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)
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)
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