Tuesday 31st October 2017

Berryhill
2x Hawfinch over NW at 07:34 (RT, DW)

River Sow Meadows
Great White Egret  in drainage ditch from Walton canal bridge (@RobSwift5)

Codsall
2x Hawfinch over SW (@BelvideBirding)

Blackbank
Hawfinch over west at 07:50 (NDP)

Galley Resv
4x Hawfinch  ENE at 08:08

Whitmore Bent Lane
5x Hawfinch briefly before flying off SW, also PF Goose still (@tighthead22)

Trentham Gardens
Fem Pintail, 22x Mandarin, 41x Wigeon, 8x Gadwall, 7x Little Grebe, ad YL Gull, Little Egret (RT)

Upper Longdon
3x Great White Egret flew over north at 13:05, Hawfinch still off Startley Lane this morning (@ArthurBlaydon)

Dimmingsdale
3x Brambling, 40x Redpoll (TEy)

Sneyd Green
Hawfinch flew north at 14:00 (JJo)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck, 8x Ruff, 17x Curlew, 3x Redshank, 71x Wigeon, 32x Gadwall, 37x Shoveler, 154x Teal, 33x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Little Grebe, 5x Stonechat, Barn Owl, (JWo)

Long-tailed Duck by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater
1w Caspian Gull in the roost

Elkstone
5x Hawfinch over this evening (@domhall)

Monday 30th October 2017

Knypersley Resv
4x Hawfinch flew west over Lodge Barn Road, 20x Pink-footed Geese over north, also Woodcock back of old hatchery, 5x Goosander (GBr)

River Sow Meadows
Great White Egret still (@DavidBate17)

Upper Longdon
2x Hawfinch off Startley Lane (@ArthurBlaydon)

Keele
5x Hawfinch in Ashes at Springpool Wood, but very mobile (@Take_Ded_Aim)

North Staffs Moors
150x Pink-footed Geese over south at 16:00 (TEy)

Branston GPs
15x Curlew, 4x Redshank, 2x Little Grebe (DPa)

Sunday 29th October 2017

Gailey Resv
9x Hawfinch 07:45 to 08:42 (@TheSnapper1978)

Aqualate
2x Hawfinch flew N at 08:02, 4x Whooper Swan at the far end also juv Marsh Harrier still(@Ian_m_grant)

Blackbank
Hawfinch over N at 08:17 (NDP)

Westport Lake
Hawfinch at 06:50 (PJo, CW, NJS)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
2x Hawfinch flew east at 08:30

Uttoxeter Quarry
6x Whooper Swan flew west at 09:58, Little Stint still, 38x Golden Plover, 3x Ruff (@rpintean)

Middleton Lakes
3x Hawfinch Staffs end then flew west, also Great White Egret, 2x Dunlin (JJH, SJH)

Whitemoor Haye
Greenshank over (@BirderAlrewas)

Whitmore Bent Lane
Pink-footed Goose with c350 Grey Lag Geese, Peregrine (PJo)

Tucklesholme
Green Sandpiper, 5x Stonechat (@Ochruros)

Chasewater
2w YL Gull, ad Med Gull in the roost also Woodcock flushed

Whittington Farm
12x Corn Bunting, 70x Skylark, 2x Peregrine (JLi)

Alvecote Pools
Whooper Swan, Great White Egret, 5x Little Egret (MSc)

Branston GPs
7x Ruff, 17x Curlew, Dunlin, 40x GBB Gull, 38x Gadwall, 28x Shoveler. Goldeneye, 11x Pochard, Peregrine, (DSc)

Saturday 28th October 2017

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
27x Hawfinch in total thru this morning 

Whitemoor Haye
Possible Brent Goose over west, 35x Tree Sparrow (@AlrewasBirder)

River Sow Meadows
4x Hawfinch briefly in tree then flew SW, Great White Egret again, Green Sandpiper, 55x Wigeon, (@RobSwift5)

Blackbank
2x Hawfinch over at 08:15 (@philjo61, NDP)

Aqualate
Drake Scaup, Juv Marsh Harrier (Ian_m_grant

Branston GPs
9x Hawfinch flew west at 10:45, Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, Pintail, Yellowhammer, 14x Redpoll (DSc)

Uttoxeter Quarry
56x Golden Plover, 3x Ruff, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Goosander, Bar-headed Goose (@rpintean)

Knypersley Resv
8x Hawfinch over, Redshank near the lake (GBr)

Tutbury
2x Ring Ouzel over west at 13:40 (MPR)

Newcastle
Hawfinch flew low west over Lower Oxford Road, Basford (@SteveJTurner76)

Gailey
5x Hawfinch flew low west at 14:28 (@TheSnapper1978)

Coombes Valley RSPB
3x Hawfinch feeding in trees (MBr)

Downs Bank
20x Brambling over (@JohnMathers1)

Iverley (Sugar Loaf Farm)
Hawfinch over, Red Kite, 12x Brambling (@StourBirder)

Chasewater
11x Hawfinch in three groups over Norton Bog this afternoon also Ad Kittiwake briefly. In the roost Ad Caspian Gull, YL Gull, 2x Ad Med Gull

Friday 27th October 2017

Knypersley Resv
Shag on main lake (GBr)

Upper Elkstone
2x Hawfinch over, and then in wooded clough at end of Breech Road (@domhall)

Stoke on Trent
2x Ring-necked Parakeet again off Diarmid Road, Hanford (CBa)

By Craig Bailey

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
5x Pink-footed Geese on north shore

Uttoxeter Quarry
Little Stint still, 6x Ruff, Redshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 10x Snipe, Shelduck, Pochard (@rpintean) - also 30x Golden Plover, 2x Curlew, (EF)

Branston GPs
2x Whooper Swan, 17x Curlew, 7x Ruff, 3x Redshank, Barn Owl, Peregrine, 42x Gadwall, 35x Shoveler, 46x Wigeon, 226x Teal, 35x Little Grebe, 30x GBB Gull, Little Egret, 4x Water Rail (JWo, (DSc)

Whooper Swans by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater
Azorean type YL Gull in the roost also 2x Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, Med Gull

Stafford
Peregrine on St Mary's church (ABa)

Thursday 26th October 2017

Whitewick
3x Hawfinch, 2x Brambling over the West Mids/Staffs border (@BirderGaz, @Kevin_Clements)

Wednesday 25th October 2017

Westport Lake
62x Barnacle Geese over this morning heading south (@Chris23565)

Berryhill
c60 Barnacle Geese over south at 09:20 (RT. DW)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
6x Hawfinch SW at 09:20

Whitemoor Haye
Merlin, Peregrine (@SimcockPete)

Chasewater
8x Hawfinch flew SW over Norton Bog (@CWG_sightings)

North Staffs Wood Pigeons - vis mig 07:45-08:50.
Exceptional passage over south this morning - Berryhill - 37,500 (RT, DW) and  Blackbank - 35,000 (NDP)

Doxey Marsh
3x Water Pipit from the Octagonal hide also Green Sandpiper, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Stonechat, 15x Water Rail, Peregrine, (MBo)

Branston GPs
2x Little Egret, 6x Ruff, 12x Curlew, 28x Shoveler, ad YL Gull, Cetti'sWarbler, (DSc)

Tuesday 24th October 2017

Pool Hall
9x Hawfinch appeared to land in a copse also 3x Swallow thru, (@BirderGaz

Uttoxeter Quarry
3x Little Stint, 4x Ruff, 2x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Redshank (@tonyjac_tony)

Parrots Drumble
Ring-necked Parakeet over to SE (@JohnMathers1)

Branston GPs
Wood Sandpiper briefly, 2x Green Sandpiper, 17x Curlew, 6x Golden Plover, Goldeneye, 49x Wigeon, 42x Gadwall, 32x Shoveler, 300x Teal, 6x Shelduck, Pochard, 4x Water Rail, 47x Little Grebe, 6x GBB Gull, 3x Stonechat, (JWo)

Wood Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Monday 23rd October 2017

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Drake Scaup still, Rock Pipit briefly north shore at 12:05

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope still by the dam, Woodlark south over the dam at 12:55 (@tighthead22)

Cannock Chase
9x Stonechat behind Katyn Memorial (@DavidBate17)

River Sow Meadows
Great White Egret still present at dusk (@RobSwift5)

Sunday 22nd October 2017

Uttoxeter Quarry
6x Little Stint still (@rpintean) - also 5x Ruff, Redshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, c150 Teal, 3x Goosander (ABa)

Codsall
3x Ring-necked Parakeet, Moatbrook Avenue (@htarry)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Little Stint north shore, drake Scaup still

River Sow Meadows
Great White Egret still, (@RobSwift5)

Aqualate
Female Merlin flew south at 13:00 (@rpintean)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope still off the dam (@nutcracker1965)

Chasewater

2x Willow Tit, YL Gull, 3x Goldeneye (@Rewildings85) - 2x Med Gull. 7x YL Gull, Common Sandpiper this evening (@CWG_sightings)

Branston GPs
4x Little Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese, 44x Gadwall, 40x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 14x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 4x Water Rail, 40x GBB Gull, (DSc)

Saturday 21st October 2017

Gailey Resv
Female Hen Harrier over NW at 07:45, Red-breasted Merganser flew SW  at 08:46, 70x Golden Plover, (@TheSnapper1978)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Red-breasted Merganser west end, 2x Hawfinch SW at 08:20, juv Black Tern off the dam, drake Scaup still, Water Pipit north shore at 10:50

Uttoxeter Quarry
6x Little Stint, 4x Ruff, Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, (@rpintean) - also 25x Golden Plover, 167x Teal (ABa)

Tittesworth Water
Drake Lesser Scaup on the Conservation pool before being flushed and flew up main reservoir (per JOa)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Little Stint from the causeway (@Ochruros, @rpintean) - Grey Phalarope still on dam (@julianallen2009)

Branston GPs
21x Golden Plover, 15x Curlew, 7x Ruff, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 4x Little Egret, Pintail, 35x Wigeon, 44x Gadwall, 25x Shoveler, 3x Egyptian Geese (DSc)

Friday 20th October 2017

Newcastle
Hawfinch flew west over Oxford Road at 08:45 (@SteveJTurner76)

Tutbury
Hawfinch flew over SW at 08:10 (MPR)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
5x Hawfinch over SW

Croxden Quarry
4x Crossbill over this afternoon (ABa)

Uttoxeter Quarry
5x Little Stint, 7x Dunlin, 3x Ruff, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Curlew, 112x Teal, 2x Little Egret, Peregrine, 25x Siskin (@rpintean)

Branston GPs
15x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 7x Ruff, YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, 79x Gadwall, 25x Shoveler, 230x Teal, 21x Wigeon, 3x Egyptian Geese, 51x Little Grebe, 7x Little Egret, Peregrine, 5x Stonechat, (JWo, DSc)

Dimmingsdale
12x Redpoll, 5x Siskin (TEy)

Thursday 19th October 2017

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Drake Scaup still, Common Sandpiper

Middleton Lakes

10x Black-tailed Godwit thru, Golden Plover, 2x Great White Egret, 3x Goosander (@atkinson_steve)

Croxden Quarry
4x YL Gull this evening also a sizeable Starling roost (ABa)

Wednesday 18th October 2017

                                                           Notice Board

                     Middleton Lakes are hoping to stage a Bio Blitz in June 2018.
                     Anyone who is knowledgeable in insects, plants or birds and
                     is prepared to help out please contact the following:-
                                      Richard.FennGriffin@rspb.org.uk
                                                   07875218645


Chasewater 
3x Sandwich Tern at 07:45 (@Clive_Davies1) - 3x Common Scoter mid day (@GrantHames)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
6x Dark bellied Brent Geese to 09:05 when they flew south, femail Common Scoter and drake Scaup still (@BelvideBirding)

Blackbank 
5x Hawfinch over at 08:00 (NDP)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Cattle Egret Tad Bay then flew SE (MPR, GJM)

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret on Boundary Flash (MBo, SGa. @DavidBate17)

Pool Hall
Cattle Egret by Smestow Brook above Pool Hall viewable from S&W towpath

Middleton Lakes
11x Whooper Swan and a Hawfinch flying south (@RSPBMiddleton)

Branston GPs
6x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 65x Gadwall, 4x Shelduck, 14x Common Gull, (DSc)

Tuesday 17th October 2017

Blackbank
Hawfinch over south at 07:45 (NDP)

Westport Lake 
Hawfinch over west this morning (CW)

Berryhill
Hawfinch over SW at 08:33 (RT)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope still on dam by sailing club (@DavidBate17)

Chasewater
Leach's Petrel (@julianallen2009) - Short-eared Owl this evening (@grunpybirder)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Great White Egret, drake Scaup, Rock Pipit north shore (@BelvideBirding)

Branston GPs
3x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 76x Gadwall, 176x Teal, 26x Shoveler, 58x Litle Grebe, Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, YL Gull, 6x Stonechat, 20x Skylark, c150 Meadow Pipit (JWo)

Meadow Pipit by Jon Woodcock

Whitemoor Haye
4x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 20x Tree Sparrow (@AlrewasBirder)

Monday 16th October 2017

Uttoxeter Quarry
6x Ruff, 2x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 90x Teal, 8x Wigeon, 3x Shoveler (@rpintean)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope still on dam wall (@peterforbes17) - adult Caspian Gull in Tad Bay from 12:30 to 13:00 then flew (@rpintean)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Drake Scaup still in SE bay

Rocester 
Pair of Ring Ouzels reported by the Churnet bridge

Berryhill
Ring Ouzel low west over the Viewpoint at 16:40 (DBu)

Sunday 15th October 2017

i54
7x Stonechat (@i54jamie)

Gailey Resv
20x Golden Plover, 11x Siskin, 5x Redpoll (@TheSnapper1978)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Drake Scaup, 3x Rock Pipit thru, single Brambling, 9x Siskin (@BelvideBirding)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope still in Mickledale Bay then flew to the dam (@julianallen2009)

Swallow Moss
14x Stonechat (DCh)

Middleton Lakes
2x Great White Egret and 36x Little Egret roosted tonight also eclipse Pintail (@atkinson_steve)

Branston GPs
Vis Mig 08:30 to 12:00 - 3x Brambling, Rock Pipit, 37x Redpoll, 25x Siskin, 28x Skylark, 48x Redwing. Also, present 55x Little Grebe, 2x Peregrine, 18x Golden Plover, 2x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, ad YL Gull, 4x Swallow thru south at 17:30 (DSc)

Saturday 14th October 2017

Middleton Lakes
2x Great White Egret, 12x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (@atkinson_steve)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
5x Hawfinch thru this morning (@BelvideBirding)

Doxey Marsh
Great White Egret (@paul_birkin)

Cannock Chase
8x Crossbill top end Abraham's Valley (@peterforbes17)

River Sow Meadows
Great White Egret at 17:00 from from Walton canal bridge (@RobSwift5)

Whitemoor Haye
22x Little Egret, Redshank, 2x Goldeneye, Common Tern, 11x Pochard,  (@BirderAlrewas)

Trentham Gardens
16x Mandarins, Dipper (MPa)

Alvecote
2x Cattle Egret roosted at pond behind Pretty Pigs pub (JWo)

By Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope still Mickledale Bay

Little Haywood
3x Ring-necked Parakeet over at 08:20 (DNe)

Branston GPs
34x Golden Plover, Greenshank, Ruff, 50x Little Grebe, 49x Gadwall, 30x Shoveler, 20x Wigeon, 100x Teal,  40x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, 25x Redpoll (DSc)

Friday 13th October 2017

Westport Lake
Juvenile Shag on model boating lake early morning then flew off NW (CWa)

Doxey Marsh
Great White Egret still (@waynej72)

Stafford
Great White Egret visible from canal towpath near Walton on the Hill (JWi)

Cannock Chase
12x Crossbill in Abrahams Valley (@DavidBate17)

Middleton Lakes
2x Great White Egret and 16x Egyptian Geese on JW (@RSPBMiddleton)

River Sow Meadows
Great White Egret (@Clive_Davies1)

Branston GPs
2x Ruff, Redshank, 49x Gadwall, 25x Shoveler, 118x Teal, 12x Wigeon, 5x Shelduck, 44x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 6x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler (JWo)

Thursday 12th October 2017

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret (plus a 2nd reported), Green Sandpiper (@atkinson_steve)

Westport Lake
Scaup still (@JohnMathers 1)

Berryhill
2x Greenland Wheatear (RT)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope still at dusk (@phillward303)

Wednesday 11th October 2017

Westport Lake
Scaup and Common Scoter still (@DKelsall3)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope briefly in Mickledale Bay, new bird much darker (GJM) - Imm Gannet flew thru deep end early afternoon (MPR)

Doxey Marsh
Great White Egret still but mobile (ARa)

Tuesday 10th October 2017

Westport Lake
Common Scoter and Scaup still (@DKelsall3)

Chasewater
1w Med Gull from the west shore (@nessie_w)

Doxey Marsh
Great White Egret still (NGr)

Monday 9th October 2017

Tittesworth Water
Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Pintail, 15x Wigeon, Common Sandpiper, (@stephengibson42)

Trentham Gardens
10x Mandarin, 5x Wigeon, 5x Teal, 10x Tufted Duck, 4x Swallow, Kingfisher (@tighthead22)

Westport Lake
Scaup and Common Scoter still (@DKelsall3)

Ford Green
Drake Common Scoter, 5x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, Peregrine 20x Redwing, (JJo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Little Stint still north shore (@paulsmith15363)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, Greenshank, Dunlin, 15x Egyptian Geese (@atkinson_steve)

Gailey Resv
Rock Pipit along the causeway and on pontoon briefly at 18:10 before flying south (TheSnapper1978)

Dimmingsdale
22x Redwing over west at 07:30 (TEy)

Alvecote
2x Cattle Egret at Pretty Pigs pool (MSc)

Sunday 8th October 2017

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
7x Hawfinch flew west this morning - 3 at 08:24 and a further 4 at 08:48, also Rock Pipit flew NW at 10:10, Little Stint still (@BelvideBirding)

Tittesworth Water
6x Whooper Swan 07:45 to 08:30 only (JOa)

Knypersley Resv
15x Redwing over this morning (GBr)

Branston GPs
2x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 17x Curlew, 2x Redwing, 45x Gadwall, 36x Shoveler, 110x Teal, (DSc)

Gailey Resv
Merlin over south at 11:40 (@TheSnapper1978)

Chasewater
2x Knot, 2x Redpoll (@Rewilding85)

River Sow Meadows
Great White Egret still near Walton Bridge opposite canal boats (VEm)

Doxey Marsh
Great White Egret still (@obesbloke)

Middleton Lakes
2x Great White Egret, Pintail, 2x Little Egret, also a Whitethroat, (CMa)

Aqualate
Marsh Harrier (@grs_st)

Saturday 7th October 2017

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope still in Mickledale Bay this morning (@amnesia91) - in Dougies Bay at 12:30 (@TheSnapper1978)

By Phil Jones

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Little Stint still, 46x Redwing thru, Short-eared Owl flew thru ESE at 11:50 (@BelvideBirding)

River Sow Meadows
Great White Egret, 7x Redwing, 45x Wigeon, 4x Redpoll (@RobSwift5)

Tittesworth Water
A Ruff still early afternoon (JOa)

i54
4x Stonechat, 35x Skylark, 14x Yellowhammer (@i54foz. i54jamie)

Rocester
27x Barnacle Geese flew in to a field near JCB (TEy)

Alrewas
3x Egyptian Geese still north of Alrewas west of A38 (@BirderAlrewas)

Silverdale CP - The Void
5x Stonechat, 1st W YL Gull (@philjo61)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret still  on JW south (@Rewilding85)

Friday 6th October 2017

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope still (@chrisvaghela) - also 124x Wigeon, Ruff, Redstart (@scaupface)

Stoke on Trent
C80 Pink-footed Geese west over Meir Park at 12:15 (ARa) also 22x Pink-footed Geese west over Bucknall  at 15:20 (RT)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Little Stint still (@BelvideBirding)

Alrewas
3x Egyptian Geese in field east side of the A38 between village and the river (@BirderAlrewas)

Whitemoor Haye
12x Little Egret (DAb)

Branston GPs
4x Green Sandpiper, Barnacle Goose, Cetti's Warbler (DSc)

Thursday 5th October 2017

Tittesworth Water
Ruff this morning (PBa per JOa)

Westport Lake
Scaup still (@DKelsall3)

Doxey Marsh.
Great White Egret still also a Wheatear (@richard-rafe)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope still in Mickledale Bay (@MRPittaway)

Alvecote
2x Cattle Egret flew into the Staffs sector late afternoon from Laundry Lane Warks (@TameBirding)

Branston GPs
Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, 3x Ruff, 18x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 44x Gadwall, 52x Shoveler, 117x Teal, 4x Wigeon, Barnacle Goose, 2x Egyptian Geese, 70x Little Grebe, 4x Little Egret, 3x Redpoll, Siskin, 10x Goldcrest, 12x Swallow. (JWo. DSc)

Chasewater
3w Caspian Gull in the roost also a number of YL Gulls (@CWG_sightings)

Wednesday 4th October 2017

Westport Lake
Scaup still (@DKelsall3)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Juv Little Stint, 5x Ringed Plover, Dunlin (@BelvideBirding)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Grey Phalarope in Mickledale Bay at 15:50 (HF,SE)

Doxey Marsh
2x Great White Egret, very mobile (@richard-rafe)

Alvecote
Red-crested Pochard east end of Pretty Pigs pool (@birdsofalvecote)

Middleton Lake
Pair of Marsh Harriers and Great White Egret at mid day (REy)

Tuesday 3rd October 2017

Middleton Lakes
Rock Pipit thru south, Redstart, 2x Marsh Harrier over JW, Curlew Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, (@RSPBMiddleton)

Doxey Marsh
Great White Egret still also Little Egret (@DavidBate17)

Monday 2nd October 2017

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3x Little Stint still (@paulssmith15363)

Westport Lake
Black-necked Grebe and Scaup still (@DKelsall3)

Doxey Marsh
Great White Egret still also a Ruff (@richard_rafe and MPa)

Sunday 1st October 2017

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3x Little Stint still on north shore (@BelvidBirding)

Doxey Marsh
Great White Egret still Cresswell Flash (MJa and @richard_rafe) - also Black-tailed Godwit and a Ruff (MJa) - GWE still this afternoon but mobile (ISh)

GWE by Ian Sheridan

Westport Lake
Female type Scaup and Black-necked Grebe still (@philjo61)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Little Stint by the causeway also Dunlin and Ringed Plovers (@nessie_w)

Branston GPs
6x Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 18x Curlew, 2x Egyptian Geese, 46x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 15x Wigeon, 43x Shoveler, 5x Shelduck, 15x Siskin (DSc)