Saturday 4th October 2025

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, 6x Golden Plover, Goldeneye, 10x Great Egret, Peregrine, 

Stanley Pool

Red Kite, 4x Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper 4x Pochard, 7x Goosander, 10x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 38x Teal, 3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 3x House Martin, (RPo)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 7x Wigeon, 45x Shoveler, 150x Teal, Goosander, 28x Pochard, Peregrine, 5x Dunlin, 3x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 4x Snipe, 2x ad YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 40x Mipit, Stonechat, 12x Linnet, 4x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

Greenshank, 170x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 59x Egyptian Geese, 22x Pochard, 51x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 5x Wigeon, 19x Teal, 7x Little Grebe, 5x GG Grebe, c40 Skylark, 3x Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, 3x Goldcrest, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

Common Sandpiper, 3x Pochard, Shoveler, (SRi)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 53x Wigeon, (MSc

Friday 3rd October 2025

Whitemoor Haye

18x Golden Plover thru SW at 08:20, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 12x Pochard, Shoveler, Teal, (JIs)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, 4x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 3x Snipe, 14x Great Egret, Goldeneye, 

Thursday 2nd October 2025

Leek

Red Kite circling over John St at 09:45 then headed north, (RWi)

Tittesworth Water

12x Mandarin, 47x Teal, Little Grebe, Little Egret, 5x Snipe, skein of PFG over SW at 07:45, (JOa)

Blithfield Resv

Little Stint, 13x Ruff, 2x Curlew, 8x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Peregrine, 3x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, Common Gull, Stonechat, (SE, HF)

                                                        Little Stint by Steve Edwards

Doxey Marsh

5x Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x Shoveler, 12x Teal, 12x Gadwall, 4x Wigeon, 18x Lapwing, 8x Snipe, 6x GC Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Stonechat, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Ad Med Gull, 18x Curlew, Greenshank, 4x Dunlin, 6x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Water Rail, Pintail, 2x Goosander, 199x Pochard, 16x Wigeon, 122x Shoveler, 48x Gadwall, 196x Teal, 3x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 77x Little Grebe, Peregrine, Red Kite, 6x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Redpoll, Skylark, 2x Grey Wagtail, 22x Linnet, 90x Mipit, (JWo)

Wednesday 1st October 2025

Parkhall CP

Merlin hunting flock of 30x Linnet between Parkhall and Hulme, 8x Crossbill flying over the Conifers, 20x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, 3x Chiffchaff, 10x Goldcrest, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still, 

Blithfield Resv

Blithe Bay - 3x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, Greenshank, fem Merlin, 2x Great Egret, Shelduck, c150x Mipit, c100x Linnet, (MJa)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 2x Cattle Egret, 15x Snipe, 10x Lapwing, 4x Gadwall, (BGo)

                                                          Snipe by Bill Goldstraw

Gailey Resv

Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shoveler, 5x Pochard, Teal, Swallow, (SRi)

Tucklesholme and Branston Leas

4x Curlew, 4x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 12x Little Grebe, 21x GC Grebe (7juv), 4x Goosander, 12x Pochard, 96x Wigeon, 44x Shoveler, 32x Gadwall, 70x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, Hobby, 7x Stonechat, 3x Skylark, 3x Redpoll, 8x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Mipit, (JWo, TWy)