Sunday 31st January 2021

Knypersley Resv

3x Ruddy Shelduck over north at 08:30, Ring-necked Parakeet in Arboretum, 4x Goosander, 2x Lesser Redpoll, (GBr)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap still, (JWo)

Ford Green

Mandarin, Goosander, (JJo)

Tamworth 

2x Goosander on Belgrade balancing lakes, (SCl)

Radford Meadows

18x White-fronted Geese still, 200x Golden Plover, 200x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, (GHa)

Hopton

2x Lesser Redpoll

Whitemoor Haye

4x Great Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 143x Wigeon, 14x Pochard, Goosander, 13x Shoveler, 36x Snipe, 450x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, 23x Tree Sparrow, Peregrine, (SCo)

Shenstone area

Red Kite over NW at 13:20, (PAn)  -  Little Haye - Shenstone, 3x Grey Partridge, 2x Stonechat, 100x Fieldfare, large Greenfinch roost, (KWh)

Gailey Resv

12x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 5x Little Grebe, Redpoll, (SRi)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Little Stint still, 

Keele

1w Caspian Gull, YL Gull, Common Gull, (MSu)

Branston GPs

10x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, 2x Ruff, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 7x Little Egret, 12x Shelduck, 16x Wigeon, 2x Gadwall, 30x Shoveler, 12x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 100x Teal, 5x Little Grebe, 2x ad YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Baldwins Gate

Chiffchaff, Water Rail, (RWh)

Saturday 30th January 2021

Shenstone - Little Hay

2x Grey Partridge along Park Lane, (PAn) 

Whitemoor Haye

2x Great Egret, 2x Grey Partridge, 10x Snipe, 400x Lapwing, 2x Shelduck, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SCo)

Radford Meadows

158x Golden Plover, 402x Lapwing, 6x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 42x Shoveler, 500x Wigeon, 350x Teal, 2x Stonechat, (RSw)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap, Siskin, Redpoll, (CBe)  -  Little Egret over, (JWo)

Friday 29th January 2021

Pool Hall Trescott

4x Corn Bunting, 19x Yellowhammer, 260x Linnet, 3x Greenfinch, 9x Grey Partridge, 3x Goosander, (GCl)

Chatterley Whitfield

Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, Snipe, (PMo)

Wombourne

Goosander on the canal at Bratch, (DJo)

Barlaston

Little Egret, Common Gull, 12x Linnet at Wash Dale Lane, (RLa)

Branston GPs

2x Ringed Plover, Golden Plover, 2x Ruff, 21x Curlew, 150x Lapwing, (Dean), -  also Redshank, 3x Ruff, 200x  Lapwing, 22x Curlew, 2x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 9x Goldeneye, 9x Little Egret, 4x Stonechat, 2x Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, (CEc, JWo)

Keele

1w Caspian Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 

                                               

Thursday 28th January 2021

Whitemoor Haye

50x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 3x Skylark, (RBe)

Branston GPs

2x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, Ruff, 21x Curlew, 343x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 9x Little Egret, 20x Shelduck, 9x Goldeneye, 24x Wigeon, 38x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 23x Pochard, 250x Teal, 16x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Lesser Redpoll, (JWo)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap, 2x Reed Bunting, (JWo)

Bromstead

2x Siskin, (DB)

Wednesday 27th January 2021

Whitemoor Haye

15x Yellowhammer, 14x Lesser Redpoll, 6x Snipe, Peregrine, (DJL, JNL)  -  Merlin, 20x Tree Sparrow, Chiffchaff, (RBe)

                                                            Merlin By Rob Bendelow

                                                      Tree Sparrow by Rob Bendelow

                                                     

Meir Heath to Stallington

3x Greenfinch, 3x Skylark, 500x Starling, (AR)

Yoxall

30x Raven, (JWo)

Amington

9x Greenfinch, (MSc)

Tuesday 26th January 2021

Codsall

8x Redpoll, 5x Redpoll,  (HT)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Snipe, 450x Lapwing, Great Egret, 24x Shoveler, 4x Goldeneye, 30x Tree Sparrow, (SCo)

Chatterley Whitfield

2x Little Egret, Willow Tit, Green Woodpecker, (PMo)

Branston GPs

20x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 19x Snipe, 12x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 11x Shelduck, 6x Goldeneye, 46x Wigeon, 56x Shoveler, 28x Gadwall, 32x Pochard, 300x Teal, 23x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 11x Common Gull, 5x GBB Gull, 2x Green Sandpiper, 500x Starling, (JWo)

Monday 25th January 2021

Berryhill

Woodcock, Jack Snipe, 5x Snipe, Water Rail, 3x Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail and the Little Egret still at Botteslow Flash, (RGi)

Parkhall CP

Golden Plover, 2x Willow Tit, 4x Lesser Redpoll, (RGi)

Fenton Manor - Staffs Uni

Peregrine, 2x Goosander, Grey Wagtail, (DCo)

                                                       By Dominic Collins

Westport Lake

17x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Common Gull, (SGi)

Wombourne

Goosander on the canal by Bratch, (DJo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, (RBe)

                                                        Great Egret by Rob Bendelow

Chasewater

2x Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull in the roost

Branston GPs

3x Golden Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, Ruff, 2x Redshank, 20x Curlew, 30x Snipe, 158x Lapwing, 3x Water Rail, Pintail, 7x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 200x Teal, 11x Shelduck, 31x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 14x Common Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 4x Tawny Owl, (JWo)

                                         A snowbound Small Meadows Pit by Jon Woodcock

Biddulph Moor

Brambling, (SSe)

Coven Heath

Barn Owl, JDu)

Sunday 24th January 2021

Pool Hall Trescott

Corn Bunting, 10x Goosander, (GCl)

Radford Meadows

10x White-fronted Geese still, Pink-footed Goose, 12x Pintail, 42x Shoveler, Gadwall, 3x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 4x Snipe, 400x Lapwing, (RSw)

Endon STW

Chiffchaff, 83x Meadow Pipit, (GBr)

Barton under Needwood

2x Blackcap, 3x Reed Bunting, 16x Skylark over, (JWo)

Basford

Blackcap, (PCa)

Chasewater

2x YL Gull, Goldeneye, Goosander, 

Little Aston STW

3x Grey Partridge, Water Rail, Yellowhammer, (KWh)

Woodhouses to Wychnor

40x Chaffinch in stubble also numerous Fieldfare and Redwing, (JWo)

Saturday 23rd January 2021

Knypersley

4x Redpoll at Lodge Barn, (ALo)

Highgate - Swindon

400x Fieldfare, Yellowhammers at junction of Chasepool Road and Whitehouse Lane, (WN)

Gailey Resv

4x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 26x Golden Plover, 40x Skylark, 5x Yellowhammer, several Greenfinch, (SRi)

Trescott area (Staffs Way)

2x Corn Bunting, 30x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, 3x Goosander, (IMo)

Little Aston STW

10x Gadwall, 30x Teal, Snipe, (PAn)

Radford Meadows

10x White-fronted Geese still also Pink-footed Geese, Goosander, (GHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Green Sandpiper, (RBe)

                                                                By Rob Bendelow

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

White-fronted Goose with the Greylag flock, 

Berryhill

2x Stonechat, (DBu)

Friday 22nd January 2021

Westport Lake

3x Goosander, 12x Pochard, 6x Siskin, 

Whitemoor Haye

Grey Partridge, 15x Snipe, Peregrine, 2x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, (AlanP)  -  also Corn Bunting, Tree Sparrow, (CMa, RFe)

                                                          Grey Partridge by AlanP

Highgate Common

8x Redpoll early am, (WN)

Branston GPs

17x Curlew, Ruff, 2x Oystercatcher, (CMa, RFe)  -  also Great Egret, 13x Little Egret, 20x Curlew, 200x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, (JWo, CEc)

Radford Meadows

4x Pintail, 3x Snipe, 2x Goosander, many Wigeon, Shoveler, 2x Greenfinch, (ABe)

Keele

Little Owl, 

Rocester

Goosander on the Churnet, (JDr)

Thursday 21st January 2021

Forsbrook - Draycott in the Moors

Merlin again thru this am, (AR)

i54

Peregrine, 2x Goosander over, 32x Greenfinch roosted, (Foz)

Tean -  Totmonslow

25x Siskin, (RPo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Adult Kittiwake 12:23 - 13:14 before flying off NW

Chasewater

17x Goldeneye, 17x Goosander, Caspian Gull, GBB Gull, 

Alvecote

Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, Pochard, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, 21x Curlew, Ruff, 2x Redshank, 6x Snipe, 303x Lapwing, 10x Little Egret, Water Rail, 9x Goldeneye, 16x Pochard, 32x Shoveler, 6x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 300x Teal, 17x Shelduck, 44x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 12x Common Gull, Barn Owl, Peregrine, Stonechat, (JWo)

Great Haywood

Blackcap, (RSu)

Wednesday 20th January 2021

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2w Caspian Gull, Little Stint and Common Sandpiper still

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap still, (JWo)

Keele

Woodcock near the old sewage works, 

Tuesday 19th January 2021

Whitfield Valley

Little Egret, 2x Redpoll, (JJo)

Botteslow Flash

YL Gull, 2x Gadwall, (RTo)  -  nearby on the Causley brook the Little Egret still, (DBu)

Blythe Bridge-Caverswall

Merlin thru this afternoon,  (AR)

Branston GPs

Ruff, 19x Curlew, 302x Lapwing, 15x Snipe, 21x Little Egret, 15x Shelduck, 8x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 32x Shoveler, 17x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 266x Teal, 31x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 9x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, American Mink, (JWo)

Monday 18th January 2021

Ford Green - Holden Lane

Goldeneye, Goosander, 5x Redpoll, Grey Wagtail, (JJo)

Knypersley Resv

Little Egret, 2x Goosander, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Satnall Hills

Small flock of Crossbills in the pines by the reservoir, (RWo)

Barton under Needwood

2x Blackcap, (JWo)

Highgate Common

27x Raven flew over NE at dawn, (WN)

Sunday 17th January 2021

Radford Meadows

368x Wigeon, 152x Teal, 2x Goosander, 46x Shoveler,  419x Lapwing, 19x Golden Plover,  Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, Little Grebe, (CDa)

Hopton

3x Lesser Redpoll, (ABr)

                                                               By Andy Britton

Cuckoo Bank

2x Goosander, 34x Wigeon, Water Rail, Chiffchaff, 

Whiston

28x Pink-footed Geese over at 13:15 from Oakamoor area heading NE, (GSt)

Saturday 16th January 2021

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, 2x Grey Partridge, 20x Tree Sparrow, 20x Snipe, Golden Plover, over, Chiffchaff, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

4x Gadwall, 3x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, Common Gull, (SRi)

Radford Meadows

2x White-fronted Geese, 2x Pink-footed Geese, 2x Little Egret, 12x Goosander, numerous Wigeon, (GHa)

Kings Bromley

2x Little Grebe on river by first layby, (AM)

Ingestre

24x Snipe, 159x Lapwing, 40x Teal, 17x Wigeon, Goosander, 2x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 3x Red-legged Partridge, Stonechat, (RCB)

Tittesworth Water

Common Gull, 6x Pochard, 2x Willow Tit, (IB)

Forsbrook-Dilhorne

Yellowhammer, 2x Tawny Owl, (AR)

Catholme (from the footpath)

Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, numerous Wigeon and Teal, 700x Starling thru north, (JWo)

Friday 15th January 2021

Alvecote

2x Stonechat, 5x Goosander, 20x Wigeon, 100x Fieldfare, (MSc)

Wombourne

Goosander on the canal by the Bratch, (DJo)

Chasewater

6x Goosander, Shoveler, 2x Willow Tit, (CMa)  -  Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull in the roost

Branston GPs

Ruff, Redshank, 253x Lapwing, 8x Goldeneye, 10x Shelduck, 19x Pochard, 22x Gadwall, 316x Teal, 18x Shoveler, 6x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 31x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 14x Common Gull, 2x Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Stonechat, 2x Lesser Redpoll, 2000x Starling, (JWo)

Stoke (Staffs University)

2x Goosander on the River Trent Sunrise conservation area, (DCo)

Kings Bromley

Goosander on River Trent near layby, (AM)

Branston WP

3x Goosander, (S)

Thursday 14th January 2021

Rocester

6x Siskin, (JDr)

Barton Marina

'Continental' Cormorant' (AP)

Staffs

Wednesday 13th January 2021

i54

Great Egret flew east at 12:20

Baswich

Blackcap this morning, (GHa)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap still, (JWo)

Alvecote

5x Goosander, 10x Wigeon, 2x Little Grebe, (MSc)

Tuesday 12th January 2021

Tean 

Dipper on River Tean at Riverside Road, (RPo)

Bushton (near Tutbury)

50x Skylark off Bushton Lane,

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap still, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, several Tree Sparrows, (RBe)

Doxey Marsh

21x Golden Plover, Little Egret, Stonechat, Chiffchaff,  (DB)  -  Great Egret, Little Egret, (AR)

Monday 11th January 2021

Stretton

Red Kite this morning, (AMS)

Alrewas NMA

3x Goosander, Little Egret, (RBe)

Branston GPs

2x Ruff, Redshank, 21x Curlew, 183x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 10x Shelduck, 9x Goldeneye, 54x Wigeon, 8x Gadwall, 315x Teal, 28x Pochard, 42x Shoveler, 5x Little Egret, Water Rail, 38x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 14x GBB Gull, 3x Stonechat, 6x Lesser Redpoll, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, (JWo)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap. 2x Lesser Redpoll, (JWo)

Westport Lake

10x Pochard, Common Gull, 2x Little Grebe, (SGi)

Abbots Bromley

Red Kite at 11:00, (PBe)

Sunday 10th January 2021

Knypersley Resv

Woodcock at back of old hatchery, 2x Dipper, 2x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 2x Willow Tit, (GBr)

Little Aston STW

Jack Snipe, Snipe, 20x Yellowhammer, 75x Linnet, (PAn)

Keele

3x GB Gull, 2x Common Gull, (MSu)

Alrewas

Great Egret on the Trent just below the weir, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

3w Caspian Gull, 2x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 3x Gadwall, (SRi)

Dimmingsdale - Trescott Ford

Corn Bunting, 14x Yellowhammer, 3x Goosander, Stonechat, (IMo)

Wombourne

Little Egret on Wombrook, (DJo)

Oakamoor

Dipper , Willow Tit, (TEy)

                                                           Willow Tit by Terry Eyre

Alvecote

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 9x Goosander, 28x Lapwing, 14x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, (MSc)

Barton under Needwood

Greenfinch, Redpoll, (CBe)

                                                              By Christine Bean

Staffs

Saturday 9th January 2021

Gailey Resv

2x ad YL Gull, 2x Goldeneye, Pochard, 10x Little Grebe, 4x Gadwall, (SRi)

Dimmingsdale

2x Willow Tit, Greenfinch, (TEy)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, 5x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 2x Shoveler, (MSc)

Westport Lake

2x Goosander, 3x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, (SGi)

Radford Meadows

20x White-fronted Geese, 2x Pink-footed Geese, 5x Pintail, 3x Shelduck, 25x Shoveler, 9x Gadwall, Little Egret, Little Owl, 2x Stonechat, c500x Wigeon/Teal, (RSw)

Tittesworth Water

3x Pochard, Little Egret, 4x Willow Tit, Brambling, Linnet, (IB)

Whitemoor Haye

6x Great Egret, 23x Snipe, 52x Wigeon, Stonechat, (SCo)

Wombourne

2x Goosander by the canal near the Bratch, (DJo)

Alrewas NMA

Merlin thru at dusk, Redshank, 6x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 23x Teal, 3x Little Egret, (JWo)

Little Aston - Shenstone

150x Greenfinch, 2x Grey Partridge, 25x Lapwing, (KHh)

Friday 8th January 2021

Tean

3x Red-legged Partridge in stubble at Breach Lane, (RPo)

i54

Goldeneye, (JDu)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, Little Grebe,  (RBe)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x Goosander, Shelduck, (MSc)

Dimmingsdale

3x Woodcock over at dusk, (TEy)

Stretton

Blackcap, (AMS, ELS)

Branston GPs

4x Curlew, Redshank, 8x Lapwing, 5x Goldeneye, 14x Shelduck, 92x Wigeon, 16x Shoveler, 24x Pochard, 16x Gadwall, 404x Teal, 43x Little Grebe, Water Rail, 2x Little Egret, ad Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 12x Common Gull, 15x GBB Gull, 2x Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

Thursday 7th January 2021

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Water Pipit, Stonechat, (DB)

Trentham Gardens

2x Dipper on the Trent, (ESm), - Brambling on the feeders, (RTo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

1w Caspian Gull, 2w YL Gull, 

Wednesday 6th January 2021

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Tundra Bean Geese on north shore late afternnoon before flying off north

Radford Meadows

11x White-fronted Geese still also 2x Pink-footed Geese, (NGr)

Hanchurch Woods

15x Brambling from top car park, one by feeding station and 14 behind water tower, SE, HF)

                                                                By Steve Edwards

Trentham

Dipper on the Trent, (SE, HF)

Whitfield Valley

Barn Owl at 16:30, (JJo)

Branston GPs

4x Redshank, Ruff, 21x Curlew, 96x Lapwing, 10x Goldeneye, 96x Wigeon, 31x Wigeon, 11x Gadwall, 336x Teal, 36x Pochard, 8x Shelduck, 41x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 7x Common Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Barn Owl, 2x Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 1000x Starling, 3x Redpoll, (JWo)

Tamworth (Lichfield Road)

3x Little Egret, 3x Goosander on River Tame, 20x Linnet, (MSc)

Tuesday 5th January 2021

Uttoxeter Quarry

12x Whooper Swan, 4x Pintail, Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, Green Sandpiper, 130x Golden Plover, c1200x Lapwing, (NDP) - 23x Whooper Swan later

                                                             By Nick Pomiankowski

Alrewas NMA

Glossy Ibis still on flood by Junction pit, Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, Green Woodpecker,  (JWo)  

                                                              By Rob Bendelow

 

                                                               By Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

Little Egret, 5x Pochard, 2x Willow Tit, Oystercatcher, (SGi)

Chatterley Whitfield

Barn Owl this afternoon, (PMo)

Monday 4th January 2021

Whitemoor Haye

Whooper Swan with Mutes on distant pools as viewed from Sittles farm bend, (SCo)

Blithfield Resv

12x White-fronted Geese, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 25x Goldeneye, 20x Goosander, 4x Pochard, 7x Stonechat, Little Egret, (HF, SE)

                                                               By Steve Edwards

Middleton Lakes

Great Egret, Pintail, 4x Goldeneye, 50x Golden Plover, (PAn)  -  also Marsh Harrier, Stonechat, (RBe)  -  3x Little Egret, (MSc)

Alrewas

Glossy Ibis last seen flying from floodwater at the back of Junction pit at 16:00 towards the STW over the railway line

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 50x Golden Plover over, (RRa)

Radford Meadows

10x White-fronted Geese, Pink-footed Goose, (JJH.SJH)

Forsbrook

6x Redpoll above Cash Heath level crossing, (AR)  -  Chiffchaff, (JJH, SJH)

Branston GPs

2x Woodcock, 5x Snipe, 3x Green Woodpecker, 2x Redshank, Ruff, 21x Curlew, 134x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 42x Little Grebe, 9x Goldeneye, 42x Pochard, 112x Wigeon, 46x Shoveler, 377x Teal, 18x Gadwall, 9x Shelduck, 4x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 12x Common Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 2000x Starling, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Sunday 3rd January 2021

Swallow Moss

100x Pinkfoots over SW, (DGH)

Milwich

300x Pinkfoots SW over Morrilow Heath, (CDa)

Chasewater

90x Pinkfoots over NW at 10:00, (RSo)

Silverdale CP

220x Pinkfoots west at 10:25, (NDP)

Uttoxeter Quarry

150x Pinkfoots west at 11:17, Great Egret, Curlew, Peregrine, 8x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 5x Shelduck, Ruddy Shelduck, (RPo)

Berryhill

c300x Pinkfoots west at 11:25, (CSi)

Newcastle

c300 Pinkfoots NW over Basford at 11:34, (SJT)

Radford Meadows

8x White-fronted Geese still, Pink-footed Goose, 2x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, (DEv)  -  also Great Egret, 2x Pink-footed Geese, 4x Pintail, 3x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 17x Snipe, 60x Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Great Egret, (TPe)

Croxall

Great Egret, (TPe)

Whittington 

Great Egret, (TPe)

Little Aston STW

125x Skylark, 100x Linnet, 60x Yellowhammer in stubble east of Back Lane, 2x Jack Snipe, 8x Snipe, (PAn)

i54

Ring-necked Parakeet, 2x Stonechat, 150x Pied Wagtail, 7x Greenfinch, 100x Meadow Pipit, (Foz)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 10x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, (MSc)

Ipstones

Peregrine, 2x Redpoll, (SCh)

Mill End (near Audley

Great Egret still, Little Egret, Snipe, 18x Lapwing, (SJT)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Little Stint still, 

Deep Hayes CP

Fem Scaup still, 5x Goosander, Gadwall, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Drayton Bassett

200x Golden Plover, Jack Snipe, Peregrine along Drayton Lane, (MSm)

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Chiffchaff, (JJH, SJH)  -  2x GBB Gull, 10x Common Gull, YL Gull, in the roost, (MercianBirding)

Doxey Marsh

 Water Pipit, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Cetti's Warbler, c120x in flight flock of Snipe, c150x Golden Plover, c250x Lapwing, 117x Pinkfoots west at 11:00, Common Gull, 4x Stonechat, 2x Goosander, Grey Wagtail, (RSw)

Hanchurch Woods

6x Crossbill from bottom car park, (SE, HF)

                                                                By Steve Edwards

Rocester

6x Goosander, (TEy)

Branston GPs

18x Curlew, 2x Redshank, Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, 4x GBB Gull, 16x Little Grebe, 8x Shelduck, 26x Shoveler, 75x Wigeon, 300x Teal, 20x Pochard, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Pendeford Mill

c1000x Starling murmuration this evening, (JDu)

Saturday 2nd January 2021

Elford North pit

Great Egret as viewed from Whitemoor Haye, (SCo)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, 8x Shelduck, 2x Pintail, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, 4x Goosander, 5x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, Common Gull, 3x Stonechat, (MSm)

Silverdale Walleys landfill

2cy Caspian Gull, 2cy YL Gull, (NDP),  -  also Ad Caspian Gull, (PJ)

Deep Hayes CP

The Scaup back also 9x Goosander, 19x Wigeon, (RPo)

Knypersley Resv

Ring-necked Parakeet still in the Arboretum, 2x Water Rail, 20x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, (GBr)

Radford Meadows

15x Russian White-fronted Geese still, Pink-footed Geese, 2x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 3x Shelduck, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Stoke on Trent

c300x Pinkfoots NW over High Lane at 13:42, (SGi)

Dimmingsdale

570x Pinkfoots over west, (TEy)

Hanchurch Woods

Brambling at the feeding station, (PJ)

                                                                  By Phil Jones

Doxey Marsh

Water Pipit, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Stonechat, Great Egret, Golden Plovers, (AM)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Barton under Needwood

4x Goosander over, Blackcap, (JWo)

Branston GPs

13x Curlew, Redshank, Woodcock, 5x GBB Gull, 8x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, (DSc)  -  44x Pinkfoots over west, ad YL Gull, (NS per DSc)

Friday 1st January 2021

Tittesworth Water

18x Whooper Swan at 07:45, 7x Pochard, 27x Snipe, Oystercatcher, 477x Pinkfoots over at 13:43, Willow Tit, 6x Common Gull, GBB Gull,  (SGi, IB)

                                                      Whooper Swans by Steve Gibson

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Little Stint still, Common Sandpiper, 3w YL Gull, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Water Pipit, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x Chiffchaff, Pintail,2x Stonechat, ( GCl)  -  6x Water Pipit, 300x Golden Plover, (DB)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret on pit adjacent to A513, (SCo)

Newcastle

2x probable Whooper Swan flew low NE over Basford at 09:30, (SJT)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Whooper Swan, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 3x Golden Plover, Curlew, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Green Woodpecker, (RPo)

Radford Meadows

15x White-fronted Geese, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)  -  also Pink-footed Goose, Peregrine, Shelduck, (GCl)  -  afternoon update - 86x Pinkfoots 0ver north, 5x Pintail, 58x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 4x Little Egret, 7x Snipe, Stonechat, 2x Siskin, (RSw)  - 40x Pinkfoots flew in at 14:30, (SE,HF)

                                                          Pintail by Steve Edwards

Botteslow Flash

Common Gull, briefly, Little Egret, (IBu)

Gailey Resv

3x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 3x Wigeon, 9x Little Grebe, 100x Golden Plover, 2w YL Gull, 90x Skylark, 2x Redpoll, (SRi)

Berryhill

Jack Snipe, 6x Common Snipe, 5x Stonechat, Little Egret, (IBu, RGi)  -  24x Pink-foots over NW also Woodcock, (IBu)

Middleton Lakes

Pintail on JW, Great Egret,  (SBe)  -  Drayton Bassett, Brambling, (MSm) - 3x Great Egret, 2x Pochard, 

Wombourne

Great Egret over Langley Road, (CVa)

Alrewas GPs

135x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 46x Teal, 3x Chiffchaff, - along the Canal towards Wychnor  - Cetti's Warbler, Woodcock, Great Egret, Little Egret, (SCo)

Whitemoor Haye

700x Lapwing, 30x Snipe, 4x Golden Plover,  Great Egret, 5x Goldeneye, 146x Wigeon, 46x Shoveler, 44x Teal, 11x Gadwall, 20x Tree Sparrow, 2x Redpoll, (SCo)

Wetley Moor

75x Reed Bunting, 2x Willow Tit, also Blackcap nearby (RBe)

Branston GPs

24x Lapwing, 8x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, Barnacle Goose, 11x Shelduck, 92x Wigeon, 22x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Peregrine, ad YL Gull, 9x Common Gull, 5x GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, 4x Redpoll, 2x Green Woodpecker, (DSc)

Whittington farm

97x Pinkfoots west in two skeins at 12:30, 500x Chaffinch, 40x Stock Dove, 22x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat. Little Owl, (JLi)

Alrewas NMA

2x Goosander, Little Egret, (JWo)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap, (JWo)