Sunday 30th September 2012

Aqualate Mere
Black-necked Grebe still present this morning.............

Westport Lake
Barn Owl around the Gasworks this morning also 3x Shoveler & Kingfisher.............PL.

Berryhill
Swift one over this morning.......RT.

Cheslyn Hay
Raven one over at 13:00........SB.

River Sow Meadows Stafford
Peregrine, Hobby, Raven, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher pair, 5x Grey Wagtail, 55x Meadow Pipit......RS.

Middle Hills

Merlin male yesterday evening between Middle Hills and Royal Cottage........SG.

Merlin distant photo by Steve Gibson



Doxey Marshes

Hobby & 3x Sand Martins...............CH.

Dimmingdale

20x Mistle Thrush, 2x Goldcrest, 1x Kestrel, 1x Buzzard......TE

Saturday 29 September 2012

Aqualate Mere
Black-necked Grebe still also Black Tern mid morning........Birdguides

Whitemoor Haye
4x Grey Heron, 3x Great-crested Grebe, 8x Mute Swan, 6x Shoveller, 60x Goldfinch, c100 Linnet, 20x Skylark, 5x Tree Sparrow, 15x Mipits, 30x Lapwing, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk........SC.

Uttoxeter Quarry
3x Pintail, 37x Wigeon, 5x Shoveler, 74x Teal, 2x Goosander, 6x Snipe, Golden Plover, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Pink-footed Goose, 6x Egyptian Geese, 3x Jay, 12x Swallow, 2x House Martin, Chiffchaff...............RP.

Middle Hills (near Morridge)
Hen Harrier ringtail on moor by firing range also several Red Grouse.......DP. SG.

Stoneyfield Lane (near Swallow Moss)
3x Stonechat and a Kestrel.........DP.

Boarsgrove
Stonechat........DP.

Cheddleton Heath
3x Kestrel, 2x Buzzard........DP.

Lower Elkstone
Kestrel, Buzzard, 10x Swallow, 10x Goldfinch, Long-tailed Tit.......DP.

Berryhill
635 Mipits over SW, 42x Golden Plover over ........RT. KH.

Blackbank
605 Mipits over SW, 30x Golden Plover......NP.

Friday 28 September 2012

Late news for yesterday

Branston GPs
4x Ruff on Sandy Pit, also 6x Green Sandpiper, Golden Plover, 7x Curlew.......CC

Silverdale
2x Ravens over........TG.

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Berryhill
Swift one this morning also Tree Pipit.......RT

Stoke
Swift one over Corporation St. this morning........RG

Blythe Brigde/Caverswall
A male Brambling was with 30+ Chaffinch this morning..............Col.

May Bank
A Hobby flew over towards Bradwell..............DS.

Whitemoor Haye
2x Mute Swan, 29x Coot, 27x Mallard, 2x Great Crested Grebe, 47x Shoveler, 12x Tree Sparrow, 90x Lapwing, 50+ Meadow Pipit, 4x Mistle Thrush, 5x Moorhen, Golden Plover, Jay...........SC.

Belvide Res (permit only)
2x Goldeneye, adult Yellow-legged Gull & imm Peregrine..........Belvide Blog

Trent Washlands
2x Kingfisher, c30 House Martin, 25x Swallow, 8x Siskin, 6x Mipits, 8x Gadwell, Shoveller.......AJ

Blithfield Res (permit only)
2x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail......AJ

Rugeley
Peregrine.........AJ

Branston Gravel Pits

4x Ruff, 6x Green Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 2x Raven, Green Woodpecker, 4x Buzzard, 5+ Meadow Pipit, 24x Little Grebe, Pochard, Little Egret, 100+ Linnet, Insects: 3x Southern Hawker, 10+ Migrant Hawker, 20+ Common Darter, 5x Red Admiral, 4x Comma, 8+ Caddisfly.

Comma at Branston GP by Jon Woodcock

Thursday 27 September 2012

Late News Yesterday

Endon Cricket Club
Barn Owl, also Little & Tawny Owl nearby.....RB

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Uttoxeter Quarry
4x Green Sandpiper this morning also 4x Curlew, Snipe, 2x Goosander, 5x Pintail, 32x Wigeon, c200 Mipits, 6x Skylark.......EF

Dimmingsdale
Brambling one this morning also 30x Siskin, 4x Redpoll, 3x Mistle Thrush.......TE

Berryhill
Swift one over this morning, 3x Wheatear, 17x Redpoll, 15x Siskin, Tawny Owl mid morning, 3x Chiffchaff, 37x Linnet, 3x Snipe.......RT

Wednesday 26 September 2012

River Sow Meadows Stafford
Hobby, Kingfisher, 5x Little Grebe, Whitethroat juv, c450 Swallow, c200 House Martin.......RS

Berryhill
Stonechat, 3x Wheatear, Hobby, Little Owl, 2x Raven........RT

Dimmingsdale
25x Siskin, 30x Long-tailed Tit, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2x Raven............TE.

Belvide Res
Grey Plover flew through.......

Trent Washlands
2x Little  Egret, c50 House  Martin, Sparrowhawk & 2x Great Spotted Woodpecker.....AJ.

Morridge
15x Snipe in flight between trig point and Blake Mere.........DP
Revidge
2x Raven.......DP

Blithfield Res

Arctic Tern (juv), 20+Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 5x Barnacle Geese, 2x Yellow Wagtail, Orange ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata)

Orange Ladybird at Blithfield by Jon Woodcock

Tuesday 25 September 2012

Belvide Res
LONG-TAILED SKUA juv intermediate morph over SE at 14:05.......


Alton farmland
Barn Owl, Sparrowhawk, 2x Bullfinch, 20x Meadow Pipit, 6x Swallow.......TE

Barn Owl at Alton by Terry Eyre

                                                          
Tittesworth
Whinchat, Wigeon, Chiffchaff, 6x Swallow.......SG

Whinchat at Tittesworth by Steve Gibson

Branston Gravel Pits

2x Little Egret, Wigeon, 7x Pochard, 14x Shoveler, 29x Little Grebe, 3x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker, 3x Buzzard, 40+ Linnet, 5+ Meadow Pipit.........JW.

Croxden Quarry
Adult Yellow-legged Gull this evening.............AB.





Monday 24 September 2012

Westport Lake
3x Common Scoter (drake and 2 female) this afternoon..............DK
also a Marsh Harrier flew through north at 16.25..............CJW, NJS.

Common Scoter at Westport by Dave Kelsall

Belvide Res

2x Common Tern flew through and a Pintail was present, also a Knot thro at 07.10, Dunlin & a Hobby.............Belvide Blog.

Whitemoor Haye
56x Lapwing, Great-crested Grebe, 2x Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Buzzard, Swallows......SC

Doxey Marsh
1000+ Swallows & House Martins, 3x Greylag Geese, 2x Pochard, Little Egret, Shoveler, 50+ Lapwing, 15x Snipe, Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk & Marsh Harrier.............GH.

Sunday 23 September 2012

Staffs Bird News will be appearing on the BBC Radio Stoke mid-morning show, more news to follow in the coming days/week

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Late
News For Yesterday
Whitemoor Haye
1x juv/fem Merlin, Meadow Pipits, Little Egret, c300 Goldfinch, c500 Linnet, c80 Lapwing & a Jay...............SC.

Middle Hills Nr Morridge
A ringtail and male Hen Harrier came into roost just before sunset..............TE, DP.
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Swallow Moss
Hen Harrier male over west at 09:15, also Wheatear.......RP.

Middle Hills Nr Morridge
Male Hen Harrier seen at 07.00 & also at Boarsgrave at 08.40..............DP.

Knotbury
Whinchat present this afternoon.................RP.

Whinchat at Knotbury this afternoon by Richard Powell

Belvide Res (permit only)
Scaup 1st w Drake at West end this morning, more news on other sighting there on the link.......Belvide Blog

Scaup at Belvide today

Berryhill
42x Pink-footed Geese over NW at 08:55 also 405x Mipits over SW, Tree Pipit, 8x Siskin, 10x Redpoll and c550 Goldfinch around the paddocks........RT

Oliver Hill & Three Shires Bridge
300x Pink-footed Geese flew over at 09.05................DP, RP.

Blackbank
274x Swallow, 186x Swallow, 190x Mipits, 30x Siskin, 21x Golden Plover during viz mig this morning.......NP

Trent Washlands
5x Goosander, 3x House Martin, 2x Blackcap, 2x Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Nuthatch.......AJ.

Norton, Stoke on Trent
A Hobby flew over towards Milton this afternoon.................IMy

Branston GP

10+ Gadwall, 60+ Teal, 30+ Wigeon, Jay, Green Woodpecker, 3x Green Sandpiper, 88x Lapwing, Ruff, 27x Golden Plover, Curlew, Water Rail & 5x Shoveler...............SC.

Roaches
4x Grey Partridge, 2x Stonechat & a Raven............AM.

Aqualate Mere
Black-necked Grebe, 4x Pintail , Hobby, Water Rail, 50x Siskin, 4x Chiffchaff, Willow Tit, 71x Great-crested Grebe & 12x Wigeon...........RS, KH.

Doxey Marshes
Female/Juv Marsh Harrier, Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Kingfisher, c500 Snipe, 100's Swallow, House Martins & Chiffchaff.............BC, LC.

Croxall GP
Bar-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 3x Goosander & Little Egret.............BP.

Milldale Nr River Dove
2x Marsh Tit this morning...............OS.

Crakemarsh
Osprey flew over at midday...............

Saturday 22 September 2012

Knypersley Res
Bar-tailed Godwit one this morning........GB

Audley
Ring-necked Parakeet flew over west calling at 12.37...............JH.

Branston GPs
2x Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Curlew.......NJS
Also.... c20 House Martin, 14x Shoveler, 5x Buzzard, 9x Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker & 2x Grey Wagtail........AJ.

Blythe Bridge - Caverswall
3x Yellowhammer, 10x Meadow Pipit, Whinchat, Reed Bunting, 3x Buzzard & Chiffchaff..........AR.

Black Bank
844x Meadow Pipit and 35x Siskin over this morning also c315 Swallow, c235 House Martin, Peregrine, Wheatear.......NP

Uttoxeter Quarry
5x Green Sandpiper, Pink-footed Goose, 5x Goosander, 24x Teal & Peregrine......AB.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Scoter drake early morning only.......Birdguides

Trent Washlands

Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch & 2x Skylark.....AJ.

Hatherton Res, Cheslyn Hay
Kingfisher, Buzzard, Jay, Grey Wagtail & Green Woodpecker...............SB.

Pair of Peregrines St Giles Chuch Cheadle by A.Barker

Friday 21 September 2012

Uttoxeter Quarry
2x Golden Plover, 10x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2x Goodsander, 26x Teal, 4x Shoveller, Kingfisher, 3x Sand Martin, Siskin.......RP

Branston GPs
Ruff, 5x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 10x Pochard.......RP

Dimmingsdale
2x Green Woodpecker, 6x Siskin, 4x Mistle Thrush, Raven, Kestrel.......TE

Belvide Res (permit only)
Common Scoter drake this morning only.......Birdguides

Goldfinch flock at Berryhill by Dave Nixon

Thursday 20 September 2012

Blithfield Res (permit only)
A Gannet early afternoon at the dam end and then flew towards the causeway before flying off NW at 13:05 and no further sign since............

Belvide Res (permit only)
A drake Common Scoter is present this afternoon..............
Osprey one over south at 15:02........

Branston GPs
Ruff, Snipe, 7x Curlew, 25x Little Grebe, 7x Pochard, 12x Shoveller, 6x Buzzard, 4x Stock Dove.......JW
Caddisfly, 24x Red Admiral, 3x Southern Hawker, numerous Common Darters and Migrant Hawkers.....JW

Croxden Quarry
5x Raven this evening........AB

Wednesday 19 September 2012

Blackbank
1095x Meadow Pipit over during viz mig also 2x Tree Pipit, 4x Siskin, 103x Swallow......NP

Berryhill
1315x Meadow Pipit over this morning also 3x Swift, 4x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 8x Cormorant, 85x Swallow......RT

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Pochard, Wheatear.......EF

Tuesday 18 September 2012

Middleton
2x Dunlin on the North Pit this Morning........Pa

Berryhill
2x Redstarts and a Little Grebe at Mossfield Pool.......STU

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Snow Goose presumed feral bird in Tad Bay also 200x Grey-lag Geese, 12x Barnacle Geese and 400x Canada Geese........DJ

Branston Gravel Pits

Yellow-legged Gull, 2x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 13x Curlew, Yellow Wagtail, 21x Little Grebe, 8x Pochard, 11x Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, 8x Buzzard, 2x Kestrel, (also 3 freshly moulted barn owl feathers amongst the national forest trees near the sandy pit)......JW.

Yellow-legged Gull at Branston GP Jon Woodcock

Branston Water Park

Black Swan, Chiffchaff (singing), 15+ Red Admirals, 2x Comma......JW.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-tailed Godwit still present, 4x Golden Plover flew thro, also Spotted Flycatcher, Hobby, 2x Reed Warbler, Chiffchaffs, Blackcap & Sand Martin.............Belvide Blog

Monday 17 September 2012

Berryhill
Hobby, Redstart, 3x Wheatear, 171x Mipits over.......RT

Croxden Quarry
4x Yellow-legged Gulls (3ad and 3rd winter), Hobby, Peregrine, Pink-footed Goose, Pochard.......AB. RP.

Adderley Green
Little Grebe at Don-Bur pool......Stu.

Sunday 16 September 2012

Aqualate
Black-necked Grebe one at the far end of the mere from the hide this morning.....Birdguides

Uttoxeter Quarry
Pink-footed Goose, 3x Goosander, Gadwall, 3x Shoveler, 17x Teal, 2x Hobby, 3x Raven, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Willow Tit & Kingfisher............RP.

Dilhorne Common
Wheatear..............RP.

Gailey Res
Hobby over fishing lake, 4x Little Grebe & 4x Great Crested Grebe............JD.

Caverswall
Peregrine...............DC.

Doxey Marsh
Little Egret, c100 House Martin and a Swallow.......CH

Branston GPs
2x Ruff, 3x Dunlin, 11x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 60x Grey-lag Geese, Hobby, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 10x Linnet,  3x Mipits........AJ

Trent Washlands
Little Egret, 5x Siskin, Green Woodpecker, 3x Great Spotted Woodpecker.......AJ

River Sow Meadows Stafford
Green Sandpiper, 3x Raven, Hobby, 4x Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest........RS

Saturday 15 September 2012

Uttoxeter Quarry
3x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Snipe, c100 Mipits s/e, 15x Chiffchaff, 7x Egyptian Geese (5 juvs), Wigeon........AB
also Hobby, 4x Shoveler, Reed Warbler & Kingfisher..............RP.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey one still in Tad Bay this morning viewable from the causeway or Watery Lane, also Goldeneye, 3x Pochard & a presumed escpae Snow Goose.......RP.

Alton (farmland)
Hobby, Barn Owl, 6x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 20x Mipits, Buzzard........TE

Berryhill
3x Wheatear, Hobby, Swift, Yellow Wagtail, 173x Meadow Pipit (over sw), 9x Cormorant (over nw), 2x Green Woodpecker (over west) 2x Siskin, 3x Greenfinch, c320 Goldfinch, 2x Blackcap, 5x Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Little Owl,
2x Raven........RT. KH.

Blackbank
315x Meadow Pipit (over sw). 8x Siskin (over sw), Tree Pipit (over sw)........

Branston GPs
2x Ruff, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin and a Hobby.......NJS

Warslow
Honey Buzzard one over low SW at 13:25......BB.

Hollington
Hobby over...........RP.

Wolseley Centre
Kingfisher, 3x Goldfinch..........AR.

Friday 14 September 2012

Kingsley Holt
Little Egret one over........DC

Branston GPs
2x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 14x Curlew, 5x Shelduck, 7x Shoveller, 5x Pochard, Little Egret, 50x Goldfinch, 8x Buzzard (inc the white bird), Sparrowhawk, 6x Yellow Wagtail, 5x Meadow Pipit over, Green Woodpecker, Numerous Sand Martins, House Martins and Swallows.......JW
6x Shaggy Ink Caps (Lawyers Wigs), also 12x Rabbits with Myxsomatosis........JW

Thursday 13 September 2012

Black Bank
419x Meadow Pipit, 63x Swallow, 3x Siskin, main counts during viz mig early morning .......NP

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey still present late afternoon, plus 11x Pink-footed Geese in Blithe bay.......Birdguides

Berryhill
412x Meadow Pipit and a Swift over this morning........RT.KH

Knypersley Res
3x Sand Martin.............BB.

Caverswall
2x Raven................BB.

Branston GPs

2x Ruff, 3x Green Sandpiper, 13x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 3x Snipe, 8x Yellow Wagtail, Hobby, Kingfisher, Little Egret, 6x Shoveller,5x Pochard, 4x Buzzard (including the white bird), 17x Little Grebe  .......MP.SB.JW

Brown Hawker, 15x Migrant Hawker, 2x Red Admiral, 30+ Common Darter.......JW

Barton under Needwood
Hobby one hawking insects.......JW

Trentham Gardens

30x House Martin, 20x Swallow, Grey Wagtail, 7x Great Crested Grebe (3 juvs).......ARa.

Wednesday 12 September 2012

Berryhill
Whinchat one showing near Tiddlers pool this morning also Short-eared Owl, a Tawny Owl still in bush on the Heath, Little Owl and 3x Siskin over.........RT
Hobby over sw and a Yellow Wagtail.......Stu.

Black Bank
405x Swallow, 195x House Martin, 43x Mipits, 2x Siskin over during viz mig early morning......NP

Trent Washlands
Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 30x House Martin, c40 Swallow.......AJ

Doxey Marsh
Barnacle Goose one this am.......TEv.

Haughton
Siskin, 18x Greenfinch, 5x Goldfinch, 5x Chaffinch, 3x Dunnock, 2x Nuthatch & Great Spotted Woodpecker...........NE.

Tuesday 11 September 2012

Branston GPs
Curlew Sandpiper juv on Sandy Pit, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, 4x Green Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, Snipe, 5x Pochard, 17x Little Grebe, 30x LBB Gull, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Willow Warbler........JW
4x Common Blue, 10x Migrant Hawker, 2x Southern Hawker, 40x Common Darter........JW

Blythe Bridge - Caverswall
Yellowhammer, 3x Linnet, 2x Kestrel, 4x Swallow, 40x Jackdaw, 13x Long Tailed Tits.......ARa.

Cheadle
Peregrine one at the Ashbourne Road........DC

Croxden Quarry
Yellow-legged Gull adult from 19:30.......AB

                                         Curlew Sandpiper at Branston GPs by J Woodcock

                               

Monday 10th September 2012

Ingestre
Hobby flew south this am..........RB.

Doxey Marsh
Little Egret, 40x Snipe, 46x Shoveller, 2x Raven over, 2x Reed Warbler, 4x Blackcap, 5x Swallow.......RS

Central Forest Park
Kingfisher on the lake at 07:00, Blackcap, 2x Chiffchaff.......PAD

Alton Area
c90 House Martins on a shed roof briefly.......TE

Tatenhill
Hobby one today.......JW

Gailey Res
3x Hobby south of the sailing lake, 21x Little Grebe (12 juvs), 10x Great Crested Grebe( one juv), 9x Gadwell, Sand Martin........IM

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey one still this evening in Tad Bay......Birdguides

                                         Whinchat at Berryhill by J Rushton

                                         Little Egret Doxey Marsh by R Swift

Sunday 9th September 2012

Uttoxeter Quarry
Osprey at 11-15, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Willow Tit, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 16x Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 2x Blackcap, 3x Mipits, 2x Swift.......AB
 plus two Wood Sandpipers.........Birdguides

Doxey Marsh
Blackcap x3, Lapwing x15, Snipe x10, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Shoveler x4 & Reed Bunting..............AS.

Aqualate
1x Black Tern this afternoon.....Birdguides.

River Sow Meadows
Reed Warbler x4, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap x8, Chiffchaff x5, Goldcrest x2, Green Woodpecker x3 juvs, Raven x5, Peregrine, Green Sandpiper & Grey Wagtail.........SW.

Croxden Quarry
2x Yellow-legged Gull adults this evening.......AB

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey one still in dead tree in Tad Bay........Birdguides

Trent Washlands
7x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 14x Curlew, Common Gull & 4x Yellow Wagtail.............AJ.

Silverdale CP
8x Fieldfare flew over.............

Saturday 8th September 2012

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Late news

Knypersley Res
Unconfirmed reports of a Eider during the week (can anyone help confirm this).

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Today is one of those special days in Staffordshire birding folklore, when on this day in 1993 a Arctic Warbler was found at Blithfield Res

Central Forest Park
Female Pintail on main lake, Grey Wagtail, 2x Nuthatch, 2x Chiffchaff & 3x Meadow Pipit............PAD, MS.

Ipstones Edge
Whinchat, 3x Wheatear, 2x Kestrel, Sparrowhawk & 2x Buzzard..............DC.

Trent Washlands
Swift, Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Sand Martin, c25 House Martin, c30 Swallow & 4x Gadwall..............AJ.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Greenshank, 6x Snipe, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher, Kingfisher & 7x Egyptian Geese.................RP.

Blithfield Res (Permit Only)
Snipe, Goldeneye, 9x Wigeon, 15x Shoveler, 4x Pochard, 2x Wheatear & Peregrine..............RP.

Doxey Marsh
3x Snipe & Kingfisher.............RP.

Cannock Chase
5x Siskin, Slow Worm & Common Lizard...............JW.

Slow Worm Cannock Chase today by Jon Woodcock 

Aqualate Mere
Yellow Wagtail, Yellow-necked Mouse, Wood Mouse, Common Shrew & Bank Vole..............PJ.

Bank Vole caught at Aqualate Mere, photo by Phil Jones 

Yellow-necked Mouse caught at Aqualate Mere, photo by Phil Jones



Friday 7 September 2012

Berryhill
2x Redstart, Yellow Wagtail and 2 Sand Martin.......Stu.

Blithfield Resv
Osprey still in Tad Bay........Birdguides

Trent Washlands

Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker & 3x Buzzard.....AJ

Thursday 6 September 2012

Berryhill
Short-eared Owl one again this morning, 8x Siskin over SW, 17x Meadow Pipit over SW, Tree Pipit over, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Swift, c55 House Martin, 2x Raven........RT. KH.

Belvide Resv
3x juv Black-tailed Godwit, but no sign today of juv Black-necked Grebe......Belvide Blog

Wolseley Centre
Blackcap, 10x Swallow, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Moorhen & 6x Goldfinch...........AR.

Trent Washlands

Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, 11x Sand Martin, & c30 House Martin...AJ

Doxey Marshes
4x Snipe......MF

Burston - Aston Marina
10x Snipe, 30x Lapwing, 25x Tree Sparrow, 16x Linnet, 40x Goildfinch, 10x Stock Dove, 3x Mipit.......PAD

Wednesday 5 September

Blythe Bridge-Caverswall
3x Tree Sparrow, 2x Yellowhammer, 2x Reed Bunting, Buzzard, Kestrel, 12x Swallow, 60x Jackdaw, 20x Rook.......ARa

Uttoxeter Quarry
Osprey this morning.......EFo

Belvide Resv
Juv Black-necked Grebe at the West End, also Ruff, Whinchat and two Hobby......Belvide Blog

Blithfield Resv
In Blythe Bay - Whinchat, Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, Hobby, 2x Raven. Dam - Redstart, Whinchat. Tad Bay - 8x Wigeon.....RBe et al

Redstart below the dam at Blithfield - picture by Mr Richard Berry

Tuesday 4 September 2012

Branston Gravel Pits

3x Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 2x Common Sandpiper, 10x Green Sandpiper, 14x Curlew, 4x Ringed Plover, 5x Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, Hobby, 5x Buzzard (including a mostly white bird – see record picts), 100+ LBBG, Little Egret, 21x Little Grebe, 10x Pochard, 5x Shoveler.....JW

 

The White Buzzard at BGP's by JW

Berryhill

4x Dunlin briefly this morning........RT. KH.

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe at west end, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker near woodland feeding station at 5pm............Belvide Blog

Westport Lake

Juv Shelduck briefly at 08-10hrs.....NJS

Gailey Res

Cuckoo juvenile flew onto Herony Island, 3x Gadwell, 29x Little Grebe (13 juvs) , Kingfisher, Sand Martin.......IM

Trent Washlands

Hobby, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 5x Sand Martin, Kingfisher & 2x Green Woodpecker...AJ

Alton Farmland

1x Hobby,  2x Buzzard, 3x Raven , 2x Green Woodpecker...........TE

Cheadle
1x Yellow Wagtail over JCB Landpower, Cheadle this afternoon.....AB

Tittensor Chase
Goldcrest, 2x Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Buzzard......ARa.
6x Speckled Wood at the entrance to Winghouse Lane......ARa.

Canary-shouldered Thorn in a Stoke-on-Trent garden. Picture by BC 

Monday 3 September 2012

Belvide Res (permit only)
Black-necked Grebe one at the west end this morning........

Doxey Marsh
7x Black-tailed Godwits on shoreline of Cresswell Flash this morning.......

Blithfield Resv
Osprey this PM plus 3x Wheatear, 2x Yellow Wagtail, a Black Tern, 2x Common Tern, Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat and Whitethroat......RCB, GJM........Marsh Harrier seen perched in Tad at 9.30am, 3x Common Sandpiper on dam......RBe

Whitemoor Haye

c130 Linnet, c30 Tree Sparrow, 1x Buzzard, Good numbers of Goldfinches on thistle heads in pig field, 2x Common Sandpiper, 1x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6x fem/juv Yellow Wagtails, 2x Lapwings over, 2x Treecreeper...............SC

Gorsy Bank
Whinchat female this morning.......GJM

Dimmingsdale
Siskin, 2x Goldcrest, 3x Bullfinch, 3x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2x Buzzard.......TE

Barlaston Downs
30x Rook, 20x Swallow, 6x House Martin, 3x Raven, Buzzard, Kestrel & Chiffchaff..........AR.

Sunday 2nd September 2012

Trent Washlands
Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Reed Warbler, c30 House Martin, c30 Swallow & Green Woodpecker............AJ.

Gailey Res
Juv Black Tern on main sailing lake at midday..Birdguides

Old Victoria Ground & Radial Park
4x Grey Wagtail, 6x House Martin, 4x Swallow, 8x Mistle Thrush, 2x Whitethroat & Kestrel..............AS.

Blithfield Res (permit only)
6x Black Tern north of the causeway...Osprey flew thru late afternoon..Birdguides...Marsh Harrier (juvenile in Tad Bay), 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Black Tern, 1x Little Egret, 3x Buzzard......JW.
also Peregrine, Snipe, Goldeneye, 7x Wigeon & Great Black-backed Gull, 9x Common Tern, Redshank, 2x Little Egret & 2x Yellow-legged Gull ............RP.

Uttoxeter Quarry
Greenshank, 5x Green Sandpiper, 8x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 10x Goosander, 16x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 72x Tufted Duck, 322x Mallard, 8x Egyptian Geese, Yellow Wagtail, Redstart, Swift, 9x Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, 3x Reed Warbler, Blackcap, 2x Kingfisher, Willow Tit & Peregrine.............AB.
Also a Dunlin..............RP.

Belvide Resv
A 2nd winter Mediterranean Gull was present briefly mid morning. Also 2x Meadow Pipit, 252x Tufted Duck , 14x Pochard, 28x Shoveler, 20x Teal, 1x Wigeon and 18x GC Grebe, Imm Peregrine...........Belvide Blog.

Alton Area
Barn Owl, Buzzard, Kestrel, 60x House Martin, 100x Swallow, Blackcap & 2x Chiffchaff............TE.

Aqualate Mere
Hobby, 3x Spotted Flycatcher 2x Egyptian Geese........JJH.SJH.

Middleton Lakes - North Pit
2x Garganey.........

Silverdale CP
3x Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 60+ Mallard, 1x Great C Grebe.............PJ

Aston-by-Stone
Comma, Small Tortoishell, Painted Lady & Peacock Butterflies this morning..............SB.

Comma Butterfly at Aston-byStone...........Sally Bell

Saturday 1 September 2012

Blithfield Res (permit only)
Osprey one in dead tree in Tad Bay this morning........NJS.....
Marsh Harrier this afternoon also Little Egret, Peregrine and 2x Wigeon.......JJH. SJH

Westport
11x Wigeon this morning......NJS

Croxden Quarry
Dunlin one briefly this morning before flying off, also a adult Yellow-legged Gull at 12.00......AB

Uttoxeter Quarry
Swift, 6x Wigeon, 14x Teal, 2x Goosander, 6x Common Sandpiper & Green Sandpiper...........AB....Also Egyptian Goose....JO, TB, TC

Aqualate
Fem Hen Harrier this afternoon and the Marsh Harrier still.........

Trent Washlands

Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, Hobby, c30 House Martin, c80 Swallow & Green Woodpecker..AJ

Branston GPs

3x Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, 15x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 2x Redshank, Hobby, 4x Buzzard, 2x Kestrel, 15x House Martin, Green Woodpecker, 162x Greylag Goose & 17x Little Grebe...AJ

Branston WP

Water Rail....AJ

Cheadle
Peregrine along Ashbourne Rd & 7x Mistle Thrush at Counslow Pot...........DC