Thursday 17th October 2024

Smithpool Park

Yellow-browed Warbler still this morning but very elusive and mobile, (RGi)

Berryhill

Yellow-browed Warbler still, (NDP)

                                                                    By Clive Wood

Knypersley Resv

2x Red Kite over Lodge Barn road, Willow Tit, 5x Mandarin, fem Wigeon, Woodcock, (GBr)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still, Marsh Harrier, 8x Great Egret (site record count), 5x Little Egret, Redshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 13x Curlew, 142x Lapwing, Pintail, 133x Pochard, 38x Shoveler, 5x Gadwall, 54x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 78x Little Grebe, 3x Common Gull, YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 8x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 14x Chiffchaff, 8x Redwing, (JWo)

Chasewater

Rock Pipit at the dam, 12x Goosander and the Shag, (SWa)

Tittesworth Water

10x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, 50x Teal, GBB Gull, 90x Redwing, (JOa, LH)

Belvide Resv

45x PFG at west end, 15x Great Egret, Lesser Scaup, 

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan still along rough track, Marsh Harrier thru north at 17:30, 2x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 52x Pochard, 14x Wigeon, 25x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

                                                        Whooper Swans by Stu Collins

Waterhouses - Swinscoe

2x Red Kite at  13:30 and a Red Kite over Weaver Hills, (TDu)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x Little Grebe, (MSc)

Wednesday 16th October 2024

Smithpool Park

Yellow-browed Warbler north east corner of the pool near the bridge, (RGi)

Berryhill

Yellow-browed Warbler still on the footpath south of Uffington Parade, (NDP)

Endon - Denford

160x Redwing over to the south also 20x grounded, 9x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 11x Teal, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whopper Swan in the fields at the start of the track Roddige Lane end, (SMcG)  -  also Great Egrets, 3x Little Egret, 31x Little Grebe, 4x GC Grebe, 19x Pochard, 18x Teal, 21x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 5x Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Calf Heath WMI site

103x Golden Plover, 274x Lapwing, drake Mandarin, (SRi)

Tucklesholme

2x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 38x Pochard, 109x Wigeon, 58x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, 17x GC Grebe, Common Gull, 7x Stonechat, 9x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Chiffchaff, 10x Redwing, 8x Linnet, (JWo)

Tuesday 15th October 2024

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbills still, male Merlin, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 83x Lapwing, 5x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Pintail, 91x Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 16x Gadwall, 68x Shoveler, 167x Teal, 86x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, juv Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 18x Chiffchaff, 90x Linnet, 2x Redpoll, 5x Redwing, 600+ Starling, (JWo)

                                                              Merlin by Jon Woodcock

Stoke

Lordship Lane Green Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 9x Teal, (RGi)

Blithfield Resv

2x Great Egret, 2x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, (CMa, RF)

Cannock Chase

100+Redwing at the Beaudesert Old Park area, (BCh)

Calf Heath WMI site

1w YL Gull, 170x Lapwing, 7x Goosander, (SRi)

Chasewater 

Evening roost - adult Med Gull, 1cy Caspian Gull, 625x Herring Gull by 18:00, also the Shag still, (CW)

Belvide Resv

3w Caspian Gull and 5x YL Gull roosted this evening, Lesser Scaup still, 

Monday 14th October 2024

Berryhill

Yellow-browed Warbler in a Tit flock at the SW corner of the reedbed pools, (NDP)

Mow Cop

80x PFG over east at 11:55, (LH)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbills still, Redshank, 15x Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 4x Curlew, 122x Lapwing, juv Marsh Harrier, 79x Pochard, 6x Wigeon, 93x Teal, 75x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 78x Little Grebe, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, juv Peregrine, Barn Owl, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 9x Chiffchaff, 8x Stonechat, 15x Goldcrest, 2x Redpoll,  Barton Marina 28x Pochard, (JWo)

Trentham Gardens

Great Egret, 2x Wigeon, 18x Gadwall, Goosander, 2x Redwing, (RGi)

Chasewater

Roost this evening- 8x GBB Gull, 5x Common Gull, 4400x BH Gull, 1400x LBB Gull, 900x Herring Gull, 12x Goosander, Shag, also apparent distant views of a white winger. (CW)

Belvide Resv

Grey Plover thru at 13:12, Lesser Scaup, 

Barton

20x Redwing over this evening, (JWo)

Sunday 13th October 2024

Blithfield Resv

Yellow-browed Warbler in Stansley Wood with a mobile Tit flock this am, (MPR)

Gailey Resv

Water Rail and a flyover Redwing, (SRi)

Calf Heath WMI site

12x Golden Plover, 283x Lapwing, (SRi)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, imm Marsh Harrier, 116x Shoveler, 4x Wigeon, 75x Teal,  82x Pochard, 88x Lapwing, 10x Curlew, 15x Golden Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 62x Little Grebe, 5x Egyptian Geese, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Redwing, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Redpoll, Siskin, Branston Water Park 52x Wigeon, 110x Gadwall, (DSc)

Shoal Hill Common

Yellow-browed Warbler with the Tit flock to 13:15 at least, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

Osprey thru at 08:30, 23x Whooper Swan thru 09:20, 140x PFG over at 13:00. Red Kite, 17x Redwing, Fieldfare, Goosander, 3x Mandarin, (LH, JOa, TEe, KH)

Berryhill

130x PFG over NE at 11:58 in two skeins, (RTo)  -  225x PFG over, (RGi)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

45x Redwing over also 6x Redpoll, (RGi)

Doxey Marsh

Creswell Flash - 10x Cattle Egret, 5x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, (AEa)  -  also 2x Water Rail, Stonechat,  CAFH)

Castlecroft - Dimmingsdale

Imm Merlin just south of Mopps Farm bridge at 15:55, 5x Redwing, Little Egret, (IMo, GCl)

Saturday 12th October 2024

Trentham Gardens

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 10x Mandarin, Little Grebe, GC Grebe, (STu)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still on Ashy pit, (TWy)  -  also 27x PFG thru east at 12:15, Great Egret, Little Egret, 24x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler, 60x Teal, Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Calf Heath WMI site

88x Golden Plover, 157x Lapwing, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

Adult Caspian Gull in Blithe Bay this am, (GJM)

Doxey Marsh

9x Cattle Egret, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret Water Rail, 8x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 80x Teal, 26x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Cheddleton

2x Redwing over NE at  09:30, (DSc)

Tucklesholme  -  Note car barrier  is now set to Winter timetable and drops at 17:00.

58x Wigeon, 10x Gadwall, 15x Teal, 12x Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, 700x Tufted Duck, 

Friday 11th October 2024

Coombes Valley

2x Whooper Swan over east at 10:30, (RSPB)

Doxey Marsh

2x Whooper Swan this morning, 5x Cattle Egret, (BGo)  -  2x Whooper Swan, Cattle Egret Creswell Flash (CVa, DEm)  -  6x Cattle Egret, 5x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (CAFH)

                                                    Whooper Swans by Bill Goldstraw

Calf Heath WMI site

60x Golden Plover, 270x Lapwing, (CVa), 

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still, 3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Water Rail, 4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 69x Lapwing, Goosander, 119x Pochard, 2x Pintail, 46x Shoveler, 58x Gadwall, 155x Teal, 89x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Radford Meadows

73x Pintail, 170x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 250x Teal, 150x Shoveler, 100x Lapwing, 34x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RBr, CDa)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, Tundra Bean Goose, Cattle Egret,

Rocester

9x GC Grebe on North lake, (JDr)

Chasewater

Adult Med Gull and the Shag in the roost this evening, (CW)

Thursday 10th October 2024

Stoke

Lordship Lane - Greenshank, 2x Red Kite together over west, 30x PFG over east, 24x Lapwing, (RGi)

Trentham Gardens

17x Gadwall, Little Egret, 3x Little Grebe, (RGi)

Doxey Marsh

11x Cattle Egret still, (RCB, ID)

Croxall

Jack Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 90x Teal, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Whinchat, Great Egret, 40x Little Grebe, 26x Pochard, 85x Lapwing, Shelduck, GBB Gull, 3x Stonechat, (ICW)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 9x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 50x Lapwing, 4x Goosander, 2x Pintail, 105x Pochard, 12x Wigeon, 78x Gadwall, 31x Shoveler, 96x Teal, 84x Little Egret, 5x Common Gull, YL Gull, juv Marsh Harrier,  juv Peregrine, Barn Owl, 2x Green Woodpecker, 12x Siskin, 60x Linnet, 4x Greenfinch, 6x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 12x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

                                                            YL Gull by Jon Woodcock

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

2x Redwing, (TEy)

Wednesday 9th October 2024

Doxey Marsh

11x Cattle Egret still, (BGo, JJH, SJH)  -  also 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, (JJH, SJH)

                                                                  By Bill Goldstraw

Radford Meadows

Redshank, 21x Snipe, 150x Lapwing, 18x Pintail, 51x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 150x Shoveler, 270x Teal, 4x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RBr)

Tucklesholme

Juv Peregrine, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 16x Pochard, 62x Wigeon, 35x Gadwall, 66x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 18x GC Grebe, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Greenfinch, 12x Linnet, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, 2x Garganey, Black-necked Grebe, Tundra Bean Goose, Rock Pipit, 

Tuesday 8th October 2024

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill again on Ashy pit, Marsh Harrier, Rock Pipit over, 2x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 122x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Pintail, Goldeneye, 101x Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 94x Gadwall, 82x Shoveler, 138x Teal, 92x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Peregrine, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 8x Stonechat, 30x Linnet, 16x House Martin, Barton Marina 42x Pochard, 2x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Doxey Marsh

At least 6x Cattle Egret still beyond Creswell Flash amongst the Cattle,  (JTu)

Monday 7th October 2024

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill still, 7x Great Egret, juv Marsh Harrier, 2x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Curlew, 174x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, Pintail, 6x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 36x Gadwall, 52x Shoveler, 116x Teal, 58x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, YL Gull, 2x Stonechat, 6x Greenfinch, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Chiffchaff, Blackcap, (JWo, DSc, PFo, SBI, SCo, Bob)

                                                          Spoonbills by Jon Woodcock

Enville

Goshawk, 3x Red Kite, Redwing, 120x Swallow thru, (ICW)

Endon - Denford

29x Snipe, 22x Lapwing, 35x Teal, Water Rail, 25x Redwing, (DCo)

Doxey Marsh

11x Cattle Egret (Staffs record count), also 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Water Rail, 84x lapwing, 2x Stonechat, (RBr)

Belvide Resv

Tundra Bean Goose, Lesser Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, 

Chasewater

Roost 7x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 3x YL Gull, adult Med Gull and the Shag, (CW)

Sunday 6th October 2024

Doxey Marsh

4x Cattle Egret with the Cattle Creswell Flash, (IGr)  -  also 100x PFG over east, 6x Snipe, (AHa)  - in additition 3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Redwing, 2x Water Rail, 10x Cetti's Warbler, 14x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, (DBa, IGr, CEv)

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 11x Shoveler, 25x Wigeon, 31x Pochard, 12x Teal, 4x Gadwall, 3x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 52x Egyptian Geese, 25x Little Grebe, 12x Yellowhammer, 8x Greenfinch, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 31x Lapwing, (SCo)

Belvide Resv

Juv Black Tern, 

Himley Pool

7x Goosander, (DBa)

Tittesworth Water

5x Goosander, Mandarin, Wigeon, Little Egret, Red Kite, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE)

Gailey Resv

2x Stonechat, 6x Little Grebe, 2x Pochard, (SRi)

Branston GPs

3x Spoonbill (2+imm) on Ashy pit from 16:00 to dusk, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, Red-breasted Goose (of unknown origin), Pintail, 50x Shoveler, 20x Wigeon, 40x Gadwall, 36x Pochard, 45x Lapwing, 11x Curlew, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

                                                  One of 3 Spoonbills by Dave Scattergood

Calf Heath WMI site

21x Golden Plover, 84x Lapwing, (SRi)

Saturday 5th October 2024

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, Garganey, Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, Tundra Bean Goose, 6x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 14x Redwing, Peregrine, 175x Swallow south, 

Croxall

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 70x Teal, 14x Wigeon, 15x Snipe, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (ICW)

Burton

Marsh Harrier over Trentside CC at 12:15, (STi)

Gailey Resv

Marsh Tit, Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

3x Rock Pipit, Common Tern, (GJM, MPR)

Trentham Gardens

3x Little Egret, 8x Mandarin, GC Grebe, (STu)

Doxey Marsh

3x Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Little Egret, also at least 50x Migrant Hawkers, (DEm)

Cheadle

Blackcap near the Rec, (TDu)

Middleton Lakes

2x Black-necked Grebe east of Lookout, 

Alrewas NMA

Hobby, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Trescott / Seisdon

Ad Common Gull, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Stonechat, Goosander, 2x Little Egret, (IMo, GCl)

Friday 4th October 2024

Rudyard

276x PFG over NW at 08:40, 2x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, 7x Teal, Goosander, 2x Little Egret, 3x Snipe, (SSe)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, 13x Little Egret, Peregrine, 32x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (ICW)

Belvide Resv

3x Black-necked Grebe, 

Middleton Lakes

3x Great Egret, Redshank, Dunlin, 14x Snipe, (DCo)

Branston GPs

Tree Pipit over south, 2x Goldeneye (first returning birds), 3x Pintail, 12x Curlew, Snipe, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 114x Lapwing,, Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Water Rail, 64x Pochard, Shelduck, 10x Wigeon, 87x Shoveler, 73x Gadwall, 88x Teal, 5x Egyptian Geese, 101x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull (ad + 1w), YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                         Goldeneyes by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater

Adult Med Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 4x Common Gull, Shag, (CW)

Thursday 3rd October 2024

Tittesworth Water

Great Egret, Little Egret, Mandarin, Goosander, Wigeon, 120x Lapwing, Common Gull, Peregrine, 60x House Martin, (JOa, LH)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, fem Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, Tundra Bean Goose, Garganey, Rock Pipit briefly, 1w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 8x Common Gull, 

Enville

Redwing, Red Kite, Water Rail, (ICW)

Gailey Resv

Peregrine, 2x Wigeon, (JIs)

Tittesworth Water

Red Kite over, (IF)

Chasewater

Whinchat, 2x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, Shag, Peregrine, 2x Tree Pipit over, (CMa)

Burton

Red Kite over Horninglow, 8x Raven, 25x House Martin, (SGa)

Tittensor Chase

Green Woodpecker, (AR)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, ad Peregrine, 11x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 87x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 62x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 87x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 91x Teal, 109x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull (ad + 1w), 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Barton Marina 49x Pochard, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

1w Common Gull, Redshank, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Great Egret, 8x Pochard, (SCo)

Wednesday 2nd October 2024

Belvide Resv

Fem Common Scoter, Black-necked Grebe, 3x Garganey, 2x Rock Pipit over, 

Blithfield Resv

Juv Common Tern this evening, (GJM, MPR)

Tittesworth Water

40x PFG over, 2x Little Egret, Redwing, (SG, IF)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, juv Peregrine, 10x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 137x Lapwing, 9x Little Egret, 92x Pochard, 72x Shoveler, 46x Gadwall, 105x Teal, 4x Wigeon, Shelduck, 3x Egyptian Geese, 2x Mandarin, 110x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

Juv Marsh Harrier, Snipe, 36x Pochard, 14x Wigeon, 20x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 22x GC Grebe, 2x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 20x House Martin, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Tuesday 1st October 2024

Belvide Resv

Tundra Bean Goose still, Lesser Scaup, fem Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, 3x Garganey, 

Endon - Denford

2x Wigeon, 30x Teal, 11x Mandarin, 7x Snipe, Common Gull, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, 26x House Martin, 2x Chiffchaff, (DCo)

Audley

70x PFG over NW at 11:45, (JHu)

Radford Meadows

100x Shoveler, 200x Teal, 50x Wigeon, Pintails, 6x Snipe, Little Egret, (CDa)

Gailey Resv

Shelduck, 4x Little Grebe, Snipe, House Martins, (SRi)

Monday 30th September 2024

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, female Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, 3x Garganey, Pintail, 63x Wigeon, 7x Great Egret, Little Egret, 150x House Martin, 

Sunday 29th September 2024

Middleton Lakes

Spotted Redshank from Benches, 2x Greenshank, 20x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Pintail, Bittern, 3x Great Egret, (MSm)  -  this evening Riverside roost Cattle Egret, 8x Great Egret, 34x Little Egret, (MB)

Belvide Resv

Tundra Bean Goose still, Lesser Scaup, fem Scaup, 2x Garganey, Black-necked Grebe,  -  also 6x Great Egret, 2x Pintail, Ringed Plover, 5x Stonechat, 

                                                    Black-necked Grebe by Steve Edwards

Radford Meadows Stafford

14x Pintail, 143x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 35x Wigeon, 4x Little Egret, Great Egret, 82x Lapwing, Snipe, 5x Golden Plover, 14x Swallow, (RSw)  -  Juv Ruff, 32x Snipe, 9x Pintail, (CDa)

Tittesworth Water

Common Sandpiper, Mandarin, 9x Teal, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TEe)

Silverdale CP

Hobby over The Void, (PCa)

Branston GPs

SMP2 Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, (JWo)

Queensville

6x House Martin, (MNA)

Saturday 28th September 2024

Uttoxeter Quarry

Redshank, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 6x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, Shelduck, Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

10x Great Egret, Black-necked Grebe, Scaup, 2x Garganey, 3x Pintail, 46x Golden Plover east, Tundra Bean Goose, 3x Stonechat, 

Blithfield Resv

20x Great Egret, - Higher count than the 19 at Whitemoor Haye in Nov 2021, (GJM)

Seisdon

2x Redwing over SW, (GCl)

Tittesworth Water

Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, Mandarin, 13x Teal, 75x House Martin, 3x Chiffchaff, (SGi)

Rudyard Lake

2x Redwing SW at 10:30, (SSe)

Trentham Gardens

4x Little Egret, Goosander, 3x GC Grebe, (STu)

Whitemoor Haye

6x Great Egret, 16x Little Egret, 125x Egyptian Geese, 36x Little Grebe, 22x Pochard, 111x Wigeon, 2x Teal, 8x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (SCo)

Alrewas NMA

4x Snipe, 6x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)

Friday 27th September 2024

Blithfield Resv

Cattle Egret, 3x Common Gull, 2x Curlew, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 17x Ringed Plover, 16x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, 15x Goosander, 49x Wigeon, Wheatear, Stonechat, Peregrine, (SE, HF)  -  Rock Pipit, 2x Cattle Egret, Red Kite, (GWi)

                                                         Cattle Egret by Steve Edwards

Belvide Resv

Tundra Bean Goose again, juv Arctic Tern, Black-necked Grebe, fem Scaup, 3x Garganey, 10x Great Egret, 

Baldwins Gate

Red Kite circling over A51 near Slaters pub at 10:30, (CPe)

Chasewater

Great Egret south side of the boat club, Shag and Wheatear at the dam, (SWa)

Branston GPs

11x Curlew, 4x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 96x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, Garganey, 32x Pochard, 54x Wigeon, 175x Shoveler, 82x Gadwall, 201x Teal, 5x Egyptian Geese, 105x Little Grebe, YL Gull, GBB Gull, juv Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Thursday 26th September 2024

Branston GPs

Drake Common Scoter on North Pit, Garganey still on Ashy pit, 5x Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, 9x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 124x Lapwing, Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 56x Pochard, 23x Wigeon, 135x Shoveler, 76x Gadwall, 166x Teal, Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, 5x Egyptian Geese, 109x Little Grebe, Water Rail, 3x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, juv Marsh Harrier, juv Peregrine, Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler,  (JWo)

                                                    Common Scoter by Jon Woodcock

Himley Great Lak

Great Egret early morning, (Trish)

Endon - Denford

Whinchat, Wheatear, Stonechat, 5x Snipe, 4x Teal, 4x Chiffchaff, (DCo)

Tittesworth Water

2x Mandarin, 2x Gadwall, 7x Teal, Common Sandpiper, (JOa, LH)

Rudyard Lake

Great Egret, Wigeon, (SSe)

Uttoxeter Quarry

6x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 28x Barnacle Geese, ad YL Gull, (PJo)

Wednesday 25th September 2024

Blithfield Resv

Rock Pipit on causeway, juv Med Gull, Greenshank, (PFB, GJM)  -  This evening 2x Caspian Gull (ad +1w), 3x YL Gull, 25x Ringed Plover, 13x Dunlin, 3x Greenshank, Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, 23x Wigeon, (SRi)   -  Wheatear (JPe)

Trentham Gardens

6x Little Egret, 4x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, (RGi)

Berryhill

Whinchat, 2x Wheatear, 2x Redstart, 4x Stonechat, Willow Tit, 5x Snipe, 12x Siskin, (NDP)

Whitemoor Haye

5x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 68x Wigeon, 34x Pochard, 27x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (ICW)

Belvide Resv

Osprey, Black-necked Grebe, Lesser Scaup, 8x Great Egret, 

Endon - Denford

Tree Pipit over, 9x Snipe, 8x Teal, Green Woodpecker, (DCo)

Branston GPs

Female Garganey this afternoon, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 100x Shoveler, Shelduck, 8x Pochard, 100x Lapwing, Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, (DSc)  -  also 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 66 extra Pochard on SMP2, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

Hobby, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 46x Pochard, 8x Gadwall, 15x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 6x Little Grebe, 22x GC Grebe, 2x Egyptian Geese, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Tuesday 24th September 2024

Stanley Pool

Adult Med Gull this am, Lesser Redpoll, 3x Chiffchaff, 8x Stock Dove, (GBr)

Trentham Gardens

20x Little Egret, 12x Gadwall, 2x House Martin, Willow Warbler, 7x Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Doxey Marsh

2x Cattle Egret, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Hobby, 2x Stonechat, 9x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Water Rail, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RSt)

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x juv Common Gull, 21x Shoveler, 5x Gadwall, 31x Wigeon, 76x Lapwing, 15x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)  -  4x Pintail, Peregrine, (RBr)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, 3x Greater Scaup, 

Blithfield Resv

3x Cattle Egret, 16x Little Egret, 10x Great Egret, 10x Goosander, 5x Wigeon, 5x Greenshank, 13x Ringed Plover, 2x Red Kite, 3x PFG, GBB Gull, (MJa) - 24x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 5x Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 15x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, 8x Egyptian Geese, 10x Goosander, (DBa, KM, ML)

Gailey Resv

Fem Common Scoter on the fishing lake, 2x Little Egret, Common Tern, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, Hobby, juv Peregrine, 2x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, Snipe, 114x Lapwing, Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 45x Pochard, 32x Wigeon, 72x Gadwall, 126x Shoveler, 172x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 111x Little Grebe, ad GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

15x Wigeon, Shoveler, 22x Teal, 12x Pochard, 8x Egyptian Geese, 50x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 25x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Monday 23rd September 2024

Belvide Resv

Juv Arctic Tern, Black-necked Grebe, Lesser Scaup, 5x Great Egret, 395x Shoveler, 

Larks Rise woodland

Ring Ouzel, (GHa)

Berryhill

5x Whinchat, 3x Redstart, Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Stonechat, 2x Snipe, (NDP)

Blithfield Resv

8x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, White Stork, (AWa)

Endon - Denford

4x Snipe, 2x Green Woodpecker, 8x Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 3x Little Grebe, (DCo)

Chasewater

12x Common Scoter this evening, (CW)