Sunday 16th December 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Red-necked Grebe still off SE corner of the dam

Whitmore Bent Lane
Jack Snipe, 29x Snipe, 2x Stonechat (NDP)

Stableford
Jack Snipe, 10x Snipe (NDP)

Rudyard Lake
2x Redshank, 6x Snipe, 21x Wigeon, 70x Teal, 4x Goosander, 4x Willow Tit, 40x Brambling, 11x Redpoll, (SSe)

The Roaches
4x Red Grouse (SSe)

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Little Egret, (JJH, SJH)  -  Also Water Pipit, 5x Goosander (GRu)

Middleton Lakes
Pink-footed Geese, 2x Great White Egret, Pintail, 3x Goldeneye, 5x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, 5x Egyptian Geese, Stonechat (Mercian Birder)

Kingswood
2x Caspian Gull

Whitemoor Haye
74x Wigeon, 2x Goldeneye, Little Egret, 4x GBB Gull, 2x Golden Plover (BirderAlrewas)

Uttoxeter Quarry
3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 5x Goosander, 4x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 41x Wigeon, 160x Teal (RPo)

Barton GPs
Long-tailed Duck (BirderAlrewas)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still, Crossbills (MJa)

Chasewater
Ad Iceland Gull in the roost

Radford Meadows
458x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, 68x Teal, Shoveler (CDa)

Saturday 15th December 2018

Kings Bromley
2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, (DBa)

Fradley Junction
Hawfinch briefly in nature reserve (BirderAlrewas)

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, 2x Little Egret, Water Pipit, 2x Goosander, 2x Pochard, 4x Gadwall, Water Rail, 140x Teal, 20x Shoveler, (GPr)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
1st winter Red-necked Grebe this morning

Chasewater
1w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still, 8x Shelduck, 24x Wigeon, 120x GBB Gull, Ad YL Gull (DSc)

Friday 14th December 2018

Hanchurch
A few Brambling still at feeding station, top car park (IBu)

Rudyard Lake
17x Snipe, 29x Teal, Water Rail, 2x Willow Tit, (SSe)  - Redshank (DCo)

Etruria
Peregrine over the A500 (JKe)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still, Pintail, 13x Shelduck, 24x Shoveler, 8x Ruff, 7x Curlew, 4x Redshank, 100x Lapwing, Common Gull, 2000x Starling (DSc)

North Staffs Moors
Short-eared Owl (SGi)

By Steve Gibson

Staffs

Thursday 13th December 2018

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still Abraham's Valley (RRo)

Copmere
728x Coot possibly a site record, 5x Goldeneye, 5x Gadwall, 23x Wigeon (DEm)

Whitemoor Haye
21x Golden Plover, 10x Yellowhammer, 300x mixed flock of Linnets/Chaffinch, 40x Wigeon (DBa)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still, 13x Ruff, 4x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, 85x Lapwing, Snipe, 10x Shelduck, Goldeneye, 71x Pochard, 14x Wigeon, 24x Shoveler, 19x Gadwall, 380x Teal, 36x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 5x Common Gull, 45x GBB Gull, Peregrine (juv), Cetti's Warbler, 2000x Starling (JWo)

Peregrine by Jon Woodcock

Croxall GPs
2x Redshank, Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, (DBa)

Doxey Marsh
Great White Egret, Little Egret (GGr)

Wednesday 12th December 2018

Blithfield Resv  (WMBC members only)
Slavonian Grebe still of the causeway (RRo)

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, 2x Water Pipit, (DoxeyBirder)

Tuesday 11th December 2018

Cannock Chase
6x Crossbill Abraham's Valley (CDa) - Great Grey Shrike still this morning, also 100x Brambling near trig point, 20x Redpoll Butts area, (DBa)

i54
Jack Snipe, 4x Snipe, Stonechat, 250x Golden Plover, 24x Teal, (JDu)

Rudyard Lake
8x Goosander, 11x Wigeon, 39x Teal, 4x Snipe, 3x Willow Tit, 3x Kingfisher, 5x Brambling, 14x Redpoll, 7x Siskin, Water Rail, Grey Wagtail (SSe)

Alvecote
Smew still on Pretty Pigs, -  Great White Egret (MSc)

Doxey Marsh
Short-eared Owl still,  2x Cattle Egret, 2x Great White Egret, Little Egret, (MBo, NGr, (MPi)  -  Also 2x Water Rail, 20x Lapwing (GTo)

Branston GPs
Fem Long-tailed Duck still, Pintail, 30x Wigeon, 15x Shoveler, 9x Sheduck, c240 Teal, 75x  Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 13x Curlew, 5x Ruff, 3x Redshank, 3x ad YL Gull, Cetti's Warbler. (Dsc)

The Roaches
12x Red Grouse (JWo)

Monday 10th December 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3x Cattle Egret still, also drake Red-crested Pochard, 1w Caspian Gull

Doxey Marsh
Short-eared Owl still between Octagonal hide and Creswell Flash at 13:00, 2x Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, 300x Golden Plover, 600x Lapwing, 17x Snipe, 3x Stonechat, 7x Goosander, 2x Water Rail,  (DBa)  -  Short-eared Owl still at 15:45 (NGr, GPr,)

Tittesworth Water
Little Egret, 54x Teal, 7x Wigeon, Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 4x Snipe, 23x Lapwing (SG, IB)

Alvecote
Smew still on Pretty Pigs pool

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Slavonian Grebe still on south side of causeway (BPu)

Rudyard Resv
Goldeneye, 7x Goosander, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher (SSe)

Goldeneye by Steve Seal

Staffs

Sunday 9th December 2018

Whitemoor Haye
Great White Egret in flight, 2x Whooper Swan in fields along rough track (BirderAlrewas)

Barton North GP
Fem Long-tailed Duck, (TPe) also Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper (ARa)  -  Also a Ruff over (JWo)

Uttoxeter Quarry
300x Golden Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 5x Pochard (RPo)

Branston GPs
Fem Long-tailed Duck still Ashy Pit (TPe)  -  Also 10x Shelduck, (m) Pintail, 24x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, c100 Teal, 19x Gadwall, 43x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 14x Curlew, 5x Ruff, 7x Dunlin, c100 Lapwing, 4x Common Gull, 3x Yellow leg Gull, c80 GBB Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 30x Linnet (DSc) 

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Slavonian Grebe still just north of the causeway (SRi)

Endon Sewage Works
1w Med Gull, 2x Pintail, 3x Chiffchaff, Stonechat (GBr)

Kingswood
1w Caspian Gull

Brookleys Lake
186x Mandarin Duck, 2x Goosander, (RPo)

Dimmingsdale
17x Mandarin Duck, 3x Goosander, 6x Brambling (RPo)

Chasewater
Ad Caspian Gull in the roost

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still (GTo)

Saturday 8th December 2018

Whitemoor Haye
11x Grey Partridge, 2x Whooper Swan (AlrewasBirder)

Radford Meadows
4x Goosander, 343x Wigeon, 261x Teal, Shoveler, 161x Lapwing (RSw)

Hales
2x Little Egret, 3x Brambling (PJo)

Copmere
5x Goldeneye (PJo)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
2x Pink-footed Geese, Barnacle Goose, 4x Goosander, 3x Curlew (CVa)  -  Slavonian Grebe still off the causeway early afternoon

Tittesworth Water
12x Snipe, 6x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, Goosander 

Middleton Lakes
Fem Smew on North Pit early afternoon

Branston GPs
Ashy Pit, fem Long-tailed Duck still, Pintail, 7x Curlew, 5x Ruff, 2x Redshank, 150x Lapwing, 20x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, 50x Linnet (DSc)

Chasewater
2x Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull and ad Med Gull in the roost

Friday 7th December 2018

Middleton Lakes
5x Great White Egret left the roost early morning (RSPB)

Alvecote
Smew and Whooper Swan (hybid?) still (CWa)

Barton under Needwood
3x Blackcap (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye
Whooper Swan still opposite Sittles farm (AlrewasBirder)

Doxey Marsh
Short-eared Owl, 2x Great White Egret at 16:00 (NGr)

Dimmingsdale
17x Woodcock over at dusk (TEy)

Consall
Merlin between the village and Consall Hall at 14:30

Thursday 6th December 2018

Cheddleton
Waxwing heard over garden at 08:28 (DSc)

Radford Meadows
5x Goosander, 250x Wigeon, 100x Teal (CDa)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Slavonian Grebe still off the dam also nearby Great White Egret (DJa)

Elford North Pit
Great White Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese (DAb)

Whitemoor Haye
Whooper Swan opposite Sittles Farm (DAb)

Chasewater
2x Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull in the roost

Alvecote
Redhead Smew still, Great White Egret, 2x Little Egret (MSc)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still (PMi)

Middleton Lakes
4x Great White Egret and 50x Little Egret in the riverside roost, 8x Goosander, 5x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat,  (SAt)

Branston GPs

2x Great White Egret, Long-tailed Duck, 2x Redshank, 2x Ruff, 15x Curlew, 181x Lapwing, 8x Shelduck, Pintail (m), 2x Goldeneye (p), 92x Pochard, 28x Shoveler, 34x Gadwall, 326x Teal, 20x Wigeon, Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 30x Little Grebe, 1st winter Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 15x GBB Gull,  c4000x Starling, (JWo)

Wednesday 5th December 2018

Silverdale CP
8x Goosander, Common Gull (DKe)

Alvecote
Smew still on Pretty Pigs pool

Chasewater
3x Caspian Gull in the roost

Tuesday 4th December 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3x Cattle Egret in the field by the white house

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Slavonian Grebe still off dam (DBa)  -  also 2x Whooper Swan at deep end at 13:00 (GJM)

Keele
7x Pink-footed Geese west over the Uni at 12:25 (NDP)

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl (DoxeyBirder)

Marley Pit
15x Goosander, Little Egret (JWo)

Monday 3rd December 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3x Cattle Egret still

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still at Abraham's Valley (PCo)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Slavonian Grebe still from the dam (CDa)

Uttoxeter Quarry
4x Dunlin, 6x Green Sandpiper, 2x Golden Plover, 4x Pochard, 54x Shoveler, 64x Teal (RPo)

Middleton Lakes
2x Great White Egret, Peregrine (RSPB)

Rocester
6x Whooper Swan still (EFo)

Chasewater
5x Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull in the roost

Branston GPs

Long-tailed Duck, 4x Ruff, Redshank, 350x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, 13x Curlew, Pintail (m), 6x Shelduck, 63x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 51x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 31x Gadwall, 240x Teal, 36x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 3x YL Gull, Common Gull, 34x GBB Gull, c3000x Starling, (JWo)

Upper Longdon
25x Brambling in Beeches along the road, 15x Crossbill in Horse pasture pools area (SWe)

Sunday 2nd December 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3x Cattle Egret left the roost at 07:50

Alvecote
Redhead Smew still on Pretty Pigs pool  -  3x White-fronted Geese still

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still in Abraham's Valley (GRu)  -  Also 2x Common Redpoll, Crossbills, Redpolls, Siskins (CMa)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Slavonian Grebe off the dam ( EH, AM, GJM, )

By Steve Edwards

By Phil Jones

Chasewater
2x Caspian Gull and 4x YL Gull in the roost. 5x Goldeneye, 12x Goosander, and earlier at Kingswood 1w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull 

Whitemoor Haye
3x Great White Egret from Sittles farm bend, 3x Ruff, 2x Redshank, Peregrine, 1000x Lapwing, 2x Egyptian Geese (JAl)

Rocester
6x Whooper Swan in field with 40x Mutes, 2x Goosander, (TEy)

By Terry Eyre

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck roosted ashy pit, (m) Pintail, 6x Shelduck, 2x EgyptianGeese, 12x Curlew (DSc)

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret still early afternoon (PJo)

Saturday 1st December 2018

Chasewater
Water Pipit on pool west of main lake, 24x Goosander, ad YL Gull on main lake, 1w Caspian Gull, - ad Caspian Gull Kingswood - 2w Caspian Gull and 2x YL Gull in the roost

Whitemoor Haye
Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 1500x Lapwing, 150x Linnet, 5x Goldeneye, 54x Wigeon (BirderAlrewas)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, Goosander, 2x Egyptian Geese, 170x Lapwing, 3x Goldeneye, 5x Shelduck (SAt)  -  76x Little Egret and 5x Great White Egret in the riverside roost

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
4x Cattle Egret, Great White Egret briefly

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
3w Caspian Gull this morning (GJM)

Cheddleton
Brambling this morning (DSc)

Alvecote
Redhead Smew still on Pretty Pigs pool (CVa)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still on Ashy Pit, 2x Egyptian Geese, 20x Wigeon, 26x Shoveler, 10x Shelduck, 140x Teal, Goosander, Goldeneye, 14x Curlew, 7x Snipe, Redshank, ad YL Gull, 30x Linnet (DSc)

Friday 30th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3x Cattle Egret left the roost at 07:50 and flew to fields back of  the dam.

Alvecote
3x White-fronted Geese on on Pretty Pigs pool (TPe)  -  Redhead Smew still (ARa)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
4x Whooper Swan over Blithe Bay (GJM)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still in Abraham's Valley also 50x Crossbill nearby (SAt)  -  Also 50x Brambling, 200x Siskin, 20-30x  Redpoll (ABl)

Middleton Lakes
79x Little Egret and 5x Great White Egret in the riverside roost (per MercianBirding)  -  3x Ruff, 150x Lapwing, Great White Egret, 2x Stonechat, (DCo)

Chasewater
Ad Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull

Branston WP

Redshank, Pintail (m), 2x Pochard, c20x Shoveler, 50+ Wigeon, 50+ Gadwall, 8x Little Grebe, and 14x Goosander (3m,11f) on Marley Pit. (JWo)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still, 14x Shelduck, 19x Wigeon, 24x Shoveler, c120 Teal, Goldeneye, Redshank, 16x Curlew, ad Y.Leg Gull. (DSc)

Thursday 29th November 2018

Middleton Lakes
2x  Great White Egret, 12x Pochard, Stonechat, 9x Shelduck, 3x Goldeneye (SAt)

Branston GPs

Long-tailed Duck, 6x Curlew, Redshank, 5x Lapwing, 5x Goldeneye (4f, 1m), 90x Pochard, 47x Gadwall, 32x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 252x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 32x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 2w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, c100+ GBB Gull, (JWo)

2w Caspian Gull by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Wednesday 28th November 2018

Wombourne
Little Egret over Common Road at 10:30 (DBa)

Beech
50x Golden Plover over the M6 at 10:30 (PFo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3x Cattle Egret still on north side by white house

Branston GPs

Long-tailed Duck, Green Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 11x Lapwing, Pintail, 74x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Wigeon, 10x Shelduck, 51x Gadwall, 16x Shoveler, 192x Teal, 34x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 100+ GBB Gull, Peregrine, c30x Linnet....(JWo, DSc)

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Little Egret, 44x Shoveler, 97x Teal, 5x Gadwall, 2x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Water Rail, 100x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler (DNe)

Tuesday 27th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members)
3x Cattle Egret left roost at 07:55 and flew in fields behind the dam  -  YL Gull, Woodcock

Silverdale CP
Ad Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 2x Goosander (DKe)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck back on Ashy pit, 4x Curlew, 3x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 65x Pochard, 32x Shoveler, 3x Goldeneye, 10x Shelduck, (DSc)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret on North Pit. (DCo)

Monday 26th November 2018

Tittesworth Water 
Three skeins of Pink-footed Geese this morning - 290x over east, 180x over south, 240 over east (SGi, CT,)

River Sow Meadows
Little Egret, 2x Goosander (CDa)

Coombes Valley RSPB
Ring-necked Parakeet heard from the visitor centre

Trentham Gardens
Ad Med Gull, 2x Little Egret, 4x Gadwall,  (DKe)  -  6x Mandarin (DEm)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still Abraham's Valley. 20x Crossbill also Bramblings cadet huts to trig point, (DBa)

Doxey Marsh
Female Red-breasted Merganser from main hide, 2x Cattle Egret, 2x Little Egret, Great White Egret, 2x Water Pipit, (MBo, PDy)

Marley Pit
11x Goosander, 

Branston WP
100x Wigeon, 100x Gadwall, 12x Shoveler, 6x Little Grebe (JWo)

Chasewater
2x Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull in the roost

Sunday 25th November 2018

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret still, Great White Egret,2x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 60x Shoveler, 2x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 35x Lapwing,  (GPr)

Chasewater
9x Whooper Swan until 11:00 when they flew west - In the roost 5x YL Gull

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
9x Whooper Swan flew west at 11:15, 3x Cattle Egret roosted from 15:55 also Caspian Gull

Whitemoor Haye
6x Ruff, 100x Golden Plover, YL Gull (TPe)  -  Great White Egret on main lake with 7x Little Egret, 65x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 2x Peregrine, Green Sandpiper, 140x Linnet, (BirderAlrewas)

Alvecote
Smew still Pretty Pigs lake (JAl)

Baldwins Gate
50x Pink-footed Geese over north at 08:30 (RWh)

Dimmingsdale
75x Pink-footed Geese over SE at 10:30 (TEy)

Endon Sewage Works
2x Chiffchaff, 6x Red-legged Partridge (GBr)

Tittesworth Water
130x Pink-footed Geese over south, 38x Lapwing, 34x Wigeon, Goosander, Goldeneye (JOa)

Branston GPs
9x Little Egret briefly am, 2x (m )Pintail, 11x Shelduck, 42x Shoveler, 2x Goldeneye, 9x Curlew, 4x Redshank, 3x Ruff, 2x ad Y.leg Gull, pr Stonechat, c4000 Starling roosted. (DSc)

Saturday 24th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

3x Cattle Egret still in field in front of white house, 1w Med Gull, Cetti's Warbler

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret still with cattle by the M6 (DoxeyBirder)

Chasewater
Great White Egret on Swag at 10:26, 4x Dunlin south shore at 11:00 and in the roost ad Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 145x Common Gull

Alvecote
Redhead Smew still on Pretty Pigs (ARa)

Madeley Pool
Little Egret still (PJo)

By Phil Jones

Radford Meadows
9x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, 105x Wigeon, Goosander, (CDa, RSw,)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch over Abraham's Valley at 10:20 but no sign of the GGS so far, (IMo)  -  Great Grey Shrike still this afternoon (NHa, AHa, SGo)

Whitemoor Haye
Merlin, 123x Golden Plover, 3x Ruff, 1500x Lapwing, 11x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard. (BirderAlrewas)

Berryhill 
Short-eared Owl showing from 14:50 to 16:00 on and off from the Viewpoint (BCa, andm,)

i54
2x Jack Snipe, 4x Snipe (JDu)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, Golden Plover, Little Egret (RBa)

Friday 23rd November 2018

Doxey Marsh
2x Water Pipit from the Octagonal hide, Little Egret, (HKi) - Great White Egret, 3x Little Egret (SCa)

Radford Meadows
2x Little Egret (HKi)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still, 4x Crossbill with large Redpoll/Siskin flock (CVa)

Gailey Resv
Cetti's Warbler still, 3x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, Redpoll (SRi)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 12x Redpoll, 20x Linnet, 3x Stonechat, (DCo)

Blithfield Resv  WMBC members only)
Tad Bay Caspian Gull, 2x Curlew, Peregrine (SCa)

Chasewater
1w Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull in the roost

Rudyard
2x Black-tailed Godwit and a Knot at the north end (SSe)

Thursday 22nd November 2018

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, 2x Goldeneye, Shelduck, 3x Stonechat (SAt)

Madeley Pool
Little Egret (TJa)

Hixon Airfield
493x Golden Plover, 232x Lapwing, 200x Skylark (RCB)

Branston GPs

2x Redshank, 2x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 200x Lapwing, 5x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Shelduck, Pintail, 63x Pochard, 35x Wigeon, 2x Goldeneye, 28x Shoveler, 50x Gadwall, 160x Teal, 35x Little Grebe, 2x Water Rail, 4x YL Gull, 40x GBBG, 2x Stonechat (p), c4000x Starling. (JWo)  -  Long-tailed Duck still this morning (DJa)

Doxey Marsh
2x Water Pipit, Great White Egret, 3x Goosander, 2x Stonechat, 42x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck (GPr)

Berryhill
Short-eared Owl hunting at 15:05 (AJo)

Chasewater
Ad Caspian Gull and 3x YL Gull