Monday 31st October 2016

Community Noticeboard

Tuesday 1st November 2016 - the Stafford Branch WMBC opens it's winter season with a talk by Jeff Clarke entitled - Stand Up for Nature. Meet at Perkins Sports & Social Club ST16 3UB - follow the arrows to the wooden building - 730pm for a prompt 7.45pm start

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Purple Sandpiper on north shore opposite Gazebo hide this afternoon also Little Stint, 2x Scaup, Black-necked Grebe (@BelvideBirding)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Adult Caspian Gull plus a probable 2nd winter, adult YL Gull and a 2nd winter (GJM)

Hanchurch Woods (Lower car park)
10x Brambling, 6x Crossbill, 30x Siskin (@brianbeecee)

Tittesworth Resv
Kittiwake still, 28x Snipe, 166x Lapwing, 2x Gadwall, 4x Pochard, 15x Wigeon, 22x Teal, 12 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe (SGi)

Codsall
2x Ring-necked Parakeets late afternoon by Co-op car park (per@TheMoorhen)

Sunday 30th October 2016

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope in Tad Bay at 08:55 and present from 14:20hrs to dusk (GJM). Also 1x Wood Sandpiper still, Ruff, 328x Golden Plover, 20x Dunlin, 8x Snipe, 186x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 2x YLG (ad, 3w) (@rpintean, @Snapper, @Jules et al)

Aqualate
Fem type Long-tailed Duck present this morning. Also 9x Common Scoter (@Ian_m_grant)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
1w Caspian Gull, 8x fem Common Scoter, Jack Snipe, Little Stint, 2x Scaup, Black-necked Grebe (@BelvideBirding)

Tittesworth
3x Common Scoter (2m1f) and 1w Kittiwake still present (@tonyjac_tonyjacjacjacjac)

Uttoxeter Quarry
1x Common Sandpiper, 6x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 22x Snipe, Goldeneye, 14x Goosander, 2x Wigeon (@rpintean)

Gailey Resv
No sign of Scaup. 5x Pochard, Water Rail, Redpoll over (@Snapper)

Stone
c100 Pink-footed Geese heading E at 15:00hrs and c80 heading SE at 15:30pm (DEm)

Stoke on Trent
125x Pink-footed Geese south over Blurton  at 11:45 (@tighthead22)

Cannock Chase
12+ Brambling near Old Beaudesert Forest. Also Crossbill (JCor)

i54
3x Stonechat, 25x Yellowhammer (MFo JDu)

Saturday 29th October 2016

Swallow Moss
Great Grey Shrike still present at midday in small trees in the middle of Swallow Moss but mobile (AL)

Tittesworth
Kittiwake still present (AL)

Jackson's Bank
c100x Pink-footed Geese over in two groups at 16:04 (JW)

Branston GP
4x Pintail, 52x Wigeon, 24x Shoveler, c200x Teal, 29x Gadwall, 4x Dunlin, 9x Ruff, 96x Golden Plover, 20x Snipe, 2x Curlew, 47x Fieldfare, 3x Stonechat (DSc)

Burton Trent Washlands
3x Little Grebe, 3x Goosander, c25x Goldcrest, 20x Siskin, 1x Redpoll (DSc)

Blithfield (WMBC members only)
1x Wood Sandpiper, 201x Golden Plover, 1x Ruff, 20x Dunlin, 1x Goosander, 6x Snipe (HF, SE, GHa)

Hanchurch Woods
c50x Brambling, 2x Raven, c20x Crossbill, 150x Fieldfare (AEa, IBu)

Upper Longdon
Hawfinch in beech trees 200m from Startley Lane

Gailey
imm fem Scaup on sailing lake late morning (@Snapper)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)  
1x Little Stint on north shore, 1x Black-necked Grebe, juv Scaup, 5x Brambling thru (@BelvideBirding)

Whitemoor Haye
19x Wigeon, 5x Little Egret, 94x Cormorant, 14x Skylark, c50x Tree Sparrow (@AlrewasKid)

Knypersley Resv
1x Chiffchaff, 1x Wigeon (GBr)

Friday 28th October 2016

Swallow Moss
Great Grey Shrike at 14.45 in dead tree just before farm on Reapsmoor Road (HWi)

Belvide Res (WMBC Members Only)
Juvenile Little Stint, Black-necked Grebe & juvenile Scaup still present this afternoon (@BelvideBirding)

Blithfield Res (WMBC Members Only)
Wood Sandpiper, 50x Golden Plover, 30x Dunlin, Shelduck, Ruff, 2x Little Grebe, 2x Snipe & 2x Goldeneye (PDa)

Hanchurch Woods
12x Crossbill & 10x Brambling (SE, HF)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, Shelduck, 8x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall & adult Yellow-legged Gull (@rpintean)

I54
c5 Stonechat (JDu)

Thursday 27th October 2016

Belvide Res (WMBC Members Only)
Little Stint on North Shore, also juvenile Scaup & Black-necked Grebe still (@BelvideBirding)

Silverdale CP
2nd winter Mediterranean Gull & adult Caspian Gull this afternoon (@SteveJTurner76)

Branston Gravel Pits
2x Redshank, 3x Ruff, 2x Golden Plover, 2x Curlew, 19x Snipe, c400 Lapwing, 5x Pintail, Goldeneye, 62x Wigeon, 24x Gadwall, 21x Shoveler, c20 Pochard, c40 Little Grebe, Water Rail, Great Black-backed Gull, 131x Lesser Black-backed Gull, Peregrine, Stonechat, c40 Skylark (JWo)

Radford Meadows
Little Egret (@RegDavies5)

Wednesday 26th October 2016

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Rock Pipit, Wood Sandpiper, 22x Dunlin, 1x Ruff, 2x Brambling, 179x Golden Plover, 2x Goldeneye, 75x Shoveler, Brambling, ( SE, HF, PBe).

Chasewater
2x Caspian Gull (adult and 1w), 3x YLG (2 ad and 3w) in roost. Ring-necked Parakeet at 17:45hrs (@CWG_sightings)

Middleton Lakes
Jack Snipe, 10x Common Snipe, 40x Golden Plover, 200x Lapwing (@RSPBMiddleton). Also Pintail, 87x Golden Plover, Little Egret, 3x Water Rail (JW)

Silverdale CP
Adult Caspian Gull still on the Void (NDP) until 15:15 when it flew off E. No sign any Pink-footed Geese in area this afternoon (RBu)

Hanchurch Woods
50+ Brambling still, 7x Crossbill, 20x Redpoll (AEa)

Branston GP
2x Raven, 22x Little Grebe, 19x Shoveler, 4x Curlew, 5x Pintail, 5x Golden Plover (@nocreditRichard)

Cannock Chase
12x Brambling around Pepper Slade and Marquis Drive also a Stonechat (GWR)

Tuesday 25th October 2016

Branston GP
3x Redshank, Ruff, 18x Curlew, c20x Snipe, 3x Pintail, 59x Wigeon, 21x Gadwall, 17x Pochard, c20x Shoveler, 2x Water Rail, c500x Starling (JW)

Silverdale CP
Adult Caspian Gull (NDP) still at the Void also 5x Greylag Geese over NE (GHW)

Hanchurch Woods
100+ Brambling still in Beeches aligning the road near the Lower car park late afternoon - SJ833393 - also 6x Crossbill (AEa)

Between Rushton and Biddulph
c10x Brambling on the lane (ALo)

Burston
10x Teal, 2x Shoveler, Little Egret (MPa)

Monday 24th October 2016

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Probable Richards Pipit flew SW at 12:55 also Black-necked Grebe and Scaup still

Ingestre
c45 Pink-footed Geese over SE at 11.20 (RCB)

Silverdale CP
Adult Caspian Gull on the Void this afternoon (SJT)

Hanchurch Woods
c160 Brambling bottom car park (HF SE)

Gailey Resv
14x Little Grebe, 23x G c Grebe, 3x Gadwall (@TheMoorhen)

Sunday 23rd October 2016

Belvide Res (WMBC Members Only)
Juvenile Scaup & Black-necked Grebe this morning (@BelvideBirding)

Blithfield Res (WMBC Members Only)
Great White Egret still Tad Bay Ruff, YL Gull, 2x Shelduck (@rpintean)
130x Golden Plover, 18x Dunlin, Redshank, Great White Egret, 5x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, Peregrine & 2x Goosander (PDa)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Great White Egret on Jubilee Wetlands this morning (@wizz15) also 6x Golden Plover &  3x Pintail (@onionsargey)

Branston GPs
Jack Snipe, 12x Common Snipe, 5x Pintail, 36x Shoveler, 250x Teal, 28x Gadwall, 72x Wigeon, 220x Lapwing. imm Peregrine, Stonechat (DSc)

Swallow Moss
Male Hen Harrier near the farm drive by layby late afternoon.

Chasewater
1w Caspian Gull in the roost (@CWG_sightings)

Baswich
73x Pink-footed Geese high SW at 09.25 (@RobSwift5)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 8x Snipe, 2x Goldeneye, 12x Goosander, 2x Shoveler & 22x Fieldfare (@rpintean)

Whitemoor Haye
187x Lapwing, 182x Cormorant, 20x Wigeon, 57x Linnet, 10x Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 61x Fieldfare, 12x Tree Sparrow, 20x Yellowhammer, 11x Collared Dove, 43x Stock Dove, Kestrel & Redwing (@BirderAlrewas)

i54
Jack Snipe, 2x Stonechat, 6x Common Snipe, Peregrine, Grey Wagtail, 2x RL Partridge, Green Woodpecker, 120x Lapwing, 12x Yellowhammer, 6x Teal, 30x Meadow Pipit, 70x Chaffinch, Green Woodpecker, 6x Teal, 3x Siskin, 4x Goldcrest, Raven (Foz. JDu)

Croxall Lakes
1x Merlin (SCa)

Hanchurch Woods
3x Crossbill near the lower car park (TRo)

Saturday 22nd October 2016

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
2x juv Scaup and Black-necked Grebe still, 70x Pink-footed Geese over west at 09:30, 4x Brambling thru (@BelvideBirding)

Stafford
c80 Pink-footed Geese over Baswich NW at 10:15 (ABa)

Hem Heath
c100 Pink-footed Geese over NW (as per DEm)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Great White Egret still Blithe Bay, 9x Golden Plover, 4x Dunlin Tad Bay (RCB)

Burston Marsh
19x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 9x Snipe & 22x Pied Wagtail (AEa)

Dimmingsdale
2x Brambling & 20x Lesser Redpoll (TEy)

Friday 21st October 2016

Westport Lake
2x Redshank briefly plus 56x Jackdaw & c375 Woodpigeon over SW (CJW, NJS)

Whitemoor Haye
9x Little Egret this afternoon (@BirderAlrewas)

Thursday 20th October 2016

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
2x Juv female Scaup and Black-necked Grebe in south east bay (@BelvideBirding)

Branston GP
108x Golden Plover, 15x Curlew, 2x Ruff, c10x Snipe, 5x Pintail, 35x Gadwall, 75x Wigeon, 36x Shoveler, 3x Stonechat (JW)

Caverswall Marsh
2x Jack Snipe, 20x Common Snipe and 60+ Pink-footed Geese over east at 10:20 (CO. GB.)

Tittesworth Resv
Kittiwake mid afternoon also 17x Whooper Swan.

Uttoxeter Quarry
15x Whooper Swan (RPo)

Chucklesholme
5x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 1x Green Sandpiper (AG)

Trentham Gdns
2x Black Swan, at least 22x Mandarin (GSa)

Cannock Chase
3x Stonechat, 200x Fieldfare (RWi)

Wednesday 19th October 2015

Belvide Resv
1x Wheatear on north shore, 1x Curlew Sandpiper, 1x Black-necked Grebe (@BelvideBirding)

Branston GP
3x Pintail, 12x Brambling, 5x Raven, 14x Pochard, 2x Stonechat, 2x Golden Plover (++3181)

Hanchurch Woods
6x Crossbill near lower car park (@tighthead22)

Tuesday 18th October 2016

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Curlew Sandpiper and Black-necked Grebe still also drake Mandarin, 7x Pintail (@BelvideBirding)

Middleton Lakes RSPB)
36x Golden Plover, Pintail (@onionsargey)

Monday 17th October 2016

Blithfield Resv
NO SIGN of any CATTLE EGRETS this morning but near-adult Caspian Gull present (GJM. MPR) (WMBC members only)

Trentham Gardens
 Dipper, 2x Grey Wagtail, 5x Mandarin (MPa)

Branston GP
Golden Plover, 4x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, 4x Pintail, Little Egret, 16x Pochard, 45x Gadwall, 66x Wigeon, 34x Shoveler (JW)

Ford Green-Chatfield Valley
Stonechat, 2x Shoveler, Teal (JJo)

North Staffs Moors
1x Hen Harrier (PCa) 

Sunday 16th October 2016

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
4x Cattle Egrets below the dam (GJM. AM. EH.)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Firecrest by the ringing station at 14:15, Rock Pipit on shingle island also Curlew Sandpiper and Black-necked Grebe

Aqualate
Imm Marsh Harrier also 18x Pintail (Ian_m_grant)

Alrewas GPs
Whooper Swan, Cetti's Warbler (@BirderAlrewas)

Branston GP
Pintail, c60x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 28x Gadwall, 17x Curlew, 2x Water Rail (DSc) 

Dimmingsdale
200+ Redwing, 10x Fieldfare (TEy)

Saturday 15th October 2016

Bobbington
Red Kite over The Mere at 16.15 (@broadwayeight)

Belvide Res (WMBC Members Only)
Black-necked Grebe, 52x Great Crested Grebe, Ruff, Redshank, 6x Pintail, 81x Gadwall, 36x Shoveler, 17x Goldeneye, 102x Wigeon, Chiffchaff & 55x Fieldfare (BB)

Silverdale CP
Whinchat in the Void area (PSw)

Friday 14th October 2016

Ipstones Edge
Short-eared Owl & Stonechat (DCh)

Whitfield Valley
2x Stonechat, 3x Reed Bunting, 4x Meadow Pipit, 35x Jackdaw & Kingfisher (JJo)

Dimmingsdale
c150 Redwing, 3x Fieldfare & 2x Swallow (TEy)

Thursday 13th October 2016

Aqualate
Imm Marsh Harrier this morning (@NandanNick)

Belvide Resv
Curlew Sandpiper on north shore (@BelvideBirding)

Branston Gravel Pits
Pink-footed Goose, 3x Green Sandpiper, 10x Curlew, c10 Snipe, Little Egret, 70x Wigeon, 58x Shoveler, 25x Gadwall, 14x Pochard, 40x Little Grebe, 60x Fieldfare, c100 Redwing, Cetti's Warbler & 3x Stonechat (JWo)

Westport Lake
Water Rail & 2x Redwing over (PWa)

Lichfield
Peregrine over city centre (ABa)

Wednesday 12th October 2016

Belvide Res (WMBC Members Only)
Rock Pipit, Black-necked Grebe, 2nd winter Mediterranean Gull & 6x Pintail (BB)

Chesterton
67x Pink-footed Geese over at 10.40 (CJL)

Branston Gravel Pits
Little Egret, 42x Little Grebe, 2x Pintail, 28x Gadwall, 64x Wigeon, 36x Shoveler, 13x Curlew, 3x Snipe, 2x Common Gull, 2x Swallow, 2x Water Rail, Grey Wagtail, 12x Goldcrest, 15x Redwing, Fieldfare, Raven, Cetti's Warbler & 2x Pipistrelle Bats (DSc)

Tuesday 11th October 2016

Branston Gravel Pits
Pink-footed Goose, Common Scoter, Jack Snipe, 20x Snipe, 11x Curlew, 2x Ruff, 2x Pintail, 73x Wigeon, 35x Gadwall, 38x Shoveler, 17x Pochard, Little Egret, Kingfisher, c40 Redwing, 44x Little Grebe & Stonechat (JWo) Also 1x Fieldfare

Belvide Res (WMBC Members Only)
Black-necked Grebe, Grey Plover, Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper & 6x Pintail (BB)

Branston WP
Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 130x Wigeon, 46x Teal, 41x Gadwall

Monday 10th October 2016

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Black-necked Grebe, Grey Plover still, Green Sandpiper, 8x Goldeneye, 6x Pintail, 2x Stonechat, Water Rail (@paulsmith15363)

Blithfield Resv
Great White Egret still in Tad at 13:15pm (JSh)

A38 Nr Catholme
26x Golden Plover (Ric)

Cuckoo Bank
40+ Skylark, 40+ Redwing, 18x Redpoll, 1x Peregrine (GHa)

Sunday 9th October 2016

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Hawfinch flew over west at 08:20 also Black-necked Grebe and Grey Plover still, Little Egret flew east (@BelvideBirding)

Tucklesholme
Jack Snipe, 2x Ruff, 3x Pintail (@MartynYapp)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Ruff, Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper,6x Snipe (NDP)

Thorswood
25x Redwing, 3x Redpoll, 4x Buzzard, 8x Lapwing, Swallow, 25x Meadow Pipit (TEy)

Doxey
2x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler calling (DEm)

Saturday 8th October 2016

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl, 26x Little Egret. Golden Plover (RSPBMiddleton, JJH, SJH, PB)

Blithfield Res (WMBC Members Only)
Great White Egret, Wood Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 9x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Pintail, 10x Snipe & 3x Little Grebe (SE, HF)

Great White Egret - Steve Edwards

Talke
3x calling immature Whooper Swans this morning (MBa)

Blackbank (vis mig)
3600x Redwing over 07:15 to 09:35 also 12x Brambling, c100 Pink-footed Geese, 5x Fieldfare (NDP)

Branston Water Park
Little Egret & 3x Chiffchaff (DSc)

Branston Gravel Pits
3x Stonechat, 4x Chiffchaff, 58x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 2x Raven (DSc)

Cuckoo Bank
c70 Skylark, 6x Mistle Thrush, 9x Fieldfare, 15x Redwing, 2x Raven, 2x Chiffchaff, 7x Yellowhammer, 3x Kestrel, 3x Stock Dove, 2x Cormorant, 18x Lesser Redpoll, 3x Siskin (GHa)

Burntwood
3x Swallow over (GHa)

Cheddleton - Consall
36x Redwing, Chiffchaff & 2x Raven (DSc)

Burston
4x Teal, 2x Wigeon, 8x Snipe, Kestrel & 2x Raven (AEa)

Trentham Gardens
2x Goosander, 2x Mandarin Duck, 20x Tufted Duck, Kingfisher, 3x Grey Wagtail (MPa)

Aqualate
1x Peregrine, 1x Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler (ALo)

Friday 7th October 2016

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret North Pit (SWo)

Blithfield Res (WMBC Members Only)
In Tad Bay Great White Egret, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6x Dunlin & 2x Snipe (PDa)

Branston GP
16x Curlew, 10+ Snipe, Little Egret, 77x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 42x Gadwall, 35x Shoveler, 2x Egyptian Geese, 51x Little Grebe, 10x Chiffchaff (JWo) Also Peregrine (KJo)

Trentham Lakes (Stanley Matthews Way)
Jack Snipe, Eastern Rise also 4x Snipe, 30x Teal (SJT)

Tittesworth
Juv Kittiwake, Dunlin, 6x Snipe, Peregrine, Willow Tit, 17x Wigeon, 12x Lapwing (SGi)

Dimmingsdale
c100 Redwing, 12x Mistle Thrush & 2x Chiffchaff (TEy)

Thursday 6th October 2016

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret on north pit (@mjwstaffs)

Blithfield Res (WMBC Members Only)
Little Gull, Wheatear, 2x Ruff & 6x Fieldfare (MPi)

Berryhill
Whinchat & 2x Stonechat (IBu)

Cuckoo Bank
c50 Meadow Pipit, c60 Skylark, 2x Chiffchaff & Swallow (GHa)

Wednesday 5th October 2016

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
8x Little Gull (4 ads and 4 1st win) (GJM)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Rock Pipit briefly, Black-necked Grebe, Grey Plover still (@BelvideBirding)

Silverdale CP
2x Redwing, 5x Teal & Dunlin (PCa)

Dimmingsdale
10x Siskin, 3x Redpoll, 25x Redwing, Raven (TEy)

Cannock Chase
c30 Redwing near old quarry (JWo)

i54
12x Redwing, 5x Redpoll (Foz)

Tuesday 4th October 2016

Doxey Marsh
Jack Snipe, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Kingfisher (@DoxeyBirder)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Plover and Black-necked Grebe still

Westport Lake
17x Wigeon at midday (SGi)

Coombes Valley
Up to 6 Brambling at the feeding station near the visitor centre (PBe. HWi.)

Stafford
2x Raven over Rowley Park (ABa)

Monday 3rd October 2016

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Plover,  Black-necked Grebe still, Stonechat below the dam (@BelvideBirding)

Branston GP
Whinchat, 4x Stonehat, 6x Ruff, 18x Curlew, c30x Snipe, 3x Water Rail, Little Egret, 45x Little Grebe, 52x Wigeon, 31x Gadwall, 35x Shoveler, 2x Raven, Common Gull (JW)

Dimmingsdale
24x Pink-footed Geese NW at 12:45 (TEy)

Burston:
6x Goosander; 24x Snipe; 2x Shoveler; 7x Teal, Wigeon, 2x Grey Wagtail; Gadwall; Kestrel;  c100 Goldfinch; 2x Mistle Thrush (MPa. AEa.)

Cuckoo Bank
c70x Mipit, c25x Skylark, 9x Redwing, 3x Yellowhammer (x3055)

Wembley, Wembley Lane, Burntwood
2x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 27x Mipit, 2x House Martin, 1x Swallow (x3055)

Sunday 2nd October 2016

Blithfield Res (WMBC Members Only)
Whooper Swan in Tad Bay this morning (PFB, GJM) also Great White Egret, Wood Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Little Egret, 5x Pintail, 9x Ringed Plover, 5x Dunlin, 7x Ruff, 2x Wheatear & 2x Raven (@TheSnapper1978)

Belvide Res (WMBC Members Only)
Grey Plover on North Shore (@NigelCarp2008) also Black-necked Grebe off Chappell Hide (BB)

Berryhill
17x Redwing this morning (RT, IBu)

Dimmingsdale
3x Redwing & 20x Siskin (TEy)

Branston Gravel Pits
38x Gadwall, 32z Shoveler, Water Rail, 15x Snipe, 84x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, c150 Meadow Pipit, 6x Chiffchaff, 15x Swallow, 2x Raven, male Stonechat, 30x Linnet & Migrant Hawker Dragonflies (DSc)

Burston
Little Grebe, 8x Shoveler, Kestrel, 2x Teal, 9x Snipe, 18x Swallow & 15x House Martin (AEr)

I54
Kingfisher, c200 Meadow Pipit, 42x Skylark, 106x Lapwing, 13x Yellowhammer & c30 Linnet (@136jamie)

Endon SW
1x Yellow Wagtail, 8x Swallow, 1x Chiffchaff (GBr)

Cuckoo Bank
c60x Mipit, 18x Skylark, 2x Raven (x3055) also 100x Skylark, 300x Meadow Pipit, 3x Stonechat, Whitethroat & female Merlin (CWG_sightings)

Wembley Lane Burntwood
11x House Martin, 4x Swallow, 2x Raven (x3055)

Cheddleton - Consall
Redwing over, Chiffchaff, 2x Raven (DSc)

Saturday 1st October 2016

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Black-necked Grebe still (@NigelCarp2008)

Aqualate Mere
Black-necked Grebe (PJo)

Uttoxeter Quarry
4x Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 17x Teal, 4x Redpoll, Siskin, Chiffchaff (RPo)

River Sow Meadows
17x Snipe, 9x Wigeon, Goosander, c100 Meadow Pipit, 14x Skylark, 59x Lapwing, Yellowhammer, 5x Chiffchaff (RSw)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Great White Egret, Wood Sandpiper still, 4x Pintail (RPo)

Gailey
A late Swift (@TheSnapper1978)

Knypersley Resv
vizmig 0745 - 1115 saw 1039x Meadow Pipits, 66x Swallows, 10x House Martin, 10x Siskin, 7x Pied Wagtail, 2x Skylark, 3x Golden Plover (GBr)

Cuckoo Bank
c60 Meadow Pipit, c20 Skylark, 7x Bullfinch, Swallow & Wheatear (GHa)