Thursday 30th April 2026

Branston GPs

2x Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit and 2x Whimbrel flew north off the shingle isle at 08:36, Wood Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 16x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 2x Pochard, 14x Shelduck, 12x Gadwall, 12x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 2x Mandarin, 2x Little Egret, 8x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1s), 2x YL Gull, Red Kite, Peregrine, White Wagtail, 7x Yellow Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, Stonechat, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Garden Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler, 100x Swift, also Pine Snakefly, first for Branston GPs, (JWo, CEc)

                                                     Pine Snakefly by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

7x Black Tern, 2x Black-necked Grebe, 

Blithfield Resv

5x Black Tern briefly, (GJM)

Dydon Wood (NW of Middle Mayfield)

A flock of  8 to 10x Bee-eaters flew low NE calling towards the A52 at 12:20, (BRe)

Middleton Lakes

Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 6x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 10+ LRP, Ringed Plover, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 22x Avocet, Hobby, Gropper, (JKl)

Tittesworth Water

Mandarin, 9x LRP, 7x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, 2x Garden Warbler, Swallows, (JOa)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Slavonian Grebe, (JAl)

Gailey Resv

2x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Sandpiper, 4x Reed Warbler, (SRi)

Rocester

A Swift at dusk, (JDr)

Wednesday 29th April 2026

Branston GPs

Arctic Tern thru north, Common Tern, 2x Wheatear, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 12+ Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 18x Shelduck, 5x Pochard, 18x Gadwall, 16x Teal, 8x Egyptian Geese, 11x Little Grebe, Red Kite, Yellow Wagtail, Stonechat, 5x Garden Warbler, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Sedge Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 60x Swift, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe still, 

Cannock Chase

9x Redstart, 7x Tree Pipit, 2x Cuckoo, Woodcock, 4x Blackcap, 2x Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 3x Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail, (DBa, CE, PB, BJ, IG)  -  3x Redstart, several Tree Pipit, Cuckoo, (PCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Early evening - Slavonian Grebe, 20x Swift, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

Swift, 2x LRP, Yellow Wagtail, (RBe)

                                                      Yellow Wagtail by Rob Bendelow

Whittington - Elford

Corn Bunting. (SCol)

Tucklesholme

4x Common Tern, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 4x Pochard, 2x Gadwall, Gropper, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Garden Warbler, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Sedge Warbler, 10x Reed Warbler, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Tuesday 28th April 2026

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 11x Common Tern, 3x Arctic Tern, Whimbrel, Curlew, 4x LRP, Redshank, 2x Shelduck, Wigeon, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Swift,  (SCo)  -  6x Arctic Tern, 2x Common Tern, Slavonian Grebe still, (TPe, JAl)

Blithfield Resv

c30 Arctic Terns this am, (GJM)  -  This evening c50 Arctic Terns, 20x Common Terns, (GJM, SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Arctic Terns  10:00 to 10:11 at least, (RPo)

Beamhurst

Swift at 09:00, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe still, 26x Arctic Tern thru at 15:45,

Leek

Red Kite from Sainsbury's car park at 17:53, (Laxmi)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 2x Common Tern, 2x Avocet, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 14x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 18x Shelduck, 6x Pochard, 15x Gadwall, 16x Teal, 10x Egyptian Geese, 19x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Stonechat,  Gropper, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 6x Garden Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, 7x Reed Warbler, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 100x Swift, 50x House Martin, 500x Sand Martin, 150x Swallow, 16x Linnet, Mistle Thrush, (JWo, CEc)

Knypersley Resv

Gropper and Goosander, (ALo)

Monday 27th April 2026

Middleton Lakes

Wryneck on the Staffs/Warks border from bridge over river to Dosthill at 09:30 (RSt)  -  This am 4x Wood Sandpiper from JW west screen, also a Hobby, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Cuckoo, Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, but no sign of the Wryneck from the River Tame bridge. (RPo)   -  This afternoon in addition 3x Yellow Wagtail, 10+ LRP, Bittern, 2x Common Sandpiper, - Wryneck reported again at 18:20, 

                                                           Wryneck by Richard Styles

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe still, 2x Wood Sandpiper, 1s Med Gull, 2x Common Tern, sev LRPs, Garden Warbler, Mandarin, 

Sneyd Green

Swift this am, (JOa)

Blithfield Resv

Common Terns, Red Kite, 2x Ringed Plover, LRP, (RBe) - Cattle Egret, (JKl)

                                                         Common Tern by Rob Bendelow

Doxey Marsh

Garden Warbler, 5x Reed Warbler, 13x Sedge Warbler, 14x Blackcap, 2x Bullfinch, (RSt)

Branston GPs

Wheatear, Hobby, Cuckoo, 2x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 14x Lapwing, 7x Oystercatcher, 5x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, 7x Pochard, 3x Mandarin, 14x Teal, 19x Gadwall, 20x Shelduck, 14x Little Grebe, Red Kite, Gropper, 5x Lesser Whitethroat, 7x Garden Warbler, 8x Sedge Warbler, 14x Reed Warbler, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, Dean, RPo)

Tucklesholme

Whinchat, 2x LRP, (MPa)

Biddulph Moor

15x Tree Sparrow, (ALo)

                                                            By Adam Longshaw

Sunday 26th April 2026

Middleton Lakes

Wood Sandpiper, 

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe this am, 

Trent Washlands

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, (DJa)

Lightwood

Florence Park 13x Redpoll, 9x Whitethroat, (LDa)

Gailey area

Wheatear at Otherton, Swift at Gailey Resv, Garden Warbler Shoal Hill Common, (SRi)

Branston GPs

8x Sedge Warbler, 30x Whitethroat, 6x Blackcap, 2x LRP, Red Kite, Yellow Wagtail, 12x Swift, 5x Egyptian Geese, 12x Swallow, 60+ Sand Martin, 3x Reed Bunting, 2x Bullfinch, (Mke, Jke)

Doxey Marsh

7x Shelduck, 3x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 4x Teal, 15x Swift, c100 Sand Martin, 13x Swallow, 6x LRP, 13x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 4x GC Grebe, Little Egret, Great Egret, Red Kite, 3x Skylark, 13x Sedge Warbler, 3x Reed Warbler, Gropper, 3x Blackcap, 3x Whitethroat, (DEg)

Whitemoor Haye

07:15 to 11:30, Slavonian Grebe, 3x Little Grebe, 5x GC Grebe,  2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Redshank, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Shelduck, 6x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Channel Wagtail, 12x Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, 14x Egyptian Geese inc 4 goslings, 3x Garden Warbler, Little Egret, 3x Common Tern, (SCo)  -  3x ad Med Gull early afternoon, (TPe)

                                                   Channel Wagtail by Stu Collins

Ipstones Edge

Cuckoo at Swineholes Wood, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

2x Goosander, Mandarin, 6x Common Sandpiper, 8x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher + 4 chicks, 2x Common Tern, 30x Sand Martin, House Martins, 4x Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcaps, 3x Grey Wagtail, 3x Siskin, (JOas, LH, TE)

Tucklesholme

Common Tern thru south, (JWo)  -  Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper, Red Kite, 3x Little Egret, 4x Common Tern, Sedge Warblers, Whitethroats, (KayD)

i54

2x Stonechat, 4x Green Woodpecker, Red Kite,  WMI site - 3x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Stonechat, (JDu)

Huntington

2x Red Kite flew SW at 12:30,  (SRi)

Hanchurch

Very late Brambling from bottom car park, (HF,SE)

Highgate Common

Cuckoo in trees by pool car park this afternoon,  (AJo)  -  Singing Garden Warbler, (CVa)

Saturday 25th April 2026

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe from quarry entrance, Whimbrel 4x LRP, 2x Redshank, Garden Warbler, (SCo)  -  2x new Black-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, 3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Common Tern, 3x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

05:45 - 12:15,  Cattle Egret top of Blithe Bay, Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Black Tern,  20x+ Common Tern, 2x Mandarin, 2x Red Kite, 1st S Caspian Gull, sev LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel heard, Wheatear, sev Yellow Wagtail, 2x Sedge Warbler,  (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Adult Kittiwake at 09:10, Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, 4x Sedge Warbler, 3x Reed Warbler, Common Tern, Little Egret, (RPo)

Dimmingsdale

Cuckoo calling at 07:45, (TEy)

Highgate Common

Garden Warblers and at the Million 2x Cuckoo, 5-6 Tree Pipit, (MHa)

Belvide Resv

Male Whinchat, Cattle Egret, 

Berryhill

05:30 to 08:00,  2x Gropper, Sedge Warblers, Whitethoats, (STu)  -  Gropper, 20x Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2x Linnet, (Jke)

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Swift, Garden Warbler, Gropper, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 12x Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 6x Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 3x Whitethroat, (RSw)

Burston Marsh

Green Sandpiper, LRP, Aston - Burston trail Whinchat, (AEa)

Ingestre

Lesser Whitethroat along Trent-Mersey canal at midday, (RCB)

Barton GPs

2x Cuckoo flew west calling, 4x Common Tern, Shoveler, 2x Redshank, 2x LRP, Oystercatcher, 3x Gadwall, 8x Shelduck, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (TCo)

Catholme

2x LRP, (TCo)

449 WMI site

2x LRP, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, (JDu)

Branston GPs

Wood Sandpiper still, 2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 18x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Common Tern, Little Egret, 12x Teal, Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, Yellow Wagtail, Gropper, 4x Reed Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, (DSc)  -  Wood Sandpiper still, 2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, (KayD)

Hanford

5x Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2x Whitethroat, (LSt)

Friday 24th April 2026

Branston GPs

Wood Sandpiper still, Little Gull (ad), Hobby, Greenshank, 2x Avocet, 4x Curlew, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 9x Oystercatcher, 14x Lapwing, Common Tern, 2x Little Egret, 14x Little Grebe, Mandarin, Goosander, Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 21x Gadwall, 22x Teal, 12x Shelduck, 8x Egyptian Geese, Red Kite, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Gropper, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Garden Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler,  Cetti's Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, 5x Cetti's Warbler,  2x Whitethroat, 80x Swift, 4x Redpoll, 2x Linnet, (JWo, Dsc, CEc, GWi, George, RBr, MCa)

Whitemoor Haye

Bar-tailed Godwit and Black-tailed Godwit still from quarry entrance, Whimbrel, 2x Redshank, Common Sandpiper, (SCo)

Great Haywood

Osprey over over the River Trent/Staffs-Worc canal viaduct at 08:45, (DHa)

Belvide Resv

11x Black Tern, Osprey thru, Drake Garganey, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 6x LRP, Wheatear, Red Kite, Goshawk, (SE, HF)

                                                         Garganey by Steve Edwards

Astonfields Balancing Resv

2x Reed Warbler, 7x Blackcap, 10x Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, 3x Bullfinch, (RSt)

Blithfield Resv

Adult Little Gull, 6x Black Tern, Bar-tailed Godwit still, 2y Caspian Gull, Whinchat, ((MDJ, GJM)  -  This afternoon 6x Black Tern, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel in Blithe Bay, (JKl)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey fishing 13:30 to 13:40 at least, (NGR)  -  Osprey still over Creswell Flash at 14:30, (JPe)  -  This afternoon 6x Greenshank on Creswell at 16:14 (AHa), 4x still visible on scrape viewed from Creswell, (GPr, RRa)

Burston Marsh (access from Aston, Trent footbridge Burston still down)

Wood Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Little Egret, 2x Gadwall, (AEa)

Middleton Lakes

2x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Cuckoo, White Wagtail, 50+ Swift, 4+ Garden Warbler, Bitterns, (SPA)

Draycott in the Moors

Red Kite, 4x Lapwing this afternoon (AR)

Wetley Moor

Grasshopper Warbler, (GWo)

                                             Grasshopper Warbler by Geoffrey Woodward

Berryhill

Lesser Whitethroat this pm, (IBu)

Alvecote

Redshank, 3x Little Egret, 10x Swallow, Garden Warbler, (MSc)

Thursday 23rd April 2026

Middleton Lakes

9x Whimbrel JW south at 07:00 also 2x Common Tern, (JKl)  -  Greenshank, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Cuckoo,  Cuckoo, Swifts, (GG)

Branston GPs

Wood Sandpiper, 5x Whimbrel, Med Gull, Cuckoo, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, 9x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, Goldeneye, 4x Mandarin, 2x Pochard, 4x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 18x Teal, 14x Shelduck, 12x Little Grebe, Red Kite, Gropper, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Garden Warbler, 7x Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 150x Swift, 14x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean, Bob)

                                                   Wood Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

                                                       Whimbrels by Jon Woodcock

Aqualate

05:40 to 09:45, 2x Marsh Harrier (m & f), Whimbrel thru NE at 08:00, 3x Great Egret, Cuckoo, 2x Stonechat, Gropper, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, (KHa)

Blithfield Resv

14x Black Tern off Beech Tree Point, Bar-tailed Godwit, (GJM)  -  This evening Great Egret, fem Marsh Harrier for 10 mins only, 1s Caspian Gull, 14x Black Tern till 19:20 at least, 6x Common Tern, sev LRP, Black-tailed Godwit over the causeway, (SRi)

Chasewater

4x Black Tern, (ICW)

Amington Moors

Cattle Egret flown towards Alvecote, (TPe)

Belvide Resv

4x Black Tern, 2x adult Little Gull this afternoon,

Whitemoor Haye

Bar-tailed Godwit from quarry entrance, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 2x Redshank, (SCo)  -  Early evening Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 3x Redshank, Dunlin, 3x LRP, Wheatear, (TPe) - In addition Yellow Wagtail, (PAn)

Doxey Marsh

House Martin, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Lapwing, LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, Greenfinch, GC Grebe, (BGo)  -  Swallow, (PWi)

Tittesworth Water

Goosander, Shoveler, 8x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Mistle Thrush, 2x Garden Warbler, Blackcaps, Reed Bunting, House Martin, (JOa, LH)

Botteslow

LRP, (IBu)

North Staffs Moors

Cuckoo, 2x Ring Ouzel, 4x Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, (TEy)

Wetley Moor

2x Garden Warbler, 4x Willow Warbler, 4x Whitethroat, 4x Stonechat, (GWo)

Wednesday 22nd April 2026

Branston GPs

Bar-tailed Godwit on North pit this am, (CEc)  -  Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Red Kite, 40+ Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, (JWo)  -  Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 10x Shelduck, 10x Teal, 2x Goosander, 2x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, no sign of the Bar-tailed at 13:30, (DSc)  -  Hobby behind North pit, (CHe)

                                                    Bar-tailed Godwit by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

5x Bar-tailed Godwit, Red Kite, (SGi)

                                                    Bar-tailed Godwits by Steve Gibson

Middleton Lakes

Greenshank at 07:30, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, 4x Swift, (SPA)  -  Hobby reported this afternoon, 

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whimbrel, 2x Avocet, Cuckoo, late afternoon, (TPe)

Cannock Chase

10x Redstart, 3x Cuckoo, 11x Tree Pipit, 2x Stonechat, 4x Blackcap, 2x Grey Wagtail, Siskin, (DBa, CE, KM, PB, ML, BJ)

Gailey Resv

3x Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Reed Warbler, (SRi)

Lordship Lane

Greenshank still at 19:47, (IBu)

Tuesday 21st April 2026

Belvide Resv

Sanderling, Whimbrel on north shore, Hobby thru, 33x Swift, 

Blithfield Resv

3x Whimbrel, Swift, (GJM)

Doxey Marsh

Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 2x Gropper, 6x Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 4x Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap, 12x Sedge Warbler, 6x Swallow, 50+ Sand Martin, (NSl)  -  2x Swift over Creswell Flash at 09:50, (SRo)

Whitemoor Haye

5x Whimbrel, Redshank, LRP, Oystercatcher, Redpoll, Swift, Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, (PJT)  -  Whimbrel, Dunlin, 2x Wheatear, (JAl)

Middleton Lakes

Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Whitethroat, LRP, Avocet, Redshank, Cuckoo, Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Yellow Wagtail, (AGP)

Botteslow - Berryhill

Lesser Whitethroat along the disused rail line, Little Egret, Redstart, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Wheatear, Stonechat and 2x Mistle Thrush which have got very scarce here, (RTo)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 2x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Mandarin, 2x Pochard, 24x Shelduck, 35x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 26x Teal, 12x Egyptian Geese +9 goslings, 14x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 36x Swift, 30x House Martin, 100x Swallow, 500x Sand Martin, 8x Willow Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 50x Redpoll, 10x Linnet, Stonechat, (JWo)

                                                     Green Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Trentham Gardens

Reed Warbler, Little Egret, (AR)

Monday 20th April 2026

Blithfield Resv

Whimbrel briefly Blithe Bay, (GJM) 

Branston GPs

2x Wheatear, Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, 4x Pochard, 14x Shelduck, 8x Shoveler, 24x Gadwall, 34x Teal, 14x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Lesser Whitethroat, 12x Whitethroat, 4x Reed Warbler, 6x Willow Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Swift, 30x House Martin, 80x Sand Martin, 40+ Swallow, 8x Skylark, (JWo, CEc, Dean, SBi, ASt, BSt, TDa)

Doxey Marsh

Male Whinchat back right of Creswell Flash on top of the Bullrushes, (GPr, RRa) - 5x Willow Warbler, 10x Cetti's Warbler, 11x Chiffchaff, 11x Blackcap, 12x Sedge Warbler, 7x Reed Warbler, 2x House Martin, 8x Sand Martin, Treecreeper, (GPr)  -  Whinchat, 2x Little Egret, 2x LRP, 6x Swift, 3x Gropper, Sedge Warblers, (SRi)

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo near the stepping stones, (PBe)

Middleton Lakes

2x Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Garden Warbler, Peregrine, Cuckoo, 22x Avocet, 6+ Redshank, 8+ LRP, 6x Dunlin, Redpoll, (DCo)  -  6x White Wagtail, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 6x Dunlin, 21x Avocet, 6x LRP, 6x Snipe, 6x Redshank,  Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, 2x Bittern, 6x Shelduck, Pochard, Wigeon, feral RB Goose, (SPA)

Tittesworth Water

Redstart, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, 6x Shelduck, 6x LRP, 6x Common Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi)

Cuckoo Bank

5+ Grasshopper Warbler, Tree Pipit, (CMa, RF)  -  Cuckoo reported

River Churnet

Dipper, Grey Wagtail, (TMe)

                                                          Dipper by Tammy Mellor

Otherton

Lesser Whitethroat, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

Whimbrel, Avocet, 2x Dunlin, Wheatear, (TPe)

Belvide Resv

Redstart, 7x Wheatear, 

Sunday 19th April 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrival

Branston GPs

2x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 6x Lapwing, 3x Ringed Plover, 10x Shelduck, 8x Egyptian Geese, 20x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 16x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, 4x Skylark, (DSc)  -  Also Yellow Wagtail, Garden Warbler, Red Kite, 2x Wheatear, Yellowhammer, Mandarin, (PAn)  -  Additional SMP2 Redshank, Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, Red Kite, Peregrine, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Whitethroat, 20+ Swallow, 10x House Martin, 100x House Martin, 2x Wheatear, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

2x Goosander thru North, 2x Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, 2x Linnet, 3x Greenfinch, (DSc)

Fisherwick

Singing Corn Bunting, (PAn)

Blithfield Resv

2x Arctic Tern thru, (GJM)

Berryhill

Garden Warbler, Stonechat, 7x Swallow, (IBu)  -  14x Wheatear on the mound at 11:00, Cetti's Warbler still, Whitethroat, 5x Linnet, 3x Skylark, (JKe)

Doxey Marsh

Hobby, Peregrine, 36x Sedge Warbler, 7x Reed Warbler, 2x Gropper, 3x Whitethroat, 31x Chiffchaff, 23x Blackcap, 22x Cetti's Warbler, 5x LRP, Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, 14x Gadwall, 16x Teal, 3x Shelduck, 4x Shoveler, 2x Little Egret, (MBo, PDy, WLo, RRa, RSt, DTo, RBr, WLa)

Tittesworth Water

3x Mandarin, 2x Teal, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Garden Warbler, 5x Blackcap, 5x Redpoll, Whitethroats, House Martins, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Reed Bunting, (JOa, LH, TE)

Gun Hill

Cuckoo, (JOa)

Highgate Common

Cuckoo this evening, (DP)

Radford Meadows

Spoonbill foraging this pm, (STo)

Aqualate

2x Marsh Harrier, Cuckoo, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 50+ Sand Martin, 4x Blackcap, Great Egret, Lapwing, (KLe)

Teddersley Lock (near Penkridge)

Common Crane reported on River Penk meadows, 

Saturday 18th April 2026

Belvide Resv

4x Cattle Egret flew from roost at 07:10 and flew high south, 

Berryhill

Whinchat, Sedge Warbler, (IBu)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Wheatear,  Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 31x Lapwing, 2x Snipe 5x Shelduck, 11x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 4x Teal, 6x Shoveler, 4x Egyptian Geese +16 goslings, 12x GC Grebe. Little Grebe, 3x Little Egret,  (SCo)

Elford

Red Kite over at 09:10, (SCo)

Cannock Chase

Sycamore Hill - 5x Tree Pipit, 2x Stonechat, 2x Whitethroat, (IWi)  -  Cuckoo, 10+ Tree Pipit, 5x Redstart, Curlew over SW, (JKl)

Bednall

Redstart, (IWi)

Middleton Lakes

2x Cuckoo, Wheatear, 3x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 20x Avocet, 8+ LRP, 6+ Redshank, White Wagtail, Barnacle Goose, feral Red-breasted Goose, 3x Pochard, Wigeon, (SPA)

Stafford

Red Kite at 13:30 low over Beaconside/Charnley Road, (GHa)

Mow Cop

On the Staffs/Cheshire border the female Ring Ouzel still at 14:20, also 3x Wheatear, (JKl)

Silverdale CP

Gropper, Whitethroat, Willow Warblers, Linnet, (PCa)

Tittesworth Water

2x Oystercatcher, LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, Willow Tit, 2x Swallow, 6x Willow Warbler, (SAs)

Catholme

Cuckoo, 10x Whitethroat, 100+ Sand Martin, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Oystercatcher, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Canal 2x Shelduck, (JWo)

Furnace Grange Trescott

2+ White Wagtail, 5x Yellow Wagtail, 7x Wheatear in ploughed field, (GCl, KCl)

Friday 17th April 2026

Branston GPs

Wheatear still in field by the car park, 2x Curlew, Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 4x Mandarin, 4x Pochard, 16x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 18x Teal, 16x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Swift, 15x House Martin, 50x Swallow, 500x Sand Martin, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Willow Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 10x Whitethroat, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean, MCa)

Berryhill

14x Wheatear on both sides of the Palletstacks this am, (RTo)

Mow Cop

Ring Ouzel on the Staffs/Cheshire border this am, (SGi)

                                                                    By Steve Gibson

Branston Water Park

Lesser Whitethroat still along canal track, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Reed Warbler, (JWo)

Churnet Valley

2x Pied Flycatcher, (JLe)

Cheadle

2x Oystercatcher on grass verge in front of JCB factory on Leek Road at 10:30,  (GSt)

Gailey Resv

4x sum plum Cattle Egret on Heron island at 16:00, (SRi)

Elford

Corn Bunting, (TPe)  -  2x Corn Bunting (SCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Curlew, Dunlin, (TPe)  -  LRP, 2x Redshank, Curlew, 3x Wigeon, 4x Teal,(SCo)

Radford Meadows

2x Yellow Wagtail, Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, Oystercatcher, 9x Shelduck, 10x Gadwall, (RSw)

Smestow

3x Yellow Wagtail, 4x Wheatear, 2x singing Corn Bunting, Whitethroat, Yellowhammer, Skylarks Swallows, (CVa)

Thursday 16th April 2026

Berryhill

Male Redstart, 6x Wheatear, 3x Shelduck again briefly on the Palletstacks mound, Curlew over, Cetti's Warbler,  (RTo)

Branston WP

Lesser Whitethroat singing by canal path this am, (BSt)

Belvide Resv

4x Cattle Egret north west shore, 2x Caspian Gull, (2s+2w)

Tittesworth Water

Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 8x Oystercatcher, 5x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Lapwing, House Martins, Swallows, 3x Reed Bunting, (JOa, TE)  -  3x House Martin, 2x Goosander, (TMe)

Blithfield Resv

Common Tern, 2x LRP, 2x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, (AWa)

Biddulph Moor

At least 15x Tree Sparrow this afternoon, (ALo)

Chasewater

Whimbrel at Target point at 16:10, (JAl)

Otherton

Male Wheatear in field field E of disused railway, also nearby 2x Wheatear (m&) in large paddock adjacent to Rockstar Equestrian, (SRi)

Ipstones Edge

2x Red Kite, male Wheatear, 5x Curlew, Mistle Thrush, many Skylarks, (TDu)

Middleton Lakes

Little Egret, Barnacle Goose, Avocet, Redshank, LRP, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, (RBe)

Doxey Marsh

Grasshopper Warbler singing near main hide this afternoon, (AHa)  -  Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 3x Shelduck, 2x Reed Warbler, (GPr)  -  11:30 -13:00 2x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5+ Cetti's Warbler, 4+ Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, (KLe)

Tucklesholme and Branston Leas

Red Kite, 3x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 5x Goosander, 4x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 12x GC Grebe, 4x Egyptian Geese, Yellow Wagtail, 11x Sedge Warbler, 10x Reed Warbler, 14x Whitethroat, 8x Willow Warbler, 9x Cetti's Warbler, 120x Sand Martin, 14x Linnet, (JWo)

Wednesday 15th April 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrivals 

Branston GPs

4x Wheatear, Marsh Harrier, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, Ruff, 2x Dunlin, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 24x Shelduck, 36x Shoveler, 15x Gadwall, 57x Teal, 22x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 6x Yellow Wagtail, 10x White Wagtail, 12x Whitethroat, 8x Willow Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Siskin, 15x Linnet, (JWo, DSc, SBI, Dean, PCo, CR)

Tittesworth Water

Pied Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Redpoll, Redwing, (SGi)

                                                        Pied Flycatcher by Steve Gibson   

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Black-necked Grebes at 17:30. Also a female Marsh Harrier thru at 17:37 with yellow wing tags, Common Tern, 3x Goosander,  (RPo)

Chasewater

Ring-necked Duck still, (per CMa)

Tuesday 14th April 2026

Doxey Marsh

(Viewed from Isobel trail) 2x Reed Warbler, 6x Sedge Warbler, 7x Cetti's Warbler, Goosander, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 2x Reed Bunting, Blackcaps, Bullfinch, Goldcrest, (RSt)

Astonfields Balancing Resv

Garden Warbler, 2x Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Bullfinch, (RSt)

Middleton Lakes

26x Avocet, Barnacle Goose, 10+ LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 6x Redshank, Great Egret, 7x Swallow, 10x Sand Martin, 4x Willow Warbler, Gropper, Wheatear, 2x White Wagtail, (MSm)  -  Also 6x Sedge Warbler, 2x Reed Warbler, (SPA)

Foxley

3x Yellowhammer, 2x Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, (PJo)

Silverdale CP

Imm/female Ring Ouzel in the Void till 10:15 only, Garden Warbler, Stonechat, (PJo)

Whiston

Red Kite over The Leys at 11:20, (GSt)

Branston GPs

4x male Wheatear in the stubble field next to Ashy car park, Marsh Harrier, 3x Red Kite, Peregrine, Ruff, Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 6x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 4x Mandarin, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 11x Shelduck, 32x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 60x Teal, YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 5x Reed Warbler, 10x Willow Warbler, 8+ Whitethroat, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 10x White Wagtail, 15x House Martin, 20+ Swallow, 400x Sand Martin, 10x Linnet, (JWo, BSt, George)

                                                           Wheatear by Jon Woodcock

Berryhill

Female Ring Ouzel near to the mast late afternoon, (RTo)

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo, 7x Crossbill, Dzns Willow Warbler, 3x Siskin, 4x Stonechat, Tree Pipit, Grey Wagtail, (DBa, KM, CE)

Monday 13th April 2026

Middleton Lakes

Barnacle Goose, 2x Wigeon, Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 23x Avocet, 10x LRP, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Snipe, 7x Redshank, 2x Bittern, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, (MSm)

Aqualate

06:00 to 11:20 - Cuckoo, Male and female Garganey, Wheatear, Great Egret, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, House Martin, Sand Martin, (KHa)

Belvide Resv

Osprey high west at 11:50, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Avocet, 4x Wheatear, Reed Warbler, 7x Sedge Warbler, 2x Goldeneye 2x Egyptian Geese, Swallow, House Martin, Mistle Thrush, (CMa, RF)

Hamstall Ridware

Red Kite over at 12:55, (AGP)

Brindley Heath

Cuckoo heard this afternoon, (JTu)

Chasewater

Ring-necked Duck still on Jeffrey's Swag, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Shelduck, 3x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 9x Teal, Water Rail, 7x Lapwing, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x GC Grebe, 3x Skylark, Reed Warbler, 3x Blackcap, Stonechat, 2x Reed Bunting, (CAFH)  - Also 2x House Martin, 20x Sand Martin, Stonechat, (BAl per BGo)

Blithfield Resv

2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Common Sandpiper, (RBe)  -  This evening 1st w Kittiwake still, Mandarin, Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 4x Common Sandpiper, 3x Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)

                                                   Common Sandpiper by Rob Bendelow

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo, Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, (MSt)

Branston GPs

Ruff, Curlew, Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 9x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 24x Gadwall, 25x Shoveler, 70x Teal, 14x Shelduck, 20x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Red Kite, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 5x White Wagtail, 6x Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 9x Whitethroat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 10x House Martin, 20x Swallow, 300x Sand Martin, 15x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean, SHo, JHo)

WMI site

Late afternoon - 10x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, Shelduck, (SRi)

Whiston

Peregrine heard, (GSt)

Sunday 12th April 2026

Berryhill

Ring Ouzel from the Palletstacks early am,  (NPo)

Otherton

Male Wheatear in field east of disused railway, 2x Shelduck on pool along Micklewood Lane, also at WMI 8x LRP viewable from Stable Lane, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

Common Tern thru, 5x Curlew, 3x Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, House Martin, (RPo)

Chasewater

Drake Ring-necked Duck still on main lake from causeway, 2x Common Sandpiper, (KayD)

Gailey Resv

Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Gadwall, 5x House Martin, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

1w Kittiwake still north of the causeway at 12:40, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

2x Teal, Mandarin, Goosander, 8x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 4x Lapwing, 6x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper,  2x Willow Tit, 3x Bullfinch, 2x Greenfinch, Siskin, 2x Blackcap, Red Kite, 10x Swallow, House Martins, (JOa, TE)

Tucklesholme/Branston Leas

Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Wheatear, (TWy)

Belvide Resv

Redshank, Ringed Plover, Black-ailed Godwit, 6x Common Sandpiper, 7x LRP, 5x Wheatear, 3x White Wagtail, Red Kite, 1th+ Sand Martin, Reed Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, (RSw)

Baswich

Female Common Scoter on the canal near the caravan park early afternoon, (CTo)

Ellastone

Red Kite over at 15:33, (JDr)

Branston GPs

Common Tern, Swift, Ruff, Curlew, 4x Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 7x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 2x Mandarin, 7x Goldeneye, 19x Shelduck, 2x Pochard, 46x Shoveler, 67x Gadwall, 2x YL Gull, Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, 10x House Martin, 20+ Swallow, 800x Sand Martin, 6x Yellow Wagtail, 6x White Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 3+ Willow Warbler, 3x Whitethroat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, DSc, ASt, BSt)

Whitemoor Haye

4x Wheatear, 3x LRP, 2x Redshank, Red Kite, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 2x Little Egret, (SCo)

Saturday 11th April 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrivals

Blithfield Resv

7x Arctic Tern thru, Sandwich Tern NW thru Blithe Bay, 2x Common Tern, 1w Kittiwake still, Caspian Gull,  (MPR, GJM)

Belvide Resv

2x Avocet, 4x Common Tern, Green Sandpiper, Curlew, 12x LRP, 4x Common Sandpiper Redshank, Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit

Chasewater

Drake Ring-necked Duck still off causeway, 2x Common Tern, 3x Common Sandpiper, LRP, 3x Willow Warbler, 10x Swallow with Sand Martins, (SRi)  -  RN Duck now on Jeffrey's Swag this afternoon seen from Norton E Road, (HKi)  -  RN Duck still to 16:45 at least, (CHe)

                                                           RN Duck by  Charlie Hewitt

Whitemoor Haye

Arctic Tern on Bewick's Pit, 10x GC Grebe, 4x Little Grebe, 4x Redshank, 4x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 4x Willow Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, 8x Whitethroat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Shelduck, 5x Goldeneye, 16x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 3x Wigeon, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 13x Egyptian Geese, Great Egret, 15x Yellowhammer, (SCo)  -  3x Wheatear Bewick's Pit, Arctic Tern still to 12:30 when it appeared to take off, Common Tern, (TPe)

Branston GPs

2x Swift,  Marsh Harrier (f), Red Kite, Peregrine, Mandarin, Green Woodpecker, 2x Little Egret, 6x Goldeneye, (DSc, JWo, CEc) - 3x Arctic Tern 09:21 to 09:33 only, 2x Whimbrel briefly 09:44 to 10:01 only, 2x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, 3x Goldeneye, 20x Swallow, 10x House Martin, c700 Sand Martin, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, 2x Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, 2x Linnet, (DSc, BSt, JWo)

Middleton Lakes

Common Tern, Barnacle Geese, 24x Avocet, 8x LRP, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Redshank, 4x White Wagtail, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 4x House Martin, Swallows, Sand Martins, (MSm)

Berryhill

Redstart, 6x Wheatear, (RGi, IB)

Stanley Pool

LRP, Common Sandpiper, Red Kite, 2x House Martin, 5x Goosander, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

4x Reed Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 9 pairs Blackcap, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 8 pairs Gadwall, 5 pairs Shoveler, 12 pairs Teal, 15x Swallow, 5x House Martin, 4x Little Egret, Great Egret, (MBo)  -  65x Sand Martin, 3x Swallow, House Martin, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2x LRP, 2x Little Egret, (GPr)

Astonfields Balancing Resv

4x Gadwall, 5x Blackcap, 7x Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, Goldcrest, (RSt)

Trentham Gardens

2x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper on the Trent briefly, Great Egret, Little Egret, GC Grebe, several Gadwall, 2x Goosander, (STu)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x White Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, 5x Shoveler, 5x Common Gull, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

4x Sandwich Tern, 5x Common Tern, Red Kite, (SGi, IB)

                                           Sandwich and Common Terns by Steve Gibson

Staffs

Friday 10th April 2026

Chasewater

Ring-necked Duck still this morning at north end of the main lake, (CW)  -  RN Duck at 18:15, (NCh)  - In addition  2x Goosander, 2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, c150 Sand Martin, (RSw)

Hamstall Ridware

Osprey heading south at 11:00, (AGP)

Stanley Pool

Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, fem Wheatear, House Martin, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Barnacle Goose, Goosander, 22x Avocet, 3x Oystercatcher, 12x LRP, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 6x Redshank, Yellow Wagtail, 5x White Wagtail, (MSm)

Berryhill

Oystercatcher Botteslow, Willow Warblers, Whitethroat, (CWo) - 2x Wheatear, 

                                                     Willow Warbler by Clive Wood

Branston GPs

5x Yellow Wagtail, 15x White Wagtail, Garden Warbler, 6x Willow Warbler, 5x Whitethroat, 2x Reed Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 15x House Martin, 30+ Swallow, 400x Sand Martin, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 6x Ringed Plover, 6x Curlew, 10x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 10x Goldeneye, 32x Shoveler, 47x Gadwall, 20x Shelduck, 80x Teal, 22x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Red Kite, 2x Stonechat, 8x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, 20x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, ASt, BSt, SCo, MCa)

Thursday 9th April 2026

River Sow Valley Baswich - Milford

2x Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2x Little Egret, 3x LRP, Oystercatcher, 9x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Blackcap, 2x Gadwall, (RSw)

Berryhill

Yellow Wagtail, 2x Wheatear, Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Willow Warbler, 4x Blackcap, Swallow, (RGi)

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite and 9x House Martin, (PCa)

Middleton Lakes

24x Avocet, 10x LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Redshank, White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, 15x Sand Martin, Sedge Warblers, Reed Warblers, (MSm)  -  3x Yellow Wagtail, 5x White Wagtail JW south, 

Orchard Common

3x Ring Ouzel this am (PJo)

                                                                   By Phil Jones

Burston Marsh

3x LRP, Little Egret, 30x Sand Martin, 2x House Martin, (AEa)

Tittesworth Water

4x LRP, 7x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, Willow Warbler, 7x Swallow, 2x Reed Bunting, (JOa)

Cannock Chase

Abraham's Valley - Crossbill

                                                                   By Martin Bennett

Westport Lake

50x House Martin, 6x Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Little Grebe, (KBr)

Blithfield Resv

GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, 2x Oystercatcher, Shelduck, Egyptian Geese, Swallows, (RBe)

Branston GPs

2x Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler, 3x Whitethroat, 5x Willow Warbler, 10x Cetti's Warbler, 15x House Martin, 50x Swallow, 500x Sand Martin, Dunlin, Redshank, 6x Curlew, 4x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 9x Lapwing, 9x Oystercatcher, Water Rail, 2x Little Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, 34x Shoveler, 45x Gadwall, 2x Mandarin, 107x Teal, 32x Shelduck, 27x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, 2x Stonechat, 16x Linnet, 5x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (JWo, BSt)

Whitemoor Haye

17:10 - 19:00 Yellow Wagtail, Peregrine, Redshank, 2x Shelduck, 2x Wigeon, 100+ Sand Martin, 2x Willow Warbler, (SCo)

Chasewater

Ring-necked Duck on Norton Bog lagoon this evening, (CW)

Radford Meadows Stafford

This evening - Common Sandpiper, Ruff, 10x LRP, 24x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, House Martins, Swallows, Sand Martins, (RSw)

Wednesday 8th April 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrivals

Middleton Lakes

Cuckoo, Barnacle Goose, 5x Sedge Warbler, (MSm)  -  Gropper. Osprey thru, Reed Warbler, 6x Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, 12x LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, 14x Avocet, 6x Snipe, 6x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Redshank, 4x Pochard, 2x White Wagtail, Barnacle Goose, 2x Goosander, (SPA)

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo calling at Castle Ring at 07:20, (GTa)  -  12x Crossbill, 2x Red Kite, Willow Warbler, 24x Chiffchaff, 2x Bullfinch, (Mke, Jke, Pke)

Berryhill

2x Shelduck initially on the mound mast side of Palletstacks track (NPo), which turned into 3x Shelduck when I got to the top, also 3x Wheatear at the "Lap Bunt" paddock, 4x Willow Warbler, 3x Blackcap, Swallow, 2x Greenfinch, 4x Reed Bunting, 11x Skylark, (RTo)  

Rudyard Lake

Swallow, (Laxmi)

Gailey Resv

Yellow Wagtail, Gadwall, Pochard, 3x Oystercatcher, (JIs)

Tittesworth Water

2x male Redstart, 3x Willow Warbler, 23x Chiffchaff, 3x Blackcap, 10x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Gadwall, (SGi)  -  4x GC Grebe, 2x Bullfinch, 10x LRP, 10x Oystercatcher, 2x Lapwing, (TMe)

Belvide Resv

Adult Kittiwake this afternoon, an early Greenland Wheatear with a Northern Wheatear this afternoon, Reed  Warbler this evening, 

Stone

Swallow over Cherry Fields estate at 09:50,  (DWi)

Tucklesholm/Branston Leas

Garden Warbler, 2x Reed Warbler, 4x Sedge Warbler, 3x Willow Warbler, 5x Whitethroat, 8x Cetti's Warbler, 30x Sand Martin, Red Kite, 6x Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 8x Gadwall, 8x GC Grebe, (JWo)

Tittensor Chase

3x Blackcap, 6x Willow Warbler, (AR)

Copmere

1st w WF Goose flew north at 08:30, (PJo)

Radford Meadows

Late am 9x LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Blackcap, 24x Shelduck, (RBr)

Doxey Marsh

Sedge Warbler, 2x Willow Warbler, (RBr)

Rocester

3x Chiffchaff, Riverside Drive, (JDr)

Tuesday 7th April 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrivals - 4 migrants reported today including Pied Flycatcher.

Consall area

Male Redstart seen and singing at 08:36 in the woods, also nearby 2x Willow Tit, Willow Warbler, 3x Grey Wagtail, 2x Dipper, 3x Lapwing, 2x Mandarin, 20x Fieldfare thru north, 4x Siskin, 2x RL Partridge,  (DSc)

Oakley's Farm pond (between Consall and Cellarhead)

2x Oystercatcher, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

Common Tern at 10:18, (RBr)  -  Mandarin, Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 4x Blackcap, 2x Sand Martin, (CMs, RF)  -  Additional 2cy Kittiwake still over causeway, Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP,  (JKl)

Tucklesholme

Willow Warbler, 2x Great Egret, Swallow, Sand Martins, Shelduck, (TWy) 

Trentham Gardens

White Stork of unknown origin south over lake 10:31 to 10:39 and lost to view over  monkey forest car park end, (RGi)

Middleton Lakes

Whitethroat, 2x Willow Warbler, 2x White Wagtail, Dunlin, 6x Black-tailed Godwit, 20x Avocet, 2x Ringed Plover, 8x LRP, Common Sandpiper,  6+ Redshank, 3x Bittern, (SPA)

Endon - Denford

3x LRP, 5x Snipe, 5x Lapwing, Willow Warbler, Red Kite, Water Rail, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Mandarin, (DCo)

Doxey Marsh

6x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 29x Teal, 5x Lapwing, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, Great Egret, 5x Skylark, Sand Martin, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, (CAFH)

Berryhill

Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 2x Bullfinch, Greenfinch, (JKe)  -  Swallow by the mast, (CWo) 

Botteslow Flash

Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, (CWo)  -  Little Egret

Freehay

4x Mandarin, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, (FCa)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 4x Red Kite, Willow Warbler, 6x White Wagtail, 6x Swallow, 40x Sand Martin, 12x Curlew, 2x Avocet, 5x Ringed Plover, 14x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 2x Water Rail, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 7x Goldeneye, 20x Shelduck, 6x Pochard, 46x Gadwall, 114x Shoveler, 60x Teal, 25x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, 60x Linnet, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean, George, MCa)

Monday 6th April 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrival

Blithfield Resv 

Pair of Ring-necked Duck Yeatsall Bank, Yellow Wagtail over Admaston Reach, (MPR,GJM)  -  The pair of RN Duck still at Yeatsall Bank at 15;40 keeping close to the trees on the water's edge seen from Beech Tree Point, also 1st win Kittiwake still and Common Sandpiper, (RPo)  -  2x YL Gull, Red Kite, (RBe)  -  Female Common Scoter at deep end, (JAl)

Belvide Resv

2x Avocet, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Wheatear, 6x White Wagtail, 2x Goshawk (BB)  -  Brambling, 2x Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 5x LRP, Redshank, 4x Ringed Plover, 3x Wheatear, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x White Wagtail, (SE, HF)

                                                       Brambling by Steve Edwards

Gailey Resv

7x Gadwall, Pochard, Oystercatcher, Snipe, (JIs)

Berryhill

15x Common Gull thru, 2x Wheatear, (JOa)

Alton

2x Swallow, (TEy)

Chasewater

4x Teal, Goosander, Pochard, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, Curlew, 5x Blackcap, 7x Willow Warbler, 2x Treecreeper, (CMa, LM)

Middleton Lakes

Sedge Warbler, 3x White Wagtail, 23x Avocet, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, LRP, Curlew, Dunlin, 4x Pochard, (MSm)  -  2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Ringed Plover, (KayD)

Branston GPs

2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 2x Avocet, 3x Ringed Plover, 9x Curlew, 12x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 17x Goldeneye, 18x Shelduck, Mandarin, 52x Gadwall, 36x Shoveler, 40x Teal, 25x Little Grebe, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Red Kite, White Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 5x Redpoll, 16x Linnet, Swallow, 40x Sand Martin, 16x Blackcap, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Doxey Marsh

Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, Goosander, Gadwall, Teal, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting, (AGo)  -  2x Shelduck, 5x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, Wigeon, 66x Teal, Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, 15x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3x GC Grebe, Little Egret, Great Egret, 2x Skylark, Swallow, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Tittesworth Water

Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Swallow, Willow Warbler, 3x Shoveler, 3x Blackcap, 14x Chiffchaff, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SGi)

Sunday 5th April 2026

Middleton Lakes

Adult Kittiwake, 2x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, Common Sandpiper, 22x Avocet, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x LRP, 8x Ringed Plover, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Snipe, 6x Redshank, 3x Dunlin, Bittern, Great Egret, c100x Sand Martin, Swallow, White Wagtail, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

Osprey thru north at 13:00, Greenshank, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 7x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 10x LRP, 2x Dunlin, 10x Oystercatcher, 3x White Wagtail, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Kittiwake, 11x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Redshank, LRP, 8x Shoveler, 4x Goldeneye, 4x Teal, 3x Wigeon,  7x Little Grebe, 4x Sand Martin, 20x Linnet, 7x Egyptian Geese, (SCo)

Stanley Pool

8x Black-tailed Godwit and 18x Goosander at 06:35, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

130x Common Gull, 3x Mandarin, Teal, Goosander, 3x Swallow, Sand Martin, 9x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Curlew, 5x Willow Tit, Blackcap, 2x Bullfinch, 4x Reed Bunting, (LH, JOa, TE, KH)

Blithfield Resv

Adult Kittiwake, (SCa)  -  8x Oystercatcher, 3x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 25x Swallow, Scaup, 10x Shelduck, Ruddy Shelduck, 200+ Sand Martin, 25+ Linnet, Reed Bunting, 2x Chiffchaff, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Shelduck, 6x Shoveler, 15x Gadwall, 60x Teal, 3x Pochard, 10x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 3x GC Grebe, Little Egret, Great Egret, c80 Sand Martin, 3x House Martin, 5x Swallow, 5x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Wheatear, GBB Gull, (CAFH)

Axe Edge moor

2x Red Kite at 16:03, (Laxmi)

Silverdale CP

2x Stonechat on the Void, Swallow, Redpoll, Siskin, Blackcaps, (PCa)

Radford Meadows

From Rickerscote Avenue 17x Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, 3x Little Egret, 14x Sand Martin, 3x House Martin, Swallow, (RSt)

Barton GP

Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Common Gull, 2x Swallow, 16x Sand Martin, Red Kite, Chiffchaff, (TCo)

Highgate Common

7x Brambling, 2x Bullfinch, Redpoll, Siskin, Goldcrest, (CVa)

Stafford

Common Crane reported following the River Sow half a mile upstream of Doxey Marsh towards Great Bridgeford, (RHi)

Branston GPs

SMP2 only - 2x Red Kite, Redshank, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x Lapwing, 24x Shelduck, 30x Shoveler, 12x Goldeneye, Mandarin, 5x Swallow, 200x Sand Martin, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Cettis Warbler, 10x Linnet, (JWo, DSc)

Consall area

2x Mandarin, 4x Lapwing, Red Kite, 2x Grey Wagtail, Dipper, 90x Fieldfare, 6x Blackcap, Willow Tit, 12x Siskin, (DSc)

Saturday 4th April 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrival

Aqualate

Great Egret, 40x Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, (KHa)

Middleton Lakes

23x Avocet, 3x Bittern, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x LRP, 7x Snipe, 5x Redshank, RN Parakeet, Sand Martin, (MSm)

Cannock Chase

Abraham's Valley - 2x Brambling, 30+ Crossbill, 2x Tree Pipit, Willow Warbler, (BSt, ASt)

Doxey Marsh

5x Cattle Egret present at 14:30, 2x Green Sandpiper, Shelduck, 5x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 8x Sand Martin, (RGi)  -  Additional 6x Little Egret, Willow Warbler, 2x House Martin, 8x Sand Martin, (MBo, PDy, DTo)

Berryhill

Swallow thru, Cetti's Warbler still, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

Brambling, 3x LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 4x Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, Red Kite, (RSw, KayD)

Alrewas NMA

2x Goosander, 30x Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)

Wychnor

2x Red Kite, 2x Oystercatcher, 55x Linnet, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

Swallow, 3x Sand Martin, Peregrine, (TCo)

Draycott in the Clay

3x Woodcock, Red Kite, (TCo)

Dunstall

Near the cricket club 2x Egyptian Geese + 8 goslings, (KBi)

Friday 3rd April 2026

Rudyard 

2x PF Geese flying east at 06:50, (Laxmi)

Middleton Lakes

Osprey this am , (MB)

Belvide Resv

Willow Warbler, 

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Oystercatcher, Peregrine, 2x Little Egret, 2x Blackcap, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 18x Shelduck, 26x Shoveler, Goosander, 2x Pintail, c80 Teal, 6x Wigeon, (RSw)

Branston GPs

Ad Kittiwake, Jack Snipe, 14x Snipe, 12x Curlew, Golden Plover, 3x Ringed Plover, 9x Lapwing, Redshank, 2x Avocet, 5x Green Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 18x Goldeneye, Mandarin, 11x Pochard, 37x Gadwall, 62x Shoveler, 4x Wigeon, 90x Teal, 24x Shelduck, 37x Little Grebe, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Red Kite, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 16x Blackcap, 20x Linnet, Siskin, Redpoll, 12x Fieldfare, 80+ Sand Martin, (JWo, DSc, ASt, BSt, TPe)

                                                        Kittiwake by Jon Woodcock

Tucklesholme

LRP, Sand Martin, Blackcaps, Cetti's Warblers, Great Egret, (TWy)

Blithfield Resv

Imm Kittiwake still at deep end this afternoon, (RPo)

Sneyd Green

Red Kite over at 17:10, (JOa)

Alvecote

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

Highgate Common

6x Brambling, 2x Crossbill, Siskins, Redpoll, (CVa)

Thursday 2nd April 2026

Belvide Resv

Common Sandpiper this am,

Tittesworth Water

LRP, 9x Oystercatcher, 2x Willow Tit, Willow Warbler, 4x Reed Bunting, (JOa, LH)

Highgate Common

6x Brambling and 20x Redpoll at the pool, (DJa)

Perton

White Stork of unknown origin over towards the Bridgnorth Road at 15:11, (GCl per NS)

Doxey Marsh

2x Shelduck, 3x Shoveler, 13x Gadwall, 55x Teal, 3x Pochard, Water Rail, 2x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, 2x GC Grebe, Little Egret, Skylark, 3x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti;s Warbler, Stonechat, 3x Reed Bunting, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Wheatear (f), 2x Marsh Harrier, 3x Red Kite, 7x Curlew, 5x Green Sandpiper, 4x Redshank, 2x Avocet, 3x Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher, 20x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 19x Goldeneye, Mandarin, 32x Shelduck, 6x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 52x Shoveler, 34x Gadwall, 120x Teal, 32x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 100x Sand Martin, 12x Blackcap, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Goldcrest, 40x Linnet, 8x Greenfinch, Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 64x Fieldfare, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, DSc, CEc, BSt, George, LWo, TWo, MCa)

Wednesday 1st April 2026

Middleton Lakes

Kittiwake briefly at 08:15, 2x Med Gulls at daybreak, 18x Avocet, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x LRP, 6x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 12x Snipe, 4x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, (MSm)

Gailey Resv

35x Golden Plover, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Gadwall, Pochard, (JIs)

Blithfield Resv

2x Scaup, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, Green Sandpiper, LRP, 2x Great Egret, 20+ Sand Martin, (RS)  --Also GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, Common Scoter, (RBe)

                                                              YL Gull by Rob Bendelow

Hixon Airfield 

LRP, (RCB)

Stowe by Chartley

2x Hawfinch Bridge Lane, (RCB)

Alton

4x Red Kite, 2x Sand Martin, 100x Siskin on feeders, (TEy)

Branston GPs

Ashy Pit - Red Kite, Little Egret, 24x Shelduck, 50x Shoveler, 5x Wigeon, 30x Gadwall, 14x Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, Curlew, Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, YL Gull, 5x Blackcap, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, 10x Fieldfare,  (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

2x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 5x Goosander, 2x Blackcap, 18x Chiffchaff, (SGi)

                                                                 LRP by Steve Gibson

Tucklesholme

Red Kite, Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 8x Gadwall, 30x Teal, 14x GC Grebe, 10x Blackcap, 9x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, Sand Martin, (JWo, DWo)

Doxey Marsh

3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Swallow, 12x Sand Martin, 15x House Martin, Great Egret, Little Egret, (SE, HF)

                                                     Green Sandpipers by Steve Edwards

Belvide Resv

A flock of 32x Ruff from 16:30 to 16:40 then flew off north,

Berryhill

Single fem Wheatear at Palletstacks tonight, (IBu)

Whitemoor Haye

Winter/juv plumage Slavonian Grebe still from quarry entrance, (SCo)