Wednesday 17th September 2025

Belvide Resv

Grey Phalarope still, 

Doxey Marsh

4x Arctic Tern thru at 10:01, (AHa)

Branston GPs

2x Curlew Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 9x Green Sandpiper, 6x Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 3x Greenshank, 2x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 14x Lapwing, Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 210x Pochard, 74x Shoveler, 104x Gadwall, 7x Wigeon, 142x Teal, 6x Egyptian Geese, YL Gull, 78x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 2x Hobby, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Grey Wagtail, 58x Linnet, 80x House Martin, (JWo, SBI)

                                                             Hobby by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, 112x Ringed Plover, 19x Common Sandpiper, 6x Ruff, 2x Greenshank, Redshank, Caspian Gull, Common Gull, Hobby, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Wheatear, (SE, HF)

Whitemoor Haye

6x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x probable Common Tern, possible Merlin, (SCo)

Tuesday 16th September 2025

Belvide Resv

2x Grey Phalarope off the dam, Arctic Tern,  Osprey thru south, 

Branston GPs

Juv Arctic Tern, 2x Curlew Sandpiper still, Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, 7x Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 14x Curlew, 2x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 144x Pochard, 12x Mandarin, 92x Gadwall, 64x Shoveler, 2x Wigeon, 115x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 67x Little Grebe, YL Gull, GBB Gull, Peregrine, Hobby, Tree Pipit, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Doxey Marsh

Ruff until 10:15 only, 3x Great Egret, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Hobby, (RRa)

Blithfield Resv

Juv Arctic Tern, 2x Black Tern, 5x Curlew Sandpiper, 96x Ringed Plover, 20x Yellow Wagtail, (GJM)  -  3x Black Tern and juv Arctic Tern this evening, (JKl)

Chasewater

Juv Arctic Tern, Little Egret, 5x Swift, (ICW)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 14x Wigeon, 22x Lapwing, 3x Little Grebe, (MSc)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, Wigeon, (SCo)

Monday 15th September 2025

Blithfield Resv

Knot in Blithe Bay, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpipers, 2x Ruff, 3x Greenshank, 2x Black Tern,  (GJM, MDJ, ICW)  -  Late pm Little Stint, 9x Dunlin, c50 Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 3x Curlew Sandpiper, Great Egret, (DBr)

Belvide Resv

Grey Phalarope still, Black-necked Grebe, 3x Greenshank, 4x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 8x Common Sandpiper, 10x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 4x Swift, Goshawk, Hobby, 2x Red Kite, 2x Peregrine, 

Stanley Pool

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

Branston GPs

2x Curlew Sandpiper still on Newbold pit, 7x Curlew, 5x Greenshank, 5x Common Sandpiper, 8x Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Dunlin, 98x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, Pintail, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 2x Goosander, 234x Pochard, 86x Gadwall, 84x Shoveler, 132x Teal, 2x Wigeon, 5x Egyptian Geese, 64x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Peregrine, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Linnet, 3x Grey Wagtail, 100x House Martin, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x LRP, 2x Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, Hobby, Garganey, Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, (DCo)

Rudyard

3x Yellow Wagtail, 48x Lapwing, 129x Teal, 10x Goosander, 28x Linnet, (SGi)

Coven

29x Mistle Thrush, (JDu)

Sunday 14th September 2025

Blithfield Resv

Early am - Bar-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpiper, 13x Curlew Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 2x Black Tern, Swift, (MPR, GJM)  -  also 6x Dunlin, c50 Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Great Egret, Peregrine, Yellow Wagtails, (PAn)  -  Addtl/updated counts 7x Common Sandpiper, 12x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, 70x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Gull, Little Egret, 2x LRP, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Wheatear, (SE,HF) - 3x Black Tern and 20x Lapwing at 16:45 from causeway, (DSc)

                                                   Bar-tailed Godwit by Steve Edwards

Whitemoor Haye

Early am - 6x Great Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, (MBr)  -  Ruff, 2x Greenshank, Ringed Plover thru, 2x Common Sandpiper, Hobby, (ICW)  -  In addition 8x Little Egret, Snipe, 6x Siskin, (SCo)

Belvide Resv

Grey Phalarope still, 9x Great Egret, Hobby, Peregrine, 4x Common Sandpiper, 

Stanley Pool

Barn Owl in boatyard at 06:15 Greenshank flew north at 11:35, 2x Common Sandpiper, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

26x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 5x Teal, Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, 100x Siskin, c1000 House Martins/Swallows thru south, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Branston GPs

2x Curlew Sandpiper still to 19:00 at least, 17x Curlew, 3x Greenshank, 6x Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 12x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, 3x Great Egret, 16x Little Egret, Pintail, Wigeon, 130x Gadwall, 70x Shoveler, 140x Teal, 130x Pochard, 2x Red-crested Pochard, 5x Goosander, 40x Mandarin,  Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, c150x House Martin, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Grey Wagtail, 20x Linnet, GBB Gull, (DSc)  -  14x Mistle Thrush, 3x Redpoll, (JWo)

Saturday 13th September 2025

Blithfield Resv

06:30 to 12:30 - 18x Black Tern, Common Tern, 2x Wood Sandpiper, c110 Ringed Plover, 2x LRP,  17x Curlew Sandpiper, 10x Dunlin, 4x Common Sandpiper, 3x Greenshank, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Great Egret, 1w Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull,  9x Goosander, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, sev Yellow Wagtail, 2x Wheatear,  (SRi)

Belvide Resv

Grey Phalarope NE corner of the dam to 15:00 at least, 5x Greenshank, 7x Redshank, 2x Swift, Marsh Harrier thru,  

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, Water Rail, 4x House Martin, (GPr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Greenshank, 5x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Wigeon, 40x Teal, 52x Shoveler, YL Gull, Little Egret, (RPo)

River Sow Meadows Baswich-Milford

Common Sandpiper along the canal, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Middleton Lakes

1cy Pintail, 3x Ringed Plover, LRP, 3x Snipe, Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier over North pit, and a fly past Bittern at Dosthill, (MSm)

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, (GBr)

Branston GPs

7x Curlew Sandpiper (2 on Newbold pit and a further 5 flew thru west),  3x Green Sandpiper,  2x Greenshank, 3x Common Sandpiper, 8x Ringed Plover, Curlew, Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, 80x Pochard, 15x Shoveler, 50x Teal, juv Whinchat, c100 Sand Martin, 20x House Martin, 3x Grey Wagtail (DSc)

                                                 Curlew Sandpipers by Jon Woodcock

Croxden Quarry

Adult Med Gull at 18:45, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

Garganey still, Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, (TPe)

Rugeley

Upper Birches Peregrine, 41x House Martin, (AFi)

Alrewas NMA

Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, 30x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Friday 12th September 2025

Middleton Lakes

2x Whinchat on west side of JW, Garganey, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, Greenshank, Bittern, Pochard, (SPA)

Stanley Pool

2x Common Sandpiper, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

20x Curlew Sandpiper, 92x Ringed Plover, 18x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, 3x Greenshank, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Caspian Gull, Common Gull, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 16x Black Tern, 2x Great Egret, 3x Wheatear, 15x Yellow Wagtail, (HF, SE)

                                                        Wheatear by Rob Bendelow

Middle Mayfield

Swift over this am, (BRe)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, 60x Shoveler, (MSc)

Weaver Hills

Wheatear, 60x Linnet, 2x Skylark, (TEy)

Gailey Resv

2x Common Sandpiper, Stonechat, (JIs)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, 2x Cattle Egret, c60x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper,  Peregrine, (DBr)

Branston GPs

13x Curlew, 3x Greenshank, 2x Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 28x Little Egret, 141x Pochard, 62x Shoveler, 96x Gadwall, 7x Wigeon, 151x Teal, 10x Mandarin, Barnacle Goose, 7x Egyptian Geese, 81x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, Wheatear, Whinchat, 2x Stonechat, Swift, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc)

Tixall Wide Great Haywood

East Anglia tagged Marsh Harrier, (DHa)

Thursday 11th September 2025

Middleton Lakes

Ruff, Greenshank, 3x LRP, Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Garganey, Pochard, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, (SPA) 

Branston GPs

2x Red-crested Pochard still, 11x Curlew, 2x Greenshank, 6x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 10x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 25x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 147x Pochard, 42x Shoveler, 102x Gadwall, 137x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 10x Mandarin, 9x Egyptian Geese, 85x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Hobby, 7x Siskin, 30x Linnet, 3x Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Great Egret, 2x Greenshank, 5x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, 7x Siskin south, (ICW)

Tittesworth Water

23x Mandarin, 6x Goosander, 4x Teal, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Gull, (JOa)

Blithfield Resv

15x Black Tern, 9x Curlew Sandpiper, 88x Ringed Plover, 18x Dunlin, 6x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 1st winter Caspian Gull, 2x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 150+ House Martin, (RPo)  -  This evening 2x Great Egret, 1st w Caspian Gull, sev YL Gull, 17x Black Tern, 3x Common Tern, 90x Ringed Plover, 16x LRP, 10x Dunlin, 17x Curlew Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ruff, (SRi)

Rudyard

Yellow Wagtail, 33x Lapwing, 161x Teal, Peregrine, (SGi, IB)

Tucklesholme

2x Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 3x Little Egret, 8x Goosander (juv), 15x Wigeon, 8x Shoveler, 43x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Wednesday 10th September 2025

Blithfield Resv

c35x Black Tern and a juvenile Arctic Tern this am, (MPR, GJM)  -  15x Curlew Sandpiper, (HF, SE)  - Also Dunlins, Ruffs, Ringed Plovers, LRPs, Black-tailed Godwits, Greenshank, (PJo)

Stanley Pool

Common Sandpiper, also 1249x Swallows south from 07:30 to 08:45, (GBr)

Rudyard

Red Kite over at 10:06, (Laxmi)

Branston GPs

2x eclipse drake Red-crested Pochard, 3x Greenshank, 8x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe,  3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, 172x Pochard, 44x Shoveler, 122x Gadwall, 5x Wigeon, 242x Teal, 2x Mandarin, 9x Egyptian Geese, 61x Little Grebe, 4x Water Rail, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Grey Wagtail, Swift, (JWo)

                                                   Red-crested Pochard by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

2x Black Tern, 

Tucklesholme

2x Greenshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, 2x LRP, 6x Little Egret, 6x Goosander (juv), 19x Wigeon, 16x Shoveler, 42x Gadwall, 20x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 14x GC Grebe (3juv), 5x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Whittington Hall Lane

2x Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, Peregrine, (THi)

Tuesday 9th September 2025

Blithfield Resv

11x Curlew Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 7x Ruff, 3x Greenshank, 80x Ringed Plover, 7x LRP, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 50x Dunlin, Curlew, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 3x Wheatear, 20x Yellow Wagtail, GBB Gull, 7x YL Gull, (RBr)

Tucklesholme

2x Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP (juv), Lapwing, 6x Little Egret, 14x Goosander (juv),  8x Wigeon, 56x Gadwall, 4x Shoveler, 20+ Teal, Red-breasted Goose, 3x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 16x GC Grebe (5juv), 6x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Branston Leas

Hobby, Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Monday 8th September 2025

Blithfield Resv

13x Curlew Sandpiper, (HF, SE, GJM)  -  13x Common Sandpiper, 2x Greenshank, 21x Dunlin, 4x Ruff, 63x Ringed Plover, 10x Curlew, Whimbrel, 5x LRP, 4x Wheatear, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, (HF, SE)  -  2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 20+ Ringed Plover, 16x Dunlin, 8x Common Sandpiper, 13x Curlew Sandpiper, Red Kite, (CMa, RF)  -  18:40 12x Curlew Sandpiper Admaston Reach, (JKl)  -  Additional evening counts Redshank, Pintail, c25x Dunlin, GBB Gull, 12x Goosander, c85 to 100x Ringed Plover, 5x Wheatear, (PAn, SRi)

                                                    Curlew Sandpipers by Steve Edwards

                                                    Curlew Sandpiper by Rob Bendelow

Knypersley Resv

24x Mandarin, 2x drake Pochard, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

2x Glossy Ibis, 

                                                           Glossy Ibis by Clive Wood

Doxey Marsh

Glossy Ibis from main hide at 15:40, (AHa), - later at the Octagonal hide before flying off NE at 16:30, (GPr, AHa)

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, 2x Hobby, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Garganey, Curlew, Greenshank, 4x Great Egret, YL Gull, (TPe)

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Whinchat, 3x Stonechat, Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Wigeon, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (DBa, KMa, CEv, PBe)

Branston GPs

2x Greenshank, 11x Curlew, 5x Common Sandpiper, 5x Green Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 5x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 21x Little Egret. 19x Mandarin, 219x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 56x Shoveler, 94x Gadwall, 101x Teal, 11x Egyptian Geese, 83x Little Grebe, GBB Gull, YL Gull, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, 30x Linnet, 2x Greenfinch, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

2x Common Sandpiper, LRP, Lapwing, Little Egret, 5x Wigeon, 6+ Cetti's Warbler, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (JWo)

Sunday 7th September 2025

Belvide Resv

Glossy Ibis still to 11:00 only,  2x Black Tern and 4x Black Tern dropped in at 11:05, 5x Little Stint to 13:16 only, 

Doxey Marsh

11x Greenshank over south at 08:40, Caspian Gull, (GPr, RRa, WeBS)

Blithfield Resv

240+ Ringed Plover movement 06:30 to 10:30, , Curlew Sandpiper and Turnstone briefly then flew south, fem Marsh Harrier NE. (MPR, GJM)  -  4x Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 10x Greenshank, 4x Redshank, 6x Ruff, 5x Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 72x Ringed Plover, 20x Dunlin, 7x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Caspian Gull, (HF, SE)  -  This evening 4x Curlew Sandpiper, 70x Ringed Plover, 7x LRP, 20x Dunlin, 10x Greenshank, 4x Redshank, 5x Curlew, 4x Ruff, 2x Wheatear, 2x Great Egret, (SRi)

                                                  Curlew Sandpipers by Steve Edwards

Radford Meadows Stafford

Peregrine, Hobby, 2x Snipe, 81x Lapwing, 4x Swift, Whinchat, 4x Stonechat, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, high flying flock of 8x Grey Heron SW, (RSw)

Middleton Lakes

4x Ruff (possibly 7), Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 2x Garganey still, (MSm)

Westport Lake

7x Shoveler, 7x Teal, 3x Little Grebe, 6x GC Grebe, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Swift, (KSt, WeBS)

Gailey Resv

Cetti's Warbler, juv Shelduck, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

24x Mandarin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, Common Gull, 20x Siskin, Swift, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Branston GPs

3x Black Tern on Ashy pit to 13:00 at least, 8x Egyptian Geese, Newbold pit Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 3x Green Sandpiper, 10x Mandarin, 3x ad YL Gull, (DSc)  -  3x Black Tern (2ad+juv), 3x Greenshank, 3x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 9x Snipe, 11x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 6x Water Rail, 3x Wigeon, 9x Egyptian Geese, YL Gull, Peregrine, Hobby, Red Kite, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Willow Warbler, Stonechat, Siskin, Grey Wagtail, 14x RLP)

                                                        Black Terns by Jon Woodcock

Tucklesholme

Juv Black Tern, (TWy)  -  Juv Black Tern still at 17:25 also Red Kite, Wigeon, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Alvecote

3x Little Egret, 6x Little Grebe, 40x Shoveler, (MSc)

Branston Water Park

Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Saturday 6th September 2025

Belvide Resv  (102 species Alldayer count)

Glossy Ibis from 07:00, 2x Lesser Scaup, Black Tern, 2x Greenshank, 17x Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Pintail, Osprey thru south at 11:53, 2x Whinchat, Redstart, 9x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, Goshawk, 

Whitemoor Haye (72 species Alldayer count)

3x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, 2x Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 118x Lapwing, 2x Hobby, Yellowhammer, 31x Egyptian Geese, 26x GC Grebe, 19x Little Grebe,  12x Pochard, 2x YL Gull, 3x Common Tern, c60 Linnet, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)  -  This afternoon juv/1st win Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 2x Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 3x Great Egret, Hobby. (TPe)

Blithfield Resv (103 species Alldayer count)

Marsh Harrier, Greenshank, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Caspian Gull, Great Egret, Hobby, Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear, Tree Pipit, Crossbill, (PAn)

Berryhill

Black Redstart around the shed mid morning, (IBu)  -  Early am Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, Redstart, Tree Pipit,  (RTo)

Middleton Lakes (96 species Alldayer count)

Glossy Ibis flew in to  JW north at 11:55, (SPA)

Stanley Pool

Ring-necked Parakeet, Little Egret, Ringed Plover, (GBr)

Tucklesholme

Greenshank over, 3x Curlew, 3x imm LRP, 4x Wigeon, 8x Goosander on river, 2x Little Egret, (@Ochruros)

Branston GPs (101 species Alldayer count)

Osprey, Peregrine, Hobby, 8x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 4x Greenshank, Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 11x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 27x Little Egret, 6x Water Rail, 7x Goosander, 232x Pochard, 39x Shoveler, 109x Gadwall, 3x Wigeon, 123x Teal, 12x Mandarin, 69x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, Whinchat, Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Tree Pipit, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 4x Siskin, 4x Redpoll, 25x Linnet, 5x Greenfinch, 5x Swift, Grey Wagtail, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean, PFo, MCa).  -  Newbold pit Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, (@Ochruros)

                                              Willow Emerald Damsefly by Jon Woodcock

Doxey Marsh (75 species Alldayer count)

Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, Stonechat, 2x Gadwall, 2x Water Rail, (RGi)

Cuckoo Bank (51 species Alldayer count)

Whinchat, female  Goshawk, drifting east, (GHa)

Friday 5th September 2025

Belvide Resv

Glossy Ibis to 09:30 only, Grey Phalarope, 2x Lesser Scaup, 

Stafford

3x Rose-ringed  Parakeet at Exeter Street at 08:00, (MBo)

Branston GPs

Osprey, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, 3x Greenshank, 10x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Curlew, 3x LRP (juv), Snipe, 4x Water Rail, 3x Great Egret, 21x Little Egret, 26x Shoveler, 254x Pochard, 103x Gadwall, 87x Teal, Wigeon, 12x Mandarin, Red-breasted Goose, 4x Egyptian Geese, 86x Little Grebe, Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Whinchat, 2x Swift, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Reed Warbler, 2x Greenfinch,  (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean, MCa)

Whitemoor Haye

Osprey south at 10:50, Great Egret, 4x Common Tern, (ICW)

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Whinchat, 5x Stonechat, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 4x Swift, 150x House Martin, 8x Gadwall, 25x Teal, Snipe, 49x Lapwing, Little Egret, (RSw)

Blithfield Resv

Clowded Yellow on the dam wall grassy bank, (RBe)

                                                                   By Rob Bendelow

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, 5x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Caspian Gull, Pochard, 4x Water Rail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, Reed Warbler, (RSt)

Thursday 4th September 2025

Belvide Resv

Grey Phalarope still Lesser Scaup,

Tittesworth Water

26x Mandarin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, (JOa, LH)

Middleton Lakes

4x Hobby, Ruff, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 9x LRP, Peregrine, 7x Wigeon, Great Egret, (PAn) - Great Egret, Little Egret, Water Rail, Garganey, Common Tern, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, LRP, Green Woodpecker, Hobby, (RBe)

                                                               Hobby by Rob Bendelow

Gailey Resv

Eclipse drake Lesser Scaup on sailing lake to 17:40 at least, (SRi)

Fordhouses

Osprey over south, (Foz)

Alvecote

Swift Old Orchard, (TPe)

Branston GPs

Greenshank, 9x Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 3x Lapwing, 10x Curlew, 3x Great Egret, 20x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, Goosander, 143x Pochard, 10x Mandarin, 67x Gadwall, 26x Shoveler, Wigeon, 93x Teal, Red-breasted Goose, 5x Egyptian Geese, YL Gull, 86x Little Grebe, Peregrine, Hobby, 6x Swift, 150x House Martin, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Reed Warbler, 2x Grey Wagtail, Greenfinch, (JWo, DSc)

Wednesday 3rd September 2025

Blithfield Resv

54x Common Tern dropped in on Admaston Reach this am, (GJM)

Belvide Resv

Grey Phalarope still, 2x Lesser Scaup, Garganey, Sandwich Tern, Whimbrel thru, 

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, 2x Greenshank, 8x LRP, Ruff, 13x Snipe, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Common Tern, Hobby, 2x Garganey, 3x Swift, Yellow Wagtail, (SPA)

Tucklesholme/Branston Leas

Red-breasted Goose (of unknown origin), 6x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x LRP (juv), Common Tern, 10x Little Egret, 10x Goosander, 8x Wigeon, 32x Gadwall, 4x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 19x GC Grebe (5juv), 5x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo) - 

Branston GPs

18:30 to dusk, Red-breasted Goose on Newbold pit, Great Egret, 16x Little Egret, 11x Egyptian Geese, 130x Pochard, Goosander,  Peregrine, 11x Curlew, 5x Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, ad YL Gull, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

100+ Siskin feeding on Birch seeds, (TEy)

Whitemoor Haye

Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, (TPe)

Gailey Resv

Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern (ad+juv), (SRi)

Tuesday 2nd September 2025

Westport Lake

Arctic Tern this am, (KSt)

Middleton Lakes

2x Garganey, Ruff, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 12x LRP, Hobby, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

Grey Phalarope still, Greenshank, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Lesser Scaup and Garganey still, 

Stafford

Red Kite over MOD, (RSt)

Tucklesholme

6x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 2x Wigeon, Red-breasted Goose (unknown origin with no visible rings), 2x Egyptian Geese, (TSl)

                                                Red-breasted Goose by Tony Slater

Branston GPs

Greenshank, 6x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 15x Snipe, 6x Curlew, 5x Lapwing, Great Egret, 19x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, Goosander, 159x Pochard, Shelduck, Mandarin, Wigeon, 22x Shoveler, 108x Gadwall, 94x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 92x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, 6x Swift, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

This evening 18:30 till dusk Great Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Hobby, 8x YL Gull, 1st S Caspian Gull, Golden Plover, 3x Ringed Plover, 13x LRP, 3x Dunlin, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Ruff, (SRi)

Monday 1st September 2025

Middleton Lakes

Earl am 2x Curlew Sandpiper, 2x Ruff, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Green Sandpiper, 16x LRP, Hobby, Peregrine, Whinchat, (SPA)  -  Osprey fishing over reedbed pool, Greenshank, 2x Curlew Sandpiper, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ruff, Garganey, Whinchat, (JKl)

Stanley Pool

2x Redstart, Swift, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Male Whinchat, 4x Red Kite, 52x Lapwing, (RSw)

Belvide Resv

Juv Grey Phalarope from west end hide, Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x Greenshank, 2x Lesser Scaup, Garganey, Ringed Plover, 5x Stonechat, 

                                                   Grey Phalarope by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

2x Wheatear, Whinchat Stonechat, 5x Greenshank, 3x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 2x LRP (Juv), 3x Snipe, Great Egret, 25x Little Egret, Water Rail, 4x Mandarin, 2x Shelduck, 139x Pochard, 126x Gadwall, 26x Shoveler, 162x Teal, 108x Little Grebe, Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Hobby, 24x Swift, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Greenfinch, 2x Linnet, Cetti's Warbler, RLP, (JWo)

Stafford

3x Ring-necked Parakeet over Bodmin Av at 13:24, (AHa)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 20+Shoveler, (MSc)

Sunday 31st August 2025

Middleton Lakes

2x juv Curlew Sandpiper on west scrape at 07:25, 2x Ruff, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 14x LRP,  2x Garganey, Great Egret, 4x Swift, Hobby,  (PAn)

Rudyard

Black-tailed Godwit this am, (GBr)  -  Black-tailed Godwit, 5x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 39x Teal, 2x Stock Dove, (SGi)

Blithfield Resv

06:45 - 12:00 Great Egret, 2x Red Kite, 2x Hobby, 8x YL Gull, 1st S Caspian Gull, 8x Common Tern, 9x Ringed Plover, 16x LRP, 3x Dunlin, 4x Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Ruff, Snipe, 2x Swift, Reed Warbler, (SRi)  -  Additional Common Scoter, Whinchat, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 10x Yellow Wagtail, Little Egret, Peregrine, (SE,  HF)

                                                    Common Scoter by Steve Edwards

Tittesworth Water

27x Mandarin, Goosander, 2x Teal, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Curlew, Grey Wagtail, 30+ Linnet, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 9x Shoveler, 3x Gadwall, Teal, 17x Lapwing, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Not SMPits Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 70x Little Grebe, Mandarin, 100x Gadwall, 16x Shoveler, 40x Teal, 60x Pochard, Hobby, 4x Curlew, 120x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, 5x Sand Martin, 20x House Martin, Grey Wagtail,, Whinchat, Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)  -  additional Greenshank, 100x Lapwing, 6x Little Egret, 2x Hobby, Peregrine, 21x Swift, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

2x Little Egret, 2x Little Grebe, Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 2x Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 15x Common Tern, 2x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 18x Lapwing, 16x Little Grebe, 9x GC Grebe, 59x Stock Dove, 4x Egyptian Geese, 3x Pochard, 2x Green Woodpecker, (SCo)

Saturday 30th August 2025

Middleton Lakes

Spotted Redshank showing well in bay to the west of east scrape at 11:20, (SPA)  -  2x Curlew Sandpiper, 6x LRP, Ruff, 5x Common Tern, 5x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Garganey, 5x Swift, (DHu)

Wolseley Centre

2x Crossbill over this am, (GHa)

Enville

12x Crossbill, Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart, 35x Raven, (ICW)

Silverdale CP

Lesser Whitethroat, (PCa)

Blithfield Resv

09:30 - 14:15 Great Egret, 2x Red Kite, Hobby, 9x YL Gull, 1st S Caspian Gull, 7x Common Tern, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 3x Dunlin, 3x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 10x Ruff, 2x Snipe, Stonechat, (SRi)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Turnstone briefly, thru SW at 14:29, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 10x Little Egret, 30x Teal,  130x Pochard 130x Pochard, 7x Mandarin, Shelduck, Peregrine, Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Swift, 6x Egyptian Geese, 8x Sand Martin, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

Greenshank, Common Tern, 16x Gadwall, 15x Teal, Egyptian Goose, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Friday 29th August 2025

Middleton Lakes

Spotted Redshank this am, 2x Curlew Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x LRP, 2x Garganey, (GG)  -  Marsh Harrier, juv Spotted Redshank, 2x Curlew Sandpiper, 2x Ruff, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x LRP, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Garganey, (MSm)

                                                    Spotted Redshank by Clive Wood

                                                    Curlew Sandpiper by Clive Wood

Branston GPs

3x Whinchat at Newbold fields, juv Redstart, Greenshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 9x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 2x Snipe, 2x Water Rail, Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 94x Pochard, 128x Gadwall, 22x Shoveler, 98x Teal, 5x Mandarin, 9x Egyptian Geese, 94x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Hobby, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean, MCa)

Croxall

Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Greenshank, 4x Great Egret, Hobby, 6x Common Tern, (ICW)  -  4x Great Egret, Spotted Flycatcher, Cetti's Warbler, (PJT)  -  Late afternoon juv Caspian Gull, 3+ YL Gull, Common Gull (ad), 2x Greenshank, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, (TPe)

Rudyard

Black-tailed Godwit, 6x LRP, 5x Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail, 28x Teal, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SGi)

Blithfield Resv

5x Barnacle Geese, Caspian Gull, Common Gull, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Common Scoter, 8x Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, 6x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 16x LRP, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 14x Ruff, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Hobby, Peregrine, Wheatear, Whinchat, 40x Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)

                                                             Ruff by Steve Edwards

Huntington

Osprey over SW at 17:23, (SRi)

Thursday 28th August 2025

Middleton Lakes

2x Curlew Sandpiper and 2x Garganey still early am, (SPA)  -  2x Curlew Sandpiper and 2x Garganey still west scrape at 09:43, (JKl)  

Newcastle

GBB Gull in field at Roe Lane Clayton early am,  (CBa)

Stanley Pool

Lesser Whitethroat, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

This am 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 6x YL Gull, 4x Ruff, 6x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Greenshank, Curlew, 5x Dunlin, 17x Ringed Plover, Peregrine, 6x Crossbill and a further 16 reported, (RBr)  - This evening 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Great Egret, 1st S Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 7x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, 3x Dunlin, Greenshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Ruff, Snipe, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Whinchat still, 3x Greenshank, 9x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, LRP, 9x Snipe, 6x Lapwing, Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 24x Mandarin, 2x Shelduck, 108x Pochard, 78x Gadwall, 42x Shoveler, 103x Teal, 9x Egyptian Geese, 82x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, juv Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Hobby, Green Woodpecker, 12x Linnet, 28x Swift, Cetti's Warbler,  (JWo)  - Before work 5x Little Egret, Peregrine, 2x Common Tern, 40x Teal, 20x Pochard, 2x Snipe, Skylark, 12x Swift, Whinchat, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Osprey early am, 11x Goosander, 26x Mandarin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 16x Lapwing, Common Gull, (JOa, LH)

Trescott

Juv Marsh Harrier along Clive Ridge this am, 5x Red Kite, (GCl)

Belvide Resv

Great Egrets, Little Egrets, Egyptian Geese, Lesser Scaup, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, Hobby, 

Wednesday 27th August 2025

Branston GPs

3x Whinchat, 3x Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, 9x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, LRP, Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 16x Little Egret, 121x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 85x Gadwall, 22x Shoveler, 97x Teal, 5x Egyptian Geese, 82x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, 6x Swift, 5x Linnet, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Berryhill

Black Redstart still, also Whinchat, (CWo)

                                                      Black Redstart by Clive Wood

Middleton Lakes

2x Curlew Sandpiper and 2x Garganey on west scrape this am,  (JKl)  -  2x Curlew Sandpiper still at 18:20, 3x Ruff, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Green Sandpiper, 9x LRP, Ringed Plover, 20x Snipe, 3x Swift, (TPe)  -  In addition Marsh Harrier, Hobby, (ABo)

Alvecote

7x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 20x Teal, (MSc)

Rudyard

Black-tailed Godwit, 6x LRP, 5x Ringed Plover, 29x Teal, (SGi)

Tittesworth Water

Common Tern, (SGi)

Weston

2x Red Kite over the Staffordshire showground, (SBe)

Tuesday 26th August 2025

Branston GPs

9x Snipe, 2x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 16x Little Egret, Goosander, 96x Pochard, 85x Gadwall, 14x Shoveler, 91x Teal, 3x Mandarin, 8x Egyptian Geese, 65x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat (juv), 3x Swift, 2x Skylark, Yellow Wagtail, (JWo)

Berryhill

Black Redstart still, 2x Redstart, 2x Whinchat, Wheatear, Stonechat, Lesser Whitethroat, (JJo)

Stanley Pool

Whimbrel, Redstart, Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, (GBr)

Tucklesholme/Branston Leas

Curlew, Lapwing, 6x Little Egret, 3x Goosander 2x Wigeon, 64x Gadwall, 15x Teal, 11x Egyptian Geese, 2x Little Grebe, 22x GC Grebe (4juv), 2x Common Tern (ad+juv), 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

                                                            Curlew by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

10+ Ruff, 2x Greenshank, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, 15+ Ringed Plover, Snipe, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Common Tern, 20x Linnet, (BGo)

Gailey Resv

Hobby, Common Sandpiper, 2x Swift, fem Teal, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

2x juv Curlew Sandpiper on the east scrape viewed from the two benches at 18:30, 4x juv LRP, 4x Ruff, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, c20 Snipe and a Garganey, (SGa)

Monday 25th August 2025

Stanley Pool

Little Stint still on east side, juv Hobby, Red Kite, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

2x Garganey, 3x Ruff, 6x Black-tailed Godwit, 3-6x mobile Green Sandpiper, 8x LRP, 23x Snipe, Ringed Plover, Swift, Great Egret, (SPA)

Berryhill

Black Redstart from the Palletstacks track on the mast side, (HF,SE)  -  Also present 07:00 to 09:00 were 4x Redstart, 2x Wheatear, 2x Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat. Little Egret, (RTo)

                                                               Redstart by Clive Wood

Blithfield Resv

06:30 to 11:30 Great Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Red Kite, 2x Hobby, Peregrine, 1st sum Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, 2x Ringed Plover, 7x LRP, 2x Dunlin, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Ruff, 4x Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, fem Redstart, Reed Warbler, (SRi)  -  In addition 8x Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Wheatear on Admaston Reach, (MBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

40x Swift, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 8x Lapwing, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Parkhall CP

Spotted Flycatcher by Bolton Gate pool,  (SFe)

Seisdon

Imm Marsh Harrier circling before flying westwards at 12:45, (KCl)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 120x Pochard, 4x Goosander, 11x Mandarin, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, 100x Lapwing, 2x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, ad YL Gull, 2x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)  -  Osprey, Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, Whimbrel, 2x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 4x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 136x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, Great Egret, 19x Little Egret, 92x Pochard, 191x Gadwall, 34x Shoveler, 121x Teal, Red-breasted Goose, 9x Egyptian Geese, 83x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, RLP, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                           Osprey by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Sunday 24th August 2025

Stanley Pool

Little Stint on east side this am, LRP, Lapwing and a Hobby over, 3x Red Kite, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Ruff, Ringed Plover, 3x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 7x Little Egret, Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

2x Garganey, 6x Goosander, Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, 22x Snipe, Greenshank, 3x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 2x Hobby, (MSm)  -  Spotted Flycatcher, (EB)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 160x Pochard, 120x Gadwall, Mandarin, 40x Shoveler, Peregrine, Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 90x Lapwing, 9x Curlew, ad YL Gull, 3x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Swift, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, (DSc)  -  Additional SMP2/Deer Field 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker, 2x Red Kite, 2x Peregrine, 2x Hobby, c30x  Linnet, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Tittesworth Water

Female Marsh Harrier this am,  35x Mandarin, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Lapwing, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, (JOa, LH, TE)

Rudyard

3x Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Ringed Plover, 8x LRP, Yellow Wagtail, 4x Grey Wagtail, Peregrine, 31x Teal, (SGi)

Blithfield Resv

2x Ruddy Shelduck, 16x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 3x Greenshank,  3x Dunlin, 12x LRP, 4x Ringed Plover, 15x Ruff, 6x Little Egret, Caspian Gull, (SE, HF)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, (MSc)

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite very low over at 17:10, (PCa)

Thorncliffe

Barn Owl this evening, (TEe)