mandarin, Little Grebe, GC Grebe, (STu)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still on Ashy pit, (TWy)  -  also 27x PFG thru east at 12:15, Great Egret, Little Egret, 24x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler, 60x Teal, Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Calf Heath WMI site

88x Golden Plover, 157x Lapwing, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

Adult Caspian Gull in Blithe Bay this am, (GJM)

Doxey Marsh

9x Cattle Egret, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret Water Rail, 8x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 80x Teal, 26x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Cheddleton

2x Redwing over NE at  09:30, (DSc)

Tucklesholme  -  Note car barrier  is now set to Winter timetable and drops at 17:00.

58x Wigeon, 10x Gadwall, 15x Teal, 12x Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, 700x Tufted Duck, 

Friday 11th October 2024

Coombes Valley

2x Whooper Swan over east at 10:30, (RSPB)

Doxey Marsh

2x Whooper Swan this morning, 5x Cattle Egret, (BGo)  -  2x Whooper Swan, Cattle Egret Creswell Flash (CVa, DEm)  -  6x Cattle Egret, 5x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (CAFH)

                                                    Whooper Swans by Bill Goldstraw

Calf Heath WMI site

60x Golden Plover, 270x Lapwing, (CVa), 

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still, 3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Water Rail, 4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 69x Lapwing, Goosander, 119x Pochard, 2x Pintail, 46x Shoveler, 58x Gadwall, 155x Teal, 89x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Radford Meadows

73x Pintail, 170x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 250x Teal, 150x Shoveler, 100x Lapwing, 34x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RBr, CDa)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, Tundra Bean Goose, Cattle Egret,

Rocester

9x GC Grebe on North lake, (JDr)

Chasewater

Adult Med Gull and the Shag in the roost this evening, (CW)

Thursday 10th October 2024

Stoke

Lordship Lane - Greenshank, 2x Red Kite together over west, 30x PFG over east, 24x Lapwing, (RGi)

Trentham Gardens

17x Gadwall, Little Egret, 3x Little Grebe, (RGi)

Doxey Marsh

11x Cattle Egret still, (RCB, ID)

Croxall

Jack Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 90x Teal, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Whinchat, Great Egret, 40x Little Grebe, 26x Pochard, 85x Lapwing, Shelduck, GBB Gull, 3x Stonechat, (ICW)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 9x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 50x Lapwing, 4x Goosander, 2x Pintail, 105x Pochard, 12x Wigeon, 78x Gadwall, 31x Shoveler, 96x Teal, 84x Little Egret, 5x Common Gull, YL Gull, juv Marsh Harrier,  juv Peregrine, Barn Owl, 2x Green Woodpecker, 12x Siskin, 60x Linnet, 4x Greenfinch, 6x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 12x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

                                                            YL Gull by Jon Woodcock

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

2x Redwing, (TEy)

Blithfield

10x Whooper Swan at the deep end, 

Wednesday 9th October 2024

Doxey Marsh

11x Cattle Egret still, (BGo, JJH, SJH)  -  also 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, (JJH, SJH)

                                                                  By Bill Goldstraw

Radford Meadows

Redshank, 21x Snipe, 150x Lapwing, 18x Pintail, 51x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 150x Shoveler, 270x Teal, 4x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RBr)

Tucklesholme

Juv Peregrine, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 16x Pochard, 62x Wigeon, 35x Gadwall, 66x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 18x GC Grebe, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Greenfinch, 12x Linnet, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, 2x Garganey, Black-necked Grebe, Tundra Bean Goose, Rock Pipit, 

Tuesday 8th October 2024

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill again on Ashy pit, Marsh Harrier, Rock Pipit over, 2x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 122x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Pintail, Goldeneye, 101x Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 94x Gadwall, 82x Shoveler, 138x Teal, 92x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Peregrine, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 8x Stonechat, 30x Linnet, 16x House Martin, Barton Marina 42x Pochard, 2x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Doxey Marsh

At least 6x Cattle Egret still beyond Creswell Flash amongst the Cattle,  (JTu)

Monday 7th October 2024

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still, 7x Great Egret, juv Marsh Harrier, 2x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Curlew, 174x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, Pintail, 6x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 36x Gadwall, 52x Shoveler, 116x Teal, 58x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, YL Gull, 2x Stonechat, 6x Greenfinch, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Chiffchaff, Blackcap, (JWo, DSc, PFo, SBI, SCo, Bob)

                                                          Spoonbills by Jon Woodcock

Enville

Goshawk, 3x Red Kite, Redwing, 120x Swallow thru, (ICW)

Endon - Denford

29x Snipe, 22x Lapwing, 35x Teal, Water Rail, 25x Redwing, (DCo)

Doxey Marsh

11x Cattle Egret (Staffs record count), also 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Water Rail, 84x lapwing, 2x Stonechat, (RBr)

Belvide Resv

Tundra Bean Goose, Lesser Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, 

Chasewater

Roost 7x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 3x YL Gull, adult Med Gull and the Shag, (CW)

Sunday 6th October 2024

Doxey Marsh

4x Cattle Egret with the Cattle Creswell Flash, (IGr)  -  also 100x PFG over east, 6x Snipe, (AHa)  - in additition 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Redwing, 2x Water Rail, 10x Cetti's Warbler, 14x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, (DBa, IGr, CEv)

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 11x Shoveler, 25x Wigeon, 31x Pochard, 12x Teal, 4x Gadwall, 3x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 52x Egyptian Geese, 25x Little Grebe, 12x Yellowhammer, 8x Greenfinch, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 31x Lapwing, (SCo)

Belvide Resv

Juv Black Tern, 

Himley Pool

7x Goosander, (DBa)

Tittesworth Water

5x Goosander, Mandarin, Wigeon, Little Egret, Red Kite, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE)

Gailey Resv

2x Stonechat, 6x Little Grebe, 2x Pochard, (SRi)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill (2+imm) on Ashy pit from 16:00 to dusk, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, Red-breasted Goose (of unknown origin), Pintail, 50x Shoveler, 20x Wigeon, 40x Gadwall, 36x Pochard, 45x Lapwing, 11x Curlew, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

                                                  One of 3 Spoonbills by Dave Scattergood

Calf Heath WMI site

21x Golden Plover, 84x Lapwing, (SRi)

Saturday 5th October 2024

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, Garganey, Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, Tundra Bean Goose, 6x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 14x Redwing, Peregrine, 175x Swallow south, 

Croxall

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 70x Teal, 14x Wigeon, 15x Snipe, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (ICW)

Burton

Marsh Harrier over Trentside CC at 12:15, (STi)

Gailey Resv

Marsh Tit, Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

3x Rock Pipit, Common Tern, (GJM, MPR)

Trentham Gardens

3x Little Egret, 8x Mandarin, GC Grebe, (STu)

Doxey Marsh

3x Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Little Egret, also at least 50x Migrant Hawkers, (DEm)

Cheadle

Blackcap near the Rec, (TDu)

Middleton Lakes

2x Black-necked Grebe east of Lookout, 

Alrewas NMA

Hobby, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Trescott / Seisdon

Ad Common Gull, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Stonechat, Goosander, 2x Little Egret, (IMo, GCl)

Friday 4th October 2024

Rudyard

276x PFG over NW at 08:40, 2x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, 7x Teal, Goosander, 2x Little Egret, 3x Snipe, (SSe)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, 13x Little Egret, Peregrine, 32x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (ICW)

Belvide Resv

3x Black-necked Grebe, 

Middleton Lakes

3x Great Egret, Redshank, Dunlin, 14x Snipe, (DCo)

Branston GPs

Tree Pipit over south, 2x Goldeneye (first returning birds), 3x Pintail, 12x Curlew, Snipe, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 114x Lapwing,, Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Water Rail, 64x Pochard, Shelduck, 10x Wigeon, 87x Shoveler, 73x Gadwall, 88x Teal, 5x Egyptian Geese, 101x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull (ad + 1w), YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                         Goldeneyes by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater

Adult Med Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 4x Common Gull, Shag, (CW)