Friday 30th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3x Cattle Egret left the roost at 07:50 and flew to fields back of  the dam.

Alvecote
3x White-fronted Geese on on Pretty Pigs pool (TPe)  -  Redhead Smew still (ARa)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
4x Whooper Swan over Blithe Bay (GJM)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still in Abraham's Valley also 50x Crossbill nearby (SAt)  -  Also 50x Brambling, 200x Siskin, 20-30x  Redpoll (ABl)

Middleton Lakes
79x Little Egret and 5x Great White Egret in the riverside roost (per MercianBirding)  -  3x Ruff, 150x Lapwing, Great White Egret, 2x Stonechat, (DCo)

Chasewater
Ad Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull

Branston WP

Redshank, Pintail (m), 2x Pochard, c20x Shoveler, 50+ Wigeon, 50+ Gadwall, 8x Little Grebe, and 14x Goosander (3m,11f) on Marley Pit. (JWo)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still, 14x Shelduck, 19x Wigeon, 24x Shoveler, c120 Teal, Goldeneye, Redshank, 16x Curlew, ad Y.Leg Gull. (DSc)

Thursday 29th November 2018

Middleton Lakes
2x  Great White Egret, 12x Pochard, Stonechat, 9x Shelduck, 3x Goldeneye (SAt)

Branston GPs

Long-tailed Duck, 6x Curlew, Redshank, 5x Lapwing, 5x Goldeneye (4f, 1m), 90x Pochard, 47x Gadwall, 32x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 252x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 32x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 2w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, c100+ GBB Gull, (JWo)

2w Caspian Gull by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Wednesday 28th November 2018

Wombourne
Little Egret over Common Road at 10:30 (DBa)

Beech
50x Golden Plover over the M6 at 10:30 (PFo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3x Cattle Egret still on north side by white house

Branston GPs

Long-tailed Duck, Green Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 11x Lapwing, Pintail, 74x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Wigeon, 10x Shelduck, 51x Gadwall, 16x Shoveler, 192x Teal, 34x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 100+ GBB Gull, Peregrine, c30x Linnet....(JWo, DSc)

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Little Egret, 44x Shoveler, 97x Teal, 5x Gadwall, 2x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Water Rail, 100x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler (DNe)

Tuesday 27th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members)
3x Cattle Egret left roost at 07:55 and flew in fields behind the dam  -  YL Gull, Woodcock

Silverdale CP
Ad Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 2x Goosander (DKe)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck back on Ashy pit, 4x Curlew, 3x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 65x Pochard, 32x Shoveler, 3x Goldeneye, 10x Shelduck, (DSc)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret on North Pit. (DCo)

Monday 26th November 2018

Tittesworth Water 
Three skeins of Pink-footed Geese this morning - 290x over east, 180x over south, 240 over east (SGi, CT,)

River Sow Meadows
Little Egret, 2x Goosander (CDa)

Coombes Valley RSPB
Ring-necked Parakeet heard from the visitor centre

Trentham Gardens
Ad Med Gull, 2x Little Egret, 4x Gadwall,  (DKe)  -  6x Mandarin (DEm)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still Abraham's Valley. 20x Crossbill also Bramblings cadet huts to trig point, (DBa)

Doxey Marsh
Female Red-breasted Merganser from main hide, 2x Cattle Egret, 2x Little Egret, Great White Egret, 2x Water Pipit, (MBo, PDy)

Marley Pit
11x Goosander, 

Branston WP
100x Wigeon, 100x Gadwall, 12x Shoveler, 6x Little Grebe (JWo)

Chasewater
2x Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull in the roost

Sunday 25th November 2018

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret still, Great White Egret,2x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 60x Shoveler, 2x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 35x Lapwing,  (GPr)

Chasewater
9x Whooper Swan until 11:00 when they flew west - In the roost 5x YL Gull

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
9x Whooper Swan flew west at 11:15, 3x Cattle Egret roosted from 15:55 also Caspian Gull

Whitemoor Haye
6x Ruff, 100x Golden Plover, YL Gull (TPe)  -  Great White Egret on main lake with 7x Little Egret, 65x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 2x Peregrine, Green Sandpiper, 140x Linnet, (BirderAlrewas)

Alvecote
Smew still Pretty Pigs lake (JAl)

Baldwins Gate
50x Pink-footed Geese over north at 08:30 (RWh)

Dimmingsdale
75x Pink-footed Geese over SE at 10:30 (TEy)

Endon Sewage Works
2x Chiffchaff, 6x Red-legged Partridge (GBr)

Tittesworth Water
130x Pink-footed Geese over south, 38x Lapwing, 34x Wigeon, Goosander, Goldeneye (JOa)

Branston GPs
9x Little Egret briefly am, 2x (m )Pintail, 11x Shelduck, 42x Shoveler, 2x Goldeneye, 9x Curlew, 4x Redshank, 3x Ruff, 2x ad Y.leg Gull, pr Stonechat, c4000 Starling roosted. (DSc)

Saturday 24th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

3x Cattle Egret still in field in front of white house, 1w Med Gull, Cetti's Warbler

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret still with cattle by the M6 (DoxeyBirder)

Chasewater
Great White Egret on Swag at 10:26, 4x Dunlin south shore at 11:00 and in the roost ad Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 145x Common Gull

Alvecote
Redhead Smew still on Pretty Pigs (ARa)

Madeley Pool
Little Egret still (PJo)

By Phil Jones

Radford Meadows
9x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, 105x Wigeon, Goosander, (CDa, RSw,)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch over Abraham's Valley at 10:20 but no sign of the GGS so far, (IMo)  -  Great Grey Shrike still this afternoon (NHa, AHa, SGo)

Whitemoor Haye
Merlin, 123x Golden Plover, 3x Ruff, 1500x Lapwing, 11x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard. (BirderAlrewas)

Berryhill 
Short-eared Owl showing from 14:50 to 16:00 on and off from the Viewpoint (BCa, andm,)

i54
2x Jack Snipe, 4x Snipe (JDu)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, Golden Plover, Little Egret (RBa)

Friday 23rd November 2018

Doxey Marsh
2x Water Pipit from the Octagonal hide, Little Egret, (HKi) - Great White Egret, 3x Little Egret (SCa)

Radford Meadows
2x Little Egret (HKi)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still, 4x Crossbill with large Redpoll/Siskin flock (CVa)

Gailey Resv
Cetti's Warbler still, 3x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, Redpoll (SRi)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 12x Redpoll, 20x Linnet, 3x Stonechat, (DCo)

Blithfield Resv  WMBC members only)
Tad Bay Caspian Gull, 2x Curlew, Peregrine (SCa)

Chasewater
1w Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull in the roost

Rudyard
2x Black-tailed Godwit and a Knot at the north end (SSe)

Thursday 22nd November 2018

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, 2x Goldeneye, Shelduck, 3x Stonechat (SAt)

Madeley Pool
Little Egret (TJa)

Hixon Airfield
493x Golden Plover, 232x Lapwing, 200x Skylark (RCB)

Branston GPs

2x Redshank, 2x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 200x Lapwing, 5x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Shelduck, Pintail, 63x Pochard, 35x Wigeon, 2x Goldeneye, 28x Shoveler, 50x Gadwall, 160x Teal, 35x Little Grebe, 2x Water Rail, 4x YL Gull, 40x GBBG, 2x Stonechat (p), c4000x Starling. (JWo)  -  Long-tailed Duck still this morning (DJa)

Doxey Marsh
2x Water Pipit, Great White Egret, 3x Goosander, 2x Stonechat, 42x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck (GPr)

Berryhill
Short-eared Owl hunting at 15:05 (AJo)

Chasewater
Ad Caspian Gull and 3x YL Gull

Wednesday 21st November 2018

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret still, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Water Pipit, 2x Stonechat, 3x Goosander (DBa)

Radford Meadows
150x Wigeon, 37x Teal, Shoveler (CDa)

Chasewater
4x YL Gull in the roost

Alvecote
Smew on Pretty Pigs pool

Tuesday 20th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
2x Cattle Egret in Willows near the white house - 45x Yellowhammer, 50x Skylark, 2x Dunlin

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
14x Whooper Swan over Blithe Bay going SE (GJM)

Chasewater
Fem type Common Scoter, 2x Red-crested Pochard north end of main lake at noon

Ford Green
6x Goosander, Water Rail (JJo)

Branston GPs

Long-tailed Duck, Green Sandpiper, 4x Dunlin, 15x Curlew, c200x Lapwing, 2x Pintail (m), 10x Shelduck, 3x Goldeneye, 41x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 21x Shoveler, 53x Gadwall, 25x Little Grebe, 131x Teal, 2x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 30x GBBG, 9x Lesser Redpoll,  c3000x Starling. (JWo)

Monday 19th November 2018

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Female Common Scoter this morning (GJM)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still (ARa)

Little Haywood
Little Egret in wet field opposite Severn Springs car park (BGa)

Chasewater
3w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull in the roost

Marchington Cliff
Marsh Tit (JWo)

Branston WP
Little Egret, 100x Gadwall, 100x Wigeon (JWo)

Doxey Marsh
White-fronted Goose, 2x Cattle Egret, 2x Little Egret, Great White Egret, 2x Water Pipit, 3x Shelduck, 47x Shoveler, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff (MBo)

Stoke (Boothen)
2x Little Egret on River Trent behind Caterham's (DBr)

Sunday 18th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
4x Cattle Egret left their roost at 07:45 and landed in field  below NE corner of the dam

Whitemoor Haye
6x Ruff on big island on new workings, 26x Golden Plover, 94x Wigeon, 57x Pochard, 52x Teal, 3x Goldeneye, Shelduck, 4x Shoveler, Peregrine, 70x Linnet, Tree Sparrows  (BirderAlrewas)

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret still (NGr)  -  Also Great White Egret, Little Egret, Water Pipit, (PLo)

Radford Meadows
175x Wigeon, 39x Teal (CDa)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still (BirderAlrewas)  -  Also 2x Brambling, 3x Crossbill (TRo)  -  50x Crossbill (JMa)

Cannock
2x Caspian Gull ad YL Gull at Kingswood,

Chasewater
2x Caspian Gull, 4x ad YL Gull in the roost

Middleton Lakes
78x Little Egret and 5x Great White Egret in the riverside roost, 6x Dunlin, 2x Shelduck, Goldeneye, Stonechat (Mercian Birding)

Branston GPs
9x Little Egret, 6x Curlew, Dunlin, Redshank, Ruff, Snipe, 9x Shelduck, 26x Shoveler, 20x Wigeon, 42x Gadwall, 3x ad YL Gull, c5000 Starling (DSc)

Tamworth
Green Sandpiper on R Tame (APo)

Saturday 17th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
4x Cattle Egret left their roost at 07:35 and landed in field below NE corner of the dam, 31x Dunlin, Redshank, Jack Snipe, Crossbill, 20x Yellowhammer, 80x Skylark

Tittesworth Water
2x Brent Geese dropped in this morning also 3x Goldeneye, 7x Goosander, (SGI, WLH, IB, CT)

Brent Geese by Les Harrison

Poole Hall
Merlin late morning, 34x Golden Plover

Whitemoor Haye
3x Ruff, Dunlin, 48x Golden Plover, 6x Goosander (MYa)  -  Also 1000x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Goldeneye, 19x Pochard, 66x Wigeon (BirderAlrewas)

National Arboretum
3x Goosander, Junction Pit Cetti's Warbler, Alrewas GPs 2x Cetti's Warbler (BirderAlrewas)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still from main track at foot of Abraham's Valley (RCB)

Gailey Resv
Cetti's Warbler, 3x Brambling, 400x Lapwing (SRi)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still on Ashy Pit (JAl)  -  Also Little Egret, 2x(m) Pintail, 24x Wigeon, 160x Teal, 22x Shoveler, 28x Gadwall, 5x Shelduck, 78x Pochard, pr Goldeneye, c140 Lapwing, 15x Curlew, Redshank, Ruff, 3x Snipe, ad Y.Leg Gull, c100 GBB Gull,  c4000 Starling (DSc)

Alvecote
Great White Egret still, Pink-footed Goose (MSc)

Chasewater
Avocet but mobile (JAl)  -  Also 4x Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull in the roost

Dimmingsdale
2x Woodcock, Brambling (TEy)

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret still, 8x Goosander, 4x Stonechat (AHo)

Hanchurch
Small flock of Bramblings near the lower track (TRo)

Friday 16th November 2018

Rugeley
Great White Egret on River Trent banks A51 at 09:30 (SPe)

Middleton Lakes
2x Great White Egret, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Goldeneye, Stonechat on JW, (DCo)  -  Also 2x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, Goosander on JW, 3x Goosander North Pit, 7x Cetti's Warbler calling, 2x Egyptian Geese Dosthill NR (SAt)

Hopwas (Lichfield Road)
4x Little Egret, 4x Goosander on the River Tame (MSc)

Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret still, Great White Egret, 3x Water Pipit, 3x Goosander (HFo, SEd)

Chasewater
2x Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull in the roost

Leek
Little Egret in a tree at the back of Sainsburys car park at 15:00

Thursday 15th November 2018

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret still at top end also 4x Water Pipit near Octagonal hide, (Doxey Birder) - 2x Cattle Egret still near M6, Great White Egret still Creswell Flash (KMa) - Also 7x Snipe, 2x Stonechat (DBa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
4x Cattle Egret on Tern rafts in SE Bay from 13:15 and then flew below the dam at 14:30

Knypersley Resv
8x Brambling (JMa)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still Abraham's Valley (RGi)

Chasewater
2x Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull

Trentham Gardens
2x Little Egret on R Trent (BBo, JBo,)

Branston GPs

Long-tailed Duck still, 4x Ruff, 2x Redshank, 4x Dunlin, 14x Curlew, 140x Lapwing, Snipe, 2x Pintail (m), 5x Shelduck, 58x Pochard, 50x Wigeon, 4x Goldeneye (1m, 3f), 27x Shoveler, 34x Gadwall, 130x Teal, 3x Egyptian Geese, 4x Little Egret, 55x Little Grebe, Yellow-legged Gull, 90x GBB Gull, 2000x Starling, 2x Stonechat (p). (JWo)

By Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret still, 4x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 90x Linnet, 50x Lapwing, (MSc)

Wednesday 14th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
4x Cattle Egret left the roost at 07:50, 2x Caspian Gull, Jack Snipe

Doxey Marsh
Now 2x Cattle Egret present on and off in the  Octagonal hide area, also 3x Water Pipit, Great White Egret, (DoxeyBirder)  -  2x Jack Snipe, Little Egret, 2x Snipe, 3x Goosander, 30x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 2x Stonechat (CVa)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still at Abraham's Valley (PJa)  -  Also 60x Redpoll, 20x Brambling (JWo)

By Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes
Marsh Harrier thru JW late afternoon, 5x Great White Egret and 56x Little Egret in the Riverside roost, Dunlin East Scrape, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck on JW, (SAt)

Chasewater
3x Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull in the roost

Rudyard
15x Brambling at north end (RMa)

Tuesday 13th November 2018

Rudyard
Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 12x Brambling, 8x Snipe, 7x Goosander, 17x Siskin, 3x Willow Tit, 15x Wigeon (SSe)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still Ashy Pit, 3x Ruff, 3x Dunlin, 2x Redshank, 6x Curlew (TJa) -   Also 4x Dunlin, 3x Redshank, 4x Ruff, 6x Curlew, 6x Snipe, 234x Lapwing, 4x Goldeneye (2m, 2f), 2x Pintail (m), 58x Pochard, 5x Shelduck, 57x Wigeon, 45x Shoveler, 40x Gadwall, 98x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 40x Little Grebe, 4x Yellow-legged Gull, Common Gull, 60x GBBG,  Redpoll, c3000x Starling. (JWo)

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still Abraham's Valley (HKi)

By Trevor Dance

Little Haywood
Great White Egret on River Trent 1/4 mile east of the Severn Springs car park (GHa)

Whitfield Valley
Jack Snipe on small pool between Ford Green and Aldi (JJo)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Ad Caspian Gull still in Tad Bay (TJa)  -  4x Whooper Swan (SCa)

Three Shires Head
2x Stonechat (TEy)

Belvide Resv  (WMBC members only)
4x Cattle Egret came into roost in the north shore Willows, ad Caspian Gull

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret still at dusk (RRa)

Monday 12th November 2018

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still Abraham's Valley, 12x Crossbill, 25x Redpoll, Stonechat (DBa)

By Keith Whitehouse

Rudyard
Ruff still, Green Sandpiper, 6x Brambling, 4x Snipe, 5x Goosander, 2x Willow Tit (SSe)

Ruff by Steve Seal

Berryhill
c50 Golden Plover near the scrape (CSi)

Chasewaterx
5x Caspian Gull (3ad, 1w,3w), 2x ad YL Gull, in the roost,  Kingswood 1w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull 

Belvide Resv (WMBC members still)
4x Cattle Egret still

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
Ad Caspian Gull Tad Bay (GJM)

Sunday 11th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
4x Cattle Egret left the roost at 07:33 and flew to field in front of the white house, later moved to field below the dam.

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still in clearfell in Abraham's Valley at 09:50, take left track from Seven Springs car park for c1/2 a mile (TPe)  -  Also Short-eared Owl early afternoon, (CSc)

Rudyard
Ruff and 2x Black-tailed Godwit at north end also 14x Brambling, 12x Snipe and 3x Willow Tit on bridge at north end (SSe)  -  Green Sandpiper, Curlew (PJo)

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret still on Creswell Flash also Little Egret (JAl)

Whitemoor Haye
100x Golden Plover, 500x Lapwing, 27x Wigeon, 19x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese (Birder Alrewas)  -  5x Ruff in field by quarry entrance (JAl)

i54
5x Yellowhammer (MFo)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still Ashy Pit, 10x Curlew, 2x Ruff, Redshank, 26x Golden Plover, 29x Shoveler, 54x Pochard, 12x Wigeon, Goldeneye,  (DSc)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, Pintail, 4x Goldeneye, 

Alvecote
Barn Owl, Great White Egret, Little Egret, 70x Wigeon (MSc)

Saturday 10th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
4x Cattle Egret left the roost at 07:45 and landed in field south of the A5 in front of white house and still in front of white house at 15:55

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still at Abraham's Valley about half a mile from Severn Springs car park (TJa) - Also 18x Crossbill (JJO, ACB, JJH)

By Jon Woodcock

Uttoxeter Quarry
Great White Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Pink-footed Goose, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 4x Goosander, Shelduck, 40x Shoveler, 102x Teal, 23x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Egyptian Geese (RPo)

Gailey Resv
23x Brambling flew south at 11:15, 44x Golden Plover, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye
Great White Egret flew from new workings towards rough track, 100x Golden Plover, 2x Ruff, 84x Wigeon, 19x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 

Chasewater
1w Caspian Gull and ad YL Gull in the Kingswood area - Ad Caspian Gull, 2x ad Med Gull in the roost

Rocester
8x Goosander (TEy)

Brookleys Lake
97x Mandarin Duck, (RPo)

Dimmingsdale
88x Mandarin Duck, 2x Brambling (RPo)

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret still, 2x Water Pipit, (JJO, ACB, JJH,)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still on Ashy Pit, 34x Little Grebe, 10x Wigeon, 22x Shoveler, 48x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 6x Shelduck, 200x Lapwing, 45x Golden Plover, 13x Curlew, 4x Redshank, 3x Dunlin, Snipe, Ad YL Gull, 30x GBB Gull, 200x Pied Wagtail, 2000x Starling (DSc)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret on JW

Alvecote
Barn Owl at 16:25 (MSc)

Friday 9th November 2018

Doxey Marsh
2x Water Pipit, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 22x Shoveler, 5x Wigeon, 2x Gadwall, Pochard (GPr)  -  Also Cattle Egret still at 15:45 (Doxey Birder)

Fenton Cemetary
c15 Brambling in mixed Finch flock (CSi, RTo,)

Deep Hayes CP
3x Willow Tit (JMa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
A Swallow dropped in at dusk, 4x Cattle Egret again roosted in south east bay at 16:20, 379x Golden Plover, Jack Snipe, 20x Snipe, Marsh Tit

Cannock Chase
Grey Grey Shrike still at Abraham's Valley, 30/40x Brambling, (RPa, ABl,)

Middleton Lakes
4x Great White Egret and 64x Little Egret in the Riverside Willows roost (Mercian Birding)

Chasewater
Ad Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull in the roost

Branston WP
100+ Wigeon, 100+ Gadwall, 12x Shoveler (JWo)

Thursday 8th November 2018

Cannock Chase
Great Grey Shrike still in Abraham's Valley (MLe) - Also 30x Crossbill, Woodcock, Stonechat, 25x Redpoll, 10x Siskin and 30x Brambling at the trig point (DBa)

Whitemoor Haye
Grey Plover, 165x Golden Plover, 260x Lapwing, 10x Goldeneye, Little Egret (DAb)

Elford North Pit
Great White Egret, 6x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese (DAb)

Chasewater
Ad Caspian Gull, 2x Med Gull, 4x YL Gull in the roost

Middleton Lakes
4x Great White Egret and 52x Little Egret in the roost, Pintail, 2x Goldeneye (SAt)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still,  251x Golden Plover, 4x Ruff, 5x Redshank, 3x Dunlin, 6x Curlew, 360x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 4x Shelduck, 2x Pintail, 10x Wigeon, Goldeneye (m), 57x Pochard, 36x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 161x Teal, 45x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, c40x GBB Gull, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat (p), 40x Linnet, 150x Pied Wagtail, 2000x Starling, Barn Owl,  (JWo)

Wednesday 7th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
4x Cattle Egret again roosting in north shore Willows from 15:10 also Little Egret

Ford Green
2x Gadwall, 16x Wigeon (JJo)

Hanchurch Woods
25x Crossbill, 30x Brambling, 100x Fieldfare, 4x Snipe (HFo, SEd,)

Chasewater
2x YL Gull in the roost

Tuesday 6th November 2018

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only
4x Cattle Egret before flying off to fields north of the A5 at 08:35, one Cattle Egret still north of Belvide south of the A5 early afternoon, - Great White Egret flew thru south at 09:35, 210x Golden Plover, 7x Snipe - The 4x Cattle Egret came into roost on the north shore at 16:08, Crossbill flew east

Cannock Chase -
200x Redpoll Sherbrook Valley. (CDa)  -  Also Crossbills Abraham's Valley (KWh)

By Keith Whitehouse

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret still, Great White Egret, at least 3x Water Pipit, Little Egret (BirderGaz)

Middleton Lakes
7x Great White Egret and 71x Little Egret roosted in riverside Willows, 3 further Egret species came in low in poor light, 5x Egyptian Geese and 2x Shelduck on JW, Pintail Reedbed Poll (SAt)

Uttoxeter STW
2x Ring-necked Parakeet (JSm)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still, 4x Ruff, 4x Redshank, 3x Dunlin, 6x Curlew, 3x Golden Plover, Snipe, 342x Lapwing, 92x Pochard, Pintail (m), 5x Shelduck, Goldeneye, 30x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 21x Gadwall, 136x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, Yellow-legged Gull, c3000x Starling, 40x Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, and a site first Eyed Ladybird (JWo)

Eyed Ladybird by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Monday 5th November 2018

Whitemoor Haye
Merlin and Woodcock over the old micolight field, Golden Plover, 17x Pochard, 20x Wigeon, Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, 145x Linnet (BirderAlrewas)

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret, still, Great White Egret, Little Egret (JJO)

Cannock Chase (Abraham's Valley)
2x Woodcock, 10x Crossbill, 50x Siskin (CDa)

Chasewater 
Common Gull, 13x Gadwall, 42x Wigeon, (GHa)  -  2x  ad Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull in the roost

Gradbach
20x Brambling at 13:00 (RMa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3x Cattle Egret from Chappell Hide at 16:25, 2x Jack Snipe on south west shore

Branston Water Park
2x Pintail, 120x Wigeon, 90x Gadwall, 15x Shoveler, - Barton Marina 7x Pochard  (JWo)

Wychnor
250x Fieldfare, 200x Redwing (JWo)

Yoxall (Meadow Lane)
300x Fieldfare (JWo)

Sunday 4th November 2018

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret still, 2x Water Pipit, Great White Egret, Little Egret, 45x Shoveler, (GPr)

Radford Meadows
23x Lapwing, 101x Wigeon, 22x Teal, Shoveler, (CDa)

Alrewas GPs
Grey Plover heard (MYa)

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2x Jack Snipe flushed, 5x Snipe, 16x Teal, Grey Wagtail, 2x Green Woodpecker (MFo)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Cetti's Warbler still, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe (RPo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Pink-footed Goose, 4x Little Egret, Jack Snipe, 86x Golden Plover,

Whitemoor Haye
Short-eared Owl (AMa)

Middleton Lakes
3x Great White Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 7x Goldeneye, Pintail (DCo)

Cheadle
35x Goosander Hales Hall Pool - 27 on the water and 8 flew over. (RPo)

Alvecote
2x Great White Egret, 5x Little Egret, Common Gull, 75x Wigeon, Pochard, (MSc)

Branston GPs (Ashy Pit only)
Long-tailed Duck still, Pintail, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Ruff, Redshank, 10x Golden Plover, 13x Curlew, 3x ad YL Gull, 5000x Starlings roosted (DSc)

Cannock Chase
14x Crossbill, 12x Brambling, mixed flock of 120x Redpoll/Siskin (JJH, SJH,)

Chasewater
Ad Med Gull in the roost

Saturday 3rd November 2018

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egrets flew low north early morning from the roost, with at least 3 counted and most out of view also 63x Little Egrets left to the south, 3x Stonechat, 4x Goldeneye. Shelduck on JW, drake Pintail reedbed pool (SAt)  -  One Great White Egret still present mid morning, 4x Pochard,  (MSc)

Whitemoor Haye
19x Grey Partridge, 27x Golden Plover over, 50x Skylark, 5x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 9x Pochard, 14x Wigeon, 2x GBB Gull, 220x Fieldfare, (Birder Alrewas)  -  200x Golden Plover, 2x Ruff, 200x Lapwing (NBr)

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret and Great White Egret still (JJH)  -  Cattle Egret still at 15:00, 2x Great White Egret, Little Egret, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry
8x Goosander, 11x Wigeon, 27x Shoveler, 80x Teal, Little Egret, Green Woodpecker (RPo)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still on Ashy Pit, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Ruff, Redshank, 25x Golden Plover (RPo)  -  Also 34x Little Grebe, 2x Pintail, 74x Wigeon, 24x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 50x Pochard, 68x Golden Plover, 150x Lapwing, Dunlin, 14x Curlew, 2x ad YL Gull, 2x Stonechat, 6x Redpoll (DSc)

Gailey Resv
4x Pochard. 70x Linnet (SRi)

Cannock Chase (Abraham's Valley)
12x Crossbill, 100x Redpoll, 40x Siskin, 2x Snipe and 15x Brambling west of Cadet Huts (RSw)
No sign of the Great Grey Shrike so far.

Brookleys Lake
54x Mandarin, (RPo)

Dimmingsdale
76x Mandarin on pool by Earls Rock House (RPo)

Chasewater
Ad Caspian Gull, Ad Med Gull

Friday 2nd November 2018

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret and Great White Egret still, Jack Snipe, Cetti's Warbler (NGr)

Cannock Chase (Strawberry Hill- Abraham's Valley)
Great Grey Shrike at 11:30 (ABl)

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Crossbill by Trevor Dance

Coombes Valley 
Tree Sparrows on the feeders (RSPB)

Berryhill
Barn Owl hunting near Tiddlers Pool at 16:50 also Jack Snipe (RTo, DWa.)

Whitemoor Haye
3x Ruff, 6x Golden Plover, 3x Snipe, 3x Grey Partridge, 9x Pochard, Goldeneye, 16x Wigeon, 11x Teal, 12x Red-legged Partridge (alrewas birder)

Chasewater
2x adult Caspian Gull, 2w YL Gull, ad Med Gull in the roost

Brancote Sewage Works
3x Green Sandpiper, (JSm)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still, 40x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 4x Shelduck,  2x Pintail, 8x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, 4x Goldeneye(1m), 60x Pochard, 2x (m&f) Peregrine, 130x Lapwing, Ruff, Redshank, 8x Golden Plover, 14x  Curlew, Ad Y.Leg Gull, (m)Stonechat, (DSc)

Middleton Lakes
8x Great White Egret and 63x  Little Egret in the roost (Mercian Birding)

Thursday 1st November 2018

Doxey Marsh
Cattle Egret still (JJH)

Uttoxeter Quarry
7x Great White Egret still, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler by Willow pool area, (CWa)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still on Ashy Pit, 13x Curlew, 3x Ruff, 60x Golden Plover, 3x Dunlin, 2x Pintail, 2x Egyptian Geese, Cetti's Warbler (CWa)  -  Also 2x Barn Owl, Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Ruff, 2x Redshank, 6x Snipe, 291x Lapwing, 75x Pochard, 20x Wigeon, 18x Shoveler, 5x Goldeneye, 35x Gadwall, 195x Teal, 37x Little Grebe, 2x Shelduck, 5x YL Gull, Common Gull, 30x GBB Gull, 8x Goldcrest, Redpoll (JWo, DSc)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Short-eared Owl 12:30 to 12:40 only, 35x Golden Plover 

Middleton Lakes
9x Great White Egret and 64x Little Egret in the roost, also Ruff, 5x Goldeneye on JW (SAt)

Swallow Moss / Revidge
Great White Egret over WSW at 16:30 (DGH)

Chasewater
Adult and 3w Caspian Gull in the roost

Alvecote
Great White Egret, Pink-footed Goose, 7x Goosander, 50x Wigeon (MSc)

Cannock Chase (Abrahams Valley
30x Brambling, 20x Crossbill, 70x Redpoll/Siskin (REy)

Hixon Airfield
186x Golden Plover, 79x Lapwing, 20x Linnet (RCB)