Friday 2nd October 2026

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still on JW north, (GG)  -  Pec Sand still this afternoon, (GLy)  -  Tonight Pectoral Sandpiper, 5x Ruff, Bittern, 3x Ringed-necked- Parakeet thru, riverside roost 9x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, (MB)

Blithfield Resv

2x Black Tern, (GJM)  -  Little Stint still this am, 13x Dunlin, 6x Ruff, 2x Curlew, 2x Black Tern, 4x Great Egret, Hobby, Peregrine (juv), (KayD)

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4x Swallow thru, (Foz)

Tittesworth Water

Common Tern, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Goosander, 8x Teal, 3x Wigeon, 4x Mandarin, Little Egret, Raven, (IFe)

Bentilee

Hobby over at 13:10 flying towards Berryhill, (PCa)

Blackbank

17x Redwing thru this am, 

Consall (Churnet Valley)

Redwing this am, (SFe)

Doxey Marsh

16:15 to 17:15 - Marsh Harrier, Water Rail (juv), Great Egret, Little Grebe, 10x Snipe, 40x Lapwing, 4x Wigeon, Shoveler, Teal, Gadwall, Kestrel, Chiffchaff, (JKe, AKe)

Alrewas

Cattle Egret in field with Cattle, (SCo)

Branston GPs

Wheatear (f), 4x Swallow, 5x Stonechat, Red Kite, 3x Peregrine, 10x Curlew, 5x Snipe, 4x Green Sandpiper, 52x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Shelduck, 66x Wigeon, 86x Shoveler, 66x Gadwall, 182x Pochard, 350x Teal, 52x Little Grebe, 150x Linnet, 600x Starling, 2x Willow Emerald, 9x Clouded Yellow, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean)

Thursday 1st October 2026

Blithfield Resv

Little Stint in Tad Bay, (GJM)  -  Little Stint still, 16x Dunlin, 37x Ringed Plover,  25x Lapwing, Ruff, 6x Curlew, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, 10x Great Egret, Willow Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff, (CMa, RF)  - 

Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 6x Curlew, 20x Dunlin, 42x Ringed Plover, 6x Ruff, Common Gull, 10x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Hobby, Red Kite, 3x Stonechat, Wheatear, (HF, SE)

                                                 Curlew Sandpiper by Steve Edwards

                                                    Little Stint by Steve Edwards

Belvide Resv

Juv Marsh Harrier thru at 08:26, 

Tucklesholme

Wheatear and Curlew wading ponds, (TWy)

Tittesworth Water

2x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, Little Egret, 2x Lapwing, Red Kite, Swallow, (JOa)

Black Bank

Vismig this am - 9x PF Geese, 3x Brambling, 8x Greenfinch, (NP)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (juv), Hobby, 2x Peregrine, 12x Curlew, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 10x Snipe, 5x Green Sandpiper, 14x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 88x Pochard, 83x Gadwall, 104x Shoveler, 362x Teal, 68x Wigeon, Shelduck, 64x Little Grebe, Common Gull, GBB Gull (ad), YL Gull, Mistle Thrush, 3x Stonechat (m+f+juv), Yellow Wagtail, 100x Linnet, 9x Skylark, 6x Greenfinch, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 24x Clouded Yellow, (JWo)

Wednesday 30th September 2026

Blithfield Resv

14x juv Common Tern thru this am, (GJM)  -  32x Redshank just north of the angling club, (RCB)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, 5x Kestrel, 8+ Buzzard (7 raptor day), Greenshank, 12x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 72x Lapwing, 12x Curlew, Snipe, 5x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 63x Wigeon, 76x Shoveler, 62x Gadwall, 74x Pochard, 328x Teal, Shelduck, 52x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 150x Linnet, Grey Wagtail, 28x Clouded Yellow, 5x Willow Emerald, (JWo, CEc)

                                                     Marsh Harrier by Jon Woodcock

Branston WP

4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x GC Grebe, 3x Chiffchaff, 4x Blackcap, (KJo)

Tuesday 29th September 2026

Doxey Marsh

Osprey present 10:38 - 10:43 and again 12:20  - 12:40 at least, Marsh Harrier present 11:25 - 11:50, 31x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 11x Teal, 120x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, (CAFH)

Chasewater

Peregrine, 2x Common Sandpiper, 16x Wigeon, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Hobby, (ICW)

Blithfield Resv

18x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 6x Curlew, Ruff, 15x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Red Kite, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, 2x Egyptian Geese, Linnets, (DBa, CEv)  -  This evening 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Golden Plover, 5x Ruff, Dunlin, 6x Curlew, 6x Great Egret, Kestrel, (JHi)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (juv), Hobby, Peregrine, 14x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 21x Lapwing, 5x Snipe, 4x Green Sandpiper, 6x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 73x Wigeon, 84x Shoveler, 126x Gadwall, 203x Pochard, 443x Teal, Shelduck, 59x Little Grebe, 5x Common Gull, GBB Gull, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 22x Linnet, 8x Clouded Yellow, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Monday 28th September 2026

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still from the riverside benches, 4x Ruff, 20x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 2+ Stonechat, (MSm)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey over Creswell flash then flew west over the M6, also Great Egret, (HKi)  -  16:15 to 17:00 Marsh Harrier (f) , Osprey circling over Creswell flash for 10 mins the flew west, Stonechat, 2x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 40x Lapwing, Shoveler, Teal, Gadwall, (JKe, AKe)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, 15x Pintail, 6x Curlew, 11x Dunlin, 34x Ringed Plover, 8x Ruff, Snipe, 13x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, 3x Stonechat, 3x Wheatear, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, (SE, HF)

                                                          Pintail by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

10x Curlew, Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, 9x Lapwing, 6x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, Shelduck, 66x Wigeon, 72x Shoveler, 335x Teal, 110x Gadwall, 75x Pochard, 52x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Peregrine, Stonechat (j), 5x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Grey Wagtail, 26x Linnet, 12x Clouded Yellow, Willow Emerald, (JWo, DSc)

Sandon - Burston

5x Red Kite soaring together, 3x Goosander, Little Egret, (RSw)

Sunday 27th September 2026

Blithfield Resv

2x juv Grey Plover Duckley Reach early am, juv Glossy Ibis (new bird) in Blithe Bay, (MPR, GJM)

4x Grey Plover, Ruddy Shelduck, Caspian Gull, 33x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 6x Curlew, 5x Ruff, 16x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 2x Red Kite, 2x Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, 3x Common Tern, (SE, HF)  

4x Grey Plover until nearly dusk when they headed off high NE, 6x Curlew, 6x Ruff, 15x Great Egret, 1w Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, 3x Common Tern, 2x Stonechat, (SRi)

                                                       Grey Plovers by Steve Edwards

Stanley Pool

LRP, 2x fem Goosander, 7x Wigeon, (GBr)

Willoughbridge

Red Kite circling at 12:00, (CPe)

Tittesworth Water

27x Mandarin, 12x Teal, 8x Goosander, Little Egret, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, (JOa. TE, KH)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Marsh Harrier, 5x Great Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Snipe, 25x Wigeon, 22x Shoveler, 27x Gadwall, (ICW)

Belvide Resv

2x Hobby, Goshawk, 3+ Great Egret, Mandarin, c23 Ringed Plover, 2x House Martin, 8x Swallow, 220x Linnet, 7+ Pintail, Grey Wagtail, Willow Emerald Damselfly, (RSw)

Doxey Marsh

4x Shelduck, Mandarin, 21x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 17x Teal, 120x Lapwing, 10x Snipe, Little Grebe, GC Grebe, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Imm Marsh Harrier, 10x Curlew, 26x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Shelduck, 58x Wigeon, 100+ Teal, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Saturday 26th September 2026

Branston GPs

Early am - Little Stint still on Ashy pit, 3x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2x Pintail, 2x Stonechat, 30+ Chiffchaff, (PAn)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Marsh Harrier (yellow wing-tagged juv again), Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 3x Wigeon, 41x Shoveler, 46x Teal, 4x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

06:15 to 12:00 - 14x Great Egret, 25x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 10x Ruff, 4x Wheatear, Whinchat, 6x Stonechat, (SRi)

Doxey Marsh

This am - male Marsh Harrier flew thru, 3x Great Egret, 5x Snipe, 80x Lapwing, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)  -  This afternoon - Osprey hunting Creswell 13:29 - 13:30 and 14:15 - 14:18, 15x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 14x Teal, c100 Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Grebe, GC Grebe, (CAFH)  

Tixall Wide Great  Haywood

2x imm Marsh Harrier - one tagged, (RSw per DHa)

Croxall

Jack Snipe, 10x Snipe, 4x Pintail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier, (ICW)

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still, 

Belvide Resv

11x Pintail, 12x Ringed Plover, 3x Great Egret, 2x Yellowhammer, 8x Stonechat, 3x Red Kite, 

Friday 25th September 2026

Cheddleton Heath

3x Red Kite over at 07:00, (PCa)

Belvide Resv

Juv Curlew Sandpiper from 13:10, 

Doxey Marsh

Male Marsh Harrier over Creswell Flash and flew off towards railway, (CAFH)  -  16:00 to 17:00 at Creswell Flash - Little Stint, Marsh Harrier flying west, Water Rail, 3x Snipe, Mandarin, Great Egret, Lapwings, Shovelers, 2x Stonechat,  (JKe)

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still on JW north, 4x Ruff, 4x Ringed Plover, 41x Snipe, (JKl)  -  This evening Pectoral Sandpiper still, 4x Ruff, 4x Ringed Plover, (MB)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, 5x Curlew, 6x Dunlin, 28x Ringed Plover, 10x Ruff, Snipe, 15x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Peregrine, 3x Red Kite, 3x Stonechat, 2x Wheatear, 36x Wigeon, (SE, HF)

Branston GPs

Little Stint (juv), Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 52x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 12x Curlew, 5x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 4x Pintail, 143x Pochard, 48x Wigeon, 155x Gadwall, 105x Shoveler, 280x Teal, 55x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, 3x RL Partridge, Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 110x Linnet, Clouded Yellow, (JWo, CEc, Dean) - The Great White Egret pictured below was ringed at Shapwick in April 2025. Since then it has seen at Slimbridge, Belvide, Middleton Lakes and Ladywalk.

                                                                  By Jon Woodcock

Thursday 24th September 2026

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still, 4x Ruff, 4x Ringed Plover, 15x Snipe, 4x Pochard, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

Juv Little Stint from Chappell hide, 

Tittesworth Water

51x Mandarin, 12x Teal, 2x Little Egret, 3x Snipe, 24x Lapwing, Common Gull, 2x Red Kite, (AJOa, LH)

Berryhill

This am - Wheatear, 6x Stonechat, 3x Snipe, Red Kite, 3x Swallow, 2x Chiffchaff, 4x Rook, (RGi)

Branston GPs

Little Stint, Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Pintail, Shelduck, 126x Shoveler, 197x Gadwall, 200+ Teal, 83x Pochard, 33x Wigeon, 68x Little Grebe, 3x Hobby, 6x Stonechat, 6x Yellow Wagtail, 6x Greenfinch, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Skylark, 70x Linnet, 14x Clouded Yellow, (JWo, SCo, MCa)

Doxey Marsh

21x Shoveler, 14x Gadwall, 10x Teal, c120 Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 6x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 6x House Martin, Grey Wagtail, 4x Siskin over, (CAFH)

Wednesday 23rd September 2026

Blithfield Resv

3x Black Tern also Glossy Ibis in Blithe Bay, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Tern, 5x Curlew, 17x Dunlin, 31x Ringed Plover, 10x Ruff, 19x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Peregrine, Red Kite, Stonechat, 3x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, (HF, SE)

                                                     Glossy Ibis by Steve Edwards

Tittesworth Water

4x Little Egret, Snipe, 54x Mandarin, 11x Teal, 10x Goosander, Wigeon, Raven, (SGi)

Belvide Resv

Osprey over west at 13:37, 

Trentham Gardens

This am Mandarin, 2x Shoveler, 14x Gadwall, 5x Wigeon, 20x Tufted Duck, 5x Little Grebe, 3x Little Egret, 2x Swallow, 2x Grey Wagtail, (RGi)

Branston GPs

2x Little Stint, 2x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 16x Curlew, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 3x Pintail, Shelduck, 105x Pochard, 22x Wigeon, 112x Shoveler, 157x Gadwall, 276x Teal, 60x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, 3x Hobby, 15x RL Partridge, Stonechat (j), 145x Linnet, 14x Clouded Yellow, (JWo, GWi, ASt, BSt)

Tuesday 22nd September 2026

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still from riverside benches this am, 4x Ruff, 20x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, (MSm)  -  Pec Sand and 4x Ruff still mid morning, (JKl)  -  This evening JW north 49x Snipe, 3 to 4x Ruff, 2x Great Egret, (MB)

Blithfield Resv

Glossy Ibis briefly Blithe Bay at 12:05, (MPR, GJM)  -  This evening Blithe Bay Glossy Ibis still, 9x Great Egret, 8x Wigeon, sev YL Gull, 26x Ringed Plover, LRP, 6x Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Curlew, 5x Ruff, 3x Wheatear, (SRi)

Rudyard

Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Snipe, Little Egret, 6x Common Gull, 103x Teal, Red Kite, (SSe)

                                                     Black-tailed Godwit by Steve Seal

Doxey Marsh

This pm - 15x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 7x Teal, c150 Lapwing, 8x Snipe, Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Hobby, GC Grebe, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

2x Little Stint, Dunlin, 3x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Lapwing, 16x Curlew, Marsh Harrier (juv), Hobby, 2x Water Rail, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 195x Pochard, 160x Teal, 103x Shoveler, 162x Gadwall, 12x Wigeon, Shelduck, 57x Little Grebe, GBB Gull, 4x YL Gull, 2x Stonechat, 24x Linnet, 2x Willow Warbler, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 32x Clouded Yellow site record, Willow Emerald, Brimstone, Painted Lady, 2x Vapourer Moth, 8x Silver Y, 5x Common Blue butterfly, (JWo, BSt)

Monday 21st September 2026

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper on JW north  to mid day at least, (SPA)  -  2x Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, 50+ Teal, 50+ Gadwall, 100x Lapwing, 5x GC Grebe, Marsh Harrier, Cettis Warbler, 2x Egyptian Geese, (KJo)

Whitemoor Haye

23x Little Egret, 12x Great Egret, 280+ Lapwing, 11x GC Grebe, 7x Little Grebe, 41x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 8x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 52x Egyptian Geese, Whitethroat, 2x Siskin, 2x Clouded Yellow, (SCo)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, Goshawk, Wigeon, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 3x Great Egret, Grey Wagtail, (CMa, DG)

Branston GPs

3x Little Stint, 3x Dunlin, 6x Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 14x Curlew, 36x Lapwing, Marsh Harrier (juv), Red Kite, 3x Hobby, 2x Great Egret, 13x Little Egret, Pintail, Mandarin, Shelduck, 258x Pochard, 148x Gadwall, 161x Shoveler, 174x Teal, 12x Wigeon, 1027x Tufted Duck (site record), 61x Little Grebe, GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Skylark, 50x Linnet, 11x Clouded Yellow, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                    Marsh Harrier by Jon Woodcock

Sunday 20th September 2026

Belvide Resv

Juv Knot in SE Bay, 3x Cattle Egret, 

Rudyard

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Little Egret, 139x Teal, 2x Common Gull, Peregrine, (SSe)

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, Swallow, Clouded Yellow, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

06:30 to 13:50 - Glossy Ibis in Blithe Bay then flew up to top end, Turnstone, 7x Ruff, 3x Curlew,  17x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, Goosander,  Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, 65x Egyptian Geese, 150x Linnet, (MJa)

Ruddy Shelduck, 8x Pink-footed Geese, Curlew, 15x Dunlin, 29x Ringed Plover, 7x Ruff, Turnstone, Common Sandpiper, Common Gull, 11x Goosander, 11x Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 3x Red Kite, 7x Wheatear, 4x Yellow Wagtail, Whinchat, (SE, HF)

This evening - 12x Great Egret, Pintail, 5x Goosander, 6x YL Gull, 15x Ringed Plover, 13x Dunlin, 5x Curlew, 4x Ruff, Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Wheatear, (SRi)

                                               Pink-footed Geese by Steve Edwards

Uttoxeter Quarry

Ruff, Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Red Kite, 2x Little Egret, 16x RL Partridge, Clouded Yellow, (RPo)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 3x Hobby, Little Stint, Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 7x Curlew, 2x Pintail, Scaup, 2x Clouded Yellow, Willow Emerald, (BSt, ASt)

Tittesworth Water

12x Mandarin, 10x Teal, 7x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Willow Tit, (JOa, TE)

Trentham Gardens

14x Gadwall, GBB Gull, 5x Little Grebe, 4x Little Egret, Kingfisher, 6x Chiffchaff, Blackcap,  Clouded Yellow, 15+ Willow Emerald Damselfly, 25+ Migrant Hawker,  (RGi)

Middleton Lakes

2x Cattle Egret, JW north,  2x Garganey, 3x Ruff, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 27x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, Cattle Egret roosted riverside,  (MB)

Doxey Marsh

11x Shoveler, 21x Gadwall, 11x Teal, c110 Lapwing, 2x GC Grebe 7x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Saturday 19th September 2026

Belvide Resv

7x Knot thru south at 09:20, Cattle Egret, juv Black Tern, 

Blithfield Resv

06:30 to 12:00 - 8x Great Egret, 7x Wigeon, 2x Red Kite, 2x Peregrine, Hobby, Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull, 17x Ringed Plover, 16x Dunlin, 5x Ruff, 5x Curlew, Yellow Wagtail, 4x Wheatear, Whinchat, (SRi)

Barton-under-Needwood

Red Kite, (JWo)

Catholme

Red Kite, 2x Raven, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, (JWo)

Friday 18th September 2026

Branston GPs

Little Stint, 2x Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 14x Curlew, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Scaup, 163x Pochard, 12x Wigeon, 152x Gadwall, 168x Shoveler, 138x Teal, Shelduck, 55x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 2x Marsh Harrier, 3x Hobby, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 100x House Martin, 40x Linnet, (JWo)

Sandon - Burston

2x Red Kite along the canal, 2x Raven, (RSw)

Middleton Lakes

2x Ruff (Ruff & Reeve), Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 21x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, Hobby, (MB)

Thursday 17th September 2026

 Doxey Marsh please note hides are closed until further notice for repairs.

Tittesworth Water

27x Mandarin, 10x Teal, 2x Wigeon, Goosander, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, Willow Warbler, (JOa)

Branston GPs

2x Marsh Harrier (ad fem + juv), 3x Hobby, Peregrine, Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, 14x Curlew, Common Sandpiper 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Scaup (juv), Pintail, Shelduck, 161x Pochard, 186x Shoveler, 183x Gadwall, 10x Wigeon, 146x Teal, 52x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 3x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Skylark, 50+ Linnet, Clouded Yellow, (JWo, CEc Dean, BSt)

Blithfield Resv

11x Great Egret, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (JHi)

Doxey Marsh

This pm - 5x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, c100x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, GC Grebe, 3x Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Great Egret, (CAFH)

Wednesday 16th September 2026

Chasewater

2x Curlew Sandpiper thru N shore at 10:55, also 4x Ringed Plover, (ICW)

Rudyard Lake

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Ringed Plover, 4x Snipe, Peregrine, Little Egret, (SSe)

Blithfield Resv

Black-necked Grebe, Ruddy Shelduck, Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Curlew, 13x Dunlin, LRP, 27x Ringed Plover, 7x Ruff, Common Gull, 14x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, Peregrine, Hobby, Red Kite, 2x Wheatear, (SE, HF)

                                                 Black-necked Grebe by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

15x Curlew, 3x Dunlin, 6x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 6x Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 2x Pintail, 195x Pochard, 115x Shoveler, 155x Gadwall, 142x Teal, Shelduck, 54x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (ad), 3x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Hobby, 68x Linnet, 6x Skylark, 2x Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Clouded Yellow, (JWo)

Barton-under-Needwood

Tree Pipit over south this am, (JWo)

Tuesday 15th September 2026

Rudyard

Baird's Sandpiper at north end to 12:25 at least, (CL)  -  Still at 16:30 at least also 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ruff, 2x Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, (SSe). Baird's Sand still at 17:55, also 5x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, (RPo),  -  35x Pink-footed Geese over at 16:40, (SNu)

The Baird's Sand is the 3rd Staffs record with the previous one in September 2005 at Chasewater. 

                                                      Baird's Sandpiper by GJ Mant

                                                     Baird's Sand by Steve Gibson

                                                  Baird's Sandpiper by Richard Powell

Alton

40x Pink-footed Geese over SE at 17:30, (TEy)

Monday 14th September 2026

River Sow Meadows Stafford

Hobby, Peregrine, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, Mandarin (f), Whitethroat, (RSw)

Blithfield Resv

Goosander (f), 14x Dunlin, 16x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, Oystercatcher, Ruff, 2x Great Egret, YL Gull, Common Tern, (CMa, RF)

Chasewater

2x Gadwall, Stonechat, Raven, Treecreeper, (CMa, RF)

Tittesworth Water

Med Gull, Barn Owl, Little Egret, Snipe, 4x Goosander, 2x Wigeon, 79x Mandarin, 4x Grey Wagtail, Common Gull, 2x Raven, (SGi)

                                                          Med Gull by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

4x Pintail, Scaup (juv), 16x Curlew, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 56x Lapwing, Snipe, Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, Mandarin, Shelduck, 137x Pochard, 144x Shoveler, 99x Gadwall, 95x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 10x Egyptian Geese, 52x Little Grebe, GBB Gull (ad), YL Gull, Red Kite, 2x Peregrine, 4x Hobby, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 15x Clouded Yellow, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Belvide Resv

3w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 

Sunday 13th September 2026

Stanley Pool

Redstart, Common Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

Little Stint Tillington Flash at 10:46, (RSt) -  Little Stint still old scrape at 11:10, ( PDy ) -  Still at 12:05 from main hide then flew off NE at 12:16,  (GPr)

Tittesworth Water

43x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, Goosander, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Gull, 30+ Siskin, House Martins, (JOa, TE)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Little Egret, 7x Great Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, 114x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 4x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 4x Pochard, 9x Wigeon, 54x Egyptian Geese, 14x GC Grebe, 9x Little Grebe, Yellow Wagtail, Yellowhammer, RL Partridge, 224x Cormorant, (SCo WeBS)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 22x Dunlin, 35x Ringed Plover. 7x Ruff, 18x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Short-eared Owl, Hobby, 2x Peregrine, 2x Wheatear, 17x Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)

                                                     Ruddy Shelduck by Steve Edwards

Fisherwick - Elford

Barn Owl along 'mile walk' at 20:30, (MBr)

Branston GPs

Juv Scaup, c145x Pochard, c500x Tufted Duck, Shelduck, 5x Wigeon, 2x Little Egret, 25x Little Grebe, 12x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, (DSc)  -  Ringtail Harrier thru west at 11:40, (BSt)

Saturday 12th September 2026

Uttoxeter Quarry

Juv Marsh Harrier with yellow wing tags, 2x Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x Pochard, 30x Shoveler, 50x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

Little Egret, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 60x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, 5x Goosander, 3x Common Gull, 4x Redpoll, (SGi, PS, IB)

Blithfield Resv

06:15 to 13:30 - 19x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 25x Goosander, Red Kite, Peregrine. 2x Caspian Gull (1st w + 2w), 6x YL Gull, 18x Common Tern, Oystercatcher, 26x Ringed Plover, 18x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6x Ruff, 5x Curlew, (SRi)

Catholme

2x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 8x Lapwing, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Common Tern, 3x Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, 3x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)

Alrewas Canal

3x Little Egret, (JWo)

Barton-under-Needwood (Green Lane)

80x Linnet, (JWo)

Branston GPs

Juv Scaup, c800x Tufted Duck, c90x Pochard, 2x Hobby, Peregrine, Shelduck, 3x Wigeon, 95x Shoveler, 5x Curlew, Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 30x Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 20x Linnet, (DSc)

Friday 11th September 2026

Middleton Lakes

This morning - 2x Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 2x Hobby, Bittern, 10x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, (MSm)  -  This evening - Bittern, Ruff, 10x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 2x Hobby (MB)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, Common Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, 24x Dunlin, 2x Oystercatcher, 42x Ringed Plover, 8x Ruff, Snipe, Common Gull, 35x Common Tern, 24x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Hobby, 3x Pintail, Stonechat, 3x Wheatear, 6x Clouded Yellow, (SE, HF)

Branston GPs

4x Pintail, Scaup, 12x Curlew, 3x Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 112x Pochard, 208x Shoveler, 158x Gadwall, 3x Wigeon, 94x Teal, Shelduck, 9x Egyptian Geese, 72x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, Red-legged Partridge, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 5x Hobby, 14x Skylark, 3x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Willow Warbler, 3x Clouded Yellow, (JWo)

                                                           Pintails by Jon Woodcock

Thursday 10th September 2026

Middleton Lakes

2x Marsh Harrier and a Hobby over North pit, (GG)  -  2x Ruff, Ringed Plover, 12x Snipe, Hobby, Stonechat, (SPA) - Osprey reported, 

Branston GPs

11:30 - Juv Scaup still, 3x Hobby, 8x Curlew, Ruff, Ringed Plover, Great Egret, Little Egret, Shelduck, 3x Wigeon, (DSc)

Scaup (juv), 5x Hobby, Whinchat (juv), 3x Stonechat, Ruff (juv), 9x Dunlin, 7x Ringed Plover, 11x Curlew, 6x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 5x Wigeon, 82x Shoveler, 147x Gadwall, 115x Teal, 96x Pochard, 14x Egyptian Geese, 53x Little Grebe, GBB Gull, 3x YL Gull, 40x Linnet, 40+ Sand Martin, 30+ House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, RCB)

                                                         Hobby by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

28x Mandarin, Goosander, Little Egret, Peregrine, (JOa, LH, TE)

Wednesday 9th September 2026

Tittesworth Water 

Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 12x Goosander, 8x Mandarin, also at Leek 2x Peregrine, (SGi)

Doxey Marsh

Mandarin, 30x Shoveler, 40x Gadwall, c100 Lapwing, 3x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Great Egret, (CAFH)

Blithfield Resv

Ruff, 2x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 13x Great Egret, Mandarin, (JHi)

Berryhill

This evening - 6x Whinchat, 5x Stonechat, 3x Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, (SE, HF)

                                                               By Steve Edwards

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 6x Egyptian Geese, 5x Teal, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, (SRi)

Tuesday 8th September 2026

Belvide Resv

4x Turnstone, 3x Black-necked Grebe still, 5x Common Sandpiper, Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 9x Ringed Plover, LRP, Pintail, 

Radford Meadows

08:30 to 11:30 - Wood Sandpiper, 5x Ruff, 105x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 2x Little Egret, (CDa)

Branston GPs

Scaup (juv), 14x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 3x Snipe, 8x Ringed Plover, 7x Green Sandpiper, Ruff (juv),  4x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, Shelduck, 6x Wigeon, 102x Gadwall, 117x Shoveler, 205x Pochard, 35x Teal, 8x Egyptian Geese, YL Gull, 50x Little Grebe, Peregrine, Hobby, Green Woodpecker, 5x Raven, Whinchat (juv), 3x Stonechat, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 60+ Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean, BSt)

Doxey Marsh

Mandarin, 26x Shoveler, 41x Gadwall, 110x Lapwing, 13x Snipe, Little Egret, Great Egret, Hobby, (CAFH)