Blithfield Resv
Slavonian Grebe briefly St Stephen's Bay at 10:30, (GJM)
Slavonian Grebe by GJ MantBlithfield Resv
Slavonian Grebe briefly St Stephen's Bay at 10:30, (GJM)
Slavonian Grebe by GJ MantTrentham Gardens
30x Gadwall, 25x Wigeon, 4x Teal, Cettis Warbler still, 21x Redwing, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Siskin, (RGi)
Belvide Resv
1st W/juv Little Gull still, Rock Pipit, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Dunlin, Ringed Plover,
Branston GPs
c60x Pink-footed Geese over east at 14:55, 9x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 117x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Pintail, Shelduck, 282x Pochard, 1056x Teal, 65x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Stonechat, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Skylark, (JWo)
Belvide Resv
2x Scaup, 1w Little Gull, 1w Med Gull, 7379x Redwing thru, 25x Fieldfare, 10x Brambling,
Cannock Chase
30+ Siskin, 6x Redpoll, 2x Bullfinch, Raven, Redwing, (JKe)
Blithfield Resv
2x Curlew Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 16x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 9x Ruff, Ruddy Shelduck, 5x Common Gull, 6x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 7x Stonechat, Merlin, (SE, HF)
5x Shore Lark briefly in Blithe bay around 13:28 then flew off north, (PBr)
Curlew Sandpipers by Steve EdwardsBlithfield Resv
Rock Pipit, 100x Redwing SW, 140x Pink-footed Geese NE at 09:10, 70x Pinkfoots east at 09:32, 12x Whooper Swans Blithe Bay (MPR, GJM) - 2x Curlew Sandpiper, 6x Curlew, 16x Dunlin, 7x Ringed Plover, 8x Ruff, Caspian Gull, 3x Common Gull, 5x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Pintail, Ruddy Shelduck, 7x Stonechat, (HF, SE)
Whooper Swans by GJ MantCoven
10x RNP over, 83x Redwing, 2x Kingfisher on the canal, (JDu)
Gailey Resv
3x Great Egret, 13x Little Egret, 22x Wigeon, 15x Shoveler, 6x Pochard, 6x Teal, 2x Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (JIs) - Late afternoon 3rd winter Caspian Gull, Common Gull, Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 20x Wigeon, 14x Shoveler, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Cettis Warbler, (SRi)
Stanley Pool
6x Whooper Swans NW at 09:30, 110x Pink-footed Geese east at 09:37, also 57 east at 10:10 and 100 east at 10:27, Red Kite, 3x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, (GBr)
Whitemoor Haye
2x Marsh Harrier (a very dark one different to yday's), Stonechat, 2x Barnacle Geese, RBG still, (TPe)
Tittesworth Water
11x Mandarin, 13x Teal, 16x Wigeon, Goosander, 80x PF Geese over 2x Willow Tit, 3x Red Kite, 36x Redwing, 28x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)
Branston GPs
8x Whooper Swan, Merlin, Rock Pipit, 4x Pintail, Goldeneye (imm m), 3x Goosander, 7x Green Sandpiper, 8x Curlew, 3x Snipe, Ringed Plover, 87x Lapwing, Water Rail, 3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 362x Pochard, 49x Shoveler, 52x Gadwall, 72x Wigeon, 1056x Teal, Shelduck, 61x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 19x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Barn Owl, 9x Stonechat, 4x Siskin, 8x Redpoll, 70+ Linnet, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Chiffchaff, 2x Grey Wagtail, Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 21x Skylark, (DSc, JWo, BSt, ASt)
Belvide Resv
Ringtail Hen Harrier flew thru south at 15:05,
WMI site near Calf Heath
2x Egyptian Geese, 22x Teal, 90x Lapwing, (SRi)
Belvide Resv
Buff-breasted Sandpiper seen briefly at 09:50 before flying to west end and lost to view, 305x Redwing west, 28x Fieldfare,
Alton
100x Pink-footed Geese over SW at 08:40, (TEy)
Upper Tean
80x Pink-footed Geese over west at 08:47 heading towards Stoke, (RPo)
Blithfield Resv
103x Pink-footed Geese over SE in two skeins, 83 at 09:52 and a further 20 at 09:56, (MPR, GJM)
Stanley Pool
Male Ring Ouzel flew over east this am, 150+ Pink- footed Geese west at 08:55 and a further 50 east at 10:05 also a Peregrine over, (GBr)
MOD Stafford
Red Kite, 4x Raven, (RSt)
Leek
Fem Peregrine over and nearby a Red Kite over Cheddleton Heath, (PCa)
WMI site near Calf Heath
Knot, (MYa)
Tittesworth Water
12x Whooper Swan, 56x Pink-footed Geese over, Little Egret, 11x Mandarin, Goosander, 90x Linnet, 12x Redpoll, 65x Redwing, Raven, Willow Tit, (SGi, IB, PS)
Whitemoor Haye
Early pm - 2x Barnacle Geese, Red-breasted Goose, 2x Marsh Harrier, 3x Red Kite, (TPe) - This am 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret 300+ Lapwing, 51x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, 2x Redwing, Cetti's Warbler, 34x Shoveler, 11x Teal, 24x Gadwall, 39x Pochard, 127x Wigeon, 14x Egyptian Geese, 2x Barnacle Geese, 7x GC Grebe, 21x Little Grebe, 3x Grey Wagtail, 2x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, Red-legged Partridge, 5x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, (SCo)
Uttoxeter Quarry
14x Adult Whooper Swans at 15:48, 3x Goosander, 4x Wigeon, 10x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, Great Egret, female Merlin flew west at 15:54, (RPo)
Whooper Swans by Richard PowellBelvide Resv
Drake Common Scoter, 3x Grey Plover still,
Mow Cop
120+ Pink-footed Geese over south at 10:05, (LHa)
Doxey Marsh
Fem Marsh Harrier, juv Shelduck, 22x Shoveler, 43x Gadwall, 15x Teal, c50 Lapwing, 15x Snipe, juv Dunlin still, 2x Great Egret, 5x GC Grebe, Grey Wagtail, (CAFH)
Freehay
Male Brambling with Chaffinches in garden at 13:15, (RCa)
Hales Hall Pool Cheadle
8x Goosander, 10x Tufted Duck, Grey Wagtail, Red Kite over (TDu)
Whitemoor Haye
Wheatear on rubble pile, (TPe)
Blithfield Resv
Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Curlew, 22x Dunlin, 6x Ringed Plover, 8x Ruff, 2x Common Gull, 6x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Red Kite, 6x Stonechat, (SE, HF)
Branston GPs
Red Kite, Peregrine, 10x Green Sandpiper, 10x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Snipe, 96x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Shelduck, 411x Pochard, 34x Wigeon, 62x Shoveler, 41x Gadwall, 1050x Teal, 69x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (ad), 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Kingfisher, 7x Stonechat, 8x Skylark, 80x Linnet, 5x Siskin, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Chiffchaff, (JWo)
Middleton Lakes
Tonight - Bittern, 2x Dunlin, Ruff, 15x Snipe, 3x Goosander, riverside roost held 11x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, (MB)
Blithfield Resv
Juv Black Tern this am, (GJM)
Stafford
200+ Pink-footed Geese SSW over Sandon Road by the Princess Royal, (RSt)
Doxey Marsh
This pm 12x Shoveler, Gadwall, 3x Wigeon, 19x Teal, c50 Lapwing, 8x Snipe, juv Dunlin, Great Egret, (CAFH)
Long Birch Codsall
10x Mistle Thrush and 15x Redwing, (PCo)
Loggerheads
A total of 250x Pink-footed Geese over in 4 skeins around midday, (JSt)
Claymills
Along canal footpath up to River Dove/Derbyshire border - Little Egret, 8x Egyptian Geese, Grey Wagtail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 5x Goldcrest, (DSc)
Branston GPs
8x Green Sandpiper, 8x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 74x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Shelduck, 361x Pochard, 76x Wigeon, 101x Shoveler, 79x Gadwall, 760x Teal, 64x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Peregrine, 8x Stonechat, 6x Redpoll, 70x Linnet, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 11x Chiffchaff, 6x Skylark, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)
Trentham Gardens
38x Gadwall, 2x Mandarin, 4x Wigeon, 2x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 11x Redwing, (RTo) - Cetti's Warbler calling next to "Dandelion clocks" this am, (MJW)
Stafford
Red Kite Foregate St/Halfords, (RSt)
Doxey Marsh
Fem Marsh Harrier, 22x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 11x Teal, Pochard, c90x Lapwing, 8x Snipe, Great Egret, (CAFH)
Blithfield Resv
Ruddy Shelduck, Caspian Gull, 2x Common Gull, 6x Curlew, 23x Dunlin, 22x Ringed Plover, 10x Ruff, 6x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 10x Stonechat, (SE, HF)
Branston GPs
Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Peregrine, 9x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 8x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 56x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, Pintail, Shelduck, 84x Wigeon, 222x Pochard, 96x Shoveler, 69x Gadwall, 900+ Teal, 62x Little Grebe, Common Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, Kingfisher, 6x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 16x Chiffchaff, 6x Siskin, 110x Linnet, 8x Skylark, (JWo)
Alton
20x Redwing, (TEy)
Blithfield Resv
2x Greenshank, 3x Ruff, 5x Dunlin, 30+ Ringed Plover, Curlew, Lapwings, Merlin in a tree west of the causeway, (BGo, BAl)
Belvide Resv
3x Grey Plover, 4x Ringed Plover, 6x Pintail, Peregrine, (TJa)
Aqualate
10:30 - 12:30 Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, 2x Little Grebe, (JKe)
Tittesworth Water
Juv Black Tern, Common Tern thru, Ringed Plover, 2x Snipe, Little Egret, Barn Owl, 21x Wigeon, 6x Teal, 5x Goosander, Red Kite, 30x Redwing, 25x Linnet, (SGi, IF)
Black Tern by Steve GibsonBlithfield Resv
Cattle Egret NW thru Blithe Bay with 3x Great Egrets, (MPR, GJM) - 07:30 to 11:30 7x Great Egret, 3x Pintail, Red Kite, 2x YL Gull, 16x Ringed Plover, 24x Dunlin, 6x Curlew, 10x Ruff, Wheatear, sev Stonechat, (SRi) -
2x Grey Plover, 24x Dunlin, 15x Ringed Plover, 10x Ruff, 6x Curlew, Cattle Egret, 8x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Caspian Gull, 4x Common Gull, Ruddy Shelduck, 3x Pintail, 6x Stonechat, (HF, SE)
Cattle Egret by Steve EdwardsBelvide Resv
5x Grey Plover and Little Stint still,
Baswich - Milford River Sow Meadows
c100x Pink-footed Geese high SE this am, Great Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 11x Skylark, 7x Redwing, 40x Stock Dove, (RSw)
Uttoxeter Quarry
Black-necked Grebe still, yellow wing-tagged juv Marsh Harri20x Gadwall, er again, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)
Gailey Resv
3x Little Egret, 14x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 3x Pochard, 3x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, (JIs)
Doxey Marsh
Green Sandpiper, 167x Lapwing, 25x Snipe, 3x Grey Wagtail, Peregrine, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Redwing, 2x Willow Warbler, 53x Chiffchaff, 16x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Water Rail, 50x Shoveler, 9x Skylark, (WeBS, MBo, DTo, BLo, RRa, RSt) - 15:30 to 17:00 4x Great Egret, 15x Snipe, 60x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, 2x Greenfinch, Gadwall, Shoveler, Teal, (JKe, AKe)
Tittesworth Water
Arctic Tern, 3x Mandarin, 16x Teal, 5x Goosander, 63x Redwing, Willow Tit, 15x Siskin, (JOa, LH, TE)
The Roaches
2x Red Kite, 2x Raven, (MKe, JKe)
Whitemoor Haye
301x Cormorant (site record), 7x Little Egret, 5x Great Egret, c400x Lapwing, 48x Snipe, Mistle Thrush, Marsh Harrier (fem), 11x Wigeon, (SCo)
Branston GPs
Imm Marsh Harrier, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Shelduck, Mandarin, 60x Wigeon, 270x Pochard, 11x Goosander, 9x Curlew, 50x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 7x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, YL Gull, 30x Skylark, 6x Stonechat, 2x Redwing, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 10x Chiffchaff, 150x Linnet, 10x Siskin, 3x Redpoll, (DSc)
Tucklesholme
Little Egret, 6x Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)
Uttoxeter Quarry
Black-necked Grebe still, 2x juv Spotted Redshank flew west at 09:17, Green Sandpiper, Pintail, 8x Pochard, Great Egret, (RPo)
Blithfield Resv
108x Wigeon, 7x Great Egret, 3x Red Kite, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, Grey Plover, 3x Golden Plover, 15x Ringed Plover, 20x Dunlin, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Curlew, 10x Ruff, Snipe, c10x Stonechat, (SRi, GJM, MPR)
Belvide Resv
5x Grey Plover, 4x Ringed Plover, 4x Dunlin, Little Stint, 3x Kestrel, 5x Red Kite, Peregrine, 3x Goshawk, Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, 169x Redwing thru, 3x Swallow thru,
Alrewas NMA
7x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, Alrewas canal Stonechat, (JWo)
Wychnor
c1000+ Wood Pigeon, (JWo)
Branston GPs
3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Shelduck, 72x Wigeon, 60x Shoveler, 170x Pochard, imm Marsh Harrier, imm Peregrine, 10x Curlew, 60x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, Snipe, GBB Gull, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Stonechat, 8x Redwing, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Linnet, (DSc)
Belvide Resv
725x Redwing over 08:25 to 10:25, Little Stint and 3x Grey Plover still,
Middleton Lakes
40+ Redwing this am, 2x Marsh Harrier, 2x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 50x Snipe, 3x Pochard, (SPA) - This evening 3x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, Stonechat, 7x Goosander, Riverside roost Bittern, 10x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, (MB)
Branston GPs
3x Grey Plover, 3x Ringed Plover, 60x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 8x Curlew, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Shelduck, 82x Wigeon, 19x Pochard, 122x Gadwall, 75x Shoveler, 462x Teal, 48x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), Common Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Peregrine, 25x Redwing, 6x Redpoll, 8x Siskin, 5x Stonechat, 34x Skylark, 60x Linnet, (JWo, CEc)
Doxey Marsh
Juv Little Tern on Boundary Flash, (RBr)
Barton-under-Needwood
2x Redpoll, Siskin, (JWo)
Tittesworth Water
7x Whooper Swan to 11:30 at least, 3x Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, 6x Teal, 60x Meadow Pipit, (JOa, LH)
Gailey Resv
Great Egret, Little Egret, 16x Shoveler, Pochard, 2x Teal, 3x Common Sandpiper, (JIs)
Belvide Resv
Glossy Ibis, Little Stint, 3x Grey Plover, 4x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin,
Doxey Marsh
Bittern at 15:40 perched in reeds Tillington Flash from main hide, (AHa) - 16:45 to 17:15 30x Lapwing, Snipe, Great Egret, 4x Gadwall, 8x Shoveler, Teal, (JKe, AKe)
Branston GPs
c34x Pink-footed Geese over high SE at 16:48, 10x Curlew, 11x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 12x Snipe, 90x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Shelduck, 312x Pochard, 61x Wigeon, 75x Shoveler, 81x Gadwall, 559x Teal, 61x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 8x Siskin, 18x Greenfinch, 120x Linnet, 74x Skylark, Grey Wagtail, Blackcap, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Stonechat, (JWo, DSc)
Stafford Branch of WMBC first talk of the winter season. Madagascar, Tuesday 13th October doors open 19:15 for a 19:30 start at Walton Village Hall, Greengore Lane, Stafford ST17 0LD. Isolated for millenia and sometimes called the 8th continent, Madagascar has developed a unique wildlife, full of endemic species. Speaker Chris Evans. Plus the Cannock Chase Breeding Survey 2027. £3 entry fee, refreshments provided.
Belvide Resv
Spotted Redshank to 11:10 only, Little Stint, 3x Grey Plover, 9x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, Ruff, 4x Whooper Swan,
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Great Egret over, (Foz)
Middleton Lakes
25x Golden Plover, Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 29x Snipe, 2x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, (SPA)
Doxey Marsh
This afternoon - Fem Marsh Harrier, 35x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 20x Teal, 70x Lapwing, 21x Snipe, Little Grebe, GC Grebe, Great Egret, (CAFH)
Blithfield Resv
2x Whooper Swan, Caspian Gull, Ruddy Shelduck, 6x Curlew, 19x Dunlin, 19x Ringed Plover, 5x Golden Plover, Redshank, 9x Ruff, Common Gull, 6x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Red Kite, 2x Stonechat, (SE, HF)
Whooper Swan by Steve EdwardsMiddleton Lakes
Pectoral Sandpiper and 2+ Ruff, (SPA) - This Evening Pec Sand still, 2x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 150x Lapwing, 58x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, (MHu)
Trentham Gardens
5x Mandarin, 10x Gadwall, Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 2x Little Grebe, 3x Little Egret, (RTo, HF)
Belvide Resv
3x Grey Plover, juv Little Stint, PF Goose,
Whitemoor Haye
This pm - Red-breasted Goose, 24x Egyptian Geese, 26x Pochard, 15x Snipe, 109x Lapwing, (JHi)
Trent Washlands
4x Cetti's Warbler, 16x Wigeon, 7x Teal, 5x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, Little Egret, (AJa)
Branston GPs
Goshawk, Red Kite, 2x Peregrine, Barn Owl, Rock Pipit, 4x Golden Plover, 4x Ringed Plover, 74x Lapwing, 10x Curlew, 4x Snipe, 7x Green Sandpiper, 8x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 5x Goosander, Pintail, Mandarin, Shelduck, 302x Pochard (site record count), 98x Shoveler, 94x Gadwall, 54x Wigeon, 536x Teal, 77x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 9x Stonechat, 8x Greenfinch, 40x Linnet, Blackcap, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Skylark, 19x Clouded Yellow, Speckled Bush Cricket, (JWo, CEc, Dean)
Belvide Resv
2x Grey Plover, 9x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, 7x Great Egret, 15x Pintail, juv Marsh Harrier, 2x Peregrine, YL Gull, 3x Stonechat,
Middleton Lakes
5x Ruff, 8x Snipe, juv Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 5x Pintail, 3x Great Egret, 5x Chiffchaff, (MHu)
Gailey Resv
11x Egyptian Geese, Aus Shelduck, 4x Shoveler, 2x Teal, 2x Pochard, 1w Common Gull, (SRi)
Chorley
2+ Ring-necked Parakeet at Shute Hill, also 3x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)
Blithfield Resv
1w male Marsh Harrier NW at 08:00, (MPR, GJM) - 15:00 to 16:30 - Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 6x Ruff, 2x Stonechat, 100x Linnet, Kestrel, (JKe, AKe)
Kestrel by Alex KeebleBelvide Resv
Grey Plover, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 9x Ringed Plover, 2x Golden Plover, 7x Great Egret, Little Egret, Snipe, 2x Red Kite, Goshawk, 7x Pintail, 6x Swallow,
Uttoxeter Quarry
16x Pintail, 11x Pochard, 4x Goosander, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, (RPo)
Tittesworth Water
3x Teal, Gadwall, Snipe, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Peregrine, 3x Swallow, (JOa, LH)
Shoal Hill
Fem/imm Marsh Harrier 11:40 -11:45 before flying south, (SRi)
Tucklesholme
3x Curlew, 3x Snipe, 113x Wigeon, 2x Stonechat, (KayD)
Whitemoor Haye
Juv Hobby, Red Kite, Snipe, Great Egret, Stonechat, (KayD)
Branston GPs
4x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, Shelduck, 58x Wigeon, 80x Shoveler, 162x Pochard, Goosander, 11x Curlew, 18x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, GBB Gull, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 15x Skylark, 6x Stonechat, 20x Chiffchaff, 75x Linnet, 2x Siskin, (DSc)
Uttoxeter Quarry
3x Red-crested Pochard at 09:15- 2 drakes and 1 female, also Black-necked Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)
Alton
Red Kite, 30x Linnet, 100x Meadow Pipit over south, (TEy)
Chasewater
1w Med Gull near the visitor centre, (TBr)
Blithfield Resv
06:45 to 12:30 - 9x Great Egret, 3x Red Kite, 2x Peregrine, 2x YL Gull, 40x Ringed Plover, juv Little Stint, 18x Dunlin, 5x Curlew, 9x Ruff, 7x Snipe, 7x Stonechat, Clouded Yellow, (SRi, GJM, MPR)
Biddulph Moor
2x Wheatear off top road, (ALo)
Branston GPs
Brambling over south at 09:50, 4x Swallow thru south, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Shelduck, 60x Wigeon, 75x Shoveler, 80x Pochard, Goosander, Peregrine, 7x Curlew, 18x Lapwing, Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, GBB Gull, 30x Skylark, 3x Stonechat, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Blackcap, 25x Chiffchaff, 40x Linnet, 4x Siskin, 3x Couded Yellow, (DSc)
Cheddleton
Redwing over at 07:00, (DSc)
Tucklesholme
60x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 25x Gadwall, 3x Goosander, Little Egret, (DSc)
Croxall
20x Shoveler, Snipe, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)
Whitemoor Haye
100x Lapwing, Great Egret, (DSc)
Belvide Resv
18x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, Snipe, 2x Peregrine, Goshawk (j), 3x Red Kite, 5x Goosander, 11x Pintail, 5x Great Egret, 2x YL Gull,
Middleton Lakes
9x Shoveler, 50+ Gadwall, 20+ Teal, 6x Little Egret, Great Egret, 200+ Lapwing, 4x Chiffchaff, Linnets, (KJo)
Rudyard
15x Buzzard in field beside lake at Rushton end, (HBa)
Middleton Lakes
Pectoral Sandpiper still on JW north, (GG) - Pec Sand still this afternoon, (GLy) - Tonight Pectoral Sandpiper, 5x Ruff, Bittern, 3x Ringed-necked- Parakeet thru, riverside roost 9x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, (MB)
Blithfield Resv
2x Black Tern, (GJM) - Little Stint still this am, 13x Dunlin, 6x Ruff, 2x Curlew, 2x Black Tern, 4x Great Egret, Hobby, Peregrine (juv), (KayD)
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4x Swallow thru, (Foz)
Tittesworth Water
Common Tern, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Goosander, 8x Teal, 3x Wigeon, 4x Mandarin, Little Egret, Raven, (IFe)
Bentilee
Hobby over at 13:10 flying towards Berryhill, (PCa)
Blackbank
17x Redwing thru this am,
Consall (Churnet Valley)
Redwing this am, (SFe)
Doxey Marsh
16:15 to 17:15 - Marsh Harrier, Water Rail (juv), Great Egret, Little Grebe, 10x Snipe, 40x Lapwing, 4x Wigeon, Shoveler, Teal, Gadwall, Kestrel, Chiffchaff, (JKe, AKe)
Alrewas
Cattle Egret in field with Cattle, (SCo)
Branston GPs
Wheatear (f), 4x Swallow, 5x Stonechat, Red Kite, 3x Peregrine, 10x Curlew, 5x Snipe, 4x Green Sandpiper, 52x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Shelduck, 66x Wigeon, 86x Shoveler, 66x Gadwall, 182x Pochard, 350x Teal, 52x Little Grebe, 150x Linnet, 600x Starling, 2x Willow Emerald, 9x Clouded Yellow, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean)
Blithfield Resv
Little Stint in Tad Bay, (GJM) - Little Stint still, 16x Dunlin, 37x Ringed Plover, 25x Lapwing, Ruff, 6x Curlew, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, 10x Great Egret, Willow Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff, (CMa, RF) -
Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 6x Curlew, 20x Dunlin, 42x Ringed Plover, 6x Ruff, Common Gull, 10x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Hobby, Red Kite, 3x Stonechat, Wheatear, (HF, SE)
Curlew Sandpiper by Steve EdwardsBelvide Resv
Juv Marsh Harrier thru at 08:26,
Tucklesholme
Wheatear and Curlew wading ponds, (TWy)
Tittesworth Water
2x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, Little Egret, 2x Lapwing, Red Kite, Swallow, (JOa)
Black Bank
Vismig this am - 9x PF Geese, 3x Brambling, 8x Greenfinch, (NP)
Branston GPs
Marsh Harrier (juv), Hobby, 2x Peregrine, 12x Curlew, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 10x Snipe, 5x Green Sandpiper, 14x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 88x Pochard, 83x Gadwall, 104x Shoveler, 362x Teal, 68x Wigeon, Shelduck, 64x Little Grebe, Common Gull, GBB Gull (ad), YL Gull, Mistle Thrush, 3x Stonechat (m+f+juv), Yellow Wagtail, 100x Linnet, 9x Skylark, 6x Greenfinch, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 24x Clouded Yellow, (JWo)