Tuesday 4th February 2025

Blithfield Resv

Whooper Swan Tad Bay, (GJM)

Gailey Resv

54x Pochard, Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, 2x Oystercatcher, (JIs)

Trentham Gardens

2x Dipper, (Kr, BMo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, ad Med Gull, (JAl)

Branston GPs

2x Woodcock, 18x Snipe, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 20x Curlew, 275x Golden Plover, 400x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, 7x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 16x Pochard, 10x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 37x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 4x ad YL Gull, 12x Common Gull, juv Peregrine, 5x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 4x Siskin, 4x Redpoll, 10x Linnet, 400x Starling, (JWo)

Barton Marina

63x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, 10x Pochard, 6x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Monday 3rd February 2025

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, Yellowhammer (local rarity), Red Kite, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 400x Lapwing, 11x Snipe, 13x Shoveler, 5x Shelduck, 6x Goosander, 3x Stonechat, 3x Chiffchaff, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (MBo, PDy)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan still in field east of microlight club pit, Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Fieldfare, (PJT) -  Merlin, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Whooper Swan, (JAl)

Branston GPs

3x Whooper Swan on BMP, Oystercatcher, 150x Golden Plover, 500x Lapwing, 20x Curlew, 21x Snipe, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, 17x Goldeneye, 12x Goosander, 20x Pochard, 22x Shelduck, 69x Wigeon, 10x Gadwall, 5x Shoveler, 322x Teal, 45x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, Common Gull, Barn Owl, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, 4x Linnet, 6x Greenfinch, Skylark, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                   Whooper Swans by Jon Woodcock

Whitmore Bent Lane

8x Tree Sparrow and 2x Reed Bunting at pumping station, (AEa)

Belvide Resv

Whooper Swan on north shore, Smew still, Ad Med Gull, 

Cannock Chase

A single Hawfinch in the area behind the car park opposite Tackeroo at 14:30,  (PSi)

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Black Redstart still, (JDu)

Middleton Lakes

Oystercatcher, 13x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Great Egret, (SPA)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail, 2x Goosander, (GBr)

Endon - Denford

Willow Tit, 2x Green Woodpecker, 49x Snipe, 18x Teal, 9x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, 22x Fieldfare, 3x Siskin,  (DCo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 2x Caspian Gull (1w and 3w), (JAl)

Barton Marina

43x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 6x Little Grebe, 2x GC Grebe, (JWo)

Sunday 2nd February 2025

Gailey Res

Great Egret, 50x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 15x Siskin, (SRi)

Calf Heath WMI

Possible ad Caspian Gull briefly, 9x Shoveler, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

2x Redhead Smew still, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Goosander, Shelduck, Shoveler, 2x Chiffchaff, Lapwing, (GHa)

Tittesworth Water

29x Wigeon, 3x Pochard, 13x Goosander, 11x Teal, Mandarin, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, Redpoll, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Little Bank Top farm

45x Raven, (MKe, JKe)

Himley Plantation

Marsh Tit still on the feeders near car park, (PBa) - also at Himley Pochard, Goosander, Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, (CVa)

Blithfield Resv

2x Great Egret, 10x Goldeneye, (MJa)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull in the roost at 16:35, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier, 2x Whooper Swan, 10x Goldeneye, Shelduck, 73x Wigeon, 41x Gadwall, 16x Pochard, 5x Shoveler, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Oystercatcher, 13x Little Grebe, Yellowhammer, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)  -  Merlin this afternoon, (DHa)

Branston GPs

30x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 13x Shelduck, 170x Teal, 34x Pochard,12x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, Peregrine, 19x Curlew, c1000x Lapwing, 180x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 12x Snipe, 2x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 5x Stonechat, (DSc)

                                                    Green Sandpiper by Dave Scattergood

Branston Water Park

2000x Starlings roosted, (DSc)

Radford Meadows Stafford

431x Golden Plover, 891x Lapwing, 550x Wigeon, 500x Teal, 7x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 6x Pintail, 30x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, Little Grebe, Little Egret, (RSw)

Rushton Spencer

70x Lapwing, (HBa)

Saturday 1st February 2025

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Black Redstart still, 3x Stonechat, Goosander, (JDu)

Stafford

Beacon Hill - Red Kite, Hopton - 30x Siskin, 60x Fieldfare, also 2x Goosander on River Sow at Baswich, (IWi)

Wergs Hall

Hawfinch still, 

Croxall

Oystercatcher, 20x Snipe, Goldeneye, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan still, 12x Goldeneye, 63x Gadwall, Jack Snipe, 890x Lapwing, Great Egret, (ICW)  -  Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 800x Lapwing, Merlin reported, 2x Whooper Swan still, Great Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 17x Pochard, 48x Wigeon, 38x Gadwall, 3x Goosander, 8x Shoveler, 5x Little Grebe, 2x Egyptian Geese, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (SCo)

                                                       Whooper Swan by Stu Collins

Belvide Resv

2x Redhead Smew,

Scot Hay

 2x Common Crane over north at 12:50, (TRo)

Himley Plantation

Marsh Tit  on feeders near the car park at 12:15, (IMo)  -  Also 2x Stonechat, Goosander, (CVa)

Calf Heath WMI

Oystercatcher, 2x Stonechat, 455x Lapwing, 2x Teal, (KCl)

Barton - Wychnor

4x Shelduck, YL Gull, 4x ad GBB Gull, 500x Starling, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

5x Goosander, 3000x Starling, Chiffchaff, -  Alrewas Canal - Little Egret, Shelduck, Barn Owl, (JWo)

Branston GPs

5x Shelduck, 12x Wigeon, 120x Teal, 11x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Goosander, Curlew, 1000x Lapwing, 340x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Little Egret, 2x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, 46x Wigeon, 18x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, (DSc)

Friday 31st January 2025

Trentham

Hawfinch still, (BMo, KR)

Middleton Lakes

2x Oystercatcher, 9x Shelduck, 16x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, 5x Snipe, Chiffchaff, (SPA)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan still, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, (BHa)

Radford Meadows Stafford

200x Golden Plover, 200x Lapwing, 3x Pintail, 4x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, (IWi)

Aqualate

Female Marsh Harrier showing well this am, (KHa)

Calf Heath WMI

12x Gadwall, 10x Shoveler, 428x Lapwing, (SRi)

Branston GPs

25x Golden Plover, 1554x Lapwing, 20x Curlew, 16x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 12x Goosander, 15x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 9x Shelduck, 33x Little Grebe, 3x ad Common Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 4x ad GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 5x Stonechat, 4x Siskin, Chiffchaff, 8000x Starling, (JWo, DSc)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, (JAl)

Endon - Denford

4x Snipe, 25x Wigeon, 20x Teal, 2x Mandarin, 3x Lapwing, 2x Redpoll, Green Woodpecker, (DCo)

Downs Bank Barlaston

600x Linnet, 200x Chaffinch, 2x Brambling, (RGi)

Thursday 30th January 2025

Tucklesholme

60x Wigeon, 3x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, DSc, LWa)

Cuckoo Bank

2x Stonechat, 3x Green Woodpecker, Redpoll, Greenfinch, Linnet, (CMa, RF)

Doxey Marsh

330x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 2x Goosander, 12x Gadwall, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (GPr)

Trentham

2x Dipper, (WMo)  -  Hawfinch, Red Kite, 40x Gadwall, Wigeon, 2x Stonechat, (RGi)

Tittesworth Water

23x Wigeon, 24x Teal, 2x Pochard, Mandarin, 2x Goosander, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 7x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan still, (JAl)

Belvide Resv

A single Smew, Goshawk, Red Kite, 

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Black Redstart still, viewed from the field adjacent to Lawn Lane, also 3x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 

Branston GPs

Ad male Marsh Harrier, 20x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 7x Snipe, Ringed Plover, 650x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 14x Goosander, 9x Goldeneye, 11x Pochard, 8x Shelduck, 8x Egyptian Geese, 34x Little Grebe, 2x ad YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 4x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Stonechat, 2x Redpoll, 8000x Starling, (JWo, JHo, SHo, CEc, Dean, George)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 2w Caspian Gull, 3w YL Gull, ad Med Gull, (JAl)

Berryhill

Willow Tit this morning,  (CWo)

                                                                   By Clive Wood

Wednesday 29th January 2025

Trentham Gardens

2x Hawfinch at mid day in Beech on riverside before dropping to Yews to feed, also Dipper, (AEa)

Barton under Needwood

Red Kite heading south, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

3x redhead Smew again, 

Rudyard Resv

Possible Slavonian Grebe, (MKe)

Gailey Resv

30x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, (JIs)

Uttoxeter Quarry

At dusk - 3x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 10x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 2x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, (RPo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

335x Golden Plover, c700x Lapwing, c500x Wigeon, c400x Teal, 11x Shelduck, 7x Pintail, 4x Goosander, (CDa)

Wergs Hall

Hawfinch still, (NMo)

Rocester JCB

North Lake - 3x Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, (JDr)

Tuesday 28th January 2025

Little Bank Top farm

55x Raven, 140x Lapwing at 11:30,  (DSc)

Branston GPs

45x Golden Plover, 960x Lapwing, 20x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 14x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 13x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 19x Pochard, 7x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 35x Little Grebe, 2x ad YL Gull, 4x ad GBB Gull, 8x Common Gull, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, 4x Redpoll, Chiffchaff, 10,000x Starling, (JWo)

                                                          Curlew by Jon Woodcock

Monday 27th January 2025

Trentham Gardens

Hawfinch still, 2x Wigeon, 32x Gadwall, 2x Stonechat, 3x Little Grebe, (RGi)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 2x 1w Caspian Gull, (JAl)

Denstone

8x Red Kite over this afternoon,  (JTu)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 6x Snipe, 20x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 658x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 8x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 12x Pochard, 10x Shelduck, 46x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 116x Teal, 36x Little Grebe, 4x ad YL Gull, 4x ad GBB Gull, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 25x Linnet, 6x Greenfinch, c10,000x Starling, (JWo)

Barton Marina

Goosander, 10x Pochard, 47x Wigeon, 10x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Westport Lake

Drake Scaup still, (RCB)

Wergs Hall

Hawfinch still, (NMo)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, 6x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 32x Teal, 2x Little Grebe, 24x Linnet, (CAFH)

Patshull Great Pool

2x Great Egret, Goosander, 5x Little Grebe, 6x Teal, (KCl)

Sunday 26th January 2025

Aqualate

223x Pintail this am, (IMG)

Stanley Pool

Red Kite, 6x Goosander, (GBr)

Bunkers Hill Wood

2x Firecrest still this am, (JLi)

Brown Edge 

Red Kite over at 10:00, (PCa)

Tittesworth Water

3x Red Kite, Peregrine, 9x Common Gull, 28x Wigeon, Mandarin, 2x Goosander, Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 5x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Westport Lake

Drake Scaup still, (PJo)

Uttoxeter

Little Egret behind Waitrose, (AR)

Branston GPs

Little Egret, 6x Shelduck, 58x Wigeon, 10x Shoveler, 10x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 7x Goosander, imm Peregrine, 18x Curlew, 200x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 3x Woodcock, Snipe, 2x YL Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, c10,000 Starlings roosted, (DSc)

Bank Top Farm

20x Raven, 3x Red Kite, (DSc)

Fradley Junction NR

23x Goosander this am, (SCo)

Saturday 25th January 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

4x Goosander, 3x Shelduck, Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, 2x Whooper Swan, 600x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 59x Wigeon, 6x Goldeneye, 22x Gadwall, 4x Shoveler, 3x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, 2x Yellowhammer, Little Grebe, Stonechat, 4x Redpoll, - Alrewas Oystercatcher over, (SCo)  

Tixall Wide

6x Red Kite over flying towards Great Haywood, (RCB)

Blithfield Resv

Tundra Bean Goose opposite Newton Shallows hide, (SMG)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 12x Goosander, Shelduck, Gadwall, Water Rail,  Cetti's Warbler, 100x Lapwing, Chiffchaff, Siskin, (GHa)

Tittesworth Water

30x Common Gull, 8x Goosander, 25x Wigeon, 10x Teal, Little Egret, 2x Snipe, (SGi, IB, PS)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull still,  (GJM)

Branston GPs

3x Little Egret, 44x Wigeon, 100x Teal, 7x Goldeneye, 400x Lapwing, 46x Golden Plover, Snipe, GBB Gull, Stonechat, 3x Redpoll, 10,000x Starlings roosted, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, 50x Wigeon, 14x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, Snipe, 2x Linnet, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 14x Goosander, Little Grebe, 50x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Friday 24th January 2025

Aqualate

Marsh Harrier, Peregrine Red Kite, (KHa)

Westport Lake

Drake Scaup still, 3x Pochard, 2x Goosander, (DSc)

Chasewater

Roost - Ad Iceland, Gull, 2x 1w Caspian Gull, (JAl, CW)

Branston GPs

20x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 668x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 8x Pochard, 7x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 34x Little Grebe, 3x ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 4x GBB Gull, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 25x Skylark, 15,000x Starling, (JWo, JMa, DSc)

Barton Marina

Goosander, 15x Pochard, 47x Wigeon, 11x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Thursday 23rd January 2025

Tittesworth Water

48x Common Gull, Oystercatcher, 2x Mandarin, 5x Goosander, 6x Teal, 5x Willow Tit, 2x Snipe, (JOa, LH)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Great Egret, (CMa, RF

Branston GPs

17x Golden Plover, 2x Egyptian Geese, (CMa, RF)

Sandon

2x Red Kite over at 13:15, (AGo)

Endon STW

50x PFG over north at 14:45, (GBr)

Westport Lake 

Drake Scaup still, (PJo)

Stafford

4x Brambling on garden feeders at Weeping Cross, (HKi)

Middleton Lakes

21x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, Goosander, 4x Great Egret, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

2x Great Egret, 2x Pintail, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Egyptian Geese, Peregrine, 

                                                         Pintails by Rob Bendelow

Chasewater

Roost - ad Iceland Gull, 2w Caspian Gull, (JAl)

Wednesday 22nd January 2025

Tucklesholme

Barn Owl, 4x Little Egret, 6x Pochard, 3x Goosander, 38x Wigeon, 21x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 3x Snipe, 4x Stonechat, c1000x Starling roosted, (BHa)

Trentham Gardens

Hawfinch still this morning seen in trees from the rear of the garden centre, Dipper, 21x Gadwall, Goosander over, 2x Wigeon, 3x Little Grebe, (RTo)  -  this afternoon the Hawfinch seen at the church and in Beech on the banks of the Trent, (AEa)

Uttoxeter

Red Kite over west at 13:15, (AR)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan, Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (JAl)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull again in the roost, (JAl)

Blithfield Resv

Adult fem Caspian Gull in the roost, (GJM)

Branston GPs

60x Golden Plover, 1016x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 20x Curlew, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 12x Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 9x Pochard, 250x Teal, 3x Shelduck, 32x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, ad Common Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, Blackcap, 2x Chiffchaff, 36x Skylark, 30x Fieldfare, 100x Redwing, 8x Greenfinch, Siskin, 15,000x Starling, (JWo)

                                                     Green Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Barton Marina

45x Wigeon, 14x Pochard, 8x Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

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Black Redstart still late afternoon, (RCB)

Tuesday 21st January 2025

Doxey Marsh

300x Lapwing, 13x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, Little Grebe, (GPr, RRa)

Trentham Gardens

Hawfinch still, Dipper, drake Pintail over south, Wigeon, 28x Gadwall, 3x Little Grebe, 16x Siskin, 8x Greenfinch, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe, 

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Black Redstart still, near the smoking shelter and loading bays viewed from the footpath, (CVa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Shelduck, Dipper, 2x Goosander, 8x Pochard, 11x Shoveler, (AMa)

Bunkers Hill Wood

1-2 Firecrest still near the NW - SE track half way down the wood, (CRe)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 40x Wigeon, (MSc)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull still in the roost, (JAl)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin, juv Peregrine, Ringed Plover, 62x Golden Plover, 738x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 20x Curlew, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 18x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 8x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 43x Little Grebe, 5x ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 6x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 25x Linnet, 15,000x Starling, (JWo)

                                                           Merlin by Jon Woodcock

Barton Marina

42x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, 6x Little Grebe, 4x GC Grebe, Chiffchaff, 8x Goldcrest, (JWo)

Monday 20th January 2025

Trentham Gardens

Hawfinch still present along the Trent this am viewable from the garden centre car park, 2x PFG with Greylags, Wigeon, Pochard, 16x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, (RGi)

Longton Park

Ring-necked Parakeet this am, (BBo)

Westport Lake

Scaup still at mid day, (DBr)

Chasewater

Roost - ad Iceland Gull, 1w Caspian Gull, 3w YL Gull, (JAl, TPe)

Branston GPs

47x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 20x Curlew, 300x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 14x Goosander, 13x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 42x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 132x Teal, 5x Egyptian Geese, 34x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 6x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 26x Greenfinch, 2x Siskin, 15,000x Starling, (JWo, ASt, BSt, CEc, Dean)

Barton Marina

38x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, 6x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan, 4x Great Egret, Little Egret, 41x Gadwall, 9x Shoveler, 61x Teal, 146x Wigeon, 13x Pochard, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x GBB Gull, 100x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 4x Little Grebe, (SCo)

Sunday 19th January 2025

Aqualate

Drake Garganey still, also a record count of 114x Pintail, (IMG)

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Black Redstart still around the picnic benches by House of Rohl facility, (AEv)

Trentham

Hawfinch still at the St Mary and All Saints church (per RGi)

Westport Lake

Scaup still, (per RGi)

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal still, Goshawk, Great Egret, Peregrine

Tittesworth Water

2x Goshawk thru, 38x Wigeon, 6x Goosander, 11x Teal, 15x Common Gull, 5x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)  -  This evening 2x YL Gull, 111x Common Gull, (SGi)

Mill Green NR

1w Caspian Gull, (SRi)

Stafford

Weeping Cross, 2x Brambling on garden feeder, (HKi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe and 2x Whooper Swan still, 2x Great Egret, 9x Goldeneye, 64x Gadwall, 260x Lapwing, 4x GBB Gull, (ICW)  -  in addition 87x Teal, 3x Pochard, 40x Wigeon, Shelduck, 5x Shoveler, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Branston GPs

2x YL Gull, 20x Curlew, 35x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, (TCo)  -  32x Little Grebe, Great Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, 38x Wigeon, 60x Teal, 33x Pochard, 18x Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, 20x Curlew, 450x Lapwing, 53x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 7x GBB Gull, Common Gull, 4x Stonechat, c15,000x Starlings, (DSc)

                                                      Great Egret by Dave Scattergood

Bank Top Farm (north of Dilhorne)

Red Kite, 6x Raven in misty conditions, (DSc)

Bunkers Hill Wood 

2x Firecrest present this morning, (JLi)

Chasewater

Roost Iceland Gull, 40x GBB Gull, 25x Common Gull, also 20x Goldeneye, (CW)

Saturday 18th January 2025

Trentham

Hawfinch still at St Mary and All Saints church at 12:12, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x juv Whooper Swan still, Merlin, 4x Great Egret, Little Egret, 57x Gadwall, 78x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 38x Teal, 4x Shoveler, 5x Goldeneye, 80x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, 7x Little Grebe, GBB Gull, 9x Linnet, Peregrine, (SCo)  -  In addition  Slavonian Grebe again on roadside pit, (TPe)

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal still, 

Bunkers Hill Wood (west of Stourbridge)

Firecrest still this morning, (WN)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail, 15x Goosander, (GBr)

Tixall Wide Great Haywood

Tundra Bean Goose with Canadas and Greylags, (RSw)

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Black Redstart still, (Foz)

Gailey Resv

41x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, Common Gull, (JIs)  -  Fullmoor Lane Brambling in the Finch flock, (SRi)

Little Bank Top farm (north of Dilhorne)

2x Red Kite in misty conditions, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 35x Wigeon, 130x Teal, 4x Goldeneye, Goosander, Ringed Plover, 9x Golden Plover, 370x Lapwing, GBB Gull, 15,000x Starling, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, Little Egret, 5x Pochard, Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Baldwins Gate 

Little Egret, (RWh)

Alrewas NMA

2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 16x Goosander, (JWo)

Westport Lake

Drake Scaup, (per RGi)

Chasewater

30x GBB Gull, 30x Common Gull, 1000x Herring Gull, 1600x LBB Gull, (CW)

Barton - Wychnor

Glaucous Gull on ploughed fields along Green Lane, (JWo)

                                                      Glaucous Gull by Jon Woodcock

Friday 17th January 2025

Aqualate

Drake Garganey still at 09:05, (KHa)

Parkhall CP

2x Willow Tit, 10x Coal Tit, Common Gull, 4x Siskin, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

Slavonian Grebe this am, 

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Great Egret, Pintail, Stonechat, (PJT)

Middleton Lakes

22x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 170x Lapwing, 7x Water Rail, 2x Great Egret, 4x Chiffchaff, 9x Fieldfare, (SPA)

Whitmore Bent Lane

8x Tree Sparrow at the feeding station, (MBr)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin, 17x Golden Plover, 18x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 320x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 15x Goosander, 5x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, Shelduck, 3x Egyptian Geese, 30x Little Grebe, 4x ad YL Gull, 9x GBB Gull, 2x ad Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Siskin, 23x Greenfinch, 4x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 15,000x Starling, (JWo)

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Black Redstart, (Foz)

Bank Top Farm (Dilhorne)

20x Red Kites, possibly being fed. (DCo)

Calf Heath WMI site

Ad Caspian Gull and 7x Shoveler, (SRi)

Chasewater

Adult Iceland Gull and ad Med Gull in the roost. (CW)

Thursday 16th January 2025

Trentham Gardens

5x Pochard, 3x Goosander, 30x Gadwall, Stonechat, 2x Snipe, 3x Little Grebe, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal and 2x Smew still this am. (CMa, RFe)  - 3x Smew this afternoon

Doxey Marsh

Woodcock, Snipe, Chiffchaff, 4x Stonechat, Goosanders, (NGr)

Croxall

Great Egret, 4x Redshank, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Great Egret, 5x Goldeneye, 60x Gadwall, 14x Little Grebe, (ICW)  -  2x Great Egret, 2x Goldeneye, (RBe)

Tittesworth Water

23x Common Gull, 53x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, 4x Mandarin, 4x Teal, 3x Willow Tit, 2x Snipe, Lapwing, (JOa, LH)

Slindon

Red Kite over A519, (RPl)

Bunkers Hill Wood (west of Stourbridge)

Male Firecrest feeding in Holly trees in the middle of the wood, SO 876825 (JLi)

Branston GPs

20x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 200x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 31x Wigeon, 10x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 32x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, 5x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 3x Stonechat, 4x Siskin, 22x Greenfinch, Skylark, 12,000x Starling, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Barton Marina

2x Goosander, 38x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, 8x Greenfinch, 150x Redwing, 30x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Chasewater

1cy Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull in the roost, 5x Pintail (good count here),  2x Goosander, (CMa, MPa, JPa)

Wednesday 15th January 2025

Trentham

Hawfinch in St Marys and All Saints churchyard, (RGi)

Gailey Resv

72x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, 4x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, (JIs)

Belvide Resv

3x redhead Smew this afternoon, drake Green-winged Teal again, 

Little Bank Top farm (north of Dilhorne)

3x Red Kite with 20x Raven at 12:30, (DSc)

Rudyard

15x Snipe, Brambling, 3x Redpoll, 9x Siskin, (SSe)

Doxey Marsh

2x Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 13x Water Rail, 7x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 4x Shelduck, 6x Goosander, 4x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, (MBo)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, 2x juv Whooper Swan still, (NCo)

Middleton Lakes

Great Egret, Little Egret, 5x Goosander, Shoveler, Barn Owl, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (RBe)

                                                            Barn Owl by Rob Bendelow

Tuesday 14th January 2025

Trentham Gardens

5x Shoveler, 8x Teal, 20x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, Lapwing over, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Stanley Pool

20x Goosander, (ALa)

Hixon Airfield 

Merlin, Red Kite, (RCB)

Whitmore Bent Lane

21x Golden Plover, 9x Tree Sparrow on the feeders, (AM)

Shugborough NT

Common Gull near the car park, 3x Great Egret, 3x Goosander, 3x Little Grebe, (PCo)

Stockton Brook

Spoonbill flew over east at 10:25, (JGr)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, (RBe)  -  2x Whooper Swan, Great Egret, Little Egret, Merlin, 115x Teal, 73x Wigeon, 13x Pochard, Goldeneye, Shelduck, 19x Shoveler, 4x Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, 300x Lapwing, 5x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, GBB Gull, (SCo)

                                                                  By Rob Bendelow

Radford Meadows Stafford

220x Golden Plover, 350x Lapwing, 21x Snipe, 22x Pintail, 12x Gadwall, 400x Teal, 420x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 130x Shoveler, 2x Little Grebe, (RBr)

Westport Lake

4x Goosander, (AR)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin, 20x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 4x Snipe, 158x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 30x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 6x Stonechat, 2x Siskin, 12x Greenfinch, 15,000x Starling, (JWo)

                                                          Merlin by Jon Woodcock

Rudyard 

267x Lapwing on ice, 10x Snipe, 4x Redpoll, 7x Siskin, (SSe) - Hawfinch reported over the north end mid afternoon.

Blurton

Ring-necked Parakeet over, (WJ)

Himley Plantation Wombourne

Marsh Tit, (HKi)

Monday 13th January 2025

Blithfield Resv

Dunlin at deep end, (PBe)

Belvide Resv

3x redhead Smew, Great Egret, 

Gailey Resv

18x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 4x Gadwall, (JIs)  -  Great Egret over, Egyptian Geese, 7x Goldeneye, 10x Little Grebe, (CVa)

Trentham Gardens

2x Ruddy Shelduck, 22x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 18x Lapwing over, (RGi)

Stanley Pool

2x Pintail still, Goosanders, (PJo)

Ford Green NR

5x Ring-necked Parakeet, (PJo)

Calf Heath area

400x Lapwing off Malthouse Lane towards M6, (CVa)

Coven

4x Chiffchaffs at Ball Lane sewage works, (CVa)

Branston GPs

Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 15x Curlew, 2x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 8x Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 16x Shoveler, 14x Gadwall, 239x Teal, Egyptian Goose, 25x Little Grebe, 5x YL Gull, 6x ad GBB Gull, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 6x Siskin, 3x Redpoll, 2x Greenfinch, 12,000x Starling, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 52x Gadwall, (JWo)

Barton Marina

Little Egret, 8x Pochard, 38x Wigeon, 10x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Chasewater

Iceland Gull in the roost, but again no sign of the Shag, (CW)

Sunday 12th January 2025

Oakamoor

16x Whooper Swan flew SE at 11:05 following the River Churnet, (RPo)  -  2x Willow Tit, (TEy)

                                                           Willow Tit by Terry Eyre

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal on ice opposite Gazebo hide, redhead Smew still, 4x Mandarin, Water Rail, 

Aqualate

Red Kite, Water Rail, (ABe)

River Sow Meadows Baswich - Milford

2x Green Sandpiper, 54x Lapwing, 157x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 4x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 4x Little Grebe, Little Egret, Water Rail, 50x Siskin, 2x Stonechat, 60x Fieldfare, (RSw)

Uttoxeter Quarry

17x Whooper Swan (including 12 standing on the ice at 13:45), 4x PFG, 2x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 6x Pochard,   (RPo)

                                                     Whooper Swans by Richard Powell

Doxey Marsh

WeBS - Cream headed Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, 25x Water Rail, 120x Wigeon, 250x Golden Plover, 90x Snipe, 2x Shelduck, 50x Shoveler, 2x Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RRa, RSt, DTo),

Croxall

Great Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 300x Teal, Shelduck, Redshank, 40x Snipe, (ICW)

Brancote STW Stafford

Green Sandpiper, 3x Chiffchaff, 25x Pied Wagtail, (RSw)

Radford Meadows Stafford

WeBS - 477x Wigeon, 391x Teal, 2x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 8x Pintail, 149x Shoveler, 35x Snipe, Goosander, 12x Gadwall, (CDa)

Branston GPs  (95% frozen)

20x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 22x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, 24x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Water Rail, 14x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 4x ad YL Gull, 24x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

WeBS - 2x Whooper Swan, 300x Lapwing, 26x Pochard, 29x Teal, 44x Gadwall, 113x Wigeon, 26x Shoveler, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper,  Great Egret, 2x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 5x Goosander, Shelduck, 5x Teal, Redshank, 2x Chiffchaff and at Alrewas GP 2x YL Gull, 4x Chiffchaff, (SCo)

Chasewater

2cy Caspian Gull, no sign of the Shag, (CW)

Westport Lake

5x Goosander, (KSt)

Saturday 11th January 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

6x Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Goose, Goldeneye, Goosander, 2x Pochard, 8x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 280x Wigeon, 450x Teal, 2x Snipe, 600x Lapwing, Dipper, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

One redhead Smew still, 2x Pintail, Mandarin, 15x Shelduck, 

Alrewas NMA

8x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 3x Little Egret, Water Rail, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 4x Chiffchaff, (ICW)  -  2x Redshank, 16x Snipe, Great Egret, Little Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 18x Goosander, 4x Little Grebe, 2x GC Grebe, (JWo)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Egyptian Goose, 40x Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, 250x Golden Plover, Peregrine, (SRi)

Stanley Pool

2x Woodcock, 2x Pintail, 10x Goosander, 5x Common Gull, (GBr)

Baldwins Gate

2x Little Egret, 150x PFG heading SW this morning, (RWh)

Little Bank Top Farm (north of Dilhorne)

6x Red Kite, 40x Raven at 13:00, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

90x Wigeon, 30x Gadwall, 62x Teal, 4x Pochard, 68x Lapwing, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Limited visibility - 30x Teal, 2x Lapwing, Curlew, 4x Snipe, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Goldeneye, Pochard, 27x Wigeon, 13x Teal, 8x Goosander, 17x Common Gull, 5x Willow Tit, 19x GC Grebe, 21x Lapwing, Snipe, (SGi, IB, AP)

                                                         Goldeneye by Steve Gibson

Biddulph Moor

8x Tree Sparrow, (ALo)

Gun Hill Moor

20x Reed Bunting, (ALo)

Trentham Gardens

3x Goosander, 4x Snipe, (STu)

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200x Pied Wagtail on the sewers, 5x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 2x Chiffchaff, (JDu)

Wychnor

5x Snipe, 8x Wigeon, (JWo)

Friday 10th January 2025

Aqualate

Female Merlin at 09:15, (KHa)

Blithfield Resv

11x adult Whooper Swans dropped in at 11:50,  c180 PFG NW at 11:40, (GJM, MDJ)

                                                        Whooper Swans by GJ Mant

Middleton Lakes

3x Goldeneye, Goosander, 2x Great Egret, Peregrine, 3x Chiffchaff, (SPA)

Radford Meadows Stafford

44x Snipe, 7x Pintail, 5x Goosander, Common Gull, (CDa)

Trentham Gardens

Jack Snipe and 6x Snipe feeding on the Trent, 3x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 6x Goosander, juv YL Gull, 32x Redwing, (RGi)

Branston GPs

14x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 3x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 32x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 17x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 15x Gadwall, 316x Teal, 5x Egyptian Geese, 37x Little Grebe, 3x ad Common Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 10x ad GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, 6x Skylark, 10,000x Starling, (JWo)

Branston WP

16x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, (JWo)

River Sow Meadows Baswich - Milford Canal)

Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 150x Wigeon, 120x Teal, 10x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat. At Tixall Wide a Barn Owl, (RSw)

Chasewater

Roost - 1w Caspian Gull, Shag, (JAl)  -  WeBS count - 22x Teal, 12x Shoveler, 19x Goldeneye, 13x Goosander, 14x Little Grebe, 13x GC Grebe, Shag, (CW)

Belvide Resv

3x redhead Smew still and Lesser Scaup still, 

Thursday 9th January 2025

Blithfield Resv

9x Whooper Swan moving NW at 10:15, Pink-footed Goose, Red Kite, (GJM)  -  Red-throated Diver and drake Common Scoter off the dam, (AWa, MPi)

Tittesworth Water

4x Whooper Swan, (AMay)

Belvide Resv

3x Redhead Smew at west end, Lesser Scaup still,

Stoke 

A Chiffchaff feeding around the edge of Sainsbury's car park in the centre of Stoke, (STu)

Whitemore Haye

Female Merlin, (RBe)

                                                                  By Rob Bendelow

Keele

Female Hawfinch at the Uni, (MSu)

Branston GPs

20x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, 60x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 24x Gadwall, 4x Shoveler, 20x Wigeon, 271x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, ad Common Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, 12x GBB Gull, ad Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 2x Skylark, 10,000x Starling, (JWo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, Shag, (JAl)

Endon - Denford

46x Snipe, 11x Lapwing, 5x Mandarin, 14x Redpoll, Water Rail, (DCo)

Wednesday 8th January 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still this am, (GJM)  - additionally 6x Stonechat, 29x Reed Bunting in same tree, (DBa, KM, CE, ML, PB)

Gailey Resv

12x Golden Plover, 59x Pochard, 9x Gadwall, 8x Goldeneye, (JIs)

Wergs Hall

Hawfinch at private site, (NMo)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still, 2x Great Egret, YL Gull, GBB Gull, Shelduck, (DBa, KM, CE, ML, PB)

Chasewater

Roost - Ad Iceland Gull, 2x Caspian Gull (1w and 3w), Med Gull, Shag still, (JAl)

Branston GPs

20x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 14x Snipe, 160x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 32x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 24x Pochard, 12x Wigeon, 266x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 46x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, 9x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Barn Owl, 6x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 4x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 10,000x Starling, (JWo)

Barton Marina

2x Goosander, 46x Pochard, 10x Wigeon, 6x Little Grebe, 15x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Calf Heath WMI site

Ad YL Gull, 60x Golden Plover, 7x Shoveler, (SRi, KCl)

Tuesday 7th January 2025

Blithfield Resv

Tundra Bean Goose briefly then flew south, (GJM)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail briefly at 09:30, 6x Snipe, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

2x juv Whooper Swan still, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, no sign of the Slav Grebe, (JAl)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

6x Woodcock over at dusk, (TEy)

Chasewater

Roost - Ad Iceland Gull,  Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, Shag, (JAl, CW)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 9x Snipe, 20x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 320x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 2x Goosander, 4x Goldeneye, 21x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 23x Gadwall, 328x Teal, 12x Wigeon, 38x Little Grebe, 5x Egyptian Geese, 1w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 8x GBB Gull, imm/f Marsh Harrier, ad Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, 6x Greenfinch, 70x Fieldfare, 150x Redwing, 10,000x Starling, (JWo)

Barton Marina

36x Pochard, 13x Wigeon, 4x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Monday 6th January 2025

Chasewater

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

Sunday 5th January 2025

Branston GPs

Tundra Bean Goose (site record) flew into the John Taylor School field from SMP2 feeding with Greylags at 15:30, 4x Shelduck, Green Sandpiper, ad YL Gull, 9x ad GBB Gull, 5x ad Common Gull, juv Peregrine, (JWo)

                                                 Tundra Bean Goose by John Woodcock

Alrewas NMA

3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 6x Chiffchaff, (SCo)

Alrewas GP

279x Wigeon, 2x Pintail, 33x Teal, 7x Shelduck, 7x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Baldwins Gate

Little Egret, (RWh)

Denford - Endon

12x Snipe on Ashes Pool, 100x Lapwing, 37x Wigeon, 39x Teal, 3x Redpoll, 3x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 50x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, (SRi)

Calf Heath WMI

7x Shoveler, 33x Golden Plover, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup still, YL Gull, GBB Gull, 7x Common Gull, 

Madeley STW

3x Chiffchaff this afternoon, (TRo)

Cheddleton - Consall

2x Willow Tit, 100x Redwing, 8x Goldcrest, Teal, (DSc)

Saturday 4th January 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Whooper Swan, 5x Pintail, 4x Goldeneye, 10x Shoveler, Mandarin, Redshank, Dipper, (RPo)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail, 10x Goosander, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

15x Common Gull, 104x Wigeon, 4x Goosander, 19x Teal, 2x Pochard, Snipe, 5x Willow Tit, (SGi)

Cheadle

Hales Hall Pool - Water Rail, Goosander, (RPo)  -  Mill Road 12x Siskin, (TDu)

Church Eaton

16x Goosander on pool, (ABe)

Trentham Gardens

5x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, GC Grebe, (STu)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup still, 2x Pintail, Brambling, 3x Little Egret, 3x Stonechat, 17x Siskin, 4x Snipe

Whitemoor Haye

96x Wigeon, 28x Gadwall, 82x Pochard, 39x Shoveler, 43x Teal, 5x Shelduck, Pintail, 7x Goldeneye, 2x Whooper Swan, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Merlin, Peregrine, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Egyptian Geese, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo).  -  3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, Scaup, Greenfinch, 12x Siskin,  (AGP)

Tucklesholme

Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 4x Shelduck, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Stonechat, (MJ)

Blithfield Resv

2x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 5x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, (MJa)

Branston GPs

Fem Marsh Harrier hunting again midday then flew off east at 12:06, 20x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, 16x Wigeon, 26x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 18x Curlew, 200x Lapwing, Water Rail, 4x GBB Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 3x Redpoll, (DSc)

Little Bank Top Farm (North of Dilhorne)

3x Red Kite, 20x Raven, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

3x Snipe, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 30x Wigeon, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Wychnor

4x Snipe, Little Egret, (JWo)

Chasewater

Adult Iceland Gull and adult YL Gull in the roost,  (BSt)

Radford Meadows

10x Goosander, 5x Pintail, 3x Shelduck, 417x Wigeon, 91x Shoveler, 148x Golden Plover, 200x Lapwing, Snipe, (RSw)

Audley (Park Lane)

11x Shoveler, 40x Wigeon, 55x Teal. Also nearby 2x Little Egret, 60x Golden Plover. 100x Lapwing, (STu)

Friday 3rd January 2025

Orgreave

Barn Owl over the A513 at 07:30, (SCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x juv Whooper Swan, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 150x Lapwing, 4x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 30x Shoveler, 2x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, 50x Fieldfare, 150x Redwing, (JWo)  -  Slavonian Grebe still at 15:25, 500x Lapwing, 2x GBB Gull, 7x Yellowhammer, Stonechat, (DSc)

                                                     Slavonian Grebe by Jon Woodcock

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 12x Wigeon, (JWo)

Catholme (from footpath)

Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 2x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Swynnerton

Red Kite alongside the A51 at 12:00, (CPe)

Aqualate

Adult male Garganey, (PJo)

Branston GPs

Female Marsh Harrier hunting at 13:42 then drifted off south, imm Peregrine, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, 40x Teal, 16x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, Goosander, 200x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 2x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Ipstones

58x Fieldfare, 12x Redwing in a field off Belmont Road,  (PBe)

Chasewater

Roost  -  Ad Iceland Gull, ad Med Gull, 2cy Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 59x Common Gull, Shag, (CW)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, Goldeneye, Stonechat, (NCo)

Thursday 2nd January 2025

Tittesworth Water

38x Common Gull, 3x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 13x Teal, 3x Goosander, 2x Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi)  -  4x Willow Tit, Barn Owl, 2x Snipe, 4x Wigeon, Pochard, 23x Common Gull, (JOa)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail, 3x Goosander, Redpoll, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

124x Wigeon, 24x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 115x Lapwing, 4x Water Rail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Redpoll, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RRa)

Middleton Lakes

Great Egret, Little Egret, 120x Lapwing, 70x Wigeon, 100x Teal, 3x Shoveler, 2x Stonechat, (JDr)

Dimmingsdale

2x Woodcock over at dusk, (TEy)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 12x Snipe, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 19x Curlew, 250x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 14x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 28x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 10x Wigeon, 2x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, 63x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 42x Little Grebe, 5x GBB Gull, Barn Owl, 12x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 15x Fieldfare, 100x Redwing, 30x Linnet, 7x Greenfinch, 10,000x Starling, (JWo, DSc, CEc)

Barton Marina

Green Sandpiper, 26x Pochard, 24x Wigeon, 11x Little Grebe, 5x GC Grebe, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Chasewater

Roost - ad Iceland Gull, 1200x Herring Gull, 31x Common Gull, Shag still, (CW)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, Caspian Gull, YL Gull, 24 Pintail, 14x Snipe, Goshawk, Shelduck, 3x Little Egret, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Whooper Swan, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret,  6x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 40x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 14x Shoveler, Goosander,  7x Little Grebe, 1w Common Gull, 12x Linnet, (SCo)

Wednesday 1st January 2025

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still, (GJM)

Uttoxeter Quarry (footpaths along the River Tean are flooded)

10x Whooper Swan, 5x Pintail, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, 10x Pintail, 2x Water Rail, 

Gailey Resv

Male Merlin, Pintail, 36x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 14x Gadwall, Teal, 2x Marsh Tit, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 8x Little Grebe, 35x Skylark, (SRi)

Radford Meadows Stafford

4x Black-tailed Godwit, 166x Golden Plover, 478x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 10x Pintail, 12x Gadwall, 50x Shoveler, 3x Goosander, Shelduck, 100s Wigeon/Teal, (RSw)

Endon - Denford

25x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 2x Mandarin, 4x Fieldfare, Green Woodpecker, Redpoll, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x imm Whooper Swan, 3x Great Egret, 3x Red Kite, 1w Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)  - Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan, Merlin, 8x Goldeneye, 14x Shoveler, 21x Gadwall, 51x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 2x GBB Gull, 4x Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, 9x Little Grebe, 250x Lapwing, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull in roost, (SRi)

Trentham Gardens

5x Water Rail, 3x Little Grebe, Wigeon, 12x Greenfinch, 50x Siskin, (HF, SE)

Greenfield Farm (near Rudyard)

Tree Sparrow off Dingle road, (GBr)

Endon area

2x Barn Owl, (GBr)

Knypersley Resv

2x Mandarin, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Holden Lane pool

2x Ring-necked Parakeet, (GBr)

Ford Green NR

4x Ring-necked Parakeet, (GBr)

Branston GPs 

SMPs/Lower Farm only - 2x Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 2x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 20x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, ad YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, 5x ad Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 2x Greenfinch, 2x Skylark, 10x Fieldfare, 5x Goldcrest, (JWo)  -  Male Merlin, 2x Great Egret, 24x Wigeon, 22x Shoveler, 40x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 12x Goosander, 16x Curlew, 290x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Woodcock, 2x YL Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Rocester JCB

North Lake - 2x Goosander, 2x GC Grebe, (JDr)

Little Bank Top Farm (North of Dilhorne)

3x Red Kite, 20x Raven at 09:25, (DSc)