In future we will no longer be providing details of what you have seen in gardens, unless it is of course a more unusual sighting, the idea of the blog is to provide a list of what species have been seen, and where in Staffordshire, so that anyone who is interested may go and visit that site and hopefully see the bird in question.
We hope this doesn't upset to many of you and we thank you for your continued support.
Happy Birding
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Chasewater
Great Northern Diver still on the 'Swag' at 10am, also 9x Goosander.................JGH
Waxwings@
Stafford - 6 on the junction of Cornwall Drive/Baswich Lane, Stafford at 10.10am..feeding on apples...RS.
Oakamoor - One present this morning....DN
Lichield - 80 at Nether Stow on Gilbertroad/Eastern Avenue................SC.
Dosthill - 42 at 12.15 in tall treesbetween Ascot Drive & Sefton Road..................SA
Burton-upon-Trent - 10+ on Wetmore Road in Fitness First c/pk.....
Tamworth - 20+ at top of Blythe St on Friars Walk briefly this morning...Birdguides
Silverdale CP
4x Waxwing & a Yellow-legged Gull on the Void................NP, DK
Upper Longdon
Great Grey Shrike seen at midday in the clear fell, it is mobile but showing well...............BJ
Blithfield Res (permit only)
Caspian Gull adult and a fem/imm Common Scoter........GJM
Burston - Aston
120x Wigeon, 55x Teal, 12x Goosander, 33x Snipe, Green Sandpiper,110x Skylark (in one flock on the stubble),46x Fieldfare, 38x Redwing, 21x Tree Sparrow, 2x Cormorant 11x Mute Swan........RT.
Croxall GPs
Several hundreds of Redwing and Fieldfare, 244x Lapwing, 193x Mallard, 548x Teal, 5x Great Crested Grebe, 82x Pochard, 61x Tufted Duck, 6x Wigeon, 13x Coot, 6x Gadwell, 2x Shoveller, 4x Goldeneye, 6x Redshank, Snipe........SC.
Whitemoor Haye
1500x Lapwing/Golden Plover, 159x Fieldfare, several Redwings, 3 Tree Sparrow, Dunlin, several Goldfinches, Linnet, Mipit, 30x Skylark, 30x Mallard, 10x Tufted Duck, 20x Teal, 6x Shoveller.......SC.
Radial Park
2x Peregrines hunting up until dusk over incinerator and Sainbury's distrubution center also Kestrel and Sparrowhawk...............RG
Alton Farmland
Woodcock, 2x Linnet, Buzzard, 3x Bullfinch & 2x Lesser Redpoll...............TE
Branston GPs
Merlin (male near Small Meadows farm), Pintail drake, Black Swan, 23x Gadwell, 36x Pochard, 57x Wigeon, Goldeneye, 7x Shoveller, 5x Great Crested Grebe, 9x Little Grebe, 3x Common Gull, Buzzard, c300 Teal, 12x Curlew........JW.
120x Wigeon, 55x Teal, 12x Goosander, 33x Snipe, Green Sandpiper,110x Skylark (in one flock on the stubble),46x Fieldfare, 38x Redwing, 21x Tree Sparrow, 2x Cormorant 11x Mute Swan........RT.
Croxall GPs
Several hundreds of Redwing and Fieldfare, 244x Lapwing, 193x Mallard, 548x Teal, 5x Great Crested Grebe, 82x Pochard, 61x Tufted Duck, 6x Wigeon, 13x Coot, 6x Gadwell, 2x Shoveller, 4x Goldeneye, 6x Redshank, Snipe........SC.
Whitemoor Haye
1500x Lapwing/Golden Plover, 159x Fieldfare, several Redwings, 3 Tree Sparrow, Dunlin, several Goldfinches, Linnet, Mipit, 30x Skylark, 30x Mallard, 10x Tufted Duck, 20x Teal, 6x Shoveller.......SC.
Radial Park
2x Peregrines hunting up until dusk over incinerator and Sainbury's distrubution center also Kestrel and Sparrowhawk...............RG
Alton Farmland
Woodcock, 2x Linnet, Buzzard, 3x Bullfinch & 2x Lesser Redpoll...............TE
Branston GPs
Merlin (male near Small Meadows farm), Pintail drake, Black Swan, 23x Gadwell, 36x Pochard, 57x Wigeon, Goldeneye, 7x Shoveller, 5x Great Crested Grebe, 9x Little Grebe, 3x Common Gull, Buzzard, c300 Teal, 12x Curlew........JW.
Pintail on South Pit at Branston GPs by Jon Woodcock