Tuesday 24th December 2024

Westport Lake

Gadwall, 2x Pochard, 5x Goosander, Willow Tit, (KSt, NJS)

Sandon Hall

2x Red Kite near the A51, (AAd)

Tucklesholme

Red-breasted Merganser still, Ruddy Duck, 2x Egyptian Geese, Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, (SCa)

                                              Red-breasted Merganser by Rob Bendelow

Chasewater

Shag, Willow Tit, (GHa)  -  Roost -  ad Iceland Gull, 70x GBB Gull, 39x Common Gull,   1cy Caspian  Gull, 4x YL Gull, ad Med Gull and the Shag, (CW, JAl)

Calf Heath WMI site

Ad YL Gull, 7x Shoveler, (SRi)

Gailey Resv

33x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

3x Redhead Smew again, Lesser Scaup, 2w Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 11x Snipe, 4x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 43x Golden Plover, 286x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 7x Goldeneye, 17x Pochard, 28x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 6x ad YL Gull, 18x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, Cetti'e Warbler, 15,000x Starlings, (JWo)  -  In addition 25x Pochard, 16x Curlew, 4x Siskin, (DSc)

Branston Water Park

Green Sandpiper, 6x Little Grebe, 61x Gadwall, 32x Wigeon, (JWo)

Monday 23rd December 2024

Tucklesholme

Red-breasted Merganser still this am, (TWy)

                                                               By Rob Bendelow

Whitemoor Haye

Fem Marsh Harrier over west at mid day, Slavonian Grebe still, Merlin briefly, 2x juv Whooper Swan, 4x Goldeneye, Little Grebe, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (CMa, RF)

Heath Hayes

4x Goosander on Milking Brook pool, (SSW)

Coven

2x Goosander on the cut, (JDu)

Silverdale CP

2x Stonechat and a all white Starling, (PCa)

Wolseley Park

80x Siskin, 30x Fieldfare, (IWi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

4x Whooper Swan, 2x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, Willow Tit, Dipper, Chiffchaff, Redpoll, (AMa)

Trentham Gardens

15x Gadwall, GC Grebe, (STu)

River Sow Meadows Baswich - Milford

2x Green Sandpiper, 150x Fieldfare, 145x Teal, 80x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, Stonechat, (RSw)

Branston GPs

3x Little Egret, 25x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 17x Goosander, 250x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 20x Curlew, 2x ad YL Gull, 10x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, c10,000 Starlings roosted. (DSc) Also Merlin seen this am by (ASt, BSt)

Branston Water Park

84x Gadwall, 32x Wigeon, Goldeneye, (DSc)

Endon - Denford

81x Snipe, Jack Snipe, PF Goose, 65x Wigeon, 64x Teal, 109x Lapwing, Green Woodpecker, (DCo)

Sunday 22nd December 2024

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still from quarry entrance, 2x juv Whooper Swan still, female Merlin, c500 Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x Pochard, 10x Shoveler, 5x Goldeneye, 25x Wigeon, 9x Teal, 6x Gadwall, 80x Fieldfare, 5x Little Grebe, 3x Redpoll, Chiffchaff, (SCo)

Tucklesholme

Red-breasted Merganser still to 13:00 at least also 2x Goldeneye, 80x Wigeon, (DSc)

Branston GPs

50x Teal, 20x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 16x Goosander, 20x Curlew, 500x Lapwing, 2x Woodcock over at dusk, Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, 40x Linnet, (DSc)

Saturday 21st December 2024

Gailey Res

Great Egret, 4x Gadwall, 35x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, (SRi)

Calf Heath WMI

2x Shelduck, 6x Shoveler, 2x Goosander, 70x Golden Plover, (SRI)

Tucklesholme

Red-breasted Merganser off the point, (TWy)  -  Curlew, 4x Snipe, 40x Pochard, 80x Wigeon, (JWo)

                                                                  By Jon Woodcock

Endon STW

108x Lapwing also Barn Owl in the area and at Stanley Pool 5x Goosander, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

3w YL Gull, 4x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 22x Pintail, 100x Shoveler, 150x Golden Plover, 400x Lapwing, 100s Wigeon/Teal, (RSw)

Branston GPs

Little Egret, 12x Wigeon, 4x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 11x Lapwing, 20x Curlew, Stonechat, (DSc)

Eccleshall

Red Kite over the A519 at 12:40, (GHa)

Trentham Gardens

2x Ruddy Shelduck, (SE, HF)

                                                                 By Steve Edwards

Chasewater

Roost - ad Iceland Gull, 4x YL Gull, Shag, (JAl)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still from quarry entrance, 2x juv Whooper Swan still, (PAn)

Friday 20th December 2024

Middleton Lakes

Female Marsh Harrier, 6x Pintail, 9x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, Peregrine, 3x Egyptian Geese, (SPA)

Radford Meadows

2x Pintail, 20x Shoveler, Little Egret, (IWi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe and 2x juv Whooper Swan still, this am, 4x Great Egret, Golden Plover, Stonechat, Fieldfare,  (PJT)  -  Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan, 4x Golden Plover, (MJ)

                                                       Slavonian Grebe by Rob Bendelow

Radford Meadows Stafford

63x Golden Plover, 200x Lapwing, 13x Pintail, 400x Teal/Wigeon, 200x Shoveler, 3x Little Egret, Chiffchaff, (CDa)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 5x Pochard, 16x Goosander, 140x Lapwing, 110x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Woodcock, 2x Snipe, (DSc)

Branston Water Park

92x Gadwall, 40x Wigeon, 4x Pochard, 2x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Uttoxeter Water Works

Red Kite over at 11:55, (DSc)

Thursday 19th December 2024

Blithfield Resv

2x Cattle Egret and 4x Little Egret in fields of Newton Hurst Lane  behind the Croft bungalow, 3x Great Egret in Blithe Bay, (AWa)

Tittesworth Water

30x PFG over, 38x Wigeon, 21x Teal, 15x Common Gull, 5x Snipe, Lapwing, 4x Willow Tit, Stonechat, (JOa, LH)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x juv Whooper Swan, Goldeneyes, Little Egret, female Merlin, Little Grebe, (RBe)

Chasewatera

Roost  -  adult Iceland Gull, 3x YL Gull, Shag, (JAl)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin, 19x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 6x Snipe, 4x Green Sandpiper, 100x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 25x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 9x Egyptian Geese, 40x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull, Common Gull, 9x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 6x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 18x Redpoll, 5000+ Starling, (JWo)

Wednesday 18th December 2024

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe and 2x juv Whooper Swan still, (JAl)

Chasewater 

Roost - ad Iceland Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, Shag still, (JAl)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 4x Little Grebe, (MSc)

Belvide Resv

Roost - 3w Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 2x Med Gull, Lesser Scaup still, 

Blithfield Resv

YL Gull, 8x Egyptian Geese, Fieldfare, (TSl)

                                                              YL Gull by Tony Slater

Tuesday 17th December 2024

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail, 9x Goosander, (GBr)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 19x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, (JIs)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 3x Stonechat, 4x Fieldfare, (CMa, RF)

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Bearded Tit still, 2x Pintail, 25x Pochard, Goosander, Redshank, YL Gull, Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, (NDP)  -  3x Bearded Tit still, Green Sandpiper, 2x Pintail, Goosander, 16x Pochard, ad YL Gull, (AMa)

Chasewater

Roost - 1w Caspian Gull, 4x ad YL Gull, Shag still, (JAl)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin, Brambling, 322x Golden Plover, 19x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 230x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x Goldeneye, 33x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 33x Little Grebe, 4x ad YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 12x Redpoll, 8x Stonechat, (JWo, CEc, Dean, MCa)

Monday 16th December 2024

Aqualate

Drake Green-winged Teal at west end with around 1200x Teal, (IMG)

Stafford

Red Kite over Rising Brook at 09:00, (MBo)

Stanley Pool

80x PFG over south in two skeins, 2x Goosander, (GBr)

Endon - Denford

80x Snipe, Jack Snipe, 47x Teal, 15x Redpoll, (DCo)

Middleton Lakes

Dunlin, 8x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 5x Chiffchaff, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 30x Redpoll, 120x Lapwing, Snipe, (SPA)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe and 2x juv Whooper Swan still, (JAl)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup still, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Red Kite, 4x Snipe, Peregrine, 3x Stonechat, GBB Gull thru, Pintail, 

Codsall Wood

2x Marsh Tit this afternoon,  (PCo)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still at deep end, (AGo, JTu)

Chasewater

Roost - 1w and 3w Caspian Gulls, 3x ad YL Gull, Shag still, (JAl)

Himley Hall Great Pool

2x Goosander, (GWr)

Calf Heath WMI site

YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Shelduck, 6x Shoveler, c240 Lapwing, (KCl)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier, 24x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, 182x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Curlew, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 11x Goldeneye, 20x Pochard, 14x Wigeon, 7x Gadwall, 11x Shoveler, 130x Teal, Shelduck, 9x Egyptian Geese, 38x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 5x ad YL Gull, 5x ad Common Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 3x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Siskin, 30x Linnet, 10,000x Starling, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

Goldeneye, 98x Gadwall, 72x Wigeon, 4x Little Grebe, 2x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Tittensor Chase

2x Fieldfare, 11x Goldcrest, (AR)

Sunday 15th December 2024

Doxey Marsh (No access from Stafford end without wellies)

3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 150x Teal, 34x Gadwall, 26x Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, 3x Water Rail, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 14x Fieldfare, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RRa, RSt)

Stanley Pool

2x Goosander, Siskin, Kingfisher, (GBr)

Croxall

3x Great Egret, Goldeneye, 60x Teal, 4x Redshank, Cetti's Warbler, Redpoll, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on pit opposite the quarry entrance, 2x Whooper Swan along rough track, (SCo) - WeBS count 71x Wigeon, 55x Gadwall, 11x Goldeneye, 39x Pochard, 27x Shoveler, 33x Teal, c500 Lapwing, 8x Little Grebe, 2x GC Grebe, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Golden Plover, 9x Egyptian Geese, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 7x Redpoll, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, (SCo)

Tittesworth Water

110x PFG over SE in two skeins this am, 18x Common Gull, 55x Wigeon, 7x Teal, 4x Willow Tit, (JOa, TE, KH)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 41x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, (SRi)

Calf Heath WMI site

7x Shoveler, Peregrine, ad GBB Gull, 12x Golden Plover, (SRi)

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66x Greenfinch at 15:40, (Foz)

Little Bank Top Farm / Tickhill Lane

4x Red Kite, 30x Raven at 10:40, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Male Marsh Harrier 12:15 to 12:25 only, Little Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 14x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 10x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Goosander, 15x Curlew, 130x Lapwing, Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

76x Wigeon, 32x Gadwall, 26x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Snipe, c2000 Starlings thru NW (to the Branston roost), 

Saturday 14th December 2024

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Bearded Tits at 09:30 but no further sign at 11:15, also 4x Whooper Swan, 2x Shelduck, Goosander, Pochard, 7x Shoveler, 60x Gadwall, 200x Teal, 240x Wigeon, Water Rail, Chiffchaff,  (RPo)  -  One Bearded Tit still at 12:30, Red Kite, 3x Goldeneye, Redshank, 19x Pochard, 3x Common Gull, (AM, PJ)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe on pit opposite quarry entrance, 2x juv Whooper Swan still, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

Black-necked Grebe again deep end, Red-throated Diver still, (GJM)

Knypersley Resv

5x Wigeon, 3x Mandarin, 3x Teal, Pink-footed Goose, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

120x PFG over SE, Woodcock, Snipe, 9x Egyptian Geese, 2x Willow Tit, 3x Goosander, (SGi, IB, AP)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x Shelduck, 2x Goldeneye, 150x Lapwing, 6x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 6x GBB Gull, 6x ad YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, 10x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Siskin, Redpoll, (DSc) 

Doxey Marsh

6x Great Egret, Cattle Egret 50x Lapwing, 3x GC Grebe, (JDr)

Friday 13th December 2024

Belvide Resv

3x Redhead Smew, Lesser Scaup, 2w Caspian Gull, Black-tailed Godwit, 

Branston GPs

Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 96x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 51x Pochard, 37x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 4x ad Common Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Chiffchaff, 10,000x Starlings, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

67x Wigeon, 82x Gadwall, 6x Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

YL Gull, 2x Great Egret, (AWa)

Keele 

Hawfinch in front of Keele Hall, (MSu)

Thursday 12th December 2024

Tittesworth Water

4x Willow Tit, Goosander, Wigeon, 21x Teal, Lapwing, (JOa, LH)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver, Great Egret, (RBe)

                                                   Red-throated Diver by Rob Bendelow

Branston GPs

Woodcock, Snipe, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 264x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 12x Goosander, 5x Goldeneye, 55x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 12x Shoveler, 5x Wigeon, 249x Teal, 42x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 4x ad YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 5x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Stonechat, 3x Greenfinch, 5000+ Starling, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

3x Shelduck, 6x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 3x Chiffchaff, (SPA)

Wednesday 11th December 2024

Whitemoor Haye

2x juv Whooper Swan still along rough track, (JAl)  -  In addition 2x Great Egret, 10x Goldeneye, 51x Gadwall, 50x Wigeon, 24x Pochard, 8x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, Redpoll, (ICW)

Cannock Chase

Male Hen Harrier flew south  thru Sherbrook Valley, (KPi)  -  Great Grey Shrike still also male and female Hen Harrier, (SE, HF)

                                                    Great Grey Shrike by Steve Edwards

Tittesworth Water

43x Wigeon, 4x Goosander, 13x Teal, 14x Lapwing, (SGi)

Tuesday 10th December 2024

Uttoxeter Quarry

Pair of Red-breasted Merganser to 09:40 only, Goldeneye, 9x Pintail, 4x Goosander, Barnacle Goose, Red Kite, (NDP)  -  10x Pochard, 9x Pintail, Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 20x Shoveler, 2x Dipper, Red Kite,  (AMa)

Chasewater

4x Goldeneye, 7x Common Gull, 40x Lapwing, (CMa)

Belvide Resv

3x redhead Smew at dusk, Lesser Scaup still, 17x Goldeneye, ad Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, Goshawk, 

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still at deep end of dam, (JAl)

Branston GPs

20x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 18x Lapwing, Little Egret, 22x Goosander, 5x Goldeneye, 51x Pochard, 5x Shelduck, 3x Egyptian Geese, 37x Little Grebe, ad YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 10,000+ Starlings, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

Great Egret, 6x Little Grebe, Goldeneye, 42x Wigeon, 88x Gadwall, 12x Shoveler, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Monday 9th December 2024

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still in front of the fishing club, 3x Great Egret, (AWa)

Tittesworth Water

Barn Owl, Pochard, 7x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, 4x Willow Tit, (SGi)

Branston GPs

Merlin (m), Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 281x Lapwing, Little Egret, Water Rail, 6x Goosander, 5x Goldeneye, 41x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 7x Egyptian Geese, 35x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 9x ad YL Gull, 5x ad Common Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whopper Swan still, (PSm)

Chasewater

45x GBB Gull, 4cy Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, Shag, (CW)

Sunday 8th December 2024

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Pintail, 20x Shoveler, 200x Wigeon, 400x Teal, Water Rail, Red Kite, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x juv Whooper Swan still along rough track looking towards Sittles farm, 7x Little Grebe, 16x Shoveler, 3x Goldeneye, Gadwall, 21x Pochard, 9x Wigeon, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 350x Lapwing, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 7x Redpoll, (SCo)

Chasewater

5x Kittiwakes thru at 12:30, (RSo)

Dilhorne

6x Red Kite and 36x Raven around the farmland at Tickhill Lane near the junction with Bank Top farm north of Dilhorne at 11:40, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

21x Common Gull, 2x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 9x Teal, 2x Willow Tit, Red Kite, Lapwing, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 3x Shelduck, 12x Wigeon, 100x Teal, 10x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 17x Goosander, 18x Curlew, 120x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Branston Water Park

6x Little Grebe, 86x Wigeon, 144x Gadwall, 5x Shoveler, 4x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Saturday 7th December 2024

WMBC Stafford branch meeting Tuesday 10th December. Kenya's Laikipia plateau - in search of African Wild Dogs and an even rarer Black Leopard. Plenty of birds too. With Steven Dawes at Walton  On The Hill village hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton On The Hill, Stafford ST17 0LD. Doors open 19:00 for 19:30 start. Admission £3 including refreshments

Tittesworth Water

16x Wigeon, 36x Teal, 6x Mandarin, 5x Common Gull, Willow Tit, (SGi, IB)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, Little Egret, 31x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 5x Little Grebe, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

Marsh Harrier, Lesser Scaup, 

Middleton Lakes

17x Goosander, 8x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, (MSm)

Branston GPs

4x Shelduck, 18x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 16x Curlew, 6x Lapwing, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 12x GBB Gull, 9x YL Gull, 7x Common Gull, (DSc)

Friday 6th December 2024

Amington

4x Whooper Swan flew east at 10:12, (TPe)

Whitemoor Haye

2x juv Whooper Swan, Oystercatcher, 300x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 14x Goldeneye, 30x Shoveler, 56x Wigeon, 20x Pochard, 4x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Peregrine, Stonechat, 2x Greenfinch, (SCo)

Middleton Lakes

3x Great Egret, Goldeneyes, Wigeon, Peregrine, possible Merlin, (@groughgruff)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 7x Gadwall, Wigeon, 39x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, (SRi)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (RBe)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Great Egret, Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 13x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 25x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 50x Wigeon, 2x Common Gull, 31x Barnacle Geese, (AMa)

Tixall

7x Pintail on Rawlbones Marsh late am, (RCB)

Branston GPs

434x Golden Plover, 256x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 34x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 33x Little Grebe, 7x ad YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, 6x Common Gull, 2x Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Stonechat, Yellowhammer, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean)

                                                    Golden Plovers by Jon Woodcock

Branston Water Park

Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 108x Wigeon, 102x Gadwall, 17x Shoveler, 12x Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Rocester

7x Goosander, 30x Siskin around JCB lakes, (AR)

Thursday 5th December 2024

Wetley Rocks

Barn Owl hunting roadside at 07:25, (PCa)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 36x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 9x Gadwall, Water Rail, (JIs)

Branston GPs

Black-tailed Godwit, 19x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 156x Golden Plover, 298x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 56x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 41x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, Common Gull, 4x GBB Gull, juv Marsh Harrier, juv Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, Yellowhammer, 60x Linnet, 17x Redpoll, 6x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still at deep end also 2x Great Egret, (AWa)

Stone

Dipper by side of Morrisons, (DEm)

Stafford

7x Little Egret at Baswich bridge (per JHu)

Tittesworth Water

9x Common Gull, YL Gull, 21x Wigeon, 9x Teal, 2x Willow Tit, (JOa)

Branston Water Park

2x Goldeneye, 113x Wigeon, 106x Gadwall, 10x Shoveler, 3x Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Wednesday 4th December 2024

Doxey Marsh

Cream crown Marsh Harrier hunting near motorway, 4x Goosander, 3x Great Egret, (RRa)

Tittesworth Water

Pinkfoots over SE in the fog, 16x Wigeon, 8x Goosander, 4x Snipe, (SGi, IF)

Whitemoor Haye

Oystercatcher flew from main lake this am, (SCo)

Tuesday 3rd December 2024

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver flew at 08:45, (CW)  -  Evening roost 2x Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 38x Common Gull, 20x GBB Gull, 2100x LBB Gull, (CW)

Rising Brook Stafford

2x Great Egret going towards Radford at 12:30, (MBo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x juv Whooper Swan still along rough track, 2x Little Egret, Great Egret, (JAl)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper, Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 26x Pochard, 28x Shoveler, 2x Dipper, Common Gull, Redpoll, (AMa)

Tittesworth Water

Woodcock, 21x Lapwing, 4x Goosander, (SGi, IF)

Belvide Resv

2x Caspian Gull, Lesser Scaup, 

Branston GPs

2x Woodcock, 9x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 150x Golden Plover, 278x Lapwing, 19x Curlew, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 58x Pochard, 9x Wigeon, 10x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 115x Teal, 9x Egyptian Geese, 42x Little Egret, 2x ad YL Gull, 3x ad Common Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 4x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Yellowhammer, 9x Redpoll, 10x Greenfinch, 12x Skylark, 5000+ Starling, (JWo, GWi)

Endon - Denford

3x Jack Snipe, 29x Snipe, 28x Wigeon, 18x Teal, also at Ashes pool 7x Mandarin and a Snipe, (DCo)

Monday 2nd December 2024

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, Merlin, 10x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 8x Snipe, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

Great Northern Diver to 14:05 only, Lesser Scaup, 

Chasewater

Ad Med Gull, 31x Common Gull, Shag also a Diver called twice before being located in the gloom, probably the GND seen at Belvide earlier, (CWi)

Sunday 1st December 2024

Belvide Resv

Female Hen Harrier again at midday, 

Aqualate

Drake Garganey, (IMG)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan off rough track at 12:15, (TPe)

Radford Meadows Stafford

244x Golden Plover, Dunlin, 2x Snipe, c500 Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 10x Gadwall, 75x Shoveler, 8x Pintail, c400 Wigeon, c500 Teal, 2x Stonechat, (RSw)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still at deep end at 13:20, (AWa)

Tittesworth Water

17x Wigeon, 7x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, 5x Common Gull, Lapwing, 4x Willow Tit, (JOa, TE, KH)

Calf Heath WMI site

733x Golden Plover, 5x Shoveler, 2x Goosander, 1w GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, (SRi, KCl)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Shelduck, 36x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 19x Curlew, 140x Lapwing, 7x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Gull, 5x GBB Gull, YL Gull, 3x Stonechat, Cetti;s Warbler, (DSc)

Chasewater

2x Caspian Gull (ad+3w),  ad YL Gull, (CWG)  -  also 12x Goldeneye, Shag, 310x Tufted Duck, (CW)

Cannock Chase

Goshawk over, (KPi)

Saturday 30th November 2024

Uttoxeter Quarry

30x PFG, 24x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, 10x Pochard, 20x Shoveler, 200x Wigeon, 400x Teal, (RPo)

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 50x Golden Plover, 100x Lapwing, 5x Goosander, 2x Pochard, 30x Shoveler, 30x Wigeon, 30x Teal, 10x Fieldfare, 5x Greenfinch, (GPr)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still north of the dam, (PAn)  -  2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 33x Goosander, 2x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 140x Wigeon, 6x Snipe, (MJa)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 44x Pochard, 3x Wigeon, 2x Goldeneye, Gadwall, 30x Stock Dove, (JIs)

Swindon

Great Egret in field opposite the Green Man pub, (TWe)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, Dunlin, Peregrine, 18x Redpoll, 

Tittesworth Water

38x Wigeon, 8x Mandarin, Goosander, 3x Teal, 9x Common Gull, 4x Willow Tit, 87x Lapwing,   (SGi, IB)

Cannock Chase

Goshawk, Brambling, 5x Crossbill, Red Kite, Chiffchaff, (MKe)

Branston GPs

Red Kite thru south at 12:40, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 110x Teal, 2x Goldeneye, 140x Golden Plover, 120x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, Redpoll, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

220x Wigeon, 25x Pochard, Goldeneye, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Chasewater

Roost - Ad Med Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, (CWG)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Friday 29th November 2024

Trentham Gardens

Great Egret, Dipper, 32x Gadwall, 3x Little Grebe, 80x Tufted Duck, (RGi)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still at deep end at 10:45, (PBe),   -  Red-throated Diver still at 13:45 also 2x Great Egret from causeway (DSc)

Caverswall

40x PFG over at 10:40, (BBo)

Blackshaw Moor

Red Kite over at 13:00, (KBr)

Weston

Red Kite over the A51/A518 junction, (DSc)

Branston GPs

58x Golden Plover, 3x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper,  Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 336x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, Goosander, 52x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull (4 ad+2w), 3x GBB Gull, 4x ad Common Gull, juv Peregrine, 10x Stonechat, Yellowhammer, 30x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean, DSc, George)

                                             Dunlins and a Ringed Plover by Jon Woodcock

Cannock Chase

Approx 50 Crossbills around the Whitehouse at 15:00,  (AHa)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, (RBe)

Catholme

3x Great Egret roosted as did 10x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, c100 Wigeon, c300 Teal, 5x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 26x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Common Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Chasewater

Roost - 3x Caspian Gull (1w and two 3w), ad Med Gull, Shag, (JAl)

Whitemoor Haye

9x Goldeneye, 42x Pochard, 49x Wigeon, 9x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, 7x Little Grebe, 2x GBB Gull, 300x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Little Egret, 7x Egyptian Geese, 6x Stonechat,  (SCo)

Thursday 28th November 2024

Trentham Gardens

32x Gadwall, 3x Goosander, 60x Tufted Duck, 2x Little Egret, YL Gull, Water Rail, (RGi)

Cheadle

100x PFG over south at 11:45, (TDu)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still, (GJM, AWa, CMa, RF)

                                                                     By Bill Goldstraw

Tittesworth Water

24x Common Gull, 5x Willow Tit, 7x Wigeon, Goosander, Snipe, (JOa)  -  Evening roost 2300x BH Gull, 68x Common Gull, 8x Goosander, (SGi)

Chatterley Whitfield

2x Barn Owl, (PMo)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 2x Snipe, 19x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 233x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 4x Goldeneye, 86x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 3x Egyptian Geese, 37x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, ad Common Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, juv Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, 8x Redpoll, (JWo, DSc)

Branston Water Park

Great Egret, Goldeneye, 100x Wigeon, 118x Gadwall, 16x Shoveler, 9x Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, (JWo, DSc)

Tucklesholme

104x Wigeon, 48x Gadwall, 10x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Wednesday 27th November 2024

Sandon

4x Red Kite feeding on roadkill near the A51, (DEm) 

Chasewater

Roost - ad Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, Shag still, (JAl)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still to dusk, (RCB)

Tuesday 26th November 2024

Radford Meadows Stafford

Little Gull, c300 Lapwing, 9x Pintail, c300x Teal, c300x Wigeon, c100x Shoveler, (CDa)  -  also 100x Golden Plover, 3x Snipe, (RBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, Common Gull, 50x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 10x Teal, (AMa)

Cannock Chase

Grey Grey Shrike still, (AWa)

Gailey Resv

2x Great Egret, 48x Pochard, (JIs)

i54

52x Greenfinch counted tonight, (Foz)

Endon - Denford

Jack Snipe, 39x Snipe, 94x Wigeon, c75x Teal, 14x Lapwing, Willow Tit, Green Woodpecker, 2x Redpoll, - Ashes Pool 5x Snipe, Gadwall, 7x Mandarin, (DCo)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still at the deep end this am, (BSt, ASt)

Branston GPs

3x Woodcock, 2x Snipe, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 228x Lapwing, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Mandarin, Pintail, 3x Shelduck, 9x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 28x Pochard, 7x Egyptian Geese, 34x Little Grebe, 6x ad YL Gull, 8x ad GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 7x Stonechat, (JWo)

Monday 25th November 2024

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still, (GJM)

                                                                       By GJ Mant

                                                                By Steve Edwards

Wetley Rocks

2x Red Kite circling over petrol station at 07:30, (PCa)

Middleton Lakes

2x Pintail, 8x Shelduck, 8x Pochard, 17x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, (MSm)

Doxey Marsh - Warren Lane deep flooding no access. Marshes also flooded.

2x Cattle Egret, (RRa)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin, juv Peregrine, Woodcock, 8x Snipe, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 126x Golden Plover, 348x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, Goosander, 32x Pochard, 2x Pintail, 3x Shelduck, 46x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 130x Teal, 14x Egyptian Geese, 38x Little Grebe, 5x ad YL Gull, 3x ad Common Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, 5x Redpoll, 3x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

119x Wigeon, 94x Gadwall, 16x Shoveler, 6x Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 8x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Pool Hall

15x Little Egret, 6x Shoveler, 2x Goosander, (GCl)

Swindon

Great Egret on flooded fields opposite the Gren Man pub, (HKi)

Tittesworth Water

3x Willow Tit, and North Staffs Moors 2x Red Grouse, (PBa)

Sunday 24th November 2024

Uttoxeter  Quarry - River levels on the Dove and Tean are dangerously high breaching the main gravel pits with some footpaths flooded

2x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, 4x Goosander, 25x Teal, 70x Wigeon, 6x Redpoll, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

Ring tailed Hen Harrier Tad Bay, flew over Stansley wood towards Blithe Bay, 60x Golden Plover,  Great Egret, Goldeneye,  (MJa) - Red-throated Diver at deep end, (EB)

Belvide Resv

2x red head Smews at 10:50,  Lesser Scaup still, Goshawk, Merlin, Peregrine, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 1w Caspian Gull, Med Gull, 7x YL Gull, 7x Common Gull, 3x GBB Gull, 

Radford Meadows Stafford

Black-tailed Godwit, 74x Golden Plover, 6x Snipe, 400x Lapwing, 3x Pintail, 20x Gadwall, 45x Shoveler, 350x Wigeon, 400x Teal, 2x Little Egret, (RSw)

Stone

150x PFG over SW at 14:20, (DEm)

Tittesworth Water

22x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 18x Teal, 3x Goosander, 2x Snipe, Common Gull, 5x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Pool Hall

Pipit species briefly (either Water or Rock), Pochard, Common Gull, 9x Little Egret, (GCl, KCl)

Whitemoor Haye

4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 56x Pochard, 73x Wigeon, 13x Teal, Goldeneye, 31x Shoveler, 200x Lapwing, (SCo)

Branston GPs - Most footpaths around the Gravel Pits are underwater, some even too deep for Wellingtons which are essential.

120x PFG thru east at 14:44, 2x Shelduck, 30x Wigeon, 36x Shoveler, 240x Teal, 8x Goosander, 16x Curlew, 200x Lapwing, 125x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, (DSc)

Bank Top Farm (just north of Dilhorne)

Red Kite at 11:50, (DSc)

Saturday 23rd November 2024

Calf Heath WMI site

Adult Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull (1w+3w), 3x Common Gull, 420x Golden Plover, 175x Lapwing, 4x Gadwall, 3x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, (SRi, KCl)

Branston GPs

Pintail, 210x Teal, 68x Pochard, Goldeneye, Peregrine, Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, 5x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Woodcock, (DSc)

Friday 22nd November 2024

Trentham Gardens

Female Goldeneye, 35x Gadwall, Wigeon, 60x Tufted Duck, Little Egret, 2x Fieldfare, (RGi)

Calf Heath WMI

1w Caspian Gull, 1w YL Gull, 135x Golden Plover, 50x Lapwing, 5x Shoveler, 2x Wigeon, (KCl, SRi)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 7x Snipe, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 3x Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, 220x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 18x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 3x Egyptian Geese, 45x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 4x ad YL Gull, 2x ad GBB Gull, 4x Stonechat, 8x Redpoll, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

Great Egret, 136x Wigeon, 96x Gadwall, 20x Shoveler, 6x Little Grebe, 2x GC Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Thursday 21st November 2024

Burston

Green Sandpiper this am, (BBo)

Doxey Marsh

3x Cattle Egret, Great Egret, 9x Water Rail, 9x Cetti's Warbler, (RSt)

Rudyard Resv

10x Goosander, 12x Wigeon, 26x Teal, Dunlin, 13x Snipe, 8x Common Gull, Little Egret, (SSe)

Branston GPs

15x Curlew, 18x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, 29x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 4x Pintail, 6x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 66x Pochard, 6x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 48x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, 7x Stonechat, 30x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

142x Wigeon, 92x Gadwall, 22x Shoveler, 6x Little Grebe, 6x Redpoll, 3x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Barton Marina

Ad YL Gull, 26x Pochard, 9x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 10x GC Grebe, 6x Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Chasewater

The Shag still present, (CW)

Wednesday 20th November 2024

Birders visiting the Branston Gravel Pits complex should be aware that this area is a working quarry. Incidents are occurring where people are straying into dangerous operational areas. Everyone is requested to observe birds only from designated public footpaths.

Doxey Marsh

3x Cattle Egret, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (MBo)

Sandon

2x Red Kite one at 09:40 over A51 and over the B1066 near Sandon, (DGl)

Belvide Resv

Ad Kittiwake to 13:55 only, Bar-tailed Godwit, 

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 50x Pochard, Shoveler, (JIs)

Tittesworth Water

34x Wigeon, 15x Teal, 9x Snipe, 4x Willow Tit, Fieldfares, (SGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Jack Snipe, (ICW)

Westport Lake

Whooper Swan this morning, 

Smestow

Green Sandpiper, Mandarin, Goosander on the flooded field opposite the Green Man pub Swindon, (Per ILi)

Burslem

18x Goosander, (PMo)

Brown Edge - Chell

2x Barn Owl, (PMo)

Tucklesholme

Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 74x Pochard, 123x Wigeon, 15x Gadwall, 10x Shoveler, 6x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

                                                          Meadow Pipit by Jon Woodcock

Calf Heath WMI site

3w YL Gull, GBB Gull, 104x Golden Plover, 251x Lapwing, 3x Wigeon, (KCl)

Endon - Denford 

Ashes Pool 2x Gadwall, Pintail still, Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, 4x Snipe, 29x Lapwing, 6x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Forsbrook

Red Kite over the square at 10:50, (AR, LS)

Tuesday 19th November 2024

Smithpool Park

2x Pochard, Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, Goosander, (RGi)

Aqualate

Black-necked Grebe still at 12:00, (KHa)

Blithfield Resv

A very late Osprey thru north at 13:00 being the latest Staffs sighting, (GJM)

Branston GPs

2x juv Marsh Harrier, juv Peregrine, 97x Golden Plover, 6x Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 7x Snipe, 218x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 86x Pochard, 3x Pintail, 8x Shelduck, 14x Wigeon, 84x Gadwall, 88x Shoveler, 183x Teal, 3x Egyptian Geese, 64x Little Grebe, 2x ad Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 70x Mipit, 6x Stonechat, 40x Fieldfare, 2x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

119x Wigeon, 73x Gadwall, 36x Shoveler, 6x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Barton Marina

Goosander, 32x Pochard, 3x Wigeon, 4x Little Grebe, 6x GC Grebe, (JWo)

Calf Heath WMI site

Late afternoon - 3w YL Gull, 4x Shoveler, 2x Wigeon, Golden Plovers, (SRi)

Amington

10x Greenfinch, (MSc)

Monday 18th November 2024

Whitemoor Haye

American Wigeon still present before flying off north at 11:05, 4x Whooper Swan, fem Marsh Harrier, (SPA)  -  2x Whooper Swan, Great Egret, Stonechats, (PJT)  -  4x Whooper Swan, juv Marsh Harrier, 2x Green Sandpiper, 213x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 19x Little Grebe, 4x Goldeneye, 117x Pochard, 25x Wigeon, 14x Shoveler, 16x Egyptian Geese, ad YL Gull, 4x Redpoll, 4x Skylark, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

8x Pochard, Goldeneye, Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Chiffchaff, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, Great Egret, 60x Redpoll, 

Tittesworth Water

9x Whooper Swan over, Red Kite, Goldeneye, Pochard, 79x Wigeon, 9x Teal, Goosander, 4x Willow Tit, 2x Snipe, (SGi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Green Sandpiper, 52x Golden Plover, 26x PFG, Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 4x Shelduck, 6x Pochard, Little Egret, (AMa)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still at 11:30 also 8x Brambling, (BSt, ASt)

Deep Hayes

17x Goosander, (DCo)

Whittington

Male Merlin, (SPA)

Westport Lake (WeBS)

6x Pochard, 4x Goosander, 2x Little Grebe, 5x GC Grebe, (KSt)

Sunday 17th November 2024

Whitemoor Haye

4x Whooper Swan (2 adults+2 juvs), at 10:15, (RPo)  -  6x Whooper Swan (4 ad+2 juvs), (JAl)  -  American Wigeon (LCl, @kfordnature),  -  showing from two gates pit to 15:00 at least, (white axillaries seen later), (TPe)

River Sow Meadows (Baswich - Milford)

2x Green Sandpiper, c250 Golden Plover, Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Wigeon, 4x Little Grebe, 2x Stonechat, 15x Stock Dove flock, (RSw)

Belvide Resv

2x Bearded Tit still, Juv fem Goshawk, Lesser Scaup, PFG, Great Egret, 

Tittesworth Water

45x Wigeon, Shoveler, Goosander, 6x Common Gull, 4x Willow Tit, 2x Snipe, 4x Lapwing, Little Egret, (JOa, LH, TE)

Brookleys Lake

6x Gadwall, 4x Shoveler, 4x Little Grebe, (ALa)

Parkhall Lake 

Female Pochard, (SFe)

Calf Heath WMI site

Late afternoon - Caspian Gull, 3w YL Gull, 470x Golden Plover, 5x Shoveler, 2x Wigeon, (SRi)

Endon - Denford

Female Pintail (Ashes Pool), Mandarin, 13x Teal, 32x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, Redpoll, (DCo)

Doxey Marsh

6x Cattle Egret, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 250x Lapwing, Pintail, Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, 10x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Water Rail, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RRa, RSt, DTo)

Branston GPs

Shelduck, 3x Pintail, 55x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 90x Gadwall, 15x Curlew, 250x Lapwing, 16x Golden Plover, 6x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 4x Stonechat, (DSc)

Branston Water Park

120x Wigeon, 80x Gadwall, 3x Shoveler, (DSc)

Chasewater

18x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 11x Goosander, 326x Tufted Duck, 2x Wigeon, 3x Gadwall, the Shag, Water Rail, 20x GC Grebe, 10x Little Grebe, 46x Lapwing, (CW)

Saturday 16th November 2024

Alvecote

2x Red-crested Pochard still at Pretty Pigs pool, (@Moocher)

Gailey Resv

Rock Pipit on the dam, c150 Golden Plover over towards WMI, 35x Pochard, (SRi)

Radford Meadows Stafford

A Pink-footed Goose in with the Canada's/Greylags, 144x Wigeon, c150 Teal, 27x Shoveler, 16x Golden Plover, 2x Dunlin, 144x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, (RSw)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Whooper Swan, (TWy)  -  8x ad Whooper Swan near Sittles farm, (TPe)

Belvide Resv

2x Bearded Tit still, Bittern, Whooper Swan, Great Egret, Lesser Scaup, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 4x Goldeneye, 

Stanley Pool

20x PFG flew east then west, Goosander, 2x Wigeon, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

30x PFG still, 100x Golden Plover, 16x Snipe, 2x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 13x Shoveler, 15x Pochard, 26x Teal, 44x Wigeon, 46x Gadwall, Little Egret, YL Gull, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

145x PFG over, 95x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, Mandarin, 8x Teal, 3x Common Gull, 2x Snipe, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi, IB, KH)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, (RGi)

Baldwins Gate

99x PFG heading SE this am, Jack Snipe, (RWh)

Branston GPs

Imm Marsh Harrier, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, 3x Pintail, 10x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 76x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 6x Pochard, Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 240x Golden Plover, 230x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 4x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 4x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Stonechat, Fieldfare, 2x Siskin, Redpoll, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, 120x Wigeon, 18x Gadwall, 54x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, ad YL Gull, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Calf Heath WMI site

c535 Golden Plover, c455 Lapwing, 3w YL Gull, 6x Wigeon, 4x Goosander, Shoveler, (KCl)

Doxey Marsh

3x Cattle Egret, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 50x Lapwing, Goosander, Shelduck, 20x Teal, 2x Shoveler, (JJo)

Friday 15th November 2024

Branston GPs

Hawfinch flew out of large Oak at SMP2 and then went south over SMP1 at 12:05, 2x Redshank, Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 9x Curlew, 106x Golden Plover, 192x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 3x Pintail, 4x Shelduck, 13x Egyptian Geese, 72x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull (3ad+1w), Common Gull, ad GBB Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Stonechat, 2500+ Starling, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

2x Bearded Tit still, also a Bittern, 

Aqualate

Black-necked Grebe, (PJo)

Middleton Lakes

Jack Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, Bittern, 5x Pochard, Goldeneye, 3x Great Egret, Barn Owl, Stonechat, 9x Egyptian Geese, 6x Redpoll, (DCo)  -  early evening - 2x Goosander, juv Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 18x Snipe, Common Gull, 2x Great Egret, (MSm)

Westport Lake

2x Common Gull, 3x Pochard, Little Grebe, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Calf Heath WMI site

361x Golden Plover, 3w YL Gull, 3x Shoveler, 2x Wigeon, (SRi, KC)

Essington Quarry area

3x Yellowhammer, 7x Goosander, Little Grebe, (DBa)

Ipstones Edge

9x Tree Sparrow, (BBo)

Alton - Oakamoor

Little Egret, (BBo)

Chasewater

The roost, 2150x LBB Gull, 1000x Herring Gull, 20x GBB Gull, 24x Common Gull, (CW)

Thursday 14th November 2024

Belvide Resv

2x Bearded Tit Scott hide reedbed this afternoon, 

Middleton Lakes

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 31x Snipe, c300 Lapwing, 8x Goldeneye, Pintail, 6x Pochard, 4x Great Egret, 7x Egyptian Geese, 8x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Chiffchaff, (SPA)

Trentham Gardens

16x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, Wigeon Shoveler, 70+ Tufted Duck, 13x Lapwing over, 3x Little Egret, (RGi)  -  in addition 2x Stonechat, Water Rail, 2x Mandarin, Common Gull, (HF)

Consall

20x Wigeon and 2x Gadwall on the larger fishing pool this am, (SFe)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 100x Lapwing, 30+ Snipe, Pintail, Water Rail, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (BGo)

                                                            Pintail by Bill Goldstraw

Tittesworth Water

11x Common Gull, 4x Willow Tit, 5x Pochard, 15x Wigeon, 5x Snipe, Lapwing, (LH, JOa)

Calf Heath WMII site

Adult Caspian Gull, 60x Golden Plover, 2x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, (SRi)

Branston GPs

15x Curlew, 2x Redshank, Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper, 172x Golden Plover, 288x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 16x Pochard, 3x Pintail, 4x Shelduck, 64x Little Grebe, 11x Egyptian Geese, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Peregrine, 9x Stonechat, 14x Fieldfare, (JWo, George, CEc, Dean)

                                                             Pintail by Jon Woodcock

Tucklesholme

Yellow-browed Warbler, (RS)

Wednesday 13th November 2024

Cannock Chase

34x PFG east over Sherbrook Valley this am (GJM),  -  c40x PFG over at 11:03 also a further skein of c160x PFG at 12:30, (ABe)

Whitemoor Haye

4x Goldeneye, 56x Pochard, 32x Little Grebe, 80x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 11x Redpoll, Chiffchaff, (ICW)

Gailey Resv

8x Pochard, Goldeneye, 2x Egyptian Geese, (JIs)

Calf Heath WMI

80x Golden Plover, 4x Shoveler, (JIs)

Tittesworth Water

2x Goldeneye, 12x Wigeon, 6x Goosander, 8x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, Fieldfare, Siskin, (SGi)

Tucklesholme

2x Goldeneye, 48x Pochard, 107x Wigeon, 8x Gadwall, 3x Shoveler, 70x Teal, 2x Little Egret, 12x GC Grebe, 25x Lapwing, 2x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 30x Linnet, 2x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Alvecote

3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 12x Little Grebe, (MSc)

Tuesday 12th November 2024

Trentham Gardens

22x Gadwall, Wigeon, Goosander, Water Rail, 5x Lapwing over, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Cannock Chase

Grey Grey Shrike still briefly at 11:30, (AMa)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, 15x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 193x Golden Plover, 271x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Pintail, 2x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 73x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull (ad+1w), 5x YL Gull (4ad+1w),  4x Common Gull (3ad+1w), 2x GBB Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Stonechat, 8x Redpoll, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Egyptian Geese, (JWo)

Chasewater

15x Common Gull, 2x Caspian Gull (ad+1cy), Shag and the Knot still present.(CW)

Monday 11th November 2024

Bucknall Park

Hawfinch flew from the park this am over Trent Bridge towards Botteslow Flash, (RTo)

Sneyd Green

150x PFG over NE at 09:20, (JOa)

Rising Brook Stafford

4x Whooper Swan over this am heading towards Radford Meadows, c200 PFG heading east over south Stafford, (LCl)

Alvecote

Red-crested Pochard on Pretty Pigs pool, 

Belvide Resv

Whooper Swan dropped in, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Goldeneye

                                                    Black-tailed Godwit by Rob Bendelow

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike again, (HF,SE)

                                                                    By Steve Edwards

Uttoxeter Quarry

Marsh Harrier, Redshank, 12x Golden Plover, Snipe, Pintail, 2x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 3x Shelduck, 2x Pochard, 100x PFG dropped in at 12:25, (AMa)

Sandon

3x Red Kite over A34 at 12:45, (AGo)

Tittesworth Water

1090x PFG in five skeins between 08:50 and 10:30, 39x Snipe, 11x Lapwing, 8x Goosander, 9x Wigeon, Willow Tit, Red Kite, 8x Siskin, Redpoll, (SGi, IF)

Branston GPs

12x Curlew, 7x Dunlin, Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 179x Golden Plover, 242x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Pintail, 2x Mandarin, 4x Shelduck, 6x Pochard, 6x Wigeon, 52x Gadwall, 72x Shoveler, 218x Teal, 9x Egyptian Geese, 65x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, ad Common Gull, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Yellowhammer, 5x Greenfinch, 8x Redpoll, (JWo)

Sunday 10th November 2024

Doxey Marsh

2x Cattle Egret, Redshank, 150x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, Goosander, (GPr)

Stoke 

Lordship Lane - Ring Ouzel over east calling at 09:48, (RGi)

Stanley Pool

Woodlark west at 08:30, 38x PFG south at 09:30 and a Redshank, (GBr)

Seisdon

Hawfinch flew east at 08:48, Great Egret west at 10:41, (GCl)

Calf Heath WMI site

Knot, 5x Shelduck, 290x Golden Plover, 440x Lapwing, (KCl)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Knot this afternoon also 100x PFG flew east at 13:25 and a further 86x PFG in the main pit, Dunlin, 14x Golden Plover,  Goldeneye, 30x Wigeon,  Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

Knot this afternoon, (TWy)

Tittesworth Water

4x Whooper Swan thru, Knot, 2x Snipe, 11x Lapwing, 2x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Keele

4x Hawfinch briefly along Lymes Road by house, (HF, SE)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

150x PFG over SE at 12:30 and another skein heard at 16:30, (TEy)

Branston GPs

Knot with 7x Dunlin on Ashy pit, 158x Golden Plover, 190x Lapwing, Curlew, Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 50x Little Grebe, 2x Shelduck, 2x Pintail, 34x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, 12x Fieldfare, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 14x Redpoll, 30x Linnet, (DSc)

Chasewater

Knot on south shore, (JHu)

Weston Coyney

260x PFG over NE at 09:23, (SFe)

Saturday 9th November 2024

Radford Meadows Stafford

Knot, 200x Golden Plover, 25x Snipe, 150x Lapwing, 3x Dunlin, Pintail, (RSw)

Belvide Resv

4x Knot 10:27 to 10:38 only, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

Goldeneye, 9x Shelduck, Goosander, 18x Golden Plover, Dunlin, Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, Dipper, 2x Redpoll, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

4x Great Egret, Goldeneye, Shelduck, 5x GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (ICW)

Stanley Pool

Chiffchaff, 50x Siskin, (GBr)

Branston GPs

09:30 to 11:15 - 4x Knot 10:55 to 11:15 at least, 100x Lapwing, 40x Golden Plover, 5x Dunlin, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese, 2x Pintail, 2x Wigeon, 4x Pochard, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)  -  5x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 8x Golden Plover, Redshank, Curlew, Snipe, 2x Pintail, 2x Stonechat, Great Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, (PAn)

Wergs Hall

7x Hawfinch at a private site briefly at 11:40, (NMo)

Tittesworth Water

Gadwall, 2x Pochard, 3x Wigeon, 10x Teal, Snipe, 53x Lapwing, 2x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, Fieldfare, (SGi, IB, AP)

Chasewater

Adult Caspian Gull, 15x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, Little Egret, Stonechat, (CW)

Friday 8th November 2024

Trentham Gardens

Drake Red-crested Pochard, 34x Gadwall, Pochard, Wigeon, 2x Little Egret, 3x Fieldfare, (RGi)

                                                             By Steve Edwards

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup still, 

Radford Meadows Stafford

5x Little Egret, c200 Golden Plover, 60x Lapwing, 8x Snipe, (IW)  -  this afternoon, 491x Golden Plover, 3x Dunlin, 250x Lapwing, 5x Little Egret, (CDa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Golden Plover, Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, YL Gull, Common Gull, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Dipper, 2x Redpoll, 7x Fieldfare, (AM)

Gailey Resv

3x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, Water Rail, 2x Egyptian Geese, (JIs)

Calf Heath WMI

220x Golden Plover, (JIs)

Blithfield Resv

Short-eared Owl flew out high, Barn Owl, Black-necked Grebe still, 10x Great Egret, (MDJ)

Branston GPs

Knot, 5x Dunlin, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, LRP, 17x Curlew, 212x Golden Plover, 177x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 19x Pochard, 2x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, 68x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull (ad+1w), 3x YL Gull, Common Gull, 5x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, 12x Redpoll, (JWo, George, CEc, Dean), 

Chasewater

20x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, 1750x LBB Gull, Little Egret, 19x Lapwing, Shag, (CW)

Thursday 7th November 2024

Stafford branch WMBC  meeting on Tuesday 12th November 2024. Shetland to Scilly, Birds of the British Isles with Ashley Grove at Walton-On-The-Hill village hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton-On-The- Hill, Stafford ST17 0LD. Doors open 19:00 for a 19:30 start. Admission £3 including refreshments.

Whitemoor Haye

Snow Bunting flew NW at 12:01 over Bewick's Pit, (ICW)

Westport Lake

14x Goosander, 7x Pochard, (AR)

Branston GPs

Knot, 5x Dunlin, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 126x Golden Plover, 124x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, 14x Curlew, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 2x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 9x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 72x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull (ad + 1w), 3x YL Gull, Barn Owl, 2x Green Woodpecker, 9x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 15x Redpoll, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

2x Dunlin, 39x Snipe, 9x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, 4x Chiffchaff, Fieldfares, (SPA)

Tittesworth Water

2x Wigeon, Pochard, 2x Snipe, Brambling, 2x Siskin, Fieldfares,

Radford Meadows Stafford

Green-winged Teal reported on the pool at the rear of the BMW garage, (SPh)

Wednesday 6th November 2024

Tittesworth Water

2x drake Common Scoter this am, PFG over, Gadwall, 5x Mandarin, Goosander, Wigeon, 4x Snipe, Willow Tit, (SGi)

                                                       Common Scoters by Steve Gibson

Cheadle

150x PFG over east at 12:45, (TD)

Trentham Gardens

26x Gadwall, Wigeon, Redpoll, 2x Siskin, 2x Little Grebe, (RGi)

Sandon 

4x Red Kite over the A34 at 13:00, (AG)

Doxey Marsh

155x Snipe, 5x Jack Snipe, 24x Water Rail, 12x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 150x Lapwing, 3x Golden Plover, (MBo, DTo)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, ad Med Gull, GBB Gull, 

Tucklesholme

3x Snipe, Common Gull, Little Grebe, Goosander, 34x Pochard, 75x Wigeon, 9x Gadwall, 80x Teal, 9x Egyptian Geese, 14x GC Grebe, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Stonechat, 5x Redpoll, (JWo)

                                                        Common Gull by Jon Woodcock

Calf Heath WMI site

Ad Caspian Gull, 1w YL Gull, Dunlin, 348x Golden Plover, 13x Goosander, (SRi)

Chasewater

2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, (CW)

Tuesday 5th November 2024

Cannock Chase

Hawfinch briefly this am, (GJM)

Keele

Hawfinch calling over Keele Hall also possibly a 2nd bird flying around the campus, 12x Greenfinch, 31x Fieldfare, (RGi)

Himley Great Pool

Black-tailed Godwit flew in stayed for about 10 mins around 10:50, Ring-necked Parakeets present as usual, (CTi)

Gailey Resv

3x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, Water Rail, (JIs)

Calf Heath WMI

1w YL Gull, 200x Golden Plover, Goosander, 70x Fieldfare, (JIs)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe this afternoon, 1w Caspian Gull, 

Branston GPs

2x PFG, 17x Curlew, 5x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, LRP, 44x Golden Plover, 235x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 15x Pochard, 2x Pintail, 5x Wigeon, 26x Gadwall, 62x Shoveler, 195x Teal, 9x Egyptian Geese, 63x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull (ad +1w), 3x ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 5x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, Blackcap, 31x Redpoll, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Enville

11x Hawfinch on the Sheepwalks, (WN)

Radford Meadows Stafford

334x Golden Plover, 3x Dunlin, 43x Snipe, 200x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, 225x Wigeon, (CDa)

Monday 4th November 2024

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Merlin high over NNW this am, (Foz)

Belvide Resv

Knot at 09:15, 2x Dunlin, flock of PFG came into roost at dusk, 

Trentham Gardens

Dipper, 3x Wigeon, 16x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, 2x Fieldfare, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Keele

Hawfinch at the Church this am, (PJo)

Endon - Denford

Jack Snipe, 37x Snipe, 4x Wigeon, 7x Redpoll, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, Ashes Pool Pochard, 8x Snipe, 7x Mandarin, (DCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Golden Plover, Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 30x Shoveler, 2x Egyptian Geese, ad YL Gull, 2x Dipper, (AMa)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern on Dosthill NR, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Dunlin, 24x Snipe, 2x Shelduck, 2x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 4x Stonechat, 57x Fieldfare, thru, 4x Redpoll, Great Egret, Chiffchaff, (SPA)

Branston GPs

Spoonbill again over north at dusk, LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 118x Golden Plover, 222x Lapwing, 14x Curlew, Redshank, 7x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 2x Pintail, 14x Pochard, 76x Shoveler, 28x Gadwall, 274x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 72x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull (ad), 2x ad Common Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 26x Fieldfare, 70x Linnet, 9x Redpoll, (JWo)

Barton Marina

2x Green Sandpiper, 9x Pochard, 4x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Sunday 3rd November 2024

Doxey Marsh

3x Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, 20x Snipe, 100x Lapwing, 5x Wigeon, 88x Teal, 6x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (GPr)

Stanley Pool

Green Sandpiper, 2x Wigeon, 4x Siskin, Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Enville

5x Hawfinch, 2x Goshawk, Red Kite, 21x Raven, 60x Fieldfare, 210x Redwing, (ICW)

Huntington

50x Fieldfare and 210x Redwing, 2x Siskin all over south, (SRi)

Calf Heath WMI site

3w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 445x Golden Plover, 5x Dunlin, Goosander, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

5x Dark bellied Brent Geese 12:48 to 12:52 only, Sanderling, House Martin over, ad Med Gull, Lesser Scaup, 

Tittesworth Water

2x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, 4x Mandarin, Goosander, Brambling, Snipe, 18x Lapwing, (JOa, LH, KH, TE)

Uttoxeter Quarry

81x PFG landed on main pit at 15:10, 2x Dunlin, 6x Golden Plover, 2x Snipe, 5x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 55x Wigeon, (RPo)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

40x Fieldfare, 200x Redwing, (TEy)

Wetley Rocks

10x Red Kite,    

Ilam Hall

9x Red Kite, 30x Fieldfare, 400x Redwing, (KBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 47x Snipe, 3x Dunlin, 100x Lapwing, 35x Shoveler, c250 Wigeon, 10x Greenfinch, (RSw)

Brocton Pool

Drake Pintail, (KPo)

Biddulph Grange CP

24x Goosander, (MSv)

Middleton Lakes

Hen Harrier drifted thru JW late afternoon, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 40x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, (MSm)

Branston GPs

Spoonbill briefly North pit at 16:52 then flew off north, , Grey Plover, 14x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, 26x Golden Plover, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 8x Dunlin, 3x Snipe, 2x GBB Gull, 4x ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 50x Little Grebe, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, Pintail, 8x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler,  100x Teal, 42x Pochard, 4x Goosander,  Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, Water Rail, 3x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc, JWo, Dean)

Saturday 2nd November 2024

The WMBC has received a report from the site manager at Branston GPs that birders are straying off the public footpaths into dangerous operational areas at the site. All birders are asked to refrain from doing so and only observe birds from the official designated public footpaths.

Kingsley

2x Hawfinch at St Werburghs church at 09:40, (RPo)

Rocester

40-50x PFG over NE at 07:50, (JDr)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x Snipe, 55x Lapwing, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Goosander, Stonechat, (GPr)

Berryhill

26x PFG over SW at 10:27, 4x Stonechat, 6x Redpoll, Willow Tit, Fieldfare, 7x Skylark, (RGi)

Calf Heath WMI site

426x Golden Plover, 345x Lapwing, (SRi)

Gailey Resv

5x Pochard, Shoveler, 2x Water Rail, 30x Fieldfare, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Westport Lake

Goldeneye, 2x ad Common Gull, Willow Tit, Siskin, (KSt)

Whitemoor Haye

169x Pochard, 112x Wigeon, 51x Gadwall, 13x Shoveler, 22x Little Grebe, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Little Egret, 3x Stonechat, 3x Fieldfare, Golden Plover thru, (SCo)

Knypersley Resv

2x Mandarin, Little Grebe, Dipper, (GBr)

Alrewas NMA

5x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, Shoveler, (RBe)

                                                         Great Egret by Rob Bendelow

Branston GPs

50x Little Grebe, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 20x Egyptian Geese, 4x Wigeon, 60x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 3x Pochard, 60x Lapwing, 146x Golden Plover, 3x Ringed Plover, Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 24x Skylark, 5x Stonechat, Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, 30x Linnet, 24x Redpoll, Yellowhammer, (DSc)

Stone

200x PFG over NW at 16:30, (DEm)

Chasewater

2w Caspian Gull, adult Med Gull, (CWG)