Thursday 30th November 2023

Stanley Pool

2x Scaup still this morning, (ALa)

Cheadle

150x Pink-footed Geese over SW at 10:15, (TDu)

Knypersley Resv

c150 Pink-footed Geese over SW at 10:35, 2x Willow Tit, 6x Goosander, 2x Wigeon, (DCo)

Stoke on Trent

5x Waxwing again in Fenton along Frederick Street at 11:30, (AFi)

Branston GPs

Hawfinch in hedge north end of Princes wood, Whooper Swan on Ashy pit, Ruff, 3x Redshank, 3x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, 21x Curlew, 120x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 12x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 16x Gadwall, 35x Shoveler, 6x Shelduck, 160x Teal, 19x Egyptian Geese, 50x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 8x YL Gull, 10x GBB Gull, 6x Common Gull, 4x Stonechat, 26x Redpoll, 30x Redpoll, 8x Greenfinch,  (JWo)

                                                     Whooper Swan by Jon Woodcock

                                                           Hawfinch by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

c460 Pink-footed Geese over at 09:40, 5x Pochard, (SGi)

Himley Pool

Goldeneye, Goosander, 3x Shoveler, (DBa)

Tameside LNR

Great Egret, 4x Snipe, (MSm)

Wednesday 29th November 2023

Stanley Pool

Female Scaup still this am, (GBr)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

85x Pink-footed Geese over west at 10:20. (TEy)

Stoke on Trent

78x Pink-footed Geese over west at 10:45, (PFo)  -  Lordship Lane 14x Waxwing still at the tennis courts.

Belvide Resv

Grey Plover still, 59x Dunlin, 4x Redshank, 4x Shelduck, - Roost 2w Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull

Middleton Lakes

5x Goldeneye, Pintail, 3x Pochard, Shelduck, 3x Stonechat, 3x Chiffchaff, (SPA)

Biddulph Grange CP

11x Goosander on lake, Green Woodpecker,

Chasewater

Short-eared Owl, 3x Great Northern Diver, Shag, 12x Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, Pochards, 7x Little Grebe, 2x Stonechat, (DBa, IGr, MLe, CEv)

Branston GPs

200x Lapwing, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 3x Redshank, 16x Curlew, Snipe, ad Caspian Gull, 7x ad YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 3x Little Egret, 10x Egyptian Geese, 6x Shelduck, 150x Teal, 17x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 10x Redpoll, (DSc)

                                                             Ruff by Dave Scattergood

Tucklesholme

24x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 4x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 58x Pochard, 74x Wigeon, 26x Gadwall, Common Gull, 12x Linnet, (JWo)

Tuesday 28th November 2023

Stanley Pool

2x Scaup this morning, (GBr)

Stoke 

Lordship Lane - 12x Waxwing at St Peter's academy tennis courts, 34x Snipe, Water Rail, (DCo)

                                                         Waxwings by Steve Gibson

                                                         Waxwing by Clive Wood

Belvide Resv

Grey Plover this afternoon, 51x Dunlin, 5x YL Gull, 

Sneyd Green

70x Pink-footed Geese over, (JOa)

Ashwood Nurseries

2x Waxwing still.

Doxey Marsh

5x Goosander, 2x Pintail, 2x Stonechat, Common Gull, (RRa)

Cannock Chase

28x Redpoll, 20x Greenfinch, 3x Stonechat, (RRa)

Croxall

3x Great Egret, 9x Goosander, 3x Redshank, Dunlin, 25x Redpoll, Water Rail, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Great Egret, 8x Goldeneye, Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, Chiffchaff, (ICW)

Branston GPs

Fem Merlin, Ruff, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 21x Curlew, 3x Golden Plover, 312x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Pintail, Ruddy Shelduck, 5x Shelduck, 12x Goldeneye, 14x Pochard, 18x Egyptian Geese, 52x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 2x Brambling, 15x Redpoll, 4x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

                                                        Curlews by Jon Woodcock

Uttoxeter

Little Egret in Bramshall Road park, (AR)

Burton

2x Waxwing at Beamhill road, (per JWo)

Monday 27th November 2023

Newcastle

Chesterton - 3x Waxwing on white Rowan tree at junction of Sandford Street and Dragon Square at 11:05, - also 50x Pink-footed Geese west over Cross Heath at 09:15. (SJT)

Pool Hall

16x Little Egret, 33x Goosander, (GCl)

Belvide Resv

Ad Kittiwake thru at 10:50, 2w Caspian Gull in the roost,

Middleton Lakes

2x Dunlin, 11x Goldeneye, 2x Pintail, Shelduck, 3x Great Egret, 2x Snipe, 

Tittesworth Water

2x Scaup, 8x Pochard, 18x Teal, 7x Snipe, (SGi)

Aqualate

Great Northern Diver this afternoon, (PJor)

Stoke on Trent

12x Waxwing by Fenton park feeding on corner of Frederick Street and Cumberland Street at 13:00, (AFi)

                                                               By Andrew Finch

Sunday 26th November 2023

Stanley Pool

Juv Scaup to 09:15 only when flushed by a fisherman, (GBr)

Wombourne

Waxwing in trees on Common road after Blakeley shops going towards Bridgnorth Road, (DBa)

Elford

46x Golden Plover, (TPe)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 29x Greenfinch, Water Rail, 45x Snipe, 2x Golden Plover, 10x Wigeon, 26x Gadwall, 20x Shoveler, 3x Goosander,  2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (GRr)

Belvide Resv

2x Whooper Swan to 13:32 only,

Endon - Denford

7x Snipe, 8x Siskin, Stonechat and at Ashes pool Woodcock, 2x Snipe, 30x Lapwing, 3x Wigeon, (DCo)

Blithfield Resv

Great Egret, Pink-footed Goose, 5x Goldeneye, sev Common Gulls, 4x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water, 

9x Wigeon, 7x Pochard, 5x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 3x Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, 20x Siskin, (JOa, LH)  -  YL Gull, 4x Willow Tit, (MKe, JKe)

Branston GPs

Imm Marsh Harrier at Sandy pit this afternoon, 200x Lapwing, 100x Golden Plover, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, Snipe, 60x Little Grebe, 3x Little Egret, 9x Egyptian Geese, Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Shelduck, 11x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 8x Pochard, 18x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 5x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 40x Linnet, 8x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (DSc)  -  Also Great Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, (JWo)

                                       Marsh Harrier in misty conditions by Dave Scattergood

Chasewater

Small female Glaucous Gull in the roost also 3x Great Northern Diver, (CW)

Cannock Chase

Mealy Redpoll trapped and ringed,

Saturday 25th November 2023

Middleton Lakes

5x Dunlin, 13x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 5x Stonechat, 2x Great Egret, (SPA)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan on roadside pit, 2x Great Egret, 5x Grey Partridge, 10x Wigeon, 14x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 17x Gadwall, 15x Shoveler, 45x Teal, Shelduck, GBB Gull, YL Gull, 103x Lapwing, (SCo),  

Uttoxeter Quarry

Bar-tailed Godwit briefly at 11:25, 2x Dunlin, 3x Snipe, 2x Shelduck, Water Rail, (RPo)

Chasewater

3x Great Northern Diver and Shag still this morning, (CW)  -  also 9x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, 6x Goosander, 20x Lapwing, 8x Little Grebe, 4x Siskin, (BHa)

Gailey Resv

6x Little Grebe, 2x Gadwall, 4x Goldeneye, 33x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Water Rail, 30x Skylark, (SRi)

Knypersley Resv

Stonechat, 2x Water Rail, 2x Woodcock, Goosander, 2x Shoveler, 7x Mandarin, (GBr)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret in sheep field at 14:20, 14x Curlew, c200 Lapwing, Dunlin, 3x Redshank, 2x Golden Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 3x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 6x Stonechat, 50x Linnet, 2x Little Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, 4x Shelduck,  (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Scaup, Great Egret, c156 Pink-footed Geese over, Little Grebe,7x Wigeon, Mandarin,  4x Pochard, 7x Snipe, 3x Common Gull, (SGi, IB)

Trentham Gardens

22x Gadwall, Goosander, 5x Little Egret, Snipe, Siskins, (RGi)

Trescott area

5x Stonechat, 67x Lapwing, Peregrine, 3x Shoveler, 6x Goosander, 2x Little Grebe, (IMo, GCl)

Tucklesholme

5x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 72x Wigeon, 46x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Snipe, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Merlin, 56x Dunlin, Peregrine, 3x Shelduck, 2x GBB Gull, 

Friday 24th November 2023

Branston Water Park

Scaup still by car park, (TPe) - also Goosander, 7x Pochard, 20x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese, (JWo, DSc)

Chatterley Whitfield Valley

7x Goosander, Siskin, (SHi)

                                                            Siskin by Sylvia Hill

Chasewater

1w Caspian Gull, 3x Great Northern Diver and Shag still, (JAl)  -  also 8x Goosander, 20x GBB Gull, 10x Common Gull, 1cy Caspian Gull in the roost. (CW)

Aqualate

9x Whooper Swan this afternoon, (PJor)

Belvide Resv

Ad Kittiwake briefly to 16:12 only, Goshawk,

Branston GPs

21x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 8x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 320x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, Goosander, 18x Goldeneye, 28x Pochard, 8x Shelduck, 28x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 10x Wigeon, 200x Teal, 10x Egyptian Geese, 58x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 6x Stonechat, 12x Siskin, 25x Redpoll, 2x Chiffchaff, (JWo, DSc)

Stafford

Small flock of Waxwing over Salt Avenue this evening. (RBr)

Thursday 23rd November 2023

Radford Meadows Stafford

11x Dunlin, 400-500x Lapwing 12x Pintail, 300+Wigeon, 400+ Teal, 150+ Shoveler, Little Egret, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)

Codsall

Waxwing over south at 08:02, 

Middleton Lakes

Bar-tailed Godwit on JW south this afternoon, (MSm)

Stafford

2x Ring-necked Parakeet flew over Cornation Road this am, (RGa)

Tittesworth  Water

6x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 3x Willow Tit, 8x Common Gull, (JOa)

Chasewater

Now 3x Great Northern Diver together at dusk also 23x GBB Gull in the roost, (CW)

Branston GPs

8x Dunlin, 2x Redshank, 6x Snipe, 21x Curlew, 340x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4x Little Egret, 10x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 8x Shelduck, 52x Shoveler, 16x Egyptian Geese, 54x Little Grebe, 8x YL Gull, 12x GBB Gull, Common Gull, Peregrine, 8x Stonechat, 20x Linnet, 12x Redpoll, 12x Siskin, (JWo, DSc, Dean, Bob, George).

Belvide Resv

Ad Caspian Gull this afternoon, 83x Dunlin, 4x YL Gull roosted

Wednesday 22nd November 2023

Middleton Lakes

2x Pintail, 8x Goldeneye, 6x Snipe, Ruddy Shelduck, (MSm)

Carmountside

c250 Pink-footed Geese over South at 09:35, (ALa)

Wetley Moor

5x Stonechat, 9x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 2x Redpoll, (DCo)

Tittesworth Water

3x Pochard, 4x Goosander, 23x Wigeon, 3x Teal, 13x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, 3x Snipe, c500 Jackdaw, (SGi)

Calwich

2x Red Kite over at 10:15, (JDr)

Chasewater

2w Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, also 2x Great Northern Diver and the Shag still, (JAl)

Tucklesholme

9x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 75x Pochard, 64x Wigeon, 16x Gadwall, Hybrid Pochard x Tufted Duck, (JWo)

                                            Hybrid Pochard x Tufted Duck by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Tuesday 21st November 2023

Radford Meadows Stafford

10x Dunlin, 10x Black-tailed Godwit, 28x Golden Plover, c400 Lapwing, 89x Shoveler, Wigeons, (CDa)

Branston GPs

Shag, 6x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 238x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 10x Goldeneye, 32x Pochard, 6x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 54x Little Grebe, 6x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, 40x Linnet, 10x Redpoll, 300x Fieldfare, (JWo)   

Branston Water Park

Scaup, 10x Pochard, 18x Gadwall, 8x Little Grebe, 12x Redpoll, (JWo)

                                                            Scaup by Jon Woodcock

Barton Marina

Great Egret, Little Egret, (JWo)

Wombourne

Goosander by Bratch Lock, (AJo)

Himley Great Pool

Fem Goldeneye, (DBa)

Biddulph Grange CP

8x Goosander, (MSv)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver still, (CW)

Belvide Resv 

Roost 3x Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull,

Monday 20th November 2023

Stanley Pool

Imm or fem Scaup this am, (ALa)

Endon - Denford

Jack Snipe, 34x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, 10x Siskin and at Ashes Pool Green Sandpiper, 11x Snipe, c50 Lapwing, Little Grebe, 20x Siskin, (DCo)

Branston Water Park

Great Northern Diver this afternoon and still at dusk, juv Shag, juv Scaup, 10x Pochard, 12x Gadwall, 6x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo) (JWo)

Wetley Moor (west side)

5x Stonechat, 5x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 18x Stock Dove, (ALa)

Branston GPs

Shag, 16x Curlew, 3x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Snipe, 294x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, Water Rail, 6x Shelduck, 13x Goldeneye, 38x Pochard, 38x Gadwall, 20x Shoveler, 150x Teal, 62x Little Grebe, 6x YL Gull, 12x GBB Gull, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Brambling, 18x Greenfinch, 15x Redpoll, 350x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

158x Golden Plover, 78x Dunlin, 

Middleton Lakes

2x Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, Water Rail, 3x Snipe, 5x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (SB)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver and Shag still.  -  Roost 2w Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, adult Med Gull.

Sunday 19th November 2023

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver and Shag still, 4x Goosander, Goldeneye, (SCa)

Radford Meadows Stafford

293x Black-tailed Godwit, 11x Dunlin, 87x Golden Plover, c300 Lapwing, 9x Pintail, c100 Shoveler, c400 Teal, c300 Wigeon, 2x Little Egret, Great Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Pintail, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 12x Shoveler, 34x Gadwall, 41x Pochard, 105x Teal, (RPo)

Gailey Resv

36x Pochard, fem Goldeneye, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

2x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 12x Teal, 2x Snipe, 3x Willow Tit, 2x Common Gull, (JOa, LH)

Westport Lake

3x Pochard, Shoveler, Goosander, (KSt)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin briefly this pm before flying south, 6x Shelduck, 36x Shoveler, 150x Teal, 34x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 3x Little Egret, 19x Egyptian Geese, 210x Lapwing, 3x Redshank, 15x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 8x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 1000x Fieldfare, 10x Redpoll, (DSc)  -  additional 2x Green Sandpiper, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

Juv Shag, 2x Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

The Burntwood (Loggerheads)

2x Woodcock, Red Kite over, (RGi)

Middleton Lakes

3x Pintail, 3x Goldeneye and in the JW roost 5x Great Egret and just 2x Little Egret, (MB)

Belvide Resv

92x Dunlin, 177x Golden Plover, Redshank, 42x Snipe, 6x Pintail and 7x YL Gull in the roost.

Saturday 18th November 2023

Whitemoor Haye

400x Golden Plover over east then turned south, (SCo)

Claymills

Just north of sewage farm - 2x Great Egret to 08:30 only, 35x Wigeon, 20x Teal, Goosander, Green Sandpiper, 7x Lapwing, Snipe, c100 Stock Dove, 50x Pied Wagtail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Redpoll, (DSc)

Stoke

Smithpool 3x Goosander over, Wigeon also 2x Little Egret on the Trent, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

49x Black-tailed Godwit thru, 87x Dunlin, Redshank, 113x Golden Plover, 34x Snipe, 2x Pintail, 2w Caspian Gull, GBB Gull, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 

Stanley Pool

Little Grebe, (GBr)

Cannock Chase

Abrahams Valley - 30x Crossbill, 100x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, (RBr)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 6x Little Grebe, 5x Snipe, 14x Wigeon, 3x Stonechat, (MSc)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver and Shag still, 10x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 7x Little Grebe, Willow Tit, (BHa)  -  Roost Ad YL Gull

Wombourne

3x Goosander between Bumblehole and Bratch Locks, (AJ)

Brookleys Lake

79x Mandarin, (RPo)

Brewood

2x Goosander on the canal, (JDu)

Friday 17th November 2023

Radford Meadows Stafford

A large count of 305x Black-tailed Godwit, (JBa)  -  also c100 Golden Plover, Dunlin, 

Chatterley Whitfield

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

Endon - Denford

Jack Snipe, 25x Snipe, Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, Woodcock, Water Rail, (DCo)

Doxey Marsh

Cream crown Marsh Harrier behind Creswell Flash to 13:30 only, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Stonechat, 40x Wigeon, 40x Teal, (RRa)

Carmountside Flash

Cetti's Warbler over the scrape, also 16x Teal, (COs)

Himley Great Pool

Fem Goldeneye, 3x Wigeon, 2x Ring-necked Parakeet at 14:30, (CTi)

Belvide Resv

Roost - Adult Med Gull, 2w Caspian Gull, 8x YL Gull, 

Branston GPs

1w Little Gull, Shag, Scaup, Ruddy Shelduck, 6x Redshank, 16x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 16x Snipe, 60x Lapwing, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 14x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 14x Gadwall, 18x Shoveler, 8x Egyptian Geese, 65x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, 5x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Peregrine, 8x Stonechat, 4x Brambling, 25x Redpoll, 60x Linnet, 15x Greenfinch, (JWo, DSc)

Stafford

2x Ring-necked Parakeet still around the MOD end of Oxford Gardens. (JSt)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver and Shag still, 36x Snipe, Curlew, 18x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 14x Goosander, 10x Little Grebe, - roost YL Gull, 9x GBB Gull, 19x Common Gull. (CW)

Gailey Resv

Scaup reported, (BG)

Thursday 16th November 2023

Endon

Barn Owl over Post Lane at 07:30, (DCo)

Belvide Resv

Grey Plover briefly, 86x Golden Plover, 54x Dunlin, Redshank, 23x Snipe, Merlin, 2w Caspian Gull, 9x YL Gull, 

Middleton Lakes

Male Merlin Dosthill hillside at 11:20, 2x Yellowhammer, 3x Goldeneye, Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, Great Egret, (SPA)

Keele

5x Jack Snipe, 4x Stonechat, Peregrine, (MSu)

Wetley Moor

3x Stonechat, 2x Snipe, (DCo)

Stafford

Ring-necked Parakeet, New Garden Street, (NMo)

Leek

c70 Pink-footed Geese over at 13:07, (LRa)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 2x Chiffchaff, 30x Redpoll, (ICW

Whitemoor Haye

2x Great Egret, 6x Goldeneye, Dunlin, YL Gull, Water Rail, (ICW)

Knypersley

4x Goosander, (SHi)

Whiston

150x Pink-footed Geese over to SE, (GSt)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver still. - Roost Ad Med Gull, 2w YL Gull, 1w Caspian Gull. (CWG)

Branston GPs

Shag, Scaup, 8x Dunlin, 3x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 30x Snipe, 150x Lapwing, 6x Little Egret, Pintail, 14x Goldeneye, 42x Pochard, 8x Shelduck, 23x Egyptian Geese, 92x Little Grebe ad Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, 4x Brambling, 15x Redpoll, 32x Greenfinch, 30x Linnet, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

Scaup, 6x Redpoll, (JWo)

Wednesday 15th November 2023

Chasewater

 5x Waxwing flying south by Chasewater access road at 07:45, 2x Great Northern Diver still, (KWh) - Roost 1w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull,

Belvide Resv

55x Dunlin, 110x Golden Plover, 7x Redshank, 1w Little Gull, Red Kite, 2x Mandarin, 2x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat,   - Roost 2w Caspian Gull, 12x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 

The Million

5x Crossbill, c100 Redpoll, (ICW)

Tucklesholme

27x Snipe, 8x Goldeneye, 52x Pochard, 66x Wigeon, 2x Egyptian Geese, 3x Little Grebe, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Redpoll, (JWo)

Tuesday 14th November 2023

Middleton Lakes

Cream-headed Marsh Harrier NW Jubilee at 08:05, Ruddy Shelduck Dosthill NR, 2x Yellowhammer, Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 2x Stonechat, Great Egret, at least 47x Snipe, (SPA)

Radford Meadows Stafford

6x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, c100 Shoveler, 4x Dunlin, 6x Golden Plover, 321x Lapwing, Little Owl, 2x Little Egret, (CDa)

Newtown (Biddulph Moor)

8x Tree Sparrow, (ALo)

Carmountside Flash and valley

9x Ring-necked Parakeet, 42x Teal, Little Egret, (ALa)

Deep Hayes

19x Wigeon, 8x Goosander, 9x Teal and at Cheddleton STW, 35 Pied Wagtail, (ALa)

Cannock Chase

50x Crossbill, (ABl)

Belvide Resv

1w Little Gull still, 

Branston GPs

Juv Shag, juv Scaup, 3x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 20x Snipe, 130x Lapwing, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 15x Goldeneye, 34x Pochard, 8x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 76x Little Grebe, 8x GBB Gull, 4x YL Gull, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Brambling, 8x Greenfinch, 35x Redpoll, 10x Stonechat, 200x Fieldfare, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 5000x Starling, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Branston Water Park

Juv Shag, 2x juv Scaup, 8x Pochard, 8x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver and Shag still, 13x Goosander, 7x Pochard, tonights roost 17x Common Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 1cy YL Gull, (CW)

Monday 13th November 2023

Belvide Resv

1w Little Gull, 55x Dunlin, 90x Golden Plover, also Ad Kittiwake and 6x YL Gull  in the roost.

Endon - Denford

35x Snipe, Willow Tit, Water Rail, - Ashes Pool, 5x Snipe, 75x Lapwing, Goosander, (DCo)

Branston GPs

Shag still Marley pit, 3x Scaup, 16x Curlew, 3x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 12x Snipe, 212x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 34x Pochard, 8x Shelduck, 52x Little Grebe, 8x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 50x Linnet, 10x Greenfinch, 4x Stonechat, 150x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

Shag, Scaup, 2x Goosander, 8x Pochard, 9x Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler,

   

                                                                Shag by Jon Woodcock                      

Sunday 12th November 2023

Blithfield Resv

Great Egret, 3x Goldeneye, Red Kite, 6x Snipe, 10+ Common Gull, 3x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (SRi)

Stanley Pool

Drake Goosander, (GBr)

Branston Water Park

A new imm Shag, also Scaup still, Goosander, 5x Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

                                                           Shag by Dave Scattergood

Branston GPs

2x imm Scaup, the juv Shag still on Marley pit, 130x Lapwing, 8x Shelduck, 18x Wigeon, 26x Shoveler, 14x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 14x Curlew, 28x Snipe, 10x GBB Gull, 7x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 76x Little Grebe, 3x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 30x Redpoll, c100 Fieldfare, 4x Siskin, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Knot, 46x Dunlin, Redshank, juv Scaup, Goshawk.

Chasewater

14x Waxwing north at 16:00, (CWG)  -  Roost Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, also 2x GN Diver still,(CWG)

North Staffs Moors

c400 Pink-footed Geese over SE between 14:00 and dusk, (DGH)

Saturday 11th November 2023

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

140x Pink-footed Geese over west at 09:30, (TEy)

Knypersley Resv

8x Mandarin on main lake, (GBr)

Stoke

Lordship Lane 150x Pink-footed Geese over NE also 2x Little Egret, (RGi)

Radford Meadows Stafford

3x Great Egret flew north at 09:00, 2x Little Egret, 5x Pintail, 257x Lapwing, 42x Golden Plover, Redshank, 50x Pinkfoots over north at 10:10, (CDa)

Chasewater

20x Waxwing over west at 11:53, (RCB, IB)  -  2x Great Northern Diver and Shag still, 

Trescott

3x Great Egret low NNE at 08:09, Jack Snipe flushed, 3x Common Snipe, 81x Fieldfare, (IMo, GCl)

Coven

200 - 300x Fieldfare, (JDu)

Wetley Moor

5x Stonechat, 15x Redpoll, (DCo)

Tucklesholme

Jack Snipe reported at 10:27 (BG), - Jack Snipe and 15x Snipe on the spit this am, (DOu, LOu)  -  27x Snipe on the spit, (JWo)  -  2x Little Egret, 60x Wigeon, 38x Pochard, Goldeneye, 2x Goosander thru, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Great Egret, 435x Pink-footed Geese over in three skeins 08:15 to 08:44, 4x Snipe, 4x Pochard, 5x Wigeon, Willow Tit, (SGi)

                                                         Great Egret by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

Juv Shag still Marley pit, imm Scaup, 6x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 120x Lapwing, 4x Redshank, 12x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 20x Fieldfare, 30x Redpoll, 5x Siskin, Little Egret, Chiffchaff, c5000 Starling roosted,  (DSc)

Branston Water Park

Fem type Scaup, Little Egret, Goosander, 7x Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Enville

2x Crossbill over this am, 15x Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, (ICW)

Doxey Marsh

Pintail, 40x Wigeon, 5x Stonechat, (RRa)

Belvide Resv

41x Dunlin, 65x Golden Plover, 84x Pinkfoots NE, 3x Common Gull, 

Blithfield Resv

3x Great Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 8x Stonechat, YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, (MJa)

Audley

43x Pink-footed Geese north at 09:43, (JHu)

Friday 10th November 2023

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver still, (KWh)  -  in addition the Shag still, (HKi)

Fradley

200x Pink-footed Geese over SE at 09:55, (BHa)

Blithfield Resv

c80 Pink-footed Geese over east at 10:11, (GJM, MDJ)

Whitgreave

At least 60x visible Pink-footed Geese over SE at 09:30, (AHa)

Newcastle

Skein of Pink-footed Geese heard over The Brampton, (SJT)

Tittesworth Water

Scaup, Pochard, 17x Siskin, (SGi)

Cauldon Low

Red Kite at 14:30, (TDu)

Branston GPs

5x Hawfinch in Prince's wood, Shag, Scaup, 4x Redshank, 16x Curlew, 12x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 100x Lapwing, 5x Little Egret, 7x Shelduck, 11x Goldeneye, Goosander, 62x Pochard, 26x Gadwall, 34x Shoveler, 6x Wigeon, 86x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 9x Stonechat, 100+ Redpoll, 200x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

2x Caspian Gull and 10x YL Gull in the roost.

Thursday 9th November 2023

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 33x Golden Plover, c300 - 400 Lapwing, 2x Egyptian Geese, c300 Teal, c100 Shoveler, c250 Wigeon, (CDa)

Middleton Lakes

5x Golden Plover, 6x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, Great Egret, (SPA)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver and Shag still, Goldeneye, (CW)

Chatterley Whitfield

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

Branston GPs

Shag, 2x Scaup, 3x Redshank, 15x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 130x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 20x Pochard, 22x Gadwall, 39x Shoveler, 4x Wigeon, 120x Teal, 5x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 64x Little Grebe, 7x Common Gull, 4x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Stonechat, Brambling, 15x Redpoll, 70x Linnet, 6000+ Starling, (JWo)

Wednesday 8th November 2023

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver still off the dam, (GLy)  -  Shag still.

Middleton Lakes

Short-eared Owl over JW and on to North pit at 16:25, (SPA)  -  2x Jack Snipe flushed off North pit.

Branston GPs

2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, Great Egret, 6x Pochard, 8x Gadwall, 7x Egyptian Geese, 2x Little Grebe, 60x Linnet, Sandy pit 6000x Starling, (JWo, CEc, PFo, MRi)

Tucklesholme

27x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 26x Pochard, 96x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 4x Egyptian Geese, Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                              Snipe by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

Ad Caspian Gull in the roost also possible ad Baltic Gull, 39x Dunlin, 6x Golden Plover, 21x Snipe, Woodcock, 9x YL Gull.

Tuesday 7th November 2023

Rudyard Lake

Scaup still this am also 30+ Pink-footed Geese east over Dunwood at 08:30, (GBr)

Trentham Gardens

29x Little Egret this am including a flock of 24 on the west side of the southern island, (RTo)

Carmountside Flash

2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Ring-necked Parakeet, Little Egret, (ALa)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver still, 

Wetley Moor

25x Redpoll, 7x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, (ALa)

Branston GPs

Shag, 2x Scaup, 3x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 13x Curlew, 150x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Goldeneye, 18x Pochard, 6x Shelduck, 42x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 6x Wigeon, 82x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 4x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Stonechat, Brambling, 70x Redpoll, 10x Siskin, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

40x Dunlin, 38x Golden Plover, Woodcock, 1w Caspian Gull and 16x YL Gull in the roost.

Yoxall

Marsh Tit, (BGe)

Tucklesholme

50x Wigeon, (JTu)

Monday 6th November 2023

Rudyard Lake

Imm Scaup still also Peregrine, (SSe)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver and the Shag still, (SWa, CMa, DG)

Silverdale

c600 Pink-footed Geese in several skeins over west at 13:25, (SJT)

Ipstones

Red Kite flying west at 12:30, (SCh)

Belvide Resv

Ad Caspian Gull again in the roost also 11x YL Gull, 

Tittesworth Water

24x Common Gull, 6x Pochard, 14x Wigeon, Little Grebe, (SGi)

Branston GPs

3x Whooper Swan on Ashy pit, (SBl), -  2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Curlew, 6x Shelduck, 4x Wigeon, Common Gull, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                   Whooper Swans by Jon Woodcock

Sunday 5th November 2023

Belvide Resv

Great Northern Diver off the dam to 09:05 only, - Caspian Gull and 11x YL Gull in the roost

Seisdon Quarry

Crossbill over at 07:34, Brambling over, 242x Fieldfare over, 6x Stonechat, 17x Skylark over, 4x Redpoll,  (GCl)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver still at 08:00, (KWh)  -  also Shag, Goldeneye, Goosander, (PAn)

                                              Great Northern Divers by Keith Whitehouse

Aqualate

Juv Scaup this am, (IGr)

Radford Meadows

33x Golden Plover, 127x Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)

Middleton Lakes

Fem Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, 2x Pochard, Jack Snipe, 30x Snipe, Great Egret, 4x Stonechat, (MSm)  -  JW roost Cattle Egret, 5x Great Egret, 22x Little Egret, also Bittern flew from Dosthill NR. (MB)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver Blithe Bay at 11:10, 2x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, YL Gull, 3x Stonechat, Redpoll,  (SRi) 

                                                    Red-throated Diver by Steve Edwards

Stanley Pool

Pink-footed Geese heard, Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Baldwins Gate

c100 Pink-footed Geese over NE in two skeins at 08:45, (RWh)

Trentham Gardens

21x Little Egret this morning, (GSa)

Rudyard Lake

70x Pink-footed Geese over NW at 11:00, (SSe) -  Imm Scaup, (MSt)

Doxey Marsh

2x Whooper Swan over Creswell Flash at 11:54 heading east, also a Pintail, (AHa)

Baswich

3x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, (IWi)

Weston Coyney

c140 Pink-footed Geese over SE at 09:00, (SFe)

Tittesworth Water

A late Swallow thru, 160x Pinkfoots over west, 27x Wigeon, 11x Mandarin, Snipe, Willow Tit, 5x Common Gull, (JOa, LH, KH)

Caverswall

150x Pink-footed Geese over SE at 15:30, (TDu)

Whitemoor Haye

43x Pochard, 24x Wigeon, 29x Gadwall, 12x Shoveler, c200 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 3x GBB Gull, 300x Fieldfare, c120 Linnet, 25x Siskin, Cetti's Warbler, 7x Little Grebe, 3x Stonechat, (SCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

667x Teal (very large count), 2x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 10x Wigeon, 16x Shoveler, 7x Fieldfare, (RPo)

The Burntwood (Loggerheads)

500x Pink-footed Geese in three skeins mid afternoon, (RGi)

Branston GPs

5x Whooper Swan over east at dusk, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 40x Greenfinch, (JWo, CEc, Dean)  -  2x imm Scaup still North pit, juv Shag Marley pit, 80x Little Grebe, Great Egret, 7x Egyptian Geese, 4x Shelduck, 30x Shoveler, c200 Teal, 20x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 120x Lapwing, 15x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 8x GBB Gull, 6x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, 40x Fieldfare, 20x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Alvecote

2x Stonechat, 8x Little Grebe, Fieldfare, (MSc)

Saturday 4th November 2023

Stanley Pool

120+ Pink-footed Geese over south at 08:30, Red Kite west, (GBr)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver still also the juv Shag, (@Ochruros)

Silverdale CP

Common Gull, (PCa)

Branston GPs

Ashy pit 40x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, Egyptian Geese, 30x Shoveler, 4x Goldeneye, 17x Curlew, 50x Lapwing, 3x Stonechat, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, Egyptian Geese, 30x Wigeon, 25x Teal, 40x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 14x Snipe, (DSc)

Friday 3rd November 2023

                                    WEST MIDLAND BIRD CLUB STAFFORD BRANCH

                        Invites you to a talk on Tuesday 7th November 2023 with Jeff Clarke

From Cape to Kruger Covering the fantastic wildlife to be found in the Fynbos habitats of the cape area of South Africa and in contrast the mammal and bird rich bush and plains of Kruger National Park.

                       At Walton-on-the  Hill village hall, Green Gore Lane, Stafford ST17 0LD

                    Doors open 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start. Admission £3 including refreshments.

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver off the dam at 08:00, (KWh)  -  also a second GND at mid day, (PWa)

Endon - Denford

8x Pink-footed Geese on a flooded field and a further c200 PFG over to the east, Great Egret over, 2x Shoveler, 14x Wigeon, 19x Teal, (DCo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ruff, Redshank, 252x Lapwing, 62x Golden Plover, 238x Wigeon, Pintail, 100x Shoveler, c300 Teal, (CDa)

Middleton Lakes

Ruddy Shelduck on Hemus's field near Drayton Brick bridge mid afternoon, (MSm)  -  also Dunlin Redshank, 5x Stonechat, 3x Shelduck, Pochard, Goosander, (SPA)  -  also Cattle Egret in roost, Bittern flew from Dosthill NR, 11x Snipe on JW south, (MB)

Branston GPs

2x juv Scaup on North pit, Cattle Egret flew east from Sandy pit Cattle field, (JWo)  -  Short-eared Owl over SMP1 for 10mins from 16:32 before flying off SE, also 2x Little Egret, 7x Egyptian Geese, 4x Goldeneye, 12x Curlew, 8x GBB Gull, 6x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 3x Stonechat, Siskin, (DSc)  -  Also Shag on Marley pit, Woodcock, 26x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 17x Curlew, 120x Lapwing, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 5x Water Rail, 4x Shelduck, 32x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 8x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 102x Little Grebe, Peregrine, Barn Owl, 3x Brambling, 14x Siskin, 20x Redpoll, 6x Greenfinch, 30x Linnet, 5x Stonechat, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, 2x Goldeneye, c200 Wigeon, Goosander, 190x Lapwing, 60x Fieldfare, (ICW)

Belvide Resv

33x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Ruff, 6x Shelduck, Peregrine 2x Stonechat, Ad Caspian Gull in the roost also 15x YL Gull, 

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

2x Willow Tit, Brambling, (TEy)

                                                               Willow Tit by Terry Eyre

Branston Water Park

Goosander, 14x Pochard, Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, (JWo)

Thursday 2nd November 2023

Belvide Resv

Male Hen Harrier thru south at 12:20, Ad Little Gull, 128x Dunlin, 97x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Ruff, Goshawk, 2x YL Gull, Common Gull, 

Amington

Female type Black Redstart reported on Chandlers Drive this am.

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver still off the dam this morning, (JDa)  -  Shag and GN Diver still this afternoon, (CMa, RF)

Knypersley

Brambling, (SHi)

Wednesday 1st November 2023

Blithfield Resv

Summer plumage Grey Plover SE at 09:10, (GJM)

Himley Pool

9x Crossbill over low NW at 09:33 also 2x Brambling, (GCl)

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver still from the dam, Shag, 10x Goosander, (CW)

Belvide Resv

77x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Ruff, Redshank, Golden Plover, 9x Pintail, Water Rail, Great Egret thru, 

Croxall

3x Little Egret, Curlew, 40x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, 32x Pochard, 28x Shoveler, 130x Fieldfare, (ICW)

Branston GPs

Imm drake Scaup (new bird) on North pit, juv Shag still on Marley fishing pool, 3x Little Egret, 6x Egyptian Geese, 4x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 8x Goldeneye, 32x Gadwall, 28x Pochard, 2x Woodcock over at dusk, 130x Lapwing, 13x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 3x GBB Gull, 70x Little Grebe, 3x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Chiffchaff, 6x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Branston Water Park

2x Juv Scaup this afternoon, 12x Pochard, 2x Goosander, (JWo)

                                                              Scaups by Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes

Cattle Egret on east scrape, (SPA)

Gailey Resv

5x Little Grebe, 2x Shoveler, 21x Pochard, 20x Siskin, (SRi)

Brankley Pastures

5x Yellowhammer, 100+ Redpoll, 20x Siskin, 50x Fieldfare, (JWo)