Wednesday 31st December 2025

213 species were reported in Staffs during 2025 including the exceptional  record of eight White-rumped Sandpipers at Belvide on the 11th October.

Whitemoor Haye

Now 3x Slavonian Grebe, also 2x Red-crested Pochard still, (TPe)  -  also 2x Merlin, Common Sandpiper, Stonechat, (RBe)

                                                         Slav Grebes by Rob Bendelow

Radford Meadows Stafford

c400x Wigeon, c400x Teal, Black-tailed Godwit, c50x Golden Plover, c100x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, (CDa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Whooper Swan, Great Egret, Little Egret, Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 3x Shoveler, Snipe, Grey Wagtail, (AMa)

Elford - Fisherwick

3x Whooper Swan still, (TPe)

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still, 19x Pochard, 9x Goosander, Blackcap, (SGi)

                                                            YBW by Steve Gibson

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 6x Stonechat, 5x Water Rail, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 100s Lapwing, 3x Greenfinch, 3x Goosander, 2x Pochard, Grey Wagtail, (DBa, IGr)

Tucklesholme

18x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 126x Wigeon, 30x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 10x GC Grebe, 4x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Siskin, 14x Redpoll, (JWo)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still in Whites Wood, 

Clay Mills

Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 30x Lapwing, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Branston GPs

3x Shelduck, 12x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 50x Lapwing, 5x Green Sandpiper, 4x GBB Gull, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

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)  -  3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Red Kite, 4x Pochard, 154x Wigeon, 3x Shelduck, 3x Pintail, 102x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 187x Teal, 9x Water Rail, 7x Cetti's Warbler, Green Sandpiper, GBB Gull, (MBo)

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)

Holden Lane Pool

2x Ringed-necked Parakeet, Little Egret, (JOa)

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still, Scaup, 6x Goosander, 9x Siskin, Blackcap, (SGi)

                                                          Scaup by Steve Gibson

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 50x Fieldfare, (MSc)

Blithfield Resv

18x Pintail, 6x Shoveler, 3x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 12x Common Gull, Peregrine, (DBr)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still in Whites Wood, (IL, BR)

Branston GPs

21x Curlew, 11x Green Sandpiper, 751x Lapwing, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 8x Water Rail, 18x Goldeneye, 83x Pochard, 51x Wigeon, 81x Shoveler, 94x Gadwall, 372x Teal, 7x Shelduck, 8x Egyptian Geese, 55x Little Grebe, 6x Common Gull, YL Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 8x Siskin, 6x Redpoll, 12x Greenfinch, 70x Chaffinch, 50x Linnet, 4x Grey Wagtail, 100x Fieldfare, 20,000x Starling, (JWo, DSc)

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)