Tuesday 7th April 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrivals

Consall Woods

Male Redstart seen and singing at 08:36, (DSc)

Monday 6th April 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrival

Blithfield Resv 

Pair of Ring-necked Duck Yeatsall Bank, Yellow Wagtail over Admaston Reach, (MPR,GJM)  -  The pair of RN Duck still at Yeatsall Bank at 15;40 keeping close to the trees on the water's edge seen from Beech Tree Point, also 1st win Kittiwake still and Common Sandpiper, (RPo)  -  2x YL Gull, Red Kite, (RBe)  -  Female Common Scoter at deep end, (JAl)

Belvide Resv

2x Avocet, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Wheatear, 6x White Wagtail, 2x Goshawk (BB)  -  Brambling, 2x Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 5x LRP, Redshank, 4x Ringed Plover, 3x Wheatear, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x White Wagtail, (SE, HF)

                                                       Brambling by Steve Edwards

Gailey Resv

7x Gadwall, Pochard, Oystercatcher, Snipe, (JIs)

Berryhill

15x Common Gull thru, 2x Wheatear, (JOa)

Alton

2x Swallow, (TEy)

Chasewater

4x Teal, Goosander, Pochard, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, Curlew, 5x Blackcap, 7x Willow Warbler, 2x Treecreeper, (CMa, LM)

Middleton Lakes

Sedge Warbler, 3x White Wagtail, 23x Avocet, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, LRP, Curlew, Dunlin, 4x Pochard, (MSm)  -  2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Ringed Plover, (KayD)

Branston GPs

2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 2x Avocet, 3x Ringed Plover, 9x Curlew, 12x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 17x Goldeneye, 18x Shelduck, Mandarin, 52x Gadwall, 36x Shoveler, 40x Teal, 25x Little Grebe, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Red Kite, White Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 5x Redpoll, 16x Linnet, Swallow, 40x Sand Martin, 16x Blackcap, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Doxey Marsh

Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, Goosander, Gadwall, Teal, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting, (AGo)  -  2x Shelduck, 5x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, Wigeon, 66x Teal, Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, 15x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3x GC Grebe, Little Egret, Great Egret, 2x Skylark, Swallow, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Tittesworth Water

Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Swallow, Willow Warbler, 3x Shoveler, 3x Blackcap, 14x Chiffchaff, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SGi)

Sunday 5th April 2026

Middleton Lakes

Adult Kittiwake, 2x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, Common Sandpiper, 22x Avocet, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x LRP, 8x Ringed Plover, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Snipe, 6x Redshank, 3x Dunlin, Bittern, Great Egret, c100x Sand Martin, Swallow, White Wagtail, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

Osprey thru north at 13:00, Greenshank, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 7x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 10x LRP, 2x Dunlin, 10x Oystercatcher, 3x White Wagtail, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Kittiwake, 11x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Redshank, LRP, 8x Shoveler, 4x Goldeneye, 4x Teal, 3x Wigeon,  7x Little Grebe, 4x Sand Martin, 20x Linnet, 7x Egyptian Geese, (SCo)

Stanley Pool

8x Black-tailed Godwit and 18x Goosander at 06:35, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

130x Common Gull, 3x Mandarin, Teal, Goosander, 3x Swallow, Sand Martin, 9x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Curlew, 5x Willow Tit, Blackcap, 2x Bullfinch, 4x Reed Bunting, (LH, JOa, TE, KH)

Blithfield Resv

Adult Kittiwake, (SCa)  -  8x Oystercatcher, 3x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 25x Swallow, Scaup, 10x Shelduck, Ruddy Shelduck, 200+ Sand Martin, 25+ Linnet, Reed Bunting, 2x Chiffchaff, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Shelduck, 6x Shoveler, 15x Gadwall, 60x Teal, 3x Pochard, 10x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 3x GC Grebe, Little Egret, Great Egret, c80 Sand Martin, 3x House Martin, 5x Swallow, 5x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Wheatear, GBB Gull, (CAFH)

Axe Edge moor

2x Red Kite at 16:03, (Laxmi)

Silverdale CP

2x Stonechat on the Void, Swallow, Redpoll, Siskin, Blackcaps, (PCa)

Radford Meadows

From Rickerscote Avenue 17x Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, 3x Little Egret, 14x Sand Martin, 3x House Martin, Swallow, (RSt)

Barton GP

Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Common Gull, 2x Swallow, 16x Sand Martin, Red Kite, Chiffchaff, (TCo)

Highgate Common

7x Brambling, 2x Bullfinch, Redpoll, Siskin, Goldcrest, (CVa)

Stafford

Common Crane reported following the River Sow half a mile upstream of Doxey Marsh towards Great Bridgeford, (RHi)

Branston GPs

SMP2 only - 2x Red Kite, Redshank, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x Lapwing, 24x Shelduck, 30x Shoveler, 12x Goldeneye, Mandarin, 5x Swallow, 200x Sand Martin, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Cettis Warbler, 10x Linnet, (JWo, DSc)

Consall area

2x Mandarin, 4x Lapwing, Red Kite, 2x Grey Wagtail, Dipper, 90x Fieldfare, 6x Blackcap, Willow Tit, 12x Siskin, (DSc)

Saturday 4th April 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrival

Aqualate

Great Egret, 40x Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, (KHa)

Middleton Lakes

23x Avocet, 3x Bittern, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x LRP, 7x Snipe, 5x Redshank, RN Parakeet, Sand Martin, (MSm)

Cannock Chase

Abraham's Valley - 2x Brambling, 30+ Crossbill, 2x Tree Pipit, Willow Warbler, (BSt, ASt)

Doxey Marsh

5x Cattle Egret present at 14:30, 2x Green Sandpiper, Shelduck, 5x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 8x Sand Martin, (RGi)  -  Additional 6x Little Egret, Willow Warbler, 2x House Martin, 8x Sand Martin, (MBo, PDy, DTo)

Berryhill

Swallow thru, Cetti's Warbler still, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

Brambling, 3x LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 4x Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, Red Kite, (RSw, KayD)

Alrewas NMA

2x Goosander, 30x Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)

Wychnor

2x Red Kite, 2x Oystercatcher, 55x Linnet, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

Swallow, 3x Sand Martin, Peregrine, (TCo)

Draycott in the Clay

3x Woodcock, Red Kite, (TCo)

Dunstall

Near the cricket club 2x Egyptian Geese + 8 goslings, (KBi)

Friday 3rd April 2026

Rudyard 

2x PF Geese flying east at 06:50, (Laxmi)

Middleton Lakes

Osprey this am , (MB)

Belvide Resv

Willow Warbler, 

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Oystercatcher, Peregrine, 2x Little Egret, 2x Blackcap, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 18x Shelduck, 26x Shoveler, Goosander, 2x Pintail, c80 Teal, 6x Wigeon, (RSw)

Branston GPs

Ad Kittiwake, Jack Snipe, 14x Snipe, 12x Curlew, Golden Plover, 3x Ringed Plover, 9x Lapwing, Redshank, 2x Avocet, 5x Green Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 18x Goldeneye, Mandarin, 11x Pochard, 37x Gadwall, 62x Shoveler, 4x Wigeon, 90x Teal, 24x Shelduck, 37x Little Grebe, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Red Kite, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 16x Blackcap, 20x Linnet, Siskin, Redpoll, 12x Fieldfare, 80+ Sand Martin, (JWo, DSc, ASt, BSt, TPe)

                                                        Kittiwake by Jon Woodcock

Tucklesholme

LRP, Sand Martin, Blackcaps, Cetti's Warblers, Great Egret, (TWy)

Blithfield Resv

Imm Kittiwake still at deep end this afternoon, (RPo)

Sneyd Green

Red Kite over at 17:10, (JOa)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (MSc)

Highgate Common

6x Brambling, 2x Crossbill, Siskins, Redpoll, (CVa)

Thursday 2nd April 2026

Belvide Resv

Common Sandpiper this am,

Tittesworth Water

LRP, 9x Oystercatcher, 2x Willow Tit, Willow Warbler, 4x Reed Bunting, (JOa, LH)

Highgate Common

6x Brambling and 20x Redpoll at the pool, (DJa)

Perton

White Stork of unknown origin over towards the Bridgnorth Road at 15:11, (GCl per NS)

Doxey Marsh

2x Shelduck, 3x Shoveler, 13x Gadwall, 55x Teal, 3x Pochard, Water Rail, 2x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, 2x GC Grebe, Little Egret, Skylark, 3x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti;s Warbler, Stonechat, 3x Reed Bunting, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Wheatear (f), 2x Marsh Harrier, 3x Red Kite, 7x Curlew, 5x Green Sandpiper, 4x Redshank, 2x Avocet, 3x Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher, 20x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 19x Goldeneye, Mandarin, 32x Shelduck, 6x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 52x Shoveler, 34x Gadwall, 120x Teal, 32x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 100x Sand Martin, 12x Blackcap, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Goldcrest, 40x Linnet, 8x Greenfinch, Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 64x Fieldfare, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, DSc, CEc, BSt, George, LWo, TWo, MCa)

Wednesday 1st April 2026

Middleton Lakes

Kittiwake briefly at 08:15, 2x Med Gulls at daybreak, 18x Avocet, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x LRP, 6x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 12x Snipe, 4x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, (MSm)

Gailey Resv

35x Golden Plover, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Gadwall, Pochard, (JIs)

Blithfield Resv

2x Scaup, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, Green Sandpiper, LRP, 2x Great Egret, 20+ Sand Martin, (RS)  --Also GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, Common Scoter, (RBe)

                                                              YL Gull by Rob Bendelow

Hixon Airfield 

LRP, (RCB)

Stowe by Chartley

2x Hawfinch Bridge Lane, (RCB)

Alton

4x Red Kite, 2x Sand Martin, 100x Siskin on feeders, (TEy)

Branston GPs

Ashy Pit - Red Kite, Little Egret, 24x Shelduck, 50x Shoveler, 5x Wigeon, 30x Gadwall, 14x Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, Curlew, Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, YL Gull, 5x Blackcap, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, 10x Fieldfare,  (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

2x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 5x Goosander, 2x Blackcap, 18x Chiffchaff, (SGi)

                                                                 LRP by Steve Gibson

Tucklesholme

Red Kite, Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 8x Gadwall, 30x Teal, 14x GC Grebe, 10x Blackcap, 9x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, Sand Martin, (JWo, DWo)

Doxey Marsh

3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Swallow, 12x Sand Martin, 15x House Martin, Great Egret, Little Egret, (SE, HF)

                                                     Green Sandpipers by Steve Edwards

Belvide Resv

A flock of 32x Ruff from 16:30 to 16:40 then flew off north,

Berryhill

Single fem Wheatear at Palletstacks tonight, (IBu)

Whitemoor Haye

Winter/juv plumage Slavonian Grebe still from quarry entrance, (SCo)

Tuesday 31st March 2026

Middleton Lakes

12x Avocet, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x LRP, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Redshank, 19x Snipe, Bittern, Great Egret, 2x Ring-necked Parakeet thru, 20x Sand Martin, (MSm)

Whiston

Red Kite at 09:30, (GSt)

Belvide Resv

Osprey thru north at 11:00, Wheatear, 

Blithfield Resv

Drake Scaup, LRP, Jack Snipe, Snipe, Ruddy Shelduck, (RBr)  -  2x Kittiwake, (RBe)

                                                           Kittiwake by Rob Bendelow

Whitemoor Haye

PF Goose, 3x Ringed Plover, Wheatear (fem), Slavonian Grebe, 2nd sum Med Gull still, (TPe)

Branston GPs

Jack Snipe, 14x Curlew, 2x Avocet, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 15x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Goosander, 20x Goldeneye, 3x Mandarin, 7x Wigeon, 56x Shoveler, 46x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 30x Shelduck, 8x Egyptian Geese, 31x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 50x Linnet, Redpoll, 5x Siskin, 3x Blackcap, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 20x Sand Martin, (JWo, CEc, Dean, BSt)

WMI Site (just off the A449)

3x LRP, (JDu)

Monday 30th March 2026

Branston GPs

c300x Sand Martin, (PAn) - 2x House Martin, 12x Swallow, 300x Sand Martin, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 12x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 5x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Goosander, 16x Goldeneye, 26x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 48x Shoveler, 28x Gadwall, 6x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 32x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 3x Green Woodpecker, 5x Blackcap, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Redpoll, 6x Siskin, 20x Linnet, 9x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Yoxall

Red Kite over, (PAn)

Trentham Gardens

Red-crested Pochard in open water near the Beaver area, Mandarin and Goosander on the Trent, (AR)

                                                   Red-crested Pochard by Heather Forbes

Blithfield Resv

2w Kittiwake still from the dam this afternoon, 2x Swallow thru, (RCB)  -  Kittiwake, 2x Scaup, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 100s of Sand Martins thru, few Swallows, (JDa)

Chasewater

200-300x Sand Martin, House Martin, Swallow, 3x Blackcap, 3x Oystercatcher, Pochard, 2x Goosander, Treecreeper, (CMa, DGI)

Tittesworth Water

Osprey, 205x Common Gull, (SGi)

                                                            Osprey by Steve Gibson

Millpool

3x Wheatear, (SGi)

Belvide Resv

Swallow, c40 Sand Martin, 2s Caspian Gull, LRP, Red Kite, 

Sunday 29th March 2026

Stanley Pool

Swallow, Mandarin, 10x Goosander, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Cannock Chase

Female Crossbill at Satnall Resv at 09:00, (MBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Willow Warbler, 2s Med Gull,  LRP, 2x Green Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 9x Gadwall, 11x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 20x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 11x GC Grebe, 3x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Bullfinch, 9x Egyptian Geese,  (SCo)

Middleton Lakes

Curlew, 17x Avocet, 2x LRP, 5x Redshank, 2x Snipe, 3x Shelduck, 2x Pochard, 4x Goosander, Great Egret, Peregrine, Sand Martin, (MSm)

Flash

Red Kite over the A53, (Baz)

Tittesworth Water

4x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x Willow Tit, 4x Reed Bunting, 2x Bullfinch, 3x Greenfinch, 40x Common Gull, Red Kite, 2x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Longsdon Mill Pool

2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Wheatear, (TE)

Branston GPs

SMP only Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 5x Goldeneye, 5x Shelduck, 12x Gadwall, 6x Egyptian Geese, 10x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 20x Sand Martin, 4x Goldcrest, (JWo)  -  Apart from SMPs 2x Red Kite, Great Egret, 3x Mandarin, 30x Shelduck, 14x Wigeon, 50x Shoveler, 50x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 6x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 12x Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 3x Ringed Plover, YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Swallow, House Martin, 200x Sand Martin, 8x Fieldfare, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Blackcap, 10x Linnet, Siskin, Redpoll, (DSc)

Mow Cop

The long staying Shore Lark first reported on the 16th January 2026 on the Cheshire side of the Staffs/Cheshire border is still present today. (Joe Johnson)

                                                                   By Joe Johnson

Saturday 28th March 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrivals

Doxey Marsh

6x Blackcap, 11x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Chiffchaff, 4x Pochard, 120x Teal, Snipe, Great Egret, 6x GC Grebe, 2x Mistle Thrush, (GPr)

Stanley Pool

Male Blackcap, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Swallow, 3x Sand Martin, Goldeneye, 50x Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, Red Kite, (RPo)

Stafford Astonfields Balancing Resv

Little Egret, Ring-necked Parakeet, Greenfinch, Chiffchaff, 2x Goldcrest, (RSt)

River Sow Baswich - Milford

Wheatear, 5x Cetti's Warbler, Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 35x Wigeon, 17x Skylark, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Little Egret, (RSw)

Branston GPs

House Martin, 12:30 to 14:00 at least with 4x Swallow and c300 Sand Martin over Ashy pit, also 8x LRP, 3x Ringed Plover, 8x Lapwing, 20x Shelduck, 30x Shoveler, 30x Teal, 8x Goldeneye, 6x Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Siskin, 10x Linnet, Little Egret, (DSc)

Middleton Lakes

Red Kite, Blackcap, 13x Avocet, Redshanks, Oystercatcher, Goosander, (PAn)

Blithfield Resv

Kittiwake, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Scaup, (MCh)  -  2nd cy Kittiwake off the dam this afternoon, (IB)

Croxden Quarry

LRP, 2x Shelduck, (RPo)

Pipe Ridware

2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 15x Fieldfare, Kings Bromley 2x Egyptian Geese, (IWi)

Berryhill

3x Wheatear, (RGi)

Trentham Gardens

House Martin, 7+ Sand Martin, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Gadwall, Goosander, Little Egret, (RGi)

Tittesworth Water

163x Common Gull, Dipper, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 12x Chiffchaff, (SGi, IB, PS)

Millpool

2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, Red Kite, Goosander, (SGi)

Alrewas NMA

2x Green Sandpiper, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, 20x Wigeon, 12x Teal, 4x Goldeneye, (DSc)

Claymills

Shelduck, 10x Teal, 2x Goosander, 6x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 10x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Friday 27th March 2026

Blithfield Resv

4x summer plumaged Black-necked Grebe Blithe Bay, 22x Kittiwake over the causeway, 4x Swallow, (MDJ, GJM)  - Osprey thru, Swallow, (SCoo)  -  Late pm 50x Sand Martin, 4x Swallow, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Scaup, c20 Shelduck, Goosander, Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 4x Oystercatcher, (DBr)

Belvide Resv

Ad Kittiwake, Black-necked Grebe, fem Common Scoter, 2s Caspian Gull, Wheatear, Red Kite,(SE, HF)

                                                       Caspian Gull by Steve Edwards

Aqualate

06:00 to 09:30 - 60+ Sand Martin, 2x Swallow, Great Egret, several Chiffchaff, (KHa)

Branston GPs

Wheatear (f), 4x Swallow, 500x Sand Martin, Merlin (m), Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Red Kite, 4x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 5x Ringed Plover, 17x LRP, 2x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 12x Curlew, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Mandarin, 19x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 24x Shelduck, 16x Wigeon, 39x Gadwall, 36x Shoveler, 150x Teal, 23x Pochard, 2x YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Blackcap, 5x Fieldfare, 40x Linnet, 6x Redpoll, 8x Siskin, (JWo, DSc, CEc, BSt, MCa)

Berryhill

2x male Wheatear, 2x Stonechat this am, (RTo)  -  4x Wheatear, (NPo)

Stafford Astonfields Balancing Resv

Snipe, Siskin, Reed Bunting, 2x Blackcap, 8x Chiffchaff, (RSt)

Dimmingsdale 

4x Red Kite, 100+ Siskin on feeders, 2x Chiffchaff, (TEy)

Ingestre

Swallow over this afternoon, (IB)

Thursday 26th March 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrivals

Radford Meadows

5x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (IWi)

Chasewater

Wheatear, 17x Sand Martin, 7x Teal, 8x Chiffchaff, (CMa, RF)

Belvide Resv

Female Common Scoter, Black-necked Grebe still, 

Berryhill

Cetti's Warbler still, (CWo)

                                                                   By Clive Wood

Tittesworth Water

Willow Warbler, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Lapwing, 2x Pochard, 4x Willow Tit, 2x Bullfinch, 4x Reed Bunting, 7x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH)

Tucklesholme

4x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, Pochard, 21x Wigeon, 15x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese, 15x GC Grebe, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Blackcap, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Female Wheatear, s/p Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Redshank, 6x Shelduck, (SCo)

Wednesday 25th March 2026

Belvide Resv

Kittiwake to 09:00 only, 3x Swallow, 7x Sand Martin, Black-necked Grebe still, 

Wombourne

Male Wheatear early am in Pickerills Hill fields, (WN)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Red Kite, 14x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 5x Green Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, 17x LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 22x Goldeneye, 4x Mandarin, 28x Shelduck, 19x Wigeon, 62x Gadwall, 62x Shoveler, 34x Pochard, 8x Egyptian Geese + 8 Goslings, 13x GC Grebe, 32x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 600x Sand Martin, 2x Stonechat, 5x Siskin, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Tuesday 24th March 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrivals

Middleton Lakes

16x Avocet, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 14x Snipe, 5x Redshank, 2x Bittern (h), Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe still,

Stafford

Oystercatcher over Princess Royal pub, Sandon Road at 11:25, (RSt)

Trentham Gardens

2x Dipper on the river from in the gardens, (HF)

Doxey Marsh

This pm - 3x Shelduck, 2x Shoveler, 13x Gadwall, 52x Teal, 4x Pochard, 10x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x GC Grebe, Little Egret, 2x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Swallow, 500x Sand Martin, Merlin (m), Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, 4x Red Kite, 15x LRP, 4x Ringed Plover, 14x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 6x Green Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 15x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 28x Goldeneye, 2x Mandarin, 36x Shelduck, 22x Pochard, 54x Gadwall, 82x Shoveler, 32x Wigeon, 27x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean, BSt)

                                                          Merlin by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Monday 23rd March 2026

Branston GPs

Peregrine, Little Egret, 40x Shelduck, 110x Shoveler, 30x Pochard, 20x Goldeneye, 13x Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, 16x Lapwing, 8x LRP, 4x Green Sandpiper, YL Gull, 10x Fieldfare, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Redpoll, (DSc)  -  Merlin (m), 4x Red Kite, Peregrine, 13x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 7x Green Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 12x LRP, 4x Snipe, 24x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 25x Goldeneye, 4x Mandarin, 45x Shelduck, 38x Pochard, 47x Wigeon, 121x Shoveler, 52x Gadwall, 190x Teal, 35x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, White Wagtail, 2x Grey Wagtail, 3x Siskin, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Aqualate

Female Marsh Harrier, several Chiffchaff, 3x Great Egret, Blackcap, 20x Sand Martin, (KHa)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still viewable from opposite quarry gate entrance, (MBo)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe, 

Chasewater

Cattle Egret at 08:01 (CR, per CMa, RF) 27x Wigeon, Stonechat, Water Rail, Chiffchaff, (CMa, RF)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Oystercatcher, Chiffchaff, (CMa, RF)

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Berryhill

Cetti's Warbler still this am,  12x Redpoll, (RTo, CW)

                                                        Cetti's Warbler by Clive Wood

Alrewas NMA

Red Kite, 3x Goosander, 45x Fieldfare, Brambling, 3x Sand Martin, (ICW)

Alrewas GP

1st year Med Gull flew out north, 195x Wigeon, (ICW)

Doxey Marsh

2x Shelduck, 6x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 143x Teal, 3x Pochard, 2x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, Skylark, 7x Sand Martin, 5x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Reed Bunting, (CAFH)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 6x Teal, 3x Reed Bunting, (MSc)

Tucklesholme

2x Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Goldeneye, 150x Wigeon, 80x Teal, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

7x Cattle Egret, Great Egret, 14x Avocet, 6x Redshank, 2x LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, 6x Blackcap, 24x Chiffchaff, 2x Shelduck, White Wagtail, (DCo)

Sunday 22nd March 2026

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Redshank, 13x Lapwing, LRP,  11x Goldeneye, 25x Teal, 59x Shoveler, 25x Gadwall, 20x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, Pochard, 7x Little Grebe, 6x GC Grebe, Egyptian Goose, c100 Linnet, 4x Bullfinch, 6x Siskin, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Blackcap, 12x Chiffchaff, 12x Yellowhammer, 2x Fieldfare, (SCo)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, (SSW)

Belvide Resv

Wheatear this am, 2x Goshawk, 3x Red Kite, Peregrine, Curlew, 8x Sand Martin thru, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

5x Whooper Swan to 10:55 when they took off north towards Crakemarsh,  2x Redshank, 12x Oystercatcher, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 5x Shelduck, 117x Wigeon, Dipper, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Long Birch Codsall

Yellowhammer, 8x Skylark, Red Kite, Egyptian Goose, (PCo)

Branston GPs

3x Red Kite, Merlin, Great Egret, 30x Shelduck, 3x Mandarin, 10x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, Curlew, 2x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 2x Blackcap, 4x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, (DSc, PFo)

Doxey Marsh

2x Wheatear, Curlew, LRP, 17x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 9x Blackcap, 16x Cetti's Warbler, 21x Chiffchaff, 26x Gadwall, 12x Shoveler, 4x Pochard, 146x Teal, 4x Shelduck, Goosander, 4x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 7x GC Grebe, 5x Water Rail, (MBo, PDy, BLo, RRa, RSt)

Hanchurch

15x Crossbill, 10x Siskin, 2x Chiffchaff, 20x Fieldfare this afternoon, (TRo)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Scaup, 5x Shelduck, Mandarin, 2x Goosander, Goldeneye, Common Gull, Blackcap, 5x Egyptian Geese, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 4x Oystercatcher, Snipe, Red Kite, (SE, HF)

                                                     Ruddy Shelduck by Steve Edwards

Tittesworth Water

2x Pochard, 10x Wigeon, Curlew, Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Willow Tit, 3x Redpoll, 2x Greenfinch, 2x Bullfinch, 5x Reed Bunting, Mistle Thrush, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Dimmingsdale

2x Mandarin, 5x Chiffchaff, Siskin, Mistle Thrush, (STu

Willowbridge

4x Chiffchaff, (CPe)

Gailey Resv

2x Red Kite, Peregrine, (SRi)

Saturday 21st March 2026

Berryhill

Female Wheatear on the Palletstacks mound, (RTo)

                                                                 By Clive Wood

Stanley Pool

Ring-necked Parakeet, Goosander (f), Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Ramsor - Ellastone

Red Kite at 11:00 and again at 13:00, (GSt)

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 7+ LRP, Dunlin, Redshanks, Oystercatchers, 6+ Chiffchaff, (PAn)  -  2x Red Kite, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 30x Shelduck, 24x Wigeon, 80x Shoveler, 30x Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, 12x Curlew, 3x Oystercatcher, Golden Plover, 20x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Skylark, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Blackcap, 10x Linnet, 15x Siskin, (DSc)

Middleton Lakes

White Wagtail, Woodcock, 5x LRP, 8x Avocet, 4x Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, 2x Shelduck, Pochard, Marsh Harrier, (SPA)

Trentham Gardens

2x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, GC Grebe, Little Grebe, 3x Chiffchaff, (STu)

Doxey Marsh - (There is no public Access to this area)

2x LRP and Green Sandpiper on the floods the other side of the M6 under the bridge at junc 14, (GPr)

Alrewas NMA/Catholme

Red Kite, 3x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 4x Shelduck, Green Woodpecker, 2x Mistle Thrush, Cetti's Warbler,  Canal  Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

40x Wigeon, 20x Teal, 3x Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Chiffchaff, 2x Greenfinch, (DSc)

Claymills

At dusk - 2x Shelduck, Egyptian Goose, 4x Lapwing,, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 5x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Friday 20th March 2026

Middleton Lakes

10x Avocet, 4x LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, 2x Bittern, Common Gull, 3x Goldeneye, Goosander, feral RB Goose, (MSm)

Coombes Valley

This am - 5x Crossbill thru east, 10x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, Blackcap, 30x Fieldfare thru north, 2x Mandarin, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Merlin, Marsh Harrier, 2x Red Kite, 2x Little Egret, 14x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 5x Green Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, 11x LRP, 4x Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, 25x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 28x Goldeneye, 38x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 94x Wigeon, 44x Pochard, 36x Gadwall, 134x Shoveler, 250x Teal, 2x YL Gull, Common Gull, 22x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 18x Sand Martin, 3x Grey Wagtail, 50x Linnet, 3x Siskin, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 100x Fieldfare, (JWo, DSc, CEcDean)

                                                   Green Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Aqualate

3x Russian White-fronted Geese, Marsh Harrier, 2x Oystercatcher, (PJor)

Silverdale CP

Female Wheatear, Stonechat, (PCa)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe, 4x Goldeneye, Shovelers, (JTu)

Thursday 19th March 2026

Berryhill

Cetti's Warbler along the Industrial track early am, (RTo, PJo), also Curlew over, 4x Stonechat, 9x Skylark, 8x Linnet, (RTo)

Stafford Common

2x Black-tailed Godwit over, (RSt)

Gailey Resv

35x Golden Plover, Great Egret, 3x Oystercatcher, (JIs)

River Sow Meadows Baswich - Milford

8x Cetti's Warbler, 11x Chiffchaff, Water Rail, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 4x Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, c70 Wigeon, 45x Teal, 3x Skylark, (RSw)

Doxey Marsh

2x White-fronted Geese, Green Sandpiper on Creswell, LRP under M6, Red Kite over (AHa),  -  2x Shelduck, 4x Gadwall, 84x Teal, 3x Pochard, 18x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 2x GBB Gull, 2x GC Grebe, 2x Little Egret, Great Egret, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 5x Reed Bunting, (CAFH)

Forsbrook

Red Kite over the square, (AR)

Tittesworth Water

Slavonian Grebe to 07:30 to12:00 at least, 6x Whooper Swan, 3x Wigeon, 15x Pochard, Lapwing, 3x Snipe, Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Reed Bunting, 2x Bullfinch, (JOa, LH)

Middleton Lakes

2x LRP, 8x Avocet, 7x Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Snipe, Common Gull, 5x Goldeneye, Pochard, Bittern, 17x Chiffchaff, Peregrine, (SPA)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Snipe, (MSc)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, Ringed Plover, (TPe)

Branston GPs

2x Red Kite, 2x Dunlin, 8x Snipe, 4x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, 5x Green Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 26x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, 4x Mandarin, 43x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 32x Goldeneye, 26x Pochard, 78x Wigeon, 84x Shoveler, 48x Gadwall, 250x Teal, 45x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 28x Chiffchaff, 2x Sand Martin, 35x Fieldfare, 3x Siskin, 6x Redpoll, 40x Linnet, Greenfinch, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Wednesday 18th March 2026

Branston GPs

2x Green Sandpiper, 3x LRP, Oystercatcher, 14x Shelduck, 12x Wigeon, 60x Shoveler, 8x Goldeneye, Common Gull, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe from Scott hide, Adult Little Gull off the dam, 

Tittesworth Water

36x Pochard, 2x Teal, 3x Goosander, 3x Grey Wagtail, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x Snipe, 13x Chiffchaff, 2x Siskin, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi)  -  5x Curlew dropped in at around 10:30, (NCo)

Stanley Pool

Red Kite, 5x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, (GBr)

Cannock Chase

Abraham's Valley - 15x Crossbill, 20x Siskin, 10x Redpoll, (HTy)

Rocester

An early Osprey over north at 11:05, Red Kite over at 10:15, (JDr)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still, (TPe)

Tucklesholme

4x Sand Martin, Red Kite, 4x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 175x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 6x Gadwall, 4x Egyptian Geese, 6x GC Grebe, 8x Chiffchaff, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Astonfields Balancing Resv

2x Little Egret, GBB Gull, (HAd)

Tuesday 17th March 2026

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe, (TPe)

Gailey Resv

108x Golden Plover in the ploughed field to the north, 20x Snipe, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Rock Pipit over BMP/LFP, Merlin (m), Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, 2x Avocet, 3x Green Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 12x Curlew, 6x LRP, 36x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 16x Goldeneye, 34x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 25x Pochard, 137x Shoveler, 57x Gadwall, 250x Teal, 94x Wigeon, 31x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 22x Sand Martin, 5x Siskin, 50x Linnet, 2x Stonechat, 35x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, 11x Chiffchaff, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, PFo, BSt, CMa, RF, RBr, MCa)

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Barn Owl, (JDu)

Monday 16 March 2026

Doxey Marsh

Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Water Rail, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Reed Bunting, 11x Chiffchaff, 3x Pochard, (RSt)

Loggerheads

c50 Siskin and 2x Redpoll along the Tadgedale Brook also nearby a further 12x Siskin and 4x Stock Dove, (JSt)

Forsbrook

Red Kite over the square at 09:45, (AR)

Tittesworth Water

39x Pochard, 24x Wigeon, 10x Oystercatcher, 4x Curlew, 19x Meadow Pipit, (SGi)

Belvide Resv

Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, Goosander, 2x Goshawk, Red Kite, 

Branston GPs

Whimbrel over at dusk, 12x Curlew, 2x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 12x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, 7x Oystercatcher, 22x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 27x Goldeneye, 6x Mandarin, 36x Shelduck, 64x Wigeon, 34x Pochard, 103x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 38x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, 2x RL Partridge, 2x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Chiffchaff, 40x Linnet, 6x Siskin, (JWo, BSt)

Sunday 15th March 2026

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe this am, (JTu)

Branston GPs

8x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 11x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 34x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 32x Shelduck,  106x Shoveler, 33x Wigeon, 44x Pochard, 25x Goldeneye, Goosander,  Little Egret, 10x Redpoll, 5x Siskin, 40x Linnet, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Fieldfare, (DSc)  -  Additional on SMP - Sand Martin, Marsh Harrier (f), Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, (JWo)

Chasewater

Sand Martins, 5x Goosander, 6x Wigeon, (GHa)

Baldwins Gate

Red Kite, Goosander, (RWh)

Tittesworth Water

30x Pochard, 25x Wigeon, 2x Teal, 2x Mandarin, Goosander, 10x Curlew, Snipe, 10x Golden Plover thru, 8x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 3x Willow Tit, 4x Bullfinch, 4x Reed Bunting, Peregrine, Red Kite, Merlin, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Biddulph

Rockend - 10x Siskin, Redpoll, 4x Bullfinch, (ALo)

Dunstall

6x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)

Saturday 14th March 2026

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Sand Martin, Redshank, Curlew, 12x Oystercatcher, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 100x Wigeon, Dipper, 2x RL Partridge, no sign of the WF Goose, (RPo) 

Middleton Lakes

Knot, Black-tailed Godwit, LRP, (S&C),  -  4x Redshank, 6x Oystercatcher, 49x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 26x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Little Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese, 2x Siskin, Greenfinch, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Chiffchaff, Kke, Jke)  -  Marsh Harrier, 2x Blackwit, (TPe)  - Snipe, 

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still, Green Sandpiper, (TPe)  -  11x Gadwall, 22x Shoveler, 22x Teal, 6x Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, 3x Redshank, 16x Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Slavonian Grebe, 6x Little Grebe, 8x GC Grebe, 2x Bullfinch, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Egyptian Geese, (SCo)

Blithfield Resv

2x Scaup, 22x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, Goosander, Red Kite, Little Egret, 4x PF Geese, (MJa)

Rocester

2x Red Kite over at 08:45, JCB north lake 4x Oystercatcher, 5x GC Grebe, (JDr) 

Catholme

3x Sand Martin, 2x Red Kite, 10x Linnet, 2x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 6x Goosander, 10x Goldeneye, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 2x GC Grebe, Cetti's Warbler. Canal - 6x Lapwing, 2x Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

(Unfortunately for Staffs the Wheatear this am was actually in the Sheep fields on the Derbyshire side of the river between Walton and Drakelow).

2x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 80x Wigeon, 20x Teal, 3x Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 10x Linnet, Greenfinch, (DSc)

Branston GPs

28x Shelduck, 18x Wigeon, 80x Shoveler,  22x Goldeneye, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Curlew, 20x Lapwing, 4x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Mistle Thrush 50x Linnet, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

4x Sand Martin, 60x Golden Plover, Snipe, Red Kite, Stonechat, 7x Shelduck, Mandarin,