Thursday 21st May 2026

Belvide Resv

Temminck's Stint to 10:01 only, Sanderling, 1s Bonaparte's Gull still, Quail singing this afternoon,

Tittesworth Water 

Spotted Flycatcher, (TMe)

                                                   Spotted Flycatcher by Tammy Mellor

Blithfield Resv

3x Sanderling, (GJM)

Wednesday 20th May 2026

Doxey Marsh

Whimbrel from main hide, (KMa, JBa)

Blithfield Resv

6x Sanderling on the causeway, (GJM)  -  5x Sanderling, LRP, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, (DOu, LOu)

                                                     Sanderlings by Dave Oulsnam

Tittesworth Water

White Wagtail, Cuckoo, 14x LRP, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Curlew, 8x Lapwing, 8x Common Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern, Grey Wagtail, 26x drake Mandarin plus 2x female (total of 17 young), 3x Teal, 5x Goosander, 2x Egyptian Geese, (SGi)

Belvide Resv

1s Bonaparte's Gull this afternoon, 

Tuesday 19th May 2026

Middleton Lakes

Sanderling on JW north, Little Stint, Turnstone, (MSm)  

Branston GPs

6x Sanderling, 2x Dunlin, 12x Ringed Plover, Curlew, 10x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 13x Mandarin, 7x Pochard, 24x Gadwall, 17x Shelduck, 21x Egyptian Geese, 19x Little Grebe, 6x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Garden Warbler, 6x Linnet, 200+ Swift, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Sanderling, Turnstone, 9x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, (TPe)  -  In addition Common Sandpiper, (PAn)

Belvide Resv

Bonaparte's Gull still this afternoon

Monday 18th May 2026

Belvide Resv

1s Bonaparte's Gull still, 

Alvecote

Cuckoo, 10+ Swift, (MSc)

Tittesworth Water

White Wagtail, 2x Cuckoo, Little Egret, Ringed Plover, Sedge Warbler, (SGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Turnstone, Dunlin, (TPe)

Gnosall

Male Yellowhammer end of Radmore / Guild Lane, (RPl)

Doxey Marsh

Hobby, LRP, 20+ Swift, (RBr)

Branston GPs

Arctic Tern, 23x Common Tern, Greenshank, Curlew, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 14x Ringed Plover, 8x Lapwing, 12x Oystercatcher, 5x Little Egret, 7x Pochard, 18x Gadwall, 8x Mandarin, 16x Shelduck, 11x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Red Kite, Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Garden Warbler, 200x Swift, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Sunday 17th May 2026

Uttoxeter Quarry

Summer Plumaged Grey Plover at 08:38, Cattle Egret dropped in at 09:00, (RPo)  -  Turnstone

                                                     Grey Plover by Richard Powell

Belvide Resv

Bonaparte's Gull still, 2x Med Gull (ad + 1s), 1s Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Common Tern, Dunlin, 16x Swift, (GPr)  -  08:00 to 12:00 2x Cattle Egret, 2x Little Egret, Curlew, Sanderling, Redshank,  Dunlin, LRP, 17x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 2x Common Tern, 11x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 16x Reed Warbler, 64x Sedge Warbler, Gropper, (MBo, RBr, PGl, RSt, WBe)  -  2x Cattle Egret still to 13:12 at least (GPr) - In addition 4x Shelduck, Common Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern, 5x GC Grebe, 40x House Martin, (CAFH)

Tittesworth Water

Osprey briefly at 11:00, 29x Mandarin, Goosander, 14x LRP, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 10x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 6x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 2x Cuckoo, 4x Redpoll, Bullfinch, 2x Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Willow Tit, Swifts, House Martins, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Rudyard

Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Common Tern, (Laxmi)

Knypersley Resv

Hobby, 2x Mandarin, Blackcap, (ALo)

Trentham Gardens

2x Common Tern, (HF, SE)

Whitemoor Haye

Turnstone from quarry entrance, (TPe)

Catholme

Cuckoo, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

3x Dunlin, 6x Ringed Plover, 14x LRP, 8x Redshank, 3x Yellow Wagtail, Goosander, Cuckoo, (MB)

Tucklesholme

Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Red Kite, 8x Common Tern, (KayD)

Branston GPs

Ashy pit - 2x Arctic Tern, 15x Common Tern, Ringed Plover, (KayD)  -  17x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, YL Gull, 2x Mandarin, 10x Pochard, Little Egret, c150 Swift, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, (DSc)

Saturday 16th May 2026

Belvide Resv

1s Bonapartes Gull still, 

Stanley Pool

Lesser Whitethroat, LRP, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Gailey Resv

2x Egyptian Geese, Common Tern, 4x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 6x Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler.  Also at nearby WMI off Gravelly Way 2x LRP, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

Sanderling on the causeway at 13:20, (RPo)  -  2x Whimbrel thru NW, Cattle Egret, 3x Caspian Gull, (GJM, MPR)

Branston GPs

Osprey over south, Hobby, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 100x Swift, (PFo)  -  3x Turnstone on Ashy pit, (TPe)  -  3x Turnstone still at 19:00, 2x Common Sandpiper, (JWo)  -  Evening update 3x Turnstone to 20:30 at least also Curlew, Great Egret, Little Egret, 6x Pochard, YL Gull, 8x Common Tern, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Radford Meadows

2x Shelduck - Acton Trussell Lesser Whitethroat - Teddesley Park 2x Yellow Wagtail, (IWi)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, Cuckoo, Red Kite, 2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 17x Avocet, Ringed Plover, 12x LRP, Yellow Wagtail, (PAn)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Cuckoo, Common Tern, 2x Little Egret, (RPo)

Uttoxeter 

Hobby over the racecourse, (AR)

Alrewas NMA

4x Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, Cettis Warbler, (JWo)

Elford - Fisherwick

17:30 2x Corn Bunting, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Linnet, (DSc)

Friday 15th May 2026

Belvide Resv

Bonaparte's Gull still, Knot, 3x Cattle Egret, Arctic Tern, 1s Caspian Gull, Med Gull, 

Tucklesholme

6x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 6x Common Tern, 4x Egyptian Geese, 11x GC Grebe, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Sedge Warbler, 12x Reed Warbler, 2x Garden Warbler, 30x Swift, 12x Linnet, (JWo)

Thursday 14th May 2026

Belvide Resv

1s Bonaparte's Gull still, Knot this am, ad Med Gull, drake Scaup, 11x Turnstone this afternoon,

Chasewater

Osprey thru at 09:56, (ICW)

Branston GPs

Grey Plover, Curlew, 18x Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 10x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, 6x Little Egret, 24x Shelduck, 11x Mandarin, 6x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, 28x Gadwall, 23x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 15x Common Tern, 2x Hobby, 2x RL Partridge, 2x Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Stonechat, 5x Garden Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean, RBr)

Tittesworth Water

17x Mandarin, Goosander, 14x LRP, 10x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, Common Gull, Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH)

Wednesday 13th May 2026

Branston GPs

Grey Plover, Sanderling, 12x Dunlin, 9x Ringed Plover, 8x Lapwing, 11x Oystercatcher, 4x Arctic Tern, 12x Common Tern, 3x Little Egret, 9x Mandarin, 11x Pochard, 20x Gadwall, 15x Shelduck, 21x Egyptian Geese, 2x Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Garden Warbler, 500x Swift, 500x Swallow, 80x House Martin, (JWo)

                                                        Grey Plover by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

1s Bonaparte's Gull still, ad Kittiwake, 2x Arctic Tern, drake Scaup, Sanderling, Black-necked Grebe, 2000x Swift, 

                                                    Bonaparte's Gull by Steve Edwards

Tittesworth Water

Adult Kittiwake, White Wagtail, 11x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x Common Sandpiper, 16x drake Mandarin, Goosander, 2x Common Tern, (SGi)

                                                         White Wagtail by Steve Gibson

Middleton Lakes

Turnstone on JW north, 17x Ringed Plover, 11x Dunlin, 12x LRP, 6x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper,  (MB)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Sanderling from quarry entrance this evening, 600+ Swift, 2x Peregrine, 8x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 52x Stock Dove, (SCo)

Freehay

21x Mandarin on the lawn, (FCa)

Tuesday 12th May 2026

Belvide Resv

Bonaparte's Gull still, drake Scaup still, 

Trentham Gardens

8x Cattle Egret still, 4x Little Egret, Mandarin, 50+ Swift, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x Reed Warbler, 2x Garden Warbler, (RGi)

Branston GPs

8x Cattle Egret flew SW over SMP1 at 11:27 (site record count), ad Kittiwake, Arctic Tern, 8x Common Tern, 3x Sanderling, 2x Dunlin, Whimbrel, Curlew, 3x Common Sandpiper, 14x Ringed Plover, 18x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Mandarin, 11x Pochard, 32x Gadwall, 3x Teal, 29x Shelduck, 23x Egyptian Geese, 15x Little Grebe, Cuckoo, Hobby, Peregrine, 400x Swift, 3x Stonechat, 14x Linnet, Mistle Thrush, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Reed Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, 6x Garden Warbler,   (JWo)

                                                      Cattle Egrets by Jon Woodcock

Doxey Marsh

Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, 3x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 5x Teal, c40x Swift, Oystercatcher, LRP, 8x Lapwing, 3x GC Grebe, 8x Little Egret, Hobby, c70 House Martin, Sedge Warblers, Reed Warblers, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (CAFH)

Freehay

19x Mandarin in the garden, (FCa)

Whitemoor Haye

Quail this evening still audible from bend in rough track, (PAn)

Monday 11th May 2026

Belvide Resv

Bonaparte's Gull to 11:35 at least, adult drake Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, Med Gull, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 

Tittesworth Water

Hobby, 2x Common Tern, 11x Mandarin, (SGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Quail still this evening, (TPe)

Branston GPs

2x Hobby, Cuckoo, Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 12x Ringed Plover, 12x Lapwing, 10x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 10x Pochard, 3x Shoveler, 5x Teal, 20x Gadwall, 18x Shelduck, 22x Egyptian Geese, 10x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, YL Gull, 3x Stonechat, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 12x Reed Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, 6x Garden Warbler, 3x Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, 100x Swift, 50x House Martin, 200x Sand Martin, 500x Swallow, 10x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean, SBI)

Sunday 10th May 2026

Ramshorn

Red Kite over at 06:30 near Kevin quarry and a Red Kite over the cricket field at Wootton at 06:35, (RWi)

Belvide Resv

Drake Scaup, Black-necked Grebe still, ad Med Gull, Osprey over SE, no sign so far of the Great Reed Warbler, 

Gailey Resv

Spotted Flycatcher below the dam, Osprey 08:09 - 08:17 then headed  north, 5x Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher with 2 young, sev Reed Warblers and Sedge Warblers,  (SRi)

Baldwins Gate

Hobby, Cuckoo, (RWh)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Whimbrel, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, (RPo)

Biddulph

Rockend - 4x Tree Sparrow, Redstart, 8x Linnet, (ALo)

Tittesworth Water

14x LRP, Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, 9x Common Sandpiper, 6x Lapwing, Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 2x Red Kite, 2x Grey Wagtail, 5-6x Garden Warbler, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Aqualate

Osprey flew NE at 11:00, 8x Hobbies, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, Swifts, (PJor)  -  17:30 to 19:45 Cuckoo, 3x Hobby, 10x Swift, (GCa)

Branston GPs

Sanderling, 8x Ringed Plover on Ashy pit this am, (CEc)  -  This evening 3x Little Egret, 2x Whimbrel, 2x Greenshank, Dunlin, 10x Ringed Plover, 8x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, 16x Shelduck, 3x Teal, 4x Mandarin, 20x Gadwall, Goosander, 6x Common Tern, c100 Swift, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Cuckoo, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

Quail still from bend in rough track, (TPe)  -  This afternoon Quail still, Whimbrel, Hobby, Common Sandpiper, (KayD)

Whiston

2x Green Woodpecker in Scots Pine at The Leys, (GSt)

Saturday 9th May 2026

Belvide Resv

Great Reed Warbler still present at 07:07, west of Scott hide,  

Middleton Lakes

Grey Plover early am, 9x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, LRPs, 8+ Redshank, 20+ adult Avocets, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern, (SPA)  -  2x Cuckoo, 2x Common Tern, 6x Avocet, 6x Lapwing, LRP, 3x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shoveler, 2x Little Egret, Hobby, Bittern, 3x GC Grebe, Garden Warbler, (STu)

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite at 07:50, (PCa)

Blithfield Resv

Wood Sandpiper still, Avocet, (GJM)

Rocester JCB North lake

5x Common Tern, 6x Pochard, 20+ Barnacle Geese, (JDr)

Doxey Marsh

Male Garganey on Creswell Flash, 3x LRP, 2x Common Tern, Gropper, (GHa)  - This pm drake Garganey still at 18:20, 4x Shelduck, Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 2x Swift, 10x House Martin, 2x Common Tern, Skylark, GC Grebe, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Hobby, Cuckoo, 2x Little Egret, Teal, 6x Pochard, 2x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 8x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Hobby, 2x Common Tern, Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2x Linnet, (DSc)

Leek

8x Swift over John Street this evening, (RWi)

Friday 8th May 2026

Belvide Resv

Great Reed Warbler from Scott hide early am to 12:20 at least,  single Black-necked Grebe still, 

Trentham Gardens

8x Cattle Egrets this am,  (HF, SE, RG)

                                                        Cattle Egret by Steve Edwards

Aqualate

2x Cuckoo, 4x Stonechat (2 juvs), 5x Gadwall, 3x Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, (JIs)

Branston GPs

Ruff, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 24x Lapwing, 9x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, Wigeon, 4x Teal, 28x Gadwall, 11x Pochard, 20x Shelduck, 16x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern, Cuckoo, Hobby, Red Kite, 3x Stonechat, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 7x Garden Warbler, 12x Reed Warbler, 4x Sedge Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, MCa)

Blithfield Resv

Wood Sandpiper in first bay north of Causeway/Admaston Reach,  (JAl)

Whitemoor Haye

Quail calling from start of rough track, (TPe)

Gnosall

Red Kite very low over A518 Swanpit Nursery at 10:00, (GCa)

The Burntwood Loggerheads

Male Redstart, Cuckoo, 2x Garden Warbler, (JSt)

Thursday 7th May 2026

Stanley Pool

Hobby, 3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

2x Sanderling this am, (GJM)

Trentham Gardens

Cattle Egret still, Hobby, (HFo)

Aqualate

05:30 to 08:15 - 2x Common Tern, 2x Hobby, male Marsh Harrier, Gropper, Cuckoo, Swift, (KHa)

Stafford

Greenshank over Rising Brook at 13:40 flying towards Radford, (MBo)

Tittesworth Water

3x Mandarin, Goosander, Barnacle Goose, 2x Little Egret, 8x Oystercatcher, 7x Lapwing, 9x LRP, 6x Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, Willow Tit, 4x Garden Warbler, House Martins, Swifts, (JOa, LH)

Wetley Rocks

2x Red Kite over Mill Lane at 16:30 and nearby a Red Kite over Cheddleton Heath at 06:50, (PCa)

Branston GPs

Greenshank, Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 9x Oystercatcher, 9x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 12x Shelduck, 4x Teal, 14x Pochard, 26x Gadwall, 12x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, 3x Stonechat, Red-legged Partridge, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 7x Reed Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, 6x Garden Warbler, (JWo, George, BSt)

North Staffs Moors

3x Cuckoo, 2x Hobby, 2x Stonechat, (TMe)

                                                           Cuckoo by Tammy Mellor    

                                                            Hobby by Tammy Mellor
                          

Staffs

Wednesday 6th May 2026

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), Hobby, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 8x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Pochard, 3x Teal, 20x Shelduck, 24x Gadwall, 6x Egyptian Geese, 4x Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Siskin, 3x Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

7x Glossy Ibis on north shore, Yellow Wagtail, Greenshank, 2x Common Tern, (CMa, RF)

Cannock Chase

5x Redstart, 2x Cuckoo, 5x Tree Pipit, 3x Garden Warbler, 6x Blackcap, Woodcock, Grey Wagtail, (DBa, PB, IG, BJ))

Tucklesholme - Branston Leas

2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Little Egret, 6x Common Tern, 4x Goosander, Gropper, 5x Lesser Whitethroat, 9x Garden Warbler, 15x Sedge Warbler, 9x Reed Warbler, 9x Cetti's Warbler, 40x Swift, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Trentham Gardens

16x Swift, Garden Warbler, (AR)

Branston - Tucklesholme

Along the Trent 2x Yellow Wagtail, Mandarin, Swifts, Goosanders, Oystercatchers, Reed Bunting, (KBi)

Tuesday 5th May 2026

Trentham Gardens

Cattle Egret in full breeding plumage on the island with Little Egrets, (HFo)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe, Wood Sandpiper, 

Freehay

15x Mandarin by the pond, (FCa, RCa)

Doxey Marsh

06:15 to 09:00 - Common Gull, 2x Common Tern, 2x LRP, 2x Swift, House Martins, many Sedge, Reed, and Cetti's Warblers, Whitethroats, (KLe)  -  10x Sedge Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 8x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Blackcap, 4x Whitethroat, 2x Gropper, 2x Common Tern, House Martins, (BGo)

                                                           Common Terns by Kath Leigh

Aqualate

13:00 - 14:30 Male and Female Marsh Harrier, 3x Hobby (+ possible 2 distant), Cuckoo, many Swifts, House Martins, Reed Warblers, Wigeon, (KLe)

Middleton Lakes

Bitterns, Osprey, Avocets, Common Terns, Peregrine, Hobby, Swifts, (RBe)

                                                        Osprey by Rob Bendelow

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher with two young, Common Sandpiper, few hundred Swifts, (SRi)

Branston GPs

2x Hobby, Red Kite, Peregrine, 3x Dunlin, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Mandarin, 3x Teal, 24x Gadwall, 4x Pochard, 23x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 15x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull (1w+2w), YL Gull, 10x Common Tern, RL Partridge, Siskin, 40x Swift, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Reed Warbler, 4x Sedge Warbler, 8x Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Monday 4th May 2026

Blithfield Resv

06:15 - 10:45 Little Tern off Beech Tree Point at 06:30, c37 Common Tern,  3x Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, Marsh Harrier, 2x Red Kite, 1s Caspian Gull, 10x Ringed Plover, Sanderling, 3x Dunlin, (SRi, GJM, MPR)

Lordship Lane

Early am - Wood Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Shelduck, (RTo, BMo)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe, Sanderling, 3x Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, 

Whitemoor Haye

Ruff, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Dunlin on roadside pit, LRP,  (SCo, PAn)  -  8x Dunlin, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper at 11:30, (MBr)

Branston GPs

Bar-tailed Godwit on Ashy pit, 6+ Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, YL Gull, (PAn)  20:00 evening update - Bar-tailed Godwit still, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Mandarin, 4x Teal, 12x Pochard, Peregrine, 2x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Linnet, Siskin, (DSc)

Freehay

11x Mandarin on the pond, (FCa)

Tucklesholme

12x Cattle Egrets in fields opposite the wading ponds, Gropper reeling, 3x Yellow Wagtail, (TWy)

Doxey Marsh

Yellow Wagtail, 2x Gropper, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Whitethroat, 17x Reed Warbler, Sedge Warblers, 2x Common Tern, LRP, Goosander, Shoveler, 2x Water Rail, Swift, (RSt)  -  4x Shelduck, 3x Shoveler, 15x Gadwall, 6x Swift, 2x LRP, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, 4x GC Grebe, Little Egret, c30 House Martin, Sedge Warblers, Reed Warblers, Whitethroat, Blackcap, (CAFH)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Turnstone at 12:40, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

Whimbrel first thing but flushed by a Peregrine, 7x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Cuckoo, (SPA)

Trentham Gardens

12x Swift, (DGl)

Sunday 3rd May 2026

Whitemoor Haye

Greenshank, Ruff, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 5x Dunlin, (TPe)

Branston GPs

8x Sanderling, 18x Dunlin, Bar-tailed Godwit, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 25+ Ringed Plover,  2x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, Snipe, Greenshank, Arctic Tern, 5x Common Tern, 1s Caspian Gull, 2x Little Egret, 3x Pochard, 8x Teal, 8x Shelduck, Red Kite, 3x Stonechat, (TPe, JWo, DSc, CEc, ASt, BSt, PAn, RPo)  -  19:00 update 8x Sanderling and Bar-tailed Godwit still, Whimbrel heard calling, 2x Mandarin, 5x Pochard, 4x Goosander, 3x Little Egret, 50x Swift, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Siskin, (DSc)

                                     Sanderlings, Ringed Plovers, Godwits by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

6x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 2x LRP Admaston Reach at 08:30, (MBr)  -  3x Common Scoter (one female) deep end, 11x Dunlin, 9x Ringed Plover, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, (GJM)  -  This afternoon 14x Cattle Egret in trees at top of Blithe Bay, (JAl)

Middleton Lakes

Early am - 2x Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, 11x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x probable Arctic Tern, 4x Common Tern, Bittern, 2x Cuckoo, Swifts, (GG)

Belvide Resv

Wood Sandpiper, Sanderling, 13x Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, 3x Greenshank, 

Astonfields Balancing Resv

Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Whitethroat, 2x Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Greenfinch, Bullfinch, (RSt)

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Wheatear, 3x Green Woodpecker,3x  Stonechat, (JDu)

Tittesworth Water

Flock of 26x LRPs briefly then flew north, 8x Oystercatcher,  8x Common Sandpiper, 4x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, Pochard, 2x Common Tern, 2x Redstart, 8+ Garden Warbler, Blackcaps, 2x Bullfinch, 2x House Martin, (JOa, LH, TE)

Alvecote

Male Garganey on Pretty Pigs, (TPe)

Lordship Lane

Wood Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, (IBu)

Tucklesholme

4x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, 10x Swift, (DSc)

Saturday 2nd May 2026

Blithfield Resv (All Dayer total 99)

Early am - 3x Whimbrel at Admaston Reach then flew to deep end, (SRi), - Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Dunlin, Wheatear, Caspian Gull, 

Middleton Lakes (All Dayer Staffs and Warks total 102)

Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpiper, (MB)

Whitemoor Haye (All Dayer total 65)

Cuckoo, Hobby, 3x Redshank, 5x LRP, Ruff, Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 6x Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail, 4x Garden Warbler, Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, (SCo)

Dimmingsdale

Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, (TEy)

Doxey Marsh (All Dayer total 75)

3x Arctic Tern, 3x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, numerous Reed Warblers,  Sedge Warblers, Blackcaps, Cetti's Warblers, 10x Swift, (GPr, KLe)

Freehay

9x male Mandarin on garden pond this am, (FCa)

Furnace Grange Smestow Valley

Cattle Egret at 16:08,  Grey Partridge, Hobby, (GSl)

Belvide Resv (All Dayer total 88)

2x Wood Sandpiper, 2x adult Med Gull

Branston GPs (All Dayer total 101)

2x Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Curlew, 2x Redshank, 7x Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 12x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, 5x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 10x Teal, 12x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 16x Gadwall, 26x Little Grebe, 5x Common Tern, YL Gull, 3x Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, Barn Owl, Cuckoo, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x RL Partridge, Stonechat, Mistle Thrush, 6x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Grey Wagtail, Gropper, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Garden Warbler, 8x Lesser Whitethroat, 7x Sedge Warbler, 14x Reed Warbler, 6x Linnet, Siskin, Redpoll, 7x Swift, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean, PFo)

Fisherwick - Elford

Corn Bunting singing on the road at 18:30 on top of a Oak, (MBr)

Friday 1st May 2026

Blithfield Resv

Little Tern at 07:30, (MDJ, GJM)

Middleton Lakes

Drake Garganey, Bar-tailed Godwit (different bird from yesterday), 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, (JKl)

Rocester

6+ Swifts over this am, (JDr)

Swallow Moss

Cuckoo, Blackcap, Whitethroat, (TMe)

Branston GPs

2x Red Kite, Peregrine, Curlew, Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Ringed Plover, 7x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 4x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 12x Teal, 25x Gadwall, 28x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Red-legged Partridge, 6x Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Garden Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, 3x Greenfinch, 2x Bullfinch, 30x Swift, Stonechat, Mistle Thrush, (JWo, CEc, IWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Wood Sandpiper, (et al)

Sandon

West along the Trent & Mersey Canal - Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, 7+ Sedge Warbler, 7x Whitethroat, Goosander, 2x Gadwall, 15+ Reed Bunting, (RSw)

Trentham Gardens

4x Reed Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, (AR)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe still,