Sunday 21st June 2026

Cheddleton Heath

Osprey over north at 09:29, (PCa)

Stanley Pool

5x LRP this am, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

Spoonbill still, Mandarin, 6x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 4x Lapwing, Common Tern, Garden Warbler, 2x Swift, Red Kite, (JOa, TE, KH)

Stafford

Red Kite over, (MPa)

Branston GPs

Red Kite, 7x Little Egret, 5x Shelduck, 40x Gadwall, 3x Shoveler, 60x Pochard, 3x Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 34x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, 3x Cetti's, Warbler, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Black-necked Grebe ads ( + possibly imm bird), (TPe)

Saturday 20th June 2026

Tittesworth Water

Spoonbill still, Green Sandpiper, (SGi)

                                                   Green Sandpiper by Steve Gibson

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, 2x Red Kite, 2x Common Tern, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Reed Warblers, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

An early returning juv Wheatear, (GJM)

Alvecote

3x Common Tern, 2x Little Egret, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 16x Swift, (MSc)

Alrewas NMA

2x Cuckoo, Red Kite, 16x Gadwall, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Catholme

Hobby, 8x Linnet, Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 14x Common Tern, 6x Shelduck, 12x Egyptian Geese, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Branston GPs

5x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 3x Shelduck, Mandarin, 2x Shoveler, 50x Gadwall, 34x Pochard, 2x Red Kite, Curlew, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Friday 19th June 2026

Tittesworth Water

Spoonbill still this am, (CWo)  -  This evening Spoonbill on main resv, (RWi)

                                                                    By Clive Wood

Leek

Peregrine and nearby a Red Kite at Cheddleton Heath, (PCa)

Thursday 18th June 2026

Tittesworth Water

Spoonbill still on the conservation pool, 6x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing, Garden Warbler,  (JOa)

Stanley Pool

Spotted Flycatcher, 3x LRP, Common Sandpiper, (GBr)

Bottleslow Flash

Oystercatcher, LRP, Little Egret, Red Kite, (RTo)

Branston GPs

Redshank, Curlew, 11x Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing, 6x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 26x Pochard, 3x Teal, 55x Gadwall, 19x Shelduck, 20x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Red Kite, Hobby, RL Partridge, 50x Linnet, Garden Warbler, 6x Sedge Warbler, (JWo)

Wednesday 17th June 2026

Tittesworth Water

Spoonbill on the conservation area early am, Hobby, Peregrine, Red Kite, (SGi)

                                                           Spoonbill by Steve Gibson

Belvide Resv

Green Sandpiper on the north shore, 

Bottleslow Flash

2x LRP, 2x Little Egret, (RTo)

Dimmingsdale

Cuckoo, 3x Garden Warbler, Redstart, (TEy)

Kings Bromley

Osprey successfully flying off with a fish at 12:30, (SCo)

Trentham

Hobby over the lake at 12:00, (AR)

Branston GPs

8x Curlew, 9x Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 4x Shoveler, 54x Pochard, 64x Gadwall, 19x Shelduck, 15x Egyptian Geese, 15x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Red Kite, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, Garden Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 60x Linnet, (JWo)

                                                             YL Gull by Jon Woodcock

Tuesday 16th June 2026

Stanley Pool

Common Tern, 3x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Rudyard

Female Mandarin with 3 chicks, (Laxmi)

Branston GPs

Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, Curlew, Ringed Plover, 21x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 5x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 16x Pochard, 5x Teal, 3x Shoveler, 74x Gadwall, 12x Shelduck, 16x Egyptian Geese, 22x Little Grebe, 3x Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 30x Linnet, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Monday 15th June 2026

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite circling over at 05:20, (PCa)

Kings Bromley

Osprey successfully fishing on Manor Park lakes, (AGP)

Cannock Chase

6x Cuckoo, Redstart, Tree Pipits, 15x Stonechat, Small Blue butterfly,.(CMa, RF)

Trentham Gardens

6x adult Cattle Egret, 3 nests, 5x chicks seen, (SE, HF)

                                                                 By Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

6x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 8x Mandarin, 2x Teal, 38x Pochard, 46x Gadwall, 13x Shelduck, 10x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 2x Red Kite, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Sunday 14th June 2026

Doxey Marsh

13x Cetti's Warbler, 19x Whitethroat, 26x Reed Warbler, 83x Sedge Warbler, 5x Gropper, Curlew, Snipe, Oystercatcher, 6x Lapwing, 52x Swift, 2x Common Tern, 4x Water Rail, Little Egret, 40x Gadwall, (MBo, PDy, WBe, DTo, BLo, RSt, RRa, PGl)

Whitemoor Haye

Corn Bunting, 5x Redshank, 3x Oystercatcher, LRP, 60x Swift, 3x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Garden Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 8x Common Tern, (SCo)

Belvide Resv

Osprey thru west at 13:10, 

Tittesworth Water

Possible Caspian Gull, 3x Mandarin, Teal, Common Tern, 7x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 4x Lapwing, 9x Oystercatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Branston GPs

4x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 6x Little Grebe (4 juvs), 6x Shelduck, Mandarin, 50x Gadwall, 2x Teal, 34x Pochard, 3x Oystercatcher, Curlew, Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Saturday 13th June 2026

Gailey Resv

2x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, Red Kite, Peregrine, 6x Oystercatcher, (SRi) 

Whiston

Green Woodpecker 'anting' on drive at The Leys, (GSt

Hilderstone

Red Kite circling over the church at 11:00, (DGl)

Tucklesholme

2x Avocet flew in at 16:35, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 10x Swift, (DSc)

Friday 12th June 2026

Gnosall

Red Kite circling the sports and social club at 08:40, (GCa)

Trentham Gardens

The Cattle Egrets now have chicks, (HFo)

Branston GPs

Knot, Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 5x Lapwing, 6x Little Egret, 8x Pochard, 16x Gadwall, 8x Mandarin, 6x Shelduck, 14x Egyptian Geese, 8x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, Cuckoo, RL Partridge, Yellow Wagtail, 20x Linnet, 150x Sand Martin, (JWo, MCa, CEc)  -  Adult Spoonbill at 20:34 to 20:44 then flew south also Knot still to 21:00 at least, Ringed Plover, 50x Swift, (DSc)

Biddulph Moor

12+ Tree Sparrow, (ALo)

Barton-under Needwood

Spoonbill  over the garden at 20:50, (JWo)

Thursday 11th June 2026

Blithfield Resv

Caspian Tern at top of Blithe Bay at 07:30,  (GJM)  -  still to 16:00 at least (MCh)  -  Caspian Tern to 18:00 at least also 2x Pintail, Spotted Flycatcher, (JKl)  -  Caspian Tern until 20:00 at least, Caspian Gull, 45+ Common Tern, 4x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 9x Ringed Plover, Little Egret, 2x Pintail, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Shoveler, 39x Shelduck, Red Kite, (JWo, CEc, RPo, SEd, HFo et al)

                                                        Caspian Tern by Steve Edwards

                                                     Caspian Tern by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

2x Mandarin, Teal, Common Tern, 8x LRP, 10x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Sandpiper, 4x Lapwing, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)

Wednesday 10th June 2026

Whitemoor Haye

Curlew, Ringed Plover, (TPe)

Branston GPs

Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 6x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 7x Little Egret, 8x Mandarin, 24x Shelduck, 22x Pochard, 46x Gadwall, 20x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, Cuckoo, RL Partridge, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 8x Linnet, 100x House Martin, 300x Sand Martin, 50x Swift, (JWo)

Tuesday 9th June 2026

Gnosall

Red Kite over the Acorn pub at 15:35, (GCa)

Branston GPs

Sanderling, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Little Egret, 5x Pochard, 72x Gadwall, 22x Shelduck, 20x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, Cuckoo, Hobby, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 20x Linnet, 50+ Swift, (JWo)

Monday 8th June 2026

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

This afternoon, 2x Little Stint, 2x Ringed Plover, 8x LRP, 26x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 7x Little Egret, 8x Reed Bunting, Red Kite, (DBr)

Branston GPs

Cuckoo, Red Kite, Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Water Rail, 8x Mandarin, 2x Shoveler, 24x Pochard, 66x Gadwall, 21x Shelduck, 14x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, RL Partridge, 3x Stonechat, 50x Linnet, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Garden Warbler, 4x Sedge Warbler, 10+ Reed Warbler, (JWo)

Sunday 7th June 2026

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite circling over at 10:00, (PCa)

Whitemoor Haye

07:30 - 11:20, 4x Redshank with 2 chicks, 8x Lapwing (one chick), 2x Oystercatcher, LRP, 3x Gadwall, Goosander, 3x Garden Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 8x Blackcap, 11x Whitethroat, 6x GC Grebe, 4x Little Grebe, 3x Yellowhammer, 2x Egyptian Geese, Little Egret, 4x Common Tern, Red Kite, (SCo)

Tittesworth Water

9x Mandarin, Common Tern, 8x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 6x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 2x Garden Warbler, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE)

Alvecote

80+ Swift, House Martins, Cetti's Warbler, Common Tern, (MSc)

Tucklesholme

Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 2x Egyptian Geese, 20x Swift, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Yellow Wagtail, (DSc)

Saturday 6th June 2026

Belvide Resv

Little Stint to 10:32 only,

Tittesworth Water

Caspian Gull still, (SGi, IB, PS, PJ, PB)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Redshank, 2x LRP, Peregrine, (PSm)

Brookhouse Lane 

Red Kite over at 09:30, (DLe)

Alrewas NMA

Cuckoo, Red Kite, 4x Oystercatcher, 24x Gadwall, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Garden Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Port Lane

2x Grey Partridge and at the WMI site 4x LRP A449 side, (JDu)

Branston GPs

Great Egret (struggling to swallow a Perch), 5x Little Egret, 8x Shelduck, 2x Shoveler, 70x Gadwall, 31x Pochard, Curlew, 3x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, Common Tern, Cuckoo, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, (DSc)

                                                       Great Egret by Dave Scattergood

Friday 5th June 2026

Stanley Pool

Female Mandarin, LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

Caspian Gull still, (SGi)

Alvecote

40x Swift, (MSc)

Gailey Resv

Spotted Flycatcher, 3x Little Egret, Red Kite, 5x Oystercatcher, Garden Warbler, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 10x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Little Egret, 17x Pochard, 72x Gadwall, 18x Shelduck, 20x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, 11x Reed Warbler, 80x Swift, 30+ House Martin, 35x Linnet, (JWo)

Tittensor Chase

Stonechat near Saxon's Lowe, (AR)

Thursday 4th June 2026

Middleton Lakes

2x Whimbrel opposite double benches, (MSm)

Branston GPs

11:00 - 2x Oystercatcher, 7x Common Tern, 2x Shelduck, 8x Pochard, Yellow Wagtail, 25x Swift, 10x House Martin, Skylark, Garden Warbler and a Red Kite over Tatenhill village, (DSc)  -  2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 5x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, Goosander, 24x Pochard, 33x Shelduck, 56x Gadwall, 23x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, 2x Red Kite, Hobby, 2x RL Partridge, 60x Linnet, 4x Garden Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 60x Swift, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Tittesworth Water

15x Mandarin, Teal, Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, 5x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Sandpiper, 6x Lapwing, Willow Tit, 2x Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH)

Florence Hill

2x Willow Tit, (AMa)

Wednesday 3rd June 2026

Tittesworth Water

Caspian Gull for 2nd day, (SGi)

                                                                  By Steve Gibson

Stanley Pool

2x Common Tern, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Curlew Sandpiper from 16:10, 

Tucklesholme

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Lapwing, 6x Common Tern, 2x Little Egret, Goosander, 12x Sedge Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler, 2x Garden Warbler, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, 150x Swift, (JWo)

Tuesday 2nd June 2026

Dimmingsdale 

12x Mandarin, (TEy)

Alvecote

Common Tern, 20x Swift, (MSc)

Branston GPs

2x Sanderling, 8x Ringed Plover, 4x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 37x Pochard, 8x Mandarin, 26x Shelduck, 82x Gadwall, 19x Egyptian Geese, 11x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Hobby, 2x RL Partridge, 20x Linnet, 60x Swift, 4x Garden Warbler, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                        Sanderlings by Jon Woodcock

Monday 1st June 2026

Middleton Lakes

2x drake Garganey still, drake Pintail, Ringed Plover, (JKl)

Belvide Resv

2x Quail heard, Red Kite, Cuckoo, 4x Common Tern, Mandarin, 2x Little Egret, 80-120+ Swift, (CMa, RF)

Weston Coyney

Curlew, Red Kite along Malthouse Lane, (Mke, Jke)

Branston GPs

Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 22x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 61x Pochard, 13x Mandarin, 16x Shelduck, 42x Gadwall, 19x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 11x Common Tern, YL Gull, Red Kite, Hobby, 2x Mistle Thrush, Stonechat, Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Garden Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler, 30+ Linnet, 150x Swift, (JWo)

Stafford

Redhill housing  development - 2x Red-legged Partridge using the roof for overnight roosting, (SFi)

                                                        RL Partridge by Steve Finch