Thursday 30th April 2020

Stoke on Trent
Red Kite over Blurton drifting east at 09:20, (PFo)

Halfpenny Green 
Lesser Whitethroat, (MMo)

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2x LRP, 100x House Martin, 2x Grey Wagtail, (MFo)

Alton
2x Wood Warbler, 2x Garden Warbler, 17x Mandarin, (TEy)

Biddulph  (Braddock Hay)
2x Swift, House Martin also a Peregrine, (SSe)

Stonydelph Lake
Cetti's Warbler, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Long-tailed Duck, 15x Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, 17x LRP, 12x Oystercatcher, 24x Lapwing, 2x Redshank, 38x Shelduck, 40x Gadwall, Mandarin, 6x Pochard (2f, 4m), 30x Little Grebe, Little Egret, Common Gull, Wheatear (f), White Wagtail, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 60x Swift, 300x Swallow, 300x House Martin, 50x Sand Martin, 2x Cetti's warbler, Peregrine, (JWo)

Aqualate
Cuckoo, GCa)

Wednesday 29th April 2020

Baldwins Gate/Bent Lane
3x Wheatear, Common Sandpiper this morning, (RWh)

Croxden
Bar-tailed Godwit on pit below the viewpoint this morning, (ABa)

Knypersley Resv
Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, Water Rail, 2x Mandarin, (GBr)

Halfpenny Green
3x Wheatear, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Woodcock over, Yellowhammer, (MMo)

Yoxall
Fem Merlin this afternoon, (KJo)

Branston GPs
2x Bar-tailed Godwit, 5x Dunlin, 4x Redshank, Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher, Long-tailed Duck, Common Gull, 5x Yellow Wagtail, Peregrine, 

Chasewater
20x Swifts, (KWh)

Tuesday 28th April 2020

Whitmore Bent Lane
Common Sandpiper, (TRo)

Westport
Common Sandpiper, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, (AVe)

Biddulph Moor
2x Wheatear and 2x Curlew at top road, (RMa)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still, 7x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 4x Redshank, 8x Ringed Plover, 15x LRP, 7x Oystercatcher, 16x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, Common Gull, 50x Swift, c500x Swallow, 100x House Martin, 50x Sand Martin, 6x Yellow Wagtail, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Garden Warbler, 2x Reed Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Peregrine, (JWo)

Baldwins Gate
Wheatear, (RWh)

Monday 27th April 2020

Knypersley Resv
Common Sandpiper, 2x Garden Warbler, 2x Mandarin, (GBr)

Trentham-Hanford
Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, (LS)

Tutbury
2x Goosander on river below the castle, (DPa)

Warslow
Grasshopper Warbler reeling above Mount Pleasant, (DGH)

Alvecote
6x Little Egret, c80 mixed flock House Martin/Sand Martin, (MSc)

Berryhill
Whinchat, 9x Wheatear, Green Woodpecker, 

Apedale
Cuckoo this afternoon, (CBa)

Baldwins Gate
2x Wheatear, (RWh)

Sunday 26th April 2020

Westport Lake
Turnstone, (NS)

Berryhill
Short-eared Owl over east at 08:20 also a Curlew thru, Cetti's Warbler still,  making 10 Warbler species at present, Wheatears down to 8,  and at Botteslow, 3x LRP, Common Sandpiper

Highgate Common
3x Cuckoo, 5x Tree Pipit, 5x Garden Warbler, Green Woodpecker, (IEv)

Endon STW
2x Shelduck, Goosander, Oystercatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, (GBr)

Drayton Bassett
2x Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Common Tern, 5x Yellow Wagtail, (MSm)

Penn
2x Wheatear still Pennwood farm paddocks, (DJa)

Catholme-  from the footpath
Cuckoo, Wheatear, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 6x Whitethroat, (JWo)

Alrewas Arboretum - from the footpath
Green Sandpiper, LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, (JWo)

Little Hay
Whinchat in the mown area at the bend of Green Barns Lane, 9x Yellow Wagtail nearby, (PAn)

Burston Marsh
2x Black-tailed Godwit, (AEa)

Biddulph
Hobby low over garden at 19:03, (SSe)

Radford Meadows
Wood Sandpiper this evening, (CDa)

Coven
Grey Partridge, (JDu)

Biddulph Park
4x Tree Sparrow, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x House Martin, (PGL)

Ipstones Edge
2x Curlew, 2x Tree Sparrow, (SCh)

Churnet Valley
Willow Tit, 4x Garden Warbler, (SCh)

Smestow Valley
4x Yellow Wagtail, 7x Fieldfare, (CVa)

Baldwins Gate
2x Wheatear, Cuckoo, (RWh)

Saturday 25th April 2020

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Cetti's Warbler north of the boardwalk, 2x LRP, 80x House Martin, 3x Grey Wagtail, (MFo)

Halfpenny Green
Hobby, Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, (MMo)

Gentleshaw Commo
Cuckoo this morning, (SmG)

Knypersley Resv
Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear, Water Rail, Little Grebe, (GBr)

Baswich-Walton
Along the canal, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, 12x Sedge Warbler, 6x Whitethroat, (GHa)

Barlaston Downs Banks - (bike ride)
Redstart, 2x Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 4x House Martin, 2x Yellowhammer, 2x Grey Wagtail, (AM)

Penn
2x Wheatear in Pennwood farm horse paddocks, - Penn Common, 2x Muntjac, (MMu)

Cheddleton
Swift, House Martin, 20x Sand Martin, - Basford, Garden Warbler, (DSc)

Swallow Moss - (exercise cycle ride)
Fem Marsh Harrier thermalled off high to NW at 14:20, also nearby 2x Wheatear, Gropper, 4x Curlew, 3x Stonechat, (DSc)

Leek
Cuckoo calling near Ballington wood 10:00-11:15, (PBu)

Apedale
Cuckoo, (CBa)

Four Oaks - Little Hay
3x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Yellowhammer  (PAn)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still, 11x Yellow Wagtail, Grasshopper Warbler, ,7x Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Sedge Warbler, 2x Reed Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Common Sandpiper, 17x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Common Gull, 30x Little Grebe, 100x Sand Martin, (JWo)

Maer Hills
Red Kite, Cuckoo, 3x Crossbill, Tree Pipit, Garden Warbler, (RWh)

Friday 24th April 2020

Fenton
Red Kite flew east over Victoria Road towards Berryhill at 07:05, (IBu)

Stoke on Trent
Grasshopper Warbler and Lesser Whitethroat at Florence Hill, (IBr)

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8x Swift over, (JDu)  -  3x Yellow Wagtail, (AEv)

Keele
2x Garden Warbler, (MSu)

Tutbury
Great Egret flying up the River Dove as viewed from garden, (MRa)

Biddulph Moor
Wheatear from top road, (RMa)

North Staffs Moors
Spotted Flycatcher, Cuckoo,

Whitemoor Haye
Yellowhammers, Lesser Whitethroats, (SDA)

Alvecote
Common Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Shelduck, (MSc)

Warslow
Red Kite over east at 17:00, (DGH)

Baldwins Gate
4x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, (RWh)

Thursday 23rd April 2020

Baldwins Gate
8x Wheatear, 2x Whitethroat, (RWh)

Ford Green
2x Swift over, (JJo)

Biddulph
4x Swift over at 12:30, (RMa)

Highgate Common
Wheatear in trigpoint field, (MMo)

Aqualate
Cuckoo, 3x Hobby, Garden Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2x Swift, (CTu)

Biddulph Park
Wheatear, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, 4x House Martin, 2x Lapwing, (PLo)

Biddulph
Hobby over at 18:10, (SSe)

Burston Marsh
4x Black-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe, (AEa)

Cannock Chase
2x Hobby over, (AHa)

Berryhill
5x Ring Ouzel early morning (2 males + 3 females), 16x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail,

Doxey Marsh
3x LRP, Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Grasshopper Warbler, 6x Swift, (MBo)

Alton
3x Redstart, Pied Flycatcher, 9x Mandarin, (TEy)

Branston GPs
Fem Marsh Harrier, Grasshopper Warbler, 2x Garden Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, 7x Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 64x Shoveler, 38x Gadwall, 4x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 33x Shelduck, 2x Little Egret, (JWo)

Wednesday 22nd April 2020

Halfpenny Green
Merlin and a Curlew on the runway this morning, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Wheatear, (MMo)

River Sow Meadows
3x Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Goosander, 9x Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, (RSw)

Amington Fields
4x Yellowhammer, (MSc)

Hanchurch Woods
Tree Pipit, (TRo)

Whitfield Valley
Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, (JJo)

Burston Marsh
7x Black-tailed Godwit, (AEa)

Highgate Common
Cuckoo still, 4x Garden Warbler, (IEv)

Blythe Bridge (Green Lane)
Lesser Whitethroat, Yellowhammer, 2x Whitethroat, just north of Foxfield railway, (IBr)

Caverswall- Blythe Bridge
3x Yellowhammer, (BBo)

Berryhill
Cuckoo thru east was a new bird this am, also 3x Whinchat, 20x Wheatear, 2-3 Ring Ouzel, Redstart.

Stone Downs Banks
Swift, Yellowhammer, (MJa)

Wombourne
Ring Ouzel on Pickles Hill, (DBa)

Whitemoor Haye
2x Little Gull on main lake to 19:20 only, (SCo)

Doxey Marsh
3x LRP, Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, 12x Sedge Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Swift, (MBo)

Stafford (Rising Brook)
3x Swift, Peregrine, (MBo)

Ipstones Edge
Cuckoo, 2x Tree Sparrow, (SCh)

Littleton
Marsh Harrier at 19:40 then flew towards the Chase, Cuckoo on nearby common and 3x Wheatear in the paddocks, (SRi)

Maer Hills
Cuckoo, Redstart, (RWh)

Tuesday 21st April 2020

Shoal Hill Common
Garden Warbler, 3x Reed Warbler, 2x Shelduck, (SRi)

Baswich
Swift over at 08:15, (GHa)

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Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x LRP, (MFo)

Knypersley Resv
2x Common Sandpiper, Mandarin, Whitethroat, (GBr)

Iverley
10x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Corn Bunting, (SB)

Cuckoo Bank
7x Wheatear, Garden Warbler, (GHa)

South Hanford Farm
Fem Whinchat, (DCo)

Wychnor
Cuckoo near the church this morning, (KBi)

Branston GPs
Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 7x Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Greenshank, 5x Oystercatcher, 44x Shelduck, Common Gull, (JWo)

Baldwins Gate
4x Wheatear, Red Kite over at 11:30, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, (RWh)

Stonydelph Lake
Cetti's Warbler, (MSc)

Pool Hall
Yellowhammers, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Swift, Little Egret, (VVa)

Monday 20th April 2020

Shoal Hill / Littleton
Cuckoo, Reed Warbler, (SR)

Halfpenny Green
4x Wheatear, (MMo)

Baldwins Gate
5x Wheatear, (RWh)

Ford Green
Yellow Wagtail, JKe)

Caverswall -Blythe Bridge
Whinchat, (BBo)

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LRP, Peregrine, 2x Sedge Warbler, (MFo)

Cuckoo Bank
Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, GHa)

Stone Downs Banks
Redstart, (MJa)

Stone Meadows LNR
2x Goosander, (BJo)

Stafford
Peregrine over Sandon Road, (SPe)

Silverdale CP
Wheatear on The Void, (TRo)

Trentham Gardens
Swift over, (HF,SE)

Berryhill - early morning
3x Ring Ouzel, Whinchat, 11x Wheatear, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler also 2x LRP on Botteslow

Ipstones
Curlew, 2x House Martin, (SCh)

Branston GPs
2x Bar-tailed Godwit, 16x LRP, 6x Dunlin, Wheatear, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 59x Shoveler,  (JWo)

Sunday 19th April 2020

Berryhill
Cetti's Warbler (first site record), Black Redstart (15th site record), Osprey over, 23x Wheatear, 2x Whinchat, Common Redstart, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Oystercatcher, LRP.

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Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, (MFo)

Bilbrook
Peregrine, 2x LRP, 10x House Martin, 6x Lapwing, (PCo)

Penkridge
Hobby over Preston Hill at 09:55, (RAs)

Keele
Whinchat, (MSu)

Whitemoor Haye
Osprey over south at 07:40, (SCo)

Endon STW
2x Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, (GBr)

Tean
2x House Martin and a Peregrine, (RPo)

Wetley Moor
Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, 6x Whitethroat, (RBe)

Hales
Peregrine at 11:30, (JWi)

Blythe Bridge (footpath south side of A50)
Willow Tit, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Whitethroat,  2x Mandarin, (IBr)

Stoke on Trent
Osprey over Longton at 11:45 drifting west, (CSi)

Silverdale CP - The Void
Wheatear, 4x Whitethroat, (TRo)

Baswich-Milford
Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Shelduck, 4x Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, (RSw)

Burston Marsh
4x Black-tailed Godwit, (AEa)

Forsbrook-Dilhorne
Garden Warbler, (AR)

Penn 
2x Whinchat and 9x Wheatear Pennwood farm far paddocks, (DJa)

Smewstow Valley
Wheatear, (CVa)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck still, 10x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 4x Greenshank, 4x Redshank, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Common Gull, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Sedge Warbler, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Cresswell
2x Goosander, 6x Mandarin, Whitethroat, 45x Meadow Pipit thru north, (NBr)

Four Oaks
2x Yellow Wagtail on Camp Road, (PAn)

Baldwins Gate
4x Mandarin, 6x Fieldfare, (RWh)

Saturday 18th April 2020

Berryhill
Whinchat new arrival early morning also 10x Wheatear

Penkridge STW area
9x Yellow Wagtail, 4x Grey Wagtail, 50x Pied Wagtail, House Martins, Swallows, Sand Martin, Whitethroat, 

Westport Lake
Common Sandpiper, Goldeneye, Garden Warbler, House Martins, Sand Martins, Swallows, (RGi)

Hanley Park
7x Goosander, ad YL Gull, (RGi)

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2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, 100x House Martin, (JDu, MFo)

Tucklesholme
3x Dunlin on the point, (TWy)

Cannock Chase
Osprey at trout lodge pool at 15:30

Newcastle
Hawfinch at a private address today, (RPr)

Whittington
Whinchat, Wheatear, Stonechat, Little Owl, 14x Swallow, (JLi)

Friday 17th April 2020

Berryhill
10x Wheatear early morning,

Westport Lake
2x Common Tern, (SGi)

Maer Hills
Cuckoo, Redstart, (RWh)

Dilhorne-Boundary
Red Kite (WWa)

Highgate Common
Garden Warbler, Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker, (IEv),

Whitfield Valley
Grasshopper Warbler, 2x Whitethroat, Little Egret, (JJo)

Ipstones
2x Curlew, (SCh)

Churnet Valley
Dipper, (SCh)

Alton
Pied Flycatcher, 8x Blackcap, (TEy)

Branston GPs
2x Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Yellow Wagtail, 4x Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, (JWo)

Stallington-Meir Heath
House Martin, Swallow, (AR)

Stone Meadows
2x Kingfisher, (BJo)

Thursday 16th April 2020

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2x LRP, Sedge Warblers, Whitethroats, (MFo)

Stoke
Willow Tit in cemetary at Hartshill, also Willow Warbler, Blackcap, (BCa)

Tucklesholme
Wheatear, Sedge Warblers, Whitethroats, 2x LRP, (TWy)

Biddulph - Braddock Hay
2x Blackcap, 4x Willow Warbler, 2x House Martin, (SSe)

Tutbury
21x Buzzard over a field at Belmot Green, (JWo)

Whitfield Valley
Little Owl at north end, (JJo)

Ipstones
3x House Martin, (SCh)

Ipstones Edge
Tree Sparrow, (SCh)

Wednesday 15th April 2020

Pendeford Hall Lane
Lesser Whitethroat, 2x LRP, (JDu)

South Hanford Farm
Redstart, 2x Whitethroat, (DCo)

River Sow Meadows
Reed Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Mandarin, Shelduck, (RSw)

Berryhill
2x Ring Ouzel early morning, House Martin

Ipstones Edge
House Martin, 24x Willow Warbler, (SCh)

Branston GPs
Marsh Harrier, Long-tailed Duck, Willow Tit, (JWo)

Stanley Resv
Osprey fishing over the resv, (AGe)

Tuesday 14th April 2020

Shoal Hill Common
Grasshopper Warbler, 3x Whitethroat, (SRi)

Stoke on Trent
Osprey north over Sneyd Green  at 11:20, (JOa)

Leek
Osprey over north at 11:40, (GB)

Knypersley Resv
Whinchat between Lodge Barn Road and tower, also Pied Flycatcher, 3x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 2x Swallow, Sand Martin, (GBr)

Bilbrook
Whitethroat, 8x Blackcap, Green Woodpecker, Lapwing, (PCo)

Halfpenny Green
Ring Ouzel still, (MMo)

Biddulph  (Braddock Hay
Blackcap, 3x Willow Warbler, 2x Swallow, Raven, (SSe)

Bignall Hill
Wheatear this am, (KAs)

Rugeley
Red Kite over Brereton at 09:40, (KBe)

Stafford
Mandarin on small lake off Kingsway also Whitethroat and Willow Warbler, (PDe, JTa)

Wetley Common
3x Swallow, Lapwing from Eaves Lane, (KKi)

Berryhill
Ring Ouzel still, male Redstart, 4x Wheatear, 12x Whitethroat

Highgate Common
Cuckoo, 10x Willow Warbler, 2x Blackcap, (IEv)

Knypersley 
Peregrine north over the village, (DGo)

Baldwins Gate
Whitethroat, 4x Swallow, (RWh)

Ipstones
Swallow, 2x Blackcap, 2x Red-legged Partridge, (SCh)

Smestow Valley
Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP, (CVa)

Monday 13th April 2020

The satelite tagged White-tailed Eagle from the IOW reintroduction scheme flew south over the county this morning and was seen over Stafford at 09:30, (R.Swift). Previously it had spent some time in Staffs from 23/3/2020 to 2/04/20 at Loggerheads and Hey Sprink near Keele.

Berryhill
6x Wheatear new in early morning, also Ring Ouzel still

Gunstone
Wheatear opposite the allotment, (JDu)

Highgate Common
Whitethroat, (MMo)

Blythe Bridge
6x Mandarin flying around the railway crossing on Stallington Road at 09:30, (IBr)

Yarnfield
Fem Wheatear, (SMcN)

Cheadle
Red Kite east over Rakeway at 16:25, (ABa)

Tean
4x Swallow over, (RPo)

Coven
2x Wheatear, (JDu)

Alton
Redstart, 4x Blackcap, (TEy)

Branston GPs
3x Yellow Wagtail, 56x House Martin, 50x Swallow, 9x Little Egret, 23x Little Grebe, 2x Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 6x Egyptian Geese + 3 goslings, Green Tiger Beetle, (JWo)

Baldwins Gate
Red Kite west at 12:00, (RWh)

Sunday 12th April 2020

Wetley Moor
20x Willow Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Blackcaps, 20x Chiffchaff, (RBe)

Doxey Marsh
Grasshopper Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (NGR)

Hill Chorlton
House Martin, 6x Swallow, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, (MJH)

Coven
Osprey heading south, 22x House Martin over, (JDu)

Silverdale CP
LRP, 2x Swallow, Whitethroat, Willow Warblers, 2x Blackcap, (TRo)

Meir
Ring-necked Parakeet over the garden, (SO)

Berryhill
2x Ring Ouzel, Red Kite over, Redstart, Jack Snipe, Wheatear, Sedge Warbler, 6x Whitethroat, 3x Swallow, 

Bignall End
Swallow by cricket club, (MJW)

Clayton
2x Swallow, (CBa)

Cheddleton - Consall (cycle ride)
4x Pied Flycatcher, 2x Redstart, 15x Fieldfare, Peregrine, 10x Willow Warbler, 6x Sand Martin, Swallow, 2x Redpoll, 4x Lapwing, (DSc)

Amington
Red Kite over garden at 16:50, (TPe)

Alton
2x Willow Warbler, 2x Swallow, 2x Green Woodpecker, (TEy)

Yarnfield - Swynnerton
2x Swallow, 2x Snipe, 6x Lapwing, (SMcN)

Maer Hills
3x Crossbill, (RWh)

Saturday 11th April 2020

Berryhill
Ring Ouzel early morning also 2x Wheatear,

Hill Chorlton
24x Fieldfare, 18x Raven, (RWh)

Whitfield Valley
Whitethroat, also 2x Shelduck north over Sneyd Green, (JJo)

Baswich-Walton (along the canal)
Whitethroat, 2x Willow Warbler, 6x Blackcap, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Shelduck, (GHa)

Alton
3x Swallow, (TEy)

Salt
2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Swallow, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, (AS)

Madeley - Hungerfield Lane
2x Oystercatcher, 2x Swallow, Willow Warbler, (TRe)

Stone 
Raven over Chandler Drive at 16:40, (BJ)

Lichfield
Red Kite over at 09:00, (JCo)

Yoxall
10x Fieldfare this evening, (KJo)

Forsbrook
Red Admiral along Chapel St, (AR)

Knypersley Resv
Male Pied Flycatcher this morning, (GBr)

Trescott Ford
Yellow Wagtail, 4x LRP, Green Sandpiper, 4x Yellowhammer, (CVa)

Foxt
2x House Martin, 3x Swallow, (SCh)

Churnet Valley - Cheddleton walk
2x Redstart, White Wagtail, 2x LRP, 2x Goosander, 3x Swallow, 12x Sand Martin, 8x Willow Warbler, 2x Redpoll, (DSc)

Branston GPs - walk round local patch

Greenshank, 4x Curlew, 9x LRP, Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Little Egret, 3x House Martin, 100x Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler, 4x Green Woodpecker, 2x Speckled Wood, (JWo)

Seighford (Stafford)
11x Blackcap, 3x Willow Warbler, (NGR)

Friday 10th April 2020

Tutbury
RED RUMPED SWALLOW east over garden with a couple of Barn Swallows, at 12:35, (MRa)

Stoke on Trent
Osprey over Blurton at 08:35, (PFo)

Meir Heath
Red Kite over at 11:00, (TDa)

Berryhill
13x Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap, (IBu)

Hill Chorlton
House Martin, 3x Swallow, Willow Warbler, (MJH)

South Hanford Farm
Redstart, 5x Blackcap, 3x Willow Warbler, (RGi)

Morridge - Warslow
Red Kite over, 2x Wheatear, (DGH)

Newborough
Swallow, (JWo)

Marchington Cliff
Swallow, (JWo)

Barton under Needwood
3x Holly Blue, (JWo)

Ipstones
7x Swallow, 2x Peregrine, (SCh)

High Offley
Swallow, (KLe)

Cheddleton - Consall (cycle ride)
Pied Flycatcher, Redstart, 3x Willow Tit, 5x Mandarin, 12x Willow Warbler, 30x Fieldfare, (DSc)

Coven
100+ Linnet flock, (JDu)

Baldwins Gate
25x House Martin, 3x Swallow, (RWh)

Caverswall
Mandarin on the River Blithe, (AR)

Thursday 9th April 2020

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2x LRP, 6x House Martin, 2x Swallow, Yellowhammers, (JDu)

Halfpenny Green
Willow Warbler in garden this am, Ring Ouzel still in same field, (MMo)

Berryhill
2x Wheatear, 4x Willow Warbler, 2x Blackcap, (RGi)

Keele
Grasshopper Warbler in scrub near the Observatory also Crossbill over,  (MSu)

North Staffs Moors
2x Redstart, (DGH)

Almington (Loggerheads)
Willow Warbler, Blackcap, (JWi)

Cheadle
2x Black-tailed Godwit over Rakeway, (ABa)

Alton
2x Mandarin, 2x Blackcap, Green Woodpecker, (TEy)

By Terry Eyre

Staffs

Wednesday 8th April 2020

Good numbers of Chiffchaffs around in all suitable habitats, Willow Warblers and singing Blackcaps increasing. New migrants today were Ring Ouzel, Pied Flycatcher, Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat

Berryhill
Whitethroat a new arrival early morning. (RTo)

Yarnfield-Swynnerton
6x Yellowhammer, (SMcN)

Newcastle 
Willow Warbler, Blackcap at Basford, (PCa)

Halfpenny Green
Morning walk produced a Ring Ouzel, Wheatear, 2x Swallow, 2x Willow Warbler, (MMo)

Baswich
2x Swallow over, (GHa)

Barton under Needwood
Blackcap, Orange Tip also 4x Hairy-footed Bees, (JWo)

Branston GPs
2x Sedge Warbler at Black Meadows, 6x Willow Warbler, 4x Blackcap, 100x Sand Martin, 4x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 5x Cramp Ball Fungus Weevil (JWo)

Sedge Warbler by Jon Woodcock

Cramp Ball Fungus Weevil by Jon Woodcock

Churnet Valley
Pied Flycatcher, (ALi)

Tuesday 7th April 2020

Berryhill  -  local patch walk from adjacent house
Grasshopper Warbler early morning, also Curlew over, (RTo)

Bilbrook - Jubilee Wood
Swallow, 3x Blackcap, 

Whitfield Valley
Yellowhammer, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, (JJo)

Prestwood
Swallow, Blackcap, 

Forsbrook
Curlew over the cricket ground, (AR)

Burntwood
Red Kite over east, (GHa)

Cheddleton Heath
Red Kite over north at 16:00, (PCa)

Stoneydelph Lake - Tamworth
Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, (AndyT)

Branston GPs  -  Brief bike ride pull in to view Ashy pit
5x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Greenshank, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Egyptian Geese, (JWo)

Littleton/Shoal Hill
7x Willow Warbler, (SRi)

Huntington
8x Sand Martin over, (SRi)

Hill Chorlton
2x Swallow, Willow Warbler, (MJH)

Woodhouses/Yoxall
3x Swallow, Siskin, (KBi)

Lichfield (North)
Blackcap, (PBr)

Baldwins Gate
Red Kite at 16:00, 3x House Martin, Willow Warbler, (RWh)

Alton
3x Blackcap, 23x Fieldfare, 3x Mandarin, 4x Grey Wagtail, (TEy)

Monday 6th April 2020

Berryhill - early morning local exercise stroll from adjacent house
10x Wheatear, 2x White Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, (RTo)

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Willow Warbler, 16x Sand Martin over, (MFo)

Burslem
Peregrine above Shaftsbury Av, (KBr)

Cocknage - Florence Park
2x Willow Warbler, 2x Blackcap, Swallow, (AMa)

Burntwood
House Martin over, also Peregrine, (GHa)

Huntington
Red Kite over west at 15:27, also 2x House Martin, (SRi)

Stone Meadows LNR
White Wagtail, LRP, Blackcap, (BJo)

Biddulph Park
2x House Martin, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, (PGL)

Coven
Red Kite over SW, (JDu)

Tean
Blackcap this evening, (RPo)

Branston GPs  -  local walk around the patch
5x Willow Warbler, 7x Blackcap, 30x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 4x LRP, 5x Curlew, 4x Sand Martin, 2x Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Sunday 5th April 2020

Berryhill  -  observations during local walk
2x Wheatear, Swallow and a Red Kite at 08:20 - 08:32 then drifted off behind the mast,

Littleton
Willow Warbler at old pit site, also nearby at Micklewood Lane 2x Oystercatcher and 5x Snipe, (SRi)

Stoke on Trent
Osprey north over Sneyd Green at 10:00, (JOa)

Audley Meadows
Swallow and 70x Fieldfare, (PDo)

Dilhorne - Forsbrook
4x Yellowhammer, Willow Tit, Blackcap, (AR)

Biddulph
Swallow over the leisure centre, (SSe)

Bilbrook
Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 2x Greenfinch, (PCo)

Huntington
Osprey over west at 12:17, Red Kite  over NE at 15:08, (SRi)

Armshead
Red Kite inspecting new born lambs at 09:00, (TBr)

Berryhill Greenway
Willow Tit between Trent Tavern and Ashfield Square, (Ed)

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2x Swallow over north, (MFo)

Little Hay
2x Yellow Wagtail in ploughed field north of Camp Road, (PAn)

Blurton
House Martin over at 14:45, (PFo)

Bunnyhill Clayton
2x House Martin over and a Blackcap, (RGi)

Madeley
Swallow over, (JBa)

Weston
Swallow over fields near railway, (AS)

Aston by Stone
2x House Martin, Swallow, (SBe)

Baldwins Gate
House Martin, (RWh)

Consall
Red Kite flew east, Willow Tit, (DSc)

Deep Hayes CP
Imm Scaup still, Willow Tit, (DSc)

Churnet Valley
2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, 3x Swallow, 2x Sand Martin, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Redpoll, (DSc)

Saturday 4th April 2020

Berryhill Botteslow Flash  -  observations during local walk
2x Shelduck present at 06:45, (RTo)  -  LNR vis mig - 143x Fieldfare over NE in three flocks.

Huntington
House Martin over the house, Whimbrel over low at 22:40, (SRi)

Florence Hill park
2x Willow Tit, (AMa)

Amington - near Loggerheads
Willow Warbler and Blackcap, (JWi)

Tean
4x Mandarin over, (RPo)

Kidsgrove - Bathpool
Common Sandpiper, 2x Grey Wagtail, (DVe)

Rocester - JCB lake
4x Oystercatcher, (JDr)

Deep Hayes CP - car park still closed
Imm/fem Scaup still on first pool also Green Woodpecker, (DSc) - accessed by cycle

Churnet Valley
2x Sand Martin, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing, Willow Tit, 12x Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 20x Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, (DSc) - accessed by cycle

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36x Fieldfare over, (JDu)

Bateswood
6x Swallow over, (PDo)

Smestow Valley
2x LRP, Little Egret, 2x Lapwing, (CVa)

Pool Hall
4x Swallow, Willow Warbler, (CVa)

Baldwins Gate
2x Brambling, White Wagtail, Blackcap, (RWh)

Holden Lane Pool
Willow Warbler, (JOa)

Uttoxeter
Red Kite near the A50, (ILo)

Friday 3rd April 2020

Burntwood
Swallow over this am, (GHa)

Stoke on Trent (east)
Wigeon heard overnight, (ALa)

Bilbrook
Red Kite over heading east, (PCo)

Branston GPs (Ashy pit only)
4x Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 3x Lapwing, 4x Shelduck, 10x Shoveler, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Green Woodpecker, (JWo) - viewed from the pull in (bins only) per bike ride stop,

Yarnfield - Swynnerton
5x Yellowhammer, 4x Lapwing, (SMcN)

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Little Egret over, (JDu)

Berryhill
134x Meadow Pipits over north

Stoke
Common Scoter over the hospital at 21:54, (RGi)

Huntington
Common Scoter over at 22:02, (SRi)

Thursday 2nd April 2020

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2x LRP, 2x Green Woodpecker, (JDu)

Cresswell
6x Yellowhammer and 2x Mandarin 100m south of Blythe Park ind estate, also Common Scoter heard at 23:00 last night, (NBr)

Stoke
Curlew over at 22:40 last night, (RGi)

Uttoxeter
Red Kite over, (TJe)

Wednesday 1st April 2020

Stafford
3 flocks of Common Scoter over the garden last night (sound recorded), 22:30 23:45, (CDa)

Forsbrook-Caverswall
2x Yellowhammer, Willow Tit, 4x Skylark, (AR)

Berryhill
Flock of 126x Fieldfare thru north early am, 3x Willow Tit, (RTo)

Ford Green
2x Little Egret, (JJo)

Deep Hayes CP
Imm Scaup still on first pond, car park closed, (DSc)

Churnet Valley
2x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, Willow Tit, 4x Redpoll, (DSc)

Consall
120x Fieldfare, (DSc)