Wednesday 31st January 2024

Rudyard Lake

Red-breasted Merganser back at north end, Oystercatcher, 5x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 5x Goosander, (SSe)

Lichfield

Stonechat at HS2 working, 3x Little Egret, (BHa)

Endon

Barn Owl Post Lane, 

Belvide Resv

Barn Owl, 14x Shelduck, 

Branston GPs

One Cattle Egret still opposite SMP2, 20x Little Grebe, 15x Shelduck, Pintail, 46x Wigeon, 16x Pochard, 16x Goldeneye, 600x Lapwing, 300x Golden Plover, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, 18x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, GBB Gull, YL Gull, 5x Common Gull, (DSc)

Burton Washlands

Little Egret, 60x Wigeon, 10x Shoveler, 40x Teal, 10x Common Gull, (DSc)

Chasewater

3x Great Northern Diver, Shag, ad Iceland Gull, 4x Pintail, 6x Goosander, Oystercatcher, 112x Lapwing, (JWo, MCa, GE)

                                                            GN Diver by Jon Woodcock

Tuesday 30th January 2024

Carmountside Flash

6x Ring-necked Parakeet, 43x Teal and at Stanley Pool, 17x Goosander, (ALa)

Middleton Lakes

11x Pintail, 13x Goldeneye, 11x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 2x Great Egret, (SPA)

Rudyard Lake

Oystercatcher, 2x Wigeon, 47x Teal, 6x Goosander, 16x Snipe, Little Egret, (SSe)  -  3x Little Egret, 10x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, (MSv)

Trentham Gardens

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Goosander, (DEm)

Radford Meadows Stafford

300+ Golden Plover, 400-500x Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, 20x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 3x Little Egret, Great Egret, (SRo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Merlin, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (JAl)

Lichfield

4x Stonechat at HS2 workings on Cappers Lane, also 2x Little Egret, (BHa)

Branston GPs

6x Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 4x Dunlin, Redshank, 18x Curlew, 600x Golden Plover, 1000x Lapwing, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Cattle Egret, 2x Little Egret, Pintail, 2x Goosander, 32x Goldeneye, 31x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 126x Wigeon, 11x Shelduck, 120x Teal, 6x Egyptian Geese, 32x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 8x YL Gull, 7x Common Gull, 9x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 8x Stonechat, 4x Redpoll, (JWo, CEc, Dean, SBI, George, RBr, ABe, Richard, MCa)

                                                       Ringed Plovers by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

4x Goshawk, 7x Dunlin, 9x Shelduck, Pintail, 

Bottleslow Flash

2x Gadwall, 2x Little Egret, (RTo)

Chatterley Whitfield

Barn Owl, 2x Stonechat, (SHi)

Wetley Rocks

Red Kite, 

Monday 29th January 2024

Chasewater

Shag still, Goldeneye, Goosander, (CMa)  -  Roost Ad Iceland Gull, 2w Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, also 3x GN Diver, Shag, (CWG)

Tittesworth Water

An early Oystercatcher, (IFe)

Calwich

3x Red Kite over at 13:50, (JDr)

Endon - Denford

Oystercatcher at Ashes Pool, 3x Mandarin, along the valley 27x Snipe, 8x Mandarin, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on back pit viewed from quarry entrance but elusive, (JAl)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret still, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 9x Dunlin, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 22x Curlew, 593x Golden Plover, 1132x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, Little Egret, Pintail, 8x Goosander, 33x Goldeneye, 46x Pochard, 14x Shelduck, 122x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 31x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, 12x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 8x Redpoll, 16x Greenfinch, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, JHo, SHo, MRi)

                                                           Pintail by Jon Woodcock

Acton Trussell

6x Shelduck in fields by Deptmore Lock, (IW)

Radford Meadows Stafford

12x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 2x Great Egret, Golden Plovers, (DBE)

Cheadle

25x Siskin Cheadle recreational park this am, (TDu)

Sunday 28th January 2024

Doxey Marsh

375x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 9x Goosander, 2x Stonechat, Redpoll, (GPr)

Branston Water Park

Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 3x Pochard, 52x Gadwall, 4x Wigeon, 4x Little Grebe, 3x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Linnet, (BHa)

Branston GPs

300x Lapwing, 2x Goldeneye, Goosander, Little Egret also 8x Redpoll in Princes Wood, (BHa)  -  2x Cattle Egret still opposite SMP2, 25x Little Grebe, Pintail, 11x Shelduck, 68x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 80x Teal, 50x Pochard, 30x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 1000x Lapwing, 150x Golden Plover, 3x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Redshank, 18x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 10x GBB Gull, 5x YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 15x Redpoll, (DSc)

Kingsley 

40x Lapwing at 12:00, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe again, 12x Goldeneye, Dunlin, (ICW)

Himley Hall

2x Mandarin, 60x Siskin, (GCl)

Tittesworth Water

27x Wigeon, 4x Pochard, Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 9x Common Gull, Woodcock, Oystercatcher, 2x Willow Tit, (JOa, KH)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Oystercatcher, 3x Pochard, 4x Goosander, (RPo)

Alvecote

4x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 3x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe, (MSc)

Wolseley Centre

2x Pintail, (RMa)

Chasewater

6x YL Gull in the roost, 

Saturday 27th January 2024

Doxey Marsh

200x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, Water Rail, 2x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 24x Gadwall, (GPr)

Four Ashes

200x Lapwing over the A449 pub, (JDu)

Gailey Resv

2x Great Egret over SE at 10:15, 15x Gadwall, 58x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

8x Shelduck, Pintail, 9x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 3x Snipe, Great Egret, (MSm)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Black-tailed Godwit, c400 Golden Plover, c600 Lapwing, 28x Pintail, 49x Shoveler, 2x Goosander, 3x Shelduck, Great Egret, Little Egret, (RSw)  -  1209x Golden Plover, 1329x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 30x Pintail, 4x Shelduck, (CDa)

Cheddleton / Leekbrook

Red Kite low over Pines, (JLS)

Cannock Chase

22x Crossbill, 140x Siskin, 6x Redpoll, Little Egret, (BHa)  -  8x Crossbill, (IW)

Belvide Resv

211x Reed Bunting leaving the reedbeds, Water Rail, 6x Pintail, Goosander, 5x Shelduck, 5x Dunlin, Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 

Chasewater

2w Med Gull, 5x YL Gull, Ad Iceland Gull, 2w Caspian Gull, 

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret in sheep field over the road from SMP2, 15x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 5x Shelduck, 77x Wigeon, 8x Shoveler, 5x Pochard, 16x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 500x Lapwing, 125x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, Woodcock, 7x YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, Barn Owl, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

Redshank, Little Egret, 3x Little Grebe, 8x Goosander, 800x Starling, (JWo)

Catholme

Footpath 12x Goosander, 12x Shoveler, 200x Wigeon, (JWo)

Rudyard Lake

Little Egret, (Laxmi)

Friday 26th January 2024

Carmountside Flash

Little Egret, 43x Teal, Ring necked Parakeet, 2x Willow Tit, (ALa)

Stanley Pool

4x Goosander, (ALa)

Branston GPs

Red Kite over SMP2 heading towards Dunstall, (JWo)  -  2x Cattle Egret, 2x Ringed Plover, (PJo)

Cellarhead

53x Lapwing over Moorside high school, (Ed)

Endon - Denford

6x Mandarin, (DCo)

Dilhorne

3x Red Kite at 10:30 by Bank top farm / Tickhill Lane junction, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

3x RH Smew, 

Keele

6x Goosander top lake, (DEm)

Radford Meadows Stafford

c500 Golden Plover, c400 Lapwing, 4x Goosander, Great Egret, Little Egret, Pintail also 2x Shelduck by Deptmoor Lock, (IWi)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 3x Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 3x GN Diver, 

Middleton Lakes

Great Egret, Little Egret, Egyptian Geese, Shelduck, Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler, (RBe)

                                                       Cetti's Warbler by Rob Bendelow

Hammerwich

2x Woodcock over, (JWo)

Thursday 25th January 2024

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret still in sheep field opposite SMP2, (JAl, CMa, RFe)  -  2x Shelduck, 17x Curlew, Redshank, 2x Egyptian Geese, (CMa, RFe)  -  2x Cattle Egret, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 20x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 800x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 9x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 34x Goldeneye, 34x Pochard, 28x Gadwall, 8x Shoveler, 121x Wigeon, 31x Little Grebe, 7x YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, 2x Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, 5x Redpoll, (JWo, ABI, CBI)

Whitemoor Haye

70x Pink-footed Geese over east at 11:50, (CMa, RFe)

Radford Meadows Stafford

200x Golden Plover, 400x Lapwing, 7x Pintail, Shoveler, Great Egret, Little Egret, (SRo)

Stafford

Ring necked Parakeet over St George's Hospital at 12:55, (JHu)

Belvide Resv

8x Dunlin, Pink-footed Goose, Red Kite, Peregrine, 5x Goosander, 

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 1w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, (CWG,  JAl)

Wednesday 24th January 2024

First returning birds to Staffs 2024

Branston GPs

2x Ringed Plover on Ashy pit, (CEc)  -  2x Cattle Egret in sheep field opposite SMP2 viewed from road which heads towards Dunstall cricket club, also at 11:30 800x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Curlew, (DSc)  -  also 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 20x Curlew, 1100x Lapwing, 11x Goosander, 18x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 7x Shelduck, 104x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 5x Egyptian Geese, 25x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 8x YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 6x Common Gull, Peregrine, (JWo, CEc)

                                                         Ringed Plovers by Jon Woodcock

Burton on Trent Washlands

At 11:55 20x Wigeon, 14x Common Gull with BHGs and LBBGs on floods behind Tesco view from St Peters bridge, (DSc)

Endon - Denford

3x Jack Snipe, 30x Snipe, 2x Little Egret still, 2x Goosander, Woodcock, (DCo)

Oakamoor

2x Dipper, (AMa)

Cannock Chase

200x Siskin, 40x Crossbill, (DBa, KM, ML, JS)

Stanley Pool

9x Goosander, 200x Lapwing, (GBr)

Chasewater

Iceland Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, 3x GN Dover, Shag, (JAl)

Radford Meadows Stafford

250x Golden Plover, 5x Pintail, 3x Goosander, (DBe)

Belvide Resv

6x Dunlin, 5x Shelduck, 12x Pochard, 185x Wigeon, Red Kite, 

Doxey Marsh

Blackcap, 3x Chiffchaff, Willow Tit all in main car park, (MBo)

Tuesday 23rd January 2024

Radford Meadows Stafford

408x Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Shelduck, 11x Pintail, Little Egret, (CDa)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x Ad YL Gull, 3x GN Diver, Shag, (JAl)

Gailey Resv

2x Great Egret again with 2x Little Egret, 20x Pochard, sev Goldeneye, Goosander, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

1w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 

Monday 22nd January 2024

Blithfield Resv

Drake Smew in Tad Bay still but extremely elusive, (GJM)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret still in field opposite SMP2, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 20x Curlew, 1436x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 25x Goldeneye, 17x Pochard, 106x Wigeon, 120x Teal, 5x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 22x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, 5x GBB Gull, 10x YL Gull, 2x Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, (JWo)

Ipstones

Red Kite heading west at 10:00, (SCh)

Alvecote

14x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 3x Shelduck, (MSc)

Sunday 21st January 2024

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 44x Gadwall, 3x Shelduck, 7x Goosander, Stonechat, (GPr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Pintail, 4x Shoveler, 6x Goosander, 244x Wigeon, 40x Redpoll, Water Rail, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

3x Shelduck, Pintail, Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 3x Snipe, Stonechat, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

3x RH Smew still, Goshawk, YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, 

Calf Heath - Four Crosses

Great Egret still along Staffs & Worcs canal, (KCl)

Knypersley Resv

3x Goosander, 62x Lapwing, Willow Tit, Woodcock, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

Drake Smew Tad Bay, (AMa per GJM)

Tittesworth Water

6x Pochard, 9x Goosander, 35x Wigeon, 26x Common Gull, Willow Tit, (JOa, KH)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret in field opposite SMP2,  (JWo) - 20x Little Grebe, 5x Egyptian Geese, 8x Shelduck, 70x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 60x Teal, 10x Pochard, 16x Goldeneye, 120x Lapwing, 20x Curlew, 5x GBB Gull, 10x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, 20x Linnet, (DSc)

                                                          Cattle Egrets by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, also 3x GN Diver and Shag still, (JAl, SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

16x Gadwall, 47x Wigeon, 8x Goldeneye, 44x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Grey Partridge, Snipe, 60x Linnet, 18x Egyptian Geese, Great Egret, Stonechat, YL Gull, (SCo)

Saturday 20th January 2024

Gailey Resv

Female Scaup showing from causeway at 09:00, (SRi)

Coven

5x Little Egret over, I54 3x Stonechat, Woodcock, (JDu)

Belvide Resv

3x RH Smew still, 23x Shelduck, Mandarin, 5x Goosander, 219x Wigeon, 657x Teal, 3x Peregrine, 7x Dunlin, 3x Little Egret, Stonechat, 

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x Goosander, 70x Teal, 10x Lapwing, (GPr)  -  also 3x Great Egret, 2x Snipe, 8x Goosander, 6x Gadwall, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (GHa)

Tutbury

Red Kite over the castle at 10:00, (AR)

Stanley Pool

24x Goosander, Lapwing, (GBr)

Gailey Resv

Fem Scaup, Cetti's Warbler, 14x Little Grebe, 40x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 58x Pochard, Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 3x Redpoll, Little Egret, also nearby at Gt Saredon Great Egret, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

Cattle Egret in flight over at 09:50, (SCo), - Jack Snipe flushed from path in Brookhay wood, (BHa)

Tittesworth Water

Red-breasted Merganser still, 80x Wigeon, 3x Pochard, 5x Goosander, (SGi, IB)

Chasewater

3x GN Diver, Shag, (SE, HF, JAl) - also in the roost ad Iceland Gull, ad YL Gull, (JAl)  -  also 70x GBB Gull, 48x Common Gull, 3x YL Gull, (CW)

                                                          GN Divers by Steve Edwards

Alrewas NMA

12x Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, Catholme 150x Wigeon, (JWo)

Cannock Chase

15x Crossbill, 200x Siskin, 50x Redpoll, (RSw)

Friday 19th January 2024

Stanley Pool

16x Goosander this am, (ALa)

Belvide Resv

3x Smew still, Red Kite, 7x Dunlin, 25x Shelduck,

Tittesworth Water

Red-breasted Merganser,  86x Wigeon, 7x Goosander, Mandarin, Pochard, (SGi)

                                                 Red-breasted Merganser by Steve Gibson

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, 10x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, Peregrine, 3x Snipe, 2x Chiffchaff, 60x Siskin, Redpolls, (SPA)

Cannock Chase

Common Redpoll, 30x Lesser Redpoll, 8x Crossbill, 250x Siskin, (RBr)

Rudyard Lake

78x Wigeon, 7x Goosander, 36x Teal, 8x Snipe, Little Egret, (SSe)

Chasewater

1w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 3x GN Diver, Shag, (JAl)  -  48x Common Gull, 9x Goosander, 26x Gadwall, 14x Pochard, 15x Little Grebe, (CW)

Branston GPs

Drake Scaup, 16x Curlew, Dunlin, 8x Snipe, 220x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 40x Pochard, 16x Shelduck, 108x Wigeon, 22x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 250x Teal, 43x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull, 10x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Barn Owl, 4x Stonechat, 6x Redpoll, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

58x Gadwall, 6x Wigeon, - Barton under Needwood Little Egret, (JWo)

Thursday 18th January 2024

Belvide Resv

3x RH Smew still,

Stafford

Goshawk over Lodgefield Park, Baswich, (AB)

Haughton

10x Pink-footed Geese with Canada Geese and Grey Lags, (N)

Alvecote

Peregrine, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 2x Snipe, (MSc)

Rudyard Lake

Little Egret, (Laxmi)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 1w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 3x GN Diver, (JAl)

Gailey Resv

2x Great Egret flew in to roost at 16:50, 11x Little Grebe, 51x Gadwall, 24x Shoveler, 35x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Goosander, Water Rail, (SRi)

Keele

7x Lapwing over the golf course at 15:50, (JBa)

Cannock Chase

6x Crossbill, Brambling, 100x Siskin, 60x Redpoll, 2x Stonechat, Yellowhammer, (JWo, MCa, CEc, Dean)

                                                           Crossbill by Jon Woodcock

Stanley Pool

12x Goosander, 2x Snipe and at Endon the 3x Little Egret still, (DCo)

Biddulph

Snipe, (SHi)

Branston GPs

Drake Scaup, 44x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 80x Wigeon, c200x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 180x Lapwing, 14x Curlew, 4x Snipe, 3x Water Rail, (DSc)

Wednesday 17th January 2024

Tittesworth Water 

Red Kite over this am, (IF)

Barton Marina

2x Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 66x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 4x Common Gull, 4x Little Grebe, 2x Egyptian Geese, no sign of the Waxwings this am in Barton under Needwood, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

3x redhead Smew, 16x Shelduck, 8x Dunlin, 18x Golden Plover over, 3x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 

Radford Meadows Stafford

3x Dunlin, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 88x Snipe, Golden Plover, Little Egret, 10x Pintail, 6x Gadwall, c500x Teal, c400x Wigeon, (CDa)

Whitemoor Haye

Cattle Egret in carrot field at 12:30 then flew west, (ICW)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 2x 1w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, and 3x GN Diver, Shag still, (JAl)

Trentham

2x Waxwing in a private garden

                                                               By Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Jack Snipe, 3x Snipe, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Curlew, 300x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 26x Goldeneye, 38x Pochard, 106x Wigeon, 14x Shoveler, 9x Shelduck, 160x Teal, 31x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull, 5x Common Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, (JWo, DSc, SBI)

Holden Lane pool

Merlin flew thru this am, (JJo)

Tuesday 16th January 2024

Barton under Needwood

6x Waxwing still showing to 09:40 when they flew over the A38,  park at end of Causer Road, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

2x redhead Smew, 12x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 7x Dunlin, 2x Goshawk, 65x Shoveler, 153x Wigeon, YL Gull, 

Branston GPs

Drake Scaup, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 3x Curlew, 300x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, 24x Goldeneye, 39x Pochard, 96x Wigeon, 11x Shelduck, 190x Teal, 14x Shoveler, 34x Little Grebe, 10x Common Gull, 12x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                             Scaup by Jon Woodcock

Wetley Rocks

7x Lapwing flew over towards Dilhorne,

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 102x Snipe, 59x Lapwing, 31x Pintail, 14x Shelduck, 10x Gadwall, 103x Shoveler, 100s Wigeon, 100s Teal, 2x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, (RBr)

Penkridge

80-100x Golden Plover circling field opposite Pillaton garden centre at 11:45, (JPr)

Stanley Pool

8x Goosander, Wigeon also 3x Little Egret at Endon, (DCo)

Middleton Lakes

5x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 11x Shoveler, 7x Gadwall, 3x Goldeneye, 30x Wigeon, 150x Lapwing, (JDr)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, YLG, 3x GN Diver, Shag, (JAl)

Whitemoor Haye

4x Grey Partridge, 3x Stonechat, 3x Yellowhammer, Little Egret, 24x Egyptian Geese, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Shelduck, Oystercatcher, 4x Little Grebe, (DBa)

Baldwins Gate

3x Redpoll, (CPe)

Monday 15th January 2024

Stafford

2x Waxwing in garden briefly before flying off, (KMa)

Barton under Needwood

6x Waxwing still, park at end of Causer Road, (JWo, MCa)

                                                                  By Jon Woodcock

Rudyard Lake

Red-breasted Merganser still, (JOa, SSe)  also Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 3x Snipe, 26x Siskin, (SSe)

Tamworth

Borrowdale lake 4x Goosander, Little Egret, (MSc)

Chatterley Whitfield

2x Little Egret and a Barn Owl at 15:45, (PMo)

Branston GPs

Dunlin, Snipe, 19x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 800x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 22x Pochard, 136x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, 9x Shelduck, 150x Teal, 4x Egyptian Geese, 26x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 9x YL Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 7x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, 7x Redpoll, (JWo, JHo, SHo, ABi, CBi)

Whitemoor Haye

Ruddy Shelduck, 3x Grey Partridge, Pink-footed Goose, 25x Egyptian Geese, (RPu)

                                                              Great Egret by Bob Pugh

Chasewater

Iceland Gull, 3x GN Diver, Shag, Jack Snipe, 15x Goldeneye, 7x Goosander, 8x Shover, 5x Gadwall, 40x Wigeon, 12x Pochard, 90x Lapwing, 8x Little Grebe, (CW)

Cannock Chase

2x Crossbill Abrahams Valley, (JTu)

Sunday 14th January 2024

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, view from old quarry entrance towards A38, 14x Shoveler, 73x Wigeon, 8x Goldeneye, 20x Gadwall, 46x Pochard, Goosander, 5x Little Grebe, Ruddy Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, 5x Grey Partridge,  4x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler,  (SCo)  -  also Ruddy Shelduck, Grey Partridge, 6x Shelduck, 20x Pochard, 11x Egyptian Geese, 2x Great Egret, GBB Gull, 2x Chiffchaff, 15x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean, SCo, MCa, TWy)

                                                      Grey Partridge by Jon Woodcock

Rudyard Lake

Red-breasted Merganser still from Stoke sea scouts hut also fem Goldeneye, (RP)

Bucknall Park

2x Dipper on River Trent, (BMo)

Cotton

Red Kite, (BBo)

Belvide Resv

Redhead Smew to 12:30 only, 17x Pintail, 

Westport Lake

9x Pochard, Goosander, Willow Tit, 30x Siskin, (KSt)

Radford Meadows Safford

506x Golden Plover, 684x Lapwing, 2x Dunlin, Snipe, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Goosander, 3x Shelduck, 10x Gadwall, 12x Pintail, 156x Shoveler, 502x Teal, 458x Wigeon, (RSw)

Catholme GP

Viewed from footpath to NMA, Whooper Swan, Pintails, 6x Little Grebe, Goldeneye, (SCo)

Tittesworth Water

5x Goosander, 23x Wigeon, Pochard, 7x Snipe, Willow Tit, 6x Common Gull, 11x Siskin, (JOa, LH)

Branston GPs

5x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Water Rail, Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 6x Gadwall, 5x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, (JWo, Dean, MCA, TWy) - additionally Whooper Swan, 6x Egyptian Geese, 9x Shelduck, 94x Wigeon, 36x Pochard, 17x Goldeneye, 20x Little Grebe, 2x Peregrine, 820x Lapwing, Dunlin, 2x Redshank, 15x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, ad Caspian Gull, 10x YL Gull, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Copmere

4x Whooper Swan, Great Egret, (DEm)

Chasewater

3x GN Diver, Shag, 2x Goldeneye, (JBe)

Alrewas NMA

Goldeneye, Goosanders, 4x Gadwall, (SCo)

Alrewas GPs

14x GBB Gull, Common Gull, 3x Snipe, 137x Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Barton under Needwood

Little Owl, (JWo)

Saturday 13th January 2024

Doxey Marsh

5x Goosander, 4x Shelduck, 22x Gadwall, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Snipe, 300x Lapwing, 10x Greenfinch, Cetti's Warbler, (GPr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Redshank, 1000x Lapwing, Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 30x Gadwall, 172x Wigeon, 152x Teal, Dipper, (RPo)

Caverswall

Green Sandpiper along the River Blithe, (AR)

Rudyard Lake

Red-breasted Merganser still, Goldeneye, 17x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, GBB Gull, Common Gull, (SSe)  -  4x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, (MSv)

                                                  Red-breasted Merganser by Steve Seal

Trentham Gardens

Goosander, (STu)

Belvide Resv

Peregrine, Little Egret, Pintail, 3x Shelduck, Stonechat, 10x Dunlin, Stonechat, 2x Common Gull, 

Tittesworth Water

c800 Jackdaw, 52x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 6x Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi, IB)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, Little Egret, Peregrine, (RBe)  -additional Pink-footed Goose, 30x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Whitfield Valley

2x Water Rail, 4x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, (JJo)

Branston GPs

Whooper Swan, 4x Shelduck, 72x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, Goldeneye, 800x Lapwing, Golden Plover, 2x Dunlin, 14x Curlew, Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, (DSc) - additional 2x Green Sandpiper, 12x Shelduck, 5x Goldeneye, 12x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 4x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, (JWo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 3x GN Diver, Shag, (CMa, RFe)

Fradley Junction

3x Goosander, (RMa)

Friday 12th January 2024

Whitemoor Haye

3x Whooper Swan still, 10x Pink-footed Geese, Ruddy Shelduck, 24x Shoveler, 6x Goldeneye, 31x Pochard, 17x Gadwall, 8x Shelduck, 16x Egyptian Geese, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Curlew over, 7x Stonechat, Peregrine, 2x Chiffchaff, 2x Redpoll, 8x Siskin, (SCo)

Upper Tean

300x Pink-footed Geese over west at 12:35, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

8x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, (SPA)

Chasewater

Adult Iceland Gull, adult Med Gull, YL Gull, 3x GN Diver, Shag, (JAl, KCl)

Alrewas

Red Kite, (RBe)

Wombourne

Little Egret in Wombrook between  Railway walk and Gravel Hill, (AJo)

Branston GPs

5x Pink-footed Geese over south at 16:40, Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 17x Curlew, 725x Lapwing, Little Egret, 28x Goldeneye, 50x Pochard, 20x Shelduck, 86x Wigeon, 36x Little Grebe, 7x YL Gull, 12x Common Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 8x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Bentilee

Redpolls on garden feeders near Berryhill Fields. (DTi)

                                                                  By Debbie Timmis

Thursday 11th January 2024

Barton under Needwood

6x Waxwing briefly in the park at the end of Causer Lane then flew east, (JWo, MCa)

                                                         Waxwings by Jon Woodcock

Silverdale CP

A Waxwing above The Void at the entrance from Black Bank, (STi)

Branston Water Park

12x Wigeon, 90x Gadwall, 5x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, (DSc)

Branston GPs

2x Shelduck, 12x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, Goldeneye, 300x Lapwing, (DSc)

Cheddleton- Consall woods

4x Red Kite, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Whooper Swan still, Pink-footed Goose, 4x Grey Partridge, Chiffchaff, 2x Dunlin, 100x Lapwing, 25x Pochard, 22x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, (JWo, MCa)  -  Ruddy Shelduck, 8x Egyptian Geese, (BHa)  -  also Curlew, 2x Stonechat, (DRi)

Enford - Denford

Jack Snipe, 24x Snipe, Willow Tit, Peregrine, Little Egret, Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, 8x Redpoll, (DCo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

200x Golden Plover, 2x Dunlin, 450x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, Pochard, 8x Pintail, 93x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 2x Shelduck, 100s Wigeon, 100s Teal, Cetti's Warbler, (RBr)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, ad Med Gull, 2x YL Gull also 3x GN Diver, Shag, (JAl)

Rudyard Lake

Red-breasted Merganser still, 

Loggerheads

10x Waxwing flew north over Pinewood Road,

Wednesday 10th January 2014

Cheddleton

2x Waxwing at 08:35 briefly Woodlands Avenue then flew north, (DSc)

Cheddleton - Consall

2x Red Kite over at 09L30, (DSc)

Whiston

Red Kite, (SJT)

Keele

6x Jack Snipe, (MSu)

Radford Meadows

93x Golden Plover, 2x Dunlin, 489x Wigeon, 13x Pintail, 5x Shelduck,  Little Egret, (CDa)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Whooper Swan still in cereal field south of rough track, Ruddy Shelduck, (PAn)

Rudyard Lake

Red-breasted Merganser still, (SGi)

                                                                  By Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 17x Curlew, 700x Lapwing, Little Egret, 34x Goldeneye, 49x Pochard, 24x Shelduck, 84x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, 150x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 27x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 12x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 6x Stonechat, 7x Redpoll, (JWo)

Chatterley Whitfield

2x Water Rail, 2x Little Egret, 11x Goosander over, (JJo)

Uttoxeter

44x Siskin around Bramshall Road park, (AR)

Tuesday 9th January 2024

Stanley Pool

Whooper Swan, 8x Goosander and at Carmountside Flash 63x Teal, (ALa)

Rudyard Lake

Female Red-breasted Merganser at north end at 10:30 then flew towards middle of lake, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Whooper Swan still, 11x Egyptian Geese, 2x Peregrine, (CMa, RFe)

Branston GPs

Drake Scaup on North pit, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 17x Curlew, 742x Lapwing, Little Egret, 27x Goldeneye, 59x Pochard, 62x Wigeon, 250x Teal, 6x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 38x Little Grebe, 84x Common Gull, 6x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Water Rail, 4x Stonechat, (JWo)

                                                             Scaup by Jon Woodcock

                                                       GBB Gull by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull in the roost also 3x GN Diver and Shag still, (JAl)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

12x Woodcock over at dusk, (TEy)

Monday 8th January 2024

Whitemoor Haye

3x Whooper Swan and Ruddy Shelduck in field below Sittles farm, 11x Goldeneye, 13x Gadwall, c50x Wigeon, 25x Shelduck, 36x Shoveler, 31x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Merlin,  Peregrine, Great Egret, Little Egret, 12x Egyptian Geese, 3x Little Grebe, c50x Linnet, 3x Chiffchaff, 4x Stonechat, Grey Partridge, 52x Lapwing, (SCo)  -  Marsh Harrier, (TSl)

                                                     Whooper Swan by Rob Bendelow

Blithfield Resv

Whooper Swan east over Blithe Bay, (GJM)  -  6x Goldeneye, (TDu)

Tittesworth Water

19x Whooper Swan over, c200x Pink-footed Geese, 30x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, 2x Willow Tit, 5x Snipe, (SGi, IB, IF)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

250x Pink-footed Geese over west at 09:45, (TEy)

Wilbrighton Bridge - Gnosall

Along old railway line Firecrest still, 150x Linnet, 2x Brambling, (AB, PB)

Radford Meadows Stafford

65x Golden Plover, 300x Lapwing, 16x Pintail, 121x Shover, c400x Wigeon, c400x Teal, 2x Little Egret, (CDa)

Branston GPs

Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 19x Curlew, 639x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, Goosander, 29x Goldeneye, 44x Pochard, 82x Wigeon, 38x Gadwall, 26x Shoveler, 8x Shelduck, 150x Teal, 32x Little Grebe, 24x Common Gull, 6x YL Gull, 10x GBB Gull, Merlin,  Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 4x Redpoll, 4x Stonechat, 6000x Starling, (JWo)

Chasewater

3x GN Diver and the Shag still, 7x Little Grebe, (CW)

Belvide Resv

4x Whooper Swan at 12:00, 

Sunday 7th January 2024

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

24x Whooper Swan over NW at 09:05, (TEy)

Rocester

200x Pink-footed Geese over NW at 10:20, (RPo)

Cheddleton

23x Whopper Swan west over at 09:20, (DSc)

Doxey Marsh

140x Pink-footed Geese over north, (GPr, RRa)

Belvide Resv

227x Pink-footed Geese thru NW at 10:15, 

Whitemoor Haye

Oystercatcher, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Great Egret, 13x Shelduck, 26x Shoveler, c60x Wigeon, 43x Pochard, 8x Grey Partridge, 4x Stonechat, (SCo)

Endon - Denford

2x Water Rail, Chiffchaff, 11x Wigeon, Redpoll, Green Woodpecker, Ashes Pool 12x Mandarin, Water Rail, (DCo)

Tittesworth Water

2x Whooper Swan, 6x Goosander, Mandarin, 5x Wigeon, 23x Common Tern,  4x Willow Tit, 8x Snipe, Barn Owl, 30x Siskin, (JOa, LH, KH)

Chasewater

Adult Iceland Gull, 3x GN Diver, Shag, (JAl)  -  In addition 23x Common Gull, 17x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, (BHa)

Branston GPs

2x Whooper Swan over NW at 14:10, 12x Little Grebe, 6x Egyptian Geese, 17x Shelduck, 15x Shoveler, 18x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, Merlin, 2x Peregrine, 10x Curlew, 600x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, 6x GBB Gull, 4x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Stonechat, 4x Redpoll, (DSc)

Lichfield

Flock of Whooper Swans heard flying over this evening, (BHa)

Trentham Gardens

5x Whooper Swan over NW at 14:49, 4x Goosander, (RGi)

Himley plantation

Marsh Tit, (IMo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

179x Golden Plover, 420x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 10x Pintail, 79x Shoveler, 3x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 2x Gadwall, 2x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Lindore wood

At least one Firecrest still this afternoon on the edge of the wood as viewed from the cycle path, (IMG)

Saturday 6th January 2024

             West Midland Bird Stafford Branch invites you to a talk on Tuesday 9th January 2024

                              Wild Islands the nature of the Falklands with Mark Sisson

                        At Walton-On-The-Hill Village Hall, Green Gore Lane ST17 0LD

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

Chasewater

4x Waxwing briefly by train station then flew off, (ICW)  - Roost Ad Iceland Gull, ad YL Gull also 3x GN Diver, Shag, (JAl)

Lichfield

Darnfield Lane - 3x Stonechat, 2x Yellowhammer, 25x Linnet, (BHa)

Newcastle

c150x Pink-footed Geese NW over Basford early afternoon, (SJT)

Whitemoor Haye

Barn Owl at 07:15, 7x Goldeneye, 11x Wigeon, Gadwall, 6x Grey Partridge, Cetti's Warbler, Great Egret, (SCo)  -  Merlin, Great Egret, (RBe)

Fradley - Alrewas

2x Green Sandpiper in flooded fields, 7x Goosander flew north, 32x Skylark, (BHa)

Tittesworth Water

160x Pink-footed Geese over, 73x Common Gull, 21x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 20x Snipe, 6x Siskin, (SGi)

Endon

c220x Pink-footed Geese over at 14:05, (DCo)

Astonfields Balancing Lakes

3x Ringed-necked Parakeet at 14:00 at least, (GHa)

Smestow

Little Owl, 6x Little Egret, (CVa)

Himley

Marsh Tit, (CVa)

Branston GPs

24x Little Grebe, Little Egret, Shelduck, 62x Wigeon, 10x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 45x Pochard, 17x Goldeneye, Goosander, Peregrine, Water Rail, 500x Lapwing, 17x Curlew, 2x Woodcock, 2x GBB Gull, 3x Stonechat, 8,000x Starling, (DSc)

Friday 5th January 2024

River Sow Meadows

2x Waxwing still near Falmouth Ave Baswich, (RSw)

Radford Meadows Stafford

c250x Golden Plover, c300x Lapwing, 2x Pintail, Goldeneye, (CDa)

Croxall

4x Pintail on east lake, (GSt)

Branston GPs

70x Snipe, 6x Green Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 756x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, Goosander, 17x Goldeneye, 88x Pochard, 46x Wigeon, 8x Gadwall, 16x Shoveler, 150x Teal, 5x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 24x Little Grebe, 4x GBB Gull, 6x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 2x Peregrine, 3x Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 15,000x Starling, (JWo, CEc, Dean, GWi)

                                                     Green Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Coombes Valley

c300x Pink-footed Geese over heading west at 11:15, (PBe)

Thursday 4th January 2024

Baddeley Green

150x Pink-footed Geese heading NE over Leek New Road at 09:05, (GBr)

Boon Hill

120x Pink-footed Geese over at 08:45, (MJW)

Branston GPs

Oystercatcher, Woodcock, 40x Golden Plover, 6x Green Sandpiper, 17x Curlew, 6x Snipe, 500x Lapwing, Little Egret, 26x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 54x Pochard, 46x Wigeon, 150x Teal, 12x Gadwall, 57x Shoveler, 8x Shelduck, 7x Egyptian Geese, 34x Little Grebe, 6x Water Rail, 3x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Brambling, 20x Greenfinch, 8x Redpoll, 30x Linnet, 20,000x Starling, (JWo)

River Sow Meadows

2x Waxwing off Falmouth Ave Baswich, (RSw)

Endon - Denford

10x Pink-footed Geese in partially flooded field and a further 150x over east at 09:00, Jack Snipe, 34x Snipe, 70x Wigeon, 87x Lapwing, 48x Teal, Goosander, Willow Tit, 2x Green Woodpecker, Ashes Pool 39x Lapwing, Goosander, 4x Mandarin, (DCo)

Bucknall Park

Little Egret on flooded area, (BMo) - also 2x Little Egret at Botteslow Flash on the brook, (RTo)

Tittesworth Water

446x Common Gull in the roost, ad YL Gull, 9x Snipe, 15x Wigeon, 5x Goosander, (SGi)

Audley

c180x Pink-footed Geese over east at 08:56, (JHu)

Stoke on Trent

2x Waxwing still Fenton, 

Wednesday 3rd January 2024

Chasewater

Adult Iceland Gull, ad YL Gull, 3x GN Diver, Shag, (JAl)  -  additionally Ad Caspian Gull, YL Gull, 34x GBB Gull, (the Adult  Iceland Gull was the bird that left Stubbers Green at 15:00), (CW)

Stone 

3x Little Egret on floods off Valley Road, (DEm)

Endon - Denford

Little Egret, 49x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, 2x Willow Tit, (DCo)

Branston GPs

30x Golden Plover, 6x Green Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 2x Snipe, 500x Lapwing, 18x Goldeneye, 6x Shelduck, 12x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, 9x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 6x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Brambling, 6x Redpoll, 4x Greenfinch, 25,000x Starling, (JWo)

Brankley Pastures

2x Yellowhammer, 5x Redpoll, (JWo)

Alvecote

2x Little Egret, (MSc)

Tuesday 2nd January 2024

Whitemoor Haye

6x Grey Partridge, Great Egret, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (PAn)

Keele

5x Goosander, (MSu)

Monday1st January 2024

Chasewater

3x GN Diver and the long staying Shag still, (MYa, @Ochruros)  -  also Adult Iceland Gull, ad Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, (JAl)

Whitemoor Haye

Redhead Smew still on A513 pit, (JAl)  -  Short-eared Owl showing off the rough track, Merlin, Peregrine, 15x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 17x Egyptian Geese, YL Gull, 4x Stonechat, 3x Yellowhammer, (JWo) - also 6x Grey Partridge, 2x Great Egret, (SRi)  -  also 20x Wigeon, 43x Pochard, 31x Shoveler, 6x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, 7x Stonechat, (SCo)

                                                      Short-eared Owl by Jon Woodcock

Uttoxeter Quarry

Marsh Harrier at 09:10, Peregrine, Oystercatcher, 7x Snipe, 7x Shelduck, Redpoll, 2x Stonechat, 2x Dipper, (RPo)

Cheddleton

Red Kite again over this am, (DSc)

Stafford

Goshawk south over the MOD, (RSt)

Berryhill

100x Pink-footed Geese over north at 11:14, Jack Snipe, 14x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, 4x Redpoll, (RTo)

Tittesworth Water

178x Common Gull, 3x Pochard, 11x Goosander, 23x Wigeon, 8x Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi)

Ipstones Edge

2x Red Kite at 12:00, (TDu)

Stoke on Trent

2x Waxwing at Fenton, (RGi)

Gailey Resv

4x Little Egret, 20x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, Goosander, Water Rail, 3x Redpoll, 30x Siskin, (SRi)

Parkhall Lake

2x Goosander, (SFe)

Belvide Resv

Woodcock, Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Goshawk, Pintail, 8x Dunlin, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, 

Stoke

Lordship Lane Water Rail, 5x Little Egret flew north over the Trent, (RGi)

Branston GPs

10x Curlew, c500 Lapwing, 5x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 25x Little Grebe, 4x Shelduck, 55x Wigeon, 30x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 25x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 4x YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, 3x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, c25,000 Starling, 2x Redpoll, (DSc)