Belvide Resv
Lesser Scaup, female Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, 3x Garganey, Pintail, 63x Wigeon, 7x Great Egret, Little Egret, 150x House Martin,
Belvide Resv
Lesser Scaup, female Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, 3x Garganey, Pintail, 63x Wigeon, 7x Great Egret, Little Egret, 150x House Martin,
Middleton Lakes
Spotted Redshank from Benches, 2x Greenshank, 20x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Pintail, Bittern, 3x Great Egret, (MSm) - this evening Riverside roost Cattle Egret, 8x Great Egret, 34x Little Egret, (MB)
Belvide Resv
Tundra Bean Goose still, Lesser Scaup, fem Scaup, 2x Garganey, Black-necked Grebe, - also 6x Great Egret, 2x Pintail, Ringed Plover, 5x Stonechat,
Black-necked Grebe by Steve EdwardsRadford Meadows Stafford
14x Pintail, 143x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 35x Wigeon, 4x Little Egret, Great Egret, 82x Lapwing, Snipe, 5x Golden Plover, 14x Swallow, (RSw) - Juv Ruff, 32x Snipe, 9x Pintail, (CDa)
Tittesworth Water
Common Sandpiper, Mandarin, 9x Teal, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TEe)
Silverdale CP
Hobby over The Void, (PCa)
Branston GPs
SMP2 Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)
Queensville
6x House Martin, (MNA)
Uttoxeter Quarry
Redshank, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 6x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, Shelduck, Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)
Belvide Resv
10x Great Egret, Black-necked Grebe, Scaup, 2x Garganey, 3x Pintail, 46x Golden Plover east, Tundra Bean Goose, 3x Stonechat,
Blithfield Resv
20x Great Egret, - Higher count than the 19 at Whitemoor Haye in Nov 2021, (GJM)
Seisdon
2x Redwing over SW, (GCl)
Tittesworth Water
Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, Mandarin, 13x Teal, 75x House Martin, 3x Chiffchaff, (SGi)
Rudyard Lake
2x Redwing SW at 10:30, (SSe)
Trentham Gardens
4x Little Egret, Goosander, 3x GC Grebe, (STu)
Whitemoor Haye
6x Great Egret, 16x Little Egret, 125x Egyptian Geese, 36x Little Grebe, 22x Pochard, 111x Wigeon, 2x Teal, 8x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (SCo)
Alrewas NMA
4x Snipe, 6x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)
Blithfield Resv
Cattle Egret, 3x Common Gull, 2x Curlew, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 17x Ringed Plover, 16x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, 15x Goosander, 49x Wigeon, Wheatear, Stonechat, Peregrine, (SE, HF) - Rock Pipit, 2x Cattle Egret, Red Kite, (GWi)
Cattle Egret by Steve EdwardsBelvide Resv
Tundra Bean Goose again, juv Arctic Tern, Black-necked Grebe, fem Scaup, 3x Garganey, 10x Great Egret,
Baldwins Gate
Red Kite circling over A51 near Slaters pub at 10:30, (CPe)
Chasewater
Great Egret south side of the boat club, Shag and Wheatear at the dam, (SWa)
Branston GPs
11x Curlew, 4x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 96x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, Garganey, 32x Pochard, 54x Wigeon, 175x Shoveler, 82x Gadwall, 201x Teal, 5x Egyptian Geese, 105x Little Grebe, YL Gull, GBB Gull, juv Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, (JWo, CEc, Dean)
Branston GPs
Drake Common Scoter on North Pit, Garganey still on Ashy pit, 5x Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, 9x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 124x Lapwing, Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 56x Pochard, 23x Wigeon, 135x Shoveler, 76x Gadwall, 166x Teal, Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, 5x Egyptian Geese, 109x Little Grebe, Water Rail, 3x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, juv Marsh Harrier, juv Peregrine, Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)
Common Scoter by Jon WoodcockHimley Great Lak
Great Egret early morning, (Trish)
Endon - Denford
Whinchat, Wheatear, Stonechat, 5x Snipe, 4x Teal, 4x Chiffchaff, (DCo)
Tittesworth Water
2x Mandarin, 2x Gadwall, 7x Teal, Common Sandpiper, (JOa, LH)
Rudyard Lake
Great Egret, Wigeon, (SSe)
Uttoxeter Quarry
6x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 28x Barnacle Geese, ad YL Gull, (PJo)
Blithfield Resv
Rock Pipit on causeway, juv Med Gull, Greenshank, (PFB, GJM) - This evening 2x Caspian Gull (ad +1w), 3x YL Gull, 25x Ringed Plover, 13x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, 23x Wigeon, (SRi) - Wheatear (JPe)
Trentham Gardens
6x Little Egret, 4x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, (RGi)
Berryhill
Whinchat, 2x Wheatear, 2x Redstart, 4x Stonechat, Willow Tit, 5x Snipe, 12x Siskin, (NDP)
Whitemoor Haye
5x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 68x Wigeon, 34x Pochard, 27x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (ICW)
Belvide Resv
Osprey, Black-necked Grebe, Lesser Scaup, 8x Great Egret,
Endon - Denford
Tree Pipit over, 9x Snipe, 8x Teal, Green Woodpecker, (DCo)
Branston GPs
Female Garganey this afternoon, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 100x Shoveler, Shelduck, 8x Pochard, 100x Lapwing, Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, (DSc) - also 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 66 extra Pochard on SMP2, (JWo)
Tucklesholme
Hobby, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 46x Pochard, 8x Gadwall, 15x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 6x Little Grebe, 22x GC Grebe, 2x Egyptian Geese, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)
Stanley Pool
Adult Med Gull this am, Lesser Redpoll, 3x Chiffchaff, 8x Stock Dove, (GBr)
Trentham Gardens
20x Little Egret, 12x Gadwall, 2x House Martin, Willow Warbler, 7x Chiffchaff, (RGi)
Doxey Marsh
2x Cattle Egret, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Hobby, 2x Stonechat, 9x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Water Rail, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RSt)
Radford Meadows Stafford
2x juv Common Gull, 21x Shoveler, 5x Gadwall, 31x Wigeon, 76x Lapwing, 15x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa) - 4x Pintail, Peregrine, (RBr)
Belvide Resv
Lesser Scaup, 3x Greater Scaup,
Blithfield Resv
3x Cattle Egret, 16x Little Egret, 10x Great Egret, 10x Goosander, 5x Wigeon, 5x Greenshank, 13x Ringed Plover, 2x Red Kite, 3x PFG, GBB Gull, (MJa) - 24x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 5x Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 15x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, 8x Egyptian Geese, 10x Goosander, (DBa, KM, ML)
Gailey Resv
Fem Common Scoter on the fishing lake, 2x Little Egret, Common Tern, (SRi)
Branston GPs
Juv Marsh Harrier, Hobby, juv Peregrine, 2x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, Snipe, 114x Lapwing, Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 45x Pochard, 32x Wigeon, 72x Gadwall, 126x Shoveler, 172x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 111x Little Grebe, ad GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo)
Whitemoor Haye
15x Wigeon, Shoveler, 22x Teal, 12x Pochard, 8x Egyptian Geese, 50x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 25x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)
Belvide Resv
Juv Arctic Tern, Black-necked Grebe, Lesser Scaup, 5x Great Egret, 395x Shoveler,
Larks Rise woodland
Ring Ouzel, (GHa)
Berryhill
5x Whinchat, 3x Redstart, Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Stonechat, 2x Snipe, (NDP)
Blithfield Resv
8x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, White Stork, (AWa)
Endon - Denford
4x Snipe, 2x Green Woodpecker, 8x Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 3x Little Grebe, (DCo)
Chasewater
12x Common Scoter this evening, (CW)
Blithfield Resv
6x Cattle Egret, 2x Greenshank, 7x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, Peregrine, (MJa)
Belvide Resv
Lesser Scaup, 3x Garganey, Black-necked Grebe, Great Egret,
Seisdon
2x Grey Plover going NNE at 08:18, (KCl), Great Egret, (GCl)
Berryhill
3x Whinchat, 5x Stonechat, Wheatear, (NDP)
Tittesworth Water
Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 25x Lapwing, 6x Goosander, Wigeon, 37x Teal, 80x House Martin, (JOa)
Middleton Lakes
2x Pintail, 3x Goosander, 26x Snipe, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Gull, 3x Great Egret, (MSm)
Branston GPs
Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, imm Marsh Harrier, 50x PFG over NE at 18:56, 7x Egyptian Geese, Ruddy Shelduck, fem Pintail, Shelduck, 36x Wigeon, 120x Shoveler, 140x Gadwall, 35x Pochard, Green Sandpiper, 10x Curlew, GBB Gull, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 12x House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)
Whitemoor Haye
115x Wigeon, 29x Pochard, 13x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, 100+ House Martin, 27x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)
Uttoxeter Quarry
Garganey, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 46x Gadwall, 84x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 6x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret and a escaped White-cheeked Pintail, (RPo)
Belvide Resv
Tundra Bean Goose with Grey Lags, Lesser Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, 3x Garganey, 346x Shoveler, Marsh Harrier, 4x Great Egret, Med Gull, 9x Common Gull, 11x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper,
Berryhill
4x Whinchat, 5x Stonechat, Wheatear, Tree Pipit, 26x PFG over east at 10:02, (RGi, NDP, IBu)
Doxey Marsh
Dunlin, 170x Lapwing, 30x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Wigeon, 26x Shoveler, 10x Teal, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (GPr, RRa)
Whitemoor Haye
115x Egyptian Geese, 33x Little Grebe, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 69x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, 24x Teal, 2x Peregrine, 10x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Blackcap, (SCo)
Tittesworth Water
Greenshank, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 21x Lapwing, Red Kite, 39x Teal, Chiffchaff, (SGi)
Tucklesholme
Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, (TWy)
Blithfield Resv
10x Great Egret, Marsh Harrier, 4+ Red Kite, ad Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 20x Ringed Plover, 12x Dunlin, 2x Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 3x Curlew, 4x Stonechat, 17x Goosander, (SRi)
Endon - Denford
Pink-footed Goose, Willow Tit, 4x Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, (DCo)
Trentham Gardens
4x Little Egret, 10x Gadwall, 3x Mandarin, (RGi)
Catholme
Hobby, NMA juv Peregrine, (JWo)
Branston GPs
80x Little Grebe, 4x Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, Shelduck, Pintail, 36x Wigeon, 100x Shoveler, 8x Pochard, Marsh Harrier, 5x Curlew, 3x Snipe, YL Gull, Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)
Blithfield Resv
Cattle Egret Blithe Bay, Common Scoter still, Marsh Harrier, flock of 9x Red Kite moving west, (MDJ, GJM) - Common Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, 16x Dunlin, 6x Greenshank, 23x Ringed Plover, Cattle Egret, Common Scoter, Pink-footed Goose, 10x Great Egret, 32x Little Egret, 9x Goosander, 3x Stonechat, Whinchat, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 7x Red Kite, (SE, HF)
PFG by Steve EdwardsTrentham Gardens
Fem Pintail still, 10x Gadwall, 4x Mandarin, 3x Little Egret, (RGi)
Berryhill
3x Whinchat, Wheatear, 4x Stonechat, (NDP)
Belvide Resv
Lesser Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, 4x Great Egret,
Tittesworth Water
2x Red Kite, (AM)
Branston GPs
Juv Marsh Harrier, Peregrine (juv), 10x Curlew, 15x Ringed Plover, 3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 14x Pochard, 182x Gadwall, 206x Shoveler, 28x Wigeon, 241x Teal, 3x Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, 102x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Water Rail, (JWo)
GBB Gull by Jon WoodcockFord Green
Approx 350 PFG over this am, also 2x Willow Tit, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, (CBo)
Himley Great Pool
Cattle Egret over NE at 07:15, (CTi)
Trentham Gardens
Female Pintail, 6x Wigeon, 4x Teal, Mandarin, 10x Gadwall, 6x Little Egret, (RGi)
Belvide Resv
Black-necked Grebe, Lesser Scaup, 3x Garganey, Hobby,
Tittesworth Water
23x Mandarin, 5x Wigeon, 46x Teal, 22x Lapwing, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Red Kite also c180 to 200 PFG distantly towards Leek at 09:10, (JOa, LH)
Stafford
Red Kite over Baswich at 12:35, (ABa)
Tucklesholme
Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 52x Pochard, 18x Gadwall, 14x Wigeon, 15x Teal, 4x Egyptian Geese, 25x GC Grebe, 15x House Martin, (JWo)
Middleton Lakes
Great Egrets, Little Egrets, 2x Hobby, Pochard, (RBe)
Middleton Lakes
Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 2x LRP, Ringed Plover, 7x Snipe, Bittern, 2x Pintail, (SPA)
Blithfield Resv
3x Black Tern this am, (GJM) - 16x Great Egret, 31x Little Egret, 41x Ringed Plover, 14x Dunlin, 7x Greenshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Curlew, Snipe, Whinchat, 2x Yellow Wagtail, Peregrine, 6x Goosander, 3x Black Tern, 7x Egyptian Geese, White Stork, (DBa, KM, CE) - 3x Black Tern, Caspian Gull, Common Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 15x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Greenshank, 30x Ringed Plover, Snipe, 10x Great Egret, 29x Little Egret, Pintail, Red Kite, 3x Stonechat, 2x Whinchat, 8x Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF) - this evening drake Common Scoter Tad Bay, (MPR) - 5x YL Gull, (SRi)
Parkhall CP
2x Willow Tit, Willow Warbler, 9x Chiffchaff, (RGi)
Fenton
Skein of PFG heard south of Smithpool at 11:30, (RGi)
Dimmingsdale (Alton)
110x PFG over south at 12:25, (TEy)
Tittesworth Water
Drake Common Scoter, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 23x Teal, 3x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 4x Chiffchaff, Blackcap, (SGi)
Berryhill
Whinchat, 2x Stonechat, Little Egret, (RTo)
Endon - Denford
Little Egret, Snipe, Little Grebe, Teal, 2x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (DCo)
Branston GPs
8x Stonechat, juv Marsh Harrier, juv Peregrine, Hobby, Ruff, 6x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Curlew, Snipe, 122x Lapwing, Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, Water Rail, 22x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 9x Mandarin, 18x Wigeon, 112x Shoveler, 76x Gadwall, 174x Teal, 2x YL Gull, 113x Little Grebe, (JWo, CEc, Dean)
Belvide Resv
Lesser Scaup, 3x Garganey
Middleton Lakes
Little Stint on JW south, Avocet, Common Sandpiper, 16x Snipe, 6x Great Egret, 2x Pintail, (SPA)
Sneyd Green
c80x PFG over west at 098:10, (JOa)
Trentham Gardens
6x Little Egret, 6x Gadwall, 2x Mandarin, (RGi)
Croxall
Great Egret, Peregrine, 3x Goosander, 90x Lapwing, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (ICW)
Whitemoor Haye
3x Hobby, 43x Wigeon, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (ICW)
Osprey thru south at 16:00, 1s Med Gull,
Branston GPs
Red-breasted Goose, juv Marsh Harrier, juv Peregrine, 12x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Snipe, Oystercatcher, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Curlew, 23x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 6x Mandarin, Shelduck, 24x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, 169x Gadwall, 149x Shoveler, 152x Teal, 112x Little Grebe, ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Wheatear, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)
Red-breasted Goose by Jon WoodcockStaffs
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)
Whitemoor Haye
4x Great Egret and 10x Little Egret flew to main pool, (SCo)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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 GibsonBlithfield 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)
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)
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 EdwardsNew 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)
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 WoodcockBlithfield 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)
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 EdwardsTrentham 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 BendelowAlrewas
Greenshank over at 21:15, (SCo)
Gailey Resv
Black-necked Grebe at lower resv, also a Swift, (JIs)
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 MantTittesworth 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)
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 WoodcockGentleshaw 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)
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)
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 EdwardsStanley 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)
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)