Friday 4th April 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Middleton Lakes

Redstart flew from JW to canal at 10:15, (DCo, RCh)  -  Marsh Harrier this am also Dunlin, (GG)

Belvide Resv

6x Little Gull off the dam at 11:42, Ruff still, 8x Little Gull early evening, 

Gailey Resv

Ad winter Little Gull to at least 09:50, 3x Great Egret, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 45x Fieldfare, (JIs)

Blithfield Resv

8x 1w Little Gull, 6x Common Tern, 4x male Ruff, Common Sandpiper, (GJM, MDJ)  -  2x Ruddy Shelduck, (SE, HF)

                                                    Common Sandpiper by Steve Edwards

Berryhill

Wheatear, Curlew thru, (RTo)

Highgate Common

2x Wheatear on nearby farmland, (WN)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Shelduck, (PJT)  -  adult Little Gull, 5x Common Tern on main pit, Slavonian Grebe still, (TPe)  -  This evening adult Little Gull, 5x Common Tern, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 10x Oystercatcher, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 4x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Little Egret, (BHa)

Branston GPs

6x ad Little Gull, 3x Common Gull, YL Gull, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 9x Curlew, 18x Lapwing, 4x Ringed Plover, Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, 16x Wigeon, 30x Shelduck, 46x Shoveler, 7x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 14x Gadwall, 65x Teal, Great Egret, Little Egret, Water Rail, 36x Little Grebe, 7x Swallow, House Martin, 170x Sand Martin, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Willow Warbler,  Peregrine, Red Kite, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, (DSc, JWo)

Chatterley Whitfield

Singing Willow Warbler, (SHi)

Cannock Chase

Tree Pipit east of the Shooting Butts, 3x Bramblings,  3-4x Willow Warbler, (PBa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Adult winter Little Gull at 16:30 to 18:30 at least, also the Bewick's Swan back at 17:07 to 18:30 at least, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Swallow, House Martin, 20x Sand Martin, (RPo)

Aqualate

17x Little Gull this afternoon, (PJor)

Doxey Marsh

4x ad Little Gull thru, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x LRP, Red Kite, Swallow, 2x Egyptian Geese,(RRa),  -  5x House Martin, Sand Martin, Little Egret, Water Rail, Stonechat, Blackcap, (RSt)

Stanley Pool

Common Sandpiper, (GBr)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

2x Red Kite, Swallow, (TEy)

Thursday 3rd March 2025

Branston GPs

Brief visit at 09:00 - 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 12x Shelduck, 14x Wigeon, Goldeneye, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 5x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 2x Willow Warbler, 4x Linnet, Redpoll, (DSc)  -  11x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 18x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 27x Shelduck, 8x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 16x Wigeon, 24x Gadwall, 56x Shoveler, 36x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, YL Gull, Red Kite, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Willow Warbler, 25x Sand Martin, 2x Redpoll, 3x Greenfinch, 12x Linnet, 2x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Brook village

Swallow over at 11:45, (Laxmi)

Tittesworth Water

3x Goosander, 6x Teal, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, LRP, 3x Swallow, 2x Fieldfare, Common Gull, 4x Willow Warbler, (JOa, LH)

Doxey Marsh

3x Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Cetti's Warbler, Great Egret, 2x Shoveler, numerous Chiffchaff, (KLe)

Middleton Lakes

6x Avocet, 2x Redshank, Bittern 3x Blackcap, (CMa, DG)  -  9x Avocet, Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Redshank, Bittern, several Cetti's Warbler, numerous Chiffchaff, (RCa, FCa)

Aqualate

Black-necked Grebe, drake Garganey, 3x Great Egret, Marsh Harrier, 10x Sand Martin, (PJor)

Belvide Resv

Ruff on the north shore, 

Blithfield Resv

Whooper Swan, LRP, (GJM)

Chasewater

Breeding plumage Black-necked Grebe this evening, 25x Sand Martin, 2x Oystercatcher, (CW)

Wednesday 2nd April 2025

Chasewater

One Little Gull this am, (JJH, SJH)  -  this evening Redshank, Little Gull, still, (CW)

Drayton Bassett

2x Red Kite east at 11:05, also House Martin, (MSm)

Branston GPs

SMPit, Sum/plum Med Gull, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x YL Gull, (PCo, CRe)

Tittesworth Water

2x Willow Warbler, Sand Martin, 14x Chiffchaff, Red Kite, 4x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, (SGi)

Tucklesholme / Branston Leas

3x Oystercatcher, 2x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, Goosander, Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 12x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese + 7 Goslings, 10x GC Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 6x Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 14x Blackcap, Swallow, 10x Sand Martin, (JWo)

Berryhill

Willow Warbler at 18:55, (IBu)

Hem Heath Woods

Blackcap, (AR)

Tuesday 1st April 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Blithfield Resv

5x Little Gull (4adults + 1st sum) south this am, (GJM)  -  Great Egret, Little Egrets, 3x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (RBe)

                                                               LRP by Rob Bendelow

Doxey Marsh

6x Little Gull from main hide at 10:55, (NGr)  -  Also 2x LRP, (BGo)  -  Still one Little Gull at 15:20, (RRa)

                                                         Little Gull By Bill Goldstraw

Longsdon Mill Pool on Devil's Lane

LRP this morning, (ALa)

Burntwood

Singing Whitethroat along the Burntwood bypass opposite Hammerwich Cemetary, (GHa)

Belvide Resv

3x Little Gull this afternoon, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

Bewick's Swan at 17:10 to 18:34 only, also 3x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper,  (RPo)

                                                        Bewick's Swan by Richard Powell

Chasewater

12x Little Gull at 16:20, (CW)

Branston GPs

Jack Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 26x Lapwing, 7x Curlew, 2x Little Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 31x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Willow Warbler, 9x Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, 4x Swallow, 50x Sand Martin, 8x Linnet, 4x Greenfinch, Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, George).

Monday 31st March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Mere Lane paddocks

Yellow Wagtail this am, (PJa)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Swallows, Sand Martins, Shelduck, Gadwall, Shoveler, Greenfinch, GC Grebe, (BGo)  -  Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, 2x Blackcap, (RSt)

Belvide Resv

3x Willow Warbler, 2x Blackcap, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Yellowhammer, Great Egret, (CMa, RF)

Stanley Pool

6x Whooper Swan at the pool then flew north at 17:43 (GBr)

Tittensor Chase

Red Kite over east at 12:00, (AR)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, also 21x Stonechat, (SE, HF)

                                                    Grey Grey Shrike by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Ad male Marsh Harrier, 7x Curlew, 3x Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, 21x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 10x Goldeneye, 18x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 29x Shelduck, 37x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 70x Teal, 28x Wigeon, 47x Little Grebe, 3x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Willow Warbler, 17x Blackcap, 60x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, House Martin, 30x Sand Martin, 2x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, BSt, ASt)

Berryhill

Willow Warbler, (RTo)

Sunday 30th March 2025

Stanley Pool

Black-necked Grebe, 3x Shoveler, Goosander, 3x Swallow, 2x Oystercatcher, 9x Chiffchaff, (GBr)  

Doxey Marsh

Willow Warbler singing to the right of the path leading up to the main hide, (GP, NGR)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 4x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (BHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Great Egret, 3x LRP, 8x Goldeneye, 150x Sand Martin thru, 2x Willow Warbler, (ICW)

Cheddleton

The Boat - STW - bascule bridge: 2x probable White Wagtails amongst  the c20x Pied Wags, 5x Teal, 6x Sand Martin, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Gadwall, Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, (ALa)

Tittesworth Water

Shelduck, Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Willow Tit, (JOa)

Middleton Lakes

15x Avocet, 2x LRP, 4x Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 17x Sand Martin thru, 2x Pochard, Bittern, (SPA)

Trent Washlands

2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 32x Wigeon, 19x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, (AJa)

Belvide Resv

Med Gull, Caspian Gull, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 2x Red Kite,

Branston GPs

Great Egret, Little Egret, 24x Shelduck, Mandarin, 40x Shoveler, 50x Teal, 10x Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, 6x Oystercatcher, 6x Curlew, 12x Lapwing, 2x Redshank, Snipe, GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, House Martin, 2x Swallow, 50x Sand Martin, 8x Blackcap, 10x Linnet, (DSc)

Saturday 29th March 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

Redshank, 6x Oystercatcher, Pochard, 9x Shelduck, 10x Goosander, 12x Shoveler, Red Kite, 7x Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 14x Avocet, 7x Lapwing, Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x GC Grebe, 4x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, (STu)

Gailey Resv

6x Blackcap, Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, Swallow, Sand Martin, Marsh Tit, numerous Chiffchaff, (SRi)

Leek

Osprey over SE at 16:15, (RMG)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 25x Shelduck, 16x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 8x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Oystercatcher, 16x Lapwing, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker, 10x Sand Martin, 8x Blackcap, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, 6x Gadwall, 4x Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, 6x Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Pendeford Hall Lane

Red Kite, (JDu)

Uttoxeter

Red Kite east over the race course at 14:00, (AR)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x Oystercatcher, 5x Gadwall, 15x Teal, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Swallow, 20x Sand Martin, (JWo)

Wychnor

4x Shelduck, (JWo)

Berryhill

Stonechat and nearby a singing Blackcap in Fenton Park, (IBu)

Friday 28th March 2025

Belvide Resv

Ad Med Gull also Dunlin and Sand Martin thru, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe and 2x Whooper Swan still, Willow Warbler singing at quarry entrance, (SCo)

Stanley Pool

Swallow, 3x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 7x Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Berryhill

Wheatear on the Palletstacks mound, (IBu)

Trentham Gardens

Water Rail, 3x Little Egret, Swallow, 2x Goosander, Gadwall, (BMo)

Doxey Marsh

Merlin from hide at 11:50, (NGR)

Middleton Lakes

14x Avocet, 4x LRP, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe on North pit still, Curlew thru, 6x Snipe, 4+ Redshank, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Shelduck, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, (SPA)  -  Osprey reported.

Branston GPs

9x Curlew, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 12x Oystercatcher, 17x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 9x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 25x Shelduck, 38x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 18x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 36x Little Grebe, 2x Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 7x Blackcap, 4x Swallow, 37x Sand Martin, Fieldfare, (DSc, JWo, CEc, Dean)

Thursday 27th March 2025

Stanley Pool

Redshank and 3x Oystercatcher this am, (GBr)  -  Redshank, (ALa)

Amington

3x Curlew south over Kerria Hill, (Moocher)

i54

Red Kite over, (Foz)  -  Green Sandpiper, LRP, (JDu)

Wall Heath

Gannet on the canal taken into care, looks to have hit power lines, (GCl)

Carmountside Flash

Oystercatcher, 16x Teal, (ALa)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 

Leekbrook

Drake Garganey, 2x Red Kite over, (DBr)

Tittesworth Water

5x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, 3x Curlew, 4x Swallow, 14x Teal, 4x Mandarin, Little Egret, 3x Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, 2x Red Kite, 4x Redpoll, (JOa, LH)

Tucklesholme

2x LRP, Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 10x Gadwall, 27x Wigeon, Great Egret, Little Egret, (BHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 3x Goldeneye, 12x Oystercatcher, (BHa)

Branston GPs

Female Marsh Harrier, 3x Redshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 8x Curlew, 18x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, 6x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 24x Gadwall, 42x Shoveler, 38x Shelduck, 14x Wigeon, 94x Teal, 26x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 40+ Chiffchaff, 5x Blackcap, 6x Sand Martin, (JWo, George, CEc)

Wednesday 26th March 2025

Parkhall CP

Curlew, 5x Willow Tit, Green Woodpecker, House Martin, 18x Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, but no sign of the 2 Whooper Swans, 5x Oystercatcher, 3x Lapwing, 2x Redshank, 2x LRP, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 10x Yellowhammer, 8x Gadwall, 20x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 28x Teal, 8x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Blithfield Resv

Adult Caspian Gull in Tad Bay, (GJM)

Middleton Lakes

12x Avocet, LRP, 4+ Redshank, 5x Oystercatcher, 5x Snipe, 8x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, Great Egret, Bittern, White Wagtail, 2x Egyptian Geese, (SPA)

Trescott

Wheatear in fields off Furnace Grange Road, (WN)

Chasewater

2x Little Gull at 14:20,  (CMa, LRM)  -  One Little Gull still at 17:30, (RF)

Tittesworth Water

LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Willow Tit, 2x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 9x Chiffchaff, (SGi)

                                                            LRP  by Steve Gibson

Blithfield Resv

Rock Pipit on Admaston side of the causeway this afternoon, (PFo)

Biddulph

Red Kite, (MSv)

i54

Green Sandpiper on the corner of Pendeford Hall Lane, (JDu)

Branston GPs

8x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 9x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 18x Shelduck, 4x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 8x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x ad Common Gull, 2x Blackcap, 2x Sand Martin, (CEc, (JWo)

Trentham Lakes

Cetti's Warbler this evening, (LSt)

Tuesday 25th March 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, LRP, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Shelduck, YL Gull, (PJT)  - late afternoon/early evening Slavonian Grebe and 2x Whooper Swan still, 7x Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, 13x Teal, 28x Shoveler, 9x Goldeneye, 7x Gadwall,  2x Shelduck, 7x Lapwing, 3x Redshank, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x LRP, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Egyptian Geese, 9x Yellowhammer, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

2x Little Egret, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, 18x Sand Martin, (SRi)

Branston GPs

5x Redshank, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Snipe, 12x Lapwing, 10x Oystercatcher, 8x Curlew, Little Egret, Water Rail, 12x Goldeneye, 20x Pochard, Mandarin, 28x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 77x Teal, 36x Shelduck, 46x Wigeon, 35x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, juv Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Yellowhammer, 4x Blackcap, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Swallow, 50x Sand Martin, 2x Stonechat, 12x Fieldfare, (JWo, George)

Monday 24th March 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still

North Staffs Moors

Ring Ouzel, Woodcock, Wheatear, 2x Red Kite, 115x Fieldfare, (NDP)

Middleton Lakes

2x Swallow early am,130x Sand Martin, 40+ Chiffchaff, Jack Snipe, 3x Snipe, Bittern, 2x Avocet, 4x LRP, 4x Redshank, 10x Oystercatcher, 4x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, Great Egret, (SPA) - 70x Sand Martin, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x LRP, 4x Redshank, Jack Snipe, Snipe, (MSm)  

Chasewater

7x Sand Martin off the dam, (CM, RF)

Belvide Resv

Kittiwake 09:10 to 09:45 only, 4x Egyptian Geese, Shelduck, Great Egret, 4x Oystercatcher, Grey Wagtail, (CMa, RF)

Chatterley Valley - Ford Green

2x Willow Tit, Cetti's Warbler, (JHu)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey over Creswell Flash at 17:00 heading north, (JPe)

Tittesworth Water

Green Woodpecker, 5x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 2x Fieldfare, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SGi)

Endon - Denford

4x Willow Tit, 2x Snipe, 2x Mandarin, 8x Teal, 2x Green Woodpecker, 25x Chiffchaff, 60x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Branston GPs

2x ad Kittiwake. Little Gull, 2x Wheatear, 4x Swallow, 2x Blackcap, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x Snipe, 10x Curlew, 16x Lapwing, Water Rail, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 12x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 26x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 25x Shelduck, 14x Gadwall, 18x Wigeon, 33x Shoveler, 89x Teal, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 10x Sand Martin, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, PFo, CEc, Dean, SBI)

Trentham - Hanford

24x Snipe, (LSt)

Sunday 23rd March 2025

Belvide Resv

8x adult Kittiwake 06:55 to 07:57 only, 2x Sandwich Tern 08:10 to 08:43 only. A further Sandwich Tern thru west at 14:25, House Martin, Swallow, 76x Sand Martin, 

Blithfield Resv

10x adult Kittiwake thru deep end this am, (GJM)  -  4x Common Scoter in Blithe Bay this afternoon, (MPR)

Newcastle

Singing Willow Warbler at Basford this am, (STu)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan still this am, (SCo)  -  Also Red Kite, 5x Shelduck, 10x Goldeneye, 27x Wigeon, 2x Sand Martin, (ICW)

Middleton Lakes

This am 5x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, Curlew, Snipe, 4x Redshank, 15x Sand Martin, White Wagtail, 6x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, (MSm)  -  Late afternoon Red Kite, Peregrine, Pintail, 8x LRP, Dunlin, Snipe, 7x Oystercatcher, 4x Redshank, 25x Sand Martin, Great Egret, (MSm)

Endon STW

Barn Owl this am, (GBr)

Stanley Pool

Swallow, 2x Sand Martin, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

i54

2x Ring-necked Parakeet over, (JDu)

Tittesworth Water

6x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, 5x Teal, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, Curlew, Red Kite, 8x Redpoll, 3x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Gailey Resv

Swallow, 7x Sand Martin, Little Egret, 2x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, singing Marsh Tit, (SRi)

Tucklesholme

Willow Warbler, 7x Oystercatcher, 45x Sand Martin, 18x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 4x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, (MKe, JKe)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Sand Martin, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Red Kite, 7x Goosander, 8x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 5x Chiffchaff, (AMa)

Doxey Marsh

2x Ruddy Shelduck, LRP, White Wagtail, (RSt)

Pool Hall

6x Sand Martin, Grey Wagtail, Bhylls Pool Brambling, (IMo)

Branston GPs

2x ad Kittiwake thru north at 18:01, 4x Swallow, c30x Sand Martin, Great Egret, 24x Shelduck, 50x Wigeon, 22x Shoveler, 18x Pochard, 17x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 8x Oystercatcher, 10x Curlew, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 6x Dunlin thru, 5x Snipe, YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, (DSc, BSt, ASt)

Tamworth

Red Kite drifting over Sheepcote Lane Amington, (MSc)

Saturday 22nd March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Chasewater

2x Little Gull, 4x Sand Martin at 07:45, 5x Goldeneye, (Ochruros)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still viewed from opposite old quarry entrance, 2x Whooper Swan still, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 10x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 16x Shoveler, 37x Teal, 2x Gadwall, 40x Wigeon, Curlew, 2x Redshank, LRP, 6x Oystercatcher,10x Yellowhammer, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)  -  also 4x LRP, Curlew, Yellowhammers, (PAn)

Berryhill

2x Wheatear this am one in paddock above the lookout and one in the "Lap Bunt" paddock, Curlew and Goosander over, (RTo)  -  A third Wheatear was still in a paddock near Fenton Park, also a Lapwing, (IBu)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, fem Goldeneye, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Sand Martin, 10+ Chiffchaff, and along nearby Micklewood Lane 6x Shoveler, (SRi)

Stanley Pool

2x Sand Martin, fem Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Male Merlin, 6x Little Egret, 195x Wigeon, c50 Teal, 3x Shoveler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Branston GPs

Wheatear, 3x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 9x Curlew, Dunlin, 14x Lapwing, 10x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 16x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 66x Wigeon, 20x Shelduck, 16x Shoveler, 40x Teal, 2x Goosander, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Common Gull, 8x Fieldfare, 10x Linnet, Yellowhammer thru east, 2x Sand Martin, 1w YL Gull, (DSc)  -  Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, 40+ Linnet, (JWo, CEc)

                                                          Wheatear by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

Wheatear on the dam, 

Longsdon Mill Pond

LRP, Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, White Wagtail, (SGi)

Tittesworth Water

Willow Warbler, 5x Chiffchaff, Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, 2x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, Mandarin, 3x Fieldfare, (SGi, IB, PG)

Lichfield

3x Little Egret in field on Cappers Lane by HS2  works, (PAn)

Trent Washlands

Cetti's Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 101x Wigeon, 42x Teal, 10x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, 2x Grey Wagtail, (AJa)

Tucklesholme

Red Kite, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Snipe, 3x Shelduck, (Ochruros)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

Red Kite, RL Partridge, (TEy)

Trentham Gardens

Dipper, 4x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 2x GC Grebe, (STu)

Friday 21st March 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still just south of the shooting butts at 08:15 also Male Wheatear, (RPo)

Berryhill

Wheatear on the Palletstacks mound (IBu), and a further Wheatear on posts off the end of Mossfield Road, also Little Egret, (RTo) 

Aqualate

Female Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, Red Kite, 2x Goshawk, (KHa)

Blithfield Resv

7x Little Gull south (3 at 1036 and 4 at 10:50, Swallow Tad Bay, (GJM)  -  Avocet flew over the causeway at 14:17, (PFo)  -  2x Great Egret, 309x Wigeon, 9x Goldeneye, Goosander, 18x Shoveler, 29x Teal, 28x Gadwall, 21x GC Grebe, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Egyptian Geese, (RGr)

Trentham Gardens

House Martin thru north, Sand Martin, 22x Gadwall, 4x Goosander, Water Rail, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 11x Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Doxey Marsh

8x Sand Martin, (GPr) - Swallow, 2x Redshank, (AHa)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Goldeneye, Goosander, Pochard, (JIs)

Middleton Lakes

Wheatear, White Wagtail, 8x Sand Martin, 4x Avocet, 6x Redshank, LRP, (MSm)

Burton

Red Kite drifting west over Belvedere Road at 10:06, (CEc)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Black-necked Grebe at 13:45, 3x Sand Martin, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, Curlew, 3x Shelduck, 5x Goosander, 20x Shoveler, Red Kite, 3x Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Branston GPs

3x Little Gull (2nd sum) at Ashy pit at 11:30,  12x Shelduck, Little Egret, (DSc)  -  Marsh Harrier south over BM pit at 10:15, (BSt)  -  5x Little Gull on Ashy pit, male Marsh Harrier on SMP2, 5x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 7x Goldeneye, 16x Pochard, 16x Shelduck, 42x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Peregrine, 2x RL Partridge, 8x Sand Martin, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                          Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

Draycott in the Clay

Red Kite over the A515 at 11:12, (DSc)

Whitemore Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Ringed Plover, LRP, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, (PJT)  -  Also 2x Whooper Swan still, (SCo) - Merlin reported, 

Knypersley Resv

Water Rail in Osier beds, Willow Tit, 5x Mandarin, 10x Goosander, Oystercatcher, 20x singing Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Avocet, 1w Caspian Gull, 

                                                            Avocet by Rob Bendelow

Eccleshall

Red Kite over at 12:00 and later at nearby Woodseaves 2x Red Kite, (KLe)

Kingsley

2x Red Kite at 14:00, (per GSt)

Thursday 20th March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Blithfield Resv

Sub adult Caspian Gull Tad Bay, (GJM, MDJ)

Branston GPs

Little Gull, 14x Curlew, 3x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 4x LRP, 3x Green Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, 22x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Mandarin, 5x Goldeneye, 20x Pochard, 38x Little Grebe, 3x Common Gull,  YL Gull, 19x Sand Martin, 2x Stonechat, 12x Linnet, (JWo, CEc)

Whiston

The Leys, Red Kite at 09:45, Green Woodpecker at 11:15, (GSt)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still and showing well this am, (JTu)

Tittesworth Water

161x Common Gull, 31x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Red Kite, 3x Willow Tit, 11x Teal, 20x GC Grebe, 4x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH, AP)

Woodseaves

Red Kite above A519 this afternoon, (Tf)

Stanley Pool

3x Swallow, House Martin, 2x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Wednesday 19th March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

 Trent Washlands

Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher this am, (AJa)

Middleton Lakes

4-5x LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 4x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, Great Egret, 2x Pintail, 3x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, (MSm)  -  Bittern, (GG)

Doxey Marsh

Curlew, Red Kite, 4x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 2x Skylark, (GPr)

Whiston 

The Lees, Green Woodpecker, (GSt)

Blithfield Resv

Rock Pipit and YL Gull on dam, Woodlark in field behind Admaston car park, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Oystercatcher, (PFo)  -  Common Tern off Beech Tree Point early evening, (MPR)

North Staffs Moors

Wheatear, (SSe)

Rudyard

8x Common Gull, (SSe)

Park Lane

LRP, 33x 24x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, 33x Teal, 26x Wigeon, Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 12x Common Gull, (JHu)

Tittesworth Water

Adult Med Gull, Woodcock, 126x Common Gull, 29x Wigeon, 5x Goosander, 3x Fieldfare, (SGi)

                                                          Med Gull by Steve Gibson

Stafford

Blackcap singing in a garden at Weeping Cross, (HKi)

Trentham Gardens

2x PFG still, 31x Gadwall, 2x Teal, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Chiffchaff, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Stanley Matthews Way Pool

8x Teal, (RGi)

Lordship Lane

Blackcap singing, 4x Teal, Lapwing, (RGi)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still

Consall

5x Willow Tit, (DCo)

Tuesday 18th March 2025

Tittesworth Water

Avocet this am, (AP)

Blithfield Resv

Avocet at Pastry point this am, (GJM)  -  Greenshank this am, (PBe)

                                                               Avocet by GJ Mant

Endon - Denford

2x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 2-3x Green Woodpecker, 5x Mandarin, 10x Teal, 16x Chiffchaff, (DCo)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, 2x Pintail, Redshank, (DOu, LOu)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 3x LRP, Dunlin, 4x Red Kite, (JAl)

Branston GPs

Female Merlin, 2x Peregrine, Black-tailed Godwit, 5x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 5x Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 23x Pochard, 10x Gadwall, 15x Shoveler, 70x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 18x Shelduck, 45x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, (JWo, CEc)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still

Bottomhouse

2x Curlew near the A5053, (TDu)

Monday 17th March 2025

Trentham Gardens

Shelduck over east, 2x PFG, 41x Greylag Geese, 28x Gadwall, 6x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, singing Willow Tit, (RGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, Great Egret, (PJT)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, 2x Avocet, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Redshank, Ringed Plover over, 2x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, Pintail, Cetti's Warbler, (CMa, RF)  -  2x Avocet, 4x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, Pintail, 3x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 4x Goldeneye, Bittern, 10x Redpoll, 2x RL Partridge, (SPA)

Tucklesholme

25+ Sand Martin, (TWy)

Keele

Red Kite over Pepper Street, (JPa)

Blithfield Resv

350x Fieldfare northwards, (GJM)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 12x Teal, (MSc)

Gailey Resv

8x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 7x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

1w Caspian Gull, 1w YL Gull, 

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 

Branston GPs

Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Curlew, 2x Redshank, LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 7x Oystercatcher, 17x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 14x Goldeneye, 16x Pochard, 17x Shelduck, 42x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 20x Fieldfare, (JWo, BSt, ASt)

Barton Marina

62x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 2x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Sunday 16th March 2025

Endon STW

Barn Owl early am, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Drake Common Scoter, 2x Whooper Swan, 2x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 52x Teal, 118x Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

2x Jack Snipe, 2x Avocet, 2x Snipe, Redshank,  8x Shelduck, 3x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, Bittern, (MSm)

i54

103x Skylark, 26x Snipe, 2x Jack Snipe, Green Woodpecker, (JDu)

Belvide Resv

Bearded Tit flew out of Scott hide reedbed and then flew high south, - 1w Caspian Gull, 4x Great Egret, fly thru Goshawk, Redshank, 6x Snipe, 68x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, Water Rail, 

Westport Lake

6x Pochard, Goosander, Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, Red Kite, 2x Grey Wagtail, (KSt, WeBS)

Park Lane

30x Wigeon, 26x Teal, Shelduck, 24x Lapwing, (JHu)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, , Yellowhammer, Woodcock, 4x Stonechat, (AEv)

Branston GPs

17x Whooper Swan on SMP1, 7x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 8x Shoveler, 10x Shelduck, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Common Gull, 1s YL Gull, (DSc, PFo)  -  Red Kite over, 2x Peregrine, 30x Little Grebe, 5x Egyptian Geese, 14x Shelduck, 60x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 12x Goldeneye, 6x Oystercatcher, 15x Curlew, 10x Lapwing, 3x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 10x Linnet, (DSc, JWo)

                                                      Whooper Swans by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

26x Whooper Swan thru, 49x Common Gull, 26x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 5x Goosander, 13x Teal, 2x Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, 6x Redpoll, Grey Wagtail, 5x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)  -  Brambling between the Lazy Trout and the entrance to the west hide, (JCa)

Weeping Cross Stafford

3x Brambling visiting garden feeders, (HKi)

Doxey Marsh

Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, Merlin, Red Kite, 2x Shelduck, 35x Wigeon, 7x Chiffchaff, Stonechat, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RRa, RSt)

Saturday 15th March 2025

Doxey Marsh

2x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 40x Teal, 20x Lapwing, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (GPr)  -  12x Gadwall, 10x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 20x Teal, 3x Little Egret, 3x GC Grebe, 9x GBB Gull, 7x Lapwing, (JJo)

Stanley Pool

4x Oystercatcher, 8x Goosander, (GBr)

Tucklesholme

2x LRP at wading ponds, (TWy)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, singing Marsh Tit, (SRi)

Cannock Chase

Curlew over Tixall Marsh this am, (GTa)  -  Great Grey Shrike still, 

Tittensor

Red Kite over the A34 at 12:00,  (DGI)

Berryhill

Male Hen Harrier at 09:00 flying between the stone circle and the scrape, (AJo)  -  Woodcock, 2x Snipe, Willow Tit, Stonechat, 10x Linnet, 2x Redpoll, (RGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on pit opposite quarry, (TPe)  -  2x Whooper Swan, 408x Wigeon, 15x Goldeneye, 21x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 28x Teal, 12x Teal, 28x Shoveler, Goosander, 10x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 12x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 2x GC Grebe, 5x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Egyptian Geese, 2x Cetti's Warbler,  (SCo, WeBS), -  Merlin, Great Egret, (RBe)

Trent Washlands

4x Common Gull, 119x Wigeon, 46x Teal, 2x Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler, Oystercatcher, (AJa)

Whitfield Valley (Ford Green end)

Cetti's Warbler (singing), 2x Ring-necked Parakeet, Willow Tit, 2x Goosander, (RGi)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 12x Goosander, 20x Teal, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Branston GPs

16x Shelduck, 6x Mandarin, 43x Wigeon, 60x Teal, 28x Pochard, 16x Goldeneye, imm Peregrine, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Curlew, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 36x Lapwing, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, Woodcock, ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 5x Fieldfare, 6x Linnet, 18x Chiffchaff, (DSc, PFo)

Friday 14th March 2025

Aqualate

Female Marsh Harrier this am, 6x Sand Martin, 2x Red Kite, 4x Redpoll, (KHa)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still this am, 

Kinver

Hawfinch at the Edward Marsh centre, (TWo)

Sandon

Red Kite over the A51 at noon, (DWi)

Endon - Denford

3x Jack Snipe, 6x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Mandarin, 5x Teal, 17x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Alvecote

3x Goosander, 12x Gadwall, 10x Teal, 32x Grey Lag Geese, (MSc)

Whitemoor Haye

1st sum Caspian Gull on pit opposite quarry entrance, 2x Whooper Swan, Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, Common Gull, 3x Great Egret, (TPe)

Gailey Resv

4x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 4x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Branston GPs

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, LRP, 11x Snipe, 9x Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, 24x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 17x Goldeneye, 22x Pochard, 15x Shelduck, 38x Little Grebe, ad YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, 26x Fieldfare, 12x Chiffchaff, (JWo, DSc, George, MCa)

Barton Marina

68x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, 6x Pochard, 8x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Thursday 13th March 2025

Tittesworth Water

10x Little Egret, Barn Owl, (IFe per SGi),   -  3x Goosander, 5x Teal, Snipe, 2x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Red Kite, 4x Willow Tit, 12x Common Gull, 5x Fieldfare, 2x Redpoll, 4x Grey Lag Geese, (JOa, LH)

Botteslow Flash

LRP at 08:05, (RTo)

Himley Great Pool

A Sand Martin, also Ring-necked Parakeets, (CTi)

Whitemoor Haye

LRP on Bewick's Pit, Redshank on Roadside pit, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Yellowhammer, (JHi)

Middleton Lakes

2x LRP on JW south, 4x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 10x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, Great Egret, (SPA)

Blithfield Resv

Tad Bay 67x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 5x Goldeneye, 23x Gadwall, 5x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 20x GC Grebe, (RGr)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

3x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, Red Kite, (TEy)

Lichfield

Darnford Golf club area 2x Yellowhammer, 8x Greenfinch, Little Egret, 5x Skylark, Fieldfare, (BHa)

Branston GPs

Rock Pipit flew over North pit calling, Black-tailed Godwit, Woodcock, 8x Snipe, 5x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 14x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 4x Goosander, 12x Goldeneye, 32x Pochard, 16x Shelduck, 78x Wigeon, 28x Gadwall, 60x Teal, 18x Shoveler, 36x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 3x ad Common Gull, 17x Linnet, 100x Redwing, (JWo)

                                                        Redshanks by Jon Woodcock

Barton Marina

79x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 14x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Wednesday 12th March 2025

Middleton Lakes

3x Avocet, LRP, 2x Redshank, Snipe, Pintail, Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, (MSm)

Himley Great Pool

Drake Common Scoter this am, also 2 pairs of Ring-necked Parakeets in the wood above, (CTi)  -  Common Scoter Still this afternoon.

Belvide Resv

2x Avocet this afternoon, LRP, Golden Plover, 

Cannock Chase

Grey Great Shrike still, 

Stanley Pool

Female Mandarin, (GBr)

Tuesday 11th March 2025

Middleton Lakes

4x Sand Martin, Pintail, 4x Pochard, Goldeneye, 4x Redshank, 3x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 2x Great Egret, iffy RB Goose,  3x RLP, (MSm)

Branston GPs

Scandinavion Rock Pipit, LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 66x Lapwing, 9x Snipe, Little Egret, 21x Goldeneye, 36x Pochard, 3x Mandarin, 14x Shelduck, 47x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x ad Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Juv Peregrine, 6x Fieldfare, 16x Chiffchaff, (JWo, CEc)

                                                Scandinavion Rock Pipit by Jon Woodcock

Endon - Denford

4x Jack Snipe, 10x Snipe, Willow Tit, 2x Green Woodpecker, 28x Teal, 2x Oystercatcher, Curlew, Goosander, (DCo)

Gailey Resv

4x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, Shoveler, Oystercatcher, (JIs)

Stowe Pool

Single Wigeon (scarce here), (JHo)

Barton Marina

72x Wigeon, 12x Little Grebe, (JWo)