Tuesday 31st October 2023

Stanley Pool

2x Scaup this morning, (ALa)

Carmountside Flash Valley

8x Ring-necked Parakeet, 59x Teal, 2x Stonechat, Water Rail, (ALa)

Chatterley Whitfield

Cetti's Warbler still, (SHi)

Branston GPs

Shag on South pit to 14:42 only, 14x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Snipe, 150x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 22x Pochard, 6x Wigeon, 46x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 200+ Teal, 8x Egyptian Geese, 106x Little Grebe, 5x Water Rail, 8x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 30x Redpoll, 12x Siskin, 2x Cetti's Warbler,  (JWo)

                                                           Shag by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver off the dam, also Shag in SE corner, (RSo)

Middleton Lakes

17x Golden Plover, Snipe, 3x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, (MSm)

Enville

Crossbill over, Red Kite, 2x Goosander, (ICW)

Burslem Park

13x Goosander on the lake, (PMo)

Branston Water Park

Scaup, 14x Pochard, 4x Gadwall, 4x Wigeon, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

41x Dunlin, Redshank, Ringed Plover, Ruff, 2x Pintail, 2x Brambling, 6x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 5x Common Gull, Goshawk, Barn Owl. Cetti's Warbler, 

Monday 30th October 2023

Sneyd Green

90x Pink-footed Geese over east, (JOa)

Branston GPs

15x Curlew, 8x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 120x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 44x Shoveler, 28x Gadwall, 200x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 4x Egyptian Geese, 74x Little Grebe, 6x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, Brambling, 76x Redpoll, 6x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

Scaup, 2x Goosander, 6x Pochard, (JWo)

Whiston - Windy Arbour

4x Red Kite where Cotton Lane crosses the A52, (GSt)

Sunday 29th October 2023

Branston GPs

Juv Great Northern Diver on Ashy pit at 13:30, (Dean, CEc), - first site record, juv Shag still on Marley pit, Great Egret to 09:35 only, 3x Little Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese, 32x Shoveler, 10x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 10x Gadwall,  Redshank, 100x Lapwing, 13x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 72x Little Grebe, 10x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 5x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, 20x Redpoll, 10x Siskin, Green Woodpecker, (JWo, DSc, BSt, ASt, CEc, Dean, SCo)

                                                 Great Northern Diver by Jon Woodcock

Branston Water Park

Juv Scaup still, this morning, (SCo), - Imm Scaup still early afternoon, Goosander, 6x Pochard, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Radford Meadows Stafford

22x Golden Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 172x Lapwing, 121x Shover, 300x Teal, 150x Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)

Whitmore Bent Lane

Great Egret, and 21x Raven at Baldwins Gate,  (RWh)

Chasewater

The Shag still, also Little Grebe, (CW)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, (RRa)

Seisdon Quarry

5x Stonechat, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 3x Goosander, Little Egret, Little Grebe, (IMo, ADe)

Tittesworth Water

4x imm Scaup on the conservation pool, 2x Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, 7x Siskin, (JOa)

Hanchurch

15x Brambling, 30x Redpoll, 25x Siskin, 120x Fieldfare, 80x Redwing, (SE, HF)

Stanley Pool

Chiffchaff, 2x Siskin, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Short-eared Owl hunting west side of JW and a Barn Owl. In the JW roost tonight were 4x Great Egret, 52x Little Egret and a Cattle Egret, (MB)

River Sow  Meadows

Cetti's Warbler, 3x Little Egret, 91x Lapwing, 80x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 3x Little Grebe, (RSw)

Tixall Wide flood

Great Egret, (DHa)

Saturday 28th October 2023

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe, Little Stint, 60x Golden Plover high NE, 25x Snipe, Ruff, Ringed Plover, 30x Dunlin, 3x Pintail, Water Rail, 11x Yellowhammer, Brambling, 

Branston Water Park

Scaup still this afternoon, Great Egret, Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 3x Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, (BHa)

Branston GPs

Juv Shag still on Marley fishing lake, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 90x Little Grebe, 22x Shoveler, 7x Goldeneye, Peregrine, 70x Lapwing, Dunlin, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, GBB Gull, 5x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 10x Fieldfare, Brambling, 20x Redpoll, 5x Siskin, (DSc)

Claymills

2x Great Egret, also Cetti's Warbler at partly flooded field just north side of Sewage works at 16:30, (DSc)

Arewas NMA

Great Egret, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 15x Redpoll, (JWo)

Friday 27th October 2023

Belvide Resv

Fem Firecrest along Gazebo Bay, Little Stint, 24x Dunlin, Ruff, Ringed Plover, 4x Golden Plover, 2x Woodcock, Great Egret, Mandarin, 3x Stonechat, 

Branston GPs

SMP2 - Ad Caspian Gull, 7x YL Gull, 12x GBB Gull, 5x Common Gull, 3x Brambling over, 10x Siskin, 80x Linnet, 20x Redpoll, Redshank, Ringed Plover, 14x Curlew, 18x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 140x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 21x Wigeon, 18x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 9x Egyptian Geese, 89x Little Grebe, Peregrine, Barn Owl, 5x Stonechat, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean)

Trentham Gardens

Dipper, Stonechat, 41x Mandarin, 2x Little Grebe, 10x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 21x Siskin, (SE, HF)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 10x Cetti's Warbler, (MBo). 

Tixall Wide Canal

2x Whooper Swan on flooded field east of Stafford, (DHa)  

Middleton Lakes

Bittern flying from Staffs side of FM, 25x Golden Plover over JW, Dunlin, Snipe, (MSm)

Claymills

6x Cattle Egret in field  next to pumping station also Great Egret, (POr)

Thursday 26th October 2023

Blithfield Resv

2x Dark bellied Brent Geese on deep end at 09:30, flew off at 12:45, 3x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 13x Egyptian Geese, 3x YL Gull, Dunlin, Snipe, 5x Stonechat, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Juv Shag still on Marley Fishing Lake also 2x Egyptian Geese, c150 Redpoll, 5x Siskin, 16x Greenfinch, 7x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 6x Little Egret, 15x Wigeon, 8x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 45x Pochard, 18x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 200x Teal, 16x Curlew, 24x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 140x Lapwing, 4x Water Rail, 132x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 12x GB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, (DSc, JWo, MCa, CEc)

Branston Water Park

Imm Scaup still, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Goosander, 5x Pochard, 2x Chiffchaff, (DSc, JWo)

Sneyd Green

70x Pink-footed Geese over west at 16:10, (JOa)

Westport Lake

Fem Common Scoter still at 16:15 also 70x Pinkfoots over west at 16:10, (NJS)

Botteslow

Woodcock over the marsh this over North pit, Redshank,  evening,  Water Rail at the rail line pool, earlier on the flash 24x Teal, Little Egret, Little Grebe, (RTo) 

Belvide Resv

Little Stint, 24x Dunlin, Ruff, 14x Snipe, 7x Stonechat, 

Middleton Lakes

A flock of 56x Snipe over North pit,  Redshank, Pintail over, 2x Pochard, Goosander, Great Egret, (SPA)  -  Bittern flew from JW towards Fishers Mill, (SGa)

Wednesday 25th October 2023

Middleton Lakes

Jack Snipe between JW north and south, 10x Snipe, Great Egret, 2-3 Pochard, (SPA)  -  Also Dunlin, (MSm)

Blithfield Resv

08:45 to 14:00 - Drake Common Scoter St Stephen's Bay, 2x Great Egret, Red Kite, Snipe, 3x Stonechat, 4x Redpoll, (SRi)

Ipstones

220+ Pink-footed Geese in three skeins over east at 11:30, (SCh)

Branston Water Park

Scaup still, 4x Goosander, 3x Pochard, 4x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Redpoll, 10x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Brankley Pastures

40x Redpoll, 10x Siskin, 30x Skylark, 4x Yellowhammer, 50x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Branston GPs

The juv Shag has moved from the Water Park to Marley Fishing lake next to North pit also Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler - North pit 10x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Egyptian Geese, Little Egret, Goosander, (DSc)

                                                             Shag by Dave Scattergood

Staffs

Tuesday 24th October 2023

Belvide Resv

38x Dunlin, 15x Snipe, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, Little Stint, 3x Stonechat, YL Gull, Brambling, 

Trentham Gardens

15x Little Egret - my highest count here, 32x Mandarin, 5x Goosander, 2x Common Gull, 3x Golden Plover over, (RTo)

Stoke

Dipper singing on the Trent, (RGi)

Sneyd Green

90x Pink-footed Geese over NE at 11:55, (JOa)

Endon - Denford

19x Snipe, 82x Lapwing, Stonechat, (DCo)

Blithfield Resv

10:00 to 13:45 - 3x Great Egret, YL Gull, 9x Common Gull, Dunlin, 6x Snipe, 4x Stonechat, 4x Yellowhammer, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

6x Golden Plover thru, 5x Pochard, (MSm)

Branston Water Park

Shag, Scaup still, 6x Goosander, 5x Pochard, 4x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese, 12x Greenfinch, 5x Redpoll, Chiffchaff, 4x Cetti's Warbler. (JWo, DSc)

Alvecote

Great Egret, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, 50x Snipe, 3x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 120x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, 12x Goldeneye, 48x Pochard, 3x Goosander, 6x Gadwall, 26x Shoveler, 6x Wigeon, 250x Teal, 135x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 36x Greenfinch, 12x Redpoll, (JWo)

Monday 23rd October 2023

Belvide Resv

Little Stint, 30x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, 5x Ringed Plover, 10x Snipe, Golden Plover thru, YL Gull,

Knypersley Resv

4x Mandarin, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Pintail, Pochard, 5x Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, (MSm)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Fem Garganey, Cattle Egret, Pink-footed Goose, Barnacle Goose, 2x Goosander, c50 Lapwing, (CDa)

Branston Water Park

Juv Shag to 17:40 only, 6x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (JWo)  -  Scaup still to 16:30 at least, (MJo)

                                                              Shag by Jon Woodcock

Branston GPs

30x Snipe, 8x Curlew, 3x Common Sandpiper, 120x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, 8x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 58x Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 300x Teal, 138x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 7x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Redpoll, 32x Greenfinch, (JWo, CEc)

Sunday 22nd October 2023

Tittesworth Water

2x Whooper Swan dropped in this am, 30x Pink-footed Geese over, (IF)  -  17x Wigeon, Pochard, 7x Mandarin, Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, 14x Siskin, Fieldfare, (JOa, LH)

Belvide Resv

Little Stint, 26x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, 5x Ringed Plover, 2x Stonechat, 

Endon STW

2x Barn Owl, Stonechat, 2x Fieldfare, (GBr)

Branston Water Park,

Ist/win Scaup still, 6x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 30x Redpoll, 20x Greenfinch,  (JWo, DSc)

                                                          Scaup by Dave Scattergood

                                                           Scaup by Jon Woodcock

Fazeley

7x Great Egret on flooded fields south of Fazeley, (TPe)

Radford Meadows Stafford

4x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 60x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 150x Wigeon, 6x Snipe, 50x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Little Grebe, (RSw)

Branston GPs

 2x Common Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, 120x Lapwing, 8x calling Water Rail, 80x Little Grebe, 4x Little Egret, 4x Goldeneye, 20x Wigeon, 50x Shoveler, 87x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 200x Teal, 3x Egyptian Geese, Barn Owl, Brambling, 40x Redpoll, 30x Greenfinch, 10x Siskin,  Yellowhammer, 5x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 100x Fieldfare, (DSc)

Seisdon Quarry

Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 10x Goosander, Little Grebe, 3x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (IMo, ADe)

Middleton Lakes

12x Great Egret and 34x Little Egret roosted on JW this evening. (SPA, MSm, TPe)

Wychnor

150x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Chasewater

Shag still, 12x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, 5x Jack Snipe, 19x Snipe, 40x Fieldfare, 2x Stonechat, (CW)

Saturday 21st October 2023

Belvide Resv

Twite still, Little Stint, 23x Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, Goshawk, 

Uttoxeter Quarry - (View from a safe distance due to extensive floodwater)

Great Egret, 3x Goldeneye, (RPo)

Prestwood- Wootton

Hay Lane (SK104437) - Brambling, 200x Chaffinch, 300x Linnet, Red Kite, (RPo)

Branston Water Park

 Scaup with Tufted Ducks, 6x Goosander, 5x Pochard, Chiffchaff, 40x Redpoll over, (DSc)

Himley Hall - Baggeridge

Dipper, (LCl)

Trentham

1200x Pink-footed Geese over east, (HF, SE)

Weston Coyne

1000+ Pink-footed Geese over east at 18:32, (COs)

Tean

100x Pink-footed Geese over east at 18:30, (RPo)

Branston GPs

2x Little Egret, 10x Wigeon, 32x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 220x Lapwing, 10x Curlew, Dunlin, 70x Fieldfare, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 10x Redpoll, 8x Siskin, (DSc)  -  additional SMP2 170x Fieldfare, 2x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Little Egret, 8x Little Grebe, Peregrine, 12x Siskin, (JWo)

Endon - Denford

4x Water Rail, 23x Mandarin (patch record), 24x Wigeon, 22x Teal, Snipe, (DCo)

Friday 20th October 2023

Belvide Resv

Twite still on north shore, Rock Pipit, 27x Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, 7x Golden Plover, 10x Goldeneye, 4x Pintail, Goosander, Shelduck, 152x Gadwall, Goshawk.

Radford Meadows

Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Pintail, 191x Wigeon, (CDa)

Stafford

Brambling at Brocton Heights, (MSt)

Thursday 19th October 2023

Radford Madows

23x Pintail, Garganey, 73x Shoveler, c200 Teal, c100 Wigeon, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 250x Lapwing, (CDa)

Belvide Resv

A Twite briefly in the Linnet flock and again late afternoon, 7x Great Egret thru, Rock Pipit, 28x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, 7x Snipe, 12x Pintail, 16x Pochard, YL Gull, 

Middleton Lakes

3x Great Egret, (SPA)  -  2x Pintail, 2x Pochard, Goosander, 25x Snipe, Stonechat, (MSm) 

Blithfield Resv

08:15 to 12:45 - 4x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 120x Wigeon, fem Goldeneye, Red Kite, YL Gull, 4x Ringed Plover, 30x Dunlin, Ruff, Curlew, Snipe, 150x Fieldfare, 4x Stonechat, (SRi)

Cannock Chase

21x Crossbill Abrahams Valley also c20 Siskin, (TSl)

Endon - Denford

64x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, Redpoll, 3x Siskin, -  Ashes pool, 7x Snipe, 6x Mandarin, 51x Lapwing, Water Rail, (DCo)

Chartley

Red Kite over at 15:19, (JDr)

Mill Pool

Wheatear, (SGi)

Tittesworth Water

Pochard, 15x Wigeon, 38x Teal, 12x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 5x Common Gull, Willow Tit, Chiffchaff, (SGi)

Onecote

A cream-crown Marsh Harrier drifted through SE at 16:15, (orange wing-tags on both wings), (PBe)

Branston GPs

15x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 150x Lapwing, Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 42x Pochard, 2x Pintail, 41x Wigeon, 18x Gadwall, 46x Shoveler, 250x Teal, 12x Egyptian Geese, 133x Little Grebe, Water Rail, 3x YL Gull, Common Gull, 4x GBB Gull, Wheatear, 6x Stonechat, 28x Greenfinch, 4x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Peregrine, (JWo)

                                                               Pintail by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Wednesday 18th October 2023

Middleton Lakes

Jack Snipe, 1-2 Dunlin, Great Egret, 2x Pochard, Stonechat, (SPA)

Radford Meadows

Black-tailed Godwit still, 2x Dunlin, c200 Lapwing, 50x Shoveler, 107x Wigeon, 300x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)

Branston GPs

Juv Arctic Tern west over Ashy pit at 15:05, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 12x Snipe, 15x Curlew, 180x Lapwing, Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, Goldeneye, 2x Pintail, 57x Pochard, Goosander, 22x Wigeon, 22x Gadwall, 58x Shoveler, 250x Teal, 6x Egyptian Geese, 126x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, 12x Greenfinch, 6x Redpoll, (JWo)

Cannock Chase

Crossbill, c120 flock of Siskins and Redpolls, (DBa)

Fradley - Alrewas towpath

6x Green Sandpiper on floods also 60x Lapwing, 4x Goosander and 8s Siskin at Fradley Jnc NR, (BHa)

Belvide Resv

Rock Pipit, 2x Ruff, 11x Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, Pintail, Goldeneye, 

Tuesday 17th October 2023

Himley Great pool

Drake Red-crested Pochard at 07:40, (CTi)

Blithfield Resv

08:00 to 13:00 - 5x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, Peregrine, 2x YL Gull, 6x Dunlin, Curlew, 5x Snipe, 4x Stonechat, 2x Fieldfare, Redpoll, (SRi)

Seisdon

Rock Pipit, 7x Stonechat, 2x Common Gull, Green Sandpiper, (GCl)

Middleton Lakes

Juv Marsh Harrier, 20x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, (JFu)

Chatterley Whitfield

Stonechats, Cetti's Warbler still, (SHi)

Fradley - Alrewas

5x Green Sandpiper on flooded fields, (BHa)

Brankley Pastures

5x Yellowhammer, 12x Redpoll, 8x Siskin, 10x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Coombes Valley RSPB

Brambling, 21x Raven into roost.

Branston GPs

North pit at dusk - 2x Great Egret flew south, GBB Gull, Common Gull, 4x YL Gull, Curlew, Snipe, Water Rail, Barn Owl, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Ruff, Goshawk, Goldeneye, 

Doxey Marsh - wellies required site flooded

Ring-tailed Hen Harrier flew west, 3x Water Pipit, 3x Great Egret, (MBo)

Monday 16th October 2023

Radford Meadows

74x Wigeon, 250x Teal, 50x Shoveler, Little Egret, (CDa)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan over west, (PJT)

Endon - Denford

5x Wigeon, 39x Teal, 12x Snipe, Siskin, Ashes pool 60x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 4x Mandarin, (DCo)

Chasewater

Shag, 2x Pochard, 3x Goosander, Peregrine, 3x Stonechat, 13x Redpoll, Chiffchaff, 21x Lapwing, (CMa, LRM)

Blithfield Resv

08:45 to 14:45 - 2x Great Egret, 120x Wigeon, 2x YL Gull, 4x Ringed Plover, 15x Dunlin, Curlew, Ruff, 6x Snipe, Swallow, Rock Pipit, 2x Stonechat, 4x Redpoll, (SRi)

Thorncliffe

Red Kite, (SCh)

Branston GPs

2x Woodcock, 28x Snipe, 12x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 150x Lapwing, 5x Water Rail, 2x Great Egret,10x Little Egret, Goosander, 44x Pochard, 15x Wigeon, 52x Shoveler, 14x Gadwall, 145x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, 6x YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, 8x Stonechat, 60x Linnet, 7x Redpoll, 4x Siskin, 9x Greenfinch, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Sunday 15th October 2023

Radford Meadows

Black-tailed Godwit, 150x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 51x Shoveler, 11x Gadwall, c200 Teal, 50x Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler. (CDa)

Belvide Resv

2x Common Scoter, juv/fem Scaup, 3x Grey Plover, Golden Plover, 2x Ruff, 15x Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, Great Egret, Goshawk, 2x Stonechat, 73x Skylark,

Biddulph

Hawfinch, 5x Crossbill, Redpolls, Siskins, this am,  (GCl)  -  Hawfinch along Mow Lane this afternoon, 

Seisdon Quarry

Great Egret over SSE at 08:35, Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 2x Goosander, 3x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (IMo, GCl)

Furnace Grange

Probable near adult YL Gull, 4x Stonechat, Goosander, Shoveler, Little Grebe, Little Egret over, c25 Skylark, (IMo, GCl)

Knypersley Resv

12x Mandarin, 2x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret dropped in, (GCl)

Tittesworth Water

8x Whooper Swan this afternoon 12:30 to 14:00 at least, 11x Mandarin, 17x Wigeon, 3x Willow Tit, 4x Siskin, Barn Owl, (JOa, LH)

Blithfield Resv

Whooper Swan, 3x Curlew, 16x Dunlin, 7x Ringed Plover, Ruff, 5x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 10x Egyptian Geese, 6x Goosander, (SE, HF)

The Burntwood (Loggerheads)

Brambling, 40x Linnet, Siskins, Redpolls, Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Cannock Chase

7x Crossbill, 5x Brambling, (MKe, JKe)

Kings Bromley

Little Egret flew from A515 layby, (AWo)

Branston GPs

110x Little Grebe, 7x Little Egret, ad Shelduck, 7x Wigeon, 52x Shoveler, 14x Pochard, 4x Goosander, Water Rail, 130x Lapwing, 14x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, 10x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 2x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, 5x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Chiffchaff, 40x Linnet, 12x Redpoll, 10x Siskin, (DSc)

Saturday 14th October 2023

Belvide Resv

11x Whooper Swan (6,2,3), drake Common Scoter still, Spotted Redshank, 3x Grey Plover, Crossbill thru, 5x Goosander, Shelduck, 

Elford north pit (private location)

Whooper Swan flew off towards Whitemoor Haye, (SCo)

Blithfield Resv

2x Whooper Swan Beech tree point also 2 Blithe Bay, (GJM)  -  Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Curlew, 21x Dunlin, Ruff, 4x Ringed Plover, 128x Lapwing, 100x Linnet, Ruddy Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 

Radford Meadows

Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 8x Gadwall, 54x Shoveler, 60x Wigeon, 150x Teal, 2x Snipe, 250x Lapwing, (RSw)

Tittesworth Water

45x Mandarin, 17x Wigeon, 5x Goosander, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Chiffchaff, (SGi, IB, JC)

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 10x Snipe, 70x Wigeon, Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, (BHa)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, fem/imm Crossbill thru NW (2nd ever site record), 4x Egyptian Geese, 16x Wigeon, 50x Shoveler, 10x Pochard, Red Kite, 14x Curlew, 150x Lapwing, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 30x Skylark, 6x Stonechat, 3x Chiffchaff, 14x Redpoll and 12x Siskin thru south. (DSc)

Chatterley Whitfield

Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechats, (SHi)

Whitemoor Haye

Whooper Swan, 131x Wigeon, 19x Pochard, 141x Tufted Duck, 91x Lapwing,  4x Great Egret, 16x Little Egret, 13x Little Grebe, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, 4x Siskin, c100 Redwing, 13x Egyptian Geese, (SCo, WeBS)

                                                          Whooper Swan by Stu Collins

Wychnor

Whooper Swan on the flooded fields, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, Little Egret, Common Gull, 8x Redpoll, 12x Siskin, (JWo)

Catholme

4x Little Egret, 34x Gadwall, 6x Egyptian Geese, 25x Linnet, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, Shelduck thru south, 12x Wigeon, 80x Pochard, 9x Goosander thru north, 9x Egyptian Geese flew north, (DSc)

River Sow Meadows (Baswich - Milford)

5x Green Sandpiper, 6x Golden Plover over, 16x Snipe, Chiffchaff, (RSw)

Friday 13th October 2023

Belvide Resv

Spotted Redshank, 3x Grey Plover, Ruff, 16x Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, drake Common Scoter, 3x Pintail, 8x Barnacle Geese, Goshawk, 

Middleton Lakes

3x Great Egret, 2x Redshank, Peregrine

Blithfield Resv

2x Rock Pipit, 5x Great Egret, 96x Wigeon, 7x YL Gull, c600 Linnet, (MDJ)

Branston GPs

10x Little Egret, 3x Pintail, 36x Wigeon, 70x Shoveler, 140x Teal, 52x Pochard, 10x Curlew, 27x Snipe, 27x Lapwing, 2x YL Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Thursday 12th October 2023

Blithfield Resv

08:15 to 14:00 Little Stint, 20x Ringed Plover, 10x Dunlin, Redshank, Ruff, Curlew, 4x Great Egret, c60x Pinkfoots east, Ruddy Shelduck, 5x YL Gull, 2x Stonechat, (SRi)

Stoke

11x Whooper Swan heading west, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

8x Barnacle Geese, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, 15x Dunlin, 11x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3x Grey Plover, Goldeneye, 2x Garganey, 3x Pintail, 112x Wigeon, 

Dimmingsdale

60x Pink-footed Geese over west at 10:30, (TEy)

Gentleshaw

60x Redpoll, 30x Linnet, 9x Stonechat, Greenfinch, Siskin, (GSt)

Cannock Chase

30x Crossbill, 25x Redpoll, Brambling, Siskins, Stonechat, (ABl)

Branston GPs

Golden Plover, 15x Snipe, 15x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 170x Lapwing, 15x Little Egret, 3x Pintail, 52x Pochard, 32x Wigeon, 42x Gadwall, 98x Shoveler, 136x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, 40x Linnet, (JWo)

                                                      Common Gull by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Wednesday 11th October 2023

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, 2x Pochard, Common Tern, 7x Snipe, Stonechat and a Red-breasted Goose of unknown origin (SPA)

Blithfield Resv

08:00 to 13:00 - 4x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 22x Egyptian Geese, 70x Wigeon, 5x YL Gull, Golden Plover, 20x Ringed Plover, 8x Dunlin, Snipe, 2x Rock Pipit, 13x Siskin, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

Spotted Redshank, 3x Grey Plover, 12x Dunlin, 11x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Ruff, Great Egret, Rock Pipit, 2x Garganey, 3x Pintail, 107x Wigeon, Mandarin, 

Tuesday 10th October 2023

Blithfield Resv

08:00 to 13:30 - 3x Rock Pipit on north side of causeway viewed from the Admaston side, 4x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, Peregrine, 4x YL Gull, 20x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, Ruff, 2x Snipe, 250x Redwing, Wheatear, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

Spotted Redshank, 

Wetley Moor

152x Redwing over, 9x Fieldfare, Brambling, 4x Greenfinch, 2x Redpoll, (DCo)

Middleton Lakes

Water Pipit, Rock Pipit, 52x Snipe, Dunlin, 25x Golden Plover, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, 

Cannock Chase

30+ Crossbill, 70x Redwing, Siskins, Redpolls, (DBa, KM, CE)

Freehay

Ring-necked Parakeet over village hall at 17:30, (FCa)

Branston GPs

Cattle Egret, Great Egret, 20x Little Egret, Golden Plover, Dunlin, 2x Ruff, 5x Snipe, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 120x Lapwing, Shelduck, 37x Pochard, 52x Gadwall, 94x Shoveler, 32x Wigeon, 112x Little Grebe, Water Rail, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 14x Redwing, 2x Redpoll, 8x Siskin, 4x Greenfinch, 120x Linnet, 4x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Barton-under Needwood

8x Grey Wagtail at Barton Turn, (JWo)

Monday 9th October 2023

Following a influx of Redwings and Fieldfares on the east coast in recent days there were good numbers passing through Staffs this morning.

Barton-under-Needwood

Bittern over calling at 00:55 heading east, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

08:15 to 14:15 - 2x juv Turnstone top of Blithe Bay at 08:50, 2x Grey Plover, 19x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, Ruff,  2x Rock Pipit N side of causeway viewable east side of blue railings, 4x Great Egret, 54x Wigeon, 5x Pintail, 7x Red Kite, 2x YL Gull, 25x Skylark, 1100x Redwing, Fieldfares, Stonechat. (SRi)

                                                             Rock Pipit by GJ Mant

Branston GPs

Cattle Egret on Ashy pit sheep field, Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 2x Ruff, Dunlin, 9x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 150x Lapwing, 3x Shelduck, 62x Gadwall, 149x Shoveler, 26x Wigeon, 37x Pochard, 2x Pintail, 10x Egyptian Geese, 126x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, Common Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 4x Water Rail, 3x Green Woodpecker, 12x Stonechat, 50x Linnet, 5x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean, SBI, George)

River Sow Meadows

291x Redwing over SW, 15x Fieldfare, 113x Lapwing, 12x Snipe, 10x Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Smestow Valley

Vis mig 07:00 to 09:00 - 199x Redwing, 17x Fieldfare, 10x Greenfinch, Little Egret, Snipe, (KCl)

Berryhill

Grey Plover reported on BG this am was a Berryhill site tick.

Endon - Denford

279x Redwing and 5x Fieldfare over, Skylark over, Snipe, Ashes pool 53x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, (DCo)

Belvide Resv

Spotted Redshank still, 3x Grey Plover, 13x Dunlin, 6x Ringed Plover, 2x Garganey, 353x Teal, 79x Wigeon, 203x Gadwall, 3x Goosander.

Middleton Lakes

Water Pipit reported briefly on JW. 

Dimmingsdale

60x Redwing, Red Kite, 12x Siskin, (TEy)

Wombourne

300x Redwing, 

Chasewater

Amongst the roost - 3x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull

Sunday 8th October 2023

Radford Meadows

232x Lapwing, 34x Golden Plover, 25x Snipe, 17x Wigeon, 11x Shoveler, c150 Teal, Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)

Bagnall

Redwing ringed in the garden near the cricket field, (ALa)

Tittesworth Water

41x Mandarin, 8x Wigeon, 6x Snipe, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)

Belvide Resv

Spotted Redshank, 3x Grey Plover, 3x Pintail, 

Wetley Moor

3x Stonechat and a Chiffchaff this afternoon, (ALa)

Branston GPs

100x Little Grebe, 12x Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, juv Shelduck, 4x Pintail, 28x Wigeon, 100x Shoveler, 14x Pochard, 7x Curlew, 80x Lapwing, 4x Golden Plover, Redshank, 2x Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 5x Stonechat, (DSc)

Seisdon Quarry

Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, Goosander, 2x Little Egret, 4x Little Grebe, 2x Stonechat, 5x Chiffchaff, (IMo, GCl)

Claymills (Trent / Dove confluence) late pm

Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, 3x Little Grebe, 2x Little Grebe, 6x Wigeon, 2x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Barton-under-Needwood

4x Redwing over, (JWo)

Saturday 7th October 2023

Belvide Resv

Spotted Redshank, 2x Grey Plover, Greenshank, 19x Ringed Plover, 13x Dunlin, Ruff, 2x Garganey, 6x Stonechat, 

Chasewater

Shag, 17x Goosander, 3x Pochard, 3x Stonechat, Willow Tit, (CMa)

Cannock Chase

23x Crossbill, 2x Woodcock, 3x Willow Tit, (MKe, JKe)

Branston GPs

Great Egret (SMP2), 12x Little Egret, 18x Egyptian Geese, 3x Pintail, 26x Wigeon, 20x Pochard, 40x Lapwing, 5x Curlew, 3x Ruff, 4x Snipe, Dunlin, Peregrine, GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, Redpoll thru south, Siskin thru west, 70x Linnet, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

28x Wigeon, 26x Gadwall, 124x Pochard, 162x Tufted Duck, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Catholme (footpath)

Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 20x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese, Green Woodpecker. 30x Linnet, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Goosander, 3x Redpoll, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Bagnall

Blackcap, (ALa)

Friday 6th October 2023

Blithfield Resv

09:15 -15:00, 2x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 20x Egyptian Geese, Peregrine, 2x YL Gull, 23x Ringed Plover, 4x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, 2x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, 2x Redpoll over, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

Spotted Redshank still, Greenshank, 2x Grey Plover, Golden Plover, Ruff, 19x Ringed Plover, 12x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Garganey, 6x Stonechat, 

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 7x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 8x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, (MSc)

Branston GPs

4x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 13x Curlew, 120x Lapwing, 19x Little Egret, 3x Pintail, 51x Pochard, 74x Gadwall, 24x Wigeon, 106x Shoveler, 88x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, Common Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 40x Linnet, (JWo)

Thursday 5th October 2023

Belvide Resv

Spotted Redshank, 2x Grey Plover, Greenshank, Ruff, 2x juv Goshawk, Merlin, 

Chasewater

Grey Phalarope still, (BGo)  -  Grey Phalarope and the Shag, (JWo)

                                                      Grey Phalarope by Bill Goldstraw

                                                        Grey Phalarope by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

50x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, 17x Teal, Goosander, 6x Snipe, Willow Tit, (SGi)

Wednesday 4th October 2023

Radford Meadows

80x Pink-footed Geese heading east at 11:45, (CDa)

Chasewater

Grey Phalarope still off the dam at 16:25, (NGr)

Belvide Resv

Spotted Redshank still, Greenshank, Ruff, 2x Grey Plover, 14x Ringed Plover, 8x Dunlin, 2x juv drake Garganey, Merlin thru south, 

Blithfield Resv

16x Ringed Plover, 4x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 4x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, 17x Egyptian Geese, 8x Goosander, Peregrine, YL Gull, 300x Linnet, (DBa, IGr)

Branston GPs

Golden Plover, 3x Ruff, Redshank, 3x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 13x Curlew, 138x Lapwing, 7x Snipe, 25x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 4x Pintail, 48x Pochard, 62x Wigeon, 167x Shoveler, 88x Gadwall, 124x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 40x Linnet, 2x Siskin, 2x Greenfinch, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Tuesday 3rd October 2923

Chasewater

Grey Phalarope still off the dam, (IGr)

Blithfield Resv

08:00 - 11:00, 4x Great Egret, 2x YL Gull, 18x Ringed Plover, 6x Dunlin, Little Stint, 2x Ruff, 3x Wheatear, Whinchat, 5x Stonechat, (SRi)

Chatterley Whitfield

Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (SHi)

Belvide Resv

Spotted Redshank, 3x Grey Plover, Greenshank, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Water Pipit, 120x Snipe, 150x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 63x Shoveler, (MBo)

Branston GPs

Golden Plover, Dunlin, 2x Ruff, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 14x Curlew, 130x Lapwing, Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 3x Pintail, 31x Pochard, 49x Wigeon, 162x Shoveler, 62x Gadwall, 101x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 2x Wheatear, 40x Linnet, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, PFo, CEc, Dean)

                                                           Ruff by Jon Woodcock

Monday 2nd October 2023

Cannock Chas

7-10x Crossbill, Wheatear, Stonechat, (CMa, RFe)

Chasewater

Grey Phalarope off the dam

Tittesworth Water

2x Little Egret, 2x Wigeon, 32x Mandarin, 13x Teal, Goosander, Pink-feet over, Snipe, (SGi, IF)

Trentham Gardens

A Pink-footed Goose over north this evening, (NSl)

Branston GPs

18x Little Egret, 3x Pintail, 44x Wigeon, 86x Shoveler, 56x Pochard, 2x Peregrine, 7x Curlew, 80x Lapwing, Ruff, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, juv Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 150x Swallow thru, Cetti's Warbler, Siskin over, (DSc)

Sunday 1st October 2023

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier at 07:35, 2x Golden Plover over, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 11x Pochard, 11x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 31x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Belvide Resv

Rock Pipit, Curlew Sandpiper, 3x Grey Plover, Greenshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 18x Ringed Plover, 13x Dunlin, Garganey, 2x Cattle Egret, 

Radford Meadows

Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 32x Wigeon, c200 Teal, 10x Shoveler, 13x Snipe, 29x Lapwing, (CDa)

Branston GPs

95x Little Grebe, 15x Little Egret, 3x Pintail, 30x Wigeon, 80x Pochard, 12x Curlew, 110x Lapwing, Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ruff, 9x Snipe, ad GBB Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, juv Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Egyptian Geese, (DSc)  -  additional, 2x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 2x GBB Gull, Peregrine, (JWo)