Saturday 11th July 2026

Belvide Resv

5x Black-necked Grebe (4 adults and one juv),  

Biddulph Moor

4x Green Woodpecker several Tree Sparrows, Hummingbird hawk- moth, (ALo)

Middleton Lakes

Green Sandpiper, 4x Avocet, LRP, 2x Redshank, (MSm)

Friday 10th July 2026

Botteslow Flash

2x Redshank and 5x Little Egret present at 06:15, (RTo)

Branston GPs

Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 44x Lapwing, 14x Oystercatcher, 4x Great Egret, 22x Little Egret, 10x Mandarin, 9x Shelduck, 88x Pochard, 2x Shoveler, 15x Teal, 16x Gadwall, 20x Egyptian Geese, 22x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 8x Linnet, (JWo)

Thursday 9th July 2026

Rudyard Lake

Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, (Laxmi)

Tittesworth Resv

2x Mandarin, 4x Common Tern, 10x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 8x Oystercatcher + 6 juvs, 65x Lapwing, 4x Redstart, 2x Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH, TMe)

Alvecote

7x Little Egret, 6x Common Tern, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Black-tailed Godwit, 12x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 15x Oystercatcher, 47x Lapwing, 6x Great Egret, 28x Little Egret, 83x Pochard, 5x Mandarin, 6x Shelduck, 14x Teal, 16x Gadwall, 20x Egyptian Geese, 20x Little Grebe, 6x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 16+ Linnet, 5x Reed Warbler, Beewolf, 12x Purple Hairstreak, (JWo)

                                                          Beewolf by Jon Woodcock

Wednesday 8th July 2026

Belvide Res

Black-necked Grebe, LRP, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern, Peregrine, 

Sneyd Green

3x Swift, (JOa)

Tittesworth Water

9x Common Tern, Grey Wagtail, 3x Goosander, 9x Mandarin, (SGi)

Branston GPs

16x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 58x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 25x Little Egret, 67x Pochard, 15x Teal, 15x Gadwall, 7x Shelduck, 5x Mandarin, 24x Egyptian Geese, 15x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Mistle Thrush, 25x Linnet, 10x Swift, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Doxey Marsh

This pm - 4x Swift, 20x House Martin, 3x GC Grebe, 3x Little Egret, 10x Gadwall, LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, 5x Green Sandpiper, (CAFH)

Tuesday 7th July 2026

Botteslow Flash

9x Little Egret present at 08:15, (RTo)

Birches Head

4x Ring-necked Parakeet at the Bridge centre, (MKe)

Hollinsclough

Stonechats, Swift, (KJo)

Monday 6th July 2026

Stanley Pool

2x Redstart (fem and juv), 6x Common Tern, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

Hobby, Common Tern, (SGi)

Branston GPs

16x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 36x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Great Egret, 19x Little Egret, 71x Pochard, 21x Gadwall (5 duckling), 2x Shoveler, 11x Teal, 5x Mandarin (5 ducklings), 9x Shelduck (5 juvs), 31x Egyptian Geese, 20x Little Grebe, 6x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 23x Linnet, 16x Swift, (JWo)

Sunday 5th July 2026

Stanley Pool

3x Common Tern, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x LRP (1 juv), (GBr)

Belvide Resv

3x Black-necked Grebe, 7x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Redshank, 

Blithfield Resv

15x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Redshank, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, 41x Common Tern, 6x Goosander, 34x Teal, Great Egret, Little Egret, Gropper, 6x Yellow Wagtail, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

2x Mandarin, Common Tern, 21x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing, 2x Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH, TE)

Berryhill

10+ Stonechat, juv Redstart 8x Swift and nearby at Botteslow Flash 4x Little Egret, (RTo)

Alrewas

Red Kite over at 14:00, (SCo)

Butterton

Grasshopper Warbler, (KH)

Wolseley

2x Common Tern, (MBe)

                                                        Common Terns by Martin Bennett

Branston GPs

2x Shelduck, 2x Hobby, c15 Pochard, 2x Mandarin, Red Kite, (DSh)

Middleton Lakes

3x Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, (KJo)

Saturday 4th July 2026

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe,

Gailey Resv

2x Little Egret with 3 well grown young, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

2x Bittern, 4x Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, 7x LRP, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, (MSm)

Rocester JCB

4x pairs Common Tern with 6 young, 2x Oystercatcher, (TDu)

Whitemoor Haye

6x Little Grebe, 29x Lapwing, Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Grey Partridge, 8x Little Egret, 5x GC Grebe, 3x Common Tern, several Yellowhammer, 2x Yellow Wagtail, RL Partridge, (SCo)

Tittesworth Water

Redshank, 2x Little Egret, Common Tern, (SGi)

Tucklesholme

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, Gadwall, Cetti's Warbler feeding 2 fledged juveniles, Garden Warbler, (DSc)

Branston GPs

3x Black-tailed Godwit, 30x Lapwing, 16x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 18x Little Egret, 2x YL Gull, 2x Shelduck +5 juvs,  Mandarin + 4 juvs, 25x Gadwall, 10x Teal, 56x Pochard, 16x Egyptian Geese, 2x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 10x Swift, (DSc)

Friday 3rd July 2026

Doxey Marsh

2x Swift, 20x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, LRP, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, 7x GC Grebe, 5x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 2x Gropper, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

2x Hobby, 2x Red Kite, 14x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 11x Oystercatcher, 26x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 21x Little Egret, 6x Mandarin, 74x Pochard, 7x Shelduck, 12x Teal, 16x Gadwall, 18x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, 7x Common Tern, 3x Green Woodpecker, 20x Linnet, 4x Garden Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean, MCa)  -  Additionally ad YL Gull, Shoveler, 15x Teal, 30x Lapwing, 10x Swift, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, (DSc)

Thursday 2nd July 2026

Belvide Resv

4x Black-necked Grebe still,

Tittesworth Water

4x Goosander, Mandarin, 15x LRP, 7x Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 47x Lapwing, Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH)

Aqualate

Adult Black Tern this am, (PJor)

Branston GPs

2x Red Kite, 12x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, 28x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, 7x Shelduck, 14x Teal, 16x Gadwall, 44x Pochard, 27x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, Common Tern, YL Gull, 30x Linnet, (JWo)

                                                      Rust Pine Borer by Jon Woodcock

Wednesday 1st July 2026

Belvide Resv

4x Black-necked Grebe in SE bay, 2x Black-tailed Godwit

Stone

Oystercatcher over Aston Lodge estate at 08:15, (DGl)

Branston GPs

3x Hobby, 2x Redshank, 2x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 10x Oystercatcher, 57x Lapwing, 22x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, 8x Shelduck, 14x Teal, 3x Shoveler, 81x Pochard, 28x Gadwall, 29x Egyptian Geese, 19x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 32x Linnet, (JWo)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

Redstart, Garden Warbler, Bullfinch, 10x Blackcap, Treecreeper, (JSt)

Tuesday 30th June 2026

Middleton Lakes

Ruff and 2x Green Sandpiper on JW north, (MSm)

Branston GPs

3x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 33x Lapwing, 21x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, 9x Shelduck, 3x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 35x Gadwall, 59x Pochard, 23x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, 5x Common Tern, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 25+ Linnet, (JWo)

Monday 29th June 2026

Stanley Pool

Juv Redstart, 2x Common Tern, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Lapwing, 4x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

2nd summer Kittiwake, Common Tern, Spotted Flycatcher, RL Partridge, (SGi)

Doxey Marsh

3x Gadwall, 4x Swift, 5x Lapwing, Redshank, 3x Common Tern, 7x GC Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 4x Sedge Warbler, 2x Reed Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, 4x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 9x Oystercatcher, 36x Lapwing, Great Egret, 25x Little Egret, Wigeon, 12x Teal, 68x Pochard, 39x Gadwall, 7x Shelduck, 17x Egyptian Geese, 22x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, Common Gull, YL Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 32x Linnet, (JWo)

Sunday 28th June 2026

Stanley Pool

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

Middleton Lakes

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Avocet, 3x LRP, 3x Redshank (2juv), (MSm)

Tittesworth Water

3x Goosander, 2x Common Tern, 5x LRP, 4x Common Sandpiper, 62x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, Grey Wagtail, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Garden Warbler, 20x Swift, (JOa, LH, TE)

Branston GPs

7x Little Egret, 15x Egyptian Geese (+3juvs), 3x Shelduck (+5 juvs), 30x Gadwall, 8x Teal, 40x Pochard, 40x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, 10x Swift, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)  -  Additional Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 6x Pochard, 4x Little Grebe, Red Kite. Peregrine, 2x RL Partridge, (JWo)

Alvecote

2x Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, (MSc)

Saturday 27th June 2026

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe at west end, 2x juv Great Egret, 

Botteslow Flash

4x Little Egret, (RTo)

Stanley Pool

Yellow Wagtail, 5x Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x LRP, 6x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Hamstall Ridware

Red Kite over (AGP)

Rudyard Lake

2x Little Egret flying south at 20:00, (Laxmi)

Catholme

Cuckoo, Great Egret, 12x Common Tern, 6x Gadwall, 4x Shelduck, 100x Cormorant, 12x Egyptian Geese, (JWo)

Barton-under-Needwood

Red Kite, (JWo)

Branston GPs

11x Little Egret, Peregrine, 3x Curlew, 50x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 2x Shelduck, 4x Teal, 30x Gadwall, 65x Pochard, ad YL Gull, Common Gull, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Lichfield 

2x Raven in Darnford Park, (SGr)

Friday 26th June 2026

Stanley Pool

Green Sandpiper, 17x Lapwing, 4x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Cheddleton - Consall

Canal towpath  - 2x Red Kite, 3x Grey Wagtail, Redstart, Willow Tit, 6x Garden Warbler, 4x Mistle Thrush, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Branston GPs

8x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 54x Lapwing, 9x Little Egret, 33x Pochard, 32x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, 5x Teal, 14x Egyptian Geese, 8x Shelduck, 14x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, Common Gull, YL Gull, Peregrine, 12x Linnet, (JWo)  -  Additional Mandarin + 4 juvs, 40x Pochard, (DSc)

Thursday 25th June 2026

Tittesworth Water

7x LRP, 6x Common Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, 57x Lapwing, Snipe, 2x Garden Warbler, no sign of the Spoonbill, (JWo, TE)

Cheddleton - Consall

Canal towpath 08:00 - 3x Red Kite, Mandarin + 4 ducklings, 4x Swift, Grey Wagtail, 2x Mistle Thrush, 6x Sedge Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Wednesday 24th June 2026

Silverdale

Honey Buzzard dark morph  over Silverdale allotment at 08:35 heading towards Keele, (PJo)

Tittesworth Water

Spoonbill still this morning, (SGi)  -  Spoonbill still this afternoon, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, LRP, Oystercatchers, Lapwings, (NCo)

Middleton Lakes

Sandwich Tern JW south also Green Sandpiper, (JKl)

Tuesday 23rd June 2026

Rudyard Lake

Little Egret over south at 20:47, (Laxmi)

Monday 22nd June 2026

Stanley Pool

2x Red Kite, LRP, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

5x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, (CMa, RF)

Branston GPs

5x Curlew, 94x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, 7x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 76x Pochard, 78x Gadwall, 5x Shelduck, 12x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, Red Kite, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

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)

Cannock Chase

Tree Pipits, Linnets, Stonechats, 2x Hobby, Cuckoos, 3x Woodcock, Raven, (KJo, APl, AMa)

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)

Whiston

The Leys - Red Kite, 2x Green Woodpecker, (GSt)

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, Oystercatcher, Common Tern, (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)

Whiston

The Leys - Green Woodpecker, Raven, (GSt)

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

Sunday 31st May 2026

Stanley Pool

Willow Tit, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

2x drake Garganey still on east scrape, (SPA)

Tittesworth Water

50x Mandarin, Teal, 4x Common Sandpiper, 8x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x Lapwing, Willow Tit, 2x Garden Warbler, 2x Redstart, 3x Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail, Cuckoo, Red Kite, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Fisherwick - Elford

2x Corn Bunting at 17:10, (MBr)

Doxey Marsh

4x Arctic Tern 16:27 to 16:31 only, 5x Common Tern, 3x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 8x Swift, c20 House Martin, 5x Lapwing, 5x GC Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, (CAFH)

Dunstall

3x Mistle Thrush, 2x Tawny Owl and nearby at Barton-under- Needwood 2x Red Kite, 2x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)

Saturday 30th May 2026

Stanley Pool

Cuckoo at 05:30, Common Tern, LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

2x Garganey, Pintail, Bittern, Cuckoo, (PAn)

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo around Haywood Warren, (AR)

Branston GPs

3x Little Egret, 2x Mandarin, 50x Gadwall, 4x Pochard, Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x Common Tern, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Red Kite, 4x Common Tern, Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Friday 29th May 2026

Middleton Lakes

Curlew Sandpiper JW north, Turnstone on JW south still, Garganey still, (MSm)  -  Pintail and Wigeon still, (DCo)

Alton

Tree Sparrow, (TEy)

Whiston

Red Kite over The Leys from 10:00 onwards, (GSt)

Whitemoor Haye

Hobby, Redshank, 3x Great Egret, (PJT)

Branston GPs

2x Hobby, Red Kite, Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Ringed Plover, 22x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, 36x Shelduck, 32x Pochard, 64x Gadwall, 14x Mandarin, 21x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 50x Linnet, 3x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Rocester JCB

4x pairs of Common Tern, (TDu)

Hanford

2x Willow Tit, (LSt)

Thursday 28th May 2026

Middleton Lakes

Turnstone still on JW south, female Ruff, drake Pintail also on JW south, (MSm)

Blithfield Resv

Little Tern on the causeway then flew north, (GJM)

Gnosall

2x Red Kite over the A518 at Swanpit Nursery, (GCa)

Cannock Chase

30+ Tree Pipit, 3x Spotted Flycatcher, 3x Redstart, 8x Cuckoo, Red Kite, 12x Stonechat inc juvs, Reed Bunting, Skylark, (PJe)

Rudyard Lake

Hobby over at 14:15, (Laxmi)

Tittesworth Water

59x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 2x Common Tern, Dunlin, 10x Oystercatcher, 15x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper, 8x Lapwing, Redstart, 2x Garden Warbler, Bullfinch, (JOa, LH)

Branston GPs

Grey Plover, Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 32x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, 122x Gadwall, 2x Mandarin, 27x Shelduck, 23x Pochard, 12x Egyptian Geese, 10x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern, Red Kite, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Reed Warbler, 4x Garden Warbler, 55x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean, BSt)

Wednesday 27th May 2026

Middleton Lakes

Turnstone on JW south, 3x Ringed Plover, Garganey still, drake Pintail, (MSm)  -  This evening Cuckoo, Avocets, 2x Redshank, Lapwing, Gadwall, Common Tern, Reed Bunting, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Egyptian Geese, 3x Swift, Little Egret, GC Grebe, (KJo)  -  4x Bittern, (TLl) - In addition LRPs, (RBe)

Trentham

Hobby over the monument, (AR)

Trent Washlands

2x Oystercatcher, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Reed Warbler, 5x Swift, (AJa)

Branston GPs

2x Redshank, 6x Ringed Plover, Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 32x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 17x Pochard, 78x Gadwall, 12x Mandarin, 33x Shelduck, 21x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, YL Gull, Red Kite, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Tuesday 26th May 2026

Rudyard Lake

Spotted Flycatcher, (Laxmi), 

Stafford

Sayers Road - Hummingbird Hawk-Moth, (RGa)

Branston GPs

3x Redshank, Curlew, Dunlin, 7x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 38x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 8x Mandarin, 27x Shelduck, Shoveler, 48x Gadwall, 19x Pochard, 19x Egyptian Geese, 10x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, 12x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 2x Red Kite, Hobby, 55x Linnet, 6x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Monday 25th May 2026

Stanley Pool

2x Common Tern, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Drake Garganey this am, (GG)  -  Great Egret, Garganey, Red ringed Avocet, (MSm)

Tittesworth Water

Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher, 51x drake Mandarin, 4x Goosander, Ringed Plover, 15x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher plus 2 juvs, 4x Common Tern, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SGi)

Branston GPs

Dusk - 3x Goosander, 8x Pochard, 54x Gadwall, 10x Shelduck, Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 2x Lapwing, 8x Common Tern, (DSc)

Sunday 24th May 2026

Belvide Resv

Black-winged Stilt still, 

Thornyfields

Lesser Whitethroat on Bigwood Lane, (PWi)

Tittesworth Water

47x Mandarin, 4x Common Tern, 8x Common Sandpiper, 14x LRP, 8x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, Garden Warblers, (JOa)

Newcastle

Possible Honey Buzzard north over Chesterton (Blu)

Branston GPs

2x ad Med Gull flew thru north at 11:20, 15x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, 6x Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, 8x Common Tern, 12x Shelduck, 54x Gadwall, 9x Pochard, Great Egret, Little Egret, Hobby, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, (DSc)

Rocester

5x Swift Riverside Drive this am, (JDr)

Saturday 23rd May 2026

Belvide Resv

Black-winged Stilt on north shore to 12:19 at least,

Tittesworth Water

2x Spotted Flycatcher, Cuckoo, Ringed Plover, 14x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, 44x drake Mandarin, Goosander, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SGi)

                                                   Spotted Flycatcher by Steve Gibson

Middleton Lakes

Drake Garganey this morning, (SPA)

Wolseley Centre

Osprey fishing over the lake at 17:00, (GP)

Alrewas

Hobby over the Trent, (JWo)

Branston GPs

3x Little Egret, 12x Shelduck, Hobby, 12x Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, YL Gull, 9x Common Tern, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, 20x Linnet, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

2x Lapwing, 4x Common Tern, Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, (DSc)

Friday 22nd May 2026

Branston GPs

3x Sanderling, Dunlin, Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 10x Ringed Plover, 6x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 34x Shelduck, 8x Mandarin, 16x Gadwall, 17x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, YL Gull, Hobby, Peregrine, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 15x Linnet, 6x Garden Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean, MCa)

Belvide Resv 

2x Avocet, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 

Westport Lake

                                                     Reed Warbler by Geoff Woodward

Doxey Marsh

PM - 3x Cattle Egret present to 17:11 then flew towards M6, Shelduck, Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 5x Teal, 2x Swift, 7x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, 2x GC Grebe, Reed Warblers, Sedge Warblers, (CAFH)

Trentham

2x Redstart, (AR)

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, 41x Mandarin, 3x Little Egret, Ringed Plover, 14x LRP, 9x Common Sandpiper, 8x Lapwing, Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher (plus 2 chicks), Dipper, 4x Common Tern, White Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Garden Warblers, (JOs, LH, TM)

                                                   Spotted Flycatcher by Tammy Mellor

Blithfield Resv

3x Sanderling, (GJM)

Branston GPs

c20x Arctic Tern, 25x Common Tern, 23x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, 7x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, 6x Pochard, 14x Gadwall, 17x Shelduck, 18x Egyptian Geese, 2x YL Gull, 14x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, 2x Hobby, Peregrine, RL Partridge, 34x Linnet, 3x Garden Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, BSt, CEc)

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)