Tuesday 30th December 2025

Doxey Marsh

3x Shelduck, 12x Shoveler, 7x Gadwall, 136x Wigeon, 56x Teal, 5x Pochard, 4x Goosander, Water Rail, c250x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, Marsh Harrier 5x GC Grebe, 4x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, 4x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Trentham Gardens

Fem/juv Scaup, Mandarin, 35x Gadwall, Wigeon, 2x Goosander, 2x Water Rail, (RGi)

Croxall

c75x PFG over NW, 7x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 3x Redshank, 3x Goosander, c100x Teal, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Red-crested Pochard still on Barley Green Lane south pit, Great Egret, male Merlin, Fieldfare, (PJT)

Monday 29th December 2025

Aqualate

07:10 to 11:00 - Female Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 42x Pintail, 100x Lapwing, 3x Egyptian Geese, 100x mixed flock of Siskin and Redpoll, 15x Snipe, (KHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Red-crested Pochard, (TPe)

Elford - Fisherwick

3x Whooper Swan, (TPe)

Gailey Resv

2x Little Egret, 12x Pochard, Goldeneye, GBB Gull, Common Sandpiper, 13x Snipe, 5x Redpoll, (SRi) 

Stanley Pool

Fem Pintail, 4x Goosander, Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Westport Lake 

Yellow-browed Warbler still, juv Scaup, 

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Woodcock, 8x Snipe, 12x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 10x Green Sandpiper, 358x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, 17x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 10x Shelduck, 53x Wigeon, 131x Gadwall, 96x Shoveler, 425x Teal, 95x Pochard, 9x Egyptian Geese, 38x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 11x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Brambling, 80x Chaffinch, 8x Siskin, 15x Redpoll, 40x Linnet, 40x House Sparrow, 60x Fieldfare, 20,000x Starlings, (JWo, DSc)

Sunday 28th December 2025

Blithfield Resv

Juv Red-throated Diver off Watery Lane, juv Little Gull, Scaup, 18x PFG, 10x Crossbill over, (GJM, MPR)  -  RFD still midday also 5x PFG flew towards Blithe Bay, (SCa)

Doxey Marsh

Red Kite over the Octagonal hide, 5x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, (GPr)

Trentham Gardens

Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 20+ Gadwall, Water Rail, (STu)

Gailey Resv

2x Wigeon, 10x Pochard, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, 6x Redpoll, 8x Siskin, (SRi)

WMI site (near Four Ashes)

GBB Gull, 400+ Lapwing, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Red-crested Pochard, (TPe)  -  c200x Fieldfare, 4x Egyptian Geese, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 151x Wigeon, 10x Gadwall, 44x Teal, 15x Goldeneye, 32x Shoveler, 34x Pochard, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Slavonian Grebe, 7x GC Grebe, 5x Little Grebe, 1000x Lapwing, Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Yellowhammer, 5x Siskin, 3x Redpoll, 12x Linnet, (SCo)  -  Also an escapee Swan Goose, (HAl)

                                                   Red-crested Pochard by Stu Collins

Astonfields Balancing Resv

2x Water Rail, Chiffchaff, Fieldfares, Greenfinches, (RSt)

Chasewater

2x Red-crested Pochard still on The Swag, (GHa)

Tittesworth Water

38x Pochard, 25x Wigeon, 4x Goosander, 10x Mandarin, 7x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, 20x Siskin, Fieldfares, (JOa, TE, KH)

Middleton Lakes

Pintail, 2x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 3x Great Egret, Peregrine, (MSm)

Holden Lane Pool

Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 4x Ringed-necked Parakeet and at nearby Ford Green Goosander and 2+ Ring-necked Parakeet, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

20x Golden Plover, 4x Goldeneye, 6x Shelduck, 12x Goosander, 14x Pochard, YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, (RPo)

Dilhorne area

10x Red Kite, 20x Raven, Woodcock, 10x Fieldfare, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Ashy pit only - 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 60x Shoveler, 4x Goldeneye, 300x Lapwing, (DSc)  -  SMP only Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 53x Pochard, Green Woodpecker, 8x Redpoll, 15,000+ Starlings, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 12x Goosander, 20+ Teal, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Saturday 27th December 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

25x Golden Plover, 2x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 10x Pochard, Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Red Kite,  (RPo)

Belvide Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese still, imm Marsh Harrier before flying off west,

Acton Trussell

22x Redpoll, Great Egret in tree by Deptmore Lock- SJ938197, (IWi)

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still, 22x Pochard, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, (SSe)  -  24x Pochard, 4x Goosander, GBB Gull, Yellow-browed Warbler, Willow Tit, 5x Siskin, (KSt, WeBS)

Stanley Pool

Bewick's Swan for 5 mins then flew south at 10:55, also fem Pintail, 5x Mandarin, 14x Goosander, 40x Lapwing, 800x BH Gulls, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

Scaup c30m from car park along Watery Lane, 20x PFG north, (SCa)

Chasewater

2x Red-crested Pochard still on The Swag, (GHa)3x Goosander, imm Marsh Harrier

Dilhorne

Tickhill Lane - 6x Red Kite, 8x Raven, 20x Lapwing, (DSc)

Branston GPs

100x PFG thru at 11:38 (30 south and 70 west), Great Egret, Little Egret, Pintail, 16x Wigeon, 72x Shoveler, c300 Teal, 65x Pochard, 13x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, imm Marsh Harrier, 18x Curlew, 420x Lapwing, 9x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 60x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Brambling, 100x Linnet, 5x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, c20,000x Starlings roosted, (DSc)

Friday 26th December 2025

Pool Hall

Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 15x Cormorant, 11x Greylag Geese,  (GCl, KCl)

Gailey Resv

Red Kite, Great Egret, Common Sandpiper, 11x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 2x Gadwall, 2x Goldeneye, (JIs)

Whiston

Red Kite around The Leys at 12:00, (GSt)

Belvide Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese and Green-winged Teal still, 

Branston GPs 

Slavonian Grebe -160th species of the year (DSc), on Ashy pit to 14:30 at least, Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 22x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 300x Lapwing, Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Common Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 6x Shelduck, 72x Gadwall, 40x Wigeon, 70x Shoveler, Red Kite, 2x Stonechat, 5x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, 150x Redwing, 60+ Fieldfare, 2x Egyptian Geese, (DSc, JWo, ASt)

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still also Great Egret over, (SSe)

                                                   Yellow-browed Warbler by Steve Seal

                                                 Yellow-browed Warbler by Steve Gibson

Chasewater

2x Red-crested Pochard on The Swag, (GHa, HKi)  -  Roost 2x ad YL Gull, Great Egret, (JAl)

Ellastone

6x Red Kite over at 13:20, (JDr)

Whitemoor Haye

4x Brambling, 5x Redpoll, 2x Greenfinch, Slavonian Grebe, Golden Plover, 450x Lapwing, 2x Common Sandpiper, 75x Wigeon, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 16x Shoveler, 14x Pochard, Shelduck, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x Whooper Swan, 140x Fieldfare, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 2x RL Partridge, (MKe, JKe)  - 117x Teal, 3x Shelduck, 55x Shoveler, 417x Wigeon, 22x Pochard, 25x Gadwall, 15x Goldeneye, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Slavonian Grebe, 6x Little Grebe, 9x GC Grebe, 3x Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Golden Plover, Snipe, 2x Little Egret, 4x Redpoll, Siskin, c70 Linnet went to roost, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Egyptian Geese, c200 Fieldfare, Peregrine, Grey Wagtail, 3x GBB Gull, Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, 6x Reed Bunting, (SCo)  -  also 3x Pintail, (TPe)

Biddulph Moor

5x Tree Sparrow, (ALo)

Doxey Marsh

3x Shelduck, 13x Shoveler, 15x Gadwall, 44x Wigeon, 21x Teal, 4x Goosander, Water Rail, 116x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x GC Grebe, Red Kite, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Grey Wagtail, (CAFH)

Wombourne

2x Goosander between Bumblehole and Bratch Locks also male Mandarin between Bratch Locks and Awbridge, (Alison)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, 4x Little Grebe, Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, 70x Wigeon, 60x Teal, 6x Pochard, (DSc)

Thursday 25th December 2025

Belvide Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese still #

Middleton Lakes

Whooper Swan, Marsh Harrier, 6x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, 3x Snipe, 3x Stonechat, (MSm)

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Whooper Swan, PF Goose, 15x Pintail, 12x Gadwall, 64x Shoveler, 500+ Teal, 500+Wigeon, 3x Little Egret, c1200x Lapwing, 334x Golden Plover, 80x Fieldfare, (RSw)  -  500x Lapwing, c300x Golden Plover, 5x Pintail, Little Egret, c80x Fieldfare, (IWi) 

Branston GPs

4x Whooper Swan on Ashy pit, (ASt, BSt), - Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, 150x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x GBB Gull, Shelduck, 70+ Shoveler, 30x Wigeon, Stonechat, (JWo, DSc)  -  Additionally 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Shelduck, 180x Teal, 2x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 270x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Grey Wagtail, 60x Fieldfare, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x GBB Gull, 4x Whooper Swan still to 12:25 at least, (DSc)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail, 5x Goosander, 9x Lapwing, 3x Tawny Owl, (GBr)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still Whites wood, (GCl per GSe)

Parkhall CP

6x Golden Plover, (RGi)

Dilhorne

 Tickhill Lane - Red Kite, 27x Lapwing, 16x Raven, (DSc)

Wednesday 24th December 2025

Belvide Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese on the north shore, Green-winged Teal still, 2w Caspian Gull, 

Comberford

Cattle Egret still south of Tollgate Lane, (TPe)

Whitemoor Haye

7+ Whooper Swan in Sittles fields, Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 1200+ Lapwing, (TPe)  -  also Red Kite, (RBe)  -  14:09 to 15:45 10x Whooper Swan flew out west at 14:30, 45x Shoveler, Slavonian Grebe, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 2x Great Egret, Merlin, 5x GBB Gull, (SCo)

                                              Red-crested Pochards by Rob Bendelow

Radford Meadows Stafford

Adult dark-bellied Brent Goose, also 2x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, (RTh)

Brankley Pastures

Merlin (f), Red Kite, 2x Green Woodpecker, 12x Redpoll, 8x Greenfinch, 150x Fieldfare, 350x Redwing, (JWo)

Cellarhead

150x Lapwing, 10x Raven in fields to the SE at 09:00, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 6x Shelduck, 45x Shoveler, 53x Pochard, 17x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 21x Curlew, 270x Lapwing, 7x Green Sandpiper, 5x GBB Gull, YL Gull, 14x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 60x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Blackcap, 2x Chiffchaff, Brambling, 25x Linnet, 20x Redpoll, 4x Siskin, c15,000 Starlings roosted, (DSc, PFo)

Tuesday 23rd December 2025

Comberford

Cattle Egret still, (TPe)  -  Also nearby 6x Yellowhammer around 14:00, Great Egret along the river, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x RL Partridge and a large flock of House Sparrows, (JHi)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Shelduck, 15x Pintail, PF Goose, YL Gull, Common Gull, Chiffchaff, (RTh)

Whitemoor Haye

08:15 to 13:00 c800x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Slavonian Grebe still, 124x Teal, 51x Shoveler, 22x Goldeneye, 39x Gadwall, 86x Wigeon, 35x Pochard, 2x Red crested Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Little Grebe, Peregrine, 10x Siskin, Redpoll, 3x Goldcrest, 3x Chiffchaff, 4x Egyptian Geese, Cettis Warbler, (SCo)  -  Slavonian Grebe, Red-crested Pochard, Teal, Pochard, Gadwall, Goldeneye, Shoveler, Great Egret, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Lapwing, Fieldfare, (AGP)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 23x Curlew, 5x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 116x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, Water Rail, 9x Goosander, 13x Goldeneye, 9x Shelduck, 41x Wigeon, 88x Gadwall, 46x Shoveler, 342x Teal, 64x Pochard, 10x Egyptian Geese, 58x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 9x Common Gull, Barn Owl, 2x Blackcap, 5x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 14x Siskin, 22x Redpoll, 15, 000x Starling, (JWo)

Church Eaton

9x Goosander on pond also 2x Egyptian Geese and 100x Fieldfare in fields beside Belvide Resv, (IWi)

Monday 22nd December 2025

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still, Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 20x Pochard, (JOa) 

Hollington

Red Kite at 12:35, (BSi)

KnypersleyResv

2x Little Egret, 10+ Mandarin, 2x Pochard, drake Wigeon, 2x Willow Tit, Water Rail and the escaped Alexandrine Parakeet, (GBr)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still in Whites Wood, (MSm)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 8x Snipe, 32x Golden Plover, 532x Lapwing, 23x Curlew, 8x Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, 7x Goosander, 10x Goldeneye, 8x Shelduck, 25x Wigeon, 39x Shoveler, 74x Gadwall, 120x Teal, 83x Pochard, Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 4x Common Gull, Barn Owl, 2x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, 18x Redpoll, 3x Siskin, 200+ Fieldfare, 2x Grey Wagtail, c15,000x Starling, (JWo)

Sunday 21st December 2025

Whitemoor Haye

08:00 to 15:30 - 2x Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Red-crested Pochard, c800x Lapwing, Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper, 24x Shoveler, 46x Teal, 3x Goosander, 14x Gadwall, 17x Goldeneye, c40 Wigeon, 19x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, 3x Yellowhammer, Merlin, GBB Gull, YL Gull, 4x Egyptian Geese, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo) -  Also Red Kite, Peregrine, 3x Shelduck, 24x Goldeneye, 39x Pochard, Great Egret, (ICW) -  Male Merlin flew over A513 between Whitemoor and Elford near Farley Lane junction, (TPe)

                                                   Red-crested Pochards by Stu Collins

Comberford

Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Little Egrets, (TPe)  -  10x Little Egret, (PAn)

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still midday, 17x Pochard, (RGi)

Tittesworth Water

13x Mandarin, 30x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 6x Teal, 15x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, 35x Siskin, (JOa, TE, KH)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

34x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 3x Little Grebe, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

3w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, Green-winged Teal still, 

Baggeridge

Firecrest still, 

Branston GPs

16x GC Grebe, 28x Little Grebe, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 11x Wigeon, 25x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 72x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 17x Curlew, 32x Golden Plover, 150x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 8x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 30x Fieldfare, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Blackcap, 2x Chiffchaff, 15x Redpoll, 6x Siskin, c15,000 Starlings, roosted, (DSc, JWo)

Saturday 20th December 2025

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still at 09:30, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 1000+ Lapwing, Dunlin, (TPe)  -  Merlin, Great Egret, Goldeneye, Slavonian Grebe late afternoon, (PAn) - c1000x Lapwing, 11x Golden Plover over, 2x Slavonian Grebe, 4x GC Grebe, 4x Little Grebe, 2x Great Egret, 12x Goldeneye, 24x Pochard, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 12x Gadwall, 18x Wigeon, 39x Teal, Merlin, 2x Stonechat, 2x GBB Gull, YL Gull, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Pochard, 2x fem Goldeneye, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, 25x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Peregrine, Red Kite, 70+ Golden Plover, Pintail, Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 5x Shoveler, Common Gull, (AMa)  -  Adult Caspian Gull roosted, YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 6x Egyptian Geese, (RPo)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still in Whites Wood in usual Holly tree by bridge, (GCl per GS)

Tittesworth Water

1w Med Gull, 61x Common Gull, Woodcock, 2x Snipe, 38x Pochard, 22x Mandarin, 19x Wigeon, 3x Teal, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi, IB)

Chasewater

Ad Med Gull, 2x YL Gull, (JAl)

Branston GPs - (Wellies required)

2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, 6x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 5x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 250x Lapwing, 6x Green Sandpiper, 3x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 100x Fieldfare, 2x Chiffchaff, 5x Linnet, 10x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, (DSc)

Tucklesholme - (partly flooded)

Great Egret, Curlew, 4x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

River Sow Meadows (east of Stafford)

3x Cetti's Warbler, 26x Linnet, 8x Siskin, 120x Fieldfare, 2x Stonechat, 4x Goosander, 142x Wigeon, 48x Shoveler, 4x Little Grebe, (RSw)

Friday 19th December 2025

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal still, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Merlin, (RBe)

Aqualate

Male Garganey, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 4x Great Egret, (PJor)

Whiston bank

Red Kite over the A52, (GSt)

Kingsley

3x Red Kite over

Branston GPs

Merlin (m), Woodcock, 23x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, 393x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 4x Shelduck, 10x Goldeneye, 16x Wigeon, 58x Shoveler, 55x Gadwall, 324x Teal, 58x Pochard, 10x Egyptian Geese, 44x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 7x Common Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 300+ Fieldfare, 400+ Redwing, Skylark, 2x Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail, 5x Siskin, 8x Redpoll, 40x Linnet, 3x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, c15,000x Starling, (JWo)

Thursday 18th December 2025

Radford Meadows Stafford

378s Golden Plover, 712x Lapwing, Snipe, 58x Shoveler, 5x Pintail, 6x Gadwall, Goosander, 100s of Wigeon and Teal, (RSw)

Tittesworth Water

4x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, 26x Pochard, 24x Common Gull, 2x Snipe, 3x Willow Tit, 7x Siskin, (JOa)

Dunstall Estate

2x Egyptian Geese on muddy patch, (LGa)

Wednesday 17th December 2025

Whitemoor Haye 

Slavonian Grebe still from quarry entrance. Please do not park in quarry entrance and keep to roadside and paths only. 26x Shoveler, 32x Pochard, 56x Teal, 18x Gadwall, 5x Goldeneye, 82x Wigeon, 2x Red-crested Pochard, c700x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x GC Grebe, 5x Little Grebe, Merlin, 7x Siskin, 5x Redpoll, 4x Egyptian Geese, Grey Wagtail, 2x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull,  (SCo)  -  Slavonian Grebe, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Merlin, Great Egret, (TE)

Jacksons Bank

2x Red Kite, 25x Siskin, 50+ Redpoll, (JWo)

Amington

4x Siskin, (MSc)

Tuesday 16th December 2025

Trentham Gardens

Female Pintail briefly, 46x Gadwall, 2x Wigeon, Goosander, 4x Little Grebe, Little Egret, (RGi) 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, also 2x Red-crested Pochard, (RBe)  -  Also Great Egret, Common Sandpiper, (CVa)

                                                  Red-crested Pochard by Rob Bendelow                                                 

Baggeridge

Firecrest still in Whites Wood, (CRe, IBphoto)

Branston GPs

2x Woodcock, Jack Snipe, 12x Snipe, 23x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 11x Green Sandpiper, 5x Golden Plover, 792x Lapwing Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Water Rail, 9x Goosander, 7x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 41x Pochard, 62x Shoveler, 93x Gadwall, 2x Wigeon, 212x Teal, 12x Egyptian Geese, 45x Little Grebe, GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 4x Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, 8x Siskin, 5x Redpoll, 18x Greenfinch, 2x Grey Wagtail, 300x Redwing, 50x Fieldfare, Skylark, c15,000x Starlings, (JWo)

Monday 15th December 2025

Belvide Resv

Female Common Scoter

Whitemoor Haye

2x Red-crested Pochard on small roadside pit, 38x Teal, 26x Shoveler, 13x Pochard, 16x Gadwall, 3x Goldeneye, 111x Wigeon, c600x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Grebe, 5x GC Grebe, 8x Linnet, Siskin, 2x Redpoll, (SCo)

                                                      Red-crested Pochards by Stu Collins

Rocester JCB

North lake 3x GC Grebe, Pochard, (JDr)

Alvecote

5x Goosander, 2x Stonechat, (SRo)

Sunday 14th December 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Redshank, 5x Golden Plover, 600x Lapwing, 11x Pochard, Dipper, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal still,  

Whitemoor Haye

Now 2x Slavonian Grebe on roadside pit from bridge viewpoint at 11:30, (TPe)  -  2x Red-crested Pochard, 30x Shoveler, 38x Teal, 18x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 149x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, Goosander, 2x Slavonian Grebe, 5x Little Grebe, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, Common Sandpiper,  3x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 7x Redpoll, 11x Siskin, c150x Fieldfare, 2x Goldcrest,  (SCo)

Tittesworth Water

8x Mandarin, 43x Pochard, 5x Wigeon, 4x Teal, 10x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, 39x Fieldfare, 30+ Siskin, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Red Street

Red Kite over, (Blu)

Hanchurch Woods

Hawfinch still from bottom car park, (SE, HF)

                                                                 By Steve Edwards

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

3x Woodcock over at dusk, (TEy)

Barton under Needwood

Red Kite other south, (JWo)

Burton

Red Kite over Ashby Road this afternoon, (AJa)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still in Whites wood

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 5x Pintail, 20x Wigeon, 38x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 27x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, Goosander, 9x Curlew, 330x Lapwing, 8x Green Sandpiper, Common Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, 10x Fieldfare, 3x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

6x Little Grebe, Egyptian Goose, 60x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 20x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, 10x Linnet, (DSc)

Saturday 13th December 2025

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, drake Goldeneye, 2x Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still in Hollies beyond railway bridge down towards Island pool, (GCl per BMa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, (RBe)

                                                                By Rob Bendelow

Branston GPs

Fem Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 21x Curlew, 270x Lapwing, 9x Green Sandpiper, 2x Woodcock, GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 15x Linnet, 10x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, 15,000x Starlings roosted, (DSc)  -  Golden Plover over, (PFo)

                                                         Starlings by Dave Scattergood

Dilhorne area

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

Friday 12th December 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe back on Roadside pit to 13:00 at least, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

YL Gull, Scaup, Stonechats, (RBe)

Branston GPs

2x Marsh Harrier, 2x Peregrine, Woodcock, 10x Snipe, 23x Curlew, 9x Green Sandpiper, 412x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 11x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 58x Pochard, 26x Wigeon, 82x Gadwall, 56x Shoveler, 325x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 58x Little Grebe, 3x ad YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker. 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 10x Siskin, 20x Redpoll, 60x Linnet, 2x Grey Wagtail, 12,000x Starling, (JWo)

Thursday 11th December 2025

Stone

Dipper on the Scotch brook this am, (DWi)

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal still, (DJa)

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Pintail, 2x Ring-necked Parakeet, (RTh)

Tittesworth Water

Goosander, 23x Pochard, 27x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 6x Snipe, 23x Curlew, 6x Green Sandpiper, 374x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 9x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 59x Pochard, 24x Wigeon (inc hybrid), 69x Shoveler, 94x Gadwall, 350x Teal, 8x Egyptian Geese, 51x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 4x ad YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, 4x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x RL Partridge, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Chiffchaff, 2x Grey Wagtail, 3x Stonechat, 100x Linnet, 7x Siskin, 15x Redpoll, 12,000x Starling, (JWo)

                                                        Curlews by Jon Woodcock

Baggeridge

Firecrest still at Whites wood near Tawny Owl tree in  Lydiates wood area  (per Trishsnature)

Wednesday 10th December 2025

Middleton Lakes

2x Marsh Harrier, PFG, 11x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, Stonechat, (SPA)

Tittesworth Water

174x Common Gull, 32x Pochard, 55x Wigeon, 22x Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, 8x Siskin, (SGi)

Radford Meadows Stafford

PFG, Bar-headed Goose, 12x Pintail, (RTh)

Baggeridge

Firecrest in large Tit flock, (IBu)

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal still, 

Tucklesholme

8x Snipe, Great Egret, 4x Goldeneye, Goosander, 14x Shoveler, 286x Wigeon, 150x Teal, 48x Gadwall, 38x Pochard, 14x Little Grebe, 10x GC Grebe, 2x Stonechat, 6x Siskin, 12x Meadow Pipit, (JWo)

Tuesday 9th December 2025

Lichfield

Fradley Park Ind estate - at least 6x female Goosander on pond off Common Lane next to Hutchings Civil at 13:00, (GHa)

Caverswall

2x Little Egret feeding in a field at the top of the hollow, (Ed)

Radford Meadows Stafford

40x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, c250x Wigeon, 4x Pintail, c500x Teal, 2x Goosander, c50x Golden Plover, c300x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, (CAFH)

Wolseley Centre

3x Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Fem Marsh Harrier, 12x Green Sandpiper, 22x Curlew, 329x Lapwing, Snipe, 5x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Water Rail, Pintail, 9x Goldeneye, 12x Goosander, 27x Wigeon, 118x Gadwall, 104x Shoveler, 222x Teal, 48x Pochard, 41x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 4x Common Gull, 12,000x Starling, 350x Redwing, 50+ Fieldfare, (JWo)

Chasewater

A adult Azorean type Yellow-legged Gull in the roost this evening, (CW)

Monday 8th December 2025

Baldwins Gate

Red Kite circling over the A51 at Blackbrook, (CPe)

Endon - Denford

Jack Snipe, 50x Snipe, c40 Lapwing, 3x Wigeon, 35x Teal, Goosander, 22x Siskin, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, - Ashes Pool Woodcock, 2x Snipe, 3x Wigeon, Goosander, 7x Teal, (DCo)

Middleton Lakes

Female Marsh Harrier, 3x Goosander, 10x Wigeon, Great Egret, 50x Fieldfare, 12x Redpoll, Siskins, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, (RCa, FCa)

Branston GPs

Fem Marsh Harrier, 21x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, 376x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Pintail, 4x Shelduck, 8x Goosander, 9x Goldeneye, 33x Wigeon, 46x Pochard, 76x Gadwall, 101x Shoveler, 208x Teal, 51x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 5x ad YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Barn Owl, 3x Chiffchaff, 3x Stonechat, Brambling, 10x Siskin, 18x Redpoll, 12,000x Starling, (JWo)

Sunday 7th December 2025

Amerton flood meadows

14x Golden Plover, 350x Lapwing, 51x Shoveler, 276x Wigeon, 159x Teal, 2x Gadwall, (RSw)

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Goosander, 26x Pintail, 6x Gadwall, 100s Wigeon, 100s Teal, 144x Golden Plover, 484x Lapwing, Snipe, 10x Siskin, c300 Starling, (RSw)

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal still, 

Tittesworth Water

37x Common Gull, 8x Mandarin, 36x Pochard, 2x fem Goldeneye, 6x Teal, 7x Goosander, Willow Tit, 5x Siskin, (LH, JOa)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Shelduck, Pintail, 12x Wigeon, 64x Shoveler, 40x Gadwall, c200 Teal, 30x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 23x Curlew, 240x Lapwing, 9x Green Sandpiper, 7x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, Grey Wagtail, 2x Stonechat, 30x Fieldfare, 15x Linnet, 10x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, Little Egret, 10x Little Grebe, 100x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 12x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, (DSc)

Gailey Resv

2x Egyptian Geese, 8x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Pendeford Mill NR

Goosanders, Shoveler, 2x Little Egret and Parakeets calling, (CVa)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

12+ Brambling, 60+ Linnet, 60+ Chaffinch, Siskins, Redpolls, Greenfinches, (RGi)

Saturday 6th December 2025

i54

At least 5x Chiffchaff at sewage plant, (JDu)

Whitemoor Haye

Red Kite over, Common Sandpiper, c600x Lapwing, Merlin, 106x Wigeon, 11x Goldeneye, 34x Gadwall, 16x Pochard, 19x Teal, 44x Shoveler, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x GC Grebe, Great Egret, 8x Little Grebe, 2x Redpoll over, Grey Wagtail, 2x GBB Gull, (SCo)

Florence Hill

2x Willow Tit, (AMa)

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal still, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 23x Pochard, 54x Gadwall, 160x Wigeon, 396x Teal, Dipper, (RPo)

Brookleys Lake

Great Egret, (RPo)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin at 15:45, Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 10x Egyptian Geese, Mandarin, 9x Wigeon, 46x Shoveler, 35x Gadwall, 5x Curlew, 150+ Lapwing, 11x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 1w Caspian Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, Barn Owl, 2x Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, 40x Fieldfare, c10,000 Starlings, 10x Linnet, 3x Redpoll, Siskin, (DSc, JHo)

Cellarhead

48x Lapwing in field to the SW at midday, (DSc)

Catholme

25x Goosander, 57x Pochard, 100x Wigeon, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

8x Goosander, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Redpoll, (JWo)

Friday 5th December 2025

                                       West Midland Bird Club Stafford Branch

Invites you to a talk on Tuesday 9th December 2025 by Phil Hill about Tarifa - "Gateway to Africa" at Walton-On-The-Hill Village Hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Stafford ST17 0LD. Doors open 7:00 pm for a 7:30pm start. Admission £3 including refreshments. Everyone welcome. All enquiries to Chris Evans WMBC Stafford branch chairman @westmidlandbirdclub.org.uk

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, Goosander, Shelduck, 11x Siskin, 3x Snipe, (SPA),  -  2x Grey Partridge reported

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal opposite Gazebo hide, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Whooper Swan, 4x Shoveler, 19x Teal, 2x Pochard, 108x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x GC Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Cauldon Low

100x Lapwing over west at 14:00, (DSc)

Ramshorn

Red Kite feeding on roadkill (Pheasant), (DSc)

Branston GPs

Ashy pit only 15:30 - Great Egret, Pintail, 5x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 4x GBB Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, 40x Fieldfare, 15x Linnet, c10,000 Starlings thru towards Sandy Pit roost, (DSc)

Thursday 4th December 2025

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier still at north pit, Goldeneye, Pochard, Great Egret, (Gg)

Wednesday 3rd December 2025

Hanchurch Woods

5x Hawfinch at bottom car park, (HF, SE)

Doxey Marsh - shallow flooding on many paths

Pochard, 2x GC Grebe, c70 Lapwing, 2x Siskin, Fieldfare, (RRa)

Endon - Denford

63x Snipe, Jack Snipe, 16x Lapwing, 28x Teal, 2x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, Water Rail, 5x Siskin, 17x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Coven

Great Egret over, (JDu)

Branston GPs

22x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 14x Snipe, 167x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 112x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 120x Teal, 43x Gadwall, 56x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Barn Owl, Peregrine, Stonechat, 3x Grey Wagtail, 5x Siskin, 14x Redpoll, 40x Linnet, 12,000x Starling, (JWo, CEc, Dean, DAi)

Tuesday 2nd December 2025

Stanley Pool

13x Goosander, female Pintail, 6x Teal, (GBr)

Cheddleton Heath

Barn Owl at 07:00, (PCa)

Branston GPs

Adult Glaucous Gull on Ashy pit shingle island, 1w Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, 23x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 9x Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, 52x Pochard, 122x Shoveler, 72x Gadwall, 357x Teal, 57x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Red Kite, Peregrine,12x Siskin, 15x Redpoll, 80x Linnet, 4x Greenfinch, 6x Skylark, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail, 200+ Redwing, 100+ Fieldfare, 12,000x Starling, Peacock Butterfly, (JWo)

                                                        Glaucous Gull by Jon Woodcock

Doxey Marsh

2x Shelduck, 7x Gadwall, 3x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, Goosander, 3x Water Rail, c150 Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 2x GC Grebe, 4x Great Egret, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Fieldfare, Stonechat, 8x Redpoll, 33x Linnet, (CAFH)

Whitemoor Haye

10x Pochard, 27x Shoveler, 40x Teal, Goldeneye, 5x Goosander thru, 5x Little Grebe, 4x Great Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Green Sandpiper, 72x Egyptian Geese, 6x YL Gull, 13x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 3x Redpoll, Siskin thru, (SCo)

Monday 1st December 2025

Barton Marina

Great White Egret, (HPu)

Sunday 30th November 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

Redshank, Dunlin, 2x Pintail, 7x Goosander, 20x Wigeon, 30x Pochard, 400x Teal, (RPo)  -  Willow Tit, 40x Pochard, 50+ Gadwall, 5x Goosander, 3x Shoveler, Willow Tit, 2x Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, (AMa)

Alvecote

Mandarin, Goosander, 12x Little Grebe, (MSc)

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, 9x Goosander, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 69x Shoveler, 31x Gadwall, 21x Pochard, 76x Wigeon, c300 Teal, Green Sandpiper,  c500 Lapwing, (ICW)

Croxall

3x Shelduck, 175x Teal, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (ICW)

Tittesworth Water

2x Goshawk thru, 4x Goosander, 10x Mandarin, 25x Wigeon, 20x Pochard, 8x Teal, 4x Willow Tit, 2x Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, (JOa, TE, KH)

Berryhill Fields

2x Ring-necked Parakeet feeding by the stones monument, (MEd)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Jack Snipe, 20x Snipe, c100 Golden Plover, c300 Lapwing, Little Egret, 4x Stonechat, 14x Pintail, 400+ Wigeon, 300+ Teal, 2x Gadwall, 10x Shoveler, GBB Gull, 11x Skylark, (RSw)

Doxey Marsh

2x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 10x Teal, 3x Pochard, Water Rail, 3x GC Grebe, Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, (CAFH)

Whiston

Red Kite over The Leys at 12:30, (GSt)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull (ad and 1w), 8x YL Gull and 14x Lapwing, (CWG)

Branston GPs

Female Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 28x Little Grebe, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 7x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler, 20x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 7x Goosander, 7x Curlew, 220x Lapwing, 7x Golden Plover, 7x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 2x Common Gull, 5x Skylark, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Stonechat, 25x Linnet, 3x Redpoll, 4x Siskin, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 140x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 8x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 24x Lapwing thru north, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 45x Linnet, (DSc)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

3x Crossbill, 4x Brambling, 100+ Linnet, 30+ Chaffinch, 4x Redpoll, also Tree Sparrow Bent Lane, (RGi)

Saturday 29th November 2025

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, 2x Little Grebe, 5x GC Grebe, 93x Wigeon, 5x Goosander, 5x Water Rail, Peregrine, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Snipe, 3x Linnet, Redpoll, 7x Siskin, Fieldfare, (RSt)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 40+ Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, c200 Fieldfare, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

2x Pintail, Goldeneye, Pochard, 5x Shelduck, Gadwall, 100s Wigeon, Shoveler, Peregrine, Great Egret, Lapwings, (MJa)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, 3x Shelduck, 7x Wigeon, 70x Shoveler, 40x Gadwall, 90x Teal, 18x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, Peregrine, 23x Curlew, 170x Lapwing, 11x Golden Plover, Snipe, ad YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 10x Fieldfare, 100x Redwing, 20x Linnet, 2x Redwing, 2x Siskin, c12,000 Starlings roosted, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

78x Wigeon, 8x Goldeneye, 49x Teal, 18x Pochard, 10+ Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 10x Siskin, c50 Fieldfare, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret,  GBB Gull, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, 5x GC Grebe, 5x Little Grebe, 3x Egyptian Geese, Barnacle Goose, Red-breasted Goose, (SCo)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x YL Gull, also 2x Shoveler and 7x Gadwall, (CWG)

Friday 28th November 2025

Stafford

2x Peregrine on the old water tower, (AGo)

Cannock Chase

Crossbill, Redpolls, Siskins in Abraham's Valley, (JTu)

                                                          Crossbills by Rob Bendelow

Branston GPs

23x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 398x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Pintail, 3x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 63x Pochard, 66x Shoveler, 72x Gadwall, 160x Teal, 49x Little Grebe,  1w Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, 2x ad GBB Gull, 7x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 11x Siskin, 50+ Redpoll, 60x Linnet, 250+ Redwing, 100+ Fieldfare, 8000x Starling, (JWo)

Wolseley Centre

Water Rail, (RBe)

Endon - Denford

41x Snipe, 10x Lapwing, 22x Teal, 24x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Thursday 27th November 2025

Kingsley Moor

Red Kite drifting NW A52 at 09:35, (DSc)

Calton Moor

Red Kite north over A52 (west of Swinscoe) at 10:00, (DSc)

Gailey Resv

Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 55x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, (JIs)

Belvide Resv

Pintail, 4x Goldeneye, Peregrine, Egyptian Goose, (CMa, RF)

Tittesworth Water

3x Goosander, 15x Mandarin, 24x Pochard, 9x Teal, Shoveler, 28x Wigeon, 10x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, Red Kite, 4x Lapwing, (JOa, TE)

Rudyard

2x Water Rail, (TE)

Whitemoor Haye

c400 Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, 13x Pochard, 17x Gadwall, 13x Goldeneye, 3x Teal, at least 24x Shoveler,  52x Wigeon, Whooper Swan, 19x Egyptian Geese, Barnacle Goose, 2x Great Egret, 6x GC Grebe, 4x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, 2x ad YL Gull, 11x GBB Gull, c50 Fieldfare, 100x Starling over north at 15:45, (SCo)

Branston GPs

33x Golden Plover, 408x Lapwing, 23x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 33x Pochard, 92x Shoveler, 64x Gadwall, 80x Teal, 56x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull (1w+2w), 3x ad YL Gull, 6x ad GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 13x Siskin, 60x Redpoll, 40x Linnet, 40+ Mipit, 300+ Redwing, 100+ Fieldfare, 8000+ Starling, (JWo)

Chasewater 

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull (adult + 2w, 7x YL Gull, (CWG)

Wednesday 26th November 2025

Radford Meadows Stafford

41x Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, 400+Wigeon, 400+ Teal, (CDa)

Tucklesholme

21x Curlew, 15x Snipe, Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Pintail, 4x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 16x Pochard, 326x Wigeon, 316x Teal, 125x Gadwall, 32x Shoveler, 12x Little Grebe, 16x GC Grebe, 3x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, 40x Mipit, (JWo)

Chasewater

3x Caspian Gull (adult, 3w, 2w), 5x YL Gull, adult Med Gull, (CWG)

Tuesday 25th November 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Whooper Swan still from rough track, Merlin, Barnacle Goose,  Red -breasted Goose (escapee), 4x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 31x Linnet, c400 Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 64x Shoveler, 32x Teal, 64x Wigeon, 14x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 42x Gadwall, Goosander, 12x Little Grebe, 5x GC Grebe, 47x Egyptian Geese, GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, (SCo)

Consall - Dilhorne

11:00 - 14x Red Kite, 100x Lapwing, 15x Raven, 50x Redwing, (DSc)

Uttoxeter GPs

(11:45 from road only) - 2x Shelduck, 30x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 80x Teal, Lapwing, (DSc)

Branston GPs

16x Curlew, 9x Snipe, 3x Green Sandpiper, 155x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 14x Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, 24x Pochard, 93x Shoveler, 36x Gadwall, 80x Teal, 49x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, GBB Gull, Red Kite, Peregrine, 17x Siskin, 45x Redpoll, 50x Linnet, 7000+ Starling, (JWo)

Chasewater

Roost 3x Caspian Gull (2 adult and 3w), 6x YL Gull, also 2x Shelduck, Little Egret, (CWG)

Radford Meadows Stafford

100's Wigeon, 100's Teal, 18x Shoveler, Gadwall, 17x Snipe, c25 Golden Plover, c250 Lapwing, Water Rail, (RSw)

Uttoxeter 

Bramshall Road park

6x Siskin, Grey Wagtail, (AR)

Monday 24th November 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Whooper Swan, Barnacle Goose, Merlin from rough track, (TPe)

Chasewater

Roost -  4x Caspian Gull (ad, 3w + 2 2w), 11x YL Gull, (CWG)

Branston GPs

23x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 311x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 76x Pochard, 88x Shoveler, 42x Gadwall, 142x Teal, 7x Wigeon, 3x Shelduck, 49x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 3x YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 32x Skylark, 11x Siskin, 80x Redpoll, 2x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 7000+ Starling, (JWo)

Aston by Stone

60x Lapwing over, (SBe)

Sunday 23rd November 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, Goldeneye, 18x Goosander, 15x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, Shelduck, 2x Chiffchaff, Redpoll, (AMa)

Whitemoor Haye

Whooper Swan, Merlin, 11x Goldeneye, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, (ICW)  -  This afternoon fem Merlin, 2x Whooper Swan, 21x Shoveler, 6x Teal, 59x Wigeon, 8x Gadwall, 13x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, Goosander, c300 Lapwing, 80x Egyptian Geese, 3x Great Egret, 5x GC Grebe, 5x Little Grebe, c120 Fieldfare, 2x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, Siskin, (SCo)

                                                          Whooper Swan by Stu Collins

Branston GPs

2x Little Egret, 3x Shelduck, 60x Shoveler, 6x Pochard, 4x Goosander, Goldeneye, 10x Curlew, 130x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Grey Wagtail, 3x Stonechat, 30x Linnet, 8x Redpoll, 3x Siskin, (DSc)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, Little Egret, 97x Pochard, Wigeon, 4x Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

3x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 43x Wigeon, 34x Teal, 17x Common Gull, Snipe, (JOa)  -  2x Crossbill, (KH)

Middleton Lakes

3x female type Marsh Harriers thru south between 16:00 -16:15, 9x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 3x Great Egret, (MSm)

i54

22x Snipe, Jack Snipe, 2x Stonechat, Peregrine, (JDu)

Belvide Resv

3x Caspian Gull (ad 3w 2w), in the roost, juv Goshawk, 3x Brambling, 

Tucklesholme

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 150x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 50x Teal, 10x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, Chiffchaff, 80x Linnet, 4x Redpoll, 1000x Starling thru NW, (DSc)

Saturday 22nd November 2025

Blithfield Resv

08:20 - 14:20 2x Scaup (drk + imm fem), 300+Wigeon, Pintail, 9x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 10x PFG in Blithe Bay at 09:50, 9x Little Egret, 47x Egyptian Geese, 2x YL Gull, 2x Snipe, 3x Stonechat, (SRi)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Great Egret, 14x Snipe, 144x Lapwing, 33x Golden Plover, Pintail, 18x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 361x Teal, 466x Wigeon, Chiffchaff, Siskin, (RSw)

Dilhorne 

9x Red Kite, (DSc)

Brookleys Lake

35x Mandarin, (RPo)

Crakemarsh

Great Egret, (RPo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 9x Pochard, 6x Golden Plover, 2x Snipe, (RPo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 12x Teal, 5x Shoveler, 2x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 50+ Redwing, (JWo)

Catholme

Green Sandpiper, (JWo)

Chasewater

Adult Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, (CWG)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 12x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 30x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Peregrine, Water Rail, 5x Curlew, 16x Lapwing, 3x GBB Gull, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Redpoll,   c10,000 Starlings, (DSc)

Friday 21st November 2025

Gailey Resv

65x Pochard, 4x Gadwall, Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, (JIs)

Whitemoor Haye

3x adult Whooper Swan this am, (PJT)

Hamstall Ridware

Woodcock lands in garden at 15:35, (AGP)

Blithfield Resv

4x Whooper Swan, Scaup, 800+ Teal, c340 Wigeon, 10x Crossbill over Duckley plantation, (GJM, MDJ), -  Also Green Sandpiper, (RBe)

Radford Meadows Stafford

13x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, 101x Wigeon, 62x Teal, 50x Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, 21x Dunlin, 9x Snipe, GBB Gull, (CAFH)

Tittesworth Water

50x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 13x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Lapwing, Snipe, Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, 3x Grey Wagtail, (TE)

Rocester

JCB North lake - 2x Goosander, 3x GC Grebe, (JDr)

Chasewater 

Roost - 4x Caspian Gull (3 adults and 2w), 5x YL Gull, Woodcock flew in from paddocks, (CWG)

Branston GPs

23x Curlew, 11x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 141x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 26x Goosander, 9x Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, 68x Pochard, 56x Gadwall, 91x Shoveler, 4x Wigeon, 230x Teal, 58x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Peregrine, 3x Chiffchaff, 3x Skylark, 90x Linnet, 4x Siskin, 40+ Redpoll, 30x Mipit, 2x Grey Wagtail, 5000+ Starling, (JWo)

Thursday 20th November 2025

Belvide Resv

PFG with Greylags at west end, pair of Brambling at woodland feeders, (DJa)

                                                                   By Rob Bendelow

Tittesworth Water

3x Goosander, Pintail (fem), Goldeneye, 53x Wigeon, 49x Teal, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Snipe, Red Kite, 25x Siskin, 3x Willow Tit, Grey Wagtail, RLP, (JOa, TE)

Blithfield Resv

Scaup still this am, (GJM)  -  2x Ruddy Shelduck from Stansley wood hide in Tad Bay, (DGl)

Branston GPs

Black-necked Grebe, 20x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 163x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 59x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 81x Shoveler, 5x Wigeon, 36x Gadwall, 60x Teal, 61x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull (ad + 1w), 3x YL Gull, Common Gull, GBB Gull, Red Kite, Peregrine, 100x Linnet, 11x Siskin, 60+ Redpoll, 100+ Fieldfare, 250+ Redwing, 5000+ Starling, (JWo)

Kingsley Moor

Barn Owl this evening, (TDu)

Chasewater

Roost - 3x Caspian Gull (adult +2 2w), 5x YL Gull, (CWG)

Wednesday 19th November 2025

Aqualate

09:45 to 11:45 - Fem Marsh Harrier, 7x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Peregrine, 15x Egyptian Geese, (KHa) 

Westport Lake

54x Goosander, 10x Pochard, Willow Tit, (AR)

Chasewater

14x Gadwall, 25x Wigeon, 6x Goosander, 18x Pochard, 7x Teal, 3x Shoveler, 2x Goldeneye, 8x Redpoll, Siskin, Green Woodpecker, 12x Fieldfare, (CMa, LRM)

Blithfield Resv

Great Northern Diver flew out from Blithe Bay around 14:00 also 1w Scaup still in Blithe Bay, (DJa)

Wetley Rocks

2x Red Kite drifting SW at 11:00, 4x Raven, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Brambling, Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 17x Pochard, 87x Teal, 49x Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, 3x Grey Wagtail, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi, PS)

Belvide Resv

2w Caspian Gull, 

Tucklesholme

11x Curlew, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Pintail, 10x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 12x Pochard, 128x Wigeon, 76x Gadwall, 116x Teal, 12x Shoveler, 8x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 12x GC Grebe, 3x Common Gull, 6x Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, 22x Redpoll, (JWo)

                                                            Pintail by Jon Woodcock

Alton

4x Red Kite, (TEy)

                                                               By Terry Eyre

Staffs

Tuesday 18th November 2025

Blithfield Resv

1st winter drake Scaup, 6x Pintail, (GJM)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull (both 2w), YL Gull, Woodcock over west shore, (CWG)

Branston GPs

Black-necked Grebe, 10x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 6x Green Sandpiper, 9x Snipe, 308x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 10x Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, 3x Shelduck, 83x Pochard, 42x Gadwall, 67x Shoveler, 185x Teal, 3x Wigeon, 11x GC Grebe, 52x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 17x Siskin, 100+ Redpoll, 20x Linnet, 9x Skylark, 4x Grey Wagtail, 60x Fieldfare, 400+ Redwing, 5000+ Starling, (JWo)

                                                      Caspian Gull by Jon Woodcock

Barton Marina

Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 7x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 12x Goldcrest, (JWo)

Aston by Stone

2x Red Kite circling a dead sheep, (SBe)

Endon - Denford

Jack Snipe, 37x Snipe, 33x Teal, 16x Lapwing, (DCo)

Monday 17th November 2025

Gailey Resv

55x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, Cetti's Warbler, (JIs) 

Black Bank

Vismig - 21,000 Woodies SW, 250x PFG east at 08:55, 185x PFG SW at 09:20. (NPo)

Middleton Lakes

Ad GBB Gull, 2x Pintail, 13x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, Snipe, Great Egret, Marsh Harrier, (MSm)

Norton Bog/Chasewater Heath

3x Red Kite over just before midday, (GHa)

Belvide Resv

Drake Common Scoter this afternoon, 

Biddulph Moor area

12x Tree Sparrow, (ALo, PFi)

Whiston

Red Kite low over The Leys at 15:45, (GSt)

Tittesworth Water

19x Pochard, 55x Wigeon, 41x Teal, 15x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 50x PFG over, RL Partridge, (SGi, IF)

Branston GPs

Black-necked Grebe, 18x Curlew, 283x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Water Rail, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 17x Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 76x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 46x Shoveler, 24x Gadwall, 258x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 78x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, 10x Siskin, 30x Redpoll, 6x Greenfinch, 3x Skylark, 5000+ Starling, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Rolleston on Dove

55x PFG over this am, (SLe)

Chasewater

Roost - 3x Caspian Gull (adult and 2 2w), 5x YL Gull, (CWG)

Wolseley Centre

Goosander, 17x Greylag Geese, (AR)

Sunday 16th November 2025

Chasewater

Brent Goose by Cormorant gathering, also 5x Egyptian Geese, (RSo)  -  Roost 2x Caspian Gull (2w and 1w), 3x YL Gull, adult Med Gull, also Brent Goose and Little Egret, (CWG)

Whitemoor Haye - extensive flooding, Barley Green Lane still closed to cars, Wellies required.

9x Goldeneye, 58x Shoveler, Shelduck, 70x Fieldfare, 7x Redpoll, Yellowhammer, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (ICW)  -  Merlin and a Great Egret, (TCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

6x Pintail, 3x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Green Sandpiper, 11x Snipe, 7x Whooper Swan over, Great Egret, 40x PFG over, Red Kite, Chiffchaff, Dipper, (AMa)  - 240 PFG flew east a 15:05, 20x Snipe,  Redshank, 30x Golden Plover, 2x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 8x Pochard, 15x Shoveler, 40x Gadwall, 144x Wigeon, 277x Teal, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

2x female Scaup this am, Pintail, 11x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 9x Shelduck, 300x Wigeon, 600x Teal, (GJM)  -  18x Brent Geese west over Blithe Bay,  41x PFG, 2x Scaup still, (MPR)

Stanley Pool

21x PFG east at 10:30, Goosander, 11x Teal, Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

07:15 to 09:00 - 198x Lapwing, Ruff, Dunlin, Great Egret, Little Egret, 51x Shoveler, 7x  Pintail, 9x Gadwall, c300 Teal, c300 Wigeon, (CDa)

Tittesworth Water

47x Wigeon, 18x Pochard, 33x Teal, 7x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, (JOa)

Silverdale CP

Goldeneye at 15:00, (PCa)

Branston GPs

Black-necked Grebe, 30x Little Grebe, 60x PFG thru east at midday, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 3x Wigeon, 90x Shoveler, 58x Gadwall, 40x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, Peregrine, 21x Curlew, 50x Lapwing, 4x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 2x GBB Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 50x Linnet, 10x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Consall to Dilhorne

4x Red Kite, 40x Lapwing, 6x Raven, (DSc)

Saturday 15th November 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Glossy Ibis flew east towards river over A513 pit at 09:20, 5x Goldeneye, 44x Shoveler, 2x Green Sandpiper, (ICW)

Stanley Pool

Barn Owl on east side at 07:45, (GBr)

Ellastone

2x Red Kite around midday, (JDr)

Doxey Marsh

Whooper Swan, 43x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, Wigeon, 36x Teal, 2x Pochard, c200 Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, (CAFH)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, c40x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, (SRi)

Chasewater

Roost - 3x Caspian Gull (adult, 2w,1w)., 4x YL Gull, (CWG)

Friday 14th November 2025

 No news so far today

Thursday 13th November 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, 3x Great Egret, 30x Pochard, 155x Wigeon, 110x Teal, 425x Lapwing, Stonechat, (ICW)  -  juv Marsh Harrier, (RBe)

                                                             Merlin by Rob Bendelow

Tittesworth Water

11x Mandarin, 17x Pochard, 83x Teal, 41x Wigeon, 22x Common Gull, 35x Linnet, 2x Willow Tit, 40x Fieldfare, (JOa)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, 22x Snipe, 10x Redpoll, 5x Siskin, 4x Pochard, Goldeneye, 650x Greylag, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

5x Redpoll, Siskin, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Blackcap, Mandarin, (CMa, RF)

Tucklesholme

6x Curlew, 8x Snipe, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Goldeneye, Goosander, 14x Pochard, 234x Wigeon, 93x Gadwall, 235x Teal, 3x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 28x GC Grebe, 5x Chiffchaff, 10x Goldcrest, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, 10x Skylark, 30x Mipit, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull (adult and 3w), 2x YL Gull, also Ring-necked Parakeet, Little Egret, (CWG)

Doxey Marsh

64x Shoveler, 9x Gadwall, 3x Pochard, Goosander, 53x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Stonechat, 47x Linnet, (CAFH)

Wednesday 12th November 2025

Freehay

Red Kite over 7 acre wood, (FCa)

Stoke

Firecrest in garden, (NPo)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull (3w and 2w) and 5x YL Gull, (CWG)

Branston GPs

Black-necked Grebe, 609x Golden Plover, 274x Lapwing, 23x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, 2x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, Pintail, 118x Pochard, 105x Shoveler, 34x Gadwall, 146x Teal, 6x Egyptian Geese, 64x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 11x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 65x Redpoll, 8x Siskin, 12x Goldcrest, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 5000+ Starling, (JWo)

Tuesday 11th November 2025

Doxey Marsh

Golden Plover (Oct hide), 106x Lapwing, Crossbill (motorway end), 76x Shoveler, GC Grebe, Great Egret, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, Stonechat, (PWi)

Florence Hill

2x Woodcock over, (AMa)

Branston GPs

3x Woodcock, 456x Golden Plover, 262x Lapwing, 23x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Black-necked Grebe, 44x Little Grebe, 6+ Water Rail, 3x  Pintail, Shelduck, 6x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 83x Pochard, 134x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 130x Teal, 5x Wigeon (inc hybrid), 1w Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 1w Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Barn Owl, 60+ Fieldfare, 200+ Redwing, 90x Redpoll, 13x Siskin, 6x Skylark, 2x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Goldcrest, 5000+ Starling, (JWo)

Monday 10th November 2025

Stafford

2x Crossbill over Grosvenor Way this am,  (AHa)

Branston GPs

Black-necked Grebe, 21x Curlew, 236x Golden Plover, 351x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 6x Pintail, Shelduck, 8x Goosander, Goldeneye, 91x Pochard, 111x Shoveler, 7x Wigeon, 32x Gadwall, 180x Teal, 44x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 120x Fieldfare, 350x Redwing, 21x Siskin, 100x Redpoll, 30x Linnet, 6x Skylark, 2x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 5000+ Starling, (JWo)

Endon - Denford

37x Snipe, 6x Lapwing, 70x Teal, Wigeon, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 2x Water Rail, 3x Grey Wagtail, (DCo)

Sunday 9th November 2025

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2x Jack Snipe, 63x Snipe, 5x Stonechat, 18x Skylark, Green Woodpecker, 50+ Meadow Pipit, (JDu)

Whitemoor Haye

Barnacle Goose and Red-breasted Goose still, 

Branston GPs

2x imm Spoonbill on North pit to 12:30 at least, Black-necked Grebe, 30x Little Grebe, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Peregrine, 2x Pintail, Shelduck, 100x Shoveler, 44x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 30x Gadwall, 210x Golden Plover, 227x Lapwing, 5x Snipe, 11x Curlew, Water Rail, 2x ad YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 8x Skylark, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 80x Redpoll, 4x Siskin, Chiffchaff, Barn Owl, 2x Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 50x Fieldfare,  (DSc)

                                                        Spoonbills by Dave Scattergood

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Little Egret, Pintail, 10x Water Rail, 14x Stonechat, 5x Pochard, 92x Shoveler, 19x Gadwall, Goldeneye, 15x Fieldfare, 8x Redwing, 196x Lapwing, Golden Plover, Grey Wagtail, (MBo, PDy, RRa, RSt, DTo, WeBS team)

Littleton pit/Shoal Hill

Little Egret over, female Goshawk, Green Woodpecker, 50+ Redpoll, Siskins, Redwings,  (SRi)

Westport Lake

7x Pochard, 51x Goosander, 11x GC Grebe, Grey Wagtail, (KSt, WeBS)

Tittesworth Water

43x Teal, 11x Pochard, 11x Mandarin, 53x Wigeon, 40x Linnet, 200+ Fieldfare, 12x Redwing, Common Sandpiper, Chiffchaff, 2x Common Gull, (JOa, KH, TE, LH)

Chasewater 

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

Amington

1-2 Blackcap, (MSc)

Saturday 8th November 2025

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

110x PFG over east at 08:20, (TEy)

Gailey Resv

2x Crossbill over SW at 08:38, 4x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 41x Pochard, Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler,  (SRi)

Consall to Caverswall

08:30 - 8x Red Kite, 40x Lapwing, 6x Raven, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Black-necked Grebe, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Peregrine, Shelduck, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 6x Wigeon, 80x Shoveler, 60x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 11x Curlew, 180x Lapwing, 14x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Woodcock, GBB Gull, Common Gull, 1w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 10x Skylark, c90 Redpoll, 20x Siskin, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

7x Whooper Swan, 2x Ruff, 2x Great Egret, (GJM. MPR)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Ruff, 177x Golden Plover, 287x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, c200 Teal, c250 Wigeon, Stonechat, c40 Siskin, Red Kite, Peregrine, Little Egret, 4x Ring-necked Parakeet, (RSw)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper, Curlew, Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 2x Goosander, 9x Pochard, Shelduck, 30+ Gadwall, 3x Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3x Red Kite over, 

Doxey Marsh

6x Whooper Swan flew into Creswell Flash at 14:15, Pintail from main hide, (RRa) - 5x Whooper Swan, 16x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 3x Water Rail, 63x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, Barn Owl, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (CAFH)

Tittesworth Water

2x Woodcock, 17x Lapwing, 11x Pochard, 53x Wigeon, 7x Mandarin, 41x Teal, (SGi, IB)

Chasewater

Roost 2x Caspian Gull, (CWG)

Tucklesholme

2x Great Egret, 120x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 20x Pochard, Cettis Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2000x Starling thru NW to the Branston roost, (DSc)

Friday 7th November 2025

Branston GPs

Black-necked Grebe, fem Marsh Harrier, 200x Golden Plover, 4x Dunlin, 21x Curlew, 46x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 4+ Water Rail, 2x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 4x Pintail, Shelduck, 44x Pochard, 104x Shoveler, 44x Gadwall, 6x Wigeon, 180x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 55x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull (ad + 1w), 5x YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 500+ Redwing, 150+ Fieldfare, 32x Redpoll, 12x Siskin, 40x Linnet, 2x Grey Wagtail, 6+ Goldcrest, 5000+ Starling, (JWo, DSc)

Gailey Resv

2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 39x Pochard, fem Shoveler, fem Goldeneye, (SRi)

Caverswall - Blythe Bridge

Snipe, 26x Fieldfare, 108x Redwing, 2x Skylark, (AR)

Blithfield Resv

A very late Swallow this am, (GJM)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull (2w and 3w), Little Egret, (CWG)

Thursday 6th November 2025

                                       West Midland Bird Club Stafford Branch. 

Invites you to a talk on Tuesday 11th November 2025. By Colin McShane 2025 winner of the British Trust for Ornithology's Bernard Tucker medal for outstanding contributions to BTO's scientific work. Will talk about:- How modern technologies are opening up the secret life of Jack Snipe. At Walton-On-The-Hill village hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Stafford, ST17 0LD. Doors open 7.00pm for a 07:30 start. Admission £3 including refreshments.

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, Barnacle Goose, Red-breasted Goose, 28x PFG flew west at 09:30, 16x Golden Plover flew over, (CMa, RF)

Branston GPs

Dunlin (Alpina), 32x Golden Plover over, movement of overflying Redpoll, (CMa, RF)  -  232x Golden Plover, 209x Lapwing, 23x Curlew, Dunlin (Alpina), 3x Green Sandpiper, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Pintail, Shelduck, 67x Pochard, 96x Shoveler, 48x Gadwall, 119x Teal, 3x Wigeon (inc hybrid), 10x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Barn Owl (16:48 at NP/AP), 3x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Siskin, 26x Redpoll, 80x Linnet, 8x Greenfinch, 80x Mipit, Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Tittesworth Water

2x Mandarin, 7x Pochard, 83x Teal, 46x Wigeon, Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Gull, 70x Fieldfare, 23x Redwing, 11x Siskin, (JOa)

Doxey Marsh

24x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 8x Teal, 94x Lapwing, 19x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, Cattle Egret, Water Rail, 23x Linnet, Barn Owl 16:35 to 16:50, 5x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (CAFH)

Chasewater

Roost - 3x Caspian Gull (ad, 3w, 2w) and 2w YL Gull, (CWG)