Wednesday 25th December 2019

Middleton Lakes
2x Great White Egret

Chasewater
Ad Med Gull, 2x YL Gull  

Whitemoor Haye
950x Lapwing. 133x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 13x Goldeneye, 80x Teal, 2x Little Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese, Green Sandpiper, (BirderAlrewas)

Alrewas National Arbouretum
3x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Water Rail, (BirderAlrewas)

Tuesday 24th December 2019

Chatterley Whitfield
Little Egret top end of the valley, (PMo)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck, 2x Ruff, 15x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 127x Lapwing, 4x Goldeneye, 74x Pochard, 39x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 5x Little Egret, 7x Common Gull, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, Barn Owl, 4x Tawny Owl, (JWo, Dsc)

Monday 23rd December 2019

Westport Lake
9x adult Whooper Swan on main lake, (DKe)

Great Bridgeford
Ring-necked Parakeet opposite village hall on Newport Road, (NGr)

Chasewater
2x Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull and 2x YL Gull in the roost

Branston GPs
Great White Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 58x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 24x Wigeon, 14x Curlew, 2x Ruff, ad YL Gull, 5x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3w Caspian Gull in the roost

Forsbrook
Tawny Owl off Cheadle Road, (AR)

Doxey Marsh
2x Water Pipit, Pintail, Pink-footed Goose, 150x Golden Plover, (IPh)

Coven Heath sewage works
Chiffchaff, 2x Grey Wagtail, 100+ Pied Wagtail, 2x Goldcrest, (IPh)

Sunday 22nd December 2019

Great Bridgeford
2x Whooper Swan on the flood (birdergaz)

Doxey Marsh
Pink-footed Goose still, 3x Pochard, Pintail, Goosander, 300x Lapwing, Snipe, Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (GPr)

Cuckoo Bank
Lapland Bunting from main track early afternoon then flew over main track and went to ground in scrubby field with the broken down gates also c400 Skylark

Cheddleton
c280 Pink-footed Geese over SE along the Churnet valley at 09:45, (DSc)

Audley Meadows
Little Egret, Tree Sparrow, (JHu)

Knypersley Resv
2x Mandarin, Goosander on resv, Woodcock back of hatchery and on Marshes Hill a Stonechat, (GBr)

Foxley - Dunkirk
c400-500x Pink-footed Geese heading E or SE at 10:10, (per JHu)

Westport Lake
8x Pochard, 3x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, Peregrine, (DKe)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC members only)
11x Goldeneye, 7x Goosander, 60x Lapwing, Stonechat, (SCa)

Gailey Resv
2x Pochard, 19x Golden Plover, (SRi)

Little Haywood
Great White Egret on the Trent  just below Severn Springs car park, (RWh)

Slitting Mill
15x Goosander on Horns pool, (JPe)

Chasewater
Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, ad Med Gull in the roost

Tamworth
2x Pink-footed Geese over Ventura park at 16:00, (PAn)

Branston GPs  - Wellies essential
Great White Egret, 4x Little Egret, 25x Little Grebe, 2x Egyptian Geese, 106x Pochard, 24x Gadwall, 6x Goldeneye, 35x Wigeon, Goosander, 12x Shoveler, 15x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Woodcock, 3x GBB Gull, 4x Common Gull, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, c2000x Starling, (DSc)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
3w Caspian Gull in the roost

Saturday 21st December 2019

Cannock Tip
2x Caspian Gull, 

Uttoxeter Quarry
Ad YL Gull, 10x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 120x Wigeon, 53x Teal, Peregrine, (RPo)

Hixon Airfeld
141x Skylark, 69x Linnet, Stonechat, 236x Golden Plover, (RSw)

Baldwins Gate
3x Brambling, (RWh)

Branston GPs
4x Little Egret. 4x Egyptian Geese, 37x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 32x Wigeon, 15x Curlew, 54x Lapwing, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Branston WP
56x Wigeon, 44x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, (DSc)

Enville
7x Egyptian Geese flew from the Mere, (DBa)

Friday 20th December 2019

Tittesworth Water
32x Snipe, 11x Lapwing, 3x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, 5x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, 11x Siskin, (SG)

Chasewater
2w Caspian Gull, c5000x Starling in the roost,

Thursday 19th December 2019

Gailey Resv
14x Pochard, Goldeneye, (PCo)

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck, Great White Egret, 8x Little Egret, 15x Curlew, 42x Lapwing, 5x Goldeneye, 78x Pochard, 393x Teal, 48x Wigeon, 28x Shoveler, 6x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 25x Little Grebe, c8000x Starling in the roost, (JWo)

Chasewater
Peregrine from the south shore, (KWh)

By Keith Whitehouse

Wednesday 18th December 2019

Doxey Marsh
2x Great White Egret, 500x Lapwing, Pink-footed Goose still, (HKi)  -  also 150x Golden Plover, (RRa)

Ford Green
Little Egret, 3x Goosander, (JJo)

Alvecote
Great White Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, (MSc)

Chasewater
3w Caspian Gull, 2x ad Med Gull in the roost

Lichfield
6x Goosander off Common Lane, Fradley Park, (GHa)

Tuesday 17th December 2019

Chasewater
3x Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, ad Med Gull in the roost

Branston GPs
Great White Egret, 9x Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 53x Lapwing, 8x Snipe, 7x YL Gull, 8x Common Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 2x Goldeneye, 92x Pochard, 36x Wigeon, 34x Gadwall, 120x Teal, 12x Shoveler, 31x Little Grebe, c8000x Starling, Green Woodpecker, Muntjac Deer, (JWo)

YL Gull by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Monday 16th December 2019

Whitmore Bent Lane
60x Snipe, 230x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, 40x Reed Bunting, 12x Tree Sparrow, Water Rail, 30x RL Partridge, (NDP)

Middleton Lakes
2x Great White Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, (KSa)

Sunday 15th December 2019

Doxey Marsh  (WeBS count)
9x Goosander, 53x Shoveler, 35x Wigeon, Pintail, 3x Gadwall, 2x Water Pipit, 450x Golden Plover, 450x Lapwing, 8x Snipe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Common Gull, (GPr, MBo, RRa, WeBS team)

Radford Meadows   (WeBS count)
344x Lapwing, 204x Teal, 196x Wigeon, 7x Shoveler, Goosander, Common Gull, Egyptian Goose, (CDa)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 

Tittesworth Water
17x Common Gull, 3x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 4x Snipe, 11x Lapwing, 2x Willow Tit, (JOa)

Chasewater
2x ad Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 2x YL Gull in the roost

Branston GPs
Great White Egret, 3x Little Egret, 60x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 140x Teal, 40x Wigeon, 80x Lapwing, 13x Curlew, 22x Little Grebe, c10,000 Starling, (DSc)

Saturday 14th December 2019

Cresswell
Jack Snipe, 17x Snipe, 65x Skylark, 30x Reed Bunting, 10x Yellowhammer, (NDP)

Tittesworth Water
32x Common Gull, Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 31x Wigeon, 13x Snipe, 12x Lapwing, Willow Tit, (SG, WLH, IB, CT,)

Whitemoor Haye
Long-tailed Duck at the arm of the lake viewable from visitor centre also 15x Goldeneye, (DAb)

Middleton Lakes
2x Great White Egret, 4x Goosander, 7x Goldeneye, (SAt)

Aqualate
5x Water Rail, 12x Goldeneye, 40x Wigeon, 62x Gadwall, (RSw)

Branston GPs
12x Curlew, Golden Plover, 24x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, 60x Pochard, 40x Wigeon, 2x Goldeneye, Grey Wagtail, (DSc)

Branston WP
50x Wigeon, 60x Gadwall, 4x Pochard, 7x Goosander, Water Rail, (DSc)

Chasewater
3w Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull in the roost, also a Little Egret thru,

Friday 13th December 2019

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, Little Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, 3x Egyptian Geese, Goosander, (DCo)

Gailey Resv
Ad Med Gull briefly, 12x Pochard, (HKi)

Chasewater
3x Caspian Gull, 2x ad Med Gull, ad YL Gull in the roost

Branston GPs
Long-tailed Duck on Ashy pit, Common Sandpiper, 14x Curlew, 20x Lapwing, 6x Goldeneye, 31x Pochard, 72x Wigeon, 200x Teal, 24x Shoveler, Goosander, 2x Gadwall, ad Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 5x Common Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 6x Little Egret, 26x Little Grebe, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

Thursday 12th December 2019

Chasewater
Ad Iceland Gull and 2x Caspian Gull in the roost

Wednesday 11th December 2019

Doxey Marsh
Golden Plover and Lapwing flocks, 2x Little Egret, Chiffchaff, (DEm)

Radford Meadows
8x Snipe, 70x Lapwing, 4x Goosander, Little Egret, (IWi)

Grindon-Ladyside farm
Red Kite

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, Little Egret, 3x Snipe, 342x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, 6x Goosander, 4x Goldeneye, 30x Wigeon, (MSc)

Chasewater
3w Caspian Gull and ad YL Gull in the roost,

Tuesday 10th December 2019

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Great Northern Diver flew off early morning.

Branston GPs
12x Curlew, 4x Goldeneye, 26x Wigeon, 21x Shoveler, 82x Pochard, 160x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Egret, 29x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 30x Linnet, (JWo, Dean)

Monday 9th December 2019

Alrewas Arbouretum
Yellow-browed Warbler still mid morning, also Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, Goosander, (etal)

By Rob Bendelow

Doxey Marsh
3x Great White Egret, 3x Little Egret, PF Goose, Pintail, 5x Pochard, Common Gull, 3x Stonechat, (SE,HF)

Belvide Resv WMBC members only
Great Northern Diver at dusk from Gazebo hide

Sunday 8th December 2019

Alrewas Arbouretum
Yellow-browed Warbler still at Junction Pit, Great White Egret over, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (BirderAlrewas)

Middleton Lakes
2x Common Gull, Great White Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, Goosander, 3x Stonechat, 211x Lapwing, (KSa, MSm)

Siverdale CP
7x Goosander, (PCa)

Newcastle - Lyme Valley Park
200+ Greenfinch in the roost near the football ground (MPa)

Chasewater
1w Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull,

Alrewas GPs
Green Sandpiper, 10x Pochard, 78x Wigeon, 10x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (BirderAlrewas)

Whitemoor Haye
900x Lapwing, 14x Pochard, 15x Goldeneye, 23x Wigeon, 29x Shoveler, Chiffchaff, (BirderAlrewas)

Branston GPs
Great White Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 70x Wigeon, 42x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 15x Curlew, Common Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, c4000 Starling, (DSc)

Catholme (from Millennium bridge)
200x Wigeon, 100x Teal, 5x Goldeneye, Green Sandpiper, (DSc)

Saturday 7th December 2019

Alrewas Arbouretum
Yellow-browed Warbler still at Junction pit, (TPe)

Middleton Lakes
2x Great White Egret - 3rd bird flew south, 3x Pochard, Green Sandpiper, 2x Goldeneye, 7x Goosander, 3x Stonechat, (DCo, SAt)

Hixon Airfield
305x Golden Plover, 84x Skylark, 2x Stonechat, 66x Linnet, (RSw)

Weston-Amerton meadow flood
5x Ruff, ad YL Gull, 207x Lapwing, (RSw)

Gailey
5x Pochard, 125x Lapwing, 12x Little Grebe, (IMo)

Tittesworth Water
Whooper Swan, 12x Snipe, 23x Common Gull, 4x Goosander, 3x Barnacle Geese, 2x Willow Tit, (SG, WLH, IB, CT,)

Chasewater
Ad Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, (JAl)

Branston GPs
 Marsh Harrier thru, Merlin, Peregrine, Ruff, 15x Curlew, Jack Snipe, 12x Snipe, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 65x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 48x Pochard, 300x Teal, 101x Wigeon, 4x Egyptian Geese, 2x Stonechat, YL Gull, 2x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (CEc, DSc

Alvecote
Drake Pintail on Pretty Pigs

Tucklesholme
3x Little Egret, 4x Pochard, 1500x Starling thru, 2x Goosander, (DSc)

Branston WP
20x Gadwall, 36x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, (DSc)

Friday 6th December 2019

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, Stonechat,

Radford Meadows
Great White Egret, Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 15x Shoveler, 150x Lapwing, (IWi)

Doxey Marssh
2x Water Pipit, 2x Great White Egret, 3x Little Egret, Pink-footed Goose, Egyptian Goose, 2x Goosander, Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, (SE, HF)

Water Pipit by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs
Redshank, 3x Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, 16x Snipe, 357x Lapwing, 88x Wigeon, 59x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 29x Gadwall, 296x Teal, 3x Goldeneye, 28x Little Grebe, 5x Common Gull, Little Egret, c4000 Starling, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Bottleslow Flash
Jack Snipe, 27x Lapwing, (RTo)

Alrewas Arbouretum
Yellow-browed Warbler still, Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, 2x Goosander, 4x Chiffchaff, 3x Stonechat, (CEc)

Thursday 5th December 2019

Doxey Marsh
2x Water Pipit, Pink-footed Goose, Egyptian Goose, 2x Great White Egret, Little Egret, 3x Pochard, 24x Gadwall, 46x Shoveler, 54x Teal, Water Rail, (GPr)

Alrewas Arbouretum
Yellow-browed Warbler still at the Junction Pit this morning, (MSm)

Alvecote
Great White Egret, 2x Little Egret, Pochard, Goosander, (MSc)

Ford Green
Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, (JJo)

Wednesday 4th December 2019

Alrewas Arbouretum
Yellow-browed Warbler heard twice at Junction pit but not seen, (MSm)

Dimmingsdale
13x Woodcock over at dusk (TEy)

Tuesday 3rd December 2019

Alrewas Arboreutum

Yellow-browed Warbler still on south side of junction pit at 10:00, (GJM)  -  also Great White Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Chiffchaff, 12x Goldcrest, Peregrine, (JWo)

By Jon Woodcock

By Jon Woodcock

By Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water
A Diver species reported late morning, (NGr)  -  No sign this afternoon also Barn Owl, 3x Pochard, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Goosander, (SG, CT)

Doxey Marsh
2x Great White Egret, Pink-footed Goose, Egyptian Goose Creswell Flash, 2x Water Pipit, 3x Little Egret from Hexagonal hide, 8x Snipe, 5x Water Rail, 2x Stonechat, 3x Cett's Warbler, Goosander, 50x Lapwing,  (HKi, DBa)

Chasewater
13x Goosander, 5x Pochard, 15x Wigeon, 20x Lapwing, (CMa)

Westport Lake
8x Goosander, 8x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, (DKe)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Short-eared Owl at dusk, ad Med Gull in the roost, Common Sandpiper still

Catholme (viewed from the footpath to the Arbouretum)
Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 8x Goosander, 150x Wigeon, Little Egret, (JWo)

Monday 2nd December 2019

Alrewas Abouretum
Probable Yellow-browed Warbler again on west side of woods at junction pit, also 2x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Chiffchaff, 12x Goldcrest, 3x Snipe, Common Gull, (JWo)

YBW by Jon Woodcock

Whitemoor Haye
The drake Hooded Merganser of unknown origin has returned to the pool opposite the activity centre, Little Egret, Peregrine, Goldeneye, 15x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, Barn Owl,  (DBa)

Tittesworth Water
Ringtail Hen Harrier at 13:55, 5x Pochard, 5x Goosander, 3x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, 15x Siskin, (SG, CT)

Doxey Marsh
Pink-footed Goose, Great White Egret, 2x Water Pipit, 2x Little Egret, Egyptian Goose, 3x Stonechat, 2x Goosander, 18x Wigeon, (SE,HF)

PF Goose By Steve Edwards

Alrewas GPs
3x Chiffchaff, 8x Goldcrest, (JWo)

Catholme
2x Stonechat, (JWo)

Sunday 1st December 2019

Doxey Marsh
Fem Red-breasted Merganser flushed off the River Sow on the bend near the Octagonal hide also Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Water Pipit, Egyptian Goose, 6x Pochard, 240x Lapwing, 37x Snipe, 2x Goosander, 17x Gadwall, 15x Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler, (GPr)

Gailey Resv
70x Pink-footed Geese over NW at 10:30, probable 1w YL Gull in ploughed field NE of the bridleway, 5x Pochard, 15x Golden Plover, Goosander, Water Rail, (SRi)

Bateswood CP
Flock of 6x Little Egrets over south at 09:47, (JHu)

Middleton Lakes
Great White Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 31x Shoveler, 71x Gadwall, 143x Wigeon, 3x Pintail, 14x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 3x Stonechat, 2x Yellowhammer, (MSm)

Dimmingsdale
90x Pink-footed Geese over SE at 10:30 (TEy)

Alrewas
Probable Yellow-browed Warbler on Junction Pit, (BirderAlrewas)

Whitemoor Haye
2x Little Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 15x Pochard, 36x Wigeon, 31x Shoveler, 150x Lapwing, Goosander, Peregrine, 80x Linnet, 2x Stonechat, 2x Egyptian Geese, Yellowhammer, Tree Sparrows, (BirderAlrewas)

Croxall GPs
Pink-footed Geese, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 66x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, (BirderAlrewas)

Chasewater
2x ad Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, (JAl)

Westport Lake
15x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, YLG, (DKe)

Berryhill
2x Stonechat still, 4x Snipe, (IBu)

Branston GPs (Small Meadows Pit only)
Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe,  (per Dean) - also 28x Little Grebe, 2x Egyptian Geese, 88x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 140x Teal, 10x Shoveler, 14x Gadwall, 18x Wigeon, Peregrine, 15x Curlew, 150x Curlew, 14x Golden Plover, 3x ad YL Gull, Stonechat, (DSc)