Saturday 30th April 2022

Middleton Lakes

Whimbrel near the benches at 06:15, (MSm)  -  2x Swift, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Avocet, LRPs, Pink-footed Goose, 3x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, 3x Common Tern, (SPA, MSm)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Imm Marsh Harrier, Hobby thru, Garganey, 2x Scaup, 2x Greenshank, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Whinchat, 3x Wheatear, Red Kite thru, 2x Swift, Yellow Wagtail, Garden Warbler, 2x Common Tern, 

Blithfield Resv

Whimbrel briefly Tad Bay, (GJM)  -  Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, (JPe)

Gailey - Otherton

2x Swift, 5x Yellow Wagtail, 8x Reed Warbler, 4x Gadwall, Pochard, 2x Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Berryhill

Reed Warbler, 5x Lesser Whitethroat, 10x Swallow, (RGi)  -  Wheatear, 

Drayton Bassett

Hobby over east at 13:40, (MSm)

Bateswood

6x Garden Warbler, (DCo)

Churnet Valley

Pied Flycatcher, 2x Garden Warbler, Green Woodpecker,  (TEy)

Tittesworth Water

Cuckoo, Pied Flycatcher, 2x Redstart, 12x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 2x Willow Tit, 3x Mandarin, (SGi, IB)

Radford Meadows

2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, White Wagtail, 2x Shelduck, (GHa)

Catholme

Cuckoo, Wheatear, 8x Shelduck, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Silverdale CP

LRP on the void this afternoon, (BCa)

North Staffs Moors

Cuckoo, 5x Redstart, 4x Curlew, (DGH)

Alrewas NMA

Cuckoo (junction pit), LRP, Goosander, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)  Barton 2x Yellowhammer Green Lane, (JWo)

Alrewas Canal

3x Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Branston GPs

Greenshank, 2x Ringed Plover, Ruff, Snipe, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Garden Warbler, 5x Mandarin, 11x Pochard, (DSc)  -  Hobby, (NJS)

Highgate Common

Cuckoo, 2x Tree Pipit, 5x Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, (IMo)

Friday 29th April 2022

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Scaup, 2x Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 4x LRP, Common Tern, Mandarin, 7x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Whinchat, 

Middleton Lakes

17x Avocet, 5x LRP, 5x Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 

Berryhill

Short-eared Owl over west at 10:00, (ALa)  -  Whinchat in bush down from the viewpoint towards Tiddlers pool at 10:53, LRP at Botteslow Flash this pm, (RTo)  -  Whinchat still at 17:35 also fem Redstart, House Martin, (IBu)

                                             Distant shot of the Whinchat by Russell Toon

                                                                  LRP by Russell Toon

South Hanford farm - Sideway

Redstart, Garden Warbler, Gropper, (RGi)

Whitmore Bent Lane

Whinchat along fence line from double metal gates also 2x Yellow Wagtail, (NDP)  -  also Wheatear, 5x Yellow Wagtail, Red Kite showing continuously over freshly manured field, (BCa)

                                                         Whinchat by Nick Pomiankowski

                                                        Yellow Wagtail by Phil Jones

Whitemoor Haye

5x Wheatear, 5x LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Common Tern, 3x Yellow Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, Mandarin, Goldeneye, Garden Warbler, (SCo)

Biddulph

18x Swift and 4x House Martin over, (PMo)

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo, Redstart, Garden Warbler, (DBa)

Blithfield Resv

Whinchat, Wheatear, 20x Common Tern, 60x Swallow, Lesser Whitethroat, (RCB)

Chasewater

3x Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, 2x Swift, 

Hanchurch

2x Tree Pipit, (BCa)

Drayton Bassett

Fem Ring Ouzel briefly, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (MSm)

Otherton

Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail and 9x House Martin over Huntington, (SRi)

Tucklesholme

2x Common Tern, (JTu)

Sandon - Burston pool

Male Whinchat, Stonechat, 4x Swallow, (RSw)

Branston GPs

2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, Ruff, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 12x Pochard, 48x Shelduck, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Garden Warbler, 3x Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 5x Lesser Whitethroat, 20x Swallow, (JWo, CEc, Dean, JAl, DSc)

Doxey Marsh

Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, (DB)

Thursday 28th April 2022

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

3x Swift (first Staffs 2022 record), Greenshank, Whinchat, 

Middleton Lakes

19x Avocet, 6x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, Common Tern, 6x Swift, 

Berryhill

3x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail over, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, Swallow, (RGi)  -  8x Swallow this pm, (IBu)

Westport Lake

Swift, (NJS)

Hanchurch

2x Crossbill over, Tree Pipit, Garden Warbler, Siskins, (BCa, LCa)

Gratwich

Ring Ouzel this am, (AGo)

                                                               By Alistair Gorton

Tittesworth Water

Pied Flycatcher, 2x Redstart, 2x House Martin, 14x Swallow, Common Tern, 8x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Mandarin, Willow Tit, (LH, JOa)

Chasewater

Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cuckoo, 3x Swift, c60x Swallow, House Martin, Pochard, (CMa, RFe)

Cannock Chase

Yellow Wagtail, Redstart, (CWe, GWe)

Silverdale CP

Cuckoo, LRP, Gropper, (PCa)

Wednesday 27th April 2022

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Greenshank, 2x Ruff, Dunlin, 4x Common Sandpiper, 3x Yellow Wagtail, Channel Wagtail, Scaup, 2x Common Tern, 

                                                        Greenshank by Steve Edwards

                                                              Ruff by Steve Edwards

Berryhill

The Ring Ouzel still, Tawny Owl, (AFi)  -  Yellow Wagtail, 3x Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroats, (RTo, NDP), -  female Ring Ouzel still this evening, (IBu)  -  2x LRP Botteslow flash, (RTo)

                                                       Tawny Owl by Andrew Finch

Endon - Denford

Garden Warbler, Gropper, Green Woodpecker, (DCo)

Hixon Airfield

3x Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, LRP, (RCB)

Tittesworth Water

Pied Flycatcher, 3x Redstart, 2x Garden Warbler, Common Tern, 11x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Mandarin, Goosander, (SGi)

                                                              LRP by Steve Gibson

Trent Washlands

Cetti's Warbler, 2x Reed Warbler, 4x Swallow, 2x Little Egret, (SJT)

Tucklesholme

Whimbrel asleep on the spit, 2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher,  2x Common Tern, Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, Goosander, Mandarin, 2x Gadwall, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Reed Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Swallow, 20x Sand Martin, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

15x Avocet, 5x LRP, Goosander, Pink-footed Goose, Barnacle Goose, 2x Yellow Wagtail, Garden Warbler, (PAn)

Cannock Chase

3x Cuckoo, Redstarts, 7x Stonechat, 5x Tree Pipit, 3x Mandarin, (DBa)

Blithfield Resv

22x Arctic Tern this evening, (GJM)

Aqualate

4x Hobby, Osprey, Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, 2x Mandarin, (PJor)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 4x Swallow, House Martin, (MSc)

Alton

Cuckoo, 2x Swallow, (TEy)

Staffs location

2x Pied Flycatcher, 2x Redstart, Garden Warbler, (ISS)

                                                  Pied Flycatcher by Ian Stewart Smith

Blythe Bridge

Drake Mandarin at the Millpond, (AR)

Tuesday 26th April 2022

Blithfield Resv

Whinchat Admaston Reach, 12x Arctic Tern, (GJM),

                                                          Whinchat BY GJ Mant

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Little Gull, Ruff, 2x Scaup still, 

Middleton Lakes

20x Avocet, 5x LRP, 5x Redshank, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, Pink-footed Goose, Common Tern, (DCo, PAn)  -  Yellow Wagtail, 3x Oystercatcher, (MSc)

Berryhill

Female Ring Ouzel still at top end of the palletstacks near the small pool, 5 - 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Wheatear, Oystercatcher, 13x Fieldfare NE,  (RTo, NDP)

Fenton

Red Kite over Heron Cross/Smithpool going east at 09:05, (RGi)

Kerry Hill

2x Wheatear (Greenland types) in horse paddocks off Jack Hayes Lane, (SJT)

Enville

Cuckoo, several Redstart, Tree Pipit, 3x GBB Gull over north, Goosander, Red Kite over the Million, (IWh)

Hanchurch

Cuckoo, (GSa)

Otherton

Wheatear, 2x Oystercatcher, Green Woodpecker and at Gailey 3x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Reed Warbler, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Ruff, 4x Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 38x Shelduck, 26x Gadwall, Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, Green Woodpecker, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Reed Warbler, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 20x Swallow, 100x Sand Martin, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, JAl, MCa)  -  additional 2x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 39x Gadwall, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Garden Warbler, Yellowhammer, (DSc)

Monday 25th April 2022

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

7x Little Gull, 2x Scaup, Ruff, 

Berryhill

Fem Ring Ouzel still, 2x Wheatear, (NDP)  -  3x Wheatear 16:30, (SE,HF)

                                                      Ring Ouzel by Steve Edwards

Doxey Marsh

4x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Little Egret, (DB)

Branston GPs

Drake Garganey and Bar-tailed Godwit on BM pit, Whimbrel (heard), 4x Ruff, 2x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ringed Plover, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Barnacle Geese, 34x Shelduck, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Reed Warbler, 6x Mandarin, Green Woodpecker, Gropper, (CEc, JWo, Dean, JAl, GMa, SCo, Bob), 

                                                        Garganey by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

Pied Flycatcher, 2x Redstart, 8x Common Sandpiper, 8x LRP, 6x Oystercatcher, Common Tern, White Wagtail, 2x Mandarin, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi)

Downs Bank

Garden Warbler, Yellowhammer this am, (ISS, AFi)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Grey Partridge, Yellowhammers, (RBe)

                                                      Grey Partridge by Rob Bendelow

Alrewas NMA

2x Common Tern, 4x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, Oystercatcher, (RBe)

Burston Pool

Redshank on the pool at 17:30, (ISS)

Fenton

4cy/3w Caspian Gull at the marl tip, (SJT)

Biddulph

                                                            Skylark by Sylvia Hall

Trentham Gardens

Common Sandpiper on the River Trent, (NMK)

Cheddleton

Red Kite over the old hospital at 18:10, (DBr)

Sunday 24th April 2022

Blithfield Resv

2x Arctic Tern north, (GJM)

Berryhill

Cuckoo calling  Lawn farm at 08:50, (PWi), -  fem Ring Ouzel top end of palletstacks by pool, (NDP)  - 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Wheatear, (RTo, IBu)

                                                       Ring Ouzel by Russell Toon

Alrewas

Gropper near River Trent, (SCo)

Middleton Lakes

Bar-tailed Godwit still, 

Aqualate

2x Little Gull, (IGr)

Tuckleshome

5x Little Gull on the spit also 2x Common Tern, (GLy)  -  also Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)  -  also Dunlin, (JAl)

                                                        Little Gulls by Jon Woodcock

Endon STW

Lesser Whitethroat and a Roe Deer, (GBr)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

12x Little Gull at 13:00, Ruff, 

Rudyard Lake

Common Sandpiper, Redstart, White Wagtail, 2x Oystercatcher, (SSe)

                                                            Redstart by Steve Seal

Tittesworth Water

Common Tern, 4x Common Sandpiper, 8x LRP, Redstart, Willow Tit, Mandarin, Goosander, (WLH, JOa)

Littletons-Shoal Hill

Cuckoo, 2x Reed Warbler, 2x Garden Warbler, (SRi)

Cuckoo Bank

Whimbrel north at 16:50, 3x Wheatear, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 

Westport Lake

A late Brambling mid morning, (PWa)

Branston GPs

1s Little Gull briefly at 16:00, Bar-tailed Godwit still, 4x Ruff, 2x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, Little Egret, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 32x Shelduck,  (DSc)

                                                    Bar-tailed Godwit by Dave Scattergood

Gailey Resv

Common Sandpiper, 3x House Martin, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Reed Warbler, (SRi)

Saturday 23rd April 2022

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

31x Little Gull by 15:30, 2x Sanderling, 2x Whimbrel, 2x Dunlin, Arctic Tern, Osprey over at 13:25, 

Middleton Lakes

Bar-tailed Godwit, 14x Avocet, 6x Redshank, 3x LRP, 

Branston GPs

1w Little Gull still, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 3x Redshank, 3x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 38x Shelduck, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, 50x Swallow, 10x House Martin, 200x Sand Martin, 2x Little Egret, (JWo)  -  additional 2x Sanderling, 2x Ruff, 2x Oystercatcher, Dunlin, 6x Mandarin, 7x Pochard, (DSc)

                                                         Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater

6x Little Gull still 

Berryhill

Ring Ouzel at top end of the palletstacks by the pool, Redstart, (RGi)  -  3x Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear, Willow Tit,  -  Botteslow Flash Green Sandpiper flew along Causley brook also Shoveler, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

4x Sanderling, 2x C, (GBr)urlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, Reed Warbler, 4x House Martin, 4x Goosander, (RPo)

Ford Green NR

Cetti's War, (GBr)

Endon - Denford

2x Gropper, Willow Tit, 3x Green Woodpecker, Mandarin, (DCo)

Tittesworth Water

9x Little Gull, Pied Flycatcher, Redstart, 2x Red Kite, 2x Common Sandpiper, LRP, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Mandarin, (SGi, IB)

   

                                                   Pied Flycatcher by Steve Gibson

Aqualate

Pied Flycatcher  in the bluebell wood just before the turn to the hide, (RPo)  -  2x Black-necked Grebe at the far end, 5x Little Gull, 3x Arctic Tern (IGr)

Halfpenny Green

Whinchat at the airport, Red Kite over, (MMo)

Bhylls Pool

2x Dunlin, Wheatear, (GCl)

Seisdon Quarry

Red-crested Pochard, LRP, 2x Little Egret, (GCl)

Doxey Marsh

Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, LRP, (RRa)

Silverdale CP

Gropper, Snipe, (PCa)

Cuckoo Bank

Wheatear, 15x Swallow, Lesser Whitethroat,

Friday 22nd April 2022

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Black-necked Grebe, 2x Scaup, Whimbrel briefly, Black-tailed Godwit, Osprey thru at 09:55, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier thru east at 16:15,

Branston GPs

Winter plumage Bar-Tailed Godwit on Ashy pit, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, Lesser Whitethroat, 4x House Martin, 10x Swallow, 2x Yellow Wagtail, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean),  -  1w Little Gull on Ashy pit, Yellow Wagtail, (DOu, LOu)

                                                    Bar-tailed Godwit, by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

7x Arctic Tern, White Wagtail, (GJM)  -  3x Whimbrel flew north over the causeway at 15:30, (PFo)

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2x Wheatear, 2x LRP, (JDu)

Chasewater

6x Little Gull, (PBo)  -  Arctic Tern flew out NNE at 11:15, 3cy YL Gull, 

Cannock Chase

2x Cuckoo, 3x Redstart, 5x Tree Pipit, 3x Stonechat, (IGr)

Burston pool

2x LRP, 2x Swallow, (ISS)

Rudyard Lake

Redstart, White Wagtail, (SSe)

Thursday 21st April 2022

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Scaup still, 2x Black-necked Grebe still, 4x Arctic Tern, 

Tucklesholme / Branston Leas

2x Lesser Scaup still, LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Swallow, 2x Green Woodpecker, (JWo)  -  also Little Gull still, (JAl)

                                                        Lesser Scaup by Jon Woodcock

Berryhill

Whimbrel low thru the top Viewpoint paddock and calling at 07:44, (RTo)

Blithfield Resv

4x Arctic Tern, (GJM)

Tittesworth Water

4x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, Dipper, Garden Warbler, Willow Tit, 4x Swallow, Goosander, WLH, JOa)

Doxey Marsh

2x House Martin, 3x Swallow, 2x LRP, 3x Reed Warbler, 9x Cetti's Warbler, (GPr)

Rudyard Lake

Redstart, Swallow, (TWo)

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo, Redstart, Tree Pipit, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, (CWe, GWe)

Endon - Denford

Redstart, Curlew, Lesser Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker, House Martin, Swallow, (DCo)

Penkridge STW

12x Yellow Wagtail,#

The Roaches

Cuckoo at 18:20, (Laxmi)

Coombes Valley RSPB

Pied Flycatcher, Red Kite over at 18:00, (SCh)

Burston pool

2x LRP, (RRa)

Keele

Brambling, (CBa)

Wednesday 20th April 2022

Middleton Lakes

16x Avocet, Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 4x Redshank, 2x Med Gull, Common Tern, (MSm)

                                                               Avocet by Rob Bendelow

Tucklesholme

The pair of Lesser Scaup still, Little Gull still, (JWo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Fem Red breasted Merganser, 2x fem Scaup still, 2x Black-necked Grebe still, 

Branston GPs

Pink footed Goose on Ashy pit, (SBI, JWo)

                                                  Pink -footed Goose by Jon Woodcock

Knypersley Resv

Redstart, Water Rail, 2x Willow Tit, 5x Tawny Owl, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP,  2x Shelduck, 2x Gropper, (NGr)  -  4x Oystercatcher, (DB)

Coombes Valley

Pied Flycatchers, Redstart, (RSPB)

Cuckoo Bank

Cuckoo, (GHa)

Cannock Chase

2x Cuckoo, 2x Redstart, 5x Tree Pipit, 4x Stonechat, (DBa)

Blithfield Resv

Redstart, Tree Pipit, (GJM)

North Staffs Moors

11x Wheatear, (TEy)

Berryhill

3x Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, Tree Pipit, Green Woodpecker, 2x LRP, 

Tuesday 19th April 2022

Middleton Lakes

Drake Garganey on JW north, 14x Avocet, Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 3x Med Gull, Common Tern, Pink-footed Goose still, (MSm)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x imm/fem Scaup still, 2x Arctic Tern off the dam, 

Berryhill

Wryneck seen yesterday, 

                                                           Record  shot of the Wryneck

Tucklesholme

Pair of Lesser Scaup still, Common Tern, 2x Little Egret, LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (JWo)

                                                          Lesser Scaup by Jon Woodcock                  

                                            

Silverdale CP

Wheatear, Gropper, 2x Swallow, (PCa)

Churnet Valley

2x Pied Flycatcher, (BBo)

North Staffs Moors

26x Wheatear, (NDP)

Doxey Marsh

12x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Sedge Warbler, 2x Gropper, 2x Reed Warbler, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, (DEm)

Tittesworth Water

Cuckoo, Redstart, Garden Warbler, 2x Whitethroat, 3x Willow Tit, 7x LRP, 4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Barnacle Geese, (SGi), 

                                                            Redstart by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

2x Whimbrel on north pit, 5x Curlew, 4x Ruff, 2x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, YL Gull, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, Reed Warbler, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 20x Swallow, 150x Sand Martin, (JWo)

                                                               Ruff by Jon Woodcock

Cannock Chase

3x Snipe, (IWi)

Smestow Valley

4x Corn Bunting, (CVa), 

Radford Meadows Stafford

Wheatear, 2x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x LRP, 2x Shelduck, (RSw)

Monday 18th April 2022

Tucklesholme

Pair of Lesser Scaup this morning, Little Gull, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x Pochard, Mandarin, Little Egret, (JWo), 

                                                    Lesser Scaup by Jon Woodcock

                                                    Pair of Lesser Scaup by Jon Woodcock

                                                       Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

                                     
                                         

                                       
Blithfield Resv

Arctic Tern off BTP this am, (GJM)  -  Osprey, 2x Wheatear, 2x Common Sandpiper, (RSw)

Middleton Lakes

Pink-footed Goose still, 4x Med Gull, 14x Avocet, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, 5x Common Sandpiper, 4x Redshank, Common Tern, (MSm)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x fem Scaup still, Red Kite over at 09:55, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

Common Sandpiper, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Yarnfield 

Red Kite thru west, (MWh)

Consall

3x Redstart, Willow Tit, Goosander, (DSc)

Rugeley

Red Kite circling over Chase Drive at 13:00, (Gracie J)

Doxey Marsh

8x Gropper, 2x Common Sandpiper, LRP, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Sedge Warbler, Water Rail, (RSt)

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo, 5x Tree Pipit, 5x Redstart, 2x Woodcock, (ABl)

Gnosall

Hobby at Doley Common, (VSm)

Highgate Common 

Cuckoo, (DBa)

North Staffs Moors

14x Wheatear, 13x Stonechat, Redstart, 7x Red Grouse, (SSe)

Tittesworth Water

Hobby, 2x Whitethroat, (SGi, FR, ZR, MG)

Branston GPs

2x Whimbrel, 4x Ruff, Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Reed Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 2x Little Egret, 6x Mandarin, 24x Shelduck, 9x Pochard, (DSc)

                                                             Ruff by Dave Scattergood

Staffs

Sunday 17th April 2022

Middleton Lakes

Common Crane flew north at 07:45, (CLe)  -  also 3x Med Gull, Pink-footed Goose, 13x Avocet, 4x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 4x Redshank, 3x Common Tern, (MSm)

Tuckesholme

1s Little Gull, 

Berryhill

Lesser Whitethroat at 06:50 at the ind estate track, Ring Ouzel in the paddock above the viewpoint at 07:40, 3x Wheatear,  (RTo)

Silverdale CP

Gropper on the void, Common Sandpiper, (PCa)

Branston GPs

Greenshank on north pit, (BSt, ASt)  -  also 4x Ruff, 4x Redshank, 2x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper,  Red Kite, 5x Mandarin, Lesser Whitethroat, 6x Whitethroat, 3x Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Yellowhammer, 300x Sand Martin roosted, (DSc, SE, HF, CEc, SCo)  -  additional - 6x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 3x Yellowhammer, (JWo)

                                                      Greenshank by Dave Scattergood

                                                        Yellowhammer by Steve Edwards

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x imm/fem Scaup, 

Barlaston Downs Banks

Red Kite at 10:15, 6x Yellowhammer, (MJa)

Endon STW

Barn Owl at 08:30, (GBr)

Baggeridge

Reed Warbler Bags pool, (DBa)  -  Redstart, 

Hanchurch Woods

3x Tree Pipit, 6x Crossbill, (AMa)

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Redstart, 2x LRP, (JDu)

Whitemoor Haye

Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Sedge Warbler, Corn Bunting, 2x Grey Partridge, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Common Tern, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, Tree Sparrow, Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, (SCo)

Doxey Marsh

19x Sedge Warbler, 20x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Whitethroat, 6x Gropper, 22x Blackcap, 2x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 3x House Martin, (MBo)

Stafford

2x LRP at old GEC site near Fairway, (IWi)

Tittesworth Water

7x LRP, 6x Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Barnacle Geese, Dipper, Swallow, (JOa, LH)

Weaver Hills

3x Red Kite, (DCa)

Warslow Valley

Hobby, Osprey over NW, Crossbill, 3x Redstart, Gropper, (DGH)

Trentham Gardens

Brambling, Sedge Warbler, (NMK)

Ipstones Edge

2x Wheatear, (DPo)

Cuckoo Bank

15x Wheatear, 3x Yellow Wagtail, Redstart, Whinchat, 

Wombourne

3x Wheatear,

Ipstones

4x Swallow, (SCh)

Saturday 16th April 2022

Middleton Lakes

3x Med Gull flew towards NP, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 8x Avocet, 4x LRP, Ringed Plover, Snipe,  Pink-footed Goose, (MSm SPA,) -  Arctic Tern over NP and then JW at 12:15, (MPo)  -  Drayton Bassett Red Kite over south at 15:50 (MSm)

Churnet Valley

Red Kite, Pied Flycatcher, Dipper, Willow Tit, (DSc)

Wombourne - Lower Penn

3x Wheatear, 2x Yellow Wagtail in potato field, (AMP) - Whinchat (first Staffs 2022 record), 2x Wheatear on Pickles Hill, (DBa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Whooper Swan to 07:30 only, Marsh Harrier thru 08:30, Garganey,   

Blithfield Resv

Osprey flew west at 12:00, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Oystercatcher, (RBe)  -  Osprey flew over at 14:00, Common Tern, 3x Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, (MGo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Common Tern, 7x Oystercatcher, 4x LRP, Goldeneye, 12x Gadwall, 4x Shelduck, 2x Reed Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, Tree Sparrow, 8x Egyptian Geese, 2x Peregrine, (SCo)

Doxey Marsh

Reed Warbler, 2x Gropper, 4x Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 2x LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Shelduck, 4x Gadwall, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (GHa)

Cuckoo Bank

5x Whitethroat, 20x Willow Warbler, 4x Wheatear, Red Kite, (TMG)  -  Whinchat, (first Staffs 2022 record), 15x Wheatear, Curlew, 2x White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, 

North Staffs Moors

Migrating flock of 10x Ring Ouzel, also a Wheatear, (NMK)

Chatterley Whitfield CP

Groppers, Whitethroats, Sedge Warblers, (NHo)

Chasewater

Redshank, Curlew, 2x Shelduck, Swallow, (CMa)

Catholme

7x Whitethroat, 3x Willow Warbler, 8x Shelduck, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

3x Goosander, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 3x Willow Warbler, Green Woodpecker, Alrewas - Wychnor  3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Branston GPs

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Redshank, Ringed Plover, 2x Curlew, ad YL Gull, 2x Mandarin, 25x Shelduck, 250x Sand Martin, 4x Whitethroat, 3x Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Yellowhammer, (DSc)  -  Lesser Whitethroat (Staffs first 2022 record), NJS)

Friday 15th April 2022

Middleton Lakes

Cuckoo, Common Tern, ad Med Gull, 12x Avocet, 6x Redshank, Ringed Plover, LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, 

Endon - Denford

Gropper, Whitethroat, Willow Tit, (DCo)

Highgate Common

2x Tree Pipit, (DBa)

River Sow Meadows Baswich - Milford

Osprey over NNE at 10:00, 2x Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Berryhill

18x Willow Warbler, 3x Whitethroat, 3x Blackcap, Wheatear, (IBu)  -  Red Kite thru low this afternoon, (AJo)

Doxey Marsh

2x Whitethroat, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (NGr)

Silverdale CP

2x Swallow, Whitethroats, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, (PCa)

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo, Gropper, Tree Pipit, Whitethroat, Willow Warblers, (CDa)

Freehay

Blackcap, (FCa)

Blithfield Resv

Osprey at 14:55, (GCl)

Fenton

YL Gull on Marl Pit, (SJT)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

5x Wheatear, 

Cuckoo Bank

10x Wheatear, Gropper, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat,

Ashwood

Yellow Wagtail, 2x White Wagtail, (TWo)

Churnet Valley

3x Redstart, 2x Willow Warbler, 2x Blackcap, (TEy)

                                                              Redstart by Terry Eyre

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite over at 19:55 harassed by three Crows, (PCal)

Ipstones Edge

2x Curlew, 7x Willow Warbler, Swallow, Redpoll, (SCh)

Branston GPs

Female Marsh Harrier roosted on Sandy pit,  4x Ruff, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 7x Curlew, 11x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Goldeneye, 16x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, 28x Gadwall, 14x Shoveler, 19x Shelduck, 12x Mandarin, Water Rail,  ad YL Gull, Wheatear, 3x Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 3x Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler,150x Sand Martin, 3x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 3x Cetti's Warbler,  (JWo, DSc,  CEc, Dean)

                                                       Marsh Harrier by Jon Woodcock 

Doxey Marsh

3x Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 12x Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Stonechat, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x LRP, Redshank, (RSt)

Yarnfield

2x Willow Tit, (RRa)

Stafford

Red Kite above Wildwood drifting thru NE, (CBu)

Thursday 14th April, 2022

The Cuckoos at at Highgate Common and Cannock Chase were possibly the first Staffs 2022 records although there was a unconfirmed report of a Cannock Chase bird a few days previously.

Whitemoor Haye

12x White Wagtail in ploughed field,  8x Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, (SCo, JAl)

Berryhill

Ring Ouzel still in paddocks below the mast but illusive, 2x Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 4x Redstart, 2x Wheatear, 3x Swallow, (RTo, RGi, NDP)  -  Red Kite over SSW at 10:50, (RGi)  -  Osprey over at 12:30, (JEv)

Westport Lake

Osprey over north, (NJS)

Biddulph

Osprey over north at 07:00, (LH)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Whooper Swan, 2x Black-necked Grebe, 

Middleton Lakes

Pink-footed Goose, Whitethroats,

Highgate Common

Cuckoo this morning, (WN)  -  Tree Pipit, (MMo)

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Whitethroat, (Foz)

Churnet Valley

Male Pied Flycatcher, (DS)

Tittesworth Water

9x LRP, 6x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 3x Barnacle Geese, 3x Willow Warbler, 2x Blackcap, Green Woodpecker, Willow Tit, Sand Martin, (LH, JOa)

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo, Whitethroat, 4x Redstart, 4x Tree Pipit, (ABl)

Kings Bromley

6x Swallow, (AGP)

Branston GPs

Reed Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 2x Whitethroat, 5x Willow Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Yellowhammer, 10x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 7x Redshank, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Curlew, 3x Oystercatcher,  2x Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, 150x Sand Martin, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 16x Shelduck, 7x Mandarin, 4x Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, YL Gull, 4x Fieldfare, (DSc, JWo, CEc, SCo, JAl)

                                                         Ruff by Dave Scattergood

Chasewater

Osprey over north at 16:50, 

Cuckoo Bank

Ring Ouzel, Redstart, Whitethroat, 6x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Golden Plover, 

Hanchurch Woods

3x Tree Pipit, Redstart, 10x Willow Warbler, Woodcock, (DKe)

Wednesday 13th April 2022

Chasewater

2x drake Garganey off the dam, 3x Goldeneye

Middleton Lakes

2x White Wagtail briefly, Spotted Redshank, 10x Avocet,3x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Great Egret, Whitethroats, (MSm)  -  Garganey, 2x Greenshank, 

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Black-necked Grebe still, Reed Warbler (first Staffs 2022 record),

Branston GPs

5x Whimbrel dropped in to Ashy pit sheep field at 11:05, (CEc, Dsc), 7x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover,  Whitethroat at 09:50, 5x Wigeon, 3x Goldeneye, Wheatear, 6x Brambling, 100x Sand Martin, (DSc)  -  later update 2x Sanderling, 6x Dunlin, 9x Ruff, 6x Curlew, 5x Redshank, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 3x Mandarin, Willow Warbler, 2x Green Woodpecker, 15x Brambling, Yellowhammer, (CEc)

                                                        Whimbrels by Dave Scattergood

Elford to Fisherwick

3x Corn Bunting in rape field, (SCo)

Lower Foxley

4x Yellow Wagtail, 4x Wheatear, 6x Yelloehammer, 2x Shelduck over, 100x Linnet,, 25x Stock Dove, (NDP)

Highgate Common

Tree Pipit, (MMo)

Tucklesholme

2x Wheatear, Sedge Warbler, 8x Willow Warbler, Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 3x Mandarin, Little Egret, (JWo)

                                                 Common Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Berryhill

Ring Ouzel near the mast, 15x Wheatear, 4x Redstart, this afternoon, (HF,SE)  -  2x Tree Pipit in hawthorn near Tiddlers pool, (IBu)  -  Ring Ouzel still at 18:55 down from the mast, (IBu)

Doxey Marsh

5x Willow Warbler, LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, 3x Shelduck, Blackcap, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (GPr)

Alvecote

Redstart, Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 2x Blackcap, 2x Swallow, (MSc)

Wombourne

2x Yellow Wagtail on Leaton Lane, White Wagtail and 3x Yellow Wagtail on Wigley Bank Road, Whitethroat, (WN)

Whitemoor Haye

10x White Wagtail, 5x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Wheatear, 2x Ringed Plover, (JAl)

Tuesday 12th April 2022

Middleton Lakes

Female Marsh Harrier south over JW at 06:50, Spotted Redshank still, 4x Avocet, 4x Ringed Plover, LRP, Common Sandpiper, (MSm)

Branston GPs

 2x Sanderling briefly on North pit, 3x Dunlin, 2x Common Sanderling, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Black -tailed Godwit, 10x Ruff, 12x Redshank, 2x Snipe, 13x Curlew, 4x Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, 3x Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, White Wagtail, Yellowhammer, 6x Brambling, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 20x Swallow, 20x House Martin, 100x Sand Martin, (JWo, CEc, Dean, JAl, PSt)

                                                        Yellow Wagtail by Jon Woodcock

Berryhill

3x Ring Ouzel, one at 07:50 by Tiddlers pool (RTo), and shortly after two at the standing stones circle (RGi),  -  9x Wheatear, 10x Willow Warbler, 2-3x Green Woodpecker, (RTo, NDP, RGi), male Redstart from the Palletstacks this afternoon, Swallow thru, (NDP)  -  3x Redstart at 15:30, IBu, RTo, NDP),  -  LRP at Botteslow Flash at 12:45, (RTo)

                                                       Redstart by Nick Pomiankowski

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Black-necked Grebe, ad and 1s Med Gulls, 5x Grey Plover 07:20 to 08:25 only, Sandwich Tern, 3x Common Tern,  2x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Yellow Wagtails, 

Blithfield Resv

4x adult Little Gull, 2x Common Tern (first Staffs 2022 record), Common Sandpiper, (GJM)  - also  Osprey, 6x Yellow Wagtail, (RPu)

Tittesworth Water

Imm male Marsh Harrier thru north at 08:13. LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher,  (PBe)  - Osprey thru at 1500, (STW)

Chasewater

6x Avocet off the dam, 100x Sand Martin, 40x Swallow, 10x Sand Martin, 

Himley Great pool

10x Sand Martin, 2x Swallow, House Martin, (DBa)

Endon - Denford

3x Willow Warbler, 3x Mandarin, 4x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Pool Hall

Common Sandpiper, 40x Sand Martin, 6x Swallow, Little Owl, (GCl)  -  4x Wheatear per (ADe)  -  7x Wheatear this evening, (IMo)

Seisdon Quarry

Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, (per IPh)  - 2x LRP, Goosander, 2x Gadwall, (IMo)

Fenton Marl pit (Lordship Lane)

Wheatear, 2x Sand Martin, 4x Willow Warbler, Blackcaps, (SJT)

Leek

Red Kite over Ornua foods at 13:05, (GBr)

Rudyard Lake

White Wagtail, Ringed Plover, 60x Swallow, 35x Sand Martin, (SSe)

                                                        Ringed Plover by Steve Seal

Cuckoo Bank

2x Ring Ouzel, 47x Wheatear, 3x Redstart, Curlew, 2x Golden Plover, Oystercatcher, 

Hanchurch

9x Brambling, Tree Pipit, (TRo)

Biddulph Moor

2x Wheatear still, (SSe)

Rocester JCB

24x Barnacle Geese, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Pochard, Goosander, (JDr)

Foxley

7x Wheatear, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 8x Yellowhammer, (DKe)

Radford Meadows Stafford

3x Dunlin, 8x LRP, Snipe, 3x Sand Martin, Little Egret, Goosander, Shelduck, 11x Wigeon, (RSw)

Kinver

White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, 60x Fieldfare, (MMo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Willow Warbler, 2x White Wagtail, Wheatear, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Tree Sparrow, 4x Oystercatcher, 12x Shoveler, 2x Wigeon, Green Woodpecker, several hundred of all 3 hirundines on main lake, (SCo)

Monday 11th April 2022

Fenton  (Lordship Lane)

2x Willow Warbler, Swallow, 4x Sand Martin, (RGi)

Middleton Lakes

2cy Little Gull, Spotted Redshank, 4x Avocet, 6x Redshank, 3x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 2x Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, 15x Sand Martin, 2x Swallow, House Martin, Yellow Wagtail, Sedge Warblers, Willow Warblers, (MSm)

Whitemoor Haye

Grey Plover thru south at 08:30, (SCo)

Outwoods

Redstart (first Staffs 2022 record), 2x Ruff, Ruddy Shelduck, 10x Shelduck, (GCl)

Pool Hall

Marsh Harrier thru at 10:35, (IPh)  -  Redstart from fisheries access road, (PDe)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Avocet, Black-necked Grebe, Wheatear, 180x Sand Martin, 3x House Martin, 20x Swallow, 

Berryhill

2x Wheatear, Willow Warbler, Little Egret, (RTo)  -  second Willow Warbler Blackcap, Peregrine, (RGi)  -  Swallow thru Botteslow Flash at16:30, (IBu)

Knypersley Resv

3x Swallow, 5x Sand Martin, 2x Mandarin, (GBr)

Branston Lea

Red Kite drifted over, (SJT)

Branston GPs

Male Marsh Harrier east over Ashy pit, Sanderling, 4x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 6x Ruff, 13x Curlew, 9x Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x  Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Red Kite at 11:50, 8x Goldeneye, 26x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, 6x Pochard, 29x Shoveler, 32x Gadwall, Common Gull, Egyptian Goose, Cetti's Warbler, YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, Yellow Wagtail, 6x Brambling, 20x Swallow, 100x Sand Martin, 2x House Martin, 4x Willow Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean, SCo, PFo, PSt)

                                                        Marsh Harrier by Peter Strain

                                                            Sanderling by Jon Woodcock

Biddulph Moor

3x Wheatear along top road, (SSe)

                                                                      By Steve Seal

Tucklesholme

10x Swallow, Willow Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Mandarin, (TWy)

Audley

2x Green Sandpiper over Green Lane, (JHu)

Draycott in the Moors

Swallow, 70x Linnet, (AR)

Hanbury

Red Kite over this afternoon, (ASt)

Trentham Gardens

20x Sand Martin this afternoon, (NMK)

Sunday 10th April 2022

Middleton Lakes

Spotted Redshank, Little Gull, Whimbrel, Curlew, 5x Avocet, 2x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 2x Snipe, 8x Redshank, Great Egret, Sedge Warblers, (MSm)  -  Garganey

Cheddleton

Osprey over north at 07:40, (PCal)

Berryhill

Tree Pipit at the viewpoint at 08:27, 2x Wheatear, Green Woodpecker, (RTo)

Aqualate

Osprey heading north at 09:23, (IGr)  -  Marsh Harrier briefly at 16:00, (MMo)

Blithfield Resv

2x Wheatear in Blithe Bay, (MPR, GJM)  -  2x Yellow Wagtail Admaston Reach, 2x Osprey, (AMa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Curlew, Snipe, Blackcap, (RPo)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x LRP, Willow Warbler, 3x Blackcap, (MBo)  -  8x Sand Martin over Creswell Flash, (GPr)

Tittesworth Water

3x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Barnacle Geese, 2x Willow Tit, Swallow, 2x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, (SGi, LH, JOa)  - 5x Crossbill, (KH)

Trentham Gardens

Willow Warbler, Blackcap, (PBi)  -  5x Brambling, 14x Mandarin, 6x Blackcap, 4x Gadwall, (RGi)

Wombourne

Ring Ouzel still from Withymere Lane, (AMP)  -  Red Kite over west, (WN)

North Staffs Moors

4x Curlew, 4x Red Grouse, 20x Linnet, (DCo)

Tucklesholme

Jack Snipe, 2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Blackcap, (DOu, LOu)

Whitemoor Haye

Corn Bunting near bend on rough track, (DOu, LOu)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Willow Warbler, 60x Brambling, 3x Swallow, 5x Sand Martin, Pintail, 13x Shelduck, 2x Little Egret, 9x Blackcap,  3x LRP, Red Kite, Green Sandpiper, YL Gull, 

Caverswall - Cookshill

Red Kite along Roughcote Lane at 09:45, (SFe)

Cuckoo Bank

Grasshopper Warbler (first Staffs 2022 record), 2x Whitethroat (first Staffs 2022 record), 3x Wheatear, 2x Tree Pipit, 8x Willow Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 

Seckington Fields

Wheatear, Yellowhammer, (MSc)

Branston GPs

4x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Ruff, 4x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, 7x Redshank, 2x Mandarin, 34x Shelduck, 5x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, Red Kite, 2x Great Egret, Willow Warbler, House Martin, 4x Swallow, 12x Sand Martin, Yellowhammer, 2x Redpoll, (DSc)

Saturday 9th April 2022

Middleton Lakes

2cy Little Gull still by east benches, Spotted Redshank still, Greenshank, 6x Avocet, 2x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, Dunlin, 6x Redshank, 6x Shelduck, 2x Pochard,  (MSm)

Pendeford Hall Lane

2x Wheatear on pallets, (Foz)

Wombourne

Ring Ouzel still from Withymere Lane, (IMo)

Leek

Osprey over at  10:50, (JDo)  -  Red Kite over at 13:20, (FCa)

Endon to Leekbrook

2x Pink-footed Geese and a Oystercatcher over, 3x Green Woodpecker, 34x Chiffchaff, 2x Blackcap, (DCo)

Burslem 

Red Kite over Louise  Street at 13:15, (Ken)

Cannock Chase

Tree Pipit, (first Staffs 2022 record), 2x Willow Warbler, 60x Crossbill, 50x Siskin, Woodcock, 15x Redpoll, (BSt, ASt)

Berryhill

4x Wheatear, (RTo, PBi, IBu)

Burston Pool

4x Green Sandpiper still, (RRa)

Cuckoo Bank

3x Willow Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 2x Redpoll, 

Alvecote

Swallow, Green Sandpiper, 7x Goosander, (MSc)

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Green Sandpiper, (Foz)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Pink-footed Goose, 2x LRP, 10x Wigeon, Little Egret, 2x Snipe, (GHa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Pintail, 6x Shelduck, LRP, 6x Snipe, Little Egret, 

Blithfield Resv

Osprey at 15:30, (JCo)

Branston GPs

3x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Ruff, 8x Redshank, 10x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 4x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, White Wagtail, Mandarin, 4x Wigeon, 10x Goldeneye, 3x Swallow, 9x Sand Martin, 6x Brambling, 2x Yellowhammer, (DSc)

Friday 8th April 2022

Middleton Lakes

2cy Little Gull still by benches, Spotted Redshank possibly two,  Curlew to 06:25 only, 2x Ringed Plover, LRP, Dunlin, 5x Snipe, 6x Redshank, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, (MSm)

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Pink-footed Geese, 2x LRP, 3x Curlew, 3x Snipe, Goosander, Shelduck, Gadwall, Wigeon, Blackcap, (RSw)

Berryhill

Botteslow Flash 2x Little Egret, 2x Sand Martin, (RGi)  - Palletstacks & LNR this morning,  5x Wheatear, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, (etal)  -  still 4x Wheatear on Palletstacks mound this evening, (IBu)  -  Black Redstart still (per CSi)

Blithfield Resv

Osprey at 15:15, (PFo)

Tameside NR

2x Oystercatcher also 2x Blackcap River Tame, (MSc)

North Staffs Moors

4x Curlew, 10x Fieldfare, (PAn)

Burston Pool 

4x Green Sandpiper, (RSw)

Chasewater

10x Swallow, 6x Sand Martin this evening, 

Thursday 7th April 2022

Branston GPs

3x Dunlin, Knot still, 4x Ruff, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Oystercatcher, 14x Curlew, 7x Redshank, 8x Ringed Plover, 5x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 12x Wigeon, 10x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 26x Gadwall, 6x Wigeon, 26x Shoveler, 3x Yellowhammer, 2x Brambling, 7x Fieldfare, 20x Swallow thru, 15x Sand Martin, ad YL Gull, 3x Water Rail, Barn Owl, 2x Green Woodpecker, (DSc, JWo)

                                                      Yellowhammer by Dave Scattergood

                                                                Knot by Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes

2cy Little Gull again by benches, Spotted Redshank, 3x Ringed Plover, LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Avocet, 6x Redshank, (MSm)

Wombourne

Ring Ouzel still off Withymere Lane,

Blithfield Resv

2x House Martin, 5x Swallow, 20x House Martin, (GJM)

Keele

Wheatear along Lymes Road, (MSu)

Tittesworth Water

2x LRP, 5x Oystercatcher, 6x Snipe, 2x Goosander, Mandarin, GBB Gull, 2x Willow Tit, Willow Warbler, (JOa, LH)

Doxey Marsh

Redshank, Swallows, (RRa)

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3x LRP, Green Sandpiper, (Foz)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x LRP, 10x Swallow, House Martin. (DB)

Rudyard

Barn Owl at 07:45, (EWi)

Rocester JCB

North Lake 38x Barnacle Geese, 2x Pochard, Little Egret, (JDr)