Friday 17th January 2025

Aqualate

Drake Garganey still at 09:05, (KHa)

Parkhall CP

2x Willow Tit, 10x Coal Tit, Common Gull, 4x Siskin, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

Slavonian Grebe this am, 

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Great Egret, Pintail, Stonechat, (PJT)

Middleton Lakes

22x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 170x Lapwing, 7x Water Rail, 2x Great Egret, 4x Chiffchaff, 9x Fieldfare, (SPA)

Whitmore Bent Lane

8x Tree Sparrow at the feeding station, (MBr)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin, 17x Golden Plover, 18x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 320x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 15x Goosander, 5x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, Shelduck, 3x Egyptian Geese, 30x Little Grebe, 4x ad YL Gull, 9x GBB Gull, 2x ad Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Siskin, 23x Greenfinch, 4x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 15,000x Starling, (JWo)

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Black Redstart, (Foz)

Bank Top Farm (Dilhorne)

20x Red Kites, possibly being fed. (DCo)

Calf Heath WMI site

Ad Caspian Gull and 7x Shoveler, (SRi)

Chasewater

Adult Iceland Gull and ad Med Gull in the roost. (CW)

Thursday 16th January 2025

Trentham Gardens

5x Pochard, 3x Goosander, 30x Gadwall, Stonechat, 2x Snipe, 3x Little Grebe, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal and 2x Smew still this am. (CMa, RFe)  - 3x Smew this afternoon

Doxey Marsh

Woodcock, Snipe, Chiffchaff, 4x Stonechat, Goosanders, (NGr)

Croxall

Great Egret, 4x Redshank, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Great Egret, 5x Goldeneye, 60x Gadwall, 14x Little Grebe, (ICW)  -  2x Great Egret, 2x Goldeneye, (RBe)

Tittesworth Water

23x Common Gull, 53x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, 4x Mandarin, 4x Teal, 3x Willow Tit, 2x Snipe, Lapwing, (JOa, LH)

Slindon

Red Kite over A519, (RPl)

Bunkers Hill Wood (west of Stourbridge)

Male Firecrest feeding in Holly trees in the middle of the wood, SO 876825 (JLi)

Branston GPs

20x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 200x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 31x Wigeon, 10x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 32x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, 5x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 3x Stonechat, 4x Siskin, 22x Greenfinch, Skylark, 12,000x Starling, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Barton Marina

2x Goosander, 38x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, 8x Greenfinch, 150x Redwing, 30x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Chasewater

1cy Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull in the roost, 5x Pintail (good count here),  2x Goosander, (CMa, MPa, JPa)

Wednesday 15th January 2025

Trentham

Hawfinch in St Marys and All Saints churchyard, (RGi)

Gailey Resv

72x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, 4x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, (JIs)

Belvide Resv

3x redhead Smew this afternoon, drake Green-winged Teal again, 

Little Bank Top farm (north of Dilhorne)

3x Red Kite with 20x Raven at 12:30, (DSc)

Rudyard

15x Snipe, Brambling, 3x Redpoll, 9x Siskin, (SSe)

Doxey Marsh

2x Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 13x Water Rail, 7x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 4x Shelduck, 6x Goosander, 4x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, (MBo)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, 2x juv Whooper Swan still, (NCo)

Middleton Lakes

Great Egret, Little Egret, 5x Goosander, Shoveler, Barn Owl, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (RBe)

                                                            Barn Owl by Rob Bendelow

Tuesday 14th January 2025

Trentham Gardens

5x Shoveler, 8x Teal, 20x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, Lapwing over, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Stanley Pool

20x Goosander, (ALa)

Hixon Airfield 

Merlin, Red Kite, (RCB)

Whitmore Bent Lane

21x Golden Plover, 9x Tree Sparrow on the feeders, (AM)

Shugborough NT

Common Gull near the car park, 3x Great Egret, 3x Goosander, 3x Little Grebe, (PCo)

Stockton Brook

Spoonbill flew over east at 10:25, (JGr)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, (RBe)  -  2x Whooper Swan, Great Egret, Little Egret, Merlin, 115x Teal, 73x Wigeon, 13x Pochard, Goldeneye, Shelduck, 19x Shoveler, 4x Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, 300x Lapwing, 5x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, GBB Gull, (SCo)

                                                                  By Rob Bendelow

Radford Meadows Stafford

220x Golden Plover, 350x Lapwing, 21x Snipe, 22x Pintail, 12x Gadwall, 400x Teal, 420x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 130x Shoveler, 2x Little Grebe, (RBr)

Westport Lake

4x Goosander, (AR)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin, 20x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 4x Snipe, 158x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 30x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 6x Stonechat, 2x Siskin, 12x Greenfinch, 15,000x Starling, (JWo)

                                                          Merlin by Jon Woodcock

Rudyard 

267x Lapwing on ice, 10x Snipe, 4x Redpoll, 7x Siskin, (SSe) - Hawfinch reported over the north end mid afternoon.

Blurton

Ring-necked Parakeet over, (WJ)

Himley Plantation Wombourne

Marsh Tit, (HKi)

Monday 13th January 2025

Blithfield Resv

Dunlin at deep end, (PBe)

Belvide Resv

3x redhead Smew, Great Egret, 

Gailey Resv

18x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 4x Gadwall, (JIs)  -  Great Egret over, Egyptian Geese, 7x Goldeneye, 10x Little Grebe, (CVa)

Trentham Gardens

2x Ruddy Shelduck, 22x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 18x Lapwing over, (RGi)

Stanley Pool

2x Pintail still, Goosanders, (PJo)

Ford Green NR

5x Ring-necked Parakeet, (PJo)

Calf Heath area

400x Lapwing off Malthouse Lane towards M6, (CVa)

Coven

4x Chiffchaffs at Ball Lane sewage works, (CVa)

Branston GPs

Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 15x Curlew, 2x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 8x Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 16x Shoveler, 14x Gadwall, 239x Teal, Egyptian Goose, 25x Little Grebe, 5x YL Gull, 6x ad GBB Gull, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 6x Siskin, 3x Redpoll, 2x Greenfinch, 12,000x Starling, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 52x Gadwall, (JWo)

Barton Marina

Little Egret, 8x Pochard, 38x Wigeon, 10x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Chasewater

Iceland Gull in the roost, but again no sign of the Shag, (CW)

Sunday 12th January 2025

Oakamoor

16x Whooper Swan flew SE at 11:05 following the River Churnet, (RPo)  -  2x Willow Tit, (TEy)

                                                           Willow Tit by Terry Eyre

Belvide Resv

Green-winged Teal on ice opposite Gazebo hide, redhead Smew still, 4x Mandarin, Water Rail, 

Aqualate

Red Kite, Water Rail, (ABe)

River Sow Meadows Baswich - Milford

2x Green Sandpiper, 54x Lapwing, 157x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 4x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 4x Little Grebe, Little Egret, Water Rail, 50x Siskin, 2x Stonechat, 60x Fieldfare, (RSw)

Uttoxeter Quarry

17x Whooper Swan (including 12 standing on the ice at 13:45), 4x PFG, 2x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 6x Pochard,   (RPo)

                                                     Whooper Swans by Richard Powell

Doxey Marsh

WeBS - Cream headed Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, 25x Water Rail, 120x Wigeon, 250x Golden Plover, 90x Snipe, 2x Shelduck, 50x Shoveler, 2x Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RRa, RSt, DTo),

Croxall

Great Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 300x Teal, Shelduck, Redshank, 40x Snipe, (ICW)

Brancote STW Stafford

Green Sandpiper, 3x Chiffchaff, 25x Pied Wagtail, (RSw)

Radford Meadows Stafford

WeBS - 477x Wigeon, 391x Teal, 2x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 8x Pintail, 149x Shoveler, 35x Snipe, Goosander, 12x Gadwall, (CDa)

Branston GPs  (95% frozen)

20x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 22x Wigeon, 20x Shoveler, 24x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Water Rail, 14x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 4x ad YL Gull, 24x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

WeBS - 2x Whooper Swan, 300x Lapwing, 26x Pochard, 29x Teal, 44x Gadwall, 113x Wigeon, 26x Shoveler, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper,  Great Egret, 2x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 5x Goosander, Shelduck, 5x Teal, Redshank, 2x Chiffchaff and at Alrewas GP 2x YL Gull, 4x Chiffchaff, (SCo)

Chasewater

2cy Caspian Gull, no sign of the Shag, (CW)

Westport Lake

5x Goosander, (KSt)

Saturday 11th January 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

6x Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Goose, Goldeneye, Goosander, 2x Pochard, 8x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 280x Wigeon, 450x Teal, 2x Snipe, 600x Lapwing, Dipper, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

One redhead Smew still, 2x Pintail, Mandarin, 15x Shelduck, 

Alrewas NMA

8x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 3x Little Egret, Water Rail, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 4x Chiffchaff, (ICW)  -  2x Redshank, 16x Snipe, Great Egret, Little Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 18x Goosander, 4x Little Grebe, 2x GC Grebe, (JWo)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Egyptian Goose, 40x Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, 250x Golden Plover, Peregrine, (SRi)

Stanley Pool

2x Woodcock, 2x Pintail, 10x Goosander, 5x Common Gull, (GBr)

Baldwins Gate

2x Little Egret, 150x PFG heading SW this morning, (RWh)

Little Bank Top Farm (north of Dilhorne)

6x Red Kite, 40x Raven at 13:00, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

90x Wigeon, 30x Gadwall, 62x Teal, 4x Pochard, 68x Lapwing, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Limited visibility - 30x Teal, 2x Lapwing, Curlew, 4x Snipe, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Goldeneye, Pochard, 27x Wigeon, 13x Teal, 8x Goosander, 17x Common Gull, 5x Willow Tit, 19x GC Grebe, 21x Lapwing, Snipe, (SGi, IB, AP)

                                                         Goldeneye by Steve Gibson

Biddulph Moor

8x Tree Sparrow, (ALo)

Gun Hill Moor

20x Reed Bunting, (ALo)

Trentham Gardens

3x Goosander, 4x Snipe, (STu)

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200x Pied Wagtail on the sewers, 5x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 2x Chiffchaff, (JDu)

Wychnor

5x Snipe, 8x Wigeon, (JWo)

Friday 10th January 2025

Aqualate

Female Merlin at 09:15, (KHa)

Blithfield Resv

11x adult Whooper Swans dropped in at 11:50,  c180 PFG NW at 11:40, (GJM, MDJ)

                                                        Whooper Swans by GJ Mant

Middleton Lakes

3x Goldeneye, Goosander, 2x Great Egret, Peregrine, 3x Chiffchaff, (SPA)

Radford Meadows Stafford

44x Snipe, 7x Pintail, 5x Goosander, Common Gull, (CDa)

Trentham Gardens

Jack Snipe and 6x Snipe feeding on the Trent, 3x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 6x Goosander, juv YL Gull, 32x Redwing, (RGi)

Branston GPs

14x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 3x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 32x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 17x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 15x Gadwall, 316x Teal, 5x Egyptian Geese, 37x Little Grebe, 3x ad Common Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 10x ad GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, 6x Skylark, 10,000x Starling, (JWo)

Branston WP

16x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, (JWo)

River Sow Meadows Baswich - Milford Canal)

Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 150x Wigeon, 120x Teal, 10x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat. At Tixall Wide a Barn Owl, (RSw)

Chasewater

Roost - 1w Caspian Gull, Shag, (JAl)  -  WeBS count - 22x Teal, 12x Shoveler, 19x Goldeneye, 13x Goosander, 14x Little Grebe, 13x GC Grebe, Shag, (CW)

Belvide Resv

3x redhead Smew still and Lesser Scaup still, 

Thursday 9th January 2025

Blithfield Resv

9x Whooper Swan moving NW at 10:15, Pink-footed Goose, Red Kite, (GJM)  -  Red-throated Diver and drake Common Scoter off the dam, (AWa, MPi)

Tittesworth Water

4x Whooper Swan, (AMay)

Belvide Resv

3x Redhead Smew at west end, Lesser Scaup still,

Stoke 

A Chiffchaff feeding around the edge of Sainsbury's car park in the centre of Stoke, (STu)

Whitemore Haye

Female Merlin, (RBe)

                                                                  By Rob Bendelow

Keele

Female Hawfinch at the Uni, (MSu)

Branston GPs

20x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, 60x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 24x Gadwall, 4x Shoveler, 20x Wigeon, 271x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, ad Common Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, 12x GBB Gull, ad Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 2x Skylark, 10,000x Starling, (JWo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, Shag, (JAl)

Endon - Denford

46x Snipe, 11x Lapwing, 5x Mandarin, 14x Redpoll, Water Rail, (DCo)

Wednesday 8th January 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still this am, (GJM)  - additionally 6x Stonechat, 29x Reed Bunting in same tree, (DBa, KM, CE, ML, PB)

Gailey Resv

12x Golden Plover, 59x Pochard, 9x Gadwall, 8x Goldeneye, (JIs)

Wergs Hall

Hawfinch at private site, (NMo)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still, 2x Great Egret, YL Gull, GBB Gull, Shelduck, (DBa, KM, CE, ML, PB)

Chasewater

Roost - Ad Iceland Gull, 2x Caspian Gull (1w and 3w), Med Gull, Shag still, (JAl)

Branston GPs

20x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 14x Snipe, 160x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 32x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 24x Pochard, 12x Wigeon, 266x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 46x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, 9x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Barn Owl, 6x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 4x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 10,000x Starling, (JWo)

Barton Marina

2x Goosander, 46x Pochard, 10x Wigeon, 6x Little Grebe, 15x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Calf Heath WMI site

Ad YL Gull, 60x Golden Plover, 7x Shoveler, (SRi, KCl)

Tuesday 7th January 2025

Blithfield Resv

Tundra Bean Goose briefly then flew south, (GJM)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail briefly at 09:30, 6x Snipe, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

2x juv Whooper Swan still, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, no sign of the Slav Grebe, (JAl)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

6x Woodcock over at dusk, (TEy)

Chasewater

Roost - Ad Iceland Gull,  Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, Shag, (JAl, CW)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 9x Snipe, 20x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 320x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 2x Goosander, 4x Goldeneye, 21x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 23x Gadwall, 328x Teal, 12x Wigeon, 38x Little Grebe, 5x Egyptian Geese, 1w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 8x GBB Gull, imm/f Marsh Harrier, ad Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, 6x Greenfinch, 70x Fieldfare, 150x Redwing, 10,000x Starling, (JWo)

Barton Marina

36x Pochard, 13x Wigeon, 4x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Monday 6th January 2025

Chasewater

Roost - Ad Iceland Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, Shag, (JAl)

Sunday 5th January 2025

Branston GPs

Tundra Bean Goose (site record) flew into the John Taylor School field from SMP2 feeding with Greylags at 15:30, 4x Shelduck, Green Sandpiper, ad YL Gull, 9x ad GBB Gull, 5x ad Common Gull, juv Peregrine, (JWo)

                                                 Tundra Bean Goose by John Woodcock

Alrewas NMA

3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 6x Chiffchaff, (SCo)

Alrewas GP

279x Wigeon, 2x Pintail, 33x Teal, 7x Shelduck, 7x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Baldwins Gate

Little Egret, (RWh)

Denford - Endon

12x Snipe on Ashes Pool, 100x Lapwing, 37x Wigeon, 39x Teal, 3x Redpoll, 3x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 50x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, (SRi)

Calf Heath WMI

7x Shoveler, 33x Golden Plover, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup still, YL Gull, GBB Gull, 7x Common Gull, 

Madeley STW

3x Chiffchaff this afternoon, (TRo)

Cheddleton - Consall

2x Willow Tit, 100x Redwing, 8x Goldcrest, Teal, (DSc)

Saturday 4th January 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Whooper Swan, 5x Pintail, 4x Goldeneye, 10x Shoveler, Mandarin, Redshank, Dipper, (RPo)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail, 10x Goosander, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

15x Common Gull, 104x Wigeon, 4x Goosander, 19x Teal, 2x Pochard, Snipe, 5x Willow Tit, (SGi)

Cheadle

Hales Hall Pool - Water Rail, Goosander, (RPo)  -  Mill Road 12x Siskin, (TDu)

Church Eaton

16x Goosander on pool, (ABe)

Trentham Gardens

5x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, GC Grebe, (STu)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup still, 2x Pintail, Brambling, 3x Little Egret, 3x Stonechat, 17x Siskin, 4x Snipe

Whitemoor Haye

96x Wigeon, 28x Gadwall, 82x Pochard, 39x Shoveler, 43x Teal, 5x Shelduck, Pintail, 7x Goldeneye, 2x Whooper Swan, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Merlin, Peregrine, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Egyptian Geese, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo).  -  3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, Scaup, Greenfinch, 12x Siskin,  (AGP)

Tucklesholme

Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 4x Shelduck, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Stonechat, (MJ)

Blithfield Resv

2x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 5x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, (MJa)

Branston GPs

Fem Marsh Harrier hunting again midday then flew off east at 12:06, 20x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, 16x Wigeon, 26x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 18x Curlew, 200x Lapwing, Water Rail, 4x GBB Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 3x Redpoll, (DSc)

Little Bank Top Farm (North of Dilhorne)

3x Red Kite, 20x Raven, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

3x Snipe, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 30x Wigeon, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Wychnor

4x Snipe, Little Egret, (JWo)

Chasewater

Adult Iceland Gull and adult YL Gull in the roost,  (BSt)

Radford Meadows

10x Goosander, 5x Pintail, 3x Shelduck, 417x Wigeon, 91x Shoveler, 148x Golden Plover, 200x Lapwing, Snipe, (RSw)

Audley (Park Lane)

11x Shoveler, 40x Wigeon, 55x Teal. Also nearby 2x Little Egret, 60x Golden Plover. 100x Lapwing, (STu)

Friday 3rd January 2025

Orgreave

Barn Owl over the A513 at 07:30, (SCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x juv Whooper Swan, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 150x Lapwing, 4x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 30x Shoveler, 2x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, 50x Fieldfare, 150x Redwing, (JWo)  -  Slavonian Grebe still at 15:25, 500x Lapwing, 2x GBB Gull, 7x Yellowhammer, Stonechat, (DSc)

                                                     Slavonian Grebe by Jon Woodcock

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 12x Wigeon, (JWo)

Catholme (from footpath)

Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 2x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Swynnerton

Red Kite alongside the A51 at 12:00, (CPe)

Aqualate

Adult male Garganey, (PJo)

Branston GPs

Female Marsh Harrier hunting at 13:42 then drifted off south, imm Peregrine, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, 40x Teal, 16x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, Goosander, 200x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 2x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Ipstones

58x Fieldfare, 12x Redwing in a field off Belmont Road,  (PBe)

Chasewater

Roost  -  Ad Iceland Gull, ad Med Gull, 2cy Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 59x Common Gull, Shag, (CW)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, Goldeneye, Stonechat, (NCo)

Thursday 2nd January 2025

Tittesworth Water

38x Common Gull, 3x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 13x Teal, 3x Goosander, 2x Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi)  -  4x Willow Tit, Barn Owl, 2x Snipe, 4x Wigeon, Pochard, 23x Common Gull, (JOa)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail, 3x Goosander, Redpoll, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

124x Wigeon, 24x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 115x Lapwing, 4x Water Rail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Redpoll, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RRa)

Middleton Lakes

Great Egret, Little Egret, 120x Lapwing, 70x Wigeon, 100x Teal, 3x Shoveler, 2x Stonechat, (JDr)

Dimmingsdale

2x Woodcock over at dusk, (TEy)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 12x Snipe, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 19x Curlew, 250x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 14x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 28x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 10x Wigeon, 2x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, 63x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 42x Little Grebe, 5x GBB Gull, Barn Owl, 12x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 15x Fieldfare, 100x Redwing, 30x Linnet, 7x Greenfinch, 10,000x Starling, (JWo, DSc, CEc)

Barton Marina

Green Sandpiper, 26x Pochard, 24x Wigeon, 11x Little Grebe, 5x GC Grebe, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Chasewater

Roost - ad Iceland Gull, 1200x Herring Gull, 31x Common Gull, Shag still, (CW)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, Caspian Gull, YL Gull, 24 Pintail, 14x Snipe, Goshawk, Shelduck, 3x Little Egret, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Whooper Swan, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret,  6x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 40x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 14x Shoveler, Goosander,  7x Little Grebe, 1w Common Gull, 12x Linnet, (SCo)

Wednesday 1st January 2025

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still, (GJM)

Uttoxeter Quarry (footpaths along the River Tean are flooded)

10x Whooper Swan, 5x Pintail, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, 10x Pintail, 2x Water Rail, 

Gailey Resv

Male Merlin, Pintail, 36x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 14x Gadwall, Teal, 2x Marsh Tit, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 8x Little Grebe, 35x Skylark, (SRi)

Radford Meadows Stafford

4x Black-tailed Godwit, 166x Golden Plover, 478x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 10x Pintail, 12x Gadwall, 50x Shoveler, 3x Goosander, Shelduck, 100s Wigeon/Teal, (RSw)

Endon - Denford

25x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 2x Mandarin, 4x Fieldfare, Green Woodpecker, Redpoll, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x imm Whooper Swan, 3x Great Egret, 3x Red Kite, 1w Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)  - Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan, Merlin, 8x Goldeneye, 14x Shoveler, 21x Gadwall, 51x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 2x GBB Gull, 4x Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, 9x Little Grebe, 250x Lapwing, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull in roost, (SRi)

Trentham Gardens

5x Water Rail, 3x Little Grebe, Wigeon, 12x Greenfinch, 50x Siskin, (HF, SE)

Greenfield Farm (near Rudyard)

Tree Sparrow off Dingle road, (GBr)

Endon area

2x Barn Owl, (GBr)

Knypersley Resv

2x Mandarin, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Holden Lane pool

2x Ring-necked Parakeet, (GBr)

Ford Green NR

4x Ring-necked Parakeet, (GBr)

Branston GPs 

SMPs/Lower Farm only - 2x Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 2x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 20x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, ad YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, 5x ad Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 2x Greenfinch, 2x Skylark, 10x Fieldfare, 5x Goldcrest, (JWo)  -  Male Merlin, 2x Great Egret, 24x Wigeon, 22x Shoveler, 40x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 12x Goosander, 16x Curlew, 290x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Woodcock, 2x YL Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Rocester JCB

North Lake - 2x Goosander, 2x GC Grebe, (JDr)

Little Bank Top Farm (North of Dilhorne)

3x Red Kite, 20x Raven at 09:25, (DSc)

Tuesday 31st December 2024

A total of 215 species reported in Staffordshire 2024, this being a small improvement on 2023 (209) and 208 in 2022 and 2021.

Greenfield Farm (near Rudyard)

3x Tree Sparrow off Dingle Lane, (GBr)

Stanley Pool

10x Goosander, also a Barn Owl in the area,  (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Pintail, 17x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, (SPA)

Alvecote 

Great Egret, 4x Goosander, Shelduck, (MSc)

Sandon

4x Red Kite hovering over the A51, (DEm)

Branston GPs

19x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 200x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 17x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 36x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Common Gull, Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, 12x Redpoll, 6x Greenfinch, 2,000x Starling, (JWo, DSc)

Branston Water Park

68x Gadwall, 14x Wigeon, (JWo, DSc)

Barton Marina

26x Pochard, 30x Wigeon, 4x Gadwall, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Chasewater

Roost - ad Iceland Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, the Shag still, (JAl)

Little Bank Top Farm (north of Dilhorne)

2x Red Kite, 10x Raven at 10:00, (DSc)

Monday 30th December 2024

Aqualate

Drake Garganey at 10:15, 6x Pintail, 12x Pochard, (KHa)

Gailey Resv

38x Pochard, 11x Gadwall, 8x Goldeneye, Marsh Tit, Redpoll, (SRi)

Branston Water Park

Adult Whooper Swan, (TPe)  -  15:25 Ad Whooper Swan still, 10x Wigeon, 60x Gadwall, (DSc)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail again, 7x Goosander, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe on roadside pit, 2x juv Whooper Swan, Green Sandpiper, 250x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Pintail, 5x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, GC Grebe, ad YL Gull, Common Gull, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                        Slavonian Grebe by Jon Woodcock

River Sow Meadows - Radford Bank

500x Lapwing, 16x Golden Plover, 3x Snipe, 12x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, 8x Shoveler, 100x Wigeon, 100x Teal, 2x Goosander, 4x Little Egret, (NEm)

Middleton Lakes

17x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 3x Stonechat, 3x Chiffchaff, Snipe, (SPA)

Silverdale CP

Stonechat, 2x Egyptian Geese, 50x Redwing, (PCa)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 250x Lapwing, 50x Snipe, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Pintail, 50x Teal, 3x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, (JJo)

Alrewas NMA

Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 4x Goldeneye, 14x Goosander, 30x Wigeon, 50x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Chasewater

Roost - Ad Iceland Gull, 2x ad YL Gull and Shag still, (JAl)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Shelduck, 30x Wigeon, 12x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 12x Goosander, 220x Lapwing, 17x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Common Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 7x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Sunday 29th December 2024

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still from opposite the quarry entrance, 2x juv Whooper Swan still, 29x Pochard, 36x Gadwall, 11x Goldeneye, 21x Shoveler, 14x Wigeon, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret,  c400 Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Stonechat, YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, (SCo)  -  Tundra Bean Goose on roadside pit opposite quarry entrance, (JAl)  -  Female Merlin, (PBa)

                                                       Slavonian Grebe by Rob Bendelow

Belvide Resv

Rough legged Buzzard briefly over west marsh then lost to view, Lesser Scaup, Pintail, Goldeneye, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

Whooper Swan, 5x Pintail, 4x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 15x Pochard, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Water Rail, Dipper, (RPo)

Tucklesholme

Red-breasted Merganser still, (TWy)  -  4x Goldeneye, 15x Pochard, Shelduck, (SCa)

Knypersley Resv

Pink-footed Geese heard over the arboretum, 2x Water Rail, 2x Goosander, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 24x Wigeon, 22x Teal, Shoveler, 12x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, 20x Greenfinch, Snipe, (LH, JOa, TEe, KH)

Little Bank Top Farm (north of Dilhorne)

8x Red Kite at midday, 30x Raven, (DSc)

Branston GPs

14:00 - Little Egret, Peregrine, 300x Lapwing, 9x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)  -  additional Red Kite, YL Gull ,4x ad Common Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Shelduck, Green Woodpecker, 40x Fieldfare, (JWo, LWa)

Endon - Denford

17x Snipe, 24x Wigeon, 40x Teal, 4x Mandarin, (DCo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, YL Gull, Shag, 2x Goosander this evening, (BHa)

Blithfield Resv

2x Great Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, 4x Goosander, 28x Shoveler, 5x Gadwall, 223x Wigeon, (MJa

Saturday 28th December 2024

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still from opposite quarry entrance, 2x juv Whooper Swan still, Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 40x Pochard, Goldeneye, Shelduck, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (SCo)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail, drake Goosander, (GBr)

Chasewater

Roost - Ad Iceland Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, Shag, (JAl)

Alrewas NMA

3x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, Little Egret, 10x Goosander, 9x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Wychnor

6x Snipe, 10x Wigeon, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

Red-breasted Merganser still, (DAi)

Branston GPs

2x Shelduck, 17x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 18x Goosander, 20x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 36x Golden Plover, 200x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, ad YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Friday 27th December 2024

Westport Lake

Red-breasted Merganser, (KBr)

Thursday 26th December 2024

Uttoxeter Quarry

Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 22x Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Baldwins Gate

Cattle Egret, Little Egret this am, (RWh)

Oakamoor

2x Goosander, (TEy)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still from the quarry entrance, (JTu)  -  2x juv Whooper Swan still, (MBr)

Tucklesholme

Red-breasted Merganser still from the point, (JTu)

Barton under Needwood - Wychnor (Green Lane)

10x Snipe, 30x Lapwing, ad YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 2x Egyptian Geese, 800x Starling, (JWo)

Branston GPs (viewing restricted by dense fog)

Shelduck, 7x Pochard, Goldeneye, 19x Curlew, 7x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, 60x Lapwing, 6x GBB Gull, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Wednesday 25th December 2024

River Sow Meadows (Baswich - Walton on the Hill)

Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, 3x Greenfinch, (IWi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe from the quarry entrance2x juv Whooper Swan, 189x Wigeon, 18x Gadwall, 8x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 13x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 26x Teal, 2x GC Grebe, 8x Little Grebe, 300x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Redpoll, 2x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, Peregrine, House Sparrow, GBB Gull, (SCo)

Branston GPs

Peregrine, 4x Shelduck, 25x Wigeon, 150x Teal, 2x Goldeneye, 20x Pochard, 17x Curlew, 10x Golden Plover, 250x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 3x Snipe, 12x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Little Bank Top Farm (north of Dilhorne)

5x Red Kite and 25x Raven at 10:15, (DSc)

Tuesday 24th December 2024

Westport Lake

Gadwall, 2x Pochard, 5x Goosander, Willow Tit, (KSt, NJS)

Sandon Hall

2x Red Kite near the A51, (AAd)

Tucklesholme

Red-breasted Merganser still, Ruddy Duck, 2x Egyptian Geese, Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, (SCa)

                                              Red-breasted Merganser by Rob Bendelow

Chasewater

Shag, Willow Tit, (GHa)  -  Roost -  ad Iceland Gull, 70x GBB Gull, 39x Common Gull,   1cy Caspian  Gull, 4x YL Gull, ad Med Gull and the Shag, (CW, JAl)

Calf Heath WMI site

Ad YL Gull, 7x Shoveler, (SRi)

Gailey Resv

33x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

3x Redhead Smew again, Lesser Scaup, 2w Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 11x Snipe, 4x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 43x Golden Plover, 286x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 7x Goldeneye, 17x Pochard, 28x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 6x ad YL Gull, 18x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, Cetti'e Warbler, 15,000x Starlings, (JWo)  -  In addition 25x Pochard, 16x Curlew, 4x Siskin, (DSc)

Branston Water Park

Green Sandpiper, 6x Little Grebe, 61x Gadwall, 32x Wigeon, (JWo)