Monday 16th September 2024

Trentham Gardens

4x Mandarin, 5x Gadwall, Little Grebe, 3x Little Grebe, (RGi)

Tittesworth Water

Skein of Pink-footed Geese over south at 08:20, Common Sandpiper, 22x Lapwing, 12x Teal, Goosander, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi)  -  Lesser Whitethroat, (TEe)

Blithfield Resv

Caspian Gull, 2x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 14x Dunlin, 9x Greenshank, 40x Ringed Plover, 12x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, Hobby, Red Kite, Pink-footed Goose, Whinchat, Wheatear, Stonechat, 5x Wigeon, (SE, HF)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 3x Whinchat, 2x Wheatear, Dunlin, 9x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Curlew, Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, 9x Mandarin, 17x Pochard, 17x Wigeon, 44x Shoveler, 116x Gadwall, 112x Teal, Shelduck, 106x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, (JWo)

Alvecote

3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 100x Shoveler, (MSc)

Sunday 15th September 2024

Whitemoor Haye

4x Great Egret and 10x Little Egret flew to main pool, (SCo)

i54

Whinchat, 2x Stonechat, 2x Green Woodpecker, 8x Skylark, (JDu)

Belvide Resv

5x Cattle Egret 11:00 to 11:47 only, Goshawk, Lesser Scaup, 3x Great Egret, 

Tittesworth Water

4x Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, 23x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, 19x Mandarin, 9x Teal, (JOa, LH, TEe, KH)

Middleton Lakes

Avocet, 2x Ringed Plover, LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Snipe, Greenshank, 2x Pintail, Hobby, (MSm)

Amington

Ring-necked Parakeet, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

44x Ringed Plover, 14x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, 6x Great Egret, Common Gull, Whinchat, YL Gull, (SCo, SRi)  -  late afternoon 18x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, 51x Ringed Plover, 14x Dunlin, 3x Goosander, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, White Stork, (PAn)

Tittesworth Water

4x Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, 23x Lapwing, 2x Goosander 19x Mandarin, 9x Teal, (JOa, LH, TEe, KH)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Greenshank, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Great  Egret, 10x Little Egret, (RPo)  -  also Pintail, (PJo)

Branston GPs

100x Little Grebe, Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, 50x Shoveler, 50x Teal, Shelduck, 17x Wigeon, 105x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 30x Pochard, 150x Lapwing, 10x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 3x Snipe, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 9x Ringed Plover, 2x ad YL Gull, 4x Whinchat, Wheatear, 45x House Martin, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)  -  12x Mistle Thrush (JWo)

Branston Water Park

25x Gadwall, 3x Wigeon, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Saturday 14th September 2024

Uttoxeter Quarry

Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 4x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 6x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, (RPo)  -  also a Ruff, 3x Curlew, 130x Lapwing, (PBe)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Snipe, 22x Teal, 28x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (GPr)

Berryhill

Willow Tit, Redstart, 4x Stonechat, 4x Skylark, 2x Whitethroat, (RGi, IBu)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, Pintail, 17x Wigeon, 112x Shoveler, 80x Gadwall, Peregrine, 10x Curlew, 60x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, Green Woodpecker, 3x Wheatear, 5x Whinchat, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

15+ Great Egret, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 2x Peregrine, ad Caspian Gull, Avocet, 49x Ringed Plover, 12x Dunlin, 5x Greenshank, 2x Curlew, Whinchat, (SRi)  -  Avocet, Knot, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Red Kite, 2x Peregrine, Whinchat, (GJM, SAR)

Tittesworth Water

2x Little Egret, 24x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 9x Teal, 2x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, Willow Tit, (SGi)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, 2x Garganey, 7x Whinchat, Cetti's Warbler, Hobby, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 12x Ringed Plover, LRP, 7x Common Sandpiper, 

Trentham Gardens

Late evening  7x Little Egret, 3x Mandarin, 14x Gadwall, 10x Cormorant, (RGi)

Tucklesholme

2x Little Egret, 14x Gadwall, 60x Pochard, (DSc)

Friday 13th September 2024

Doxey Marsh

4x Great Egret, Water Rail, 6x Snipe, 14x Lapwing, 18x Teal, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (GPr, RRa)

Middleton Lakes

GBB Gull still, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP (1 juv), Green Sandpiper, 7x Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Great Egret, Swift, 60x House Martin, (SPA)  -  also Redshank, Peregrine, (DCo)

Trentham Gardens

Redstart, 4x Little Egret, 7x Gadwall, (RGi)

Branston GPs

5x Whinchat, Stonechat, 3x Wheatear, 2x Swift, 8x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 38x Lapwing, 17x Little Egret, 15x Mandarin, 12x Pochard, 16x Wigeon, 114x Gadwall, 78x Shoveler, 104x Teal, Shelduck, 102x Little Grebe, YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler,  (JWo)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret, Lesser Scaup, Garganey, 3x Great Egret, Whinchat

Blithfield Resv

Juv Marsh Harrier, juv Black Tern, 8x Greenshank, 17x Dunlin, 3x Pintail, 8x Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, (MDJ)

Berryhill

Wheatear, 4x Stonechat, (IBu)

Whitemoor Haye

Ruff, 6x Little Egret, Great Egret, 54x Pochard, Peregrine, 24x Little Grebe, (SCo)

Thursday 12th September 2024

Uttoxeter Quarry

10x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, Redshank, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 2x Peregrine, 7x Great Egret, 20x Little Egret, juv Shelduck, (PJo)

Doxey Marsh

5x Great Egret, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 120x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 15x House Martin, Little Grebe, (GPr, RRa)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup still,

Tittesworth Water

3x Common Sandpiper, 18x Lapwing, Red Kite, Great Egret, Mandarin, 11x Teal, (JOa, LH, SL)

Blithfield Resv

15x Great Egret, 6x Dunlin, 15x Ringed Plover, 4x Greenshank, Redshank, Ruff, 3x Goosander, (CMa, RF)  -  11x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, White Stork, (AWa)

Middleton Lakes

1cy GBB Gull, 3x Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ringed Plover, LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2x Pochard, 3x Great Egret, Peregrine, c60 House Martin, (SPA)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Ruff, 76x Snipe, 146x Lapwing, 24x Wigeon, 31x Shoveler, 28x Teal, 3x Little Egret, 11x House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, (RBr)

Chasewater

Shag, Common Sandpiper, 50x House Martin, (SWa)

Berryhill

Whinchat, 2x Stonechat, Redstart, (IBu)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (juv), 3x Wheatear, 3x Swift, 9x Curlew, Oystercatcher, 8x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Sandpiper, 72x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 22x Little Egret, 24x Pochard, Shelduck, 3x Mandarin, 14x Wigeon, 112x Gadwall, 127x Shoveler, 95x Teal, 107x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Wednesday 11th September 2024

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, 2x Garganey, 3x Great Egret, 

Middleton Lakes

3x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, RB Goose again, (SPA)

Trentham Gardens

10x Little Egret, 4x Wigeon, 14x Gadwall still, 10x House Martin, 5x Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, (RGi)

Tittesworth Water

Greenshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Lapwing, 9x Goosander, 18x Teal, (SGi)

                                                         Greenshank by Steve Gibson

Blithfield Resv

Little Stint with 3x Ringed Plover Admaston Reach, (HKi)  -  this evening 4x Pink-footed Geese flew west over Dairy House Reach and landed in stubble, Great Egrets, 2x Hobby, ad Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, juv Black Tern, juv Common Tern, 50x Ringed Plover, LRP, 2x Little Stint, 12x Dunlin, 5x Greenshank, (SRi)

Tuesday 10th September 24

Belvide Resv

Pectoral Sandpiper, Lesser Scaup, 3x Black-necked Grebe, 2x Garganey, 2x Great Egret, 

Stanley Pool

3x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 20x flock of Stock Dove, (GBr)

Berryhill

5x Whinchat, 5x Stonechat, Wheatear, Redstart, (IBu)

Trentham Gardens

4x Wigeon, 14x Gadwall, 2x Mandarin, 3x Little Egret, 25x House Martin, (RGi)

Blithfield Resv

17x Great Egret, 23x Little Egret, 2x Little Stint, 7x Greenshank, 6x Dunlin, 46x Ringed Plover, Ruff, Snipe, 3x Black Tern, Hobby, 2x Goosander, juv Shelduck, (DBa, KM, CE, PB)

Freehay

7x Mandarin, (FCa)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Whinchat, Wheatear, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 60x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 19x Little Egret, Goosander, 17x Pochard, Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 14x Wigeon, 134x Shoveler, 189x Gadwall, 98x Teal, 99x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Gull, (JWo)

Monday 9th September 2024

Belvide Resv

2x Roseate Tern (adult and juv) thru west at 16:17, Black Tern, Pectoral Sandpiper, Lesser Scaup, Garganey, Osprey thru at 13:53, 3x Great Egret,

Blithfield Resv

4x Black Tern, 2x Little Stint, Knot, 12x Dunlin, 9x Greenshank, 6x LRP, 57x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, 2x Snipe, Caspian Gull, 16x Great Egret, 29x Little Egret, 3x Common Tern, 2x Whinchat, (HF, SE)

                                                        Little Stint by Steve Edwards

New Landywood Pool

3x Common Scoter (one male two female) briefly this morning, Little Egret, 2x Wigeon, 3x Little Grebe, (JJO)

Middleton Lakes

Garganey on Canal pool, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 3x Great Egret, (SPA)

Berryhill

3x Whinchat, 10x Wheatear, 4x Stonechat, (NDP)

Gailey Resv

Yellow Wagtail, 7x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Little Stint still, 16x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Curlew, YL Gull, (RPo)

Branston GPs

2x Marsh Harrier (juv), 3x Whinchat, Wheatear, Peregrine (juv), Hobby, 9x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 54x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 20x Little Egret, 7x Pochard, Shelduck, 14x Wigeon, 124x Shoveler, 169x Gadwall, 103x Teal, 92x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull (2ad +juv), 2x Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Alvecote

Redstart, 3x Great Egret, (MSc)

Sunday 8th September 2024

Uttoxeter Quarry

Little Stint, 12x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin until 10:45 when the flock flew off. Also 2x Snipe, Ruff, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, (RPo) - this evening Juv Curlew Sandpiper (Andy Barker),  Little Stint still, 24x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, Whinchat, (RPo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

32x Wigeon, 4x Gadwall, 14x Shoveler, 80x Teal, 44x Snipe, 30x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, (RSw)

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier at 07:50, 2x Great Egret, Greenshank thru, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 17x Wigeon, (ICW)

Blithfield Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, 4x Black Tern, (RPo)   -  White Stork still, (JTu)

Belvide Resv

Pectoral Sandpiper, Lesser Scaup, Garganey, Great Egret, 

Littletons

2x Tree Pipit, (SRi)

Alvecote

Redstart at Old Orchard, (TPe)

Tittesworth Water

35x Mandarin, 11x Wigeon, 7x Teal, 12x Lapwing, (JOa, LH, TE)  -  2x Common Sandpiper, 14x Lapwing, 3x Goosander, 15x Teal, (SGi)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, 60x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, 9x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher (1st here this year), Shelduck, 100x Shoveler, 50x Pochard, YL Gull, 3x Whinchat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Wychnor

Cattle Egret in fields next to canal, (JWo)

                                                                 By Jon Woodcock

Saturday 7th September 2024

Blithfield Resv  -  All Dayer 104 species

2x Little Stint Admaston Reach at 06:50, 2x Black Tern, 8x Avocet Blithe Bay, Black-necked Grebe still, (SRi)  -  Team Blithfield  40x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 8x Dunlin, Ruff, Redshank, 3x Snipe, 3x Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Caspian Gull, sev YL Gull, sev Yellow Wagtail, Whinchat, Wheatear, Great Egrets, 

Whitemoor Haye  -  All Dayer 67 species

Marsh Harrier hunting over Bewicks pool, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, Stonechat, 6x Great Egret, 20x Wigeon, 3x Hobby, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, Common Gull, (SCo) 

Uttoxeter Quarry

Little Stint, Sanderling, Greenshank, 2x Ruff, 9x Ringed Plover, 5x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 2x Pintail, 2x Wigeon, (RPo)

Belvide Resv  -  All Dayer 98 species

Pectoral Sandpiper, 3x Turnstone, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Dunlin, Lesser Scaup, Great Egret, Garganey, 3x Whinchat, 2x Stonechat, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, 

Smestow Valley area

3x Common Scoter, (GCl)  -  12x Stonechat, (CVa)

Tucklesholme-Branston Leas  -  All Dayer 60 species

4x Whinchat, (TWy)

Stafford

Probable Red-backed Shrike flew west over the M6 near Junction 14 towards nearby paddocks at 10:08, (BHa)

Berryhill

6x Whinchat, 12x Wheatear, 6x Stonechat, 3x Tree Pipit, Redstart, (RGi, IBu, RTo)  -  also 2x Little Egret at Botteslow Flash, (RTo)

Stanley Pool

Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, drake Gadwall, fem Wigeon, (GBr)

Aqualate  -  All Dayer 72 species

3x Common Scoter (2 male and a female),  imm Marsh Harrier, (IGr)

Cuckoo Bank

Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart, (GHa)

Chasewater  -  All Dayer  67 species (inc Cuckoo Bank)

Whinchat, Shag still, 2x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 2x Pochard, (CMa, LRM)

Stoke

Lordship Lane 32x Lapwing, (RGi)

Tittesworth Water

Barn Owl, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 17x Lapwing, 13x Mandarin, 7x Teal, (SGi, IB)

Croxden Quarry

Knot 17:05 to 17:09 then taken by a Peregrine, 3x Ruff still, (RPo)

Branston GPs  -  All Dayer 98 species

Turnstone, 2x Greenshank, Dunlin, 9x Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, Mandarin, 4x Goosander, Shelduck, Barn Owl, GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, Whinchat, 2x Peregrine, (DSc, JWo, CEc, Dean, PFo, Bob)

Doxey Marsh  -  All Dayer 83 species

Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart, Wheatear, Pintail, Redshank, Ringed Plover, (RRa, GPr, MBo, PDy, DTo, AHa)

Friday 6th September 2024

Middleton Lakes

3x Pintail, 2x Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 3x Great Egret, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

Pectoral Sandpiper, Lesser Scaup, 3x Common Scoter, Garganey, Osprey thru south at 17:20,

Berryhill

13x Whinchat (7 at the Lap Bunt paddock and 6 from the Palletstacks track), 11x Wheatear, 2x Redstart, 2x Snipe, (RTo)

                                                       Whinchat by Steve Edwards

Trentham Gardens

3x Little Egret, 3x Mandarin, Teal, 2x Reed Warbler, 8x Smooth Newt, (RGi)

Stanley Pool

Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Common Sandpiper, 6x Teal, (GBr)

Branston GPs

Turnstone, Ringed Plover, 4x Snipe, 3x Green Sandpiper, 6x Curlew, 38x Lapwing, Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, Pintail, 16x Wigeon, Shelduck, 30x Pochard, 119x Gadwall, 106x Shoveler, 139x Teal, 112x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Common Gull, Marsh Harrier (juv), Hobby, Peregrine, Water Rail, 5x Whinchat, Stonechat, Swift, Cetti's Warbler,  (JWo, DSc)

Radford Meadows Stafford

12x Snipe, 2x juv LRP, 106x Lapwing, 3x Pintail, 59x Teal, 7x Shoveler, 3x Little Egret, 2x Gadwall, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)

Endon - Denford

Whinchat, Hobby, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Marsh Harrier (ad m, cream crown), from rough track, (TPe)

Croxden Quarry

3x Ruff, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

Blithe Bay 2x Little Stint, Turnstone, 35x Ringed Plover, 8x Dunlin, Ruff, Greenshank, 2x Redshank, 2x Great Egret, (PWa)  - White Stork still RBe)

                                                                 By Rob Bendelow

Alrewas

Greenshank over at 21:15, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

Black-necked Grebe at lower resv, also a Swift, (JIs)

Thursday 5th September 2024

Stanley Pool

Osprey at 08:20, Common Sandpiper, fem Shoveler, Lesser Whitethroat, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Pectoral Sandpiper, Lesser Scaup, Garganey, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

6x Ringed Plover to 10:30 only, Ruff, Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Barnacle Goose, (PJo)

Blithfield Resv

Juv Black-necked Grebe at deep end, (MDJ, GJM)

                                                         Black-necked Grebe by GJ Mant

Tittesworth Water

Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 17x Lapwing, Mandarin, 13x Teal, (JOa, LH)

Branston GPs

Turnstone, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Dunlin, Hobby, Peregrine,  Wigeon, 60x Shoveler, 26x Pochard, 80x Gadwall, 80x Little Grebe, 12x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)  -   Turnstone, Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 32x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 3x Wigeon, 127x Gadwall, 90x Teal, 71x Shoveler, 108x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, Hobby, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Whinchat, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Tucklesholme

6x Goosander, 120x Pochard, 430x Tufted Duck, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Wednesday 4th September 2024

Middleton Lakes

2x Garganey on Canal Pool, 10x Black-tailed Godwit briefly, Redshank, 4x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 11x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 2x Wigeon, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup and Pectoral Sandpiper still, 

Blithfield Resv

10x Black Tern, (GJM)  -  10x Black Tern, 20x Barnacle Geese, 17x Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, Caspian Gull, 7x Dunlin, 8x Greenshank, 4x LRP, 35x Ringed Plover, 3x Ruff, 2x Oystercatcher, Marsh Harrier, White Stork, 2x Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)  - This evening 9x Great Egret, 6x YL Gull, 15x Black Tern, 10x Common Tern, 35x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x LRP, 8x Dunlin, 6x Greenshank, Ruff, (SRi)

Berryhill

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

Enville

Hobby, Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, Wheatear, (ICW)

Branston GPs

8x Whinchat, Stonechat, Turnstone, 6x Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 142x Lapwing, Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, Water Rail, 34x Pochard, 147x Gadwall, 56x Shoveler, 72x Teal, 101x Little Grebe, YL Gull, juv Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Peregrine, Yellow Wagtail, 6x Greenfinch, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                           Whinchat by Jon Woodcock

Gentleshaw Common

Whinchat, Stonechats, (GLy)

Stanley Pool

Common Tern, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, Swift, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

Ringed Plover, 3x Common Sandpiper, 17x Lapwing, 5x Goosander, (SGi)

Bobbington

2x Whinchat Leaton Lane, (WN)

Wootton (south of Eccleshall)

Red Kite over 08:59, (RPl)

Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Belvide Resv

Pectoral Sandpiper still, Lesser Scaup still, 3x Garganey, 

Middleton Lakes

3x Garganey, eclipse Pintail, Pochard, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 6x Ringed Plover, 4x Snipe,  4x Great Egret, 32x Little Egret, (SPA)  -  3x RN Parakeet, Greenshank, 4x Ringed Plover, LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, 7x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 4x Great Egret, Hobby, Peregrine, (MSm)

Berryhill

3x Whinchat, 4x Wheatear, 4x Stonechat, Redstart, (RGi)

Seisdon

Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, (GCl)

Stanley Pool

Whinchat, 2x Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Ruff, 2x Great Egret, Little Egrets, Wigeon Shoveler, Gadwall, Teal 70x Egyptian Geese, (PJT)

Trentham Gardens

8x Gadwall, 2x Little Egret, YL Gull, (AR

Tittesworth Water

Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 12x Lapwing, 16x Teal, (TEe)

Monday 2nd September 2024

Blithfield Resv

17x Great Egret, (Blithfield  record count), 7x Black Tern briefly, (MPR, GJM)  -  White Stork still Tad Bay, (CMa, RFe)                                            

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, Pectoral Sandpiper, 3x Garganey, 

                                                     Pectoral Sandpiper by Steve Edwards

Stanley Pool

Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, (GBr)

Branston GPs

Turnstone, 3x Greenshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Snipe, 5x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 131x Lapwing, 14x Little Egret, 65x Pochard, 103x Gadwall, 67x Shoveler, 109x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 116x Little Grebe, ad GBB Gull, 2x ad Common Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, juv Marsh Harrier, Hobby, 2x Whinchat, 3x Greenfinch, 15x Linnet, (JWo)

Tittesworth Water

Ringed Plover (not the coloured ringed bird), 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 17x Lapwing, 39x Mandarin, 12x Teal, Goosander, (SGi)

Trentham Gardens

Little Egret, 6x Gadwall, 25x House Martin, (RGi)

Stoke

Lordship Lane - 24x Lapwing, (RGi)

Alvecote

Whinchat in Old Orchard, (TPe)

Berryhill

8x Whinchat, 12x Wheatear, 2x Redstart, and 2x Little Egret at Botteslow, (RTo)

Sunday 1st September 2024

Blithfield Resv

Female type Marsh Harrier, White Stork again in Tad Bay, 11x Great Egret, (MJa)  -  Blithe Bay 2x juv Black Tern, 30x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 2x Dunlin, Ruff, 4x Greenshank, Redshank, Curlew, Snipe, Imm Whinchat, 6x Great Egret, 2x Wigeon, Red Kite, ad Caspian Gull, (SRi)  

                                                     By Steve Edwards (Blue ring GBS4)

Belvide Resv

Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper on north shore opp west end hide at 13:00,  Lesser Scaup still, 3x Garganey, Whimbrel, 2x Curlew, Golden Plover, 2x Dunlin, - Pec Sand still at 15:45 from Chappell hide,

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 3x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 34x Shoveler, (RPo)

Stoke

Lordship Lane  Hobby, (RGi)

Berryhill

10x Wheatear, 4x Whinchat, 2x Redstart, 4x Stonechat, Tree Pipit, (RTo, IBu, RGi)  -  later counts 10x Whinchat, 14x Wheatear, 4x Redstart, 4x Stonechat, Tree Pipit, (RGi, IBu)

Stanley Pool

Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, 8x Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Whimbrel thru, Ringed Plover, LRP, Redshank, Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 70x Lapwing, 6x Wigeon, Hobby, (ICW)

Tucklesholme

Ruddy Shelduck at wading pons, (TWy)

Tittesworth Water

37x Mandarin, 3x Shoveler, 24x Teal, Ringed Plover, 12x Lapwing, Common Gull, (JOa)

Branston GPs

Turnstone to 11:00, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 2x Whinchat, Hobby, Wigeon, 60x Shoveler, 80x Gadwall, 26x Pochard, 17x Little Egret, 80x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, Peregrine, ad GBB Gull, (DSc, JWo)