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Wednesday, 8 April 2026

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)