Monday 31st July 2023

Middleton Lakes

2x Garganey still on west scrape, Redshank, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, Great Egret, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

10x Common Sandpiper, 6x LRP, 11x Little Egret, 2x Redstart, 2x Stonechat, 2x Yellowhammer, 

Trentham Gardens

Common Tern this evening, (NMk)

Sunday 30th July 2023

Uttoxeter Quarry

9x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 4x Little Egret, Peregrine, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

Wood Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, Greenshank, 4x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 10x YL Gull, 12x Little Egret, c40x Common Tern, sev Yellow Wagtail, Peregrine, (SRi, GJM)  -   Wood Sandpiper, 2x Whimbrel, 10x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4x Dunlin, Curlew, Greenshank, 18x LRP, 2x Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)

                                                  Wood Sandpiper by Steve Edwards

                                                         Whimbrel by Steve Edwards

River Sow Meadows

Gropper this am, (IWi)

Tittesworth Water

4x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, 3x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Tern, 3x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)

Branston GPs (Ashy pit and SMP2)

Fem Red-crested Pochard on Ashy pit, 20x Pochard, 3x Little Egret, Hobby, 4x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 60x Lapwing, 2x Common Sandpiper, 25x Common Tern, ad YL Gull, 2x Goosander, (DSc)

                                                Red-crested Pochard by Dave Scattergood

Cuckoo Bank

2x Redstart, Gropper, Garden Warbler, 

Whitemoor Haye

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Shelduck, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, (TPe)

Belvide Resv

12x Common Sandpiper, 4x LRP, 10x Little Egret, 3x Redstart, 

Trentham Gardens

Common Sandpiper, 5x Mandarin, 4x Little Egret, (RGi)

Saturday 29th July 2023

Blithfield Resv

Wood Sandpiper Newton shallows, 3x Turnstone Admaston Reach. (GJM)

                                                         Wood Sandpiper by GJ Mant

Middleton Lakes

Drake eclipse Garganey on east scrape., (MSm),

Whitemoor Haye

Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 8x LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, Hobby, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Yellowhammers, (SCo)

Tittesworth Water

3x Common Sandpiper, 5x LRP, 5x Oystercatcher, 3x Willow Tit, 5x Common Tern, 33x Mandarin, Goosander, (SGi, IB)

Stafford  

3x Peregrine over Rowley Park, (AHa)

Cuckoo Bank

Redstart, Tree Pipit, Gropper, Hobby

Cannock Chase

2x ad and 4x juv Spotted Flycatcher, Red Kite over A34 by Seven stars pub, (RBr)

Branston GPs (not SMP2)

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 50x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 14x Shelduck, 50x Pochard, 16x Common Tern, 2x Green Woodpecker, YL Gull, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Med Gull, juv Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 7x Common Sandpiper, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ringed Plover, 12x Little Egret, 3x Redstart, 

Friday 28th July 2023

Middleton Lakes

2x Garganey, (MSm)  -  now 4x Garganey, (SPA)

Blithfield Resv

39x Little Egrets, site record, (GJM, MDJ)  -  Greenshank, 10x Common Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, 3x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 26x LRP, 9x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 34x Little Egret, Wheatear, (SE, HF)

                                                          Wheatear by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Juv Kittiwake south over north pit at 18:55, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 7x Common Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 60x Lapwing, 10x Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 12x Little Egret, 36x Little Grebe, 81x Pochard, 6x Mandarin, 19x Shelduck, 16x Common Tern, 4x YL Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

                                                          Mandarins by Jon Woodcock

Rudyard Lake

2x Spotted Flycatcher, near bridge to cafe, (TDu)

Thursday 27th July 2023

Tittesworth Water

Redshank, 4x Common Sandpiper, 7x LRP, 32x Mandarin, 7x Goosander, Common Tern, 2x Redstart, (SGi)  -  2x Redshank, Little Egret, 3x Redshank, (JOa, LH)

Belvide Resv

Juv Caspian Gull, 

Berryhill

Juv Hobby chasing House Martins from Bottom track by old tin stable at 18:45, (IBu)

Branston GPs

2x Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 12x Common Sandpiper, 86x Lapwing, 10x Curlew, 9x Oystercatcher, 5x Ringed Plover, 10x Little Egret, 30x Little Grebe, 53x Pochard, 10x Mandarin, 25x Shelduck, 22x Common Tern, 6x YL Gull, Hobby, 3x Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

                                                          YL Gulls by J on Woodcock

Staffs

Wednesday 26th July 2023

Gailey Resv

Common Tern, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Gadwall, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

Eclipse male Mandarin on Benches Island, (MSm)

Blithfield Resv

2x Redshank, Oystercatcher, 3x Dunlin, 3x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Curlew, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, Red Kite, 251x Lapwing, (MJa, CMa)  -  6x Common Sandpiper, 10x LRP, 2x Redshank, 3x Oystercatcher, 3x Dunlin, 4x Yellow Wagtail,  20x Common Tern, Peregrine, 3x Great Egret, 23x Little Egret, (DBa, KM, CE)

Branston GPs

3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 12x Common Sandpiper, 17x Oystercatcher, 10x Curlew, 4x Ringed Plover, 4x Mandarin, 85x Pochard, 43x Little Grebe, 22x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, (JWo)

                                                   Black-tailed Godwits by Jon Woodcock

Winkhill - Waterhouses

3x Red Kite over the A523 this pm, (CAl)

Tuesday 25th July 2023

Middleton Lakes

Garganey still JW south, 2x Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, (MSm)

Blithfield Resv

Wood Sandpiper still Blithe Bay, (GJM)  -  Sanderling, Arctic Tern, 

Belvide Resv

Black Tern off the dam, Ad Kittiwake, 2x Med Gull, 4x YL Gull, 

Tucklesholme

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 6x Pochard, 8x Gadwall, (JWo)

Gailey Resv

Fem Common Scoter on sailing lake at 20:00, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Dunlin, 14x Curlew, 12x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 8x Ringed Plover, 18x Oystercatcher, 6x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, 18x Pochard, 12x Shelduck, 14x Common Tern, 10x YL Gull, (JWo)

Monday 24th July 2023

Blithfield Resv

Knot and 5x Turnstone Blithe Bay then flew south, Sanderling, (GJM)  -  3x Knot Blithe Bay, (HF, SE)

                                                       Turnstones and Knot by GJ Mant

Belvide Resv

Turnstone briefly, juv Marsh Harrier thru, Crossbill thru, 

Stoke

Osprey over A34 Trent Vale heading SW, (RSt)

Trentham

Great Egret over A34 roundabout heading towards the lake, (RSt)

Branston GPs

Arctic Tern, 3x Greenshank, Sanderling, Redshank, 3x Dunlin, 16x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 14x Curlew, 17x Oystercatcher, 6x Ringed Plover, 78x Lapwing, 14x Little Egret, 86x Pochard, 38x Gadwall, 14x Shelduck, 26x Little Grebe, 20x Common Tern, 4x YL Gull, Peregrine, 4x Green Woodpecker, Garden Warbler, 2x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Sunday 23rd July 2023

Seisdon area

Whimbrel flew east, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, juv Peregrine, 13x Corn Bunting, (GCl, KCl)

Whitemoor Haye

Fem/juv Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Green Sandpiper, 5x Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 2x Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Peregrine,  -  Alrewas NMA, Hobby, 3x Goosander, -  GPs -  4x Common Tern, (SCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Red Kite, 4x Snipe, 3x LRP, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, 2x Little Egret, 4x Mandarin, 5x Shoveler, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x YL Gull, (RPo)

Stanley Pool

2x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Ad Arctic Tern, 5x Common Tern, 11x Common Sandpiper, Ring-necked Parakeet north, 2x Redstart, 12x Little Egret, Goshawk, 

Rising Brook

Fem Peregrine over Rising Brook, (MBo)

Tittesworth Water

6x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 14x Mandarin, Little Egret, 5x Common Tern, (JOa, LH, KH)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 20x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 14x Dunlin, 28x Ringed Plover, 11x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 4x Great Egret, 19x Little Egret, Red Kite, (SE, HF)

                                                      Ruddy Shelduck by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Ad Med Gull roosted, Black-tailed Godwit, 14x Curlew, 10x Oystercatcher, 3x Ringed Plover, 3x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 35x Lapwing, 4x ad YL Gull, 20x Common Tern, 15x Shelduck, 9x Mandarin, 45x Gadwall, 265x Tufted Duck, 85x Pochard, 6x Little Egret, 2x Green Woodpecker, (DSc)

                                                       Med Gull by Dave Scattergood

Staffs

Saturday 22nd July 2023

Middleton Lakes

Ruff and a  Redshank to 08:40 only, 3x LRP, Great Egret, (SPA)

Tittesworth Water

2x Redstart, Redshank, 105x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Tern, 9x Goosander, 8x Mandarin, (SGi, IB)

Blithfield Resv

Sanderling at Admaston Reach, 2x Dunlin, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Great Egret, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

Juv Marsh Harrier this afternoon, 2x Whimbrel, 12x Common Sandpiper, 7x LRP, Dunlin, Black-necked Grebe, 12x Little Egret, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Redstart, 

Friday 21st July 2023

Middleton Lakes

Garganey still, Ruff, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, (SPA)  -  2x Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 

Belvide Resv

3x Arctic Tern, (CRe) - 12x Common Sandpiper, 13x LRP, 7x Little Egret, juv Redstart, Hobby, juv Marsh Harrier thru, 

Branston GPs

18x Oystercatcher, 14x Curlew, 6x Ringed Plover, 6x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 32x Lapwing, 11x Little Egret, 85x Pochard, 46x Gadwall, 12x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 24x Little Grebe, 18x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, 5x Green Woodpecker, Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Thursday 20th July 2023

Stanley Pool

Great Egret flew west at 05:00, Little Egret, LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

12x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 100+ Lapwing, Ruddy Shelduck, 17x Mandarin, 5x Common Tern, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)

Middleton Lakes

Garganey still, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 3x Common Tern, (MSm)

Blithfield Resv

Black-necked Grebe reported early afternoon, still present at 16:00 and first record in 7 years. (GJM)

Branston GPs

Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, 8x Common Sandpiper, 7x Ringed Plover, 21x Curlew, 42x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, 11x Little Egret, 93x Pochard, 24x Gadwall, 4x Mandarin, 4x Shelduck, 20x Little Grebe, 12x Common Tern, 9x YL Gull, 4x Green Woodpecker, Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Wednesday 19th July 2023

Tittesworth Water

Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Redshank, 102x Lapwing, 19x LRP, 6x Common Sandpiper, 20x Mandarin, (SGi)

                                                     Black-tailed Godwit by Steve Gibson

Middleton Lakes

Avocet, Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Garganey, Great Egret, (MSm)

Blithfield Resv

20x LRP, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, 15x Common Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 16x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 4x Goosander, 20x Common Tern, 5x Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, 16x Shelduck, (DBa, KM)

Whitemoor Haye

Eclipse Male Garganey on Bewicks pit, 3x ad YL Gull on roadside pits, (TPe)

Tucklesholme

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 4x Little Egret, 6x Pochard, 2x Gadwall, 2x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Branston GPs

4x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Common Sandpiper, 6x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 7x Shelduck, 5x Mandarin, 12x Common Tern, 8x YL Gull, (JWo)

                                                           YL Gull by Jon Woodcock

Tuesday 18th July 2023

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, fem Mandarin, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

8x Black-tailed Godwit, LRP, Great Egret, 

Whitemoor Haye

5x LRP, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, YL Gull, 1s Caspian Gull, (TPe)  -  also Marsh Harrier, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Black-tailed Godwit over east, (SCo)

Monday 17th July 2023

Stanley Pool

Probable Shag this morning, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, (ALa)

Blithfield Resv

3x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (CMa, RF)

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier, 2x YL Gull, (TPe)

Branston GPs

2x Dunlin, 7x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 3x Ringed Plover, 23x Lapwing, 9x Oystercatcher, 15x Common Tern, 4x YL Gull, 11x Little Egret,

Botteslow Flash

Common Sandpiper, Redstart, (RTo)

Sunday 16th July 2023

Stanley Pool

2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Garganey still on JW south, Common Sandpiper on east scrape, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

2x Ruddy Shelduck still, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 21x Common Sandpiper, 19x LRP, juv Redstart, 8x Little Egret, 

Tittesworth Water

5x Redshank, 16x LRP, 6x Common Sandpiper, 10x Oystercatcher, 60x Lapwing, 8x Mandarin, 5x Common Tern, Little Egret, (JOa, LH)

Blithfield Resv

Sanderling, 2x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 10x Common Sandpiper, 18x LRP, Peregrine, 11x Shelduck, 7x Little Egret, Common Terns, (MJa)  -  Sanderling, 11x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Dunlin, 36x Common Sandpiper, 46x LRP, Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, 2x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 3x Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)

                                                         Sanderling by Steve Edwards

Cannock Chase

Hobby near the bolder, (KPo)

Whitemoor Haye

Cream crowned Marsh Harrier again at 15:10, Corn Bunting, 6x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Hobby, ad YL Gull, (SCo)  -  3x YL Gull, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper this evening, (TPe)

Silverdale CP

Common Sandpiper, Gropper, (PCa)

Branston GPs

3x Curlew, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 9x Oystercatcher, 15x Common Tern, 45x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, 78x Pochard, 3x Mandarin, Hobby, 2x YL Gull, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Saturday 15th July 2023

Bottleslow Flash

Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 2x Little Egret, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, (RTo)

Gailey Resv

2x Spotted Flycatcher with a juv, 2x Oystercatcher with a chick, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

8x Common Sandpiper, 8x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Common Tern, 3x Little Egret, YL Gull, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

16x Common Sandpiper, 19x LRP, 10x Little Egret, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, juv Redstart, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, 

Friday 14th July 2023

Middleton Lakes

Garganey still on east scrape, (SPA)

Branston

Ring -necked Parakeet on the feeders at 17:30, (KBi)

Thursday 13th July 2023

Tittesworth Water

13x LRP, 7x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 90x Lapwing, 8x Mandarin, 6x Goosander, 5x Common Tern, Little Egret, (JOa, LH)

Aqualate

Juv Marsh Harrier, 3x Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, 12x Black-tailed Godwit briefly, (PJor)

Middleton Lakes

Garganey east scrape, 

Branston GPs

21x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 8x Common Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher, 9x Little Egret, 76x Pochard, 24x Gadwall, 6x Mandarin, 10x Shelduck, 24x Little Grebe, 16x Common Tern, 4x YL Gull, 5x Green Woodpecker, Garden Warbler, (JWo)

                                                   Green Woodpecker by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Wednesday 12th July 2023

Chatterley Whitfield

Barn Owl and Gropper early am, (SHi)

Ashers Pool

3x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Grebe, (DCo)

Endon - Denford

2x Gropper, 2x Redstart, Mandarin, (DCo)

Branston GPs

3x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 6x Common Tern, (CMa, RF)

Blithfield Resv

5x Green Sandpiper, 10x Black-tailed Godwit, 45x Common Sandpiper, 4x Dunlin, Greenshank, 55x LRP, Ringed Plover, 3x Redshank, 17x Little Egret, 3x Yellow Wagtail, (SE,HF)

                                                        Green Sandpiper by Steve Edwards

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, 25x Pochard, 6x Gadwall, Garden Warbler, Tawny Longhorn Beetle, (JWo)

Tuesday 11th July 2023

Stanley Pool

2x Common Sandpiper, (DCo)

Belvide Resv

2x Greenshank, 13x Black-tailed Godwit then flew west, Hobby, (TWo)

Doxey Marsh

4x Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, Hobby, Common Tern, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DBa, CEv, KMa)

Branston GPs

Wood Sandpiper still on SMP2, (CEc)

Monday 10th July 2023

Stanley Pool

2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, (ALa)

Belvide Resv

2x Ruddy Shelduck west end, 

Gunmoor

Gropper this am, (SHi)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, (TPe)

Branston GPs

Wood Sandpiper on SMP2, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 16x Curlew, 67x Lapwing, 10x Little Egret, 93x Pochard, 30x Gadwall, 13x Mandarin, 13x Shelduck, 16x Little Grebe, 17x Common Tern, 4x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Gropper, Greenfinch, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, (JWo)

Fradley Junction NR

2x Common Tern, Little Egret, (BHa)

Sunday 9th July 2023

Stanley Pool

3x LRP,  Hummingbird Hawk Moth by the dam, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

Shoreline count produced 55x LRP, 47x Common Sandpiper, (MPR, GJM)

Belvide Resv

Whimbrel, Green Sandpiper, 20x Common Sandpiper. 17x LRP,  -  Marsh Harrier this afternoon

Berryhill

Oystercatcher over, (IBu)

Blurton

Oystercatcher over, (WJo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Male Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 8x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, (RPo)

Seisdon

Wood Sandpiper flew around calling, Redstart, Stonechat, 2x Tree Pipit over, 3x Little Egret, (GCl, KCl)

Cellarhead

Red Kite at 11:40, (COs)

Doxey Marsh

Female Marsh Harrier, 4x Green Sandpiper, 5x LRP, 7x Little Egret, Great Egret, Gropper, 8x Water Rail, 3x Goosander, (MBo, WeBS)

Tittesworth Water

Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 11x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, 2x Mandarin, 6x Goosander, (JOa, LH, KH)

Burston Marsh

5x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, (AEa)

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier again briefly at 17:00, (SCo)

Rocester

4x Common Tern, Red Kite, Oystercatcher, (TEy)

Fradley - Alrewas

Towpath - Corn Bunting, 8x Yellowhammer, Yellow Wagtail, - Fradley Junction 2x Oystercatcher,(BHa)

Saturday 8th July 2023

Stanley Pool

Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Garganey still on North pit, (MSm)

Whitemoor Haye

Cream crowned Marsh Harrier again, (SCo)  -  Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 5x LRP, 1st sum YL Gull, (TPe)  -  also Great Egret, Hobby, Little Egret, (MYa)

Belvide Resv

2x Redstart, juv Whinchat, juv Stonechat, juv Wheatear, Ruff briefly, juv Marsh Harrier, 

Baldwins Gate

Red Kite, Hobby, (RWh)

Tittesworth Water

Green Sandpiper, Red Kite, Little Grebe, 4x Grey Wagtail, (SGi, IB)

Croxall Lakes

3x Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 16x Egyptian Geese, 2x Common Tern, 4x Wigeon, (BHa)

Doxey Marsh

4x Green Sandpiper, 4x LRP, Curlew, 5x Little Egret, Great Egret, Gropper, (MBo)

Gailey Resv

Hobby, 2x Common Tern, (SRi)

Tucklesholme

Cuckoo, 2x Gropper, (@Ochruros)

Branston GPs

Great Egret Ashy pit, (@Ochruros)

Friday 7th July 2023

Middleton Lakes

Eclipse Garganey north pit this am, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

Juv Black-necked Grebe still

Whitemoor Haye

Cream crowned Marsh Harrier this evening, (TPe)

Branston GPs

3x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 5x Oystercatcher, 60x Lapwing, 11x Little Egret, 74x Pochard, 12x Shelduck, 27x Gadwall, 5x Mandarin, Water Rail, 18x Little Grebe, 18x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Peregrine, 3x Green Woodpecker, Gropper, Garden Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Greenfinch, (JWo)

                                                           Water Rail by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Thursday 6th July 2023

Endon

Redshank over calling at 06:00, (DCo)

Stanley Pool

Redshank, Dunlin, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

13x LRP, Redshank, Dunlin, Barn Owl, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

Juv Black-necked Grebe SE Bay, 

Gnosall

Red Kite over Radmore Lane at 14:55, (RPl)

Whitemoor Haye

1st sum YL Gull on roadside pits, (TPe)

Wednesday 5th July 2023

Middleton Lakes

3x Dunlin, 6x LRP, Redshank, 8x Common Tern, Great Egret, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

13x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, (LCl)

Alvecote

Hobby, Little Egret, Common Tern, (MSc)

Tittesworth Water

2x Redshank, 62x Lapwing, Snipe, Curlew, (SGi)

Doxey Marsh

3x Green Sandpiper, 3x LRP, 4x Little Egret, Great Egret, 2x Hobby, 2x Peregrine, (MBo, RRa)

Tuesday 4th July 2023

Stanley Pool

Redstart still belw the dam, (GBr)

Norton - Stockton Brook

Willow Tit, Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, (IMy)

Belvide Resv

3x juv Black-necked Grebe along SE bay, 20x Black-tailed Godwit thru south at 13:45, 

Doxey Marsh

7x Black-tailed Godwit on Creswell Flash, 2x Little Egret from Oct hide,(RRa)

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 62x Lapwing, 3x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 6x Little Egret, 82x Pochard, 6x Shelduck, 5x Mandarin, 14x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, 16x Little Grebe, Gropper, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Green Woodpecker, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Gailey Resv

5x Black-tailed Godwit flew around before flying off SE at 20:20, Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Common Tern, Little Egret, (SRi)

Monday 3rd July 2023

Stanley Pool

Juv Redstart, LRP, Green Woodpecker, (ALa)

Branston GPs

Whimbrel, 4x Curlew, Common Tern, 2x Egyptian Geese, (CMa, RF)  -  Spotted Redshank still on SMP2 this evening, Redshank, 4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 58x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, 88x Pochard, 18x Gadwall, 16x Shelduck, 12x Little Grebe, 16x Common Tern, 4x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Gropper, (JWo)

Sunday 2nd July 2023

Tittesworth Water

Osprey over at 08:50, (SGi)  -  10x LRP, 7x Common Sandpiper, 11x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, Willow Tit, 2x Goosander, Little Egret, (JOa, LH)

Blithfield Resv

Whimbrel Blithe Bay, (GJM)

Wychnor

Male Redstart along hedgerow towards country club end, (SCo)

Stanley Pool

LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Branston GPs

Summer plumage Spotted Redshank on SMP2 to 18:43 when it flew off,  Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 46x Lapwing, Hobby, YL Gull, 12x Common Tern, 48x Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Gropper, (DSc)  -  2x Green Woodpecker, (BHa)

Branston WP

4x Oystercatcher, Pochard, Garden Warbler, (BHa)

Uttoxeter

Red Kite over the racecourse at 12:00, (AR)

Saturday 1st July 2023

Tittesworth Water

Black-tailed Godwit, 17x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 5x Common Tern, 6x Goosander, Shoveler, 33x Lapwing, (SGi, KH)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Common Tern, 2x Little Egret, Goosander, (RPo)

Bramshall

Red Kite over at 12:00, (JTu)

Doxey Marsh

Black-tailed Godwit, Great Egret, Little Egret, (RRa)

Rocester JCB north lake

41x Barnacle Geese, 6x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Tern, (JDr)

Branston GPs

Black-tailed Godwit, 16x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, Common Gull, 10x Common Tern, 4x Shelduck, 16x Pochard, Gropper, (DSc)