Sunday 7th December 2025

Amerton flood meadows

14x Golden Plover, 350x Lapwing, 51x Shoveler, 276x Wigeon, 159x Teal, 2x Gadwall, (RSw)

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Goosander, 26x Pintail, 6x Gadwall, 100s Wigeon, 100s Teal, 144x Golden Plover, 484x Lapwing, Snipe, 10x Siskin, c300 Starling, (RSw)

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal still, 

Tittesworth Water

37x Common Gull, 8x Mandarin, 36x Pochard, 2x fem Goldeneye, 6x Teal, 7x Goosander, Willow Tit, 5x Siskin, (LH, JOa)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Shelduck, Pintail, 12x Wigeon, 64x Shoveler, 40x Gadwall, c200 Teal, 30x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 23x Curlew, 240x Lapwing, 9x Green Sandpiper, 7x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, Grey Wagtail, 2x Stonechat, 30x Fieldfare, 15x Linnet, 10x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, Little Egret, 10x Little Grebe, 100x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 12x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, (DSc)

Gailey Resv

2x Egyptian Geese, 8x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Pendeford Mill NR

Goosanders, Shoveler, 2x Little Egret and Parakeets calling, (CVa)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

12+ Brambling, 60+ Linnet, 60+ Chaffinch, Siskins, Redpolls, Greenfinches, (RGi)

Saturday 6th December 2025

i54

At least 5x Chiffchaff at sewage plant, (JDu)

Whitemoor Haye

Red Kite over, Common Sandpiper, c600x Lapwing, Merlin, 106x Wigeon, 11x Goldeneye, 34x Gadwall, 16x Pochard, 19x Teal, 44x Shoveler, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x GC Grebe, Great Egret, 8x Little Grebe, 2x Redpoll over, Grey Wagtail, 2x GBB Gull, (SCo)

Florence Hill

2x Willow Tit, (AMa)

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal still, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 23x Pochard, 54x Gadwall, 160x Wigeon, 396x Teal, Dipper, (RPo)

Brookleys Lake

Great Egret, (RPo)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin at 15:45, Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 10x Egyptian Geese, Mandarin, 9x Wigeon, 46x Shoveler, 35x Gadwall, 5x Curlew, 150+ Lapwing, 11x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 1w Caspian Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, Barn Owl, 2x Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, 40x Fieldfare, c10,000 Starlings, 10x Linnet, 3x Redpoll, Siskin, (DSc, JHo)

Cellarhead

48x Lapwing in field to the SW at midday, (DSc)

Catholme

25x Goosander, 57x Pochard, 100x Wigeon, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

8x Goosander, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Redpoll, (JWo)

Friday 5th December 2025

                                       West Midland Bird Club Stafford Branch

Invites you to a talk on Tuesday 9th December 2025 by Phil Hill about Tarifa - "Gateway to Africa" at Walton-On-The-Hill Village Hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Stafford ST17 0LD. Doors open 7:00 pm for a 7:30pm start. Admission £3 including refreshments. Everyone welcome. All enquiries to Chris Evans WMBC Stafford branch chairman @westmidlandbirdclub.org.uk

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, Goosander, Shelduck, 11x Siskin, 3x Snipe, (SPA),  -  2x Grey Partridge reported

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal opposite Gazebo hide, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Whooper Swan, 4x Shoveler, 19x Teal, 2x Pochard, 108x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x GC Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Cauldon Low

100x Lapwing over west at 14:00, (DSc)

Ramshorn

Red Kite feeding on roadkill (Pheasant), (DSc)

Branston GPs

Ashy pit only 15:30 - Great Egret, Pintail, 5x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 4x GBB Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, 40x Fieldfare, 15x Linnet, c10,000 Starlings thru towards Sandy Pit roost, (DSc)

Thursday 4th December 2025

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier still at north pit, Goldeneye, Pochard, Great Egret, (Gg)

Wednesday 3rd December 2025

Hanchurch Woods

5x Hawfinch at bottom car park, (HF, SE)

Doxey Marsh - shallow flooding on many paths

Pochard, 2x GC Grebe, c70 Lapwing, 2x Siskin, Fieldfare, (RRa)

Endon - Denford

63x Snipe, Jack Snipe, 16x Lapwing, 28x Teal, 2x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, Water Rail, 5x Siskin, 17x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Coven

Great Egret over, (JDu)

Branston GPs

22x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 14x Snipe, 167x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 112x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 120x Teal, 43x Gadwall, 56x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Barn Owl, Peregrine, Stonechat, 3x Grey Wagtail, 5x Siskin, 14x Redpoll, 40x Linnet, 12,000x Starling, (JWo, CEc, Dean, DAi)

Tuesday 2nd December 2025

Stanley Pool

13x Goosander, female Pintail, 6x Teal, (GBr)

Cheddleton Heath

Barn Owl at 07:00, (PCa)

Branston GPs

Adult Glaucous Gull on Ashy pit shingle island, 1w Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, 23x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 9x Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, 52x Pochard, 122x Shoveler, 72x Gadwall, 357x Teal, 57x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Red Kite, Peregrine,12x Siskin, 15x Redpoll, 80x Linnet, 4x Greenfinch, 6x Skylark, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail, 200+ Redwing, 100+ Fieldfare, 12,000x Starling, Peacock Butterfly, (JWo)

                                                        Glaucous Gull by Jon Woodcock

Doxey Marsh

2x Shelduck, 7x Gadwall, 3x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, Goosander, 3x Water Rail, c150 Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 2x GC Grebe, 4x Great Egret, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Fieldfare, Stonechat, 8x Redpoll, 33x Linnet, (CAFH)

Whitemoor Haye

10x Pochard, 27x Shoveler, 40x Teal, Goldeneye, 5x Goosander thru, 5x Little Grebe, 4x Great Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Green Sandpiper, 72x Egyptian Geese, 6x YL Gull, 13x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 3x Redpoll, Siskin thru, (SCo)

Monday 1st December 2025

Barton Marina

Great White Egret, (HPu)

Sunday 30th November 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

Redshank, Dunlin, 2x Pintail, 7x Goosander, 20x Wigeon, 30x Pochard, 400x Teal, (RPo)  -  Willow Tit, 40x Pochard, 50+ Gadwall, 5x Goosander, 3x Shoveler, Willow Tit, 2x Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, (AMa)

Alvecote

Mandarin, Goosander, 12x Little Grebe, (MSc)

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, 9x Goosander, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 69x Shoveler, 31x Gadwall, 21x Pochard, 76x Wigeon, c300 Teal, Green Sandpiper,  c500 Lapwing, (ICW)

Croxall

3x Shelduck, 175x Teal, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (ICW)

Tittesworth Water

2x Goshawk thru, 4x Goosander, 10x Mandarin, 25x Wigeon, 20x Pochard, 8x Teal, 4x Willow Tit, 2x Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, (JOa, TE, KH)

Berryhill Fields

2x Ring-necked Parakeet feeding by the stones monument, (MEd)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Jack Snipe, 20x Snipe, c100 Golden Plover, c300 Lapwing, Little Egret, 4x Stonechat, 14x Pintail, 400+ Wigeon, 300+ Teal, 2x Gadwall, 10x Shoveler, GBB Gull, 11x Skylark, (RSw)

Doxey Marsh

2x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 10x Teal, 3x Pochard, Water Rail, 3x GC Grebe, Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, (CAFH)

Whiston

Red Kite over The Leys at 12:30, (GSt)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull (ad and 1w), 8x YL Gull and 14x Lapwing, (CWG)

Branston GPs

Female Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 28x Little Grebe, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 7x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler, 20x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 7x Goosander, 7x Curlew, 220x Lapwing, 7x Golden Plover, 7x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 2x Common Gull, 5x Skylark, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Stonechat, 25x Linnet, 3x Redpoll, 4x Siskin, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 140x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 8x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 24x Lapwing thru north, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 45x Linnet, (DSc)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

3x Crossbill, 4x Brambling, 100+ Linnet, 30+ Chaffinch, 4x Redpoll, also Tree Sparrow Bent Lane, (RGi)

Saturday 29th November 2025

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, 2x Little Grebe, 5x GC Grebe, 93x Wigeon, 5x Goosander, 5x Water Rail, Peregrine, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Snipe, 3x Linnet, Redpoll, 7x Siskin, Fieldfare, (RSt)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 40+ Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, c200 Fieldfare, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

2x Pintail, Goldeneye, Pochard, 5x Shelduck, Gadwall, 100s Wigeon, Shoveler, Peregrine, Great Egret, Lapwings, (MJa)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, 3x Shelduck, 7x Wigeon, 70x Shoveler, 40x Gadwall, 90x Teal, 18x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, Peregrine, 23x Curlew, 170x Lapwing, 11x Golden Plover, Snipe, ad YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 10x Fieldfare, 100x Redwing, 20x Linnet, 2x Redwing, 2x Siskin, c12,000 Starlings roosted, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

78x Wigeon, 8x Goldeneye, 49x Teal, 18x Pochard, 10+ Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 10x Siskin, c50 Fieldfare, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret,  GBB Gull, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, 5x GC Grebe, 5x Little Grebe, 3x Egyptian Geese, Barnacle Goose, Red-breasted Goose, (SCo)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x YL Gull, also 2x Shoveler and 7x Gadwall, (CWG)

Friday 28th November 2025

Stafford

2x Peregrine on the old water tower, (AGo)

Cannock Chase

Crossbill, Redpolls, Siskins in Abraham's Valley, (JTu)

                                                          Crossbills by Rob Bendelow

Branston GPs

23x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 398x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Pintail, 3x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 63x Pochard, 66x Shoveler, 72x Gadwall, 160x Teal, 49x Little Grebe,  1w Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, 2x ad GBB Gull, 7x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 11x Siskin, 50+ Redpoll, 60x Linnet, 250+ Redwing, 100+ Fieldfare, 8000x Starling, (JWo)

Wolseley Centre

Water Rail, (RBe)

Endon - Denford

41x Snipe, 10x Lapwing, 22x Teal, 24x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Thursday 27th November 2025

Kingsley Moor

Red Kite drifting NW A52 at 09:35, (DSc)

Calton Moor

Red Kite north over A52 (west of Swinscoe) at 10:00, (DSc)

Gailey Resv

Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 55x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, (JIs)

Belvide Resv

Pintail, 4x Goldeneye, Peregrine, Egyptian Goose, (CMa, RF)

Tittesworth Water

3x Goosander, 15x Mandarin, 24x Pochard, 9x Teal, Shoveler, 28x Wigeon, 10x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, Red Kite, 4x Lapwing, (JOa, TE)

Rudyard

2x Water Rail, (TE)

Whitemoor Haye

c400 Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, 13x Pochard, 17x Gadwall, 13x Goldeneye, 3x Teal, at least 24x Shoveler,  52x Wigeon, Whooper Swan, 19x Egyptian Geese, Barnacle Goose, 2x Great Egret, 6x GC Grebe, 4x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, 2x ad YL Gull, 11x GBB Gull, c50 Fieldfare, 100x Starling over north at 15:45, (SCo)

Branston GPs

33x Golden Plover, 408x Lapwing, 23x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 33x Pochard, 92x Shoveler, 64x Gadwall, 80x Teal, 56x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull (1w+2w), 3x ad YL Gull, 6x ad GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 13x Siskin, 60x Redpoll, 40x Linnet, 40+ Mipit, 300+ Redwing, 100+ Fieldfare, 8000+ Starling, (JWo)

Chasewater 

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull (adult + 2w, 7x YL Gull, (CWG)

Wednesday 26th November 2025

Radford Meadows Stafford

41x Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, 400+Wigeon, 400+ Teal, (CDa)

Tucklesholme

21x Curlew, 15x Snipe, Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Pintail, 4x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 16x Pochard, 326x Wigeon, 316x Teal, 125x Gadwall, 32x Shoveler, 12x Little Grebe, 16x GC Grebe, 3x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, 40x Mipit, (JWo)

Chasewater

3x Caspian Gull (adult, 3w, 2w), 5x YL Gull, adult Med Gull, (CWG)

Tuesday 25th November 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Whooper Swan still from rough track, Merlin, Barnacle Goose,  Red -breasted Goose (escapee), 4x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 31x Linnet, c400 Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 64x Shoveler, 32x Teal, 64x Wigeon, 14x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 42x Gadwall, Goosander, 12x Little Grebe, 5x GC Grebe, 47x Egyptian Geese, GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, (SCo)

Consall - Dilhorne

11:00 - 14x Red Kite, 100x Lapwing, 15x Raven, 50x Redwing, (DSc)

Uttoxeter GPs

(11:45 from road only) - 2x Shelduck, 30x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 80x Teal, Lapwing, (DSc)

Branston GPs

16x Curlew, 9x Snipe, 3x Green Sandpiper, 155x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 14x Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, 24x Pochard, 93x Shoveler, 36x Gadwall, 80x Teal, 49x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, GBB Gull, Red Kite, Peregrine, 17x Siskin, 45x Redpoll, 50x Linnet, 7000+ Starling, (JWo)

Chasewater

Roost 3x Caspian Gull (2 adult and 3w), 6x YL Gull, also 2x Shelduck, Little Egret, (CWG)

Radford Meadows Stafford

100's Wigeon, 100's Teal, 18x Shoveler, Gadwall, 17x Snipe, c25 Golden Plover, c250 Lapwing, Water Rail, (RSw)

Uttoxeter 

Bramshall Road park

6x Siskin, Grey Wagtail, (AR)

Monday 24th November 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Whooper Swan, Barnacle Goose, Merlin from rough track, (TPe)

Chasewater

Roost -  4x Caspian Gull (ad, 3w + 2 2w), 11x YL Gull, (CWG)

Branston GPs

23x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 311x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 76x Pochard, 88x Shoveler, 42x Gadwall, 142x Teal, 7x Wigeon, 3x Shelduck, 49x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 3x YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 32x Skylark, 11x Siskin, 80x Redpoll, 2x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 7000+ Starling, (JWo)

Aston by Stone

60x Lapwing over, (SBe)

Sunday 23rd November 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, Goldeneye, 18x Goosander, 15x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, Shelduck, 2x Chiffchaff, Redpoll, (AMa)

Whitemoor Haye

Whooper Swan, Merlin, 11x Goldeneye, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, (ICW)  -  This afternoon fem Merlin, 2x Whooper Swan, 21x Shoveler, 6x Teal, 59x Wigeon, 8x Gadwall, 13x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, Goosander, c300 Lapwing, 80x Egyptian Geese, 3x Great Egret, 5x GC Grebe, 5x Little Grebe, c120 Fieldfare, 2x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, Siskin, (SCo)

                                                          Whooper Swan by Stu Collins

Branston GPs

2x Little Egret, 3x Shelduck, 60x Shoveler, 6x Pochard, 4x Goosander, Goldeneye, 10x Curlew, 130x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Grey Wagtail, 3x Stonechat, 30x Linnet, 8x Redpoll, 3x Siskin, (DSc)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, Little Egret, 97x Pochard, Wigeon, 4x Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

3x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 43x Wigeon, 34x Teal, 17x Common Gull, Snipe, (JOa)  -  2x Crossbill, (KH)

Middleton Lakes

3x female type Marsh Harriers thru south between 16:00 -16:15, 9x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 3x Great Egret, (MSm)

i54

22x Snipe, Jack Snipe, 2x Stonechat, Peregrine, (JDu)

Belvide Resv

3x Caspian Gull (ad 3w 2w), in the roost, juv Goshawk, 3x Brambling, 

Tucklesholme

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 150x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 50x Teal, 10x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, Chiffchaff, 80x Linnet, 4x Redpoll, 1000x Starling thru NW, (DSc)

Saturday 22nd November 2025

Blithfield Resv

08:20 - 14:20 2x Scaup (drk + imm fem), 300+Wigeon, Pintail, 9x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 10x PFG in Blithe Bay at 09:50, 9x Little Egret, 47x Egyptian Geese, 2x YL Gull, 2x Snipe, 3x Stonechat, (SRi)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Great Egret, 14x Snipe, 144x Lapwing, 33x Golden Plover, Pintail, 18x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 361x Teal, 466x Wigeon, Chiffchaff, Siskin, (RSw)

Dilhorne 

9x Red Kite, (DSc)

Brookleys Lake

35x Mandarin, (RPo)

Crakemarsh

Great Egret, (RPo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 9x Pochard, 6x Golden Plover, 2x Snipe, (RPo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 12x Teal, 5x Shoveler, 2x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 50+ Redwing, (JWo)

Catholme

Green Sandpiper, (JWo)

Chasewater

Adult Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, (CWG)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 12x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 30x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Peregrine, Water Rail, 5x Curlew, 16x Lapwing, 3x GBB Gull, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Redpoll,   c10,000 Starlings, (DSc)

Friday 21st November 2025

Gailey Resv

65x Pochard, 4x Gadwall, Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, (JIs)

Whitemoor Haye

3x adult Whooper Swan this am, (PJT)

Hamstall Ridware

Woodcock lands in garden at 15:35, (AGP)

Blithfield Resv

4x Whooper Swan, Scaup, 800+ Teal, c340 Wigeon, 10x Crossbill over Duckley plantation, (GJM, MDJ), -  Also Green Sandpiper, (RBe)

Radford Meadows Stafford

13x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, 101x Wigeon, 62x Teal, 50x Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, 21x Dunlin, 9x Snipe, GBB Gull, (CAFH)

Tittesworth Water

50x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 13x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Lapwing, Snipe, Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, 3x Grey Wagtail, (TE)

Rocester

JCB North lake - 2x Goosander, 3x GC Grebe, (JDr)

Chasewater 

Roost - 4x Caspian Gull (3 adults and 2w), 5x YL Gull, Woodcock flew in from paddocks, (CWG)

Branston GPs

23x Curlew, 11x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 141x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 26x Goosander, 9x Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, 68x Pochard, 56x Gadwall, 91x Shoveler, 4x Wigeon, 230x Teal, 58x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Peregrine, 3x Chiffchaff, 3x Skylark, 90x Linnet, 4x Siskin, 40+ Redpoll, 30x Mipit, 2x Grey Wagtail, 5000+ Starling, (JWo)

Thursday 20th November 2025

Belvide Resv

PFG with Greylags at west end, pair of Brambling at woodland feeders, (DJa)

                                                                   By Rob Bendelow

Tittesworth Water

3x Goosander, Pintail (fem), Goldeneye, 53x Wigeon, 49x Teal, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Snipe, Red Kite, 25x Siskin, 3x Willow Tit, Grey Wagtail, RLP, (JOa, TE)

Blithfield Resv

Scaup still this am, (GJM)  -  2x Ruddy Shelduck from Stansley wood hide in Tad Bay, (DGl)

Branston GPs

Black-necked Grebe, 20x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 163x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 59x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 81x Shoveler, 5x Wigeon, 36x Gadwall, 60x Teal, 61x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull (ad + 1w), 3x YL Gull, Common Gull, GBB Gull, Red Kite, Peregrine, 100x Linnet, 11x Siskin, 60+ Redpoll, 100+ Fieldfare, 250+ Redwing, 5000+ Starling, (JWo)

Kingsley Moor

Barn Owl this evening, (TDu)

Chasewater

Roost - 3x Caspian Gull (adult +2 2w), 5x YL Gull, (CWG)

Wednesday 19th November 2025

Aqualate

09:45 to 11:45 - Fem Marsh Harrier, 7x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Peregrine, 15x Egyptian Geese, (KHa) 

Westport Lake

54x Goosander, 10x Pochard, Willow Tit, (AR)

Chasewater

14x Gadwall, 25x Wigeon, 6x Goosander, 18x Pochard, 7x Teal, 3x Shoveler, 2x Goldeneye, 8x Redpoll, Siskin, Green Woodpecker, 12x Fieldfare, (CMa, LRM)

Blithfield Resv

Great Northern Diver flew out from Blithe Bay around 14:00 also 1w Scaup still in Blithe Bay, (DJa)

Wetley Rocks

2x Red Kite drifting SW at 11:00, 4x Raven, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Brambling, Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 17x Pochard, 87x Teal, 49x Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, 3x Grey Wagtail, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi, PS)

Belvide Resv

2w Caspian Gull, 

Tucklesholme

11x Curlew, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Pintail, 10x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 12x Pochard, 128x Wigeon, 76x Gadwall, 116x Teal, 12x Shoveler, 8x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 12x GC Grebe, 3x Common Gull, 6x Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, 22x Redpoll, (JWo)

                                                            Pintail by Jon Woodcock

Alton

4x Red Kite, (TEy)

                                                               By Terry Eyre

Staffs

Tuesday 18th November 2025

Blithfield Resv

1st winter drake Scaup, 6x Pintail, (GJM)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull (both 2w), YL Gull, Woodcock over west shore, (CWG)

Branston GPs

Black-necked Grebe, 10x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 6x Green Sandpiper, 9x Snipe, 308x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 10x Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, 3x Shelduck, 83x Pochard, 42x Gadwall, 67x Shoveler, 185x Teal, 3x Wigeon, 11x GC Grebe, 52x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 17x Siskin, 100+ Redpoll, 20x Linnet, 9x Skylark, 4x Grey Wagtail, 60x Fieldfare, 400+ Redwing, 5000+ Starling, (JWo)

                                                      Caspian Gull by Jon Woodcock

Barton Marina

Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 7x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 12x Goldcrest, (JWo)

Aston by Stone

2x Red Kite circling a dead sheep, (SBe)

Endon - Denford

Jack Snipe, 37x Snipe, 33x Teal, 16x Lapwing, (DCo)

Monday 17th November 2025

Gailey Resv

55x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, Cetti's Warbler, (JIs) 

Black Bank

Vismig - 21,000 Woodies SW, 250x PFG east at 08:55, 185x PFG SW at 09:20. (NPo)

Middleton Lakes

Ad GBB Gull, 2x Pintail, 13x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, Snipe, Great Egret, Marsh Harrier, (MSm)

Norton Bog/Chasewater Heath

3x Red Kite over just before midday, (GHa)

Belvide Resv

Drake Common Scoter this afternoon, 

Biddulph Moor area

12x Tree Sparrow, (ALo, PFi)

Whiston

Red Kite low over The Leys at 15:45, (GSt)

Tittesworth Water

19x Pochard, 55x Wigeon, 41x Teal, 15x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 50x PFG over, RL Partridge, (SGi, IF)

Branston GPs

Black-necked Grebe, 18x Curlew, 283x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Water Rail, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 17x Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 76x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 46x Shoveler, 24x Gadwall, 258x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 78x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, 10x Siskin, 30x Redpoll, 6x Greenfinch, 3x Skylark, 5000+ Starling, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Rolleston on Dove

55x PFG over this am, (SLe)

Chasewater

Roost - 3x Caspian Gull (adult and 2 2w), 5x YL Gull, (CWG)

Wolseley Centre

Goosander, 17x Greylag Geese, (AR)

Sunday 16th November 2025

Chasewater

Brent Goose by Cormorant gathering, also 5x Egyptian Geese, (RSo)  -  Roost 2x Caspian Gull (2w and 1w), 3x YL Gull, adult Med Gull, also Brent Goose and Little Egret, (CWG)

Whitemoor Haye - extensive flooding, Barley Green Lane still closed to cars, Wellies required.

9x Goldeneye, 58x Shoveler, Shelduck, 70x Fieldfare, 7x Redpoll, Yellowhammer, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (ICW)  -  Merlin and a Great Egret, (TCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

6x Pintail, 3x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Green Sandpiper, 11x Snipe, 7x Whooper Swan over, Great Egret, 40x PFG over, Red Kite, Chiffchaff, Dipper, (AMa)  - 240 PFG flew east a 15:05, 20x Snipe,  Redshank, 30x Golden Plover, 2x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 8x Pochard, 15x Shoveler, 40x Gadwall, 144x Wigeon, 277x Teal, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

2x female Scaup this am, Pintail, 11x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 9x Shelduck, 300x Wigeon, 600x Teal, (GJM)  -  18x Brent Geese west over Blithe Bay,  41x PFG, 2x Scaup still, (MPR)

Stanley Pool

21x PFG east at 10:30, Goosander, 11x Teal, Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

07:15 to 09:00 - 198x Lapwing, Ruff, Dunlin, Great Egret, Little Egret, 51x Shoveler, 7x  Pintail, 9x Gadwall, c300 Teal, c300 Wigeon, (CDa)

Tittesworth Water

47x Wigeon, 18x Pochard, 33x Teal, 7x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, (JOa)

Silverdale CP

Goldeneye at 15:00, (PCa)

Branston GPs

Black-necked Grebe, 30x Little Grebe, 60x PFG thru east at midday, 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 3x Wigeon, 90x Shoveler, 58x Gadwall, 40x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, Peregrine, 21x Curlew, 50x Lapwing, 4x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 2x GBB Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 50x Linnet, 10x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Consall to Dilhorne

4x Red Kite, 40x Lapwing, 6x Raven, (DSc)

Saturday 15th November 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Glossy Ibis flew east towards river over A513 pit at 09:20, 5x Goldeneye, 44x Shoveler, 2x Green Sandpiper, (ICW)

Stanley Pool

Barn Owl on east side at 07:45, (GBr)

Ellastone

2x Red Kite around midday, (JDr)

Doxey Marsh

Whooper Swan, 43x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, Wigeon, 36x Teal, 2x Pochard, c200 Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, (CAFH)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, c40x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, (SRi)

Chasewater

Roost - 3x Caspian Gull (adult, 2w,1w)., 4x YL Gull, (CWG)

Friday 14th November 2025

 No news so far today

Thursday 13th November 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, 3x Great Egret, 30x Pochard, 155x Wigeon, 110x Teal, 425x Lapwing, Stonechat, (ICW)  -  juv Marsh Harrier, (RBe)

                                                             Merlin by Rob Bendelow

Tittesworth Water

11x Mandarin, 17x Pochard, 83x Teal, 41x Wigeon, 22x Common Gull, 35x Linnet, 2x Willow Tit, 40x Fieldfare, (JOa)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, 22x Snipe, 10x Redpoll, 5x Siskin, 4x Pochard, Goldeneye, 650x Greylag, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

5x Redpoll, Siskin, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Blackcap, Mandarin, (CMa, RF)

Tucklesholme

6x Curlew, 8x Snipe, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Goldeneye, Goosander, 14x Pochard, 234x Wigeon, 93x Gadwall, 235x Teal, 3x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 28x GC Grebe, 5x Chiffchaff, 10x Goldcrest, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, 10x Skylark, 30x Mipit, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

Chasewater

Roost - 2x Caspian Gull (adult and 3w), 2x YL Gull, also Ring-necked Parakeet, Little Egret, (CWG)

Doxey Marsh

64x Shoveler, 9x Gadwall, 3x Pochard, Goosander, 53x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Stonechat, 47x Linnet, (CAFH)