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Sunday, 25 January 2026

Sunday 25th January 2026

Alrewas - Fradley

Trent&Mersey canal - 3x Grey Partridge in set aside field above Common lock, c100x Greenfinch, c50x Chaffinch, c50x Linnet, 12x Yellowhammer,  (SCo)

Cheadle

Female/juv Black Redstart at Dovedale Close at 12:05, (RPo)

                                                                  By Steve Gibson

Whitemoor Haye

5x Grey Partridge still, 2x Slavonian Grebe, 2x RC Pochard, Pintail, 2x Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 2x GBB Gull,  (SCo)

Stafford

Weeping Cross - Brambling, fem Blackcap, (HKi)

Tittesworth Water

4x Goosander, 4x Mandarin, 31x Pochard, 5x Common Gull, GBB Gull, 6x Siskin, 4x Willow Tit, Goshawk, (JOa, TEe, LH, KH)

Mere Farm

3x White-fronted Geese still, 2x PFG, 5x Lapwing, 3x Stonechat, Skylarks, (GCl per CVa)

Gailey Resv

2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 25x Pochard, 2x Gadwall, Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Barton GPs

Pintail, 4x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, Great Egret, (TCo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

YL Gull, GBB Gull, 47x Pintail, 19x Gadwall, 4x Goosander, Shelduck, 65x Shoveler, 600x Teal, 500x Wigeon, 500+ Lapwing, c50x Siskin, (RSw)

Doxey Marsh

3x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, 9x Teal, Goosander, 200x Lapwing, Great Egret, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 8x Siskin, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Bittern briefly at 17:18 over Sandy pit then flew off high west, 20x Little Grebe, Great Egret, Little Egret, 8x Shelduck, Mandarin, 24x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 44x Gadwall, 42x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 2x Peregrine, Curlew, c1000 Lapwing, Golden Plover, 6x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, GBB Gull, YL Gull, 5x Common Gull, Barn Owl, 2x Redpoll, the murmuration of 25,000x Starlings went to roost at 16:30 whilst being targeted by the 2 Peregrines, (DSc)