Wednesday 12 March 2014

Trent Washlands
4x Little Egret, singing Chiffchaff (AJa)

Tuesday 11th March 2014

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Med Gull this morning on Jubilee Wetlands also 2x Pintail, 13x Dunlin, 2x Redshank, Ringed Plover (as per JHa)

Alrewas GP (17:20-18:30)
Long-tailed Duck, 202x Wigeon, 46x Tufted Duck, 9x Gadwall, 9x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, Chiffchaff (SCo)

Whitemoor Haye
40+ Yellowhammer, 15x Tree Sparrow, 25x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, Treecreeper (SCo)

Branston GPs
7x Ruff, 4x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 2x Snipe, 8x Curlew, 6x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 21x Shelduck, 7x Gadwall, 5x Shoveler, 61x Tufted Duck, 22x Wigeon, 6x Little Grebe, 7x GC Grebe, Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 3x singing Chiffchaff (JWo)

Belvide Resv
Two Caspian Gulls (both 1w) in the roost, 1w fem Velvet Scoter, 1w drk Long-tailed Duck and 6x Scaup (two drk)

Monday 10 March 2014

Tittesworth Res
Drake Lesser Scaup still

Belvide Resv
2x Caspian Gulls roosted (both 1w), 1w fem Velvet Scoter, 1w drk Long-tailed Duck and 11x Scaup still.

Cannock Chase
23x Crossbill trig point to Abrahams Valley (ARu MJa)

Berryhill
2x Wheatear at the palletstacks paddock

Branston Waterpark
Water Rail, 3x singing Chiffchaff, 4x Pochard (JWo)

Sunday 9th March 2014

Belvide Res (permit only)
1st winter drake Velvet Scoter at the west end this morning, also 1st winter Long-tailed Duck & 11x Scaup

Chasewater
Juv Glaucous Gull roosted again (@CWG_sightings)

Rudyard Lake
Egyptian Goose present this afternoon (RSu)

Alrewas GP's
Long-tailed Duck & female Red-crested Pochard this afternoon
also Scaup, Siberian Chiffchaff, c6 Chiffchaff, 2x Shelduck, 6x Gadwall & 5x Goldeneye (JWo)

Great Bridgeford
Common Sandpiper on the River Sow this afternoon

Doxey Marshes
2x singing Chiffchaff this afternoon in the scrub between Timberfield Road & Isobel trail (Geoff)

Cannock Chase
30x Crossbill by cadet huts/trig point also 10x Brambling, Yellowhammer, Siskin (MCh)

Branston GP's
7x Ruff, 4x Ringed Plover, 5x Redshank, Snipe, 8x Curlew & 22x Shelduck (AJa)

Trent Washlands
5x Little Egret (AJa)

Croxall (along the river)
Little Egret, 2x Shelduck & 2x Oystercatcher (JWo)

Churnet Valley (Cheddleton to Consall)
Peregrine, 12x Teal, 2x Oystercatcher, 14x Snipe, Raven, Kingfisher, 2x Willow Tit, singing Chiffchaff, 3x Redpoll and 10x Reed Bunting (DSc)

Saturday 8th March 2014

Belvide Res (permit only)
3x adult Little Gulls till 10:53 then flew NNE.
1w fem Velvet Scoter still, 1w drk Long-tailed Duck and 11x Scaup. 1w Caspian Gull roosted plus six adult Little Gulls thru this evening.

Scaup and Long-tailed Duck at Belvide, taken by Mr P Jones

Chasewater
Juv Glaucous Gull roosted, also 1w Caspian Gull and adult Mediterranean Gull. NO SIGN of the Great Northern Diver (@CWG_sightings)

Gailey Res
Fem Red-crested Pochard this morning on the main sailing lake and still present midday on fishing lake.

Photo by Mr P Jones

Doxey Marsh
Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Redshank, 6x Shelduck, 4x Water Rail, 3000x Starling (SPe)

Little Haywood
Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher (SPe)

Berryhill
Stonechat, 2x Water Rail, Peregrine

Dimmingsdale
7x Woodcock, 4x Mandarin (TEy)

Friday 7th March 2014

Belvide Res (permit only)
1st winter female Velvet Scoter at west end and 11x Scaup. 1w Caspian Gull in roost plus 1w drk Long-tailed Duck and two Yellow-legged Gulls.

Chasewater
Two Iceland Gulls in roost (adult and juv) plus juv Glaucous Gull, 2x Caspian Gulls (1w, 3w), adult Mediterranean Gull and Great Northern Diver at north end.

Branston GP
2x Green Sandpipers, 7x Ruff, 10x Redshank, Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, 8x Curlew, 4x Common Gull, 2x Water Rail, 8x GBBG, 128x LBBG, c500x BHG, 11x Gadwall, 20x Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler (JWo)

Thursday 6 March 2014

Belvide Resv
Two Iceland Gulls roosted (adult and juv). Also 1w fem Velvet Scoter, 1w drk Long-tailed Duck, 11x Scaup and three Yellow-legged Gulls.

Cannock Chase
25x Crossbill (Abrahams Valley) also c50 Siskin (JWo)

Wednesday 5 March 2014

Cannock Chase
Mealy Redpoll with small Redpoll flock near the cadet huts (GJM)

Aqualate
Male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at the car park this morning (RCB)

Belvide Res (permit only)
2x Iceland Gulls (adult & juvenile), also Long-tailed Duck, Velvet Scoter & 11x Scaup

Branston GP's
4x Ringed Plover, 2x Snipe, 7x Ruff, Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 8x Curlew, 20x Gadwall, 20x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, 26x Shelduck, 2x Water Rail & Cetti's Warbler (JWo, PBe)

Tuesday 4th March 2014

Tittesworth Res
Drake Lesser Scaup still this morning

Belvide Res (permit only)
3x Iceland Gulls (adult, 2nd winter & juvenile), 1st winter female Velvet Scoter, 1st winter drake Long-tailed Duck & 11x Scaup

Chasewater Res
Juvenile Glaucous Gull & 2x Caspian Gulls (1st winter & 2nd winter in roost, also Great Northern Diver still

Cannock Chase
27x Crossbill & c40 Siskin in Parrs Warren area (MJa)

Alrewas GP
Fem Long-tailed Duck and fem Smew still. Also 67x Wigeon, 5x Gadwall, 4x Goldeneye, Siberian Chiffchaff and 3x Chiffchaff (DSc)

Monday 3 March 2014

Lordsley Quarry (near Loggerheads)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker still (BC LC)

Westlands-Whitmore
80x Golden Plover in field by M6 bridge off Whitmore Road (BC LC)

Wetley Moor
12x Brambling (RB)

Blithfield Res (permit only)
2x summer adult Med Gull and 4th yr YL Gull in the roost (MPR GJM)

Chasewater
Great Northern Diver still (ASt). Also in the roost - adult Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull and 1w Caspian Gull.

Belvide Resv
2x Iceland Gulls in roost (2w and juv), 1w Caspian Gull, 1w fem Velvet Scoter, 1w drk Long-tailed Duck and 11 Scaup.

Branston GP
7x Ruff, 3x Green Sandpiper, 5x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 12x Curlew, Dunlin, 2x Oystercatcher, 26x Shelduck, 19x Gadwall, Pochard, Shoveler, 26x Wigeon, Peregrine, 2x Common Gull (JWo)

Ruff and Green Sandpiper at BGP by Jon Woodcock

Sunday 2nd March 2014

Belvide Res (permit only)
1st winter Velvet Scoter still present plus 1st winter Long-tailed Duck & 11x Scaup

Alrewas GP's
Female Long-tailed Duck, also female Smew, female Scaup & a probable Siberian Chiffchaff
also 58x Wigeon, 30x Tufted Duck, 4x Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, c4 Chiffchaff (SCo)

Chasewater Res
Great Northern Diver near the pink ramp. In the roost juv Glaucous Gull, 1w Caspian Gull and pale Northern Herring Gull (@CWG_sightings)

Uttoxeter Quarry
37x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 3x Goldeneye, 14x Goosander, 12x Pochard, 10x Mandarin Duck & Kingfisher (RPo)

Hanchurch Woods
c3 Crossbill over the water tower & 3x male and a female Brambling by the carpark (GBr)

Trentham
Red Kite over the Trentham estate Kings Wood heading south at 13:20 (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye
25x Tufted Duck, 2x Oystercatcher, 19x Wigeon, c25 Tree Sparrow, c12 Yellowhammer, Snipe, Little Owl & 88x Golden Plover (SCo)

Lordsley Quarry, Loggerheads
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Green Woodpecker (PJ)

Saturday 1 March 2014

Belvide Resv
1w fem Velvet Scoter still present plus 1w Long-tailed Duck and 11x Scaup

Chasewater
Juv Glaucous Gull roosted plus adult Mediterranean Gull and juv Great Northern Diver

Doxey Marsh
10x Goosander, 6x Shelduck, Little Egret, 4x Chiffchaff, 2x Willow Tit (SPe)

Lordsley Quarry (near Loggerheads)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2x Green Woodpecker, Woodcock (NP)

Cannock Chase (cadet huts)
6x Crossbill, 2x Stonechat (GW CW)

Little Haywood
2x Oystercatcher on River Trent at River Meadow scrape (SPe)

Wolesley Bridge
Little Egret on trent side pool at 16:30 (JWH)

Parkhall CP
Stonechat, 2x Curlew (PB)

Tittesworth Res
Drake Lesser Scaup still also Jack Snipe (CCa)

Friday 28 February 2014

Belvide Resv
Ad Iceland Gull roosted at 17:05 and 4x Yellow-legged Gulls. Also 1w Velvet Scoter, 1w Long-tailed Duck and 11x Scaup.

Stafford
Red Kite above School Lane railway bridge at 10:38 (TT)

Chasewater
Juv Glaucous Gull in the roost (RCB)

Thursday 27th February 2014

Belvide Resv
Adult Iceland Gull in the roost at 17:05 plus 3x Yellow-legged Gulls, 1w Velvet Scoter, 1w drake Long-tailed Duck and 11x Scaup

Gailey Res
Juvenile Great Northern Diver at 07.15 on main sailing lake

Newcastle-under-Lyme
3x Waxwings at Clayton on bush by flats on Rydal Way 13:00hrs (Rob Gilbert)

Blithfield Res (permit only)
13x Goosander Tad Bay (JWH)

Alrewas GPs
Siberian Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Duck, Smew, Scaup, 4x Oystercatcher, 10x Gadwall, 4x Goldeneye, 52x Wigeon, 6x Chiffchaff, 5x Goldcrest (JWo)

Scaup by Jon Woodcock

Croxall
Along the river 2x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, Redshank (JWo)

Tittesworth
Drake Lesser Scaup still, 60x Curlew, 7x Goosander, 6x Wigeon, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, (ARa)

Wednesday 26th February 2014

Belvide Resv
1w Velvet Scoter still present at West end, plus 1w drake Long-tailed Duck and 11x Scaup

Tittesworth Res
Drake Lesser Scaup still at north end under willows opposite the car park this morning

Doxey Marshes
Ruddy Shelduck displaying to 4x Shelduck, also 1x Goosander, 2x Pochard, 64 Teal (DSc)

Branston GPs
7x Ruff, 3x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 18x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Redshank, 33x Shelduck, 27x Gadwall, 22x Wigeon, 3x Pochard (JWo)

Ruff by Jon Woodcock

Tuesday 25th February 2014

Tittesworth Res
Drake Lesser Scaup still this morning at north end under willows opposite the car park

Ipstones Edge
Male Hen Harrier at 09:10 (DSt)

Belvide Res (permit only)
1st winter female Velvet Scoter still also Long-tailed Duck and 11x Scaup. 2w Iceland Gull 15:40 to 16:20 then flew west. 2w Caspian Gull roosted.

Branston GPs
7x Ruff, 8x Ringed Plover, 3x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 18x Curlew, 2x Snipe, Water Rail, 25x Gadwall, 27x Shelduck, 26x Wigeon, 6x Little Grebe, Peregrine (JWo)

Branston Water Park
5x Snipe, 6x Pochard, 2x Gadwall (JWo)

Drayton Bassett Pits
2x Avocet, Ringed Plover, 6x Pintail, 2x Goosander (as per JHa)

Monday 24th February 2014

Belvide Res (permit only)
1st winter female Velvet Scoter still this afternoon, along Long-tailed Duck & 11x Scaup

Gailey Res
Great Northern Diver still present on sailing lake also 4x Goldeneye, 8x Gadwall, 3x Little Grebe, 43x Great Crested Grebe, 6x Pochard, 80x Tufted Duck, 71x Grey Lags, 32x Cormorant, 3x GBB Gull (IMo)

Sunday 23rd February 2014

Belvide Resv
1w fem Velvet Scoter still present, plus 1w Long-tailed Duck off the dam and 11x Scaup. Also 1w Caspian Gull in roost tonight.

Doxey Marshes
Ruddy Shelduck present at 08:20hrs. Also 2x Peregrine, 6x Shelduck, 6x Goosander, 30+ Fieldfare (SPe)

Radford Meadows/Rickerscote
300+ Wigeon, many Teal and Shoveler, 3x Pintail, Little Egret, 2x Shelduck (SPe)

Alrewas GP
Fem Long-tailed Duck still present, also 1x Oystercatcher, 1x fem Scaup, 4x Wigeon, 3+ Chiffchaff (SC)

Chasewater
Great Northern Diver still, plus juv Glaucous Gull, juv Iceland Gull, adult Mediterranean Gull in roost (JA)

Whitemoor Haye
14x Tufted Duck, 59x Wigeon, 66x Lapwing, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Grey Partridge, 15+ Yellowhammer, 20+ Tree Sparrow (SC). Also Merlin by Sittles Farm (JWo, LWa, MCa)

Branston GPs
16:30hrs 1x Mediterranean Gull, adult Yellow-legged Gull, c150 LBBG, 4000 Black-headed Gulls, 8x Ruff, 3x Redshank, 5x Ringed Plover, 18x Curlew, 16x Gadwall, 22x Wigeon, 14x Shelduck, 1x Oystercatcher (DSc)

Trent Washlands
5x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, c50x Wigeon, 2x Common Gull (AJ)

Stafford
1x Peregrine over town centre (AB)

Saturday 22 February 2014

Tittesworth Res
Drake Lesser Scaup still from the car park at 10:20
also 25x Curlew, c20 Goosander, Siskin & 2x Oystercatcher (CBr)

Belvide Res (permit only)
1st winter female Velvet Scoter plus 11x Scaup & Long-tailed Duck off the dam

Gailey Res
Great Northen Diver still this afternoon

Uttoxeter Quarry
38x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Shelduck, 8x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 40x Wigeon, Raven & Willow Tit (RPo)

Chasewater
Great Northern Diver still, plus in the roost - juv Glaucous Gull, juv Iceland Gull and adult Mediterranean Gull (JA)

Trent Washlands
2x Little Egret, 10x Gadwall, 48x Wigeon & 25x Teal (AJa)

Whitemoor Haye
84x Wigeon, Little Egret, 14x Tufted Duck, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Shelduck & c8 Tree Sparrow (SCo)

Friday 21 February 2014

Belvide Res (permit only)
Long-tailed Duck still, 11x Scaup, 115x Goldeneye, adult YL Gull

Branston GPs
2x adult Med Gull, (breeding and winter plumage) 9x Ruff, 12x Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, 18x Curlew, 27x Shelduck, 18x Gadwall, 33x Wigeon, 2x Pochard (JWo)

Med Gulls by Jon Woodcock

Drayton Basset Pits
 2x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, PF Goose, Pintail, 4x Stonechat (as per JHa)

Cannock Chase
12x Brambling at the cadet huts (ASt)

 

 

Thursday 20th February 2014

Alrewas GP's
Siberian Chiffchaff still present with at least 8x Chiffchaff, also Long-tailed Duck seen briefly plus female Scaup & 2x Oystercatcher

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Adult Med Gull at the deep end (GJM)

Cannock Chase
2x Stonechat, 2x Crossbill, 20x Siskin, Yellowhammer (MJa)
4x Brambling at Tackeroo car park (KW)

Radford Meadows
2x Shelduck near the BMW garage (CDa)

Belvide Resv
Adult Iceland Gull in the roost plus 1w Long-tailed Duck and ten Scaup

Chasewater
Juv Glaucous Gull, two Iceland Gulls (adult and juv), Great Northern Diver, adult Mediterranean Gull and adult Yellow-legged Gull (@CWG_sightings)

Glaucous Gull at Chasewater this evening (Staffsbirdnews)

Wednesday 19 February 2014

Tittesworth Res
Drake Lesser Scaup still present, viewable from the visitor centre at 16.15 (ABo)
Glossy Ibis flew over at 12;35

Chasewater Res
Glossy Ibis left roost at 07.42 an on pool west of Brownhills road, west of Chasewater, also Great Northern Diver still viewable from the dam
In the Gull roost this evening juvenile Glaucous Gull, a adult & juvenile Iceland Gull (JAl)

Belvide Res (permit only)
1st winter drake Long-tailed Duck off the dam plus 7x Scaup

Alrewas Gravel Pits
Female Long-tailed Duck, female Smew, female Scaup, Little Egret, Goosander, Oystercatcher, 5x Goldeneye, Siberian Chiffchaff, 6x Chiffchaff (JWo)

Croxall Lakes
7x Redshank, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, Goosander, 32x Pochard, 18x Wigeon (JWo)

Cannock Chase
c30 Crossbill at Horse pasture Covert (GJM)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Pintail, Gadwall, 10x Goosander, 150x Wigeon, 12x Pochard, 12x Snipe, 16x Curlew & 1500 Lapwing (EFo)

Rugeley
Green Sandpiper on flooded fields along the Rugeley by-pass (BRu)

Kings Bromley
2x Little Egret & c50 Fieldfare from lay-by along river (BRu)

Tuesday 18 February 2014

Dosthill NR
2x Siberian Chiffchaff in scrub on west side

Dimmingsdale
Merlin hunting over heathland at 15:00 (TEy)

Chasewater
Glossy Ibis again roosted on island at 17:30 also juv Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, adult Med Gull, 3rd winter Caspian Gull, Great Northern Diver (JAl)
Also 2x Red-crested Pochard

Belvide Resv
Imm Long-tailed Duck still plus 9x imm Scaup (3m6f)

Alrewas GP
Long-tailed Duck, fem Smew, fem Scaup and 3+ Chiffchaff (DSc)

Madeley STW
Little Egret, 2x Blackcap, Chiffchaff (JS)

Monday 17 February 2014

Hall Dale near Stanshope
Report received of a possible Rough-legged Buzzard showing yesterday morning. (RB)

Whitemoor Haye
Female Merlin sitting on lone straw bale at 15:30 (SCo)

Chasewater
Glossy Ibis roosted on the island at 17:15 also the Great Northern Diver, juv Iceland Gull in the roost with juv Glaucous Gull and adult Med Gull (JAl)

Branston GPs
3x Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 27x Shelduck, 19x Gadwall, 25x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, Grey Wagtail (JWo)

Branston Water Park
2x Woodcock, 2x Oystercatcher, 10x Pochard (JWo)

Belvide Resv
1st winter Long-tailed Duck off the dam and 8x immature Scaup

Sunday 16 February 2014

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Black-throated Diver briefly by dam at 10.45 then flew NNE (MPR)

Tittesworth Res
Drake Lesser Scaup still present this afternoon (RPo)

Alrewas GPs
Female Long-tailed Duck, female Scaup but no sign of the redhead Smew, also 6x Gadwall, 54x Tufted Duck, 6x Wigeon, 6x Goldeneye, c6 Chiffchaff & a probable Siberian Chiffchaff (SCo)

Whitemoor Haye
c500 Lapwing, 12x Tufted Duck, 42x Wigeon, 2x Oystercatcher, Goldeneye, c20 Tree Sparrow & Grey Partridge (SCo)

Hanchurch Woods
Mealy Redpoll this morning with a flock of 20x Lesser Redpoll at SJ835388, also c30 Crossbill & a Tawny Owl (NDP)

Manifold Valley
At least 3x Marsh Tits at Ecton Bridge (RPo)

Swallow Moss
2x female Hen Harrier this am (LCl)
In the evening a Ringtail & male Hen Harrier came into roost (RPo)

Knotbury
10x Red Grouse (RPo)

Chasewater
Iceland Gull on main lake mid afternoon also the Great Northern Diver and Kittiwake
Juv Glaucous Gull in the roost at 16:40 (SW)
Adult and 1st winter Caspian Gull also in the roost with 2x juv Iceland Gull

Consall-Cheddleton
Oystercatcher, 120x Lapwing, Little Grebe, 4x Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit and 8 pairs of Grey Heron in Herony (DS)