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)

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)

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

i54

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)

Wednesday 5th November 2025

Blithfield Resv

Caspian Gull, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Gull, 3x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Pintail, Stonechat, (SE, HF)

Doxey Marsh

Barn Owl between river and Rugby club at 16:40, (JPe)

Tucklesholme

Curlew, 9x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Goldeneye, Goosander, 18x Pochard, 169x Wigeon, 52x Gadwall, 16x Shoveler, 100+ Teal, 6x Little Grebe, 22x GC Grebe, 3x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 9x Redpoll, 15x Linnet, 15+ Mipit, (JWo)

Tuesday 4th November 2025

Branston GPs

16x Curlew, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 144x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, Mandarin, 2x Pintail, Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 76x Pochard, 83x Shoveler, 42x Gadwall, 6x Wigeon, 129x Teal, 9x Egyptian Geese, 48x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 5x ad YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail, 8x Greenfinch, 16x Redpoll, 80x Linnet, 5000+ Starling, 50+ Collared Dove, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin at 14:05, 24x Pochard, c80 Wigeon, Goldeneye, 86x Egyptian Geese, Barnacle Goose, (SCo)

Monday 3rd November 2025

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Jack Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 7x Pochard, 9x Chiffchaff, (SPA)

Whitemoor Haye

Barnacle Goose, Red-breasted Goose, Stonechat, (CMa, RF)

Dovedale

2-3 Dipper on the Dove also 2x Red kite over Calwich at 15:20, (JDr)

Gailey Resv

2x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, Shoveler, 9x Pochard, fem Goldeneye, (SRi)

Branston GPs

21x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 154x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, 11x Goosander, 77x Pochard, 65x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 8x Wigeon, 117x Teal, 5x Egyptian Geese, 61x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull (1w+2w),  4x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 4x Common Gull, Peregrine, Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Siskin, 38x Redpoll, 80x Linnet, 50x Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, Grey Wagtail, 5000+ Starling, 2x Stonechat, 60+ Collared Dove, (JWo)

Sunday 2nd November 2025

Blithfield Resv

White-rumped Sandpiper still Blithe Bay, (MPR, GJM)

Belvide Resv

Hawfinch SW at 08:30, 

Gailey Resv

4x Little Egret, 18x Pochard, 4x Snipe, Redwings, Fieldfares, (SRi)

Cheddleton - Cellarhead

75x PFG over east at 07:48. Fields south of Cellarhead at 08:30 had 125x Lapwing, c100x Redwing and 4x Fieldfare flew thru SW, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

2x Whooper Swan, 12x Mandarin, 106x Teal, Pintail, 5x Pochard, 53x Wigeon, Snipe, 200+ Fieldfare, 120+ Redwing, Common Gull, (JOa, TE, KH)

Stanley Pool

300+ PFG east at 07:40, 3x Mandarin, fem Pintail, (GBr)

Branston GPs

4x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 3x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 80x Teal, 34x Pochard, 100x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 23x Curlew, Snipe, 20x Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 2x Stonechat, 20x Redwing, Peregrine, 7x Egyptian Geese, 3x GBB Gull, Common Gull, Barn Owl, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, (DSc)  -  SMP2 only Woodcock at dusk, 2x Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 55x Pochard, 2x Shoveler, 15+ Teal, 50x Linnet, 56x Teal, 60x Redwing, 3x Skylark, 8x Redpoll, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

7x Great Egret, 22x Little Egret, 12x Shoveler, 14x Pochard, 8x Teal, 203x Wigeon, 25x Gadwall, 103x Egyptian Geese, Red-breasted Geese, Cetti's Warbler, Common Gull, Stonechat, 4x Little Grebe, GBB Gull, (SCo)  -   Merlin, Red-breasted Goose,  Barnacle Goose, Green Sandpiper, (TCo)

Alrewas NMA

Redshank, Green Woodpecker, Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, Redpoll, Siskin, (SCo)

Alrewas GP

16x GBB Gull, 5x Chiffchaff, Siskin, (SCo)

Dimmingsdale - Bratch Locks

Green Sandpiper, Mandarin, Cetti's Warbler, Skylarks, (CVa)

Claymills STWA

Ring-necked Parakeet at 15:45, (DSc)

Barton under Needwood

Little Egret over north, (JWo)

Saturday 1st November 2025

Doxey Marsh

Pintail (male eclipse), Cattle Egret from main hide, (GPr)

Stanley Pool

Fem Pintail, (GBr)

Stafford

2x Crossbill Sandon Road heading west, (RSt)

Uttoxeter Quarry

49x Goosander, 50+ Shoveler, 3x Shelduck, 6x Pochard, Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Dipper, 20x Fieldfare, (AMa)

Tittesworth Water

Pintail, Pochard, 47x Wigeon, 81x Teal, 15x Goosander, 7x Common Gull, 60x Redwing, (SGi, IB)

Branston GPs

Presumed hybrid Wigeon on Ashy pit with 15x Wigeon,  2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese, Pintail, 50x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 60x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 100x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 20x Linnet, 3x Redpoll, c5000x Starling, (DSc)

                                             Presumed hybrid Wigeon by Dave Scattergood

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 8x Little Grebe, 120x Wigeon, 14x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 20x Teal, 2x Pochard, 12x Curlew thru north, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 30x Linnet, 3000x Starling thru NW to Branston roost. (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

9x Mistle Thrush, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Redpoll, 15x Teal, 2x Little Egret, (JWo)

Catholme (footpath)

Green Sandpiper, 2x Goldeneye, 15x Pochard, 30+ Wigeon, 15x Redpoll, (JWo)