Tuesday 28th February 2023

Stanley Pool

4x Oystercatcher, (GBr)  -  4x Goosander, (ALa)

Longsdon Mill Pool

52x Lapwing, (ALa)

Deep Hayes

9x Goosander, (ALa)

Cheddleton Valley

Stonechat, Green Woodpecker. Oystercatcher, 19x Teal and 150x Pied Wagtail at the STW, (ALa)

Middleton Lakes

Pintail, 1-2x Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Shelduck, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret still, 

Wetley Rocks

2x Red Kite over towards Cellarhead

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch still, (NMK)

Alvecote

10x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, Pintail, 3x Little Egret, 40x Wigeon, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Adult Med Gull, 2x Woodcock, 6x Avocet, 6x Ringed Plover, 5x Ruff, 2x Redshank, 6x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 14x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 170x Golden Plover, 550x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 15x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 22x Pochard, 36x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, YL Gull, 2x Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 6x Greenfinch, 6x Redpoll, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean)

Monday 27th February 2023

Stanley Pool

Adult Med Gull with 16x BH Gulls, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Bagots Park

c120 Pink-footed Geese over NW at 09:50. (GJM)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret still,

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch still, 52x Lapwing, (SGi)

Marchington Woodlands

4x Marsh Tit (singing), (JWo)

Woodmill

Willow Tit (singing), (JWo)

Hoarcross

Red Kite, (JWo)

Yoxall (Meadow Lane)

Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Egyptian Goose, Green Woodpecker, 18x Teal, (BHa)

Chasewater

Iceland Gull, 2x YL Gull, GN Diver, Shag.

Doxey Marsh

6x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 4x Shelduck, 3x Pintail, Golden Plover, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DB)

Sunday 26th February 2023

Blithfield Resv

2x Whooper Swan at deep end, (GJM)

                                                        Whooper Swans by GJ Mant

Aqualate

3x fem Scaup this morning, (IGr)

Whitemoor Haye

13x Tree Sparrow, Merlin, Dunlin, 2x Oystercatcher, 47x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 104x Wigeon, 11x Goldeneye, 9x Shelduck, 57x Shoveler, 9x Gadwall, Great Egret, 4x GBB Gull, 15x Egyptian Geese, (SCo)

Alrewas NMA

9x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, Chiffchaff, Great Egret Junction pit, and at Alrewas GP 121x Wigeon, (SCo) 

Branston GPs

5x Avocet, 3x Oystercatcher, 12x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 4x Ruff, 6x Dunlin, 110x Golden Plover, 400x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, Snipe, 2x Woodcock at dusk, Peregrine, Little Egret, 30x Shelduck, 25x Shoveler, 23x Wigeon, 30x Pochard, 13x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 3x Common Gull, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x Green Woodpecker, Barn Owl at  dusk, 60x Linnet, 12x Siskin, (DSc)  -  additional SMPs only Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x Shelduck, 10x Gadwall, 4x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret still, 

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch still, 23x Pochard, Goosander, Mandarin, 60x Teal, 5x Snipe, Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 7x Lapwing, (JOa, LH)

North Staffs Moors

10x Red Grouse, Peregrine, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

7x Little Egret, 2x Pintail, Shelduck, Goosander, Shoveler, Oystercatcher, 23x Golden Plover, Cetti's Warbler, (RSt)

Alvecote

Pintail, 2x Goosander, 5x Shelduck, (MSc)

Oakamoor

Goosander on the Churnet. (JDr)

Saturday 25th February 2023

Chatterley Whitfield

Barn Owl at 07:30, 5x Goosander, (PMo)

Knypersley Resv

2x Woodcock by old hatchery, Willow Tit, 2x Goosander, 5x Mandarin, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Pintail, 18x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 10x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, (SPA)

Doxey Marsh

4x Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler, Common Gull, 2x GBB Gull, (DM)  -  in addition Great Egret, 4x Pintail, Water Rail, 10x Goosander, 10x Shoveler, 4x Shelduck, (GHa)

Chasewater

Ad Glaucous Gull, Shag, GN Diver, 13x Goldeneye, Goosander, (CW)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret still, 

Hixon airport

21x Grey Partridge, 25x Skylark, (RCB)

Tittesworth Water

2x Hawfinch, 23x Pochard, 7x Goosander, 5x Mandarin, 24x Teal, 9x Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi, IB, PS, AP)

Silverdale CP

Common Gull, Redpolls, Siskins, (PC)

Tameside NR

2x Oystercatcher, Redshank, Snipe, (MSc)

Uttoxeter

c10,000 Starling murmuration at Park Avenue. (MKe, LDa)

Whitfield Valley

3x Little Egret, 2x Willow Tit, 3x Redpoll ,Gadwall, Goosander, (JJo)

Enville

2x Crossbill, (WN)

Radford Meadows

c200 Wigeon, 80x Teal, 8x Shoveler, 2x Little Egret, Great Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

2x Brambling still, Yellowhammer, 50x Linnet, Siskins, (RGi)

Friday 24th February 2023

Westport Lake

Drake Common Scoter, (RSu), Goldeneye, Shoveler, 5x Goosander, 13x Pochard, Oystercatcher, (NJS, RSu)

                                                     Common Scoter by Steve Edwards

Middleton Lakes

Avocet, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 10x Goldeneye, 2x Stonechat, 3x Shelduck, (SPA)

Branston GPs

Spoonbill briefly on Ashy pit before flying off north at 15:00, Woodcock, 7x Avocet, 2x Ringed Plover, 5x Ruff, 3x Redshank, 6x Dunlin, 300x Golden Plover, 14x Curlew, 3x Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 700x Lapwing, 8x Snipe, Goosander, 2x Pintail, 12x Goldeneye, 38x Pochard, 36x Shelduck, 28x Little Grebe, 3x Water Rail, YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Little Egret, 2x Peregrine, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                        Spoonbill by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv 

Cattle Egret still, 

Whitemoor Haye

2x Merlin, 11x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, 32x Shoveler, 4x Shelduck, Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x GBB Gull, 9x Tree Sparrow, 15x Redpoll, 17x Egyptian Geese, 4x Little Egret, Great Egret, good numbers of Yellowhammers and Reed Buntings, 37x Skylark, (MKe, JKe)

Radford Meadows

Merlin, 285x Wigeon, 8x Shoveler, Great Egret, Little Egret, Chiffchaff, (CDa)

Thursday 23rd February 2023

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch still, 25x Pochard, 4x Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 25x Teal, (SGi)  -  in addition 12x Curlew, 3x Goosander, Snipe, Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, (LHa, JOa)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret still, 

Middleton Lakes

Pintail, 9x Goldeneye, 7x Shelduck, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Egyptian Geese, (SPA)  -  also Redshank, 300x Lapwing, 12x Goldeneye, 4x Cetti's Warblers, 3x Stonechat, (JWo)

                                                            Pintail by Jon Woodcock

Astonfields

Ring-necked Parakeet over at 08:30.

Branston GPs

Ashy pit & BMP pit - 250x Lapwing, 6x Golden Plover, Oystercatcher, 2x Ruff, 4x Dunlin, 12x Curlew, Redshank, 10x Little Grebe, 2x Little Grebe, 10x Shelduck, 12x Shoveler, 10x Pochard, Goldeneye, 40x Linnet, (DSc)

Little Aston

6x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, 2x Gadwall, 2x Teal, 9x Reed Bunting, 5x Yellowhammer, (SWa)

Chatterley Whitfield

Little Egret, (SHi)

Rocester JCB

4x Oystercatcher on north lake, (JDr)

Uttoxeter

Several thousands of Starling roosting every evening near B&M store, (TEy)

Wednesday 22nd February 2023

Branston GPs

2x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Ruff, 6x Dunlin, 10x Curlew, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 300x Golden Plover, 25x Shelduck, Barnacle Goose, Chiffchaff, (PAn)

Middleton Lakes

Avocet, 3x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 9x Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, (SP

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret still, 14x Shelduck, 16x Pochard, 8x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, (CMa, RFe)

Blithfield Resv

2x Red Kite at 11:15, (PBe)

Doxey Marsh

2x Water Pipit near Octagonal hide, 4x Little Egret, 8x Shelduck, 8x Goosander, 3x Pintail, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (DB)

Rocester JCB

6x Oystercatcher at North Lake this afternoon, (JDr)

Westport Lake

7x Goosander, 11x Pochard, Wigeon, (NJS)

Tucklesholme

4x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 8x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 8x Gadwall, 98x Wigeon, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Chasewater

Ad Glaucous Gull, YL Gull, 

Alvecote

Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 8x Shelduck, Goosander, (MSc)

Tuesday 21st February 2023

Belvide Resv

Scaup, Cattle Egret, 

Stanley Pool

2x Oystercatcher, (ALa)

Longsdon Mill Pool

2x Oystercatcher, 12x Wigeon, 26x Lapwing, Green Woodpecker, (ALa)

Deep Hayes

5x Goosander, (ALa)

Cheddleton STW and valley

Oystercatcather, 97x Lapwing, 9x Teal, c150 Pied Wagtail, (ALa)

Barton under Needwood

3x Red Kite heading south, (JWo)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

2x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Egyptian Geese, 5x Wigeon, (BHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Fem Merlin, Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Goldeneye, 28x Wigeon, 8x Gadwall, 2x Tree Sparrow, 4x Yellowhammer. (BHa)

Chasewater 

Gull roost - Juv Iceland Gull, ad Glaucous Gull, Caspian Gull, Med Gull, 2x YL Gull also GN Diver. (JAl)

Chatterley Whitfield

5x Goosander, (SHi)

Branston GPs

8x Curlew, 5x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, Redshank, 300x Golden Plover, 2x Water Rail, 20x Shelduck, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Egyptian Geese, Chiffchaff, (DBa)  -  additional -  2x Red Kite, Peregrine, Green Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 4x Ruff, 350x Golden Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Goldeneye, 23x Shelduck, 2x Pintail, (CEc, TYy, Dean)

Doxey Marsh

30x Golden Plover, (JMi)

Monday 20th February 2023

Chatterley Whitfield

Little Egret and 2x Goosander, (PMo)

Rocester

Red Kite over the village at 10:00, (JDr)

Pendeford Mill

Little Egret this am, (RMo)

Middleton Lakes

Redshank, Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, Avocet  reported briefly, 4x Shelduck, Pintail, 2x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, Stonechat, (MSm)  -  additional Ringed Plover , Stonechat, (SPA)

Brocton 

Peregrine low over Teddington Road, (HKi)

Whitemoor Haye

Corn Bunting, Barnacle Goose also 2x Little Egret along the River Tame, (BGe)  -  2x Merlin, Great Egret, Little Egret, (RBe)

Branston GPs

9x Avocet dropped into Ashy pit at 16:03, (SBl)  -  2x Woodcock, 16x Snipe, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, 9x Curlew, 3x Dunlin, 5x Ruff, 3x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 656x Golden Plover, 750x Lapwing, 4x Water Rail, 2x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 15x Goldeneye, 22x Pochard, 39x Shelduck, 29x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (JWo)

                                                          Avocets by Jon Woodcock

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

2x Little Egret. 8x Egyptian Geese, 9x Wigeon, (BHa)

Chasewater

Caspian Gull, 1w Med Gull, YL Gull, GN Diver, Shag, (JAl)

Sunday 19th February 2023

Aqualate

3x Scaup and Great Egret, (IGr)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret, juv Scaup, Curlew, Dunlin, Med Gull

Radford Meadows

232x Wigeon, Goosander, 2x Shoveler, Green Sandpiper, 45x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)

Tittesworth Water

2x Hawfinch, 21x Pochard, 41x Wigeon, 6x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 8x Lapwing, Peregine, (JOa, LHa)

Berryhill

2x Stonechat, 10x Snipe, (RGi)

Dimmingsdale

2x Red Kite, 4x Mandarin, Willow Tit, (TEy)

Whitemoor Haye

Fem Merlin, Barnacle Goose, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (JAl)

Furnace Grange Trescott

14x Goosander, 300x Fieldfare, 9x Teal, (IMo, GCl, CVa, ADe)

Fauld

Willow Tit, (AP)

Ipstones

Red Kite above the Green Man north of Ipstones this afternoon. (DPo)

Chasewater

Med Gull, YL Gull, Shag and GN Diver

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

Red Kite, 60x Golden Plover circling distantly over woods, 4x Brambling, 80x Linnet, (RGi)

Ford Green

Gadwall,  (SHi)

Doxey Marsh

120x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Pintail, 7x Goosander, 7x Shelduck, 2x Dunlin, 3x Golden Plover, 140x Lapwing, 15x Shoveler, 6x Stonechat, (MBo and WeBS team)

Branston GPs

SMP - 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 16x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 6x Shelduck, Pochard, 14x Gadwall, 2x YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, (JWo)  -  Except SMP - 750x Lapwing, 300x Golden Plover, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Ruff, 7x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 3x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 7x Snipe, Woodcock over at dusk, 20x Little Grebe, 34x Shelduck, 13x Goldeneye, 30x Pochard, 20x Little Grebe, 50x Linnet, (DSc, GWi, Dave)

Stockton Brook

Red Kite over, (SCo)

Saturday 18th February 2023

Doxey Marsh

20x Golden Plover, 3x Snipe,  8x Goosander, 4x Shelduck, Great Egret, Little Egret, (DM)  -  additional 200x Lapwing, 40x Golden Plover, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (GHa)

Gailey Resv

53x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, Egyptian Geese over, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Merlin, Barnacle Goose, (TPe)  -  WeBS) 61x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, 464x Wigeon, 15x Pochard, 16x Goldeneye, 26x Gadwall, 27x Shoveler, 19x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, Little Egret, Yellowhammer, Tree Sparrow, c40 Linnet, (SCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Ruff, 4x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Goldeneye, 7x Goosander, 2x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 42x Gadwall, 132x Wigeon, 258x Teal, Peregrine, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret still

Tittesworth Water

2x Hawfinch still, 24x Pochard, Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, (SGi, IB)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Pintail, 2x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, (MSc)

Chasewater

2x Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull also the GN Diver and Shag. (JAl)

Catholme (footpath)

12x Goosander, 200x Wigeon, 8x Gadwall, 4x Shelduck, 16x Shoveler, Little Egret, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 16x Goosander, 4x Gadwall, Shelduck, 8x Greenfinch and Alrewas to Wychnor 2x Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                        Oystercatchers by Jon Woodcock

Branston GPs

30x Shelduck, 20x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 12x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Little Egret, 750x Lapwing, 160x Golden  Plover, 10x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 3x Ruff, Stonechat, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

3x Red Kite, Great Egret, Pintail, 8x Goldeneye, (MJa)

Friday 17th February 2023

Middleton Lakes

26x Goldeneye, Pintail, 6x Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Stonechat, Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, Chiffchaff, (SPA)  -  also 26x Golden Plover and a second Pintail, (MSm)  -  150x Lapwing, 20x Shoveler, Gadwall, (PTh)

Uttoxeter Quarry

A Merlin thru, 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x Goosander, 6x Shover, 15x Gadwall, 3x Shelduck, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Stonechat, (EFo)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret still.

Uttoxeter

2x Red Kite over JCB (MJa)

Chasewater

Gull roost - 2x Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 5x YLGull and the Shag and GN Diver.

Branston GPs

2x Ringed Plover, 5x Ruff, 3x Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 12x Curlew, 298x Golden Plover, 700x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 10x Goldeneye, 26x Pochard, 45x Shelduck, 6x Pink-footed Geese, 33x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, Peregrine, 3x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)  -  At dusk 2x Woodcock over, 7x Snipe, 2x Goosander also 2x Oystercatcher at Branston Water Park. (DSc)

                                                       Ringed Plover by Jon Woodcock

Chatterley Whitfield

Little Egret, (SHi)

Thursday 16 February 2023

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch still, Curlew, 9x Snipe, 5x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, 24x Pochard, 3x Goosander, Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi)  -  also 2x Common Gull, 40x Siskin, 3x Mandarin, (JOa)

Barton Marina

Goosander, 7x Pochard, 60x Wigeon, 12x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 6x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Pool Hall

6x Little Egret, (ADe)

Middleton Lakes

Pintail, 23x Goldeneye, 6x Shelduck, Jack Snipe, 5x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Stonechat, (SPA)  -  Male Merlin at Drayton Bassett late afternoon, (MSm)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Cattle Egret still, 

Westport Lake

10x Pochard, 2x Goosander, (NJS)

Doxey Marsh

Golden Plover, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Pintail, 6x Shelduck, 10x Goosander, 4x Stonechat, Common Gull, (RRa)

Chasewater

Gull roost - juv Glaucous Gull, Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull and the Shag and GN Diver.

Tamworth 

River Tame/Anker, 2x Goosander, Little Egret, (MSc)

Wrinehill

Male Merlin, (MKe)

Whitemoor Haye

8x Tree Sparrow in hedge next to farm house, (RTw)

Wednesday 15th February 2023

Highgate Common

Firecrest from path on the northern edge of the common, (JRe)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Cattle Egret still,

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Little Egret, Golden Plover, (BGo)

                                                      Golden Plover by Bill Goldstraw

Alvecote

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Pintail, 7x Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, (MSc)

Barton Marina

Goosander, 60x Wigeon, Pochard, Scaup, 

Branston GPs

78x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 15x Curlew, 5x Ruff, Ringed Plover, 21x Shelduck, Green Woodpecker, (ABl)

Chasewater

Gull roost - juv Glaucous Gull, Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull also the Shag and GN Diver.

Tuesday 14th February 2023

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Cattle Egret still,

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch still, 2x Willow Tit, (GBr)

Westport Lake

4x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, (NJS)

Middleton Lakes

10x Golden Plover, 700x Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 7x Shelduck, Pintail, 2x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 3x Great Egret, Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, (MSm)

Chasewater

Juv Glaucous Gull and Caspian Gull in the roost also GN Diver and the Shag still.

Branston GPs

3x Ringed Plover, 3x Redshank, 5x Ruff, 3x Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 6x Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, 176x Golden Plover, 700x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, 38x Shelduck, 20x Pochard, 8x Mandarin, 6x Pink-footed Geese, 4x Egyptian Geese, 4x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Stonechat, 30x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                      Ringed Plover by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Monday 13th February 2023

Middleton Lakes

2x Shelduck, Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Water Rail, 4x Oystercatcher, Dunlin, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, (MSm)

Endon - Denford

115x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (DCo)

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch still, 

                                                                By Steve Edwards

Bottleslow Flash

3x Shoveler, 29x Teal, 2x Little Egret, 3x Snipe, Water Rail and 2x Stonechat towards Dewsbury Road, (RTo)

Radford Meadows

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 77x Golden Plover, c200 Lapwing, c100x Wigeon, (CDa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Cattle Egret again from 16:00.

Stone 

2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander on the Trent, (DEm)

Whitemoor Haye

Fem Merlin, 3x Little Egret, Great Egret, 4x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, (JAl)

                                                             Chiffchaff by Rob Bendelow

Branston GPs

Ashy pit - c100 Golden Plover, c700 Lapwing, 3x Ruff, 5x Shelduck, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Chasewater

Caspian Gull also GN Diver and the Shag.

Amington Fields

Little Egret, 4x Yellowhammer, (MSc)

Sunday 12th February 2023

Tittesworth Water

2x Hawfinch still, 5x Oystercatcher, 30x Snipe, 23x Pochard, 3x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 8x Common Gull, Little Egret, 60x Siskin, (SGi, LH, JOa)

                                                         Hawfinch by Rob Bendelow

Doxey Marsh

Dunlin, 250x Golden Plover, Great Egret, Little Egret, Pintail, 6x Goosander, 4x Shelduck, (DM, RRa)

Knypersley Resv

5x Mandarin, Goosander, 2x Willow Tit and  Woodcock by old hatchery, (GBr)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 6x Shelduck, 50x Wigeon, Polesworth Lane Yellowhammer, (MSc)

Cuckoo Bank

Woodlark, 6x Stonechat, 30x Wigeon, 4x Goosander, Peregrine.

Wimblebury (Cannel Mount)

8x Yellowhammer, 7x Redpoll, 25x Linnet, 3x Stonechat, 30x Skylark, 48x Lapwing, Chiffchaff, (BHa)

Whitemoor Haye

173x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, Golden Plover over, 6x Gadwall, 25x Pochard, 22x Wigeon, 10x Goldeneye, 27x Shoveler, 3x Shelduck, 13x Tree Sparrow, c80 Yellowhammer, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, 10x Egyptian Geese, (SCo)

Alrewas NMA

7x Goosander, Little Egret, Junction pit Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 12x Gadwall and 5x Chiffchaff at GP. (SCo)

Catholme (viewed from Mythalholme bridge)

27x Shoveler, 21x Wigeon, 4x Pochard, 2x Gadwall, 2x Goldeneye, Great Egret, Little Egret, (SCo)

Trentham Gardens

9x Little Egret into roost this evening, Egyptian Goose, YL Gull, Oystercatcher, Brambling, Water Rail, 9x Gadwall, 2x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, (RGi)

Chasewater

Gull roost - Juv Glaucous Gull, Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, also GN Diver, Shag and 2x Oystercatcher,

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Cattle Egret from 17:00 also fem Scaup.

Branston GPs 

SMPs pits only Green Sandpiper, 5x YL Gull, 6x Shelduck, 12x Gadwall, 4x Egyptian Geese, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)  -  Not SMPs 5x Oystercatcher, 14x Curlew, 150x Golden Plover, 650x Lapwing, 3x Dunlin, 5x Ruff, 5x Snipe, Woodcock, 26x Little Grebe, Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 34x Shelduck, 26x Shoveler, 20x Wigeon, 150x Teal, 30x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, (DSc)

Consall Woods

Green Woodpecker, Dipper, 3+ Willow Tit, 10x Siskin, (DSc)

Saturday 11th February 2023

Tittesworth Water

2x Hawfinch showing well at the childrens play area, (SGi)  -  2x Goosander, 5x Pochard, 2x Oystercatcher, Willow Tit, Common Gull, (MKe, JKe, AKe)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

4x Scaup off the dam, 18x Shelduck, 4x Little Egret, 4x Little Egret, Peregrine, 

Middleton Lakes

3-4x Great Egret, 19x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 5x Shelduck, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Egyptian Geese, (SPA)

Doxey Marsh

Goshawk over Lily pool/Doxey pool this morning heading towards Eccleshall Road cemetery, (DM)  -  150x Golden Plover, Great Egret, 4x Goosander, 2x Stonechat, (RRa)

Shugborough NT

3x Goosander, 8x Gadwall, (PCo)

Stoke

2x Little Egret and a Dipper along the Trent, - Lordship Lane Little Egret, 24x Lapwing, (RGi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Ruff, 2x Curlew, 2x Golden Plover, 5x Oystercatcher, 3x Green Sandpiper, 5x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 6x Shelduck, Little Egret, (RPo)

Wolseley Park

25x Brambling, 200+ Chaffinch, (IWi)

Chasewater

Gull roost - ad Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, also Shag and GN Diver, 

Cuckoo Bank

Merlin, Water Pipit in wet areas of stubble field, 18x Yellowhammer, 75x Linnet, 60x Skylark, 38x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, 62x Lapwing north.

Astonfields Balancing Lakes

Little Egret, (GHa)

Branston GPs

6x Pink-footed Geese, 14x Curlew, 600x Lapwing, 30x Golden Plover, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 5x Ruff, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, (DSc)

Hales Pools

10x Shelduck, 2x Pink-footed Geese, 80x Lapwing, (RGi)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

Red Kite, 1000x Starling over to roost, (RGi)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Pintail, 7x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, (MSc)

Catholme (footpath)

2x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 100x Wigeon, 16x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, 12x Greenfinch, 30x Linnet, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, Shelduck, 20x Gadwall, (JWo)

Friday 10th February 2023

Middleton Lakes

18x Goldeneye, 9x Shelduck, 4x Oystercatcher, Snipe, Stonechat, Barn Owl, (SPA)

Shipley

Male Hen Harrier still in the area, (GCl, HKi)

Radford Meadows

c200 Golden Plover, 30x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 6x Greenfinch, (IWi)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

Little Egret, Egyptian Geese, Goldeneye, 7x Wigeon, Shelduck, 13x Teal, (BHa)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin at Ashy pit this afternoon, (CEc, Dean) -  6x Pink-footed Goose, 2x Ringed Plover, 5x Ruff, 3x Redshank, 3x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 37x Golden Plover, 13x Curlew, 3x Green Woodpecker, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 39x Shelduck, Water Rail, 20x Redpoll, (CEc)

                                                           Merlin by Jon Woodcock

Westport Lake

25x Pochard, Shoveler, 50x Siskin, (NJS)

Doxey Marsh

230x Lapwing, 115x Golden Plover, 3x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 3x Pintail, 9x Shelduck, (MBo, DTo)

Chasewater

Gull roost - ad Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, YL Gull also the GN Diver, Shag.

Thursday 9th February 2023

Radford Meadows

c250 Golden Plover, c400 Lapwing, Little Egret, c300 Wigeon, Snipe, (CDa)

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch still showing at the childrens play area, 57x Snipe, 3x Oystercatcher, 19x Pochard, 6x Goosander, 4x Wigeon this morning, (SGi)  -  afternoon counts 61x Snipe, 23x Pochard, Little Egret, Pergrine, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)

                                                            Hawfinch by Tammy Mellor

                                                            Hawfinch by Steve Gibson

Doxey Marsh

14x Goosander, (PG)

Rudyard

3x Willow Tit, Little Egret, 7x Snipe, 5x Goosander, (SSe)

Westport Lake

20x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 40x Siskin, (NJS)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Curlew, (TJa)

Alrewas NMA

2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret (top pool),  (PTh)

Enville

2x Wigeon at The Mere, (DBa)

Stafford

Barn Owl hunting in horse field near Queensville Avenue, (RBr)

Astonfields

Little Egret on balancing lake this afternoon. (LBu)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Great Egret, Little Egret, Shelduck, Chiffchaffs, (RBe)

                                                             Merlin by Rob Bendelow

Middleton Lakes

3x Oystercatcher, 700x Lapwing, 2x Goldeneye, Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, (MSc)

Shipley - Pattingham

The male Hen Harrier still near Clive Road.

Branston GPs

Ringed Plover, 5x Ruff, 3x Redshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 24x Curlew, 4x Snipe, 40x Golden Plover, 760x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, 10x Goldeneye, 34x Pochard, 48x Shelduck, 7x Egyptian Geese, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, 5x YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Chasewater

Gull roost - ad Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, 3x Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, also Shag and GN Diver.

Wednesday 8th February 2023

Middleton Lakes

Brambling, 6x Shelduck, 10x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, Pochard, Great Egret, 3x Oystercatcher, 3x Stonechat, 2x Egyptian Geese, (SPA)

Radford Meadows

Common Crane reported over at 07:50, (MnA)

Doxey Marsh

3x Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, Goosander, Shoveler, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (RSt)

Shipley

Hen Harrier heading east over Clive Road this afternoon, (AR)

Chasewater

Gull roost - ad Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, GN Diver and the Shag still, 

Chatterley Whitfield

Barn Owl at 16:50, (PMo)

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch still at the childrens play area at 11:00, (TMe)

                                                                  By Steve Seal

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, Golden Plover, (BGo)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 4x Goosander, 10x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, Green Sandpiper, (MSc)

Branston GPs 

2x Ringed Plover, 5x Ruff, 3x Dunlin, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 40x Golden Plover, 700x Lapwing, 12x Curlew, 8x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 4x Goldeneye, 18x Pochard, 54x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 4x YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x YL Gull, 2x Stonechat, 30x Linnet, (JWo, CEc)

                                                            Siskin by Jon Woodcock

Tuckesholme

2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 64x Wigeon, Green Woodpecker, 3x Stonechat, (JWo)

Ipstones Edge

Red Kite over at 14:00, (SCh)

Tuesday 7th February 2023

Aqualate

Brent Goose present, (MGG)

Newcastle

Little Egret at Lyme Valley Trent Vale end, (BCa)

Endon STW

Little Egret at 14:20, (GBr)

Endon - Denford

2x Willow Tit, 104x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, (DCo)

Longsdon Mill Pool

Oystercatcher, 39x Wigeon, 300x Lapwing, (ALa)

Deep Hayes

11x Goosander, (ALa)

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch still at13:30, (LH)

Chasewater

Gull roost - ad Iceland Gull, 3x Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull and the GN Diver and Shag.

Branston GPs

Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Ruff, Redshank, 3x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 44x Golden Plover, 5x Curlew, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 2x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 49x Shelduck, Common Gull, Peregrine, (CEc)

Monday 6th February 2023

Shipley

Male Hen Harrier again over Clive Road flying east at 07:55. (KCl)

Tucklesholme

Barn Owl over CP at 07:00, (TWy)

Westport Lake

18x Pochard, 40x Siskin, (NJS)

Middleton Lakes

Brambling, 6x Shelduck, Pintail, 2x Pochard, 17x Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 4x Egyptian Geese, (MSm)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Goosander, (BHa)

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch still showing at the childrens play area, (JOa)  -  12x Pochard, 2x Common Gull, 20x Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, 3x Oystercatcher, (PGu)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Pintail, 5x Shelduck, 11x Goosander, 22x Shoveler, 17x Gadwall, 8x Stonechat, 11x Water Rail, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, (MBo, PDy)

Branston GPs

2x Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 23x Curlew, 4x Ruff, Redshank, 3x Dunlin, 21x Golden Plover, Snipe, 700x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, 5x Mandarin, 4x Goldeneye, 26x Pochard, 51x Shelduck, 35x Wigeon, 28x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 275x Teal, 6x Egyptian Geese, Little Egret, 14x Little Grebe, 2x Water Rail, Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker,, 2x Stonechat, 6x Redpoll, (JWo, CEc, BSt, ASt)

Chasewater

Gull roost adult Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull 3x Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull and GN Diver, Shag.

Yarnfield

Barn Owl hunting at 15:00, (SMN)

Sunday 5th February 2023

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch in tree by childrens play ground this morning 07:35 to 09:30 at least, for its second day. (SGi)

                                                          Hawfinch by Steve Gibson

Endon STW

2x Barn Owl, 2x Goosander over, 70x Pied Wagtail, (GBr)

Stanley Pool

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Goosander, (GBr)

Westport Lake

2x Gadwall, 24x Pochard, Willow Tit, 60x Siskin, (NJS)

Fenton

Lordship Lane 34x Lapwing, 18x Teal, (RGi)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 7x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 24x Shoveler, (MSc)

i54

Adult YL Gull, (Foz)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, Med Gull, 2x YL Gull, GN Diver, Shag. (SRi)

Cuckoo Bank

120x Linnet, 4x Stonechat, 

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 5x Goosander, 31x Gadwall, (IWh)

Whitemoor Haye

34x Lapwing, 35x Wigeon, 22x Pochard, 16x Teal, 7x Goldeneye, 13x Shoveler, Barnacle Goose, GBB Gull, 13x Tree Sparrow, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Chiffchaff, c60 Stock Dove, 5x Little Grebe, (SCo)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

8x Brambling, 2x Yellowhammer, 120x Chaffinch, 50x Linnet, (RGi)

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, 9x Curlew, Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 6x Little Grebe, 6x Shelduck, 12x Gadwall, 8x Egyptian Geese, 2x Peregrine, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo)  -  additional (Not SMP) Woodcock over at dusk, 700x Lapwing, 60x Golden Plover, 2x Dunlin, 2x Redshank, 5x Ruff, 5x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 13x Shelduck, 24x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, c100 Teal, 55x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, Water Rail, 16x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 3x Redpoll, 120x Fieldfare, (DSc)

Uttoxeter Quarry / Crakemarsh

1000+ Lapwing, Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 94x Wigeon, 4x pintail, 2x Shelduck, 12x Teal, 5x Shoveler, 31x Barnacle Geese, (MKe, JKe)

Saturday 4th February 2023

West Midland Bird Club Stafford Branch meeting on Tuesday 7th February 2023 at Walton on the Hill Village Hall, Green Gore Lane, ST17 OLD. The talk is entitled " Jewels of the Gambia, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & Rollers" with Ashley Grove of Experience Nature at 19:00 for a 19:30 start, Admission £2 including refreshments.

Shipley

Male Hen Harrier over Clive Road at 07:55. (WN)

Knypersley Resv

5x Mandarin, 6x Goosander, Woodcock, 5x Tawny Owl, (GBr)

Alrewas

Willow Tit on edge of T&M canal bottom of Wychnor Hill, (SCo)

Chatterley Whitfield

Barn Owl hunting at 07:45, (PMo)

Carmountside Flash

2x Ring-necked Parakeet, Little Egret, 7x Teal, (ALa)

Stanley Pool

Now 2x Oystercatcher back, (ALa)

Westport Lake

35x Pochard, 3x Goosander, Willow Tit, (NJS)

Branston GPs 

Ashy pit -  6x Pink-footed Geese, 13x Shelduck, Pintail, 3x Goldeneye, Pochard, 40x Wigeon, 52x Teal, 18x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 2x Ruff, 400x Lapwing, 8x Egyptian Geese, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, 35x Linnet, (BHa)  -  additional c80 Golden Plover, 2x Dunlin, 5x Ruff, 4x Curlew, 10x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Peregrine, (DSc)  -  also 2x Redshank, (PAn)

Tittesworth Water

48x Snipe, Oystercatcher, 3x Lapwing, 45x Common Gull,  Little Egret, 28x Pochard, 3x Goosander,  3x Wigeon, 8x Teal, 21x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, (SGi, IB)

Doxey Marsh

3x Pintail, YL Gull, (DM)

Radford Meadows

c400 Golden Plover, c500 Lapwing, Ruff, 20x Snipe, 4x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 350x Wigeon, 250x Teal, Shoveler, 5x Little Egret, Common Gull, (RSw)

Chasewater

Gull roost ad Iceland Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, Med Gull, YL Gull. Also GN Diver, Shag.

Whitemoor Haye

Male Merlin perched on rocks from the rough track at 16:45 also Great Egret, (DSc)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Oystercatcher, Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 10x Goosander, 7x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, Little Egret, Peregrine, Dipper, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Aqualate

2x imm/fem Scaup, 40x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, Marsh Tit, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Catholme (footpath only)

600+ Lapwing, 2x Shelduck, 44x Pochard, 20x Linnet, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 22x Gadwall, 100x Lapwing, GBB Gull, 5x Redpoll and c3000 Starling at Alrewas, (JWo)

Friday 3rd February 2023

Branston GPs

Fem/imm Marsh Harrier again over Ashy pit, 4x Ruff, 3x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 24x Golden Plover, 800x Lapwing, 6x Pink-footed Geese, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Little Egret, 21x Shelduck, (CEc)

Doxey Marsh

160x Golden Plover, 600x Lapwing, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 60x Snipe, 8x Water Rail, 3x Pintail, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, (MBo)

Middleton Lakes

1025x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, 13x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, Pochard, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Stonechat, 2x Egyptian Geese, (MSm)  -  also Common Gull on Dosthill NR, Chiffchaff, 4x Stonechat,  (SPA)

Enville

Merlin over field adjacent to Enville Common Road, (WN)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Merlin, 11x Tree Sparrow, (HKi)

Radford Meadows

2x Ruff, 5x Little Egret, 60x Wigeon, 5x Greenfinch, (DBE)

Westport Lake

36x Pochard, (NJS)

Chasewater

Gull roost ad Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull and  the GN Diver, Shag, (CWG) - also 5x Common Gull, 118x Lapwing, (BHa)

Thursday 2nd February 2023

Tittesworth Water

Scaup, 25x Pochard, 10x Goosander, 19x Snipe, Oystercatcher, 10x Common Gull, Little Egret, (SGi)

Branston GPs

Imm/fem Marsh Harrier on south pit before flying east, Ringed Plover (first Staffs 2023),  Dunlin, 3x Ruff, 3x Redshank, 13x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 875x Lapwing, 3x Golden Plover, 6x Pink-footed Geese, 12x Goldeneye, 52x Pochard, 384x Teal, 38x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 22x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 5x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)  -  additionally 2x Brambling, (CMa, RF)

                                                       Ringed Plover by Jon Woodcock

Wombourne

5x Waxwing heard and seen this afternoon at the Bratch Locks, (DJo)

Radford Meadows

c400 Lapwing, c50 Golden Plover, 3x Ruff, 2x Shelduck, 2x Little Egret, (CDa)

Doxey Marsh

50x Golden Plover, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 600x Lapwing, (DM)

Ford Green 

2x Ring-necked Parakeet and a Black Swan, (PMo)

Blithfield Resv

Goldeneye and a Stonechat, (RCB)

Middleton Lakes

Adult winter Kittiwake at 15:30 at Dosthill NR, Shelduck, 7x Goldeneye, Pochard,  7x Goosander, 2x Common Gull,  (MSm)  -  Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Stonechat, 2x Egyptian Geese, 300x Lapwing, 50+ Wigeon, 35+Shoveler, (MSc)

Orgreave

Red Kite over, (RBe)

Westport Lake

25x Pochard, (NJS)

Chasewater

Gull roost Ad Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, Med Gull, 4x YL Gull also the Shag and GN Diver, 

Kingstone

3x Red Kite, (JTu)

Wednesday 1st February 2023

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Little Egret, Goosanders, Snipe, Black Swan, (BGo)

Whitemoor Haye

Fem Merlin, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Little Egret, Great Egret, 9x Tree Sparrow, (JAl)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Goosander, Shelduck, (MSc)

Stanley Pool

Goosander, (GBr)

Branston GPs

Oystercatcher, 3x Redshank, 2x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 500x Lapwing, 6x Pink-footed Geese, 4x Goldeneye, 26x Pochard, 332x Teal, 20x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x Little Egret, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 15x Linnet, (JWo)  -  additional from South lake, Sandy pit and North pit,  8x Goldeneye, 30x Pochard, 11x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 4x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 3x Common Gull, (DSc)  -  Branston WP Oystercatcher, 25x Gadwall, 36x Pochard, (DSc)

                                                       Oystercatcher by Jon Woodcock

Westport Lake

30x Pochard, Shoveler, (NJS)

Kingstone

4x Red Kite over the Manor golf course, (per JTu)

Chasewater

Gull roost ad Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull,