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, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, (JWo)

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)

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)

Saturday 23rd August 2025

Rudyard

Great Egret, 3x Ruff, (GBr)  -  3x Ruff, 6x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, Yellow Wagtail, 21x Teal, (SGi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 6x Little Egret, 33x Shoveler, 40x Teal, (RPo)

Gailey Resv

Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, (JIs)

Middleton Lakes

Whinchat, 2x Hobby, 2x Garganey on west scrape,  6x Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 2x Ruff, 5x Snipe, (MSm)

Blithfield Resv

08:30 - 12:30 Great Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, 5x YL Gull, 1st Sum Caspian Gull, 15x Ruff, 7x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3x Greenshank, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Wheatear, Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, (SRi)  -  7x Crossbill over, (GJM)

Belvide Resv

Juv Sanderling, 2x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, Redshank, 3x Common Sandpiper, 8x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 2x Hobby, Garganey, 2x Lesser Scaup, 

Stanley Pool

Hobby, 2x Red Kite, 9x Buzzard, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Greenshank, 6x Black-tailed Godwit over, 2x LRP, 2x Hobby, Great Egret, (TPe)  -  Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x LRP, 4x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 111x Lapwing, 3x Hobby, 16x Egyptian Geese, 2x YL Gull, 9x Common Tern, 8x Little Grebe, 9x GC Grebe, c60 Linnet, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti;s Warbler, (SCo)

Tittesworth Water

Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 6x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, (SGi)

Catholme (footpath)

3x Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 20x Little Egret, 6x Common Tern, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Greenshank, Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Barton-under -Needwood

Hobby over heading south, (JWo)

Cannock Chase

Siskin flock in Abrahams Valley, (JTu)

Branston GPs

Red Kite thru east at 17:45, 2x Hobby, Peregrine, 12x Little Egret, c100 Gadwall, c100 Pochard, 130x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Redstart, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc, ASt, BSt)

Friday 22nd August 2025

Middleton Lakes

2x Garganey still on west scrape, (GG)  -  Marsh Harrier, 3x Greenshank thru, 4x Ruff, 6x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 11x LRP, Redshank, 22x Snipe, 2x Garganey, 2x Hobby, 34x Swift, (SPA)

Blithfield Resv

12x Crossbill Blithe Bay, (GJM, MDJ)  -  Early am 16x Ruff, 2x Greenshank, 2x Dunlin, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plovers, LRP, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtails, ad YL Gull, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, (PAn)  -  Additionally 2x juv Med Gull, 11x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Redshank, 197x GC Grebe, (MDJ)

Brindley Ford

2x Redstart, Garden Warbler, Willow Tit, (CBo)

Whitemoor Haye

Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Little Egret, 7x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Cetti's Warbler,  (SCo)

Belvide Resv

2x Lesser Scaup, Garganey, 3x Greenshank, 7x Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 6x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper 3x Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, 13x Little Egret, 8x Great Egret, 2x juv Redstart, ad YL Gull, 2x Hobby, Red Kite, Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, 15x Yellow Wagtail, 

Tittesworth Water

Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 9x Goosander, 8x Mandarin, (SGi)

Rudyard

3x Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Grey Wagtail, 25x Teal, 56x Linnet, (SGi)

                                                            Ruffs by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

Sandwich Tern this evening, Crossbill, 2x Tree Pipit, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Swift, 10x Snipe, 6x Curlew, 5x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, LRP, Dunlin, 86x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, Goosander, 9x Mandarin, 114x Pochard, 142x Gadwall, 44x Shoveler, 77x Teal, 15x Egyptian Geese, 94x Little Grebe, 3x Common Tern (2juv), YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, (JWo, DSc)

                                                     Sandwich Tern by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Thursday 21st August 2025

Doxey Marsh

Creswell Flash Garganey, Pochard, 2x Great Egret, Cattle Egret, Little Egret and  2x Green Sandpiper on Octo scrape scoped from Creswell, (RRa)

Blithfield Resv

This am 2x Turnstone thru, 15x Ruff, 5x Greenshank, 8x Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, LRP, 23x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail, 30x Linnet, 3x YL Gull, (RBr)  -  Additionally pm - juv Curlew Sandpiper, juv Marsh Harrier thru, 3x Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 3x Swift, (DBr)  -  Curlew Sandpiper still at 19:13 in Blithe Bay (JKl)

Tittesworth Water

Female Common Scoter, 5x Mandarin, 4x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, 2x Red Kite, (JOa, LH)

Middleton Lakes

Black-tailed Godwits, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Great Egret, Common Tern, Water Rail, Goosander, 

Belvide Resv

Juv Black Tern at 15:15, 1st sum Goshawk

Whitemoor Haye

2x Ruff, 4x juv LRP, 4x Green Sandpiper, (TPe)

Branston GPs

2x Ruff (juv), Dunlin (juv), 2x Curlew, 12x Snipe, 5x Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 196x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 2x Mandarin, 126x Pochard, 116x Gadwall, 35x Shoveler, 106x Teal, 85x Little Grebe, 7x Common Tern (5 juv), YL Gull, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 6x Linnet, Tree Pipit over Newbold pit,  (JWo)

Wednesday 20th August 2025

Blithfield Resv

Little Stint this am Admaston Reach, (KM, GJM)  -  5x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Greenshank, 6x Ruff, 16x Ringed Plover, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 3x Dunlin, Little Stint, Wheatear, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 23x Barnacle Geese, 2x Hobby, Peregrine, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, (DBa, CE, PB, KM)  -  additional counts 9x Ruff, 5x Common Sandpiper, 5x LRP, 31x Barnacle Geese, Little Egret, (SE, HF)

                                                       Little Stint by Steve Edwards

Radford Meadows Stafford

Juv Whinchat, 3+ Stonechat, juv Peregrine, 3x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Swift, (RSw)

Rudyard

Little Stint, 6x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Grey Wagtail, 7x Teal, (SGi)

Tittesworth Water

2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 10x Goosander, Red Kite, (SGi)

Gailey Resv

Juv Wheatear, 2x Teal, Common Sandpiper, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

5x Green Sandpiper, 3x juv LRP, Great Egret, 5x ad YL Gull, (TPe)

Tucklesholme/Branston Leas

3x Common Sandpiper, 5x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, Wigeon, 44x Gadwall, 7x Egyptian Geese, 6x Common Tern (3juv), 9x Swift, 100+House Martin, 30+ Sand Martin, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Tuesday 19th August 2025

Berryhill

7x Wheatear (5 at the mound and 2 off Spedding Road), 2x Whinchat, 2x Stonechat, Redstart and at Botteslow Flash imm Shelduck, 5x Teal, (RTo)

Whitemoor Haye

Ruff, Hobby, 2x Swift, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, (TPe)

Middleton Lakes

2x Garganey still on west scrape, 3x Ruff, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x LRP, 6x Green Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

2x juvenile Black Tern off the dam, 2x Lesser Scaup, Garganey, juv Knot, 7x Great Egret, 

Rudyard

Little Stint, 5x Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 7x Teal, 3x Grey Wagtail, (SGi)  -  Red Kite over at 14:53, (Laxmi)

                                                        Little Stint by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

2x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x Curlew, 2x Great Egret, 16x Little Egret, 2x Mandarin, 132x Pochard, 115x Gadwall, 62x Shoveler, 99x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 111x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern (2juv), YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker (1 juv), Peregrine, 2x Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, 5x Swift, (JWo)

                                                       Mandarins by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, Marsh Harrier, 5x YL Gull, 1s Caspian Gull, 12x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, Sanderling, 3x Greenshank, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, (SRi)

Monday 18th August 2025

Middleton Lakes

2x Garganey, 4x Ruff, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Green Sandpiper, 4x LRP, 25x Snipe, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

Ruff, Dunlin, Snipe Redshank, Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 

Knypersley Resv

Little Egret, 10x Mandarin, 4x Swift, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

2x Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Dunlin, 4x Ruff, 6x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP (inc chick), 4x Greenshank, ad YL Gull, 2x Wheatear, Whinchat, 4x Swift, (CMa, RF)

Rudyard

This morning 2x Ruff, Greenshank, 3x Ringed Plover, 7x LRP, 35x Lapwing, 4x Goosander, 7x Teal, (SGi)

Hednesford - Rugeley

Female Goshawk flew across the A460 at 16:25, (AFi)

Gailey Resv

The Shag still on main island, also Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 9x Swift, (SRi)

Branston GPs

7x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Sandpiper, 4x Great Egret, 19x Little Egret, 4x Mandarin, 115x Pochard, 156x Gadwall, 63x Shoveler, 86x Teal, Egyptian Geese, 95x Little Grebe (1 chick), 9x Common Tern, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Hobby, 10x Swift, 17x Linnet, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Sunday 17th August 2025

Middleton Lakes

2x Garganey, 2x Ruff, 8x Black-tailed Godwit, (GG)

Berryhill

Early am 5x Redstart, 3x Wheatear, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Tree Pipit, c30 Linnet,  (RTo)   - 2x Whinchat, 3x Stonechat, (IBu)

Rudyard 

Greenshank, 3x Ringed Plover, 7x LRP, 45x Lapwing, Peregrine, Grey Wagtail, 3x Stock Dove, (SGi)  -  Ring-necked Parakeet at 19:53, (Laxmi)

                                                         Greenshank by Steve Gibson

Gailey Resv

Shag showing well on the dam at 13:20, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 5x Lapwing, 3x Mandarin, 4x Teal, Common Gull, 4x Stock Dove, (JOa, LH, TE)

Furnace Grange Trescott

2x Whinchat, 5x Stonechat, (GCl)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, Whinchat, 2x Wheatear, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 4x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 4x Greenshank, 11x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, 2x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 7x Yellow Wagtail, (SE,HF)

                                                     Ruddy Shelduck by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

80x Little Grebe, 2x Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, Shelduck, Mandarin, 50x Shoveler, 120x Gadwall, 80x Teal, 120x Pochard, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, 100x Lapwing, 2x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, ad YL Gull, 10x Common Tern, 2x Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 6x Linnet, (DSc)  -  Additionally 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 40x Linnet, (JWo)

Sandon Bank

Red Kite over, 

Belvide Resv

Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear, 2x Lesser Scaup, Garganey, 2x Greenshank, Redshank, 6x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Hobby, Red Kite, 4x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, c50 Swift, 

Saturday 16th August 2025

Blithfield Resv

Grey Plover dropped into Blithe Bay early am,  (MPR), - 2xTurnstone, c35x Ringed Plover, Grey Plover, Marsh Harrier, Caspian Gull, 2x Whinchat, (GJM)  -  Imm Marsh Harrier, Hobby, 1st sum Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, Grey Plover, 2x Turnstone, 75+ Ringed Plover (incl group of c40 NW), 6x LRP, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 3x Greenshank, Curlew, 40+ Yellow Wagtail, 3x Wheatear, Whinchat, juv Stonechat, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Greenshank, 6x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 11x Little Egret, Common Tern, 20x Shoveler, 5x Mandarin, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

2x Ruff (juvs), 9x Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, 2x LRP, 17x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, Goosander, Wigeon, (MSm)

Stanley Pool

2x Red Kite, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 31x Gadwall, 2x Mandarin, 3x Pochard, Hobby, 100x Lapwing, male Redstart, (MBo)

Croxall

Great Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, Tree Pipit, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, Hobby, Green Sandpiper, (ICW)

Belvide Resv

2x Lesser Scaup, Garganey, 32x Egyptian Geese, 4x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 2x Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, 16x Ringed Plover thru, 2x Greenshank, 6x Redshank, 3x Dunlin, 9x LRP, Oystercatcher, 3x Goosander, 

Branston GPs

8x Little Egret, 70x Little Grebe, 4x Egyptian Geese, 110x Gadwall, 44x Shoveler, 80x Teal, 45x Pochard, 2x Peregrine, Hobby, Water Rail, 175x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, ad YL Gull, 6x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

2x Little Egret, Little Grebe, 6x Gadwall, 2x Lapwing, 4x Common Tern, (DSc)

Catholme (footpath)

Great Egret, 26x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 10x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, (JWo)

Alvecote

4x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, (MSc)

Friday 15th August 2025

Rudyard Lake

Marsh Harrier thru, 9x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, Snipe, 3x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3x Teal, Peregrine, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, 3x Yellow Wagtail, (RSc)

Elton

7x Yellow Wagtail, (SWa)

Blithfield Resv

Juv Marsh Harrier flew out NW at 1510, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Greenshank, 35+ Yellow Wagtail, Hobby, (MDJ)  -  1st sum Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, (juv +3 adults), (TPe).  -  Also Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, LRP, Snipe, Common Terns, Red Kite, juv Peregrine, Common Gull, Little Egrets, GBB Gulls, (RBe)  -  In addition 4x Spotted Flycatcher, (SJo)

Catholme

Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 10x Common Tern, Hobby, 4x Yellow Wagtail, (JWo)

Thursday 14th August 2025

Blithfield Resv

8x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Greenshank, 5x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, Avocet (juv) to 09:10 only, 10x Dunlin, c15 Ringed Plover, LRP, 10x Yellow Wagtail, Great Egret, 15x Barnacle Geese, (BSt)  -  This afternoon Avocet in Tad Bay at 13:15, also Ruddy Shelduck, (BSt)  -  12x Common Tern, 37x Egyptian Geese, 3x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Sandpiper, 11x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Wheatear, 4x Little Egret, YL Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, (DBr)

                                                       Yellow Wagtail by Rob Bendelow

Tittesworth Water

Goosander, 3x Mandarin, Gadwall, 4x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 5x Lapwing, Common Gull, (JOa, LH)

Branston GPs

7x Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Sandpiper, 2xOystercatcher, 222x Lapwing, 9x Curlew, 3x Great Egret, 21x Little Egret, 2x Mandarin, 114x Pochard, 202x Gadwall, 17x Shoveler, 44x Teal, 16x Egyptian Geese, 86x Little Grebe, 12x Common Tern, Peregrine, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, (JWo)

 

Wednesday 13th August 2025

Middleton Lakes

2x Greenshank, Ruff, 8x LRP, Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, 4x Common Tern, 3x Great Egret, 

Blithfield Resv

12x Dunlin, 6x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Greenshank, juv Avocet, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 20x Yellow Wagtail, 16x Barnacle Geese, 2x Great Egret, 3x juv Shelduck, Ruddy Shelduck, Wheatear, 12x Egyptian Geese, (DBa, KM, CE, IG)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, 12x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 165x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 21x Little Egret, 67x Pochard, 16x Gadwall, 14x Shoveler, 25x Teal, 14x Egyptian Geese, 67x Little Grebe, 12x Common Tern (4juv), YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

2x Lesser Scaup between west end and Gazebo, Greenshank, Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, Great Egret, Bar-headed Goose, 8x Grey Wagtail, 

Tuesday 12th August 2025

Middleton Lakes

Wheatear, Ruff, 7x Green Sandpiper, 4x LRP, 2x Redshank, 9x Snipe, Barnacle Goose, Marsh Harrier, 4x Common Tern, 2x Great Egret, Goosander, Barn Owl, (SPA)

Stanley Pool

Green Sandpiper, 3x female Goosander, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

Curlew, 3x Greenshank, 4x LRP, 9x Ringed Plover, 14x Dunlin, 8x Black-tailed Godwit, juv Avocet, 24x Barnacle Geese, Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, 4x Yellow Wagtail, Red Kite, Peregrine, Ruddy Shelduck, (RBr)  -  3x Black Tern, juv Little Gull, (MPR)

Doxey Marsh

4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, 3x YL Gull, 2x Water Rail, 2x Common Tern, 2x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, 3x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Linnet, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

7x Green Sandpiper, 8x Common Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 147x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 19x Little Egret, 67x Pochard, 102x Gadwall, 15x Shoveler, 22x Teal, Shelduck, 15x Egyptian Geese, 92x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern (5 juv), 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Monday 11th August 2025

Middleton Lakes

Ruff on west scrape this am, 

Rudyard Lake

White Stork circling before drifting off north at 10:41, (Maxmi)

Branston GPs

12x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 12x Curlew, Oystercatcher, 162x Lapwing, 3x Water Rail, 4x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, 3x Mandarin, 107x Pochard, 117x Gadwall, 88x Teal, 17x Shoveler, 14x Egyptian Geese, 86x Little Grebe, 12x Common Tern, YL Gull, Peregrine, Hobby, Redstart, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

Med Gull (juv), Turnstone, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, Great Egret, Spotted Flycatcher, (GJM, MDJ, 1CW)

Sunday10th August 2025

Rudyard

2x Green Sandpiper this am, (RSc)  -  2x Hobby over the lake at 14:10, (Laxmi)

Gailey Resv

Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, (JIs)

Uttoxeter

Osprey flew south over the A50 at 10:20, also nearby at Uttoxeter quarry Green Sandpiper, 5x Little Egret, 2x Pochard, 8x Shoveler, 21x Teal, (RPo)

Doxey Marsh

4x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 72x Lapwing, Spotted Flycatcher, Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, YL Gull, Common Tern, 2x Water Rail, (MBo, BLo, RRa, DTo)

Stanley Pool

Female Redstart and Spotted Flycatcher by bridge Stanley Head side, Red Kite over the dam, Swift, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover thru, 12x Common Tern, 6x Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, (ICW)

Croxall

2x Green Sandpiper, (ICW)

Aqualate

Red Kite in tree, (VSm)

Tittesworth Water

20x Mandarin, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 5x Lapwing, Hobby, Peregrine, Red Kite, Common Gull, (JOa, LH, TE)

Branston GPs

Male Redstart to 12:15 at least, 2x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, 8x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, 70x Gadwall, 60x Pochard, 12x Teal, Peregrine, 10x Curlew, 50x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 15x Common Tern, 3x Yellow Wagtail thru, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Garden Warbler, 15x Linnet, Hobby, ad YL Gull, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

Juv Marsh Harrier thru, Curlew, c250 Lapwing, 10x Common Tern, 7x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Red Kite, 2x Little Egret, 11x Shelduck, (MJa)  -  10x Dunlin, 2x Greenshank, 3x Ringed Plover, LRP, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Sanderling, Wheatear, 8x Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Hobby, 25x Egyptian Geese, Little Egret, (DBa)  -  In addition Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Common Sandpiper, 16x Dunlin, 4x LRP, 5x Ringed Plover, 2x Little Egret, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, (SE, HF)  -  This evening increased counts of 10x Black-tailed Godwit, c75 Common Tern and a Wigeon, (PAn)

                                                         Wheatear by Steve Edwards

Belvide Resv

Whimbrel, Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, Curlew, Lapwing, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, LRP,  Lesser Scaup, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Crossbill heard, 

Middleton Lakes

Osprey, Great Egret, Little Egrets, Common Terns, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Egyptian Geese, (RBe)

Saturday 9th August 2025

Blithfield Resv

2x Turnstone St Stephen's Bay this am,  (GJM)  -  5x Turnstone Admaston Reach, (PAn)

Enville

23x Crossbill, 3x Red Kite, Little Egret, (ICW)

Tittesworth Water

Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 5x Curlew, 25x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, (SGi, IB) 

Rudyard

Black-tailed Godwit, 5x LRP, 44x Lapwing, Redstart, (SGi, IB)

Stanley Pool

3x Red Kite (incl 1 juv), Common Tern, 5x Lapwing, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

15x Common Tern, 5x Little Egret, 81x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, 5x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 14x Egyptian Geese, 44x GC Grebe, 12x Little Grebe, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 9x Pochard, 2x Gadwall, 5x Swift, 2x Garden Warbler, possible Black-necked Grebe, (SCo, WeBS)

Belvide Resv

2x Lesser Scaup, Wigeon, 6x Common Sandpiper, 5x Ringed Plover, LRP, 2x Dunlin, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 8x Grey Wagtail, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Red Kite east, Great Egret, Little Egret, Hobby, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 

Alrewas to Wychnor

Hobby, 4x Common Tern (2juv), (JWo)

                                                      Common Terns by Jon Woodcock

Alrewas NMA

Green Woodpecker, Egyptian Goose, (JWo)

Catholme

12x Little Egret, 300+ Cormorant, (JWo)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 7x Egyptian Geese, Shelduck, 25x Pochard, 13x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, ad YL Gull, 10x Common Tern, 4x Linnet, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, 4x Gadwall, 3x Common Tern, (DSc)

Friday 8th August 2025

Cannock Chase

7x Crossbill over the Whitehouse this afternoon also Garden Warbler, (AHa)

Blithfield Resv

Juv Med Gull, (GJM, MDJ)  -  Also Whinchat and a Clouded  Yellow sailing club area, (MDJ, GJM) -Turnstone Admaston Reach to 16:40 at least, (JAl)

                                                   Clouded Yellow by Rob Bendelow

Botteslow Flash

2x LRP, Grey Wagtail, and c70 House Sparrow around the old Botteslow farm area, Peregrine, (RTo)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (juv), 2x Hobby, 2x Peregrine, 12x Curlew, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Sandpiper, 130x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, 3x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 68x Pochard, 62x Gadwall, 8x Shoveler, 39x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 14x Egyptian Geese, 68x Little Grebe, 19x Common Tern (9 juv), YL Gull, 6x Swift, 4x Greenfinch, 3x Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

This evening - 5x LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 27x Little Egret with 3x Great Egret roosted riverside, (MB)

Alvecote

Spotted Flycatcher in Old Orchard, (TPe)  -  3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 24x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, (MSc)

Churnet Valley

Peregrine, (GSt)

Thursday 7th August 2025

Blithfield Resv

3x Whimbrel top of Blithe Bay this am, (MJa)  -  3rd year Caspian Gull this am, (GJM)  -  Little Egret, Common Terns, 2x Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine (juv), Hobby, Yellow Wagtails, (RBe)

                                                     Yellow Wagtail by Rob Bendelow

Tittesworth Water

2x Mandarin, Little Egret, 3x Oystercatcher, 3x Lapwing, (JOa)

Branston GPs

2x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 6x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, 5x Great Egret, 21x Little Egret, 43x Pochard, 64x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 10x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 7x Egyptian Geese, 70x Little Egret, 23x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 8x Swift, 6x Linnet, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

                                                    Yellow-legged Gull by  Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Wednesday 6th August 2025

Blithfield Resv

Sanderling, 2x Greenshank, 13x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, Curlew, 5x Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 4x LRP, 3x Spotted Flycatcher, 11x Yellow Wagtail, (SE,HF)

Tittesworth Water

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 7x Mandarin, (SGi)

                                                    Black-tailed Godwit by Steve Gibson

Cannock Chase

7x Crossbill, Yellowhammer, Siskin, (DBa, CEv)

Tucklesholme

Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 8x Common (3juv), Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 2x Wigeon, 15x Gadwall, 4x Egyptian Geese, 18x GC Grebe, 4x Cetti's Warbler (2juv), 15x Linnet, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Ad Caspian Gull, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, (TPe)

Coven

Count of 28x Mistle Thrush on ploughed field, (JDu)

Alton

3x Red Kite over mown fields, (TEy)

Tuesday 5th August 2025

Trentham Gardens

Fem/1st sum Pied Flycatcher, 6x Little Egret, 40x Swift, (RGi)

Trentham

Ring-necked Parakeet over the garden calling, (HF)

Branston GPs

Sanderling, Dunlin, Snipe, Redshank, 4x Ringed Plover, 8x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 3x Great Egret, 23x Little Egret, Wigeon, 52x Pochard, 42x Gadwall, 10x Shoveler, 15x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 64x Little Grebe, 17x Common Tern (5 juv), YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Peregrine, 2x Hobby, 18x Swift, 10x Linnet, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

Hobby, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Tern (2 juv), (JWo)