Saturday 30th September 2023

Branston GPs

Cattle Egret on Ashy pit, (SCo)

Belvide Resv

Osprey thru south, 3x Grey Plover, 12x Golden Plover thru, Curlew Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 17x Ringed Plover, 13x Dunlin, 5x Stonechat, 

Tittesworth Water

28x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, Shoveler, 7x Goosander, 35x Teal, 18x Lapwing, (SGi, IB)

Blithfield Resv

4x Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, Little Stint, 2x Snipe, 14x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 4x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, Ruddy Shelduck, 200x Linnet, (AP)

Alrewas NMA

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

Friday 29th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

2x Little Stint, 5x Dunlin, 30x Ringed Plover, Great Egret, (SWe)

Chatterley Whitfield

Redwings, Stonechats, (SHi)

Botteslow Flash

Barn Owl this evening, (BMo)

Branston GPs

2x Ruff, Redshank, 9x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 6x Common Sandpiper, 160x Lapwing, 22x Little Egret, 5x Goosander, 16x Pochard, 3x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, 63x Wigeon, 124x Gadwall, 144x Pochard, 250x Teal, 84x Little Grebe, Common Tern, 2x GBB Gull, YL Gull, 2x Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 30x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean, MCa, Bob)

Belvide Resv

Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 18x Dunlin, 15x Ringed Plover, Sanderling,  2x Cattle Egret,

Middleton Lakes

Bittern flew from Dosthill NR this evening, 4x Great Egret and 24x Little Egret in JW roost, 2x Common Tern thru, (MB)

Thursday 28th September 2023

                                   WEST MIDLAND BIRD CLUB STAFFORD BRANCH

                                     Invites  you to a talk on Tuesday 3rd October 2023

              "Scilly Pelagics - Birds, Photography and the 2023 season (which was quite good)" 

                                                           With Richard Stonier                   

At Walton-On-The-Hill  Village Hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Stafford, ST17OLD

Doors open 7:15pm for a 7:30 start. Admission £3 including refreshments. Everyone welcome.                                                      

Middleton Lakes

Garganey on JW south, Bittern, 2x Great Egret, 8x Snipe, (SPA)

Doxey Marsh

7x Cattle Egret, 7x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, (RRa)    

Blithfield Resv

200x Pink-footed Geese over at 11:00, 2x Little Stint, Curlew, 4x Dunlin, Greenshank, 26x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, 21x Egyptian Geese, 4x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 5x Wheatear, (SE, HF)  

                                                         Little Stint by Steve Edwards

Tucklesholme

Common Sandpiper, 132x Pochard, 28x Gadwall, 25x Wigeon, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Greenfinch, 14x Linnet, (JWo)

Enville

Crossbill over Temple pool this morning, (IWh)      

Wednesday 27th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

08:15 - 12:45, 4x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 23x Egyptian Geese, Peregrine, 3x Red Kite, 5x YL Gull, 11x Ringed Plover, Little Stint, 5x Wheatear, Whinchat, 5x Stonechat, (SRi, GJM)  -  2x Little Stint, 16x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, Greenshank, 2x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 22x Goosander, 23x Egyptian Geese, 5x Stonechat, 4x Wheatear, Hobby, Peregrine, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, DBa, CEv)

Stanley Pool

Common Sandpiper, (GBr)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier, Garganey, 3x Greenshank, Redshank, 2x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 5x Snipe, 156x Lapwing, 20x Little Egret, 4x Pintail, 3x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 16x Pochard, 62x Wigeon, 104x Gadwall, 156x Shoveler, 12x Egyptian Geese, 92x Little Grebe, Common Tern, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Peregrine, (JWo)

Himley Pool

2x Ring-necked Parakeet, (DBa)

Tuesday 26th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

08:15 - 12:15, 2x Little Stint, 42x Ringed Plover, 4x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, Greenshank, Curlew,  Ruddy Shelduck, 24x Egyptian Geese, 6x YL Gull, 5x Wheatear, Whinchat, 5x Great Egret, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 9x Gadwall, 12x Pochard, 6x Teal, 13x Little Grebe, 60x Linnet, (SCo)

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, (ALa)

Deep Hayes

Dipper, 3x Mandarin, -  Cheddleton (The Boat to Pointons Pools) - Hobby, 10x Teal, 12x Chiffchaff, 12x Raven, (ALa)

Yoxall

2x Swift thru, Little Egret on River River Swarbourn, (BGe)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, (BGe)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier, Garganey, Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, 24x Snipe, 13x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 130x Lapwing, 25x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 41x Pochard, 3x Pintail, 76x Wigeon, 131x Gadwall, 154x Shoveler, 250x Teal, 16x Egyptian Geese, 79x Little Grebe, Common Tern, 4x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

                                                       Marsh Harrier by Jon Woodcock

Sandon - Milwich

Red Kite over, (JTu)

Monday 25th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

08:15 to 13:15 - 3x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, Golden Plover, 22x Ringed Plover, LRP, 4x Dunlin, Little Stint, 2x Ruff, Curlew, 21x Egyptian Geese, Hobby, Peregrine, 5x YL Gull, 5x Wheatear, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Stonechat, (SRi)

Stanley Pool

Common Sandpiper this morning, (GBr)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, Garganey, 2x Ruff, 6x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 13x Curlew, 136x Lapwing, 30x Little Egret, 4x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, Goosander, 43x Pochard, 62x Wigeon, 72x Gadwall, 158x Shoveler, 150x Teal, 65x Little Grebe, Common Tern, 4x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (MSc)

Sunday 24th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

Little Stint, 14x Ringed Plover, 3x Ruff, 2x Great Egret, 2x Wheatear, Red Kite, 16x Shoveler, 40x Wigeon, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe, Greenshank, 12x Dunlin, 22x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Goshawk, Garganey still, Pintail, Hobby, Little Egret, 

Mere Farm

Yellow Wagtail, 2x Stonechat, Green Sandpiper, (MMo)

River Sow Meadows Baswich - Milford

Hobby, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Tittesworth Water

4x Whooper Swan, 41x Mandarin, 4x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, 7x Snipe, (JOa, LH)

Whitemoor Haye

4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 121x Lapwing, 9x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, Ruff, Ringed Plover, 10x Pochard, Wigeon, Green Woodpecker, Ruddy Shelduck, (SCo)

Branston GPs

Garganey, 3x Pintail, 2x Ruff, Redshank, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 8x Curlew, 9x Snipe, 29x Little Egret, 12x Egyptian Geese, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Peregrine, (CEc, Dean)

Stoke

Lordship Lane - 2x Gadwall, 31x Lapwing, (RGi)

Saturday 23rd September 2023

Uttoxeter Quarry

Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Little Egret, 2x Wigeon, Goosander, (RPo)

Doxey Marsh

10:18 - 5x Cattle Egret still with cows, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, (MBo)  -  13:30 - 2x Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret and  Little Egret at Creswell Flash, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

Stansley Wood hide - 4x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 3x Curlew, 3x LRP, Little Stint, 6x Common Sandpiper, 3x Goosander, (MSu)  -  Causeway -  15x Little Egret, Great Egret, Wheatear, 12x Egyptian Geese, (PFo)

Aqualate

Hobby, 7x Wigeon, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Berryhill

3x Wheatear behind mound, (PBi, DWa)

Kings Bromley

Osprey over Manor Park sailing club at 13:00, (CFe)

Apedale CP

2x Stonechat, (PCa)

Cuckoo Bank

Redstart, 4x Whinchat, Gropper, 2x Hobby, Red Kite, 2x Tree Pipit,

Tittesworth Water

Redshank, 21x Lapwing, 7x Snipe, 65x Pinkfeet over, Barn Owl, Willow Tit, 7x Siskin, (SGi)

Chasewater

The Shag again present, 10x Siskin, (CMa)

Biddulph Moor

Wheatear this afternoon, (ALo)

Radford Meadows

Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 35x Shoveler, 8x Wigeon, 10x Snipe, 171x Lapwing, 100x Teal, Stonechat, (RSw)

Belvide Resv

Garganey, 18x Ringed Plover, 5x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 12x Pintail, 

Stafford

2x Cattle Egret over Park Avenue at 18:39 heading NW, (AHa)

Branston GPs

Osprey over Black Meadows pit at 10:30 also 4x Pintail, (BSt, ASt)

Friday 22nd September 2023

Radford Meadows

Cattle Egret at 08:00, (CDa)

Belvide Resv

15x Knot, Grey Plover 15:20 to 15:35 only, Garganey, Little Stint, 27x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, Goshawk, 4x PF Geese, 2x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 

Doxey Marsh

5x Cattle Egret in tree behind Creswell Flash this morning, 

Blithfield Resv

Tad Bay this am, Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 35x Ringed Plover, 3x Curlew, Curlew Sandpiper briefly,  Peregrine, (MSu)  -  Blithe Bay 09:15 to 12:15 Great Egret, 40x Wigeon, Peregrine, 4x YL Gull, 31x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, Little Stint, Common Sandpiper, 8x Ruff, Curlew, Snipe, 2x Wheatear, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

Hobby, (SGi)

Middleton Lakes

3x Great Egret, (@Ochruros),  -  Osprey thru,  -  Roost this evening Cattle Egret, 5x Great Egret, 20x Little Egret, (MB)

Whitemore Haye

Great Egret, 2x Hobby, Peregrine, 2x Egyptian Geese, (RBe)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, Ruddy Shelduck, Greenshank, 2x Redshank, 2x Ruff, 13x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Snipe, 100x Lapwing, 30x Little Egret, 5x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, 94x Gadwall, 162x Shoveler, 26x Pochard, 36x Wigeon, 300x Teal, 11x Egyptian Geese, 66x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 6x Greenfinch, (JWo, CEc, Dean, George)

                                                      Marsh Harrier by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Thursday 21st September 2023

Radford Meadows

Ruff, 6x Snipe, 135x Lapwing, 8x Wigeon, 150x Teal, Little Egret, (CDa)

Whitemoor Haye

6x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, (TPe)  -  imm Marsh Harrier, Great Egret, Hobby, Peregrine, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, (IWh)

Croxall

2x imm Marsh Harrier, Hobby, (IWh)

Stanley Pool

Common Sandpiper, Snipe, (ALa)

Middleton Lakes

Osprey thru south, 

Tucklesholme

6x Snipe, 32x Pochard, 12x Wigeon, 296x Tufted Duck, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Tittesworth Water

Black Tern, 26x Mandarin, Pintail, Great Egret, Hobby, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)

Blithfield Resv

Little Stint, Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 3x Greenshank, 2x LRP, 41x Ringed Plover, 6x Ruff, 10x Dunlin, 2x Barnacle Geese, 10x Egyptian Geese, 8x Goosander, 3x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, Peregrine, 2x Wheatear, 2x Whinchat, Stonechat, (SE, HF)

                                                         Wheatear by Steve Edwards

Doxey Marsh

7x Cattle Egret circled at 17:20 before flying off NW over the motorway, (RRa)

Coven

40x Mistle Thrush in ploughed field. (JDu)

Wednesday 20th September 2023

Tittesworth Water

Great Egret, Mandarin, (PBe)

Blithfield Resv

Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Knot, 29x Ringed Plover, LRP, 9x Dunlin, 7x Ruff, 3x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 14x Shoveler, 5x YL Gull, Whinchat, 2x Peregrine, (SRi)

                                                                Knot by GJ Mant

Branston GPs

Ruddy Shelduck on SMP2, 2x Cattle Egret, Marsh Harrier, 7x Ruff, Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 13x Curlew, 4x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 100x Lapwing, 23x Little Egret, Garganey, 5x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 26x Pochard, 34x Wigeon, 114x Gadwall, 132x Shoveler, 280x Teal, 60x Little Grebe, YL Gull, GBB Gull, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 16x Siskin, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, Lesser Whitethroat,  (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean)

Belvide Resv

Little Stint, 5x Dunlin, 20x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Garganey, 2x Pintail, Peregrine, 

Tuesday 19th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

Little Stint, juv Curlew Sandpiper, 42x Ringed Plover, LRP, 13x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 6x Ruff, Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 29x Wigeon, Hobby, 5x YL Gull, 3x Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, 14x Egyptian Geese, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Garganey, Dunlin, Redshank, 4x Ruff, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 8x Curlew, 5x Snipe, 60x Lapwing, 19x Little Egret, 3x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 12x Pochard, 22x Wigeon, 132x Gadwall, 132x Shoveler, 270x Teal, 11x Egyptian Geese, 43x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, Hobby, Peregrine, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Little Egret, (RRa)

Monday 18th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

Juv Little Stint Admaston Reach at 08:00,  4x Great Egret, 2x Hobby, 4x YL Gull, 33x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 7x Dunlin, juv Curlew Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 7x Ruff, 3x Curlew, 2x Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)  -  Juv Curlew Sandpiper in Blithe Bay at 10:30, Little Stint, 6x Ruff, 2x Greenshank, 16x Dunlin, 34x Ringed Plover, LRP, Curlew, 17x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, Yellow Wagtail, 8x Egyptian Geese, (RPo)  -  also Knot, (PAn)

                                                    Curlew Sandpiper by Steve Edwards

                                                         Little Stint by Steve Edwards

                                                                Curlew by GJ Mant

Middleton Lakes

4x Garganey, Great Egret, 11x Snipe, (MSm)  -  Greenshank,

Branston GPs

Ruddy Shelduck on Ashy pit, 2x Cattle Egret,  Marsh Harrier, Spotted Redshank, 5x Ruff, Redshank, 13x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 100x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, Garganey, 4x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 38x Pochard, 142x Shoveler, 128x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 26x Wigeon, 14x Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, Common Gull, 4x YL Gull, 11x Egyptian Geese, Hobby, 2x Peregrine, (JWo, CEc, RPo, Dean, Bob, PFo, JAl, BSt, ASt, PAn)

                                                     Spotted Redshank by Jon Woodcock

                                                               Pintails by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

8x Snipe, 16x Mandarin, 4x Goosander, Common Gull, (SGi)

Radford Meadows

8x Wigeon, 29x Shoveler, 40x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Doxey Marsh

Marsh Harrier thru at 08:45, (per REv)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Juv Marsh Harrier this afternoon, Oystercatcher, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 2x Little Egret, (RPo)

Sunday 17th September 2023

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier over Bewicks, (TPe, SCo)  -  11x Ringed Plover and a Dunlin in flight also 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 2x Great Egret thru, (SCo)

Blithfield Resv

Sandwich Tern briefly Tad Bay, (MPR, GJM)

Radford Meadows

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 12x Snipe, 17x Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa, WeBS)

Middleton Lakes

Stonechat, Whinchat, Bittern, 2x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, (MSm)

Endon STW

Barn Owl, (GBr)

Branston GPs

Spotted Redshank still, Marsh Harrier, Garganey, fem Red -crested Pochard, 24x Little Egret, 5x Pintail, 28x Wigeon, 100x Shoveler, 90x Pochard, 70x Little Grebe, 5x Ruff, 12x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, Peregrine, 8x Egyptian Geese, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

                                                   Spotted Redshank by Dave Scattergood

Belvide Resv

Juv Little Stint, juv Turnstone, 31x Ringed Plover, 4x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, 2x Great Egret, 2x Goshawk, 

Shoal Hill Common

Hobby, 3x Siskin over, (SRi)

Berryhill

2x Whinchat, 4x Stonechat, 2x Wheatear, (RGi)

Sandon

Convoy of 16x Red-legged Partridge crossed A51 near the village this pm, (BHa)

Warslow

2x Red Kite, (RWh)

Saturday 16th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

8x Tree Sparrow over Mickledale Bay, (MPR, GJM)

Whitemoor Haye

Dunlin, 3x Common Sandpiper, 6x Ringed Plover Roadside pits, (TPe)

Branston GPs

Imm/fem Marsh Harrier several time this morning, Spotted Redshank to 18:55 at least,  5x Ruff, 13x Curlew, 60x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 17x Little Egret, 3x Pintail, 29x Wigeon, 80x Shoveler, 110x Pochard, ad GBB Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, 2x Peregrine,  Green Woodpecker, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

104x Lapwing, Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Great Egret, Little Egret, 6x Pochard, 4x Goosander, 31x Wigeon, 23x Gadwall, Shoveler, 13x Little Egret, 2x Hobby, Wheatear, 60x Egyptian Geese, (SCo, WeBS )

Belvide Resv

Juv Little Stint, 46x Ringed Plover, 23x Dunlin, 3x Ruff, Garganey, 

Dimmingsdale

150x mixed flock Siskins, Linnets, Goldfinch, 2x Green Woodpecker, (TEy)

Catholme (footpath)

2x Marsh Harrier (juv), 2x Shelduck, 10x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Cetti's Warbler, - Alrewas canal 3x Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, (JWo)

Trentham Gardens

Dipper, 14x Mandarin, 4x Little Egret, (RGi)

Seisdon Quarry/Furnace Grange

Hobby, 3x Little Egret, Shoveler, Green Woodpecker, c40 Linnet, (IMo, GCl)

Friday 15th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

Curlew Sandpiper along Admaston Reach at 10:00, 25x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, 8x Dunlin, Greenshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Ruff, 3x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, Pintail, 27x Wigeon, 5x YL Gull, 3x Wheatear, 2x Whinchat, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, (TPe, SCo)  -  Dunlin, 6x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 26x Egyptian Geese, 20x Little Grebe, 2x Wigeon, (SCo)

Belvide Resv

Garganey, 2x Pintail, Mandarin, 4x Ruff, 4x Dunlin, 32x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 

Knypersley Resv

Fem Wigeon, 6x Mandarin, Siskin, 4x Tawny Owl, (GBr)

Wychnor

Hobby, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 

Thursday 14th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

4x Curlew Sandpiper top of Blithe Bay, 2x Cattle Egret, 3x Great Egret, 2x Pintail, 5x YL Gull, 4x LRP, 4x Dunlin, 8x Ruff, 2x Curlew, Snipe, Common Tern, 4x Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, 2x Whinchat, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

Garganey, 3x Pintail, 8x Little Egret thru, 34x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 4x Dunlin, 4x Ruff, 2x Peregrine, Yellow Wagtail,,

Branston GPs

4x juv Spotted Redshank this afternoon, Greenshank, Redshank, 7x Ruff, 10x Snipe, 2x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 11x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 150x Lapwing, 18x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, Garganey, 2x Pintail, 6x Wigeon, 27x Pochard, 166x Shoveler, 122x Gadwall, 206x Teal, 59x Little Grebe, 5x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

Garganey, Great Egret, (SPA)

Whitemoor Haye

Curlew Sandpiper, roadside pit, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, (TPe)

Kings Bromley layby

Yellow Wagtail, 2x Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, (BHa)

Wednesday 13th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

Juv Curlew Sandpiper top of Blithe Bay, 24x Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, 8x Dunlin, 8x Ruff, 2x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 24x Wigeon, Hobby, Peregrine, 5x YL Gull, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, 2x Whinchat, (SRi)  -  also 24x Little Egret, Red Kite, 5x Greenshank, (DBa, KMa)

Endon - Denford

68x Pink-footed Geese over SE at 09:15, also a skein heard at 08:15, (DCo)

Belvide Resv

2x Dunlin, Turnstone, 35x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 4x Ruff, 

Stoke

Lordship Lane 4x Snipe, 29x Lapwing, (RGi)

Middleton Lakes

Garganey, Pintail on JW south

Seisdon Quarry

Wigeon, 6x Goosander, Green Sandpiper, 9x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, (IMo, GCl)

Tuesday 12th September 2023

Seisdon

5x Little Egret - Furnace Grange Green Sandpiper, (GCl)

Kings Bromley (layby)

3x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, (BHa)

Whitemoor Haye

4x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, roadside pits, (TPe)

Hamstall Ridware

Red Kite, 2x Yellowhammer, 15x Linnet, (AP)

Monday 11th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

Knot at top of Blithe Bay at 12:10, (SRi)  - 9x Ruff, 12x Dunlin, 30x Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 2x Curlew, 30x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, 4x Great Egret, 2x Whinchat, Wheatear, 6x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, 15x Barnacle Geese, (SRi, PAn)

Kings Bromley

2x Cattle Egret from the layby, 2x Little Egret, Red Kite, (RBe)

                                                          Cattle Egret by Rob Bendelow

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe Pereg

Trentham Gardens

Red Kite at 14:00, (KBr)

Branston GPs

Garganey, 3x Ruff, Greenshank, Redshank, 8x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 16x Curlew, 18x Little Egret, 25x Pochard, 6x Wigeon, 116x Gadwall, 106x Shoveler, 214x Teal, 66x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Peregrine, (JWo)

                                                         Garganey by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Sunday 10th September 2023

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier thru at 08:00, 3x Snipe, Ringed Plover, (SCo)

Blithfield Resv

2x Black Tern Blithe Bay, (MPR, GJM)  -  Cattle Egret in field behind Admaston Reach, (AMa)  -  2x Turnstone, 2x Black Tern, Cattle Egret, 4x Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 16x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, 3x LRP, 37x Ringed Plover, 7x Ruff, 8x Snipe, Whimbrel, 15x Barnacle Geese, 9x Egyptian Geese, 6x Great Egret, 31x Little Egret, Hobby, Wheatear, 21x Wigeon, (SE, HF)

                                                                  By GJ Mant

                                                          Turnstone by Steve Edwards

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, 135x Swallow going south, (GBr) 

Radford Meadows

Little Egret, 4x Snipe, (CDa)

Belvide Resv

3x juv Black Tern, Juv Curlew Sandpiper, 4x Ruff, 22x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 4x Dunlin, 3x Wigeon, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 

Cannock Chase

Abrahams Valley - Spotted Flycatcher, Crossbill, (NMk)

Tittesworth Water

13x Mandarin, 6x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, Hobby, (JOa, DC, KH)

Coven

A flock of 33x Mistle Thrush in a ploughed field, (JDu)

Seisdon Quarry

Spotted Flycatcher, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 6x Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, 8x Little Grebe, (IMo, GCl)

Branston GPs

15x Little Egret, c80 Little Grebe, 7x Egyptian Geese, 60x Shoveler, 70x Gadwall, 40x Pochard, 70x Lapwing, 3x Curlew, Greenshank, 2x Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Redshank, Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 15x Linnet, (DSc)

Saturday 9th September 2023

Aqualate

Osprey perched in tree on the south shore this morning, 2x Marsh Harrier, Garganey, (IGr)

Belvide Resv

Curlew Sandpiper still, 22x Ringed Plover, 4x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, 3x LRP, Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, juv Goshawk, juv Med Gull, Red Kite, 5x YL Gull, 

Middleton Lakes

Garganey, 5x Snipe, Great Egret, (MSm)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 25x Shoveler, 5x Wigeon, (MSc)

Catholme

15x Little Egret, 180x Cormorant, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

4x Little Egret, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Branston GPs

14x Little Egret, 70x Lapwing, 7x Curlew, 5x Ruff, Redshank, 3x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, imm Common Gull, 3x Common Tern, 4x Egyptian Geese, 7x Wigeon, 70x Shoveler, 100x Gadwall, 25x Pochard, Green Woodpecker, 2x Wheatear, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

Tad Bay - 3x Great Egret, 20x Little Egret, 150x Lapwing, 2x Greenshank, Curlew, ruff, 4x Dunlin, 35x Ringed Plover, 8x Snipe, (DSc)

Seisdon

6x Pochard, Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 5x Little Egret, this evening, (GCl, KCl)

Friday 8th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

Turnstone, 2x Whimbrel Blithe Bay, (GJM, MDJ)  -  Turnstone at Admaston Reach, 33x Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, 8x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 8x Ruff, 3x Curlew, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, 2x Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, (SRi)  -  22x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, 5x Snipe, 4x Yellow Wagtail, (CMa, RF)

                                                             Turnstone by GJ Mant

Belvide Resv

Curlew Sandpiper still, juv Marsh Harrier thru, 

Branston GPs

14x Black Tern, 11x Ruff, Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, LRP, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 126x Lapwing, 7x Snipe, 16x Little Egret, 8x Wigeon, 42x Pochard, 108x Gadwall, 84x Shoveler, 125x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 8x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Hobby, 2x Peregrine, 2x Siskin, (JWo)

                                                       Black Terns by Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, 

Clay Mills

5x Goosander, Green Sandpiper, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Thursday 7th September 2023

Middleton Lakes

Whinchat from cattle gate on west path, 2x Garganey still, Hobby, Ringed Plover, 16x Snipe, Great Egret, 18x Wigeon, (SPA

Codsall

5x Crossbill over west at 07:57, 

Tittesworth Water

Great Egret on conservation pool, 2x Common Sandpiper, Common Gull, Mandarin, (JOa)

Blithfield Resv

3x Great Egret, 10x Barnacle Geese, 5x Wigeon, 13x Goosander, Hobby, 5x YL Gull, 7x Common Tern, 16x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 5x Ruff, Curlew, Tree Pipit, 3x Whinchat, Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, (SRi)

Seisdon

8x Little Egret, Mandarin, (GCl)

Belvide Resv

Juv Curlew Sandpiper, 2x Turnstone

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 2x Mandarin, (MBo)

Branston GPs

3x Ruff, 5x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 6x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 139x Lapwing, 19x Little Egret, 6x Wigeon, 72x Pochard, 81x Shoveler, 87x Gadwall, 14x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Water Rail, Water Rail, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Peregrine, 2x Siskin, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Wednesday 6th September 2023

Blithfield Resv

3x Red Kite NE, 11x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, Greenshank, 5x Ruff, Snipe, YL Gull, 6x Common Tern, 2x Whinchat, Tree Pipit, (SRi)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, 65x Shoveler, 175x Lapwing, Barnacle Goose, (MBo, RRa)  - Ring Ouzel near the fort (MBo)

Biddulph

3x Hobby hawking above the leisure centre this afternoon, (MSw)

                                                                   By Mick Sway

Alvecote

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Whimbrel, 3x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 9x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 178x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 12x Little Egret, Pintail, Goosander, 26x Pochard, 88x Shoveler, 47x Gadwall, 2x Wigeon, 64x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Hobby, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Tuesday 5th September 2023

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier thru at 08:25, (SCo)

Berryhill

2x Wheatear by dried out scrape, (CWo)

                                                                  By Clive Wood

Belvide Resv

3x Black Tern still also 3x Little Gull, 2x Black-necked Grebe, juv Marsh Harrier

Mow Cop

2x Redstart this morning, (ALo)

Longsdon Wood

2x juv Hobby, Willow Tit, Green Woodpecker, 15x Siskin, -  Longsdon Mill pool Green Sandpiper, 56x Lapwing, (DCo)

Huntington

Hobby at 16:40, (SRi)

Barton under Needwood area

Little Owl, (JWo)

                                                       Little Owl by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Monday 4th September 2023

Belvide Resv

3x Black Tern late afternoon, 

Gailey Resv

Common Sandpiper, 5x Little Grebe, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

Juv Marsh Harrier,

Branston GPs

3x Greenshank, Redshank, 3x Ruff, 10x Curlew, 10x Snipe, 3x Common Sandpiper, 195x Lapwing, 15x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, Pintail, 73x Pochard, 5x Wigeon, 56x Gadwall, 78x Shoveler, Mandarin, 5x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 12x Common Tern, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

                                                         GBB Gull by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Sunday 3rd September 2023

Tittesworth Water

11x Mandarin, 3x Common Sandpiper, Willow Tit, (JOa, KH)

Blithfield Resv

5x Great Egret, Greenshank, 5x Ringed Plover, 6x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 5x Goosander, (MBr)  -  2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 3x Greenshank, 5x LRP, 19x Ringed Plover, 5x Ruff, 6x Common Tern, 8x Egyptian Geese, 6x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, Pintail, Wigeon, Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)

Knypersley Resv

5x Mandarin, 3x Tawny Owl, (GBr)

The Burntwood (Loggerheads)

3x Spotted Flycatcher, 16x Siskin, (RGi)

Branston GPs

7x Curlew, 124x Lapwing, 3x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 15x Little Egret, Pintail, 60x Pochard, Peregrine, 10x Common Tern, Redstart, (DSc)

Saturday 2nd September 2023

Middleton Lakes (Alldayer total 88 Staffs/Warks)

Garganey, 3x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, (MSm)  -  Whinchat, 

Berryhill

4x Redstart (3 in grazed paddock) east of the Ind estate and one at Palletstacks, (RTo)  -  Whinchat off Mossfield Road, Wheatear near mast houses and barn, (RGi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Greenshank, 4x Ringed Plover, 4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, YL Gull, 2x Goosander, (RPo)

Doxey Marsh  (Alldayer total 71)

Marsh Harrier (cream crowned), Hobby, Whinchat, Peregrine, Garden Warbler, Mandarin, (GPr, RRa, AHa, RST)

Blithfield Resv  (Alldayer total 99)

5x Great Egret, 19x Ringed Plover, 7x LRP, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Ruff, Pintail, 10x Goosander, 6x YL Gull, 8x Common Tern, Wheatear, 3x Whinchat, Yellowhammer, several Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)  -  additional Green Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, GBB Gulls, 10x Little Egret, (PAn)

Belvide Resv  (Alldayer total 94)

Black-necked Grebe, Garganey, Red Kite, Wheatear, Redstart, Whinchat, Stonechat, 12x Common Sandpiper, 7x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 2x Dunlin, 13x Snipe, Tree Pipit, Green Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, 

Alvecote  

5x Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart Old Orchard, (ARa)

Aqualate  (Alldayer total 73)

Marsh Harrier, (IGr)

Branston Water Park

2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Pochard, (BHa)

Trentham Gardens

4x Little Egret, 10x Mandarin, Peregrine, (RGi)

Branston GPs (Alldayer total 101)

Whimbrel, 3x Greenshank, 2x Redshank, 3x Ruff, 130x Lapwing, Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 9x Curlew, ad YL Gull, ad GBB Gull, 20x Common Tern, Pintail, Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 2x Peregrine, Hobby, 10x Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Siskin, Green Woodpecker, (DSc, CEc, PFo, Dean)

Friday 1st September 2023

Stanley Pool

2x Tree Pipit Thru, (DCo)

Blithfield Resv

Clouded Yellow on dam, first for many years, (MDJ, GJM)  -  6x Great Egret, 40x Little Egret, 9x Ruff, 2x Redstart, 3x Spotted Flycatcher, 5x Lesser Whitethroat, 35x Yellow Wagtail, 200x Linnet, (MDJ)

Enville

Hobby, Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, 4x Siskin south, (IWh)

Stoke

5x Swift hawking between Royal Soke hospital and Lyme Valley (RGi)

Branston GPs

Cattle Egret on Ashy pit at 18:00 and then in the sheep field to 18:36 only, (DSc)  -  3x Ruff, 3x Greenshank, 4x Common Sandpiper, 9x Curlew, 60x Lapwing, 13x Little Egret, Pintail, 52x Pochard, 3x Goosander, Wigeon, 59x Gadwall, 66x Shoveler, 71x Little Grebe, 25x Common Tern, 5x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Peregrine, Hobby, 3x Green Woodpecker, 3x Swift, (JWo)

                                                      Cattle Egret by Dave Scattergood

Barton under Needwood

Greenshank over again calling this evening, (JWo)