Wednesday 21st January 2026

Whiston

2x Red Kite over The Leys, (GSt) 

Tuesday 20th January 2026

Hanchurch fishing pools

Great Egret, Red Kite, (SJT)

Blithfield Resv

A count of 184x Pochard this am, (GJM)  -  Red-throated Diver still, 20x Common Gull, 5x Goldeneye, Goosander, Shelduck, 20x Fieldfare, 6x Egyptian Geese, 30x Lapwing, 17x Skylark, 5x Stonechat, (DBr)

Whiston

Red Kite over The Leys at 10:30, (GSt)

Cannock Chase

A few Crossbills in Abraham's Valley also a Little Egret in the stream, (JTu)

Mere Farm (near Halfpenny Green)

3x Russian White-fronted Geese with Grey Lags opposite lake at 11:00 (DJa)  -  still at 12:45 per DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Great Egret, Merlin, 3x Grey Partridge, (AGP)  -  brief afternoon visit 2x Pintail, Slavonian Grebe, 7x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, (SCo)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 44x Curlew, 10x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 1732x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 8x Shelduck, 11x Goosander, 12x Goldeneye, 73x Pochard, 41x Wigeon, 44x Shoveler, 46x Gadwall, 352x Teal, 38x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 12x GBB Gull, 22x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 8x Skylark, 4x Grey Wagtail, 4x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, 25,000x Starling, (JWo, BSt)

Monday 19th January 2026

Aqualate

2x Marsh Harrier over reedbed close to hide at 08:45, (KHa)

Doxey Marsh

2x Shelduck, 8x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 14x Wigeon, 122x Teal, Pochard, 4x Goosander, 4x Water Rail, 100x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, YL Gull, 3x Great Egret, 2x GC Grebe, Red Kite, 3x Stonechat, Water Pipit circling above and calling, (DEg. CAFH))

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 38x Curlew, 10x Golden Plover, 1321x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, Great Egret, Little Egret, 5x Shelduck, 12x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 61x Pochard, 73x Wigeon, 43x Gadwall, 66x Shoveler, 450x Teal, 34x Little Grebe, 5x YL Gull, 15x GBB Gull, 6x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 29x Skylark, 3x Grey Wagtail, 80x Linnet, 8x Greenfinch, 25,000x Starling, (JWo)

Sunday 18th January 2026

Blithfield Resv

12x Russian White-fronted Geese Blithe Bay, (MPR, GJM)

Botteslow Flash

Female Goldeneye present  at 09:00, also Shoveler (f), 4x Teal,  Stonechat, Little Egret, (RTo)  -  female Goldeneye and fem Shoveler still at 15:25, (IBu)

Stanley Pool

3x Pochard, 5x Wigeon, 11x Goosander, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

Marsh Harrier (m), 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Water Rail, 8x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Goosander, 100x Wigeon, 4x Pochard, Goldeneye (f), Shelduck, 4x Stonechat, GBB Gull, Chiffchaff, (MBo, PDy, DTo, BLo)

Tittesworth Water

23x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 4x Teal, 5x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, (TEe)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, Little Egret, Egyptian Goose, 2x Teal, 17x Pochard, Common Sandpiper, 22x Snipe, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

5x Grey Partridge, Merlin, (SRi)  -  Slavonian Grebe still at roadside pit at 16:15, (MBr)  -  5x Grey Partridge, 2x Slavonian Grebe, 2x Great Egret, 12x Golden Plover, (PAn)  -  07:30 to 13:40 and 15:00 to 16:30  c1800x Lapwing, 12x Golden Plover, 189x Wigeon, 151x Teal, 13x Goldeneye, 32x Pochard, 33x Shoveler, Goosander, RC Pochard, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Slavonian Grebe, 8x Little Grebe, Merlin, 5x Grey Partridge, 19x Egyptian Geese, 2x Stonechat, Peregrine, 6x GBB Gull, YL Gull, 7x Siskin, 60x Linnet, (SCo)

Croxall

275x Wigeon, 130x Teal, 900x Lapwing, 7x Redpoll, 2x Stonechat, (ICW)

Belvide Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese again this am, 

WMI site (Calf Heath)

400x Lapwing, 10x Golden Plover, (JDu)

Gailey Island

98x Golden Plover in field opposite The Spread Eagle, (JDu)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x Shelduck, 60x Wigeon, 56x Gadwall, 20x Shoveler, c300 Teal, 50x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, Water Rail, Curlew, c800 Lapwing, 5x Golden Plover, 7x Green Sandpiper, GBB Gull, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 25x Redpoll, (DSc)

Pool Hall Fisheries

Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 25x Goosander, (CVa)

Saturday 17th January 2026

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 900x Lapwing, 5x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 17x Pochard, 62x Gadwall, 117x Teal, 363x Wigeon, (RPo)

Elford - Fisherwick

3x Whooper Swan still, (TPe)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern at 08:44, 10x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Shoveler, Water Rail, c40 Lapwing over, (STu)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still, PF Goose, 3x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, 6x Goldeneye, Common Gull, GBB Gull, Great Egret, Red Kite, Stonechat, (RGi)

Tittesworth Water

Goshawk over early am, (SGi, IB)

Whitemoor Haye

10:30 to 11:30 - 2x Slavonian Grebe and 2x RC Pochard still, 22x Egyptian Geese, (RGa)  -  Also 2x Oystercatcher, (TPe)

Gunstone

Great Egret in flooded field, (JDu)

Sandon

Red Kite over the A51 at Sandon Hall and a further Red Kite over the A51 at Aston Marina, (SBe)

Rocester - Ellaston

3x Red Kite, also 2x Red Kite between and Wootton, (JDr)

Doxey Marsh

2x Pintail, Wigeons, Shovelers, Great Egret, Little Egret, Lapwings, (PWi)

Branston GPs

3x Great Egret, 8x Egyptian Geese, 6x Shelduck, 5x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 300x Teal, 10x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 21x Curlew, 600x Lapwing, Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Grey Wagtail, 30x Linnet, 2x Redpoll, (DSc)

Tittensor Chase

60x Siskin, 145x Linnet, 44x Fieldfare, (AR)

Tucklesholme

Oystercatcher at 16:04,  2x Little Grebe, 30x Wigeon, 40x Teal, 3x Goldeneye, Snipe, 4x Linnet, (DSc)

Stone

23x Greenfinch around Mount Road, (AR)

i54

49x Snipe, 2x Jack Snipe, (JDu)

Cannock Chase

Little Egret working along the Sherbrook, (JTu)

Friday 16th January 2026

Doxey Marsh (wellies recommended)

26+ Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 10+ Wigeon, 60+ Teal, Goosander, 4x Water Rail, 10x Golden Plover 150+ Lapwing, 3x Snipe, Common Gull, 2x Great Egret, Marsh Harrier (m), 2x Chiffchaff, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Stonechat, (RGi)

Dilhorne area

10:00 - 7x Red Kite, 50x Lapwing, 20x Raven, (DSc)

Trent Washlands Burton

Behind Tesco 11:00 - 7x Shoveler, 15x Teal, Common Gull, YL Gull Grey Wagtail, 2x Bullfinch, 3x Redpoll, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese on the north shore, 1w Caspian Gull, 

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebes and 2x RC Pochard still, female Marsh Harrier, (DOu, LOu)  -  Slavonian Grebe, 2x RC Pochard, 23x Egyptian Geese, Stonechat, Great Egret, (JHi)

Mow Cop

Shore Lark on the Cheshire / Staffs border between the mast and The Old Man of Mow, (GRo per SSe)  -  Still showing to 16:15  at least (SSe, SGi)

                                                                       By Steve Seal

                                                               By Steve Gibson

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still at the deep end, drake Scaup in Blithe Bay, no sign of Tundra Bean Geese or WF Geese, (JAl)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), Red Kite, Peregrine, 25x Golden Plover, 1206x Lapwing, 20x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 6x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 6x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 9x Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 7x Shelduck, 31x Wigeon, 52x Gadwall, 84x Shoveler, 46x Pochard, 482x Teal, 12x Egyptian Geese, 34x Little Grebe, 5x YL Gull, 16x Common Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Brambling, 12x Greenfinch, 20x Linnet, 3x Siskin, 25x Redpoll, 12x Greenfinch, 8x Skylark, 2x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 25,000x Starling, (JWo)

Thursday 15th January 2026

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still dam end, (HKi)

Whitemoor Haye

5x Grey Partridge, 2x RC Pochard, 19x Egyptian Geese, 3x Bullfinch, (JHi)

Branston GPs

23x Curlew, 12x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 5x Green Sandpiper, 4x Golden Plover, 883x Lapwing, 6x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 15x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 66x Wigeon, 36x Gadwall, 26x Shoveler, 510x Teal, 53x Pochard, 7x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 10x Common Gull, 12x GBB Gull, Brambling, 12x Redpoll, Siskin, 2x Stonechat, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Grey Wagtail, 25.000x Starling, (JWo)

Gnosal

Marsh Harrier flying over the A518 heading towards Aqualate at 09:30, (GCa)

Wednesday 14th January 2026

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still, 8x Whooper Swan deep end, 2x WF Geese, Bean Goose, 2x Egyptian Geese, 5x Goosander, Great Egret, 2x Shelduck, (DBa, CEv, MLe)  -  2x White-fronted Geese in field opposite Admaston Reach also 2x Goosander, (MPi)  -  Common Sandpiper south of Watery Lane,  (JBa)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

150x Redpoll, (TEy)

Trentham Gardens

2x Shoveler, 56x Gadwall, 4x Goosander, 6x Little Grebe, Little Egret, Stonechat, (RGi)

Knypersley

Blackcap in garden, (JTy)

Rudyard

Dipper, 17x Snipe, 128x Teal, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, Water Rail, (SSe)  -  Great Egret,  2x Snipe, Dipper, 2x Grey Wagtail, 20x Teal, (TEe)

Tucklesholme

37x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 5x Goldeneye, 255x Wigeon, 450x Teal, 38x Gadwall, 18x Pochard, 2x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, Peregrine, 50x Redpoll, 12x Linnet, 200+ Fieldfare, (JWo)

Branston GPs

Female Marsh Harrier (BSt, ASt), - 6x Golden Plover, CEc) - Ad Caspian Gull (DOu),  - Ashy pit/BMPit briefly midday 3x Great Egret, 2x Wigeon, 4x Shelduck, 5x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 200x Teal,  400x Lapwing, Green Woodpecker, 2x Skylark, 10x Fieldfare, Reed Bunting, no sign of the Smew, (DSc)

Chasewater

Roost - 3x Caspian Gull (3w and 2 1w), 5x YL Gull, (CWG). - Goosander, Goldeneye, Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail, Siskin, (SB)

Alrewas 

15:30 to 17:15 - Barn Owl, c50 Linnet, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2+ Snipe, Great Egret, Chiffchaff, 9x Reed Bunting, 2x Stonechat, (SCo)

Cannock Chase

46x Crossbill viewed from old rifle range, (SE, HF)

                                                                   By Steve Edwards

Whitemoor Haye

2x Red-crested Pochard back on the rectangle pool, (IWo)

Tuesday 13th January 2026

Branston GPs

1st winter drake Smew north end of Ashy pit, Merlin (f), Marsh Harrier (f), 21x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 8x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 650x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 14x Goldeneye, 9x Shelduck, 25x Pochard, 52x Wigeon, 74x Gadwall, 72x Shoveler, 480x Teal, 28x Little Grebe, 2x YL Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 12x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail, Blackcap, 15x Skylark, 12x Siskin, 25x Redpoll, 25,000x Starling, (JWo, CEc)

                                                             Smew by Jon Woodcock

Rudyard

Dipper below the dam, 6x Little Egret, (SSe)

                                                             Dipper by Steve Seal

Bignall End

Red Kite over Boon Hill at 16:00, (MJW)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still near the dam and fishing club, (RBr)

Stafford

Red Kite over Oxford Gardens at 14:26, (JSt)

Monday 12th January 2026

Aqualate

07:30 - 10:00 Female Marsh Harrier, Female Merlin, Red Kite, 10x Pintail, 2x Egyptian Geese, 60x flock Redpoll/Siskin, (KHa)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver and Tundra Bean Goose still on the deeps, (HF, SE)

                                                      Red-throated Diver by Rob Bendelow

Tittesworth Water

Hawfinch, Barn Owl, 70x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi)

Branston GPs

Fem Marsh Harrier, 2x Peregrine, 23x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, 668x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 11x Goldeneye, 8x Shelduck, 58x Wigeon, 65x Gadwall, 72x Shoveler, 345x Teal, 21x Pochard, 6x Egyptian Geese, 19x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 15x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, 2x Stonechat, 12x Skylark, 2x Grey Wagtail, 5x Siskin, 35x Redpoll, 50x Linnet, 400x Redwing, 350x Fieldfare, 25,000+ Starling, (JWo)

Rudyard

Dipper, Water Rail, 5x Little Egret, 56x Teal, 14x Wigeon, 10x Siskin, (SSe, DBr)

Pool Hall Fisheries

37x Goosander, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Goldcrest, (CVa)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull (3w and 1w), 2x YL Gull, (CWG)

Sunday 11th January 2026

Branston GPs (flooding of many footpaths around the site, wellies essential)

Fem Marsh Harrier in the Newbold farm area, (SCo)  -  2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 50x Wigeon, 90x Gadwall, 400x Teal, 50x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 3x Water Rail, 22x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, 30x GBB Gull, 5x YL Gull, 12x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 50x Fieldfare, c25,000 Starlings roosted, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver, 2x White-fronted Geese, 2x Great Egret, Scaup, Common Sandpiper, 2x Stonechat, (TEe)  -  Red-throated Diver off the dam, (AMa)

Saturday 10th January 2026

Whitemoor Haye

c80x PFG flew west at 10:28, c300x Lapwing, 257x Wigeon, 67x Teal, 3x Pochard, 6x Gadwall, 4x Goldeneye, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Bullfinch, 7x Greenfinch, Redpoll, 4x GC Grebe, 4x Little Grebe, 21x Egyptian Geese, Stonechat, (SCo)  -  16x Goldeneye, 5x Great Egret, 2x Snipe, Stonechat, (ICW)  -  7x Whooper Swan from end of rough track, (TPe)  -  Male Merlin, (Ochruros)

Gailey Resv

Drake Wigeon, 11x Pochard,  drk Goldeneye, 14x Snipe, Chiffchaff, Redpoll, PFG, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

Jack Snipe, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, PFG, 5x Goosander, 

Croxall

2x Goosander, 5x Gadwall, 95x Teal, Shelduck, 10x Snipe, (ICW)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

100x PFG over NW at 13:00, (TEy)

Elford - Fisherwick

3x Whooper Swan still, (TPe)

Tittesworth Water

306x Common Gull, Water Rail, 64x Wigeon, 62x Pochard, 5x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 4x Teal, 8x Fieldfare, 5x Willow Tit, 3x Siskin, 2x Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, (PI, IF, SGi, IB)

                                                           Water Rail by Steve Gibson

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper, 15x Goosander, 4x Shelduck, 6x Pochard, Great Egret, (RPo)

Keele

Little Egret on Uni lake 2 and nearby at Silverdale CP 2x Stonechat on The Void, (JHu)

Audley

82x PFG  over west  at 13:20, (JHu)

Branston GPs (95% frozen)

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Marsh Harrier, 3x Siskin, 6x Redpoll, 2x Bullfinch, 3x Skylark, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 6+ Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, 2x Mandarin, 4x Snipe, 25,000x Starling, (SCo)  -  24x Little Grebe, 2x Great Egret, 2x Shelduck, 60x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler, 300x Teal, 12x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 21x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, 2x Common Gull, 15x Skylark, 12x Redpoll, 100x Fieldfare, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

Blithe Bay - 2x Russian White-fronted Geese still, 3x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 3x Pintail, Scaup, 5x Stonechat, GBB Gull, 2x Great Egret, (DBr)  -  Red-throated Diver, Tundra Bean Goose still from the dam, Great Egret YL Gull, (Ochruros)

Alrewas NMA

2x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 4x Shoveler, 20+ Teal, 25x Redpoll, 70+ Fieldfare, (JWo)

Catholme

6x Goldeneye, 12x Goosander, 25x Pochard, 60x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, 30x Linnet, (JWo)

Tucklesholme (95% frozen)

Little Egret, 3x Little Grebe, 6x GC Grebe, 50x Wigeon, 30x Gadwall, 30x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 50x Linnet, (DSc)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull, ( Ad +3w), 3x YL Gull,  Ad Med Gull, (CWG)

Rudyard

2x Little Egret, Ringed-necked Parakeet and nearby 30x Lapwing near Rushton Spencer in field beside Leek Old Road,  (HBa)

Friday 9th January 2026

                                   West Midland Bird Club Stafford Branch. 

Invites you to talk on Tuesday 13th January 2026 by David Holliday. Costa Rica The Jewel of Central America with a wide variety of birds, mammals, insects and frogs. At Walton -On-The-Hill Village Hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Stafford, ST17 0LD. Doors open 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start. Admission £3 including refreshments. Everyone welcome.

Radford Meadows

9x Pintail, 4x Goosander, Shelduck, c50x Shoveler, 250x Teal, 350x Wigeon, 3x Little Grebe, Stonechat, 46x Fieldfare, 6x Lapwing, (RSw)

Middleton Lakes

Peregrine, 49x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 5x Pintail, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Grey Partridge, (MSm)

Branston GPs

21x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 9x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 208x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Water Rail, 8x Goosander, 11x Goldeneye, 102x Wigeon, 114x Gadwall, 86x Shoveler, 22x Pochard, 540x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 9x Egyptian Geese, 50x Little Grebe, 35x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 31x Skylark, 3x Grey Wagtail, 12x Siskin, 22x Redpoll, 26x Linnet, 8x Greenfinch, 25,000x Starling, 350x Fieldfare, 300x Redwing, (JWo, DSc)

Alrewas

c150x Linnet, several Skylarks, 2x Snipe, Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Thursday 8th January 2026

Doxey Marsh

2x Shoveler, 3x Gadwall, 14x Teal, Pochard, 2x Goosander, 3x Water Rail, 44x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, (CAFH)

Middleton Lakes

5x Grey Partridge, Marsh Harrier, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, Chiffchaff, Siskins, (SPA)

Tittesworth Water

51x Pochard, 30x Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, (TEe)

Branston GPs

21x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 8x Green Sandpiper, 242x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Pintail, 8x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 89x Shoveler, 171x Gadwall, 84x Wigeon, 480x Teal, 18x Pochard, 7x Egyptian Geese, 37x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, 5x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Blackcap, 39x Siskin, 44x Redpoll, 15x Linnet, 2x Grey Wagtail, 250+ Fieldfare, (JWo, BSt, ASt)

Wednesday 7th January 2026

Tucklesholme

Jack Snipe, 8x Snipe, 6x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x Goldeneye, Goosander, 190x Wigeon, 50x Gadwall, 15x Pochard, 160x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 6x GC Grebe, Cetti's Warbler 6x Redpoll, 200+ Fieldfare, (JWo)

Stafford

Red Kite over the MOD, (RSt)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Red-crested Pochard, 12x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 22x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 14x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Snipe, Redshank, c100x Lapwing, (BSa)

Tuesday 6th January 2025

Gailey Resv

5x Pochard, 3x Shoveler, Goldeneye, 3x Teal, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Chiffchaff, (JIs)

Middleton Lakes (90% frozen)

5x Grey Partridge, 6x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, Great Egret, Marsh Harrier, Common Gull, 2x Yellowhammer, (MSm)

Weeping Cross

2x Brambling in private garden, (HKi)

Doxey Marsh

125x Lapwing, GBB Gull, (PWi)

Whitemoor Haye (largely frozen)

Jack Snipe, Pintail (m), no sign of any Slavs, RCPs or WFG), TPe)

Blithfield Resv

Tundra Bean Goose Blithe Bay, (GJM)

Cannock Chase

24x Crossbill in Abraham's Valley, c80x Siskin flock, 10x Redpoll, Grey Wagtail, (RSw)

Ford Green NR

Cetti's Warbler, RN Parakeet, Water Rail, Snipe, 2x Common Gull, 8x Teal, (SGi)

                                                       Cetti's Warbler by Steve Gibson

Walton Grange

Little Egret, 6x Snipe, 2x Stonechat on Church Eaton Lane, (ABe)

Wilbrighton Hill

200x Linnet, 100x Chaffinch, 6x Brambling, (ABe)

Branston GPs

21x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 100x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 76x Shoveler, 108x Wigeon, 219x Gadwall, 350x Teal, 12x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 42x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 24x GBB Gull, 16x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 4x Grey Wagtail, 2x Skylark, 15x Redpoll, 6x Siskin, 20,000x Starling, (JWo)

Monday 5th January 2025

Aqualate (most of the Mere frozen)

08:20 - 10:40 (-9 degrees C.) - Fem Marsh Harrier, 2x Water Rail, mixed flock of Siskins and Redpolls, Stonechat, (KHa)

Stanley Pool

White-fronted Goose, Wigeon, 19x Goosander, Pintail, 3x Teal, 27x Lapwing, Snipe, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

2x White-fronted Geese, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 8x Pintail, Red Kite, (MSm)

Westport Lake

Drake Pintail and 19x Lapwing on the ice, (PJo)

                                                               Pintail by Phil Jones

Whiston

20x Lapwing at The Leys, (per GSt)

Branston GPs

3x Woodcock, 6x Snipe, 17x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 7x Green Sandpiper, 232x Lapwing, Great Egret, Great Egret, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 57x Common Gull, 46x GBB Gull, 6x Mandarin, 9x Goldeneye, 62x Pochard, 116x Gadwall, 89x Wigeon, 78x Shoveler, 3x Shelduck, 662x Teal, 8x Egyptian Geese, 33x Little Grebe, Red Kite, 26x Skylark, 28x Redpoll, 14x Siskin, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 20,000x Starling, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

2x Grey Partridge, Marsh Harrier, Pochard, Goosander, Snipe, Grey Wagtail, (SPA)

Baggeridge

Firecrest still this afternoon in Holly on main pat towards Black bridge (ILi per GCl)

Sunday 4th January 2025

Blithfield Resv

2x adult White-fronted Geese in Blithe Bay also Marsh Harrier thru, (MPR, GJM)  -  Red-throated Diver, 1w drake Scaup, Red Kite, Bullfinch, (SRi)  -  RT Diver still at 16:00, Great Egret, (DSc)  -  Also 2x Scaup, PFG, (PAn)

Belvide Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese on north shore, 

Audley

Marsh Harrier over north, (MJW)

Trentham Gardens

5x Mandarin, 56x Gadwall, 6x Wigeon, 12x Teal, 9x Goosander, Water Rail, Common Gull, 4x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 8x Siskin, (RGi)

Middleton Lakes

3x Grey Partridge, Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, (MSm)

Stanley Pool

Fem Pintail, 2x Wigeon, 27x Goosander, 15x Teal, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

40+ Common Gull, 50x Pochard, Goosander, 11x Wigeon, 6x Teal, Gadwall, 5x Mandarin, 2x Snipe, 2x RL Partridge, 2x Willow Tit, 12x Siskin, (JOa, TE, LH, KH)

Radford Meadows

617x Teal, 332x Wigeon, 2x Pintail, 2x Siskin, (CDa)

Pool Hall

Great Egret, 6x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 2x Goosander, (CVa)

Awbridge - Bratch Lock

Mandarin, Water Rail, Fieldfares, (CVa)

Branston GPs

Peregrine, Great Egret, 8x Shelduck, 60x Shoveler, 400x Teal, 20x Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, Curlew, 60x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x GBB Gull, 2x Grey Wagtail, 40x Linnet, (DSc)

Aqualate2x Snipe, Water Rail, 

Marsh Harrier 13:15 to 14:15, 2x Water Rail, (TRo)

Gnosall

Red Kite at 14:30, (TRo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still, 2x White-fronted Geese, Red-crested Pochard, Mandarin, Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 3x Little Egret, 8x Great Egret flew north along the river, 2x Yellowhammer, escaped Red-breasted Goose, (BSa)

Saturday 3rd January 2025

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still at north end of the lake, the Scaup still, (RPo)

Elford - Fisherwick

3x Whooper Swan still, (SCo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Russian White-fronted Geese and 3x Slavonian Grebe still, (TPe, SCo)  -  3x Slavonian Grebe, 2x Russian White-fronted Geese, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Great Egret, 1000+ Lapwing, (JWo)  -  In addition  2x Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, Yellowhammer, Siskin, 4x Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, Little Egret, GBB Gull, YL Gull, 2x Goldcrest, (SCo)

                                                           WF Geese by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still, 3x Scaup, (MPR, GJM)

Middleton Lakes

2x Yellowhammer, Common Gull, 3x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, Goosander, 12x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, (MSm)

Coven

Red Kite this am, (JDu)

Doxey Marsh

3x Shelduck, 32x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 57x Teal, 2x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 3x Water Wail, 104x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, (CAFH)

Stanley Pool

2x Wigeon, 29x Goosander, 794x Canada Geese, (GBr)

Trentham Gardens

Scaup, Great Egret, 6x Little Grebe, 2x Wigeon, Shoveler, 2x Goosander, (HF, SE)  -  In the roost  16x Little Egret and Great Egret, in addition  38x Gadwall, 27x Lapwing over, 25+ Cormorant, Stonechat, (RGi)

Catholme (footpath)

Merlin (m), 6x Goosander, 80x Wigeon, 80x Pochard, Great Egret,  (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Redshank, 4x Lapwing, 12x Goosander, 50x Teal, 10x Redpoll, 100+ Fieldfare, (JWo)

Tittesworth Water

Shoveler, 53x Pochard, 25x Wigeon, 4x Teal, Snipe, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Dusk - 13x Goosander, YL Gull, 7x Common Gull roosted, 60x Golden Plover, Water Rail, (RPo)

Aqualate

Drake Garganey, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, this afternoon, (PJor)

Alrewas GPs

YL Gull, 92x Wigeon, 2x Chiffchaff, 4x Teal, 2x Bullfinch, (SCo)

Branston GPs

Red Kite, Peregrine, Great Egret, 9x Shelduck, 80x Wigeon, 70x Shoveler, 400x Teal, 40x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 2x Water Rail, 22x Curlew, 300x Lapwing, 7x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 30x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, Stonechat, 60x Linnet, 3x Redpoll, (DSc)

Friday 2nd January 2026

Whitemoor Haye

2x White-fronted Geese, 3x Slavonian Grebe, 2x Red-crested Pochard still, (TPe)  - Also c1000 Lapwing, 16x Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper, 8x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Little Grebe, Great Egret, (DSc)

Uttoxeter

150+ Lapwing on field alongside the B5030 opposite the quarry, (JDr)

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2x Stonechat, 26x Snipe, Jack Snipe also 4x Stonechat at Coven, (JDu)

Gailey Island

103x Golden Plover, (JDu)

Silverdale CP

2x Shoveler, Stonechat, flock of Redpoll/Siskin, Fieldfares and nearby Apedale 30+ Redpoll, (PCa)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, GBB Gull, many Lapwings, (PWi)

Gailey Resv

Chiffchaff, 4x Little Egret, 15x Pochard, Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), Red Kite, Peregrine, Barn Owl, 17x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Green Sandpiper, 7x Snipe, 1156x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Water Rail, 14x Goldeneye, 10x Shelduck, 105x Wigeon, 77x Pochard, 74x Gadwall, 510x Teal, 99x Shoveler, 7x Egyptian Geese, 47x Little Grebe, 8x GBB Gull, 4x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, 3x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 9x Siskin, 19x Redpoll, 100x Linnet, 5x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, DSc)

Thursday 1st January 2026

Gailey Resv

2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Redpoll, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye (64 species today)

07:30 to 16:00, 2x Russian White-fronted Geese, 3x Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Common Sandpiper, 60x Golden Plover, c1500x Lapwing, RB Goose, 10x Gadwall, 16x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 81x Teal, 38x Shoveler, 177x Wigeon,  Common Sandpiper, 7x Great Egret, Little  Egret, Redpoll, 4x Siskin, 10x GC Grebe, 11x Egyptian Geese, 2x Stonechat, 2x Yellowhammer, Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, GBB Gull, 3x YL Gull, Merlin, Grey Wagtail,  (SCo)  -  Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Red-crested Pochard, Slavonian Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Goldeneye, GBB Gull, (LWo)  -  Late morning 3x Slavonian Grebe, 2x RC Pochard, Merlin, Peregrine, 25x Golden Plover, 6x Great Egret, Stonechat, RB Goose, (TPe)

Dilhorne area

5+ Red Kite, 10x Raven, 60x Lapwing, 100x Redwing and nearby a further Red Kite at Caverswall, (DSc)

Westport Lake

Yellow-browed Warbler still, Scaup, 7x Pochard, (RGi)  -  Scaup, YBW, Blackcap, (SE, HF)

Elford - Fisherwick

3x Whooper Swan still, (LWo, TPe)

Croxall

Brambling in hedge just past the entrance, (LWo)  -  7x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 10x Goosander, 218x Teal, 18x Snipe, (ICW)

Madeley

2x Chiffchaff at the STW, 5x Goosander on the pool, (SJT)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Whooper Swan, 26x Golden Plover, 4x Goldeneye, 22x Pochard, Great Egret, Peregrine, calling Water Rail, (RPo)

Balterley Heath

3x PFG, 102x Wigeon, 2x Wigeon on the pool at Black Firs, (SJT)

Shraleybrook

Fem Mandarin, 45x Teal, 4x Shoveler on the small pool, (SJT)

Knypersley Resv

12x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, Willow Tit,  (GBr)

Rudyard - Biddulph Moor

2x Tree Sparrow at Greenfield farm off Dingle Lane, (GBr)

Stanley Moor

Barn Owl this am and 2x Chiffchaff at Endon STW, (GBr)

Branston GPs  (86 species today)

Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Red Kite, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 1306x Lapwing, 20x Curlew, 11x Green Sandpiper, 3x Woodcock, Ruff, Dunlin, 8x Snipe, 4x Water Rail, 11x Shelduck, 66x Pochard, 67x Wigeon, 75x Shoveler, 12x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 77x Gadwall, 300+ Teal,  49x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 4x GBB Gull, 5x Common Gull, Blackcap, 3x Chiffchaff,  50x Linnet, 20x Redpoll, 10x Siskin, 15x Greenfinch, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 7x Grey Wagtail,  20,000x Starling, (DSc, JWo)  -  Ruff on Ashy pit, Red Kite, (LWo)

Belvide Resv (75 species today)

Little Stint, Goshawk, 8x Goosander, 7x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, Pintail, 2x Stonechat, 25x Siskin, 

Chasewater (45 species today)

The Swag 2x Red-crested Pochard, 7x Goosander, 4x Gadwall, 47x Wigeon, Little Egret, - South shore 2x Chiffchaff, Redpoll, Fieldfares, (CMa)

Blithfield Resv

Scaup, 2x Goldeneye, 38x Pochard, Goosander, 16x PFG, 12x Egyptian Geese, 2x Stonechat, Peregrine, (DBr)

Trentham Gardens

Scaup, 5x Little Grebe, 2x Wigeon, 5x Little Egret, (SE, HF)

                                                            Scaup by Steve Edwards

Tittesworth Water

2x Whooper Swan, (SGi)

Stonnall

9x Grey Partridge at 13:00 (JDa)

Cheadle

Hales Hall pool - 2x Water Rail, Snipe, 25x Redwing, (TDu)

Burntwood

Black Redstart in garden off New Road, (MCl)

Doxey Marsh (66 species today)

2x Shelduck, Pintail, 2x Pochard, Goosander, Great Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Peregrine, Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Redpoll, (AH, DT, GP, MB, RR, RS)

Pool Hall

Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 26x Goosander, Lapwing, (IMo per GCl)

Holden Lane Pool

8x Ring-necked Parakeet, (RGi)