Saturday 4th May 2024

First returning Staffs 2024 arrival

Branston GPs  -  101 species all dayer

Quail, Spotted Redshank, Sanderling, 2x Redshank, 4x Dunlin, 6x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, Scaup, 22x Pochard, 31x Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, 12x Gadwall, 8x Shoveler, 3x Common Tern, YL Gull, 3x Water Rail, 2x Marsh Harrier, 2x Red Kite, Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, Cuckoo, 6x Lesser Whitethroat, 6x Garden Warbler, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 9x Yellow Wagtail, 30x Swift, (DSc, JWo, CEc, Dean, PFo, SBl, George, Bob, PAn)

                                                     Spotted Redshank by Jon Woodcock

Whitemoor Haye  -  77 species all dayer

9x Whimbrel, Turnstone, 6x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo, 2x Grey Partridge, 2x Peregrine, Red Kite, 2x Hobby,  6x Common Tern, 8x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker, (SCo)  -  4x Wheatear at the start of the rough track, (SMcG)  -  Ringed Plover, 

Blithfield Resv  63 species  all dayer

Red-throated Diver, but flew north at 07:50, (MJa)  -  Sanderling on the causeway, (GJM, MPR)

Stanley Pool

Hobby over north at 06:47, Red Kite over over south end at 18:10, (GBr)

Smewstow Valley - Pool Hall

Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, Hobby, 3x Goosander, Barn Owl, Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Little Grebe, (GCl, KCl, ADe, IMo, IP, GR)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Dunlin, 4x Swift, 4x Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, 2x Garden Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, 5x Reed Warbler, 10x Whitethroat, (RPo)

Belvide Resv  -  91 species all dayer

Whimbrel, Greenshank, 13x Dunlin, 10x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, LRP, Scaup, Osprey thru north, Hobby, Peregrine, 4x Common Tern, Wheatear, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Garden Warbler, 4x Yellow Wagtail.

Tittesworth Water

Little Tern, 3x Redstart, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, (SGi, IB, DB)

                                                            Little Tern by Steve Gibson

Berryhill

3x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Garden Warbler, 4x Sedge Warbler, Green Woodpecker, Wheatear, Stonechat still,  (RTo)

Chasewater  68 species all dayer

Shag, 3x Gadwall, Arctic Tern 2x Common Tern, 3x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 3x Reed Warbler, 6x Garden Warbler, Water Rail, (CMa, CW)

Rocester

Red Kite over at 17:30, (JDr)

Stoke on Trent

Smithpool park - Common Sandpiper, 2x Garden Warbler, (RGi)

Huntington

Red Kite over west at 16:30, (SRi)

Trentham - Sideway

Cetti's Warbler, Whinchat, 3x Sedge Warbler, (LSt)

Doxey Marsh  -  74 species all dayer

Great Egret, Little Egret, Water Rail, Whimbrel, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Common Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, Gropper, (AHa, RRa, GPr, DCo)

                                                             Whimbrel by Alan Hateley

Handsacre Flash  -  63 species all dayer

Swift, Yellowhammer, Cetti's Warbler, Gadwall, Goosander, Little Grebe, Greenfinch, (GSt)  

Tucklesholme - Branston Leas  -  70 species all dayer

Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Common Tern, Great Egret,  Egret, Common Gull, LRP, Common Sandpiper, Egyptian Goose, Goosander, Greenfinch, (TWy)     

Aqualate  -  78 species all dayer

Common Scoter