Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Tuesday 8th July 2025

Doxey Marsh

5x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Whinchat, 3x Stonechat, Red Kite, Water Rail showing main hide, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, (MBo, PDy)  -  This pm 5x Shoveler, 21x Swift, 3x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, 7x Reed Warbler, 3x Gropper, Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Blithfield Resv

Blithe Bay only this am, 22x Black-tailed Godwit, 25x Oystercatcher, 10x Ringed Plover, 8x LRP, 5x Dunlin, 142x Greylag Geese, 2x Egyptian Geese (+4 chicks), 2x Shelduck, Swift, (CMa, RF)  -  Tad Bay this pm 24x Black-tailed Godwit, 7x Redshank, 2x Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 5x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 10x Shelduck (inc 5juvs), (JHi)

Tittensor

6x Swift around the church on the A34 this am, (DGl)

Branston GPs

Med Gull, 10x Curlew, 4x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 142x Lapwing, Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 38x Pochard, Shoveler, 36x Gadwall, 8x Shelduck (3juv+1duckling), 4x Egyptian Geese, 51x Little Grebe (3juv), 10x Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, 4x Linnet, (JWo)

Barton-under-Needwood

3x Oystercatcher over south, (JWo)

Monday, 7 July 2025

Monday 7th July 2025

Middleton Lakes

4x Black-tailed Godwit present with a further 7 thru this am, also Green Sandpiper, juv Bittern,  (SPA)

Barlaston Common

2x Red Kite over east at 11:30, (AR)

Tittesworth Water

Green Sandpiper still, 3x Redshank, 6x Common Tern, Mandarin, (SGi)

                                                        Common Tern by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

19x Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Curlew, Avocet, 4x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 28x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, Water Rail, 6x Teal, 49x Pochard, 28x Gadwall, 9x Shelduck (2+3 ducklings), 10x Egyptian Geese, 40x Little Grebe, 18x Common Tern, Caspian Gull (2s), YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

                                               Black-tailed Godwits by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Sunday, 6 July 2025

Sunday 6th July 2025

Croxall

6x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, LRP, Little Egret, 4x Common Tern, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Med Gull, 2x Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 5x Little Egret, 4x Common Tern, (ICW)  -  Hobby, Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, (MBr)

Tittesworth Water

2x Curlew, 11x Oystercatcher, 11x LRP, 9x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6x Lapwing, 2x Mandarin, Goosander, 2x Common Tern (+3juvs), 2x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, KH)

Branston GPs

3x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 16x Common Tern, 30x Swift, 10x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, Teal, Avocet, 12x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, 6x Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Curlew, Redshank, Ringed Plover, 3x Common Sandpiper, 9x Egyptian Geese, 2x Linnet, Siskin thru south, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, GBB Gull, 

Saturday, 5 July 2025

Saturday 5th July 2025

Blithfield Resv

Garganey in Blithe Bay, sec/sum Caspian Gull, 2x Greenshank, several juv Redstarts, (GJM, MPR)

Rudyard

7x Black-tailed Godwit, early morning, (SGi)

Tittesworth Water

Green Sandpiper, 12x Common Sandpiper, 8x LRP, 11x Oystercatcher, 9x Lapwing, 5x Common Tern, Red Kite, (SGi, IB, PS)

                                                      Green Sandpiper by Steve Gibson

Trentham Gardens

Hummingbird Hawkmoth, around shopping village. (HF)

                                                                  By Heather Forbes

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 30x Little Grebe, 32x Gadwall, 8x Pochard, Black-tailed Godwit roosted8x Lapwing, 10x Curlew roosted, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Common Tern, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Common Tern, 2x Linnet, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

c300x Sand Martin over fields, 2x Little Egret, 4x Great Egret, 35x Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, 8x Egyptian Geese, several Yellowhammers, 5x Gadwall, Garden Warbler, (SCo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, Cetti's Warbler, Tree Damsel Bug, (JWo)

Barton-under-Needwood

2x Yellow Wagtail, Green Lane, (JWo)

Friday, 4 July 2025

Friday 4th July 2025

Middleton Lakes

Sum/plum Black-tailed Godwit, (GG)

Astonfields Balancing Lakes

2x Peregrine Sandon Road, (RSt)

Blackshaw Moor

Red Kite at 13:15, (KBr)

Branston GPs

Adult Med Gull, Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Redshank (1juv), 9x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 38x Lapwing, Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, Water Rail, 48x Pochard, 2x Shoveler, 3x Teal, 6x Gadwall, 5x Shelduck (2ducklings), 40x Little Grebe, 14x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, (JWo, CEc, George, MCa)

Claymills

Green Sandpiper, 3x Goosander, Swift, Garden Warbler, Painted Lady, (DSc)

Thursday, 3 July 2025

Thursday 3rd July 2025

Tittesworth Water

12x Oystercatcher, 15x LRP, 2x Green Sandpiper, 10x Common Sandpiper, 11x Lapwing, Curlew, 7x Mandarin, 9x Teal, 3x Common Tern (+3juvs), 2x Common Gull, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH). This evening -  Green Sandpiper, Redshank, (SGi)

North Staffs Moors

3x Red Kite, (JOs, LH)

Branston GPs

Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, 12x Curlew, 3x Common Sandpiper, 62x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, Goosander, 43x Pochard, 6x Gadwall, Shoveler, 4x Teal, 5x Shelduck (3ducklings), 4x Egyptian Geese, 34x Little Grebe, 3x Common Tern, YL Gull, Hobby, Green Woodpecker, Gropper, 2x Garden Warbler, 6x Greenfinch, 4x Linnet, 3+ WL Hairstreak, 5+Purple Hairstreak, 2x Painted Lady, (JWo)

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Wednesday 2nd July 2025

Tittesworth Water

16x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Lapwing, 3x Common Tern, (Laxmi)  -  Also Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, (SGi)

Brankley Pastures

8x Yellowhammer, 15+Purple Hairstreak, Variable Longhorn Beetle, Welsh Chafer, (JWo)

Silverdale CP

Stonechat, Gropper, (PCa)

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Tuesday 1st July 2025

Gailey Resv

9x Common Tern (inc 7 thru east at 06:30), Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, (JIs)

Tucklesholme

Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, Wigeon, 4x Egyptian Geese, (JWo)

Branston GPs

Black-tailed Godwit, 12x Curlew, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 109x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 48x Pochard, 2x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 5x Shelduck(3 ducklings), 6x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, 14x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Linnet, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Doxey Marsh

7x Mandarin(6 ducklings), 2x Gadwall, 2x LRP, 3x Lapwing, YL Gull, 2x Little Egret, 3x Gropper, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Swift,  (CAFH)

Monday, 30 June 2025

Monday 30th June 2025

Doxey Marsh

2x Redstart (one juv), Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Gropper, (RSt)

Stanley Pool

Common Tern, 2x Red Kite, 3x Willow Tit, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 11x LRP, 10x Oystercatcher, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Egyptian Geese, (CMa, RF)  -  4x adult Med Gulls this evening, 2x Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 

Branston GPs

Redstart (juv), at BMP, Black-tailed Godwit(s/p), 12x Curlew, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 81x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 45x Pochard, Teal, 4x Shelduck (2juv), 16x Gadwall, 10x Egyptian Geese, 28x Little Grebe, 11x Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Hobby, (JWo)

Botteslow Flash

Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 8x Swift, (RTo)

Sunday, 29 June 2025

Sunday 29th June 2025

Stanley Pool

2x Redstart(fem and juv)at south side of lake, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, Red Kite, 2x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Rudyard

Common Tern at 09:15, (Laxmi)

Tittesworth Water

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 11x Common Sandpiper, 15x LRP, 13x Oystercatcher, 6x Curlew, 12x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern (+3juvs), Pied Flycatcher, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

                                                      Black-tailed Godwits by Tom Eeles

Branston GPs

4x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 20x Little Grebe, 12x Egyptian Geese, 4x Shelduck(+2juvs),  8x Teal, 12x Pochard, Black-tailed Godwit, 12x Curlew, 26x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Gropper, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)  - 

Bug Stictopleurus punctatonervosus (or S. abutilon) - no previous Staffs records of S.punctatonervosus, 1 previous record of S abutilon. Caddisfly (Athripsodes bilineatus) - 4 records since 1995, Large Marsh Horsefly, 3+ White-letter Hairstreak, 150+ Large White Butterflies, (JWo)

                                 Stictopleurus punctatonervosus or S abutilon by Jon Woodcock

Alvecote

4x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, Garden Warbler, 12x Lapwing, (MSc)

Leek

25x Swift again above John Street, (RWi)

Wolseley Centre

2x Common Tern, 2x Oystercatcher, Reed Warbler, (CAFH)

Tucklesholme

Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, (DSc)

Saturday, 28 June 2025

Saturday 28th June 2025

Stanley Pool

Redstart at south end, Spotted Flycatcher, Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, 3x LRP, Oystercatcher, 9x Lapwing, (GBr).

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Common Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, Common Tern, Silver-washed Fritillary, 8x Ringlet, (RPo)

Stafford

11x Red Kite and 17x Raven interacting/soaring over a ridge north of Stafford at 06:20, (RSw)

Blithfield Resv

Hobby, Red Kite, 10x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, Curlew, c100x Lapwing, Common Terns, 6x Shelduck, (MJa)

Denstone

Red Kite circling over the railway at 12:45, (JTu)

Middleton Lakes

22x Avocet, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover, 4x Redshank, Little Egret, (MSc)

Freehay

Red Kite over at 17:00, (FCa)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 10x Egyptian Geese, 14x Pochard, 2x Shelduck (+ducklings), 7x Goosander, 9x Curlew, 40x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, Gropper  (DSc)

Blithe Bridge

Red Kite heading west at 12:02, alongside A50 towards the A521 roundabout, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 12x Yellowhammer, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler,  Hobby, 5x Gadwall, (SCo)

Belvide Resv

3x Oystercatcher, Greenshank, 4x Egyptian Geese, 4x Teal, 4x Common Tern, 3x Little Egret, Great Egret, Garden Warbler, (CAFH)

Claymills

3x Little Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Skylark, (DSc)

Friday, 27 June 2025

Friday 27th June 2025

Blithfield Resv

43x Oystercatcher (inc 5 juvs), 9x Common Sandpiper, 8x Ringed Plover, 30x LRP, Peregrine, (MDJ)

Leek

Red Kite over Sainsburys at 18:55, (FCa)  -  26x Swift over John St, (RWi)

Berryhill

Little Egret over, (Ed)

Kings Bank Trentham

5x Purple Hairstreak, (SE)

                                                                  By Steve Edwards

Thursday, 26 June 2025

Thursday 26th June 2025

Botteslow Flash

LRP, Little Egret, Red Kite, 23x House Sparrow along Fenton Road, 2x Greenfinch, (RTo)

Cheadle

Red Kite over fire station at 08:30, (KR)

Rocester

7x Swift over, (JDr)

Tittesworth Water

15x LRP, 11x Common Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 6x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern (+3juvs), 2x Goosander, (JOa, LH)

Branston GPs

2x Curlew, 2x Avocet, Redshank, 3x Common Sandpiper, 10x Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, 14x Little Egret, Water Rail, 43x Pochard, 5x Shoveler, Teal, 2x Shelduck, 12x Egyptian Geese, 30x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, YL Gull, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Scarlet Tiger Moth, (JWo)

Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Wednesday 25th June 2025

Barton-under-Needwood

Red Kite low over heading south, (JWo)

Tittesworth Water

Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart male +3 juv, 19x Linnet, 2x Goosander, (SGi)

                                                          Redstart by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

Curlew, Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 18x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 54x Pochard, 4x Shoveler, Teal, 6x Shelduck (3 ducklings), 10x Egyptian Geese, 32x Little Grebe, 6x Common Tern,  YL Gull (3s), Garden Warbler, (JWo)

                                                     Scarlet Tiger Moth by Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes

Great Egrets, Little Egrets, Bittern, Common Terns, Avocets, Oystercatchers, Redshanks, LRPs, Red Kite, (RBe)

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Tuesday 24th June 2025

Rudyard

Adult Spotted Flycatcher with 2 juvs, (Laxmi) 

                                                                    By Laxmi

Beamhurst

Red Kite over at 12:00, (FCa)

Branston GPs

Grey Plover, Curlew, Redshank, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, (CMa, RF)

Blithfield Resv

2nd year Caspian Gull still, (GJM)

Tucklesholme

Green Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, Wigeon(m), 6x Egyptian Geese, 6x GC Grebe, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, 5+ Cetti's Warbler, 6+ Linnet, (JWo)

Trentham 

Scarlet Tiger Moth, (JAt)

                                                                  By Jon Attwell

Monday, 23 June 2025

Monday 23rd June 2025

Branston GPs

Grey Plover still, Black-tailed Godwit,  Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 3x Avocet, 6x Oystercatcher, 18x Lapwing, Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, 5x Shelduck(3ducklings), 8x Gadwall, 7x Teal, 5x Shoveler, 31x Pochard, 11x Egyptian Geese(6juv), 28x Little Grebe, 6x Common Gull, YL Gull, Hobby, (JWo, SBI, George, CEc, Dean).

Trentham Lakes

Cetti's Warbler still, (LSt)

Longnor

12x Curlew in silage field, (PJo)

Sunday, 22 June 2025

Sunday 22nd June 2025

Doxey Marsh

Marsh Harrier flying over west at 06:00 mobbed by Lapwings, (MGo)

Brocton

Red Kite being mobbed by Crows and Gulls over field adjacent to the Chetwynd Arms at 10:30, (GBe)

Gailey Resv

2x Egyptian Geese, 4x ad Oystercatcher + one well grown chick, Common Sandpiper, 2+ Yellow Wagtail, Marsh Tit, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

Green Sandpiper, 3x Curlew over, Dunlin, Ringed Plovers, (GJM,MPR)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, 9x Avocet (inc young), 12x Ringed Plover, 8x Common Tern, (LDa, MKe)  -  Bittern, Cuckoo, Red Kite, 28x Avocet (inc young), 12x LRP, 2x Redshank, (RBr)

Branston GPs

Sum/plum Grey Plover viewed from Ashy pit at 13:35, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper,  4x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, 2x Shelduck, 6x Shoveler, 3x Teal, 12x Pochard, Common Tern, 5x Little EgretCetti's Warbler, 5x Linnet, Lesser Whitethroat, 50x Swift, (DSc)  -  19:00 - 20:30 S/p Grey Plover still on Ashy pit, 3x  Curlew, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Avocet, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, 8x Little Egret, 5x Teal, Gropper, 100x Swift, (JWo)

                                                      Grey Plover by Jon Woodcock

Sandyford

Red Kite over the Tesco express at 07:30, (GPr)

Tittesworth Water

2x Common Tern(+3juvs), 14x LRP, 10x Common Sandpiper, 12x Oystercatcher, 7x Lapwing(+5juvs), Red Kite, (JOa, LH, TE)

Gnosall

Red Kite low over Ginger Hill at 13:30 then drifted north, (GCa)

Tucklesholme

LRP, Lapwing, Common Tern, 20x Swift, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Linnet, (DSc)

Saturday, 21 June 2025

Saturday 21st June 2025

Blithfield Resv

3x Common Sandpiper, Redshank, (GJM)  -  7x Little Egret, 2x GBB Gull, 8x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, c150x Lapwing, (MJa)

Middleton Lakes

Avocets, LRP, Oystercatcher, Little Egrets, Cuckoo, Common Terns, (RBe)

                                                             Cuckoo by Rob Bendelow

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 15x Little Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese(+ 6juvs), 40x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 16x Pochard, Mandarin, 2x Shelduck, 4x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 40x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 6x Common Tern, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Scarlet Tiger Moth, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

Cuckoo, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Linnet, (JWo)

Alrewas - Wychnor

2x Oystercatcher, Gropper, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Leek

25x Swift over John Street at 21:45, (RWi)

Friday, 20 June 2025

Friday 20th June 2025

Middleton Lakes

Black-crowned Night Heron flew over East scrape at approx 07:55 then banked and landed in one of the pools to the east inside of the fox fence, also 20x Avocet + 16 well grown young, 3x Oystercatcher plus two well grown young, 10x LRP + 2 chicks, 3x Bittern in flight (2juvs) - (Jake Klavins warden)  - The Night Heron now on west scrape at 19:25, also a Green Sandpiper, over, (TPe)

Rocester

9x Swift over at 07:50, (JDr)

Wedgwood Pools

2x Whitethroat, (NRo)

Branston GPs

Avocet, Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 65x Lapwing, Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, Water Rail, 32x Pochard, 5x Teal, 7x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 5x Mandarin(4juv), 13x Shelduck (3ducklings), 12x Egyptian Geese(6juv), 22x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, MCa)

Aqualate

2x Hobby hunting over mere this pm, (KLe)

Claymills

Cattle Egret at 20:07 then flew north over R Dove to Willington Wetlands, Mandarin, 3x Goosander 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, 2x Swift, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, (DSc)

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Thursday 19th June 2025

Alrewas

Gropper reeling in fields just north of Alrewas also nearby 4x Redshank, 2x LRP, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, (SCo)

Trent Washlands

2x Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 7x Swift, (AJa)

River Sow Meadows Stafford

Female Marsh Harrier, Little Egret, (RSw)

Tittesworth Water

2x Common Tern(plus 3juvs), 9x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper(plus 3juvs), 5x Oystercatcher 6x Lapwing(plus3juvs), 2x Ringed Plover, (JHa)

Brizlincote Valley

Red Kite northbound towards the River Trent, (SJo)

Eccleshall

Red Kite over the tennis club at 19:30, (RGa)

Richmoor Hill

2x Red Kite over the crossroads on the A52, (GSt)

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Wednesday 18th June 2025

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x LRP, Spotted Flycatcher, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

14x Crossbill west at 15:18, 

Middleton Lakes

9x visible Avocets made up of 4 adults and 5 juveniles, (JTu)

Claymills

4x Mandarin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, 8x Whitethroat, (DSc)

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Tuesday 17th June 2025

Florence Hill

Grasshopper Warbler, (AMa)

Doxey Marsh

This pm Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 12x Swift, 3x LRP, Little Egret, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Yoxall - Ridware - Kings Bromley

Red Kite over, (AGP)

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Curlew, 33x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 19x Pochard, 7x Shoveler, 5x Teal, 14x Shelduck(3 ducklings), 10x Egyptian Geese(6juv), 32x Little Grebe, 11x Common Tern, Red Kite, Hobby, RL Partridge, Gropper, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

Tad Bay 19:00 to 20:30 - 5x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Egyptian Geese, 8x Shelduck(4juvs), 5x Teal, YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Cuckoo, (JHi)

Monday, 16 June 2025

Monday 16th June 2025

Stanley Pool

4x Red Kite over Stanley Head, Spotted Flycatcher, (GBr)

Chasewater

Osprey over north, (GHa)

Wetley Moor

7x Stonechat, Garden Warbler, 12x Whitethroat, 4x Linnet, (LEH)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, 2x LRP, Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 7x ad Avocet (+7 chicks), (CMa, RF)

Tittesworth Water

Green Sandpiper, 4x Curlew, 5x Redstart, 5x Common Tern, 4x Mandarin, (SGi)

                                                      Green Sandpiper by Steve Gibson

Cheadle

2x Red Kite, Hobby, 7x Buzzard, (LEH)

Branston GPs

3x Curlew, Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 30x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 39x Pochard, 4x Teal, 7x Shoveler, 18x Shelduck, 23x Little Grebe, 9x Egyptian Geese, 8x Common Tern, YL Gull, Hobby, 3x Cetti's Warbler,100x Sand Martin, 4x Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Trentham Lakes

Cetti's Warbler still, (LSt)

Sunday, 15 June 2025

Sunday 15th June 2025

Stanley Pool

Spotted Flycatcher along path down to lake Stanley head side, Willow Tit by bridge, (GBr)

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite over 06:00, (PCa)

Blithfield Resv

3x fem Mandarin, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 1st Sum Caspian Gull, 1st Sum YL Gull, 40+ Common Tern, 5x Ringed Plover, Curlew, (SRi)

Doxey Marsh

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x LRP, 3x Little Egret, Great Egret, Peregrine, 4x Shoveler, Common Tern, 5x Water Rail, 29x Gadwall, 17x Cetti's Warbler, Gropper, 2x Stonechat, (MBo, PDy, RRa, RSt, DTo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 8x Oystercatcher, Common Tern, 9x Pochard, 6x Shelduck, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

3x Common Tern(+3juvs), 8x LRP(+ 4juvs), 6x Common Sandpiper(+3juvs), Oystercatcher, 6x Lapwing, Curlew, 2x Willow Tit, Red Kite, Common Gull, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 10x Egyptian Geese(+6 Goslings), 14x Shelduck(+ducklings), 40x Gadwall, 7x Shoveler, 22x Pochard, Goldeneye Hobby, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, 3x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern, c150x Sand Martin, (DSc)  -  Additional Red Kite over, (JWo)

Saturday, 14 June 2025

Saturday 14th June 2025

Blithfield Resv

3x Little Tern off Beech Tree Point this morning, 4x Ringed Plover, Great Egret, 9x Little Egret,  (GJM)

Brookleys Lake

11x Crossbill over towards Alton Towers at 09:42, (RPo)

Cheadle 

Curlew over at 05:26, (LEH)

Belvide Resv

2x LRP, 9x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 10x Gadwall, Pochard, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

2x Red Kite, 2x Hobby, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 3x Oystercatcher, 20x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 14x Shelduck, 7x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 37x Pochard, 6x Common Tern, (DSc)

Staffs

Marsh Warbler trapped and ringed at a private undisclosed site. No further sign after release,