Thursday 9th October 2025

Blithfield Resv

7x Ruff, 2x Curlew, 5x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 2x Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, (MJ)  -  28x Egyptian Geese, 4x Dunlin, 7x Ringed Plover, 7x Ruff, 2x Great Egret, Common Gull, Stonechat, 2x Wheatear, (CMa, RF)  -  3x Great Egret, 3x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, 2x Wheatear, 4x Stonechat, 80x Wigeon, 60x Linnet, 12x Mipit, 29x Egyptian Geese, Common Gull, (DBr)

Stafford

Green Sandpiper over Rising Brook heading towards Rickerscote, (MBo)

Colwich

2x House Martin south near Bishton, (DGl)

Cheadle

3x Red Kite heading east at 13:55, (TDu)

Branston GPs

Spoonbill (subadult) on Island on Ashy pit and roosted this pm, 7x Dunlin, 10x Green Sandpiper, 8x Lapwing, 15x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 14x Goosander, 2x Pintail, 83x Pochard, 76x Shoveler, 54x Gadwall, 118x Teal, 73x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 3x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, Red Kite, Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 19x Skylark, 5x Redpoll, 100x Linnet, 120x Mipit, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 35x Collared Dove, 500+ Starling, (JWo, CEc, Dean, DSc, George), 

                                                         Spoonbill by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

2x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 21x Teal, Red Kite, (JOa)

Doxey Marsh

6x Great Egret this evening, (AHa)

Wednesday 8th October 2025

Branston GPs

4x Dunlin, ad YL Gull, Wigeon, 40x Shoveler, Green Woodpecker, 10x Skylark, 30x Mipits, 3x Chiffchaff, 8x Redpoll, 5x Siskin, 4x Greenfinch, 3x Linnet, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, 2x Whooper Swan, 3x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Great Egrets, Little Egrets, Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, 

Blithfield Resv

Spoonbill this am, (KayD)  -  Spoonbill, Little Stint, 14x Ringed Plover, 6x Dunlin, 7x Ruff, Greenshank, 3x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 3x Common Gull, 3x Stonechat, (HF, SE)

                                                           Spoonbill by Steve Edwards

Stone

Great Egret over Swan pub heading north, (MJa)

Brankley Pastures

4x Yellowhammer, 86x Redpoll, 14x Siskin, 15x Linnet, Green Woodpecker, 4x Raven, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern also partial riverside roost of 4x Great Egret and 15x Little Egret, (MM)

Tuesday 7th October 2025

Belvide Resv

Rock Pipit SW, Black-necked Grebe still, Swallow thru, 

Trentham Gardens

2x Mandarin, 2x Gadwall, 2x Water Rail, 5x Little Egret, Chiffchaff, Dipper, (RGi)

Stanley Pool

No sign of the drake Scaup this am, (GBr)

Branston GPs

Female Merlin, Little Stint, 3x Dunlin, 4x Golden Plover, 26x Lapwing, 9x Green Sandpiper, 18x Curlew, Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 153x Pochard, 29x Gadwall, 80x Shoveler, 3x Wigeon, 194x Teal, 13x Egyptian Geese, 64x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 6x Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 3x Redpoll, 32x Linnet, 4x Greenfinch, 12x Skylark, 170x Mipit, 2x Grey Wagtail, 42x Collared Dove, (JWo)

Burton

9x Goosander, 3x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler on River Trent between Drakelow viaduct and Sunken gardens, (JDr)

Tucklesholme

5x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 5x Goosander, 12x Pochard, 68x Wigeon, 38x Shoveler, 35x Gadwall, 8x Little Grebe, 5x Stonechat, 5x Skylark, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Monday 6th Oct 2025

Stanley Pool

Drake Scaup, 2x Redwing, 5x Swallow, 5x Chiffchaff, Red Kite, (GBr)

Gailey Resv

Cetti's Warbler, Pochard, Shoveler, (JIs)

Kings Bromley lay-by 

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, (RBe)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, Peregrine, 3x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 15x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Goldeneye, 10x Stonechat, 

Branston GPs

18x Curlew, 5x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Goosander, 191x Pochard, 76x Shoveler, 32x Gadwall, 4x Wigeon, 183x Teal, 3x Egyptian Geese, 76x Little Grebe, 6x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Peregrine (ad+juv), Red Kite, 31x Skylark, 40x Mipit, 4x Stonechat, 12x Siskin, 66x Linnet, 4x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti;s Warbler, (JWo, George).

Sunday 5th October 2025

Blithfield Resv

4x Knot, Little Stint, Greenshank, Redshank, 5x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, 13x Ruff, 2x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Caspian Gull, Common Gull, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Goosander, 2x Stonechat, 12x Swallow, (HF, SE)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, 5x Ringed Plover, 12x Great Egret, Pintail, Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, Goshawk, 14x Stonechat, 2x Yellowhammer, 

Gailey Resv

07:00 - 10:00, 12x Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3x Egyptian Geese, 2x Gadwall, 9x Pochard, 2x Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (SRi)

Stanley Pool

Fem Wigeon, Little Grebe, 4x Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

15x Mandarin, Goosander, 11x Wigeon, 42x Teal, Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, 40x Linnet, (JOa, TE)

Branston GPs

2x Red Kite thru west at 14:28, Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, 50x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 30x Gadwall, Goosander, 2x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 7x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, GBB Gull 4x Common Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 4x Skylark, 2x Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, 20x Linnet, Redpoll, (DSc)  -  Additional SMP2 - 2x Red Kite still at 15:30 heading east, House Martin, 40x Linnet, 3x Skylark, 2x Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

2x Little Egret, 66x Wigeon, 12x Gadwall, 14x Shoveler, 6x Pochard, 5x Curlew, one Swallow thru west, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

16:30 to 18:30 5x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 9x Pochard, 13x Shoveler, 9x Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, 38x Stock Dove, Stonechat, GBB Gull, (SCo)

Saturday 4th October 2025

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, 6x Golden Plover, Goldeneye, 10x Great Egret, Peregrine, 

Stanley Pool

Red Kite, 4x Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper 4x Pochard, 7x Goosander, 10x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 38x Teal, 3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 3x House Martin, (RPo)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 7x Wigeon, 45x Shoveler, 150x Teal, Goosander, 28x Pochard, Peregrine, 5x Dunlin, 3x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 4x Snipe, 2x ad YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 40x Mipit, Stonechat, 12x Linnet, 4x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

Greenshank, 170x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 59x Egyptian Geese, 22x Pochard, 51x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 5x Wigeon, 19x Teal, 7x Little Grebe, 5x GG Grebe, c40 Skylark, 3x Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, 3x Goldcrest, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

Common Sandpiper, 3x Pochard, Shoveler, (SRi)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 53x Wigeon, (MSc

Friday 3rd October 2025

Whitemoor Haye

18x Golden Plover thru SW at 08:20, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 12x Pochard, Shoveler, Teal, (JIs)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, 4x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 3x Snipe, 14x Great Egret, Goldeneye, 

Thursday 2nd October 2025

Leek

Red Kite circling over John St at 09:45 then headed north, (RWi)

Tittesworth Water

12x Mandarin, 47x Teal, Little Grebe, Little Egret, 5x Snipe, skein of PFG over SW at 07:45, (JOa)

Blithfield Resv

Little Stint, 13x Ruff, 2x Curlew, 8x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Peregrine, 3x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, Common Gull, Stonechat, (SE, HF)

                                                        Little Stint by Steve Edwards

Doxey Marsh

5x Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x Shoveler, 12x Teal, 12x Gadwall, 4x Wigeon, 18x Lapwing, 8x Snipe, 6x GC Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Stonechat, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Ad Med Gull, 18x Curlew, Greenshank, 4x Dunlin, 6x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Water Rail, Pintail, 2x Goosander, 199x Pochard, 16x Wigeon, 122x Shoveler, 48x Gadwall, 196x Teal, 3x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 77x Little Grebe, Peregrine, Red Kite, 6x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Redpoll, Skylark, 2x Grey Wagtail, 22x Linnet, 90x Mipit, (JWo)

Wednesday 1st October 2025

Parkhall CP

Merlin hunting flock of 30x Linnet between Parkhall and Hulme, 8x Crossbill flying over the Conifers, 20x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, 3x Chiffchaff, 10x Goldcrest, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, 

Blithfield Resv

Blithe Bay - 3x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, Greenshank, fem Merlin, 2x Great Egret, Shelduck, c150x Mipit, c100x Linnet, (MJa)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 2x Cattle Egret, 15x Snipe, 10x Lapwing, 4x Gadwall, (BGo)

                                                          Snipe by Bill Goldstraw

Gailey Resv

Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shoveler, 5x Pochard, Teal, Swallow, (SRi)

Tucklesholme and Branston Leas

4x Curlew, 4x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 12x Little Grebe, 21x GC Grebe (7juv), 4x Goosander, 12x Pochard, 96x Wigeon, 44x Shoveler, 32x Gadwall, 70x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, Hobby, 7x Stonechat, 3x Skylark, 3x Redpoll, 8x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Mipit, (JWo, TWy)

Tuesday 30th September 2025

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe, 8x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese, Goldeneye, Red Kite, 

Rudyard

2x Little Egret over at 09:00, (Laxmi)

Doxey Marsh

4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Dunlin, 22x Snipe, 106x Lapwing, 3x Stonechat, 7x Cetti's Warbler, (RSt)

Chasewater

Female Common Scoter still, Common Sandpiper, Chiffchaff, (CMa, MPa)

Blithfield Resv

Blithe Bay - Redshank, Greenshank, 10x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 150x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 

Black Bank

Vismig - Brambling, 204x Mipit, 20x Siskin, 40x Chaffinch, 9x Swallow, (NPo)

Branston GPs

18x Curlew, Greenshank, 5x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 9x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, Pintail, 152x Pochard, 30x Wigeon, 98x Gadwall, 102x Shoveler, 246x Teal, 75x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, Redpoll, 36x Linnet, 70x Mipit, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 500x Starling, (JWo)

Wetley Moor

3x Stonechat, 4x Swallow, Chiffchaff, (DBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Fem Merlin, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 9x Pochard, 4x Wigeon over, Grey Wagtail, 5x Swallow thru, (SCo)

Monday 29th September

Blithfield Resv

2x Rock Pipit on the causeway but flighty, (GJM)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, 5x Crossbill south, 8x Stonechat, 3x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Ruff thru, 3x Red Kite, Great Egrets, Little Egrets, 97x Wigeon, 

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egrets, Little Egrets, Stonechat, (RBe)

                                                                    By Rob Bendelow

Branston GPs

3x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Pintail, 12x Wigeon, 183x Pochard, 24x Wigeon, 87x Shoveler, 96x Gadwall, 265x Teal,  Greenshank, 6x Dunlin, 18x Curlew, 10x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, Water Rail, 82x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, 20x Linnet, 2x Siskin, 5x Skylark, 90x Mipit, 8x Swallow, 3x Cettis Warbler, 2x Grey Wagtail, (DSc, JWo)

Tucklesholme

46x Wigeon, 24x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 6x Teal, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Chiffchaff, 1x Redpoll thru, (DSc)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, 2x Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 12x Snipe, 15x Lapwing, (BGo)

Berryhill

Wheatear, 4x Stonechat, Redpoll, 4x Chiffchaff, 5x Skylark, (RGi)

Lordship Lane

24x Lapwing, Snipe, (RGi)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 27x Lapwing, (MSc)

Sunday 28th September 2025

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, Goldeneye, 6x Ringed Plover, 2x Snipe, Dunlin, 14x Great Egret, 16x Little Egret, 8x Chiffchaff, 

Stanley Pool

Honey Buzzard over at 13:05, Red Kite, Willow Tit, Little Egret, 21x Swallow south, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Whinchat, Wheatear, 5x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, 5x Snipe, 120x Lapwing, 50x Wigeon, Shoveler, c150 Teal, Peregrine, 17x House Martin and 14x Swallow thru south, (RSw)

Doxey Marsh

6x Great Egret, 3x Cattle Egret, 4x GC Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, (JDr)  -  24x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 2x Pochard, 69x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, 6x Great Egret, Cattle Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Blithfield Resv

Little Stint, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Curlew, 7x Dunlin, 11x Ringed Plover, 8x Ruff, Greenshank, Caspian Gull, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Caspian Gull, Common Gull, 2x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 3x Pintail, 49x Wigeon, (SE, HF)

Tittesworth Water

6x Mandarin, 28x Teal, 8x Snipe, Grey Wagtail, 60-70x Linnet, 9x Swallow, (JOa, TE)

Branston GPs

3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x Pintail, 14x Wigeon, 130x Shoveler, 100x Gadwall, 200x Teal, 150x Pochard, 10x Goosander, Peregrine, 6x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 17x Curlew, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Grey Wagtail, 3x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)  -  Additional Red Kite, Peregrine, 3x Green Sandpiper (Deer Pond), 5x Lapwing, 4x Stonechat (SMP2)

Alton

Stonechat, (TEy)

Croxall

2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 30x Teal, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Cetti's Warbler, 19x Egyptian Geese, 23x Gadwall, 39x Teal, 20x Pochard, 16x Shoveler, 47x Wigeon, 165x Lapwing, Snipe, 6x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 7x Little Grebe, 10x GC Grebe,  14x Greenfinch, 20x House Martin, 10x Swallow, 2x Stonechat, 5x Yellowhammer, (SCo)

Saturday 27th September 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Pintail, 2x Pochard, 9x Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 6x Redpoll, 3x Swallow, (RPo)

Stanley Pool

Great Egret SE over at 09:50, 6x Swallow south, Little Egret by Puddy Lane, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, 

Blithfield Resv

07:00 - 11:15 2x Great Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 5x YL Gull, 1st w Caspian Gull, 32x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 8x Dunlin, Little Stint, Curlew, Wheatear, 5x Stonechat, 12x Siskin, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

Female Merlin, (SCo)  -  Also 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 33x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, 30x Teal, c250x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, Stonechat, 16x Chiffchaff, 5x Grey Wagtail thru, 56x Skylark, Redpoll, Siskin, 29x House Martin, 10x Swallow, (ICW)

Trentham Gardens

Osprey over the lake heading south at 16:33, 22x Gadwall, 8x Little Egret, 2x Ring-necked Parakeet, (RGi)

Brankley Pastures

Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, 9x European Hornet, (MKe, LDa)

Doxey Marsh

6x Great Egret, 2x Cattle Egret, 2x Snipe, 50x Lapwing, Gadwall, Shoveler, (RRa)

Catholme

Red Kite, 5x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Redpoll, 5x Sand Martin, 10x Swallow, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret and 2x Little Egret on Alrewas canal, (JWo)

Amington Fields/Alvecote

40x Wigeon, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 20x House Martin, 2x Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail, (MSc)

Friday 26th September 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Short-eared Owl over at 10:18, (ICW)

Stone

Little Egret, fem Goosander this am, (DWi)

Blithfield Resv

Little Stint, this am, 5x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 15x Dunlin, Greenshank, Redshank, 16x Ringed Plover, 8x Ruff, 2x Snipe, 3x Common Gull, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 69x Wigeon, Stonechat. (HF, SE)

                                                      Little Stint by Steve Edwards

Stanley Pool

50x PFG north at 08:15, Willow Tit by bridge, 3x Red Kite, 13x Swallow and a House Martin south, (GBr)

Rudyard

Great Egret, 25x Snipe, Ringed Plover, 25x Lapwing, 90x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 35x Linnet, (SGi)

Tittesworth Water

Common Sandpiper, 13x Mandarin, 21x Teal, 9x Linnet, (SGi)

Branston GPs

Ad Med Gull, Greenshank, 7x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, 3x Snipe, 23x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 2x Pintail, 224x Pochard, 32x Wigeon, 198x Gadwall, 143x Shoveler, 135x Teal, 95x Little Grebe, 20x Common Gull (6ad+141w), 2x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Redpoll, 16x Linnet, 60x Mipit, 3x Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

                                                            Med Gull by Jon Woodcock

Stonydelph Lake

Grey Wagtail, 3x Little Grebe, (MSc)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, (DHa)

Thursday 25th September 2025

Branston GPs

Rock Pipit over SMP, 4x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Green Sandpiper, 8x Lapwing, 14x Curlew, 3x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, 6x Water Rail, 6x Goosander (juv), 2x Red-crested Pochard, 311x Pochard, 28x Wigeon, 228x Shoveler, 124x Gadwall, 394x Teal, 96x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, GBB Gull, 7x Stonechat, 3x Grey Wagtail, 12x Linnet, 2x Redpoll, (JWo, CEc, Dean, George)

Belvide Resv

Black Tern, Black-necked Grebe, Garganey, Goldeneye, 

Rudyard

Red Kite over at 10:00, (Laxmi)

Tittesworth Water

12x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 4x Wigeon, 37x Teal, Little Egret, Red Kite, (JOa)

Wednesday 24th September 2025

Coombes Valley RSPB

Golden Plover flew over visitor centre at 09:20, (PBe)

Ford Green NR

Juv Shag on the lake also a Wigeon, (JJo)

                                                                By Steve Gibson

Rudyard 

Little Stint, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, Dunlin, 10x Lapwing, 3x Curlew, 3x Wigeon, 91x Teal, Common Gull, (SGi)

Knypersley Resv

79 PFG east at 10:25, 2 fem Wigeon, 22x Mandarin, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

Little Egret, 13x Teal, 3x Wigeon, 13x Mandarin, 9x Goosander, (SGi)

Blithfield Resv

Caspian Gull, 3x Common Gull, 4x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 17x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, Redshank, 21x Ringed Plover, 11x Ruff, Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Little Grebe, 2x Stonechat, 19x Stonechat, (SE, HF)  -  Marsh Harrier, 4x Ruff, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, c15-20 Egyptian Geese, (NCo)

Tucklesholme/Branston Leas

Curlew, Dunlin, Snipe, Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 5x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 36x Shoveler, 58x Wigeon, 42x Gadwall, 66x Teal, 10x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 19x GC Grebe (6juv), Red Kite, 9x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Redpoll, 2x Linnet, (JWo)

Gailey Resv

2x Gadwall, Shoveler, 4x Wigeon, 7x Teal, fem Goosander, (SRi)

Tuesday 23 Sept 2025

Newcastle

c50 PFG over SSW this am, (STu)

Kings Bromley

Great Egret, Little Egret, (RBe)

Radford Meadows

50x Lapwing this afternoon, (IWi)

Branston GPs

4x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Green Sandpiper, 9x Curlew, 3x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 3x Goosander, 169x Pochard, 12x Wigeon, 155x Shoveler, 95x Gadwall, 145x Teal, 95x Little Grebe, ad Common Gull, 3x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Hobby, 6x Redpoll, 5x Siskin, 25x Linnet, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Stonechat, (JWo)

Monday 22nd September 2025

Westport Lake

Ad Med Gull 06:45 to 07:00 only, (KSt)

Stanley Pool

50+ PFG over NW at 08:05, male Stonechat, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, (SPA)

Rudyard

Little Stint, 2x Ringed Plover, Wigeon, 87x Teal, 2x skeins of PFG over, (SGi)

Branston GPs

2x Whooper Swan, ad Med Gull, 17x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 2x Lapwing, 6x Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 198x Pochard, 12x Wigeon, 108x Gadwall, 91x Shoveler, 197x Teal, 85x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, Hobby, 4x Stonechat, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 25x Linnet, 6x Skylark, 60x Mipit, 3x Cetti;s Warbler, (JWo)

                                                      Whooper Swans by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew Sandpiper, 52x Ringed Plover, 11x Dunlin, 10x Ruff, Greenshank, Redshank, 7x Common Sandpiper, 2x Caspian Gull, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Pintail, 5x Wigeon, 3x Wheatear, Common Gull, (SE, HF)

Ramshaw Rocks

4x Stonechat, (Laxmi)

Cannock Chase

Mixed flock of Redpolls and Siskins by Womere Pool, (JTu)

Doxey Marsh

8x Redshank flew thru at 18:00, 11x Shoveler, 5x Gadwall, 2x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Baldwins Gate

Skein of PFG over south at 19:50, (RWh)

Sunday 21st September 2025

Belvide Resv

Juv Honey Buzzard thru SE  at 07:35, c25x PFG flew south at 10:30, c250x PFG way out east at 11:00, 3x Red Kite, 7x Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 13x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

4x Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

Blithe Bay - 3x Curlew Sandpiper (5 as per GJM), 5x Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, c115x Ringed Plover, 10x Dunlin, 2x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Wheatear, - Tad Bay Bar-tailed Godwit, 2x Greenshank, 3x Redshank, 9x Ruff, Spotted Flycatcher, (PAn)  -  In addition 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail, 60x Linnet, (DBa, IGr)

Tittesworth Water

110+ PFG south at 09:00, Ringed Plover, 5x Snipe, 3x Common Sandpiper, Red Kite, 2x Goosander, 11x Mandarin, Wigeon, Red Kite, 3x Grey Wagtail, (TE, JOa, LH), 

Botteslow Flash 

4x Little Egret, 2x Snipe, (RTo)

Berryhill Fields

3x Wheatear, 2x Redstart, 6x Stonechat, Redpoll, 9x Skylark, 30x Mipit, 8x Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 10x Small Copper, (RGi)

Stanley Pool

43x PFG southeast at 07:50 also 48x PFG southeast at 08:35, Willow Tit and 8x Skylark over (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Green Sandpiper, 149x Lapwing, Snipe, 9x Gadwall, 15x Pochard, 9x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, 15x GC Grebe, 3x Great Egret, 82x Egyptian Geese, 9x Greenfinch, 2x Yellowhammer, Grey Wagtail, 3x Siskin, (SCo)  -  Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Green Sandpiper, (Ochruros)

Branston GPs

SMP2 only - 2x Red-crested Pochard, 100x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 12x Siskin, (JWo)  -  Newbold pit Greenshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, Red Kite, 4x Chiffchaff, (Ochruros)

Westport Lake

2x Med Gull (ad +1w), (KSt)

Chasewater

3x Common Sandpiper, (Ochruros)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, (Ochruros)

Saturday 20th September 2025

Rudyard

Little Stint, 5x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 65x Teal, (SGi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Wigeon, (RPo)

Branston GPs

Greenshank, 8x Green Sandpiper, 7x Common Sandpiper, 4x Great Egret, 23x Little Egret, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 146x Pochard, Pintail, 90x Shoveler, 151x Gadwall, 120x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 72x Little Grebe, YL Gull, GBB Gull, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Grey Wagtail, 12x Linnet, 2x Siskin, 42x Skylark, Whinchat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                     Green Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

06:45 to 10:30 - 2x Great Egret, 6x Wigeon, 15x Goosander, 2x YL Gull, 50x Ringed Plover, LRP, 12x Dunlin, 4x Redshank, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Ruff, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Wheatear, Siskin and Redpoll over, (SRi)  -  Admaston Reach 8x juv Curlew Sandpiper, Tad Bay Bar-tailed Godwit still, (JKl)

Stanley Pool

3x Little Egret, 3x Willow Tit, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Cetti's Warbler, 36x Teal, Little Egret, Greenfinch, (MKe, JKe)

Ilam

2x Dipper on the the Manifold, (JDr)

Belvide Resv

7x Common Sandpiper, 3x Greenshank, 18x Ringed Plover, 5x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 9x Common Tern thru, 11x Great Egret,  

Friday 19th September 2025

Middleton Lakes

Sanderling on west scrape, 2x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, (GG)

Chasewater

Avocet briefly then flew south at 09:03, also a Swift, (ICW)

Belvide Resv

Grey Phalarope still in NE corner of the dam, 

Westport Lake

Hobby over west at 14:15, (AR)

Rudyard

2x Goosander over the lake, (Laxmi)

Gailey Resv

Juv Knot, 2x Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Common Sandpiper, 9x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, 5x Ruff, 49x Ringed Plover, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Common Gull, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 5x Wigeon, 6x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)

                                                   Bar-tailed Godwit by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Little Stint, Dunlin, 2x Curlew Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 3x Greenshank, 2x Ringed Plover, Dunlin,  8x Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 7x Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 5x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, Pintail, 23x Goosander, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 123x Pochard, 77x Shoveler, 114x Gadwall, 4x Wigeon, 130x Teal, 77x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, Hobby, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, 2x Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Grey Wagtail, 2x Siskin, 120x Mipit, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Whitemoor Haye

Juv Common Tern, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 5x Great Egret, 9x Pochard, (SCo)

Thursday 18th September 2025

Tittesworth Water

8x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 31x Mandarin, 5x Teal, 4x Goosander, (SGi)  -  12x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 8x Snipe, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 4x Teal, (JOa, LH)

Belvide Resv

Grey Phalarope still, juv Knot

Enville

4x Hawfinch south, also 24x Siskin, c900 Swallow/House Martin, (ICW)

Rudyard Resv

5x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Wigeon, Shelduck, 98x Teal, (SGi)

Blithfield Resv

Curlew Sandpiper, Curlew, Knot, Dunlin, Ruff, Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Sandwich Tern over, Wheatear, (NFB)

Whittington STW

14:15 to 16:15 - 750 Swallow SW, 2x Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, 2x Peregrine, (MDJ)

Tucklesholme/Branston Leas

Hobby, Green Sandpiper, 5x Little Egret, 5x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 16x Wigeon, 26x Shoveler, 24x Gadwall, 30x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 17x GC Grebe(+6 juv), 9x Cetti's Warbler, 30x House Martin, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Baldwins Gate

9x Pink-footed Geese at 18:00,  (RWh)

Branston GPs

2x Curlew Sandpiper still, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Curlew, 3x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Pintail, 50x Teal, Hobby, Green Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail thru,  2x Grey Wagtail, 50x House Martin, 10x Linnet, (DSc)

Wednesday 17th September 2025

Belvide Resv

Grey Phalarope still, 

Doxey Marsh

4x Arctic Tern thru at 10:01, (AHa)

Branston GPs

2x Curlew Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 9x Green Sandpiper, 6x Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 3x Greenshank, 2x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 14x Lapwing, Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 210x Pochard, 74x Shoveler, 104x Gadwall, 7x Wigeon, 142x Teal, 6x Egyptian Geese, YL Gull, 78x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 2x Hobby, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Grey Wagtail, 58x Linnet, 80x House Martin, (JWo, SBI)

                                                             Hobby by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, 112x Ringed Plover, 19x Common Sandpiper, 6x Ruff, 2x Greenshank, Redshank, Caspian Gull, Common Gull, Hobby, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Wheatear, (SE, HF)

Whitemoor Haye

6x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x probable Common Tern, possible Merlin, (SCo)

Tuesday 16th September 2025

Belvide Resv

2x Grey Phalarope off the dam, Arctic Tern,  Osprey thru south, 

Branston GPs

Juv Arctic Tern, 2x Curlew Sandpiper still, Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, 7x Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 14x Curlew, 2x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 144x Pochard, 12x Mandarin, 92x Gadwall, 64x Shoveler, 2x Wigeon, 115x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 67x Little Grebe, YL Gull, GBB Gull, Peregrine, Hobby, Tree Pipit, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Doxey Marsh

Ruff until 10:15 only, 3x Great Egret, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Hobby, (RRa)

Blithfield Resv

Juv Arctic Tern, 2x Black Tern, 5x Curlew Sandpiper, 96x Ringed Plover, 20x Yellow Wagtail, (GJM)  -  3x Black Tern and juv Arctic Tern this evening, (JKl)

Chasewater

Juv Arctic Tern, Little Egret, 5x Swift, (ICW)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 14x Wigeon, 22x Lapwing, 3x Little Grebe, (MSc)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, Wigeon, (SCo)

Monday 15th September 2025

Blithfield Resv

Knot in Blithe Bay, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpipers, 2x Ruff, 3x Greenshank, 2x Black Tern,  (GJM, MDJ, ICW)  -  Late pm Little Stint, 9x Dunlin, c50 Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 3x Curlew Sandpiper, Great Egret, (DBr)

Belvide Resv

Grey Phalarope still, Black-necked Grebe, 3x Greenshank, 4x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 8x Common Sandpiper, 10x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 4x Swift, Goshawk, Hobby, 2x Red Kite, 2x Peregrine, 

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, Redshank, (GBr)

Branston GPs

2x Curlew Sandpiper still on Newbold pit, 7x Curlew, 5x Greenshank, 5x Common Sandpiper, 8x Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Dunlin, 98x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, Pintail, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 2x Goosander, 234x Pochard, 86x Gadwall, 84x Shoveler, 132x Teal, 2x Wigeon, 5x Egyptian Geese, 64x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Peregrine, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Linnet, 3x Grey Wagtail, 100x House Martin, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x LRP, 2x Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, Hobby, Garganey, Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, (DCo)

Rudyard

3x Yellow Wagtail, 48x Lapwing, 129x Teal, 10x Goosander, 28x Linnet, (SGi)

Coven

29x Mistle Thrush, (JDu)