Monday 31st August 2026

Blithfield Resv

06:50 to 08:30 - Tad Bay Wood Sandpiper, 10x Ruff, 8x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Greenshank, Redshank, Curlew, Snipe, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 9x Great Egret, Red Kite, Blithe Bay 09:45 to 11:15 - 4x Ruff, 3x Redshank, 24x Ringed Plover, 6x Dunlin, 3x Common Sandpiper, 5+ Great Egret, 4x Yellow Wagtail, Swift, Sand Martin, Ruddy Shelduck, 21x Goosander, 2x Painted Lady, (PAn)

Belvide Resv

2x Osprey thru SE of the dam at 09:40, Little Stint, 10x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 3x Ruff, 3x Dunlin, 7x Common Sandpiper, 2x Greenshank, Black-necked Grebe, 3x Great Egret, 

Doxey Marsh

08:15 to 10:20 - 4x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 50+ Lapwing, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail over, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Sedge Warbler, Water Rail, (RGi)  -  Osprey over Creswell Flash at 11:15. No sign of the Spotted Redshank at Tillington Flash,  (RPo)

Croxall

Black Tern still, (TPe)  -  Also this am Cattle Egret, 3x Greenshank south, 6x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 87x Shoveler, Yellow Wagtail, (ICW)

Stanley Pool

Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Little Egret, (GBr)

Gailey Resv

Osprey heading east at 09:44, family group of 4 calling Hobby, 4x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 5x Shoveler, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Swift, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

Whinchat, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, (SCo)

Chasewater

2x Little Stint this morning, (CW)  -  3x Spotted Flycatcher, Common Sandpiper, 18x Swift, (JHi)

                                                  Spotted Flycatcher by Jamie Hicken

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Peregrine, Spotted Flycatcher, 9x Whinchat, 6x Stonechat, Swift, Sedge Warbler, 8x Skylark, 18x Yellow Wagtail, 4x Grey Wagtail, 28x Linnet, 3x Greenshank, 8x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 7x Curlew, LRP, 3x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 2x Mandarin, Wigeon, 114x Pochard, 56x Gadwall, 146x Teal, 83x Shoveler, Shelduck, Common Gull, YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, (JWo, DSc)

                                                  Spotted Flycatcher by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

Med Gull, 3x Common Gull, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Shoveler, 53x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, (SGi)

Sunday 30th August 2026

Berryhill

08:00 - 10:30, 4x Whinchat inc one at Botteslow, Wheatear, 12x Stonechat, Spotted Flycatcher in copse up from the standing stone circle, Redstart, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Kestrel, (RTo)

Stanley Pool

2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Little Egret, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

11x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 10x Pochard, 14x Shoveler, Peregrine, 6x Little Egret, 2x Clouded Yellow, (RPo)

Cheddleton Heath

3x Red Kites circling at 11:15, (PCa)

Radford Meadow Stafford

Whinchat, 4x Ruff, c80 Lapwing, 3x Stonechat, Wigeon, Mandarin, Little Egret, 6x Yellow Wagtail, Swift,  (CDa)

Croxall

Black Tern (juv) still, (TPe)  -  Black Tern still to 17:00 at least with 12x Common Terns, Little Egret, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

06:30 to 11:15 - 13x Great Egret, Red Kite, Peregrine, 4x YL Gull, 13x Common Tern, 20x Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, 6x Dunlin, 4x Common Sandpiper, 8x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Curlew, 9x Ruff, 10x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Wheatear, (SRi) 

2x Wood Sandpiper Tad Bay, Ruddy Shelduck, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, 11x Common Sandpiper, 3x Curlew, 19x Dunlin, 10x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 34x Ringed Plover, 12x Ruff, 10x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, Peregrine, Red Kite, 2x Pintail, 3x Wheatear, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Clouded Yellow, (SE, HF)

                                                    Wood Sandpipers by Steve Edwards

Chasewater

Greenshank, 5x Common Sandpiper, 22x Swift, Snipe, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

9x Turnstone flew out at 09:23, Hobby, (ICW)

Tittesworth Water

38x Mandarin, 8x Goosander, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 5x Oystercatcher, 3x Common Gull, 50+ House Martin, Red Kite, (JOa, LH, TE,)  -  Osprey at 17:00, (KBr)

Rudyard

4x Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 27x Lapwing, 50+ Teal, 2x Raven, (SSe)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey still, Spotted Redshank, Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper, Great Egrets, Little Egrets, (MGG)

Branston GPs

Spotted Flycatcher, 4x Whinchat, 6x Stonechat, Garden Warbler, 2x Grey Wagtail, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, c150+ Pochard, 9x Collared Dove, Clouded Yellow, (JWo, DSc, BSt, ASt, CEc)  -  Additional Juv Goshawk thru south. 2x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, also Volucella zonaria, (JWo)  -  Additional 4x Great Egret, 16x Little Egret, Peregrine, Shelduck, 200x Pochard, Green Woodpecker, 5x Yellow Wagtail, 20x Linnet, (DSc)

                                                    Spotted Flycatcher by Jon Woodcock

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4x Stonechat, Snipe, (JDu)

Middleton Lakes

Osprey this afternoon, (DHa)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret, Wheatear,

Saturday 29th August 2026

Radford Meadows

08:30 - 10:15 4x Pintail, 12x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, 26x Teal, 2x Ruff briefly, 49x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, Little Egret, (CDa)

Stanley Pool

Common Sandpiper, 3x Little Egret, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey again Creswell Flash at 12:45, (JPe)

Tittesworth Water

2x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 35x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 5x Common Gull, 12x House Martin, (SG, IB, PS)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Turnstone thru at 15:15, Greenshank, (TPe)  -  120x Lapwing, 15+ Yellow Wagtail, 3x Little Egret, Sedge Warbler, 2x Willow Warbler, (SCo)

Croxall

Juv Black Tern at 16:00, (TPe)  -  2x Cattle Egret and Black Tern still, (SCo)

Rudyard Lake

North end - 4x Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 22x Lapwing, Little Egret, 24x Teal, (RGi)

Catholme

Common Sandpiper, 10x Great Egret, 39x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 12x Common Tern, 25x Gadwall, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Greenshank, Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, 2x Green Woodpecker, Alrewas canal Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Branston GPs

3x Turnstone thru north at 15:37, 7x Curlew, 2x Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Lapwing, LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Shelduck, 6x Wigeon, 50x Shoveler, 130x Pochard, Hobby, Green Woodpecker, 10x Swift, 300x House Martin, 16x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Whinchat, 5x Stonechat, 2x Willow Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, 15x Linnet, (DSc, CEc, SCo)

Friday 28th August 2026

Gailey Resv

Early morning - Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, 7x Shoveler, 3x Pochard, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Swift, (SRi)

Doxey Marsh

Juv Purple Heron River Sow behind Tenpin at 10:00, (MBo)

This am - Osprey briefly circled Creswell and flew towards M6, 2x Mandarin, 10x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 10x Teal, c60 Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Snipe, 3x Ruff, Great Egret, (CAFH)  -  Osprey again fishing over Creswell at 15:39, (GPr)  -  Osprey at Creswell Flash to 17:45, (CAFH)

Middleton Lakes

Tree Sparrow at east scrape, (GG)

Berryhill

Spotted Flycatcher, 3x Whinchat, Wheatear, 13+ Stonechat, Ringed Plover over, Yellow Wagtail over, Lesser Whitethroat, 3+ Redstart, 2x Swift, 2x Willow Warbler, (RG,NP)

Aqualate

07:40 to 11:00  - 2x Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Hobby, Bittern, Hazel Dormouse, (KHa)

Chasewater

2x Pintail, Dunlin, 4x Common Sandpiper, LRP, (ICW)

Croxall

2x Cattle Egret, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 16x Common Tern, (ICW)

Branston GPs

Greenshank, 7x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Shelduck, 6x Wigeon, 46x Shoveler, 36x Pochard, 7x Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, (DSc)

5x Whinchat, 5x Stonechat, Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, 12x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Snipe, 5x Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 3x Mandarin, Shelduck, 8x Wigeon, 192x Pochard, 83x Shoveler, 179x Teal, 64x Gadwall, 58x Little Grebe, Common Tern, 5x YL Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 30+ Chiffchaff, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 35x Linnet, (JWo)

                                                         Mandarins by Jon Woodcock

Uttoxeter Quarry

5x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Great Egret, 4x Goosander, 9x Shoveler, 2x Swift, (RPo)

Thursday 27th August 2026

Gailey Resv

5x Great Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, 12x Shoveler, 5x Teal, 3x Pochard, juv Ringed Plover, Snipe, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

Bar-tailed Godwit thru west at 09:30, 

Branston GPs

Juv Curlew Sandpiper north end of Ashy pit to 12:40 at least, Ruff, Greenshank, 12x Egyptian Geese, 2x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, (DSc)  

Curlew Sandpiper, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 2x Greenshank, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 25x Snipe, 12x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Great Egret, 21x Little Egret, 204x Pochard, 88x Gadwall, 39x Shoveler, 177x Teal, Shelduck, 47x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, RL Partridge, Peregrine, Hobby, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Whinchat, 2x Stonechat, 2x Swift, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 14x Linnet, (JWo)

                                                Curlew Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, 4x Ruff, 3x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, Great Egrets, Little Egrets, (ABe) 

This pm - 4x Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper. Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Redshank, 6x Wigeon, Hobby, 3x Yellow Wagtail, (JKl)

Tittesworth Water

14x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Gull, (LH, JOa)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey hunting and catching a fish  Creswell Flash at 17:15, (JPe)  -  This evening the Osprey from the main hide perched in a dead tree, also 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, (BGo)

This evening 14x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Little Egret, Great Egret, Osprey till 19:00 then flew off, (CAFH)

                                                         Osprey by Bill Goldstraw

Blithfield Resv

19x Ruff, 12x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, c15 Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, 6x Great Egret, YL Gull, 2x Common Sandpiper, (PAn)

Wednesday 26th August 2026

Comberford

5x Corn Bunting, 39x Red-legged Partridge, (JHi)

                                                    Corn Buntings by Jamie Hicken

Croxall Lakes

This morning - Ruddy Shelduck, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 16x Common Tern, (JHi)  -  

Late afternoon Ruff, 2x Black-tailed Godwit 4x Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 25x Common Tern, (TPe)

Berryhill

3x Whinchat, Wheatear, 10+ Stonechat from the Palletstacks, (RTo)

Tittesworth Water

Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 2x Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Shoveler, 13x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 7x Common Gull, (SGi)

Blithfield Resv

Blithe Bay - Black Tern, 5x Dunlin, 2x Curlew, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 2x Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, 2x YL Gull, Tad Bay 13x Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Ruff, (IGr, KMa, MLe)  

Black Tern, Ruddy Shelduck, 14x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Common Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, 8x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, 7x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Ringed Plover, 13x Ruff, 7x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 2x Pintail, 10x Yellow Wagtail, Peregrine, Red Kite, (SE, HF)   

This evening Tad Bay 12x Ruff, 12x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, Curlew, 5x Great Egret, Common Gull, 3x YL Gull, (JHi)

Gailey Resv

Juv Ringed Plover, 5x Snipe, 5x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, Shoveler, (SRi)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey 18:15 to at least 19:00 from main hide, 4x Lapwing, 10x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

3x Whinchat, 5x Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, 8x Linnet, Redshank, Greenshank, Ruff, 12x Curlew, 6x Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 18x Snipe, Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 22x Little Egret, 2x Wigeon, 34x Shoveler, 109x Gadwall, 154x Teal, 164x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 18x Egyptian Geese, 53x Little Grebe, 3x Common Tern, 2x Red Kite, Hobby, (JWo, DSc, CEc)

Tuesday 25th August 2026

Blithfield Resv

Tad Bay - 22x Black-tailed Godwit, 17x Ruff, 8x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, 2x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Red Kite, 6x Great Egret, 6x YL Gull, (RBr)

Doxey Marsh

Spotted Redshank from the main hide to 18:20 at least, also Wood Sandpiper, (AHa)  -  Spotted Redshank still to 18:44 at least, (GPr, AHa, RRa, DEg, PGl)

AM 9x Shoveler, 14x Gadwall, 11x Teal, c80 Lapwing, Peregrine,  PM 8x Snipe, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, (CAFH)  -  Spotted Redshank to 20:30 at least from main hide (KCl)

Middleton Lakes

4x Ruff, 3x Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Snipe, 5x Great Egret roosted riverside with 20x Little Egret, (MB)

Monday 24th August 2026

Stanley Pool

Hobby, Common Tern, 2x Little Egret,  (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

3x Turnstone over, 32x Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Common Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, 3x Dunlin, 4x Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 4x LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 11x Ringed Plover, 20x Ruff, 2x Wheatear, 19x Yellow Wagtail, 6x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, Hobby, Peregrine, Red Kite, (SE, HF) 

Croxall

Late afternoon - 2x Ruff, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 28x Common Tern, (TPe)

Gailey Resv

16x Shoveler, 3x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, Snipe, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

Ruff, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, (TPe)

Tittesworth Water

Redshank, 6x Oystercatcher, (TMe)

Belvide Resv

Juv Whinchat, 2x Green Sandpiper, 

Branston GPs

Red Kite, Hobby, 2x Peregrine, 4x Kestrel, Whinchat, Stonechat, 2x Greenshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 14x Curlew, 28x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 3x Shelduck, 12x Shoveler, 38x Teal, 145x Pochard, 33x Egyptian Geese, 57x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 5x YL Gull, Clouded Yellow, (JWo, CEc)

 

Sunday 23rd August 2026

Uttoxeter Quarry

5x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 4x Shoveler, Shelduck, 2x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Swift, Clouded Yellow, (RPo)

Doxey Marsh

Main hide: 2x Ruff, 6x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 20x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Water Rail, Wheatear, (BGo)

                                                            Ruff by Bill  Goldstraw

Tittesworth Water

43x Mandarin, Goosander, 3x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Gull, (JOa, LH, TE)

Croxall

Late afternoon: 2x Ruff, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper 2x Greenshank, (TPe)

Branston GPs

5x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, Mandarin, 100x Pochard, Peregrine, 14x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 8x Yellow Wagtail, Whinchat, 5x Stonechat, 10x Linnet, Clouded Yellow, (DSc)

Saturday 22nd August 2026

Blithfield Resv

06:15 to 11:45: 6x Turnstone, 30x Black-tailed Godwit,10x Ringed Plover 5x LRP, 3x Dunlin, 3x Snipe, 5x Curlew, 12x Ruff, Black Tern, 50+ Common Tern, 6x Great Egret, 8x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Wheatear, 13x Goosander, Hobby, 1w Caspian Gull, 10+ YL Gull, (SRi)   

06:40 to 09:10 Blithe Bay: Black Tern, 2x Turnstone, 12x Ruff, 10x Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, 3x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher 5x Curlew, Wheatear, 5+ Yellow Wagtail, 10+ ad YL Gull, 8x Goosander, 3x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, Tad Bay 6x Great Egret, (PAn) 

Doxey Marsh

Wood Sandpiper still on Creswell Flash and Ruff at 08:00, (RRa)  -  Wood Sand still at 15:05 from main hide, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, (GPr)  -  In addition 5x Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, Water Rail, 2x Little Egret, (BGo)

Croxall

2x Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, juv Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher - colour ring Green A29 on one of the Oycs, (TPe)

Copmere

Tree Pipit over at 08:05, (AHa)

Stanley Pool

Hobby, Wheatear, 2x Little Egret, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 60x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, Teal, 6x Common Gull, (SGi, IB)

Branston GPs

12x Little Grebe, 10x Little Egret, 100x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 30x Teal, Common Sandpiper, 14x Curlew, 4x Ringed Plover, Peregrine, 3x Yellow Wagtail,  Grey Wagtail, 2x Stonechat, 21x Egyptian Geese, Common Gull, 3x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Clouded Yellow, (DSc)

 AP and DP only Ruff, Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

Juv Spotted Redshank at west end this evening to 20:17 only

Alrewas NMA

Greenshank, Green Woodpecker, 2x Common Tern (JWo)

Friday 21st August 2026

Doxey Marsh

Wood Sandpiper still to at least 07:55, c70 Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 3x Shoveler, 3x Gadwall, Common Tern, 5x GC Grebe, Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)  -  14:18 to 16:40 Wood Sandpiper still on Creswell Flash, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 18x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, (RSw)

Blithfield Resv

Black Tern, Marsh Harrier, Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 14x Common Sandpiper, 3x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x LRP, 30x Ringed Plover,  Oystercatcher, 13x Ruff, 3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Wheatear, 15x Yellow Wagtail, (HF, SE)    -  Blithe Bay 13x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, Black Tern, Ruddy Shelduck, (ABe)  -  In addition 3x YL Gull, Caspian Gull, Common Terns, (RBe)  -  Whinchat, Gropper, 3x Redstart, 6x Wheatear, Clouded Yellow, (MDJ)

                                                             Wheatear by GJ Mant

                                                         Black Tern by Rob Bendelow

Rudyard

Glossy Ibis still to 09:50 when it flew off NW, also Ringed Plover, 60+ Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 12x Teal, (SSe)

Otherton

Redstart, Wheatear, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)

Gailey Resv

3x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 3x Common Tern, just one Swift, juv Willow Warbler, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Ruff (juv), 2x Greenshank, 7x Curlew, 5x Green Sandpiper, 10x Common Sandpiper, 9x Snipe, 11x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 19x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 128x Pochard, 129x Gadwall, 26x Teal, 22x Shoveler, 4x Shelduck, 24x Egyptian Geese, 45x Little Grebe, Common Tern, Common Gull, 5x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Whinchat, 22x Yellow Wagtail, 56x Linnet, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler (juv), Clouded Yellow, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean, MCa)

Middleton Lakes

Dusk - 5x Green Sandpiper, 4x Ruff, 3x LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, 3x Great Egret, (MB)

Thursday 20th August 2026

Gailey Resv

Juv Hobby, Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, 5x Swift, 7x Yellow Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, (SRi)

Rudyard

Glossy Ibis still to 12:30 at least, (SSe)

                                                                By Steve Seal

Belvide Resv

Little Stint at 11:50, Whimbrel thru, Greenshank, Redshank, 3x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 4x Dunlin, 9x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 

Middleton Lakes

West Scrape, 4x Ruff, Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, East scrape 2x LRP, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, (MSm)

Chasewater

Black-tailed Godwit thru at 10:05, (ICW)

Tittesworth Water

Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 59x Mandarin, 5x Teal, 5x Common Gull, 450x Jackdaw, (SGi)  -  Goosander, 60x Mandarin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, Red Kite, (JOa, LH, TM)

Branston GPs

Little Stint, 11x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Curlew, 5x Snipe, 7x Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 6x Lapwing, Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, Hobby, 126x Pochard, 19x Shoveler, 86x Gadwall, 37x Teal, 4x Shelduck, 28x Egyptian Geese, 48x Little Grebe, GBB Gull, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, 39x Swift,  (JWo, CEc, BSt)

                                                      Cattle Egret by Jon Woodcock

Doxey Marsh

Wood Sandpiper on Creswell Flash, (DEg - per RRa) also 3x Green Sandpiper,  - This pm 3x Shoveler, 3x Teal, 9x Gadwall, Wood Sandpiper 17:20 to 18:50 at least, c100x Lapwing, 7x Snipe, 3x Green Sandpiper, (CAFH)

Wednesday 19th August 2026

Gailey Resv

2x Little Egret Egyptian Geese, 2x Common Tern, 14x Swift, 7+ Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)

Rudyard 

Glossy Ibis at north end - site first, 2x Ringed Plover 4x Little Egret, (SSe)

                                                           Glossy Ibis by Steve Seal

                                                      Glossy Ibis by Steve Gibson

Blithfield Resv

Blithe Bay - Black Tern (ad), Ruddy Shelduck, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Ruff, 18x Ringed Plover, 5x Dunlin, Redshank, (TPe)  -  Black Tern, Ruddy Shelduck, 10x Ruff, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 16x Common Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, 5x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 6x Greenshank, 15x Ringed Plover, Redshank,  3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 5x Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)

Branston GPs

5x Cattle Egret, 6x Great Egret, 21x Little Egret, 4x Ruff, 7x Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Greenshank, 7x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 18x Lapwing, Water Rail, 166x Pochard, 22x Shoveler, 56x Teal, 34x Gadwall, 5x Shelduck, 23x Egyptian Geese, 50x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Hobby, Whinchat, 2x Swift, 17x Linnet, (JWo, DSc)

Tuesday 18th August 2026

Chasewater

Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6x Common Sandpiper, LRP, Hobby, Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 22x Swift, (ICW)

Croxall Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x LRP, 3x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Greenshank, Ruff, 5x Common Tern, (CMa, RF)  -  This afternoon Pec Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Ringed Plover, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Greenshank, 2x Ruff, (MSm)

                                                               Ruff by Clive Wood

Middleton Lakes

Ruff, 2x Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, Dunlin, 5x Snipe, 5x Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 2x Hobby, juv Stonechat, 

Monday 17th August 2026

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, Egyptian Goose, Shoveler, 2x Common Tern, 20x Swift, 4x Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)

Croxall Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still, Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 2x Egyptian Geese, Cetti's Warbler, (JHi)

                                                  Pectoral Sandpiper by Clive Wood

Doxey Marsh

8x Shoveler, 9x Gadwall, 2x Teal, 5x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2x Water Rail, Common Tern, GC Grebe, 3x Little Egret, 8x Swift, 4x House Martin, (CAFH)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe, Ruff, 4x Greenshank, 13x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Peregrine, 2x Yellow Wagtail, Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat

Tittesworth Water

Sanderling, 3x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 5x Mandarin, 7x Common Gull, (SGi)

                                                          Sanderling by Steve Gibson

Middleton Lakes

2x Ruff, Greenshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x LRP, 12x Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, 4x Hobby, 6+ Common Tern, 2x Great Egret, Barn Owl, Wigeon. (SPA)

Branston GPs

Juv Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Hobby, 2x Whinchat, 6x Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, 5x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 32x Lapwing, 6x Great Egret, 25x Little Egret, 5x Shelduck (4juv), 159x Pochard, 32x Gadwall, 46x Teal, 8x Shoveler, 44x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Willow Warbler (juv), Yellow Wagtail, 26x Linnet, (JWo)

                                                          Whinchat by Jon Woodcock

Sunday 16th August 2026

Chasewater

Wood Sandpiper still on The Swag on the NW shore at 07:30, Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, (PAn)

Blithfield Resv

Glossy Ibis Tad Bay, Black Tern, Whimbrel,  (GJM, MPR)  -  Black Tern, 4x Ruff, 2x Black-tailed Godwit 2x Greenshank, Curlew, Whimbrel over, 3x Common Sandpiper, c25 Ringed Plover, Wheatear, c20 Yellow Wagtail, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Swift, (PAn)

                                                           Glossy Ibis by GJ Mant

Uttoxeter Quarry

Osprey again, Peregrine, 4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 2x Common Tern, Common Gull, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

Glossy Ibis, 10:10 to 10:54 only

Whitemoor Haye

4x Hobby, Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 30x Swift, 27+ Yellow Wagtail, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Teal, (ICW)

Doxey Marsh

4x Cattle Egret, 9x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 4x Reed Warbler, 20x Sedge Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Swift, 8x House Martin, 46x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 3x Common Sandpiper, 7x Green Sandpiper, 11x Snipe, 5x Water Rail, (WeBS, DTo, RSt, PDy, RRa, BLo)

Tittesworth Water

14x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Curlew, 2x Common Gull, Willow Tit, c50 House Martin, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Barton-under-Needwood

2x Hobby and 6x Raven over, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

This am Ruff, Greenshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x LRP, 3x Snipe, 2x Hobby, (MSm)  -  Bittern, Great Egret, Little Egrets, Black-tailed Godwit, LRP, Common Terns, (RBe)  - This evening 2x Ruff JW north, Dunlin, Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3x LRP, Ringed Plover, 2x Wigeon, (TPe)  -  Tonight 2x Ruff opposite the benches, Greenshank, Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 2x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 5x Green Sandpiper, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, Great Egret all on JW, (MSm)

                                                     Black-tailed Godwit by Rob Bendelow

Croxall

Pectoral Sandpiper still, Greenshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Ruff, Snipe, Ringed Plover, (ABe)   -  17:30 Pec Sand still, 2x Ruff, 3x Greenshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 6x Snipe, 25x Lapwing, 6x Common Tern, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

2x Little Egret, 10x Gadwall, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Branston GPs

2x Curlew, 10x Lapwing, 3x YL Gull, 50x Gadwall, Shelduck, Mandarin, 50x Pochard, Swift, 4x Yellow Wagtail, (DSc)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 5x Little Egret 2x Egyptian Geese, 3x Common Tern, 3x Swift, (SRi)

Saturday 15th August 2026

Doxey Marsh

5x Cattle Egret, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Shoveler, 3x Gadwall, 3x Teal, 4x Swift, 4x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 5x GC Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Croxall Lakes

Adult  Pectoral Sandpiper at north end to mid day at least, 5x adult Cattle Egret to 09:30 only, Ruff, 3x Greenshank, 4x LRP, 8x Snipe, 7x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, (PAn)  -  Pec Sand  to 14:30 at least, 2x Ruff, 3x LRP, 9x Green Sandpiper, (TPe)  -  Pec Sand to 16:20 at least, (JKl)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Osprey, 4x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, LRP, 7x Little Egret, Common Tern, 2x Shoveler, 5x Pochard, 20x Teal, Cetti's Warbler (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

Cuckoo, Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, (ICW)  -  9x Little Egret, 11x GC Grebe, 8x Little Grebe, Green Sandpiper, 2x Greenshank, 40x Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 6x Gadwall, 2x Common Tern, Hobby, 3x Swift, c20 House Martin, Collared Dove, Sedge Warbler, (SCo, WeBS)

Belvide Resv

6x Glossy Ibis off the Chappell point

Aqualate

Bittern, 2x Hobbies, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, (PJor)

Blithfield Resv

06:30 - 11:00 3x Great Egret, 5x Goosander, 2x Hobby, 5x YL Gull, 60x Common Tern, 9x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, Dunlin, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 3x Ruff, 15x Swift, Wheatear, 4x Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)  -  Osprey, 2x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtails, Common Terns, Little Egret, (RBe)

Chasewater

Wood Sandpiper to 16:00 at least, Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 2x Egyptian Geese, 5x Swift, (CMa, LRM)

Middleton Lakes

Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Peregrine, Hobby, 2x Great Egret, 10+ Common Terns, (SPA)

Catholme

3x Great Egret, 26x Little Egret, 24x Common Tern, 100x Cormorant, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (JWo)

Ford Green

3x Willow Tit, Lesser Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher and 2x Swift on Hawthorne Hill, (JJo)

Branston GPs

This evening - 10x Little Egret, 2x Greenshank, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 25x Lapwing, 4x Shelduck, 75x Pochard, Peregrine, 5x ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Yellow Wagtail, (DSc)

Friday 14th August 2026

Aqualate

2x Turtle Doves flew out of Staffs and then low over the golf course at 06:55, (KHa)

Gailey Resv

4x Little Egret, 3x Shoveler, 2x Teal, 2x Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)

Doxey Marsh

5x Crossbill 07:40 to 08:00 in trees near the bench at Creswell flash,  Gadwall, Teal, 12x Swift, 9x Lapwing, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, 6x Great Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Wychnor

Male Redstart in scrub north of white footbridges along Trent and Mersey canal about 200 yards west of Cow bridge, (MBr)

Stafford

Red Kite at 07:45 over fields between the crematorium and Tixall, (GHa)

Croxall

Wood Sandpiper, 9+ Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Greenshank, Ruff, 2x LRP, 10+ Snipe, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, 14x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 10x Ringed Plover, 3x Ruff, 2x Snipe, Oystercatcher, 8x LRP, Curlew, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)

Branston GPs

2x Golden Plover, Ruff (juv), Greenshank, 9x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, 44x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, 5x Shelduck, 6x Shoveler, 53x Teal, 105x Pochard, 38x Gadwall, 17x Egyptian Geese, 34x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 5x YL Gull, Peregrine, Hobby, 36x Linnet, 2x Clouded Yellow, (JWo, CEc, Dean)  -  This evening 2x Whinchat, 4x Stonechat, 2x Common Tern, (DSc)

                                                          Whinchat by Dave Scattergood

Knypersley

Hobby, (ALo)

Thursday 13th August 2026

Croxall Lakes

07:15 - 08:50 from main lake hide - Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper 4x Green Sandpiper, Ruff, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Oystercatcher, Snipe, (MBr)

Dimmingsdale

25x Mistle Thrush, (TEy)

Wildwood

2x Hobby over at 09:10, (Baz)

Branston GPs

2x Golden Plover, Ruff (juv), 2x Greenshank, Ringed Plover, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 15x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 32x Lapwing, Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 83x Pochard, 6x Shoveler, 32x Teal, 6x Shelduck (5juv), 15x Egyptian Geese, 26x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 5x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, 32x Swift, 3x Yellow Wagtail, (JWo, CEc)

                                                      Golden Plover by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

Wheatear, 2x Goosander, 14x Mandarin, Common Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Gull, Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH, TM)

Wednesday 12th August 2026

Croxall Lakes

From main hide - Ruff, 7x Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, (MBr)  -  Wood Sandpiper, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Greenshank, (ICW)  -  Late afternoon Wood Sandpiper, 11x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Ruff, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, (TPe)

Belvide Resv

Marsh Harrier, 3x Green Sandpiper, 

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier (juv), 40x Yellow Wagtail, (ICW)

Stafford

Charnley Road  - Hummingbird Hawkmoth, (GHa)

Blithfield Resv

This evening - 3x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 5x YL Gull, Golden Plover, 11x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 7x Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Curlew, family of Spotted Flycatchers, (SRi, GJM)

Branston GPs

This evening Ruff, 2x Greenshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 11x Curlew, 18x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 7x ad YL Gull, 4x Shelduck, 4x Shoveler, 130x Pochard, 22x Teal, (DSc)

Tuesday 11th August 2026

Doxey Marsh

3x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, LRP, 4x Lapwing, Water Rail, juv Common Tern, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 10x Swift, (BGo)

                                                     Green Sandpiper by Bill Goldstraw

Croxall Lakes

3x Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Oystercatcher, (MBr)

Furnace Grange Trescott

2+ Caspian Gull on plough at junction of Ebstree Road and Furnace Grange road, YL Gull, Common Gull, (IMo, GCl)

Gailey Resv

2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Common Tern, 3x Yellow Wagtail, the 2nd family of Little Egrets have now fully fledged the nest, Clouded Yellow, (SRi)

Baddeley Green

Hummingbird Hawkmoth, (GWo)

Monday 10th August 2026

Stanley Pool

5x Sandwich Terns to 08:30 then flew NE, Hobby, 2x Redstart, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Wood Sandpiper still, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x LRP, Redshank, 8x Snipe, 8+ Common Tern, 2x Great Egret, (SPA) - Marsh Harrier reported, 

Stafford

2x juv Green Woodpecker at Rowley Park sports stadium this am mainly about the bowling green area, (AHa)

Tittesworth Resv

5x Sandwich Tern, Common Sandpiper, 13x Mandarin, 7x Goosander, 3x Common Gull, (SGi)

                                                    Sandwich Terns by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

4x Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, Greenshank, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 16x Lapwing, 8x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 6x Mandarin, 4x Shelduck, 96x Pochard, 82x Gadwall, 29x Teal, 6x Shoveler, 14x Egyptian Geese, 28x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, Common Gull, 5x YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, RL Partridge, 2x Stonechat (juv), Redstart (juv), 8x Willow Emerald Damselfly, (JWo)

Sunday 9th August 2026

Blithfield Resv

Juv Little Gull still, (JKl)

Stanley Pool

Hobby, Peregrine, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

5x Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Little Egret, c30 Lapwing, Redshank, 6x Little Grebe, 3x Sedge Warbler, 3x Willow Warbler, 3x Linnet, 3x Common Tern (1juv), (SCo)

Tittesworth Water

8x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 2x Common Tern, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Lapwing, 2x Common Gull, 2x Garden Warbler, Willow Tit, 3x Red Kite, Goshawk, (JOa, TE, KH, TM)

Branston GPs

Greenshank, 12x Lapwing, 15x Curlew, Common Sandpiper,  5x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, Peregrine, 3x Shelduck, 50x Gadwall, 50x Teal, 80x Pochard, Mandarin, 5x ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 10x Linnet, juv Redstart, 7x Swift, 2x Clouded Yellow, 4x Willow Emerald Damselfly, (DSc)

Saturday 8th August 2026

Stanley Pool

Greenshank west at 09:15, Oystercatcher, Peregrine south, 2x Little Egret, Common Tern, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

11x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern, 3x Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Shoveler, 4x Pochard, 8x Teal, 32x Barnacle Geese, (RPo)

Branston GPs

Red Kite, Greenshank, 12x Curlew, 15x Lapwing, 4x Green Sandpiper, 14x Little Egret, 3x Shoveler, 70x Pochard, 3x YL Gull, 3x Common Tern, Clouded Yellow, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, Common Tern, 6x Goosander, 5x Mandarin, Red Kite, 4x Common Gull, (SGi, IB)

                                                          Greenshank by Steve Gibson

Whitemoor Haye

40x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, c20 Swift, 6x Little Egret, 7x Little Grebe, 12x GC Grebe, Peregrine, 3x Gadwall, 7x Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2x Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, 9x Skylark, Treecreeper, (SCo)

Doxey Marsh

21x Gadwall, 3x Swift, 3x Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, 2x GC Grebe, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Great Egret, 4x House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Friday 7th August 2026

Middleton Lakes

Wood Sandpiper still on canal pool, (GG)  -  This evening Wood Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x LRP, 2x Dunlin, 5x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

2x Roseate Terns, adult and juvenile, Portfields to Mickledale area, (MDJ)  -  Common Scoter(fem),2x Hobby, Little Gull still, Caspian Gull, (MDJ, GJM)  - Roseate Terns still at 16:00, juv Little Gull still off Beech Tree Point at 16:53,(RPo)

                                                        Roseate Tern by GJ Mant

                                              Adult and juv Roseate Terns by GJ Mant

Branston GPs

3x Redstart (juv), Marsh Harrier (fem), Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, Greenshank, 15x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 18x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 2x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 109x Pochard, 8x Shelduck (5juv), 53x Teal, 73x Gadwall, 22x Egyptian Geese, 36x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler (juv), Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 6x Swift, 16x Linnet, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, (JWo)

Aqualate

2x Gropper, Green Woodpecker, 2x Hobby, Marsh Harrier (f), Reed Warblers, Reed Buntings, (DBr)

Thursday 6th August 2026

Tittesworth Water

6x Mandarin, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 5x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Gull, (JOa, LH, TM)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, 2x Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 18x Lapwing, 6x Great Egret, 20x Little Egret, 116x Pochard, 2x Shoveler, 32x Teal, 36x Gadwall, 8x Shelduck (6juv), 22x Egyptian Geese, 4x Common Tern, GBB Gull (juv), 3x YL Gull, 34x Little Grebe, 2x Green Woodpecker, Redstart (juv), 3x Swift, 80x House Martin, 22x Linnet, 6x Greenfinch, (JWo)  -  Also this evening 15x Curlew, Greenshank, Common Gull, 7x YL Gull, 5x Swift, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Silky Rosegill (Volvariella bombycina) at the Ashy pit which is the 2nd record for Staffs, (JWo)

                                                              By Jon Woodcock

Wednesday 5th August 2026

Gailey Resv

9x Yellow Wagtail on the wires, 4x Little Egret, Egyptian Geese, 2x Gadwall, 5x Common Tern, (SRi)

Stafford

2x Peregrine over Park Avenue at 09:31, (AHa)

Tittesworth Water

Wigeon, Shelduck, 6x Mandarin, 5x Goosander, 3x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 12x Common Gull, (SGi)

Middleton Lakes

2x Wood Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (JKl)

Blithfield Resv

Little Gull, 6x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 18x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper 2x Ringed Plover, 21x LRP, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Peregrine, 3x Red Kite, (SE, HF)

                                                      Little Gull by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Arctic Tern, 14x Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 93x Pochard, 7x Shelduck, Mandarin, 16x Teal, 26x Gadwall, 12x Egyptian Geese, 37x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 50x Linnet, (JWo)

Tuesday 4th August 2026

Middleton Lakes

Wood Sandpiper still early am, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, (GG)  -  2x Wood Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 8x LRP, 4x Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Water Rail, 2x Great Egret, 18x Common Tern, (MB)

Blithfield Resv

Juv Little Gull off BTP this afternoon, Wood Sandpiper in Tad Bay, (MPR)  -  This evening Wood Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 4x Snipe, YL Gull, 3x Great Egret, Cattle Egret, (JHi)

Monday 3rd August 2026

Stanley Pool

2x Redstart,  Red Kite, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Painted Lady, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

This am - Hobby, juv Peregrine, 9x Yellow Wagtail, juv Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 19x Lapwing, 50+ Swift, Greenfinchs, Reed Buntings, (RSw)

Middleton Lakes

Wood Sand still, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x LRP, Snipe, juv Dunlin,  2x Great Egret, (MSm)

Gailey Resv

Juv LRP, Yellow Wagtail, Little Egrets, 2x Egyptian Geese, 3x Common Tern, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Redstart (juv), 16x Curlew, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 18x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 30x Little Egret, 6x Mandarin, 7x Shelduck (5juv), 158x Pochard, 16x Teal, 36x Gadwall, 18x Egyptian Geese, 37x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 4x Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Peregrine, Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, 14x Linnet, Migrant Hawker,  Brown Hawker, Southern Hawker, 12x Painted Lady, 14x Brown Argus, (JWo)

Doxey Marsh

17x Gadwall, Water Rail, 8x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Little Egret, (CAFH)

Sunday 2nd August 2026

Middleton Lake

Wood Sandpiper still, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Redshank, Snipe, 3x Great Egret, juv Marsh Harrier, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

Wood Sandpiper still, Greenshank fem Goshawk, 

Stanley Pool

Fem Goosander, Little Egret, Common Tern, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

16x Mandarin, Goosander, Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, 11x Oystercatcher, 18x Lapwing, 2x Redstart, 2x Garden Warbler, 2x Willow Tit, Spotted Flycatcher, 5x Red Kite, 8x Common Gull, 2x Sand Martin, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Chasewater

Adult Med Gull on the south shore, Little Egret, Ringed Plover, Common Tern, 7x Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail to 10:50 only, (CMa, RF)

Blithfield Resv

2x Sanderling, 13x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 10x LRP, Little Egret, c35x Common Tern, 33x Egyptian Geese, 2x YL Gull, (DBr)

Branston GPs

Not SMPs 2x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Peregrine, Hobby, 15x Curlew, 12x Lapwing, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, juv Redstart, Cetti's Warbler, Clouded Yellow, (DSc)  -  SMPs and DF only Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 6x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 2x Mistle Thrush, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Stonechat, 15x Linnet, 2x Swift, 25x House Martin, 60+ Swallow, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

52x Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 9x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 6x Common Tern, 9x Little Grebe, 7x GC Grebe, 2x Willow Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, Barn Owl, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Swift, (SCo)

Saturday 1st August 2026

Blithfield Resv

2x Sanderling Blithe Bay, (MPR, GJM)  -  Blithe Bay 4x Sanderling, 17x Dunlin, Redstart and 2x Lesser Whitethroat near deep end, Tad Bay 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Dunlin, 2x Great Egret, (Kay D)

Stanley Pool

3x Dunlin, 4x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, Common Tern, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Wood Sandpiper still, Tree Pipit over south, Ad Arctic Tern thru SW,  2x Black-necked Grebe, 23x Grey Wagtail along the dam, 

Tittesworth Water

2x Common Tern, 2x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, Goosander, 18x Mandarin, 11x Common Gull, Red Kite, Painted Lady, (SGi)

Gailey Resv

Imm/fem Redstart, Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Little Egret, Egyptian Goose, 4x Common Tern, (SRi)

Berryhill

c10x Stonechat, 2x Redstart, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Hobby, (RTo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

12x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern, 5x Little Egret, (RPo)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 12x Egyptian Geese, 60x Gadwall, 100x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 7x Mandarin, 3x Shoveler, 14x Teal, Red Kite, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 14x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, juv Stonechat, Swift, 2x Hummingbird Hawkmoth, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, 6x Gadwall, 3x Common Tern, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Catholme

Arctic Tern, 15x Common Tern, 11x Little Egret, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

8x Common Tern, 4x Little Egret, 2x Green Woodpecker (1juv), (JWo)

Friday 31st July 2026

Whitemoor Haye

2x Black-tailed Godwit, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

Sanderling, 12x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 21x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 27x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, Wheatear, 31x Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)

                                                         Wheatear by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Arctic Tern on the shingle briefly, 4x Common Tern, 16x Curlew, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 44x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 21x Little Egret, 84x Pochard, 86x Gadwall, 15x Teal, 5x Shelduck, 28x Egyptian Geese, 28x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, 15x Linnet, (JWo)

Freehay

Hummingbird Hawkmoth, (FCa)

Thursday 30th July 2026

Stanley Pool

Greenshank to 05:40 only, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

06:00:  7x Cattle Egret (inc 1 to 2 juvs), 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 8x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 9x Snipe, 2x Gropper, 2x Water Rail, 2x Common Tern, (RBr)

Belvide Resv

Common Scoter still, juv Marsh Harrier, Redshank, Wood Sandpiper still, Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 

Blithfield Resv

5x Black-tailed Godwit and a Redshank in Mickledale Bay at 09:30,  (PBe)

Tittesworth Water

4x Mandarin, Goosander, Egyptian Goose, 5x Common Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 55x Lapwing, Peregrine, (JOa, LH, TM)

Branston GPs

Hobby, Peregrine, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 47x Lapwing, Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, Shelduck, 92x Pochard, 5x Shoveler, 44x Teal, 51x Gadwall, 28x Egyptian Geese, 24x Little Grebe, 5x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, 8x Swift, 25x House Martin, 38x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Baswich Lane

Barn Owl by the river at 14:30, 

Wednesday 29th July 2026

Doxey Marsh

06:00 - 4x Green Sandpiper, 12x Snipe, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 2x Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x ad +1 juv Water Rail, (RBr)

Stanley Pool

Redshank to 06:30 only, Hummingbird Hawkmoth by the dam, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Scoter,

Tittesworth Water

Peregrine, 6x LRP, 4x Common Sandpiper, 10x Oystercatcher, 42x Lapwing, Egyptian Goose, (TMe)

Branston GPs

Ashy pit at 11:00 Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 15x Curlew, 10x Lapwing, 80x Pochard, (DSc)  -  Marsh Harrier (juv with green wing tags), Peregrine, 16x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 43x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, 103x Pochard, 44x Gadwall, 33x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 35x Egyptian Geese, 26x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1s), YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 12x Linnet, Lesser Whitethroat, Ruddy Darter, Volucella zonaria, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Essex Skipper, 12x Brown Argus, (JWo)  - Additional this evening 2x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, 5x Oystercatcher, 6x Shelduck, 5x YL Gull, Yellow Wagtail, (DSc)

Middleton Lakes

Juv Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, juv Common Gull, Bittern, 9x Clouded Yellow, (MB)

Tuesday 28th July 2026

Doxey Marsh

2x Oystercatcher, 11x Lapwing, 3x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Cattle Egret on Creswell scrape, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x Gadwall, 2x Common Tern, 2x GC Grebe, Swift, House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)  -  5x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Redshank, Snipe, 2x Common Tern, 3x Great Egret, 20+ Swift, (BGo)

                                                    Green Sandpiper by Bill Goldstraw

Belvide Resv

Wood Sandpiper, drake Common Scoter still, 3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 6x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, Dunlin, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, (CMa, RF)

Monday 27th July 2026

Belvide Resv

Drake Common Scoter, 2x juv Black-necked Grebe Common Sandpiper, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Arctic Tern briefly around Creswell, Common Tern, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper 3x Gadwall, 3x House Martin, (CAFH)

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, 2x Redstart (male + juv), Willow Tit, 3x Common Sandpiper, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

7x Sanderling SW over Tad Bay at 11:00 and another in Blithe Bay, (GJM)  -  3x Sanderling, 12x Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, 15x Common Sandpiper, 23x LRP, 3x YL Gull, (RBr) - Sanderling, Black-tailed Godwit, 17x Common Sandpiper, 17x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 35x LRP, Ringed Plover, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 8x Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)

                                                        Sanderling by Steve Edwards

Tittesworth Water

3x Arctic Tern, Common Tern, 6x LRP, 4x Common Sandpiper, 12x Oystercatcher, 21x Lapwing, Goosander, 4x Mandarin, 9x Common Gull, 4x Raven, (SGi)

                                                       Arctic Tern by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 16x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 22x Little Egret, 12x Mandarin, 126x Pochard, 26x Gadwall, Shelduck, 22x Egyptian Geese, 34x Little Grebe, 7x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, 2x Peregrine, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Peregrine, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 15x Linnet, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, 6+ Brown Argus, 4x Purple Hairstreak, 2x Painted Lady, Brimstone, 37x Red Admirals (JWo)

                                             Hummingbird Hawkmoth by Jon Woodcock

Whitemoor Haye

Greenshank this evening, (TPe)

Sunday 26th July 2026

Belvide Resv

Adult White-rumped Sandpiper on north shore with 2x Dunlin, 2x Turnstone, No sign of the Stone Curlew, 

Chasewater

Sanderling, 3x Dunlin, 3x Common Sandpiper, 78x Swift, (ICW)

Rudyard Lake

Red Kite, Redshank, 3x Common Sandpiper, (GBr)

Stanley Pool

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

Gailey Resv

7+ Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Common Tern, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

Turnstone, (ICW)

Blithfield Resv

3x Sanderling, 7x Dunlin, Ruff, 2x Ringed Plover, 8x Common Sandpiper, 7x Arctic Tern to 13:30 then flew high SE, (JKl)  -   15x Dunlin, 4x Sanderling, Arctic Tern, (GJM, MPR),  -  In addition Redshank, 20x LRP, Curlew, Red Kite, (MJa)

                                                             Sanderling by GJ Mant

Tittesworth Water

6x Mandarin, Goosander, 4x Common Tern, 6x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 9x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 29x Lapwing, 3x Redstart, (JOa, LH, TE)

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 7x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, 15x Lapwing, 3x Common Tern, (RSw)  -  This pm 8x Gadwall, Water Rail, 28x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, GC Grebe, Little Egret, Great Egret, 5x House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

28x Little Grebe, 16x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 18x Egyptian Geese, 6x Mandarin, 6x Shelduck, 30x Gadwall, 132x Pochard, 10x Lapwing, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Tern, 2x Green Woodpecker, 50x House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, 30x Linnet, 2x Peregrine, (DSc)  -  In addition Hobby, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

6x Common Tern, 12x Swift, 14x House Martin, 20x Sand Martin, 2x Cetti.s Warbler, (DSc)