Monday 12th January 2026

Aqualate

07:30 - 10:00 Female Marsh Harrier, Female Merlin, Red Kite, 10x Pintail, 2x Egyptian Geese, 60x flock Redpoll/Siskin, (KHa)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver and Tundra Bean Goose still on the deeps, (HF, SE)

                                                      Red-throated Diver by Rob Bendelow

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch, Barn Owl, 70x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi)

Branston GPs

Fem Marsh Harrier, 2x Peregrine, 23x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, 668x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 11x Goldeneye, 8x Shelduck, 58x Wigeon, 65x Gadwall, 72x Shoveler, 345x Teal, 21x Pochard, 6x Egyptian Geese, 19x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 15x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, 2x Stonechat, 12x Skylark, 2x Grey Wagtail, 5x Siskin, 35x Redpoll, 50x Linnet, 400x Redwing, 350x Fieldfare, 25,000+ Starling, (JWo)

Rudyard

Dipper, Water Rail, 5x Little Egret, 56x Teal, 14x Wigeon, 10x Siskin, (SSe, DBr)

Pool Hall Fisheries

37x Goosander, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Goldcrest, (CVa)

Sunday 11th January 2026

Branston GPs (flooding of many footpaths around the site, wellies essential)

Fem Marsh Harrier in the Newbold farm area, (SCo)  -  2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 50x Wigeon, 90x Gadwall, 400x Teal, 50x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 3x Water Rail, 22x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, 30x GBB Gull, 5x YL Gull, 12x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 50x Fieldfare, c25,000 Starlings roosted, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver, 2x White-fronted Geese, 2x Great Egret, Scaup, Common Sandpiper, 2x Stonechat, (TEe)  -  Red-throated Diver off the dam, (AMa)

Saturday 10th January 2026

Whitemoor Haye

c80x PFG flew west at 10:28, c300x Lapwing, 257x Wigeon, 67x Teal, 3x Pochard, 6x Gadwall, 4x Goldeneye, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Bullfinch, 7x Greenfinch, Redpoll, 4x GC Grebe, 4x Little Grebe, 21x Egyptian Geese, Stonechat, (SCo)  -  16x Goldeneye, 5x Great Egret, 2x Snipe, Stonechat, (ICW)  -  7x Whooper Swan from end of rough track, (TPe)  -  Male Merlin, (Ochruros)

Gailey Resv

Drake Wigeon, 11x Pochard,  drk Goldeneye, 14x Snipe, Chiffchaff, Redpoll, PFG, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

Jack Snipe, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, PFG, 5x Goosander, 

Croxall

2x Goosander, 5x Gadwall, 95x Teal, Shelduck, 10x Snipe, (ICW)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

100x PFG over NW at 13:00, (TEy)

Elford - Fisherwick

3x Whooper Swan still, (TPe)

Tittesworth Water

306x Common Gull, Water Rail, 64x Wigeon, 62x Pochard, 5x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 4x Teal, 8x Fieldfare, 5x Willow Tit, 3x Siskin, 2x Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, (PI, IF, SGi, IB)

                                                           Water Rail by Steve Gibson

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper, 15x Goosander, 4x Shelduck, 6x Pochard, Great Egret, (RPo)

Keele

Little Egret on Uni lake 2 and nearby at Silverdale CP 2x Stonechat on The Void, (JHu)

Audley

82x PFG  over west  at 13:20, (JHu)

Branston GPs (95% frozen)

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Marsh Harrier, 3x Siskin, 6x Redpoll, 2x Bullfinch, 3x Skylark, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 6+ Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, 2x Mandarin, 4x Snipe, 25,000x Starling, (SCo)  -  24x Little Grebe, 2x Great Egret, 2x Shelduck, 60x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler, 300x Teal, 12x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 21x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, 2x Common Gull, 15x Skylark, 12x Redpoll, 100x Fieldfare, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

Blithe Bay - 2x Russian White-fronted Geese still, 3x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 3x Pintail, Scaup, 5x Stonechat, GBB Gull, 2x Great Egret, (DBr)  -  Red-throated Diver, Tundra Bean Goose still from the dam, Great Egret YL Gull, (Ochruros)

Alrewas NMA

2x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 4x Shoveler, 20+ Teal, 25x Redpoll, 70+ Fieldfare, (JWo)

Catholme

6x Goldeneye, 12x Goosander, 25x Pochard, 60x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, 30x Linnet, (JWo)

Tucklesholme (95% frozen)

Little Egret, 3x Little Grebe, 6x GC Grebe, 50x Wigeon, 30x Gadwall, 30x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 50x Linnet, (DSc)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull, ( Ad +3w), 3x YL Gull,  Ad Med Gull, (CWG)

Friday 9th January 2026

                                   West Midland Bird Club Stafford Branch. 

Invites you to talk on Tuesday 13th January 2026 by David Holliday. Costa Rica The Jewel of Central America with a wide variety of birds, mammals, insects and frogs. At Walton -On-The-Hill Village Hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Stafford, ST17 0LD. Doors open 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start. Admission £3 including refreshments. Everyone welcome.

Radford Meadows

9x Pintail, 4x Goosander, Shelduck, c50x Shoveler, 250x Teal, 350x Wigeon, 3x Little Grebe, Stonechat, 46x Fieldfare, 6x Lapwing, (RSw)

Middleton Lakes

Peregrine, 49x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 5x Pintail, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Grey Partridge, (MSm)

Branston GPs

21x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 9x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 208x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Water Rail, 8x Goosander, 11x Goldeneye, 102x Wigeon, 114x Gadwall, 86x Shoveler, 22x Pochard, 540x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 9x Egyptian Geese, 50x Little Grebe, 35x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 31x Skylark, 3x Grey Wagtail, 12x Siskin, 22x Redpoll, 26x Linnet, 8x Greenfinch, 25,000x Starling, 350x Fieldfare, 300x Redwing, (JWo, DSc)

Alrewas

c150x Linnet, several Skylarks, 2x Snipe, Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Thursday 8th January 2026

Doxey Marsh

2x Shoveler, 3x Gadwall, 14x Teal, Pochard, 2x Goosander, 3x Water Rail, 44x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, (CAFH)

Middleton Lakes

5x Grey Partridge, Marsh Harrier, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, Chiffchaff, Siskins, (SPA)

Tittesworth Water

51x Pochard, 30x Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, (TEe)

Branston GPs

21x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 8x Green Sandpiper, 242x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Pintail, 8x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 89x Shoveler, 171x Gadwall, 84x Wigeon, 480x Teal, 18x Pochard, 7x Egyptian Geese, 37x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, 5x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Blackcap, 39x Siskin, 44x Redpoll, 15x Linnet, 2x Grey Wagtail, 250+ Fieldfare, (JWo, BSt, ASt)

Wednesday 7th January 2026

Tucklesholme

Jack Snipe, 8x Snipe, 6x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x Goldeneye, Goosander, 190x Wigeon, 50x Gadwall, 15x Pochard, 160x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 6x GC Grebe, Cetti's Warbler 6x Redpoll, 200+ Fieldfare, (JWo)

Stafford

Red Kite over the MOD, (RSt)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Red-crested Pochard, 12x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 22x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 14x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Snipe, Redshank, c100x Lapwing, (BSa)

Tuesday 6th January 2025

Gailey Resv

5x Pochard, 3x Shoveler, Goldeneye, 3x Teal, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Chiffchaff, (JIs)

Middleton Lakes (90% frozen)

5x Grey Partridge, 6x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, Great Egret, Marsh Harrier, Common Gull, 2x Yellowhammer, (MSm)

Weeping Cross

2x Brambling in private garden, (HKi)

Doxey Marsh

125x Lapwing, GBB Gull, (PWi)

Whitemoor Haye (largely frozen)

Jack Snipe, Pintail (m), no sign of any Slavs, RCPs or WFG), TPe)

Blithfield Resv

Tundra Bean Goose Blithe Bay, (GJM)

Cannock Chase

24x Crossbill in Abraham's Valley, c80x Siskin flock, 10x Redpoll, Grey Wagtail, (RSw)

Ford Green NR

Cetti's Warbler, RN Parakeet, Water Rail, Snipe, 2x Common Gull, 8x Teal, (SGi)

                                                       Cetti's Warbler by Steve Gibson

Walton Grange

Little Egret, 6x Snipe, 2x Stonechat on Church Eaton Lane, (ABe)

Wilbrighton Hill

200x Linnet, 100x Chaffinch, 6x Brambling, (ABe)

Branston GPs

21x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 100x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 76x Shoveler, 108x Wigeon, 219x Gadwall, 350x Teal, 12x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 42x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 24x GBB Gull, 16x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 4x Grey Wagtail, 2x Skylark, 15x Redpoll, 6x Siskin, 20,000x Starling, (JWo)

Monday 5th January 2025

Aqualate (most of the Mere frozen)

08:20 - 10:40 (-9 degrees C.) - Fem Marsh Harrier, 2x Water Rail, mixed flock of Siskins and Redpolls, Stonechat, (KHa)

Stanley Pool

White-fronted Goose, Wigeon, 19x Goosander, Pintail, 3x Teal, 27x Lapwing, Snipe, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

2x White-fronted Geese, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 8x Pintail, Red Kite, (MSm)

Westport Lake

Drake Pintail and 19x Lapwing on the ice, (PJo)

                                                               Pintail by Phil Jones

Whiston

20x Lapwing at The Leys, (per GSt)

Branston GPs

3x Woodcock, 6x Snipe, 17x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 7x Green Sandpiper, 232x Lapwing, Great Egret, Great Egret, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 57x Common Gull, 46x GBB Gull, 6x Mandarin, 9x Goldeneye, 62x Pochard, 116x Gadwall, 89x Wigeon, 78x Shoveler, 3x Shelduck, 662x Teal, 8x Egyptian Geese, 33x Little Grebe, Red Kite, 26x Skylark, 28x Redpoll, 14x Siskin, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 20,000x Starling, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

2x Grey Partridge, Marsh Harrier, Pochard, Goosander, Snipe, Grey Wagtail, (SPA)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still this afternoon in Holly on main pat towards Black bridge (ILi per GCl)

Sunday 4th January 2025

Blithfield Resv

2x adult White-fronted Geese in Blithe Bay also Marsh Harrier thru, (MPR, GJM)  -  Red-throated Diver, 1w drake Scaup, Red Kite, Bullfinch, (SRi)  -  RT Diver still at 16:00, Great Egret, (DSc)  -  Also 2x Scaup, PFG, (PAn)

Belvide Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese on north shore, 

Audley

Marsh Harrier over north, (MJW)

Trentham Gardens

5x Mandarin, 56x Gadwall, 6x Wigeon, 12x Teal, 9x Goosander, Water Rail, Common Gull, 4x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 8x Siskin, (RGi)

Middleton Lakes

3x Grey Partridge, Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, (MSm)

Stanley Pool

Fem Pintail, 2x Wigeon, 27x Goosander, 15x Teal, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

40+ Common Gull, 50x Pochard, Goosander, 11x Wigeon, 6x Teal, Gadwall, 5x Mandarin, 2x Snipe, 2x RL Partridge, 2x Willow Tit, 12x Siskin, (JOa, TE, LH, KH)

Radford Meadows

617x Teal, 332x Wigeon, 2x Pintail, 2x Siskin, (CDa)

Pool Hall

Great Egret, 6x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 2x Goosander, (CVa)

Awbridge - Bratch Lock

Mandarin, Water Rail, Fieldfares, (CVa)

Branston GPs

Peregrine, Great Egret, 8x Shelduck, 60x Shoveler, 400x Teal, 20x Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, Curlew, 60x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x GBB Gull, 2x Grey Wagtail, 40x Linnet, (DSc)

Aqualate2x Snipe, Water Rail, 

Marsh Harrier 13:15 to 14:15, 2x Water Rail, (TRo)

Gnosall

Red Kite at 14:30, (TRo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still, 2x White-fronted Geese, Red-crested Pochard, Mandarin, Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 3x Little Egret, 8x Great Egret flew north along the river, 2x Yellowhammer, escaped Red-breasted Goose, (BSa)

Saturday 3rd January 2025

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still at north end of the lake, the Scaup still, (RPo)

Elford - Fisherwick

3x Whooper Swan still, (SCo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Russian White-fronted Geese and 3x Slavonian Grebe still, (TPe, SCo)  -  3x Slavonian Grebe, 2x Russian White-fronted Geese, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Great Egret, 1000+ Lapwing, (JWo)  -  In addition  2x Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, Yellowhammer, Siskin, 4x Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, Little Egret, GBB Gull, YL Gull, 2x Goldcrest, (SCo)

                                                           WF Geese by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still, 3x Scaup, (MPR, GJM)

Middleton Lakes

2x Yellowhammer, Common Gull, 3x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, Goosander, 12x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, (MSm)

Coven

Red Kite this am, (JDu)

Doxey Marsh

3x Shelduck, 32x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 57x Teal, 2x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 3x Water Wail, 104x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, (CAFH)

Stanley Pool

2x Wigeon, 29x Goosander, 794x Canada Geese, (GBr)

Trentham Gardens

Scaup, Great Egret, 6x Little Grebe, 2x Wigeon, Shoveler, 2x Goosander, (HF, SE)  -  In the roost  16x Little Egret and Great Egret, in addition  38x Gadwall, 27x Lapwing over, 25+ Cormorant, Stonechat, (RGi)

Catholme (footpath)

Merlin (m), 6x Goosander, 80x Wigeon, 80x Pochard, Great Egret,  (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Redshank, 4x Lapwing, 12x Goosander, 50x Teal, 10x Redpoll, 100+ Fieldfare, (JWo)

Tittesworth Water

Shoveler, 53x Pochard, 25x Wigeon, 4x Teal, Snipe, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Dusk - 13x Goosander, YL Gull, 7x Common Gull roosted, 60x Golden Plover, Water Rail, (RPo)

Aqualate

Drake Garganey, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, this afternoon, (PJor)

Alrewas GPs

YL Gull, 92x Wigeon, 2x Chiffchaff, 4x Teal, 2x Bullfinch, (SCo)

Branston GPs

Red Kite, Peregrine, Great Egret, 9x Shelduck, 80x Wigeon, 70x Shoveler, 400x Teal, 40x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 2x Water Rail, 22x Curlew, 300x Lapwing, 7x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 30x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, Stonechat, 60x Linnet, 3x Redpoll, (DSc)

Friday 2nd January 2026

Whitemoor Haye

2x White-fronted Geese, 3x Slavonian Grebe, 2x Red-crested Pochard still, (TPe)  - Also c1000 Lapwing, 16x Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper, 8x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Little Grebe, Great Egret, (DSc)

Uttoxeter

150+ Lapwing on field alongside the B5030 opposite the quarry, (JDr)

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2x Stonechat, 26x Snipe, Jack Snipe also 4x Stonechat at Coven, (JDu)

Gailey Island

103x Golden Plover, (JDu)

Silverdale CP

2x Shoveler, Stonechat, flock of Redpoll/Siskin, Fieldfares and nearby Apedale 30+ Redpoll, (PCa)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, GBB Gull, many Lapwings, (PWi)

Gailey Resv

Chiffchaff, 4x Little Egret, 15x Pochard, Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), Red Kite, Peregrine, Barn Owl, 17x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Green Sandpiper, 7x Snipe, 1156x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Water Rail, 14x Goldeneye, 10x Shelduck, 105x Wigeon, 77x Pochard, 74x Gadwall, 510x Teal, 99x Shoveler, 7x Egyptian Geese, 47x Little Grebe, 8x GBB Gull, 4x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, 3x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 9x Siskin, 19x Redpoll, 100x Linnet, 5x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, DSc)

Thursday 1st January 2026

Gailey Resv

2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Redpoll, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye (64 species today)

07:30 to 16:00, 2x Russian White-fronted Geese, 3x Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Common Sandpiper, 60x Golden Plover, c1500x Lapwing, RB Goose, 10x Gadwall, 16x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 81x Teal, 38x Shoveler, 177x Wigeon,  Common Sandpiper, 7x Great Egret, Little  Egret, Redpoll, 4x Siskin, 10x GC Grebe, 11x Egyptian Geese, 2x Stonechat, 2x Yellowhammer, Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, GBB Gull, 3x YL Gull, Merlin, Grey Wagtail,  (SCo)  -  Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Slavonian Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Goldeneye, GBB Gull, (LWo)  -  Late morning 3x Slavonian Grebe, 2x RC Pochard, Merlin, Peregrine, 25x Golden Plover, 6x Great Egret, Stonechat, RB Goose, (TPe)

Dilhorne area

5+ Red Kite, 10x Raven, 60x Lapwing, 100x Redwing and nearby a further Red Kite at Caverswall, (DSc)

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still, Scaup, 7x Pochard, (RGi)  -  Scaup, YBW, Blackcap, (SE, HF)

Elford - Fisherwick

3x Whooper Swan still, (LWo, TPe)

Croxall

Brambling in hedge just past the entrance, (LWo)  -  7x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 10x Goosander, 218x Teal, 18x Snipe, (ICW)

Madeley

2x Chiffchaff at the STW, 5x Goosander on the pool, (SJT)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Whooper Swan, 26x Golden Plover, 4x Goldeneye, 22x Pochard, Great Egret, Peregrine, calling Water Rail, (RPo)

Balterley Heath

3x PFG, 102x Wigeon, 2x Wigeon on the pool at Black Firs, (SJT)

Shraleybrook

Fem Mandarin, 45x Teal, 4x Shoveler on the small pool, (SJT)

Knypersley Resv

12x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, Willow Tit,  (GBr)

Rudyard - Biddulph Moor

2x Tree Sparrow at Greenfield farm off Dingle Lane, (GBr)

Stanley Moor

Barn Owl this am and 2x Chiffchaff at Endon STW, (GBr)

Branston GPs  (86 species today)

Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Red Kite, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 1306x Lapwing, 20x Curlew, 11x Green Sandpiper, 3x Woodcock, Ruff, Dunlin, 8x Snipe, 4x Water Rail, 11x Shelduck, 66x Pochard, 67x Wigeon, 75x Shoveler, 12x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 77x Gadwall, 300+ Teal,  49x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 4x GBB Gull, 5x Common Gull, Blackcap, 3x Chiffchaff,  50x Linnet, 20x Redpoll, 10x Siskin, 15x Greenfinch, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 7x Grey Wagtail,  20,000x Starling, (DSc, JWo)  -  Ruff on Ashy pit, Red Kite, (LWo)

Belvide Resv (75 species today)

Little Stint, Goshawk, 8x Goosander, 7x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, Pintail, 2x Stonechat, 25x Siskin, 

Chasewater (45 species today)

The Swag 2x Red-crested Pochard, 7x Goosander, 4x Gadwall, 47x Wigeon, Little Egret, - South shore 2x Chiffchaff, Redpoll, Fieldfares, (CMa)

Blithfield Resv

Scaup, 2x Goldeneye, 38x Pochard, Goosander, 16x PFG, 12x Egyptian Geese, 2x Stonechat, Peregrine, (DBr)

Trentham Gardens

Scaup, 5x Little Grebe, 2x Wigeon, 5x Little Egret, (SE, HF)

                                                            Scaup by Steve Edwards

Tittesworth Water

2x Whooper Swan, (SGi)

Stonnall

9x Grey Partridge at 13:00 (JDa)

Cheadle

Hales Hall pool - 2x Water Rail, Snipe, 25x Redwing, (TDu)

Burntwood

Black Redstart in garden off New Road, (MCl)

Doxey Marsh (66 species today)

2x Shelduck, Pintail, 2x Pochard, Goosander, Great Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Peregrine, Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Redpoll, (AH, DT, GP, MB, RR, RS)

Pool Hall

Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 26x Goosander, Lapwing, (IMo per GCl)

Holden Lane Pool

8x Ring-necked Parakeet, (RGi)

Wednesday 31st December 2025

213 species were reported in Staffs during 2025 including the exceptional  record of eight White-rumped Sandpipers at Belvide on the 11th October.

Whitemoor Haye

Now 3x Slavonian Grebe, also 2x Red-crested Pochard still, (TPe)  -  also 2x Merlin, Common Sandpiper, Stonechat, (RBe)

                                                         Slav Grebes by Rob Bendelow

Radford Meadows Stafford

c400x Wigeon, c400x Teal, Black-tailed Godwit, c50x Golden Plover, c100x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, (CDa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Whooper Swan, Great Egret, Little Egret, Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 3x Shoveler, Snipe, Grey Wagtail, (AMa)

Elford - Fisherwick

3x Whooper Swan still, (TPe)

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still, 19x Pochard, 9x Goosander, Blackcap, (SGi)

                                                            YBW by Steve Gibson

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 6x Stonechat, 5x Water Rail, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 100s Lapwing, 3x Greenfinch, 3x Goosander, 2x Pochard, Grey Wagtail, (DBa, IGr)

Tucklesholme

18x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 126x Wigeon, 30x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 10x GC Grebe, 4x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Siskin, 14x Redpoll, (JWo)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still in Whites Wood, 

Clay Mills

Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 30x Lapwing, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Branston GPs

3x Shelduck, 12x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 50x Lapwing, 5x Green Sandpiper, 4x GBB Gull, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Tuesday 30th December 2025

Doxey Marsh

3x Shelduck, 12x Shoveler, 7x Gadwall, 136x Wigeon, 56x Teal, 5x Pochard, 4x Goosander, Water Rail, c250x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, Marsh Harrier 5x GC Grebe, 4x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, 4x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)  -  3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Red Kite, 4x Pochard, 154x Wigeon, 3x Shelduck, 3x Pintail, 102x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 187x Teal, 9x Water Rail, 7x Cetti's Warbler, Green Sandpiper, GBB Gull, (MBo)

Trentham Gardens

Fem/juv Scaup, Mandarin, 35x Gadwall, Wigeon, 2x Goosander, 2x Water Rail, (RGi)

Croxall

c75x PFG over NW, 7x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 3x Redshank, 3x Goosander, c100x Teal, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Red-crested Pochard still on Barley Green Lane south pit, Great Egret, male Merlin, Fieldfare, (PJT)

Holden Lane Pool

2x Ringed-necked Parakeet, Little Egret, (JOa)

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still, Scaup, 6x Goosander, 9x Siskin, Blackcap, (SGi)

                                                          Scaup by Steve Gibson

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 50x Fieldfare, (MSc)

Blithfield Resv

18x Pintail, 6x Shoveler, 3x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 12x Common Gull, Peregrine, (DBr)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still in Whites Wood, (IL, BR)

Branston GPs

21x Curlew, 11x Green Sandpiper, 751x Lapwing, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 8x Water Rail, 18x Goldeneye, 83x Pochard, 51x Wigeon, 81x Shoveler, 94x Gadwall, 372x Teal, 7x Shelduck, 8x Egyptian Geese, 55x Little Grebe, 6x Common Gull, YL Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 8x Siskin, 6x Redpoll, 12x Greenfinch, 70x Chaffinch, 50x Linnet, 4x Grey Wagtail, 100x Fieldfare, 20,000x Starling, (JWo, DSc)

Monday 29th December 2025

Aqualate

07:10 to 11:00 - Female Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 42x Pintail, 100x Lapwing, 3x Egyptian Geese, 100x mixed flock of Siskin and Redpoll, 15x Snipe, (KHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Red-crested Pochard, (TPe)

Elford - Fisherwick

3x Whooper Swan, (TPe)

Gailey Resv

2x Little Egret, 12x Pochard, Goldeneye, GBB Gull, Common Sandpiper, 13x Snipe, 5x Redpoll, (SRi) 

Stanley Pool

Fem Pintail, 4x Goosander, Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Westport Lake 

Yellow-browed Warbler still, juv Scaup, 

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Woodcock, 8x Snipe, 12x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 10x Green Sandpiper, 358x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, 17x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 10x Shelduck, 53x Wigeon, 131x Gadwall, 96x Shoveler, 425x Teal, 95x Pochard, 9x Egyptian Geese, 38x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 11x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Brambling, 80x Chaffinch, 8x Siskin, 15x Redpoll, 40x Linnet, 40x House Sparrow, 60x Fieldfare, 20,000x Starlings, (JWo, DSc)

Sunday 28th December 2025

Blithfield Resv

Juv Red-throated Diver off Watery Lane, juv Little Gull, Scaup, 18x PFG, 10x Crossbill over, (GJM, MPR)  -  RFD still midday also 5x PFG flew towards Blithe Bay, (SCa)

Doxey Marsh

Red Kite over the Octagonal hide, 5x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, (GPr)

Trentham Gardens

Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 20+ Gadwall, Water Rail, (STu)

Gailey Resv

2x Wigeon, 10x Pochard, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, 6x Redpoll, 8x Siskin, (SRi)

WMI site (near Four Ashes)

GBB Gull, 400+ Lapwing, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Red-crested Pochard, (TPe)  -  c200x Fieldfare, 4x Egyptian Geese, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 151x Wigeon, 10x Gadwall, 44x Teal, 15x Goldeneye, 32x Shoveler, 34x Pochard, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Slavonian Grebe, 7x GC Grebe, 5x Little Grebe, 1000x Lapwing, Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Yellowhammer, 5x Siskin, 3x Redpoll, 12x Linnet, (SCo)  -  Also an escapee Swan Goose, (HAl)

                                                   Red-crested Pochard by Stu Collins

Astonfields Balancing Resv

2x Water Rail, Chiffchaff, Fieldfares, Greenfinches, (RSt)

Chasewater

2x Red-crested Pochard still on The Swag, (GHa)

Tittesworth Water

38x Pochard, 25x Wigeon, 4x Goosander, 10x Mandarin, 7x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, 20x Siskin, Fieldfares, (JOa, TE, KH)

Middleton Lakes

Pintail, 2x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 3x Great Egret, Peregrine, (MSm)

Holden Lane Pool

Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 4x Ringed-necked Parakeet and at nearby Ford Green Goosander and 2+ Ring-necked Parakeet, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

20x Golden Plover, 4x Goldeneye, 6x Shelduck, 12x Goosander, 14x Pochard, YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, (RPo)

Dilhorne area

10x Red Kite, 20x Raven, Woodcock, 10x Fieldfare, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Ashy pit only - 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 60x Shoveler, 4x Goldeneye, 300x Lapwing, (DSc)  -  SMP only Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 53x Pochard, Green Woodpecker, 8x Redpoll, 15,000+ Starlings, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 12x Goosander, 20+ Teal, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Saturday 27th December 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

25x Golden Plover, 2x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 10x Pochard, Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Red Kite,  (RPo)

Belvide Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese still, imm Marsh Harrier before flying off west,

Acton Trussell

22x Redpoll, Great Egret in tree by Deptmore Lock- SJ938197, (IWi)

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still, 22x Pochard, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, (SSe)  -  24x Pochard, 4x Goosander, GBB Gull, Yellow-browed Warbler, Willow Tit, 5x Siskin, (KSt, WeBS)

Stanley Pool

Bewick's Swan for 5 mins then flew south at 10:55, also fem Pintail, 5x Mandarin, 14x Goosander, 40x Lapwing, 800x BH Gulls, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

Scaup c30m from car park along Watery Lane, 20x PFG north, (SCa)

Chasewater

2x Red-crested Pochard still on The Swag, (GHa)3x Goosander, imm Marsh Harrier

Dilhorne

Tickhill Lane - 6x Red Kite, 8x Raven, 20x Lapwing, (DSc)

Branston GPs

100x PFG thru at 11:38 (30 south and 70 west), Great Egret, Little Egret, Pintail, 16x Wigeon, 72x Shoveler, c300 Teal, 65x Pochard, 13x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, imm Marsh Harrier, 18x Curlew, 420x Lapwing, 9x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 60x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Brambling, 100x Linnet, 5x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, c20,000x Starlings roosted, (DSc)

Friday 26th December 2025

Pool Hall

Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 15x Cormorant, 11x Greylag Geese,  (GCl, KCl)

Gailey Resv

Red Kite, Great Egret, Common Sandpiper, 11x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 2x Gadwall, 2x Goldeneye, (JIs)

Whiston

Red Kite around The Leys at 12:00, (GSt)

Belvide Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese and Green-winged Teal still, 

Branston GPs 

Slavonian Grebe -160th species of the year (DSc), on Ashy pit to 14:30 at least, Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 22x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 300x Lapwing, Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Common Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 6x Shelduck, 72x Gadwall, 40x Wigeon, 70x Shoveler, Red Kite, 2x Stonechat, 5x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, 150x Redwing, 60+ Fieldfare, 2x Egyptian Geese, (DSc, JWo, ASt)

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still also Great Egret over, (SSe)

                                                   Yellow-browed Warbler by Steve Seal

                                                 Yellow-browed Warbler by Steve Gibson

Chasewater

2x Red-crested Pochard on The Swag, (GHa, HKi)  -  Roost 2x ad YL Gull, Great Egret, (JAl)

Ellastone

6x Red Kite over at 13:20, (JDr)

Whitemoor Haye

4x Brambling, 5x Redpoll, 2x Greenfinch, Slavonian Grebe, Golden Plover, 450x Lapwing, 2x Common Sandpiper, 75x Wigeon, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 16x Shoveler, 14x Pochard, Shelduck, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x Whooper Swan, 140x Fieldfare, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 2x RL Partridge, (MKe, JKe)  - 117x Teal, 3x Shelduck, 55x Shoveler, 417x Wigeon, 22x Pochard, 25x Gadwall, 15x Goldeneye, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Slavonian Grebe, 6x Little Grebe, 9x GC Grebe, 3x Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Golden Plover, Snipe, 2x Little Egret, 4x Redpoll, Siskin, c70 Linnet went to roost, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Egyptian Geese, c200 Fieldfare, Peregrine, Grey Wagtail, 3x GBB Gull, Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, 6x Reed Bunting, (SCo)  -  also 3x Pintail, (TPe)

Biddulph Moor

5x Tree Sparrow, (ALo)

Doxey Marsh

3x Shelduck, 13x Shoveler, 15x Gadwall, 44x Wigeon, 21x Teal, 4x Goosander, Water Rail, 116x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x GC Grebe, Red Kite, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Grey Wagtail, (CAFH)

Wombourne

2x Goosander between Bumblehole and Bratch Locks also male Mandarin between Bratch Locks and Awbridge, (Alison)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, 4x Little Grebe, Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, 70x Wigeon, 60x Teal, 6x Pochard, (DSc)

Thursday 25th December 2025

Belvide Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese still #

Middleton Lakes

Whooper Swan, Marsh Harrier, 6x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, 3x Snipe, 3x Stonechat, (MSm)

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Whooper Swan, PF Goose, 15x Pintail, 12x Gadwall, 64x Shoveler, 500+ Teal, 500+Wigeon, 3x Little Egret, c1200x Lapwing, 334x Golden Plover, 80x Fieldfare, (RSw)  -  500x Lapwing, c300x Golden Plover, 5x Pintail, Little Egret, c80x Fieldfare, (IWi) 

Branston GPs

4x Whooper Swan on Ashy pit, (ASt, BSt), - Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, 150x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x GBB Gull, Shelduck, 70+ Shoveler, 30x Wigeon, Stonechat, (JWo, DSc)  -  Additionally 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Shelduck, 180x Teal, 2x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 270x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Grey Wagtail, 60x Fieldfare, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x GBB Gull, 4x Whooper Swan still to 12:25 at least, (DSc)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail, 5x Goosander, 9x Lapwing, 3x Tawny Owl, (GBr)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still Whites wood, (GCl per GSe)

Parkhall CP

6x Golden Plover, (RGi)

Dilhorne

 Tickhill Lane - Red Kite, 27x Lapwing, 16x Raven, (DSc)

Wednesday 24th December 2025

Belvide Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese on the north shore, Green-winged Teal still, 2w Caspian Gull, 

Comberford

Cattle Egret still south of Tollgate Lane, (TPe)

Whitemoor Haye

7+ Whooper Swan in Sittles fields, Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 1200+ Lapwing, (TPe)  -  also Red Kite, (RBe)  -  14:09 to 15:45 10x Whooper Swan flew out west at 14:30, 45x Shoveler, Slavonian Grebe, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 2x Great Egret, Merlin, 5x GBB Gull, (SCo)

                                              Red-crested Pochards by Rob Bendelow

Radford Meadows Stafford

Adult dark-bellied Brent Goose, also 2x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, (RTh)

Brankley Pastures

Merlin (f), Red Kite, 2x Green Woodpecker, 12x Redpoll, 8x Greenfinch, 150x Fieldfare, 350x Redwing, (JWo)

Cellarhead

150x Lapwing, 10x Raven in fields to the SE at 09:00, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 6x Shelduck, 45x Shoveler, 53x Pochard, 17x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 21x Curlew, 270x Lapwing, 7x Green Sandpiper, 5x GBB Gull, YL Gull, 14x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 60x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Blackcap, 2x Chiffchaff, Brambling, 25x Linnet, 20x Redpoll, 4x Siskin, c15,000 Starlings roosted, (DSc, PFo)

Tuesday 23rd December 2025

Comberford

Cattle Egret still, (TPe)  -  Also nearby 6x Yellowhammer around 14:00, Great Egret along the river, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x RL Partridge and a large flock of House Sparrows, (JHi)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Shelduck, 15x Pintail, PF Goose, YL Gull, Common Gull, Chiffchaff, (RTh)

Whitemoor Haye

08:15 to 13:00 c800x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Slavonian Grebe still, 124x Teal, 51x Shoveler, 22x Goldeneye, 39x Gadwall, 86x Wigeon, 35x Pochard, 2x Red crested Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Little Grebe, Peregrine, 10x Siskin, Redpoll, 3x Goldcrest, 3x Chiffchaff, 4x Egyptian Geese, Cettis Warbler, (SCo)  -  Slavonian Grebe, Red-crested Pochard, Teal, Pochard, Gadwall, Goldeneye, Shoveler, Great Egret, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Lapwing, Fieldfare, (AGP)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 23x Curlew, 5x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 116x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, Water Rail, 9x Goosander, 13x Goldeneye, 9x Shelduck, 41x Wigeon, 88x Gadwall, 46x Shoveler, 342x Teal, 64x Pochard, 10x Egyptian Geese, 58x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 9x Common Gull, Barn Owl, 2x Blackcap, 5x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 14x Siskin, 22x Redpoll, 15, 000x Starling, (JWo)

Church Eaton

9x Goosander on pond also 2x Egyptian Geese and 100x Fieldfare in fields beside Belvide Resv, (IWi)

Monday 22nd December 2025

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still, Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 20x Pochard, (JOa) 

Hollington

Red Kite at 12:35, (BSi)

KnypersleyResv

2x Little Egret, 10+ Mandarin, 2x Pochard, drake Wigeon, 2x Willow Tit, Water Rail and the escaped Alexandrine Parakeet, (GBr)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still in Whites Wood, (MSm)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 8x Snipe, 32x Golden Plover, 532x Lapwing, 23x Curlew, 8x Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, 7x Goosander, 10x Goldeneye, 8x Shelduck, 25x Wigeon, 39x Shoveler, 74x Gadwall, 120x Teal, 83x Pochard, Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 4x Common Gull, Barn Owl, 2x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, 18x Redpoll, 3x Siskin, 200+ Fieldfare, 2x Grey Wagtail, c15,000x Starling, (JWo)

Sunday 21st December 2025

Whitemoor Haye

08:00 to 15:30 - 2x Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Red-crested Pochard, c800x Lapwing, Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper, 24x Shoveler, 46x Teal, 3x Goosander, 14x Gadwall, 17x Goldeneye, c40 Wigeon, 19x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, 3x Yellowhammer, Merlin, GBB Gull, YL Gull, 4x Egyptian Geese, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo) -  Also Red Kite, Peregrine, 3x Shelduck, 24x Goldeneye, 39x Pochard, Great Egret, (ICW) -  Male Merlin flew over A513 between Whitemoor and Elford near Farley Lane junction, (TPe)

                                                   Red-crested Pochards by Stu Collins

Comberford

Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Little Egrets, (TPe)  -  10x Little Egret, (PAn)

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still midday, 17x Pochard, (RGi)

Tittesworth Water

13x Mandarin, 30x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 6x Teal, 15x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, 35x Siskin, (JOa, TE, KH)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

34x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 3x Little Grebe, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

3w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, Green-winged Teal still, 

Baggeridge

Firecrest still, 

Branston GPs

16x GC Grebe, 28x Little Grebe, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 11x Wigeon, 25x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 72x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 17x Curlew, 32x Golden Plover, 150x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 8x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 30x Fieldfare, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Blackcap, 2x Chiffchaff, 15x Redpoll, 6x Siskin, c15,000 Starlings, roosted, (DSc, JWo)

Saturday 20th December 2025

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still at 09:30, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 1000+ Lapwing, Dunlin, (TPe)  -  Merlin, Great Egret, Goldeneye, Slavonian Grebe late afternoon, (PAn) - c1000x Lapwing, 11x Golden Plover over, 2x Slavonian Grebe, 4x GC Grebe, 4x Little Grebe, 2x Great Egret, 12x Goldeneye, 24x Pochard, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 12x Gadwall, 18x Wigeon, 39x Teal, Merlin, 2x Stonechat, 2x GBB Gull, YL Gull, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Pochard, 2x fem Goldeneye, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, 25x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Peregrine, Red Kite, 70+ Golden Plover, Pintail, Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 5x Shoveler, Common Gull, (AMa)  -  Adult Caspian Gull roosted, YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 6x Egyptian Geese, (RPo)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still in Whites Wood in usual Holly tree by bridge, (GCl per GS)

Tittesworth Water

1w Med Gull, 61x Common Gull, Woodcock, 2x Snipe, 38x Pochard, 22x Mandarin, 19x Wigeon, 3x Teal, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi, IB)

Chasewater

Ad Med Gull, 2x YL Gull, (JAl)

Branston GPs - (Wellies required)

2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, 6x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 5x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 250x Lapwing, 6x Green Sandpiper, 3x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 100x Fieldfare, 2x Chiffchaff, 5x Linnet, 10x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, (DSc)

Tucklesholme - (partly flooded)

Great Egret, Curlew, 4x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

River Sow Meadows (east of Stafford)

3x Cetti's Warbler, 26x Linnet, 8x Siskin, 120x Fieldfare, 2x Stonechat, 4x Goosander, 142x Wigeon, 48x Shoveler, 4x Little Grebe, (RSw)

Friday 19th December 2025

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal still, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Merlin, (RBe)

Aqualate

Male Garganey, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 4x Great Egret, (PJor)

Whiston bank

Red Kite over the A52, (GSt)

Kingsley

3x Red Kite over

Branston GPs

Merlin (m), Woodcock, 23x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, 393x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 4x Shelduck, 10x Goldeneye, 16x Wigeon, 58x Shoveler, 55x Gadwall, 324x Teal, 58x Pochard, 10x Egyptian Geese, 44x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 7x Common Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 300+ Fieldfare, 400+ Redwing, Skylark, 2x Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail, 5x Siskin, 8x Redpoll, 40x Linnet, 3x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, c15,000x Starling, (JWo)