Monday 24th March 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still

North Staffs Moors

Ring Ouzel, Woodcock, Wheatear, 2x Red Kite, 115x Fieldfare, (NDP)

Middleton Lakes

2x Swallow early am,130x Sand Martin, 40+ Chiffchaff, Jack Snipe, 3x Snipe, Bittern, 2x Avocet, 4x LRP, 4x Redshank, 10x Oystercatcher, 4x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, Great Egret, (SPA) - 70x Sand Martin, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x LRP, 4x Redshank, Jack Snipe, Snipe, (MSm)  

Chasewater

7x Sand Martin off the dam, (CM, RF)

Belvide Resv

Kittiwake 09:10 to 09:45 only, 4x Egyptian Geese, Shelduck, Great Egret, 4x Oystercatcher, Grey Wagtail, (CMa, RF)

Chatterley Valley - Ford Green

2x Willow Tit, Cetti's Warbler, (JHu)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey over Creswell Flash at 17:00 heading north, (JPe)

Tittesworth Water

Green Woodpecker, 5x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 2x Fieldfare, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SGi)

Endon - Denford

4x Willow Tit, 2x Snipe, 2x Mandarin, 8x Teal, 2x Green Woodpecker, 25x Chiffchaff, 60x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Branston GPs

2x ad Kittiwake. Little Gull, 2x Wheatear, 4x Swallow, 2x Blackcap, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x Snipe, 10x Curlew, 16x Lapwing, Water Rail, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 12x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 26x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 25x Shelduck, 14x Gadwall, 18x Wigeon, 33x Shoveler, 89x Teal, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 10x Sand Martin, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, PFo, CEc, Dean, SBI)

Sunday 23rd March 2025

Belvide Resv

8x adult Kittiwake 06:55 to 07:57 only, 2x Sandwich Tern 08:10 to 08:43 only. A further Sandwich Tern thru west at 14:25, House Martin, Swallow, 76x Sand Martin, 

Blithfield Resv

10x adult Kittiwake thru deep end this am, (GJM)  -  4x Common Scoter in Blithe Bay this afternoon, (MPR)

Newcastle

Singing Willow Warbler at Basford this am, (STu)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan still this am, (SCo)  -  Also Red Kite, 5x Shelduck, 10x Goldeneye, 27x Wigeon, 2x Sand Martin, (ICW)

Middleton Lakes

This am 5x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, Curlew, Snipe, 4x Redshank, 15x Sand Martin, White Wagtail, 6x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, (MSm)  -  Late afternoon Red Kite, Peregrine, Pintail, 8x LRP, Dunlin, Snipe, 7x Oystercatcher, 4x Redshank, 25x Sand Martin, Great Egret, (MSm)

Endon STW

Barn Owl this am, (GBr)

Stanley Pool

Swallow, 2x Sand Martin, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

i54

2x Ring-necked Parakeet over, (JDu)

Tittesworth Water

6x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, 5x Teal, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, Curlew, Red Kite, 8x Redpoll, 3x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Gailey Resv

Swallow, 7x Sand Martin, Little Egret, 2x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, singing Marsh Tit, (SRi)

Tucklesholme

Willow Warbler, 7x Oystercatcher, 45x Sand Martin, 18x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 4x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, (MKe, JKe)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Sand Martin, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Red Kite, 7x Goosander, 8x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 5x Chiffchaff, (AMa)

Doxey Marsh

2x Ruddy Shelduck, LRP, White Wagtail, (RSt)

Pool Hall

6x Sand Martin, Grey Wagtail, Bhylls Pool Brambling, (IMo)

Branston GPs

2x ad Kittiwake thru north at 18:01, 4x Swallow, c30x Sand Martin, Great Egret, 24x Shelduck, 50x Wigeon, 22x Shoveler, 18x Pochard, 17x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 8x Oystercatcher, 10x Curlew, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 6x Dunlin thru, 5x Snipe, YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, (DSc, BSt, ASt)

Tamworth

Red Kite drifting over Sheepcote Lane Amington, (MSc)

Saturday 22nd March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Chasewater

2x Little Gull, 4x Sand Martin at 07:45, 5x Goldeneye, (Ochruros)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still viewed from opposite old quarry entrance, 2x Whooper Swan still, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 10x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 16x Shoveler, 37x Teal, 2x Gadwall, 40x Wigeon, Curlew, 2x Redshank, LRP, 6x Oystercatcher,10x Yellowhammer, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)  -  also 4x LRP, Curlew, Yellowhammers, (PAn)

Berryhill

2x Wheatear this am one in paddock above the lookout and one in the "Lap Bunt" paddock, Curlew and Goosander over, (RTo)  -  A third Wheatear was still in a paddock near Fenton Park, also a Lapwing, (IBu)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, fem Goldeneye, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Sand Martin, 10+ Chiffchaff, and along nearby Micklewood Lane 6x Shoveler, (SRi)

Stanley Pool

2x Sand Martin, fem Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Male Merlin, 6x Little Egret, 195x Wigeon, c50 Teal, 3x Shoveler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Branston GPs

Wheatear, 3x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 9x Curlew, Dunlin, 14x Lapwing, 10x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 16x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 66x Wigeon, 20x Shelduck, 16x Shoveler, 40x Teal, 2x Goosander, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Common Gull, 8x Fieldfare, 10x Linnet, Yellowhammer thru east, 2x Sand Martin, 1w YL Gull, (DSc)  -  Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, 40+ Linnet, (JWo, CEc)

                                                          Wheatear by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

Wheatear on the dam, 

Longsdon Mill Pond

LRP, Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, White Wagtail, (SGi)

Tittesworth Water

Willow Warbler, 5x Chiffchaff, Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, 2x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, Mandarin, 3x Fieldfare, (SGi, IB, PG)

Lichfield

3x Little Egret in field on Cappers Lane by HS2  works, (PAn)

Trent Washlands

Cetti's Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 101x Wigeon, 42x Teal, 10x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, 2x Grey Wagtail, (AJa)

Tucklesholme

Red Kite, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Snipe, 3x Shelduck, (Ochruros)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

Red Kite, RL Partridge, (TEy)

Trentham Gardens

Dipper, 4x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 2x GC Grebe, (STu)

Friday 21st March 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still just south of the shooting butts at 08:15 also Male Wheatear, (RPo)

Berryhill

Wheatear on the Palletstacks mound (IBu), and a further Wheatear on posts off the end of Mossfield Road, also Little Egret, (RTo) 

Aqualate

Female Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, Red Kite, 2x Goshawk, (KHa)

Blithfield Resv

7x Little Gull south (3 at 1036 and 4 at 10:50, Swallow Tad Bay, (GJM)  -  Avocet flew over the causeway at 14:17, (PFo)  -  2x Great Egret, 309x Wigeon, 9x Goldeneye, Goosander, 18x Shoveler, 29x Teal, 28x Gadwall, 21x GC Grebe, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Egyptian Geese, (RGr)

Trentham Gardens

House Martin thru north, Sand Martin, 22x Gadwall, 4x Goosander, Water Rail, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 11x Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Doxey Marsh

8x Sand Martin, (GPr) - Swallow, 2x Redshank, (AHa)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Goldeneye, Goosander, Pochard, (JIs)

Middleton Lakes

Wheatear, White Wagtail, 8x Sand Martin, 4x Avocet, 6x Redshank, LRP, (MSm)

Burton

Red Kite drifting west over Belvedere Road at 10:06, (CEc)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Black-necked Grebe at 13:45, 3x Sand Martin, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, Curlew, 3x Shelduck, 5x Goosander, 20x Shoveler, Red Kite, 3x Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Branston GPs

3x Little Gull (2nd sum) at Ashy pit at 11:30,  12x Shelduck, Little Egret, (DSc)  -  Marsh Harrier south over BM pit at 10:15, (BSt)  -  5x Little Gull on Ashy pit, male Marsh Harrier on SMP2, 5x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 7x Goldeneye, 16x Pochard, 16x Shelduck, 42x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Peregrine, 2x RL Partridge, 8x Sand Martin, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                          Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

Draycott in the Clay

Red Kite over the A515 at 11:12, (DSc)

Whitemore Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Ringed Plover, LRP, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, (PJT)  -  Also 2x Whooper Swan still, (SCo) - Merlin reported, 

Knypersley Resv

Water Rail in Osier beds, Willow Tit, 5x Mandarin, 10x Goosander, Oystercatcher, 20x singing Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Avocet, 1w Caspian Gull, 

                                                            Avocet by Rob Bendelow

Eccleshall

Red Kite over at 12:00 and later at nearby Woodseaves 2x Red Kite, (KLe)

Kingsley

2x Red Kite at 14:00, (per GSt)

Thursday 20th March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Blithfield Resv

Sub adult Caspian Gull Tad Bay, (GJM, MDJ)

Branston GPs

Little Gull, 14x Curlew, 3x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 4x LRP, 3x Green Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, 22x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Mandarin, 5x Goldeneye, 20x Pochard, 38x Little Grebe, 3x Common Gull,  YL Gull, 19x Sand Martin, 2x Stonechat, 12x Linnet, (JWo, CEc)

Whiston

The Leys, Red Kite at 09:45, Green Woodpecker at 11:15, (GSt)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still and showing well this am, (JTu)

Tittesworth Water

161x Common Gull, 31x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Red Kite, 3x Willow Tit, 11x Teal, 20x GC Grebe, 4x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH, AP)

Woodseaves

Red Kite above A519 this afternoon, (Tf)

Stanley Pool

3x Swallow, House Martin, 2x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Wednesday 19th March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

 Trent Washlands

Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher this am, (AJa)

Middleton Lakes

4-5x LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 4x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, Great Egret, 2x Pintail, 3x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, (MSm)  -  Bittern, (GG)

Doxey Marsh

Curlew, Red Kite, 4x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 2x Skylark, (GPr)

Whiston 

The Lees, Green Woodpecker, (GSt)

Blithfield Resv

Rock Pipit and YL Gull on dam, Woodlark in field behind Admaston car park, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Oystercatcher, (PFo)  -  Common Tern off Beech Tree Point early evening, (MPR)

North Staffs Moors

Wheatear, (SSe)

Rudyard

8x Common Gull, (SSe)

Park Lane

LRP, 33x 24x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, 33x Teal, 26x Wigeon, Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 12x Common Gull, (JHu)

Tittesworth Water

Adult Med Gull, Woodcock, 126x Common Gull, 29x Wigeon, 5x Goosander, 3x Fieldfare, (SGi)

                                                          Med Gull by Steve Gibson

Stafford

Blackcap singing in a garden at Weeping Cross, (HKi)

Trentham Gardens

2x PFG still, 31x Gadwall, 2x Teal, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Chiffchaff, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Stanley Matthews Way Pool

8x Teal, (RGi)

Lordship Lane

Blackcap singing, 4x Teal, Lapwing, (RGi)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still

Consall

5x Willow Tit, (DCo)

Tuesday 18th March 2025

Tittesworth Water

Avocet this am, (AP)

Blithfield Resv

Avocet at Pastry point this am, (GJM)  -  Greenshank this am, (PBe)

                                                               Avocet by GJ Mant

Endon - Denford

2x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 2-3x Green Woodpecker, 5x Mandarin, 10x Teal, 16x Chiffchaff, (DCo)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, 2x Pintail, Redshank, (DOu, LOu)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 3x LRP, Dunlin, 4x Red Kite, (JAl)

Branston GPs

Female Merlin, 2x Peregrine, Black-tailed Godwit, 5x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 5x Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 23x Pochard, 10x Gadwall, 15x Shoveler, 70x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 18x Shelduck, 45x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, (JWo, CEc)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still

Bottomhouse

2x Curlew near the A5053, (TDu)

Monday 17th March 2025

Trentham Gardens

Shelduck over east, 2x PFG, 41x Greylag Geese, 28x Gadwall, 6x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, singing Willow Tit, (RGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, Great Egret, (PJT)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, 2x Avocet, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Redshank, Ringed Plover over, 2x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, Pintail, Cetti's Warbler, (CMa, RF)  -  2x Avocet, 4x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, Pintail, 3x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 4x Goldeneye, Bittern, 10x Redpoll, 2x RL Partridge, (SPA)

Tucklesholme

25+ Sand Martin, (TWy)

Keele

Red Kite over Pepper Street, (JPa)

Blithfield Resv

350x Fieldfare northwards, (GJM)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 12x Teal, (MSc)

Gailey Resv

8x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 7x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

1w Caspian Gull, 1w YL Gull, 

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 

Branston GPs

Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Curlew, 2x Redshank, LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 7x Oystercatcher, 17x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 14x Goldeneye, 16x Pochard, 17x Shelduck, 42x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 20x Fieldfare, (JWo, BSt, ASt)

Barton Marina

62x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 2x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Sunday 16th March 2025

Endon STW

Barn Owl early am, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Drake Common Scoter, 2x Whooper Swan, 2x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 52x Teal, 118x Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

2x Jack Snipe, 2x Avocet, 2x Snipe, Redshank,  8x Shelduck, 3x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, Bittern, (MSm)

i54

103x Skylark, 26x Snipe, 2x Jack Snipe, Green Woodpecker, (JDu)

Belvide Resv

Bearded Tit flew out of Scott hide reedbed and then flew high south, - 1w Caspian Gull, 4x Great Egret, fly thru Goshawk, Redshank, 6x Snipe, 68x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, Water Rail, 

Westport Lake

6x Pochard, Goosander, Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, Red Kite, 2x Grey Wagtail, (KSt, WeBS)

Park Lane

30x Wigeon, 26x Teal, Shelduck, 24x Lapwing, (JHu)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, , Yellowhammer, Woodcock, 4x Stonechat, (AEv)

Branston GPs

17x Whooper Swan on SMP1, 7x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 8x Shoveler, 10x Shelduck, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Common Gull, 1s YL Gull, (DSc, PFo)  -  Red Kite over, 2x Peregrine, 30x Little Grebe, 5x Egyptian Geese, 14x Shelduck, 60x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 12x Goldeneye, 6x Oystercatcher, 15x Curlew, 10x Lapwing, 3x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 10x Linnet, (DSc, JWo)

                                                      Whooper Swans by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

26x Whooper Swan thru, 49x Common Gull, 26x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 5x Goosander, 13x Teal, 2x Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, 6x Redpoll, Grey Wagtail, 5x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)  -  Brambling between the Lazy Trout and the entrance to the west hide, (JCa)

Weeping Cross Stafford

3x Brambling visiting garden feeders, (HKi)

Doxey Marsh

Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, Merlin, Red Kite, 2x Shelduck, 35x Wigeon, 7x Chiffchaff, Stonechat, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RRa, RSt)

Saturday 15th March 2025

Doxey Marsh

2x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 40x Teal, 20x Lapwing, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (GPr)  -  12x Gadwall, 10x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 20x Teal, 3x Little Egret, 3x GC Grebe, 9x GBB Gull, 7x Lapwing, (JJo)

Stanley Pool

4x Oystercatcher, 8x Goosander, (GBr)

Tucklesholme

2x LRP at wading ponds, (TWy)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, singing Marsh Tit, (SRi)

Cannock Chase

Curlew over Tixall Marsh this am, (GTa)  -  Great Grey Shrike still, 

Tittensor

Red Kite over the A34 at 12:00,  (DGI)

Berryhill

Male Hen Harrier at 09:00 flying between the stone circle and the scrape, (AJo)  -  Woodcock, 2x Snipe, Willow Tit, Stonechat, 10x Linnet, 2x Redpoll, (RGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on pit opposite quarry, (TPe)  -  2x Whooper Swan, 408x Wigeon, 15x Goldeneye, 21x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 28x Teal, 12x Teal, 28x Shoveler, Goosander, 10x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 12x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 2x GC Grebe, 5x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Egyptian Geese, 2x Cetti's Warbler,  (SCo, WeBS), -  Merlin, Great Egret, (RBe)

Trent Washlands

4x Common Gull, 119x Wigeon, 46x Teal, 2x Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler, Oystercatcher, (AJa)

Whitfield Valley (Ford Green end)

Cetti's Warbler (singing), 2x Ring-necked Parakeet, Willow Tit, 2x Goosander, (RGi)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 12x Goosander, 20x Teal, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Branston GPs

16x Shelduck, 6x Mandarin, 43x Wigeon, 60x Teal, 28x Pochard, 16x Goldeneye, imm Peregrine, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Curlew, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 36x Lapwing, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, Woodcock, ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 5x Fieldfare, 6x Linnet, 18x Chiffchaff, (DSc, PFo)

Friday 14th March 2025

Aqualate

Female Marsh Harrier this am, 6x Sand Martin, 2x Red Kite, 4x Redpoll, (KHa)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still this am, 

Kinver

Hawfinch at the Edward Marsh centre, (TWo)

Sandon

Red Kite over the A51 at noon, (DWi)

Endon - Denford

3x Jack Snipe, 6x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Mandarin, 5x Teal, 17x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Alvecote

3x Goosander, 12x Gadwall, 10x Teal, 32x Grey Lag Geese, (MSc)

Whitemoor Haye

1st sum Caspian Gull on pit opposite quarry entrance, 2x Whooper Swan, Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, Common Gull, 3x Great Egret, (TPe)

Gailey Resv

4x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 4x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Branston GPs

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, LRP, 11x Snipe, 9x Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, 24x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 17x Goldeneye, 22x Pochard, 15x Shelduck, 38x Little Grebe, ad YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, 26x Fieldfare, 12x Chiffchaff, (JWo, DSc, George, MCa)

Barton Marina

68x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, 6x Pochard, 8x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Thursday 13th March 2025

Tittesworth Water

10x Little Egret, Barn Owl, (IFe per SGi),   -  3x Goosander, 5x Teal, Snipe, 2x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Red Kite, 4x Willow Tit, 12x Common Gull, 5x Fieldfare, 2x Redpoll, 4x Grey Lag Geese, (JOa, LH)

Botteslow Flash

LRP at 08:05, (RTo)

Himley Great Pool

A Sand Martin, also Ring-necked Parakeets, (CTi)

Whitemoor Haye

LRP on Bewick's Pit, Redshank on Roadside pit, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Yellowhammer, (JHi)

Middleton Lakes

2x LRP on JW south, 4x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 10x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, Great Egret, (SPA)

Blithfield Resv

Tad Bay 67x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 5x Goldeneye, 23x Gadwall, 5x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 20x GC Grebe, (RGr)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

3x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, Red Kite, (TEy)

Lichfield

Darnford Golf club area 2x Yellowhammer, 8x Greenfinch, Little Egret, 5x Skylark, Fieldfare, (BHa)

Branston GPs

Rock Pipit flew over North pit calling, Black-tailed Godwit, Woodcock, 8x Snipe, 5x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 14x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 4x Goosander, 12x Goldeneye, 32x Pochard, 16x Shelduck, 78x Wigeon, 28x Gadwall, 60x Teal, 18x Shoveler, 36x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 3x ad Common Gull, 17x Linnet, 100x Redwing, (JWo)

                                                        Redshanks by Jon Woodcock

Barton Marina

79x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 14x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Wednesday 12th March 2025

Middleton Lakes

3x Avocet, LRP, 2x Redshank, Snipe, Pintail, Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, (MSm)

Himley Great Pool

Drake Common Scoter this am, also 2 pairs of Ring-necked Parakeets in the wood above, (CTi)  -  Common Scoter Still this afternoon.

Belvide Resv

2x Avocet this afternoon, LRP, Golden Plover, 

Cannock Chase

Grey Great Shrike still, 

Stanley Pool

Female Mandarin, (GBr)

Tuesday 11th March 2025

Middleton Lakes

4x Sand Martin, Pintail, 4x Pochard, Goldeneye, 4x Redshank, 3x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 2x Great Egret, iffy RB Goose,  3x RLP, (MSm)

Branston GPs

Scandinavion Rock Pipit, LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 66x Lapwing, 9x Snipe, Little Egret, 21x Goldeneye, 36x Pochard, 3x Mandarin, 14x Shelduck, 47x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x ad Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Juv Peregrine, 6x Fieldfare, 16x Chiffchaff, (JWo, CEc)

                                                Scandinavion Rock Pipit by Jon Woodcock

Endon - Denford

4x Jack Snipe, 10x Snipe, Willow Tit, 2x Green Woodpecker, 28x Teal, 2x Oystercatcher, Curlew, Goosander, (DCo)

Gailey Resv

4x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, Shoveler, Oystercatcher, (JIs)

Stowe Pool

Single Wigeon (scarce here), (JHo)

Barton Marina

72x Wigeon, 12x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Monday 10th March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 arrival

Knypersley Resv

2x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, 4x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

3x Avocet, 3x Redshank, Dunlin, Pintail, 3x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, Bittern, (SPA)  -  2x LRP  on JW south, 

Belvide Resv

3x Cattle Egret early afternoon, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 

Gailey

Singing Marsh Tit, (CMa, RF)

Pool Hall area

2x Great Egret, 2x Grey Partridge, (GCl)

Branston GPs

2x Sand Martin over SMP2, Merlin, Avocet, 3x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, 12x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, 72x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Mandarin, 15x Goldeneye, 18x Pochard, 22x Shelduck, 20x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 96x Wigeon, 75x Teal, 39x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 3x ad Common Gull, 40x Linnet, 2x Stonechat, 14x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Bentilee

Red Kite over heading towards Berryhill Fields, (PCa)

Chasewater

Breeding plumage Med Gull, also 2x Oystercatcher, (CW)

Sunday 9th March 2025

                             WEST MIDLAND BIRD CLUB STAFFORD BRANCH

Invites you to a talk on Tuesday 11th March 2025 by Emily Cunningham M.B.E. Adventures in Antarctica: Seals and Whales and Birds, Oh My!

At Walton-On-The-Hill- village hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Stafford, ST170LD. Doors open 7:00pm for a 7.30pm start. Admission £3 including refreshments.

Doxey Marsh

This am, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 9x Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, 2x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 3x singing Chiffchaff, (GPr)  -  Merlin, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 56x Wigeon, 4x Shelduck, 8x Water Rail, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 11x Chiffchaff, 3x Stonechat, (MBo)

Stanley Pool

4x Oystercatcher, 5x Goosander, Curlew, Pink-footed Geese heard, 3x Chiffchaff, (GBr)

River Sow Meadows Baswich-Milford

Peregrine, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Green Sandpiper, 50x Fieldfare, 2x Chiffchaff, Greenfinches, 9x Teal, (RSw)

Whitemoor Haye

Green Sandpiper, view pit from metal gate, (NGR)  -  2x Whooper Swan still, 3x Yellowhammer singing, (MBr)

Tittesworth Water

3x Goosander, 11x Teal, 4x Oystercatcher, 13x Curlew, Pink-footed Goose, Common Gull, 3x Red Kite, 2x Willow Tit, 5x Fieldfare, 3x Redpoll, Chiffchaff, (JOa, TEe, KH)

Trentham Gardens

This afternoon - Great Egret, 2x PFG with Greylags, Mandarin, 20x Gadwall, Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Branston GPs

SMPs only Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, Green Woodpecker, 5x Greenfinch, Red Kite, 7x Buzzard, 5x Chiffchaff, (JWo)  -  30x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 27x Shelduck, 70x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 30x Pochard, 20x Goldeneye, Avocet, 10x Curlew, 50x Lapwing, LRP, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 6x Snipe, YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, Stonechat, 12x Fieldfare, 15x Chiffchaff, 20x Linnet, (DSc)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 

Saturday 8th March 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 2x Crossbill, 8x Siskin, (BHa)

                                                             GGS by Steve Edwards

Consall Woods

3x Chiffchaff, 4x Grey Wagtail, (RPo)

Calf Heath WMI

2x Shelduck, Goosander and long nearby Deepmore Lane 5x Yellowhammer, 4x Teal, Peregrine, 4x singing Chiffchaff, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Black-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe, 29x Curlew, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, Dipper, Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Doxey Marsh

2x Ruddy Shelduck this am, (BGo)  -  this afternoon 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, Red Kite over Sainsbury's, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat several singing Chiffchaff, (GHa)

                                                      Ruddy Shelducks by Bill Goldstraw

Weston Coyney

2x Red Kite over at 14:05, (SFe)

Blithfield Resv

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Red Kite, 100x Wigeon, Goosander, (MJa)

Stanley Pool

25x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, 13x GC Grebe, Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

34x Curlew in field next to east hide, 4x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, (Laxmi) - 3 Chiffchaff (APo)

Trent Washlands

2x singing Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Little Egret, 106x Wigeon, 75x Teal, 4x Shoveler, (AJa)

Whitemoor Haye

Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Great Egret, (SMG)

Whiston

Red Kite at The Leys at 16:15, (GSt)

Branston GPs

30x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, 20x Shelduck, 60x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 60x Teal, 20x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 5x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Redshank, Ringed Plover, 70x Lapwing, 3x Stonechat, 8x Chiffchaff, 6x Linnet, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

2x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, 12x Goosander, 30x Fieldfare, 5x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Furnace Grange

Yellowhammer, 12x Buzzard, (CVa)

Friday 7th March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 arrival

Berryhill

Wheatear on the Palletstacks mound this am, (RGi -  Curlew flew from Palletstacks paddocks, (IBu)

                                                          Wheatear by Steve Edwards

Doxey Marsh

Wheatear this am, (NGR)  -  This pm 9x Shelduck, Pintail, 24x Teal, 6x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

4x PFG, Woodcock, 10x Snipe, 5x Ringed Plover, 5x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 20x Curlew, Redshank, 2x Avocet, 10x Oystercatcher, 112x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, 13x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 24x Shelduck, 78x Wigeon, 26x Gadwall, 17x Shoveler, 60x Teal, 49x Little Grebe, 2x ad YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 2x ad GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, Barn Owl, 15x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)  -  Newbold /SMP2 area 17:00 - No further sign of the PFGs, 2x Little Egret, 7x Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 10x Fieldfare, (DSc)

                                                               PFG by Jon Woodcock

Chatterley Whitfield 

Red Kite over at 13:30, (Ed)

Blithfield Resv

Osprey high up flew out north at 11:00, (MDJ)

Calf Heath WMI

LRP this afternoon, (KCl, SRi)

Tittesworth Water

29x Common Gull, 18x Curlew, Green Woodpecker, 7x Goosander, (SGi)

Barton Marina

74x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 12x Little Grebe, 3x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Cannock Chase

Crossbill over, 20x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, Yellowhammer, 4x singing Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Late afternoon - LRP, Oystercatcher, 7x Snipe, 5x Shelduck, 2x Pintail, 2x Shoveler, c200x Wigeon, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Aqualate

Great Egret, female Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 4x singing Chiffchaff, (KHa)

Thursday 6th March 2025

Middleton Lakes

18x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, Pintail, Oystercatcher, 2x Redshank, 4x Curlew, (MSm)

Chasewater

Red Kite low over the Burntwood bypass road, (GP)

Branston GPs

2x Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Curlew, Chiffchaff, (CMa, RF)  -  4x Woodcock, 4x Snipe, 4x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 60x Lapwing, 19x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Water Rail, 11x Goldeneye, 19x Pochard, 147x Teal, 26x Shelduck, 49x Little Grebe, 2x ad YL Gull, 3x ad Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 8x Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, 18x Skylark, 6x Redpoll, 26x Fieldfare, (JWo)

                                                           Avocets by Jon Woodcock

Whitemoor Haye

3x Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, Oystercatcher, 2x Chiffchaff, c200x Linnet in a finch flock, (CMa, RF)  -  LRP, (TPe)

Tittesworth Water

3x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Snipe, Goosander, Mandarin, 11x Teal, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, 4x Redpoll, 23x GC Grebe, (JOa, LH)

Tittensor Chase

4x singing Chiffchaff, (AR)

Endon - Denford

3x Willow Tit, White Wagtail, 2x Chiffchaff, 4x Mandarin, 2x Green Woodpecker, Goosander, Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, (DCo)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 2x Merlin, 10x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Redpolls, Siskins, (RGi, IBu)

Stanley Pool

2x Goosander, 24x Tufted Duck, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

2x Ruddy Shelduck flew in at 10:45 also 2x Egyptian Geese, (MGo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

LRP this am, (PGl)

Gailey Resv

4x Little Egret, 2x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, c150x Golden Plover, (SRi)

Branston Water Park

4x Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, 2x Oystercatcher, (JWo)

Barton Marina

Green Sandpiper, 14x Little Grebe, 72x Wigeon, (JWo)

Whiston

Red Kite flying around The Leys at 17:00,  (GSt)

Wednesday 5th March 2025

Madeley

Red Kite drifting west, (TRe)

Blithfield Resv

Black-tailed Godwit  NW thru Blithe Bay, (GJM)

Uttoxeter GPs

Briefly at 11:30, 120x Wigeon, 6x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, 25x Lapwing, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Middleton Lakes

3x Avocet, (DHa)

Aqualate

Drake Garganey, Marsh Harrier this am, (PJor)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe and 2x Whooper Swan still, (JAl)

Doxey Marsh

2x Shelduck, 2x Wigeon, 35x Teal, 9x Goosander, 2x Water Rail, 3x Little Egret, Great Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, (CAFH)

Hopton

Red Kite over at 14:23, (JSt)

Tuesday 4th March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Branston GPs

Little Ringed Plover on SMP2, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Avocet, Redshank, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 8x Snipe, 20x Curlew, 150x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 13x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 24x Pochard, 22x Shelduck, 77x Wigeon, 31x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 80x Teal, 44x Little Grebe, 3x ad YL Gull, GBB Gull, 5x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, 3x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, 6x Linnet, 2x Siskin, 5x Greenfinch, 5x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Trentham Gardens

Great Egret, 12x Gadwall, 4x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Grey Wagtail, (RGi)

Trent Washlands

Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 61x Teal, 74x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, (AJa)

Park Lane Audley

60x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, 7x Teal, Lapwings, (JHu)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, 5x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 10x Goldeneye, (DBr)

Barton Marina

61x Wigeon, 16x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Fradley Park

Goosander on small pool behind the Continental factory, (GHa)

Goosander, 

Monday 3rd March 2025

Parkhall CP

2x Willow Tit, Curlew, 2x Lapwing, Redpoll, 2x Skylark, 8x Buzzard, (RGi)

Endon - Denford

12x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 7x Snipe, 4x Mandarin, 18x Teal, (DCo)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, (CMa, RF)  -  GGS, Green Woodpecker, 6x Stonechat, 10x Siskin, 10x Redpoll, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                   Great Grey Shrike by Jon Woodcock

Bramshall

Red Kite over the fields this am, (JTu)

Rudyard 

Pink-footed Goose still with the Canada flock, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 18x Teal, 32x Wigeon, (SSe)

                                                      Pink-footed Goose by Steve Seal

Blithfield Resv

2x Ruddy Shelduck, Great Egret, 1w Common Gull, (PFo)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, Red Kite, Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

12x Wigeon, 5x Mandarin, 5x Goosander, 12x Teal, Fieldfares, Siskin, Redpoll and 3x Mute Swan, not common here, (SGi)

Consall Woods

2x Marsh Tit (male in song), Dipper and  Grey Wagtail on the Churnet,  (DCo)

Stanley Pool

4x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still this afternoon, (TPe)

Doxey Marsh

2x Ruddy Shelduck, Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (BGo)

Sunday 2nd March 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still this am, (JAl)

                                                                 By Steve Edawards

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22x Snipe, Jack Snipe, 3x Green Woodpecker, 4x Chiffchaff, 31x Skylark, 2x Stonechat, (JDu)

Doxey Marsh

2x Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 14x Gadwall, 7x Snipe, 22x Lapwing, 3x Stonechat, Little Egret, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (GPr)

Greenfield Farm 

2x Tree Sparrow off Dingle Lane, (GBr)

Stanley Pool

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

Tittesworth Water

19x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, Lapwing, 2x Goosander, 9x Teal, 9x Common Gull, 5x Willow Tit, (JOa, KH, TE)

Ford Green

2x Mandarin, 4x Goosander, Little Grebe, (JJo)

Hanchurch

2x Crossbill, 10x Siskin, Redpoll, (JJo)

Trent Washlands

2x Common Gull, Little Egret, 52x Teal, 6x Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Grey Wagtail, (AJa)

Belvide Resv

Goshawk, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 46x Pintail, 7x Oystercatcher, 

Chasewater

22x Common Gull, 11x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 14x GC Grebe, (CW)

Branston GPs

Male Marsh Harrier at 14:48, 5x Avocet, 2x Oystercatcher, 23x Curlew, 150x Lapwing, 15x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3x Woodcock, 3x Egyptian Geese, 27x Shelduck, 32x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 30x Little Grebe, 14x GC Grebe, Little Egret, 2x Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 20x Linnet, (DSc)

Saturday 1st March 2025

Stanley Pool

Red Kite, 12x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, (GBr)

Hawksmoor

70x PFG over west at 10:15, (RPo)

Doxey Marsh

2x Common Gull, 2x Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 16x Golden Plover, Snipe, 6x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, Little Egret, Stonechat, (GPr, RRa)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still this am, Crossbill over, (SRi)  GGS still at 15:00, (TPe)

Tittesworth Water

10x Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 35x Lapwing, 2x Shoveler, 2x Wigeon, 10x Teal, Mandarin, 10x Goosander, (SGi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Black-tailed Godwit, 21x Curlew, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 2x Goosander, 5x Shelduck, 5x Pochard, 150x Wigeon, (RPo)

Pool Hall Fishery

Grey Partridge on a nearby track, (IMo)

Belvide Resv

c40x Brambling, 

Blithfield Resv

Great Egret, 4x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 13x GC Grebe, (RGr)

Alrewas NMA

Redshank, 2x Little Egret, 15x Goosander, 20x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, 15x Linnet, 100x Redwing, (JWo)

Wychnor

Shelduck, (JWo)

Radford Meadows

Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 102x Golden Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Pintail, 4x Shelduck, Goosander, c150x Teal, 40x Wigeon, 2x Gadwall, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Skylark, (RSw)

Wergs Hall

6x Hawfinch, (CVa)

Branston GPs

4x Egyptian Geese, 25x Shelduck, 65x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 36x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 18x Curlew, 120x Lapwing, 15x Golden Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 3x YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, Little Egret, 20x Teal, 6x Goldeneye, 7x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Linnet, (DSc)

Hanchurch Woods

3x Crossbill, 2x Redpoll, 40+ Siskin, (RGi)

Rudyard

Herons Marsh - 5x Little Egret, 30x Wigeon, 2x Teal, Shoveler, (MSv)

Cheddleton

Goshawk over, - Churnet Valley - 3x Red Kite over, 200x Lapwing, (PCa)

Friday 28th February 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike again at 11:30, (NGR)

Aqualate

Great Egret, Chiffchaff, (KHa)

Doxey Marsh

Curlew, Common Gull, (GPr, RRa, MPe)

Trentham Gardens

Hawfinch, Dipper, 20x Gadwall, 5x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, 11x Greenfinch, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

Tundra Bean Goose with 5x PFG at the west end, 

Uttoxeter GPs

2x Little Grebe, 20x Wigeon, 14x Gadwall, 16x Teal, 4x Pochard, (DSc)

Rudyard

Red-breasted Merganser still, Little Egret, Pink-footed Goose, 7x Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, (SSe)

Branston GPs

Fem/imm Marsh Harrier, 3x Avocet, 32x Golden Plover, 300x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 22x Curlew, Dunlin, 9x Snipe, Green Sandpiper 8x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 16x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 31x Shelduck, 150x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 54x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 10x Common Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Chiffchaff, 4x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, 5x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Barton Marina

60x Wigeon, 12x Little Grebe, (JWo)  -  also Little Egret, 5x GG Grebe, (SPl)

Stafford

Little Egret on Astonfields balancing resv, (RSt)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan, 4x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, (JJH, SJH)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, (JJH)  -  evening roost Ad Iceland Gull, 3cy YL Gull, 5x Common Gull, 13x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, Oystercatcher, (CW)

Tucklesholme

2x Goldeneye, 4x GG Grebe, 2x Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, (SPl)