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)

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, 

Friday 13th March 2026

Middleton Lakes

14x Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Redshank, LRP, 14x Snipe, 9x Shelduck, 3x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Marsh Harrier, 3x Great Egret, the feral RB Goose still, (MSm)  -  In addition Marsh Harrier, Common Gull, Bittern, c40 Siskin, c40 Redpoll, (SPA)

                                                           Avocets by Rob Bendelow

Uttoxeter Quarry

White-fronted Goose, Sand Martin, 12x Oystercatcher, (NPo)

Freehay

Red Kite south over the church at 14:45, (RCa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe (summer plumage), 4x LRP, (TPe)

Rudyard

3x Little Egret went to roost at 18:08, (Laxmi)

Branston GPs

Merlin (m), 2x Red Kite, 10x Curlew, Dunlin, 5x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 26x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, 6x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 31x Goldeneye, 39x Shelduck, 41x Wigeon, 46x Pochard, 102x Shoveler, 32x Gadwall, 300x Teal, 31x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x RL Partridge, 2x Grey Wagtail, 11x Chiffchaff, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Mistle Thrush, 8x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, (JWo, DSc, MCa)

                                                     LRPs and Dunlin by Jon Woodcock

Trentham Gardens

2x Greenfinch, (AR)

Shareshill

Whimbrel over calling heading WNW at 21:12, (per ICr)

Thursday 12th March 2026

Middleton Lakes

19x Avocet, 2x LRP, Redshank, 2x Shelduck, 2x Pochard, Marsh Harrier, YL Gull, GBB Gull, Great Egret, (MSm)

Astonfields Balancing Resv

Little Egret, 3x Chiffchaff, 3x Redpoll, Greenfinch, Goldcrest, Reed Bunting, (RSt)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, Snipe, Goosander, RL Partridge, (MSc)

Baldwins Gate

50x Siskin in garden, (CPe)

Tittesworth Water

18x Pochard, 2x Teal, 5x Curlew, Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Willow Tit, 2x Bullfinch, 2x Reed Bunting, 3x Chiffchaff, Red Kite, Common Gull, (JOa, LH)

Branston GPs

2x Oystercatcher. 4x Curlew, Dunlin, 2x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 20x Shelduck, Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Chiffchaff, 2x Bullfinch, (CMa, RF)#

Pool Hall

4x Corn Bunting, (GCl)

Belvide Resv

4x Common Gull, Redshank, LRP, c150 Golden Plover, 

Cannock

2x Oystercatcher at Kingswood Lakeside, (SB)

Rudyard

Little Egret came into roost at 17:32, (Laxmi)

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite at 16:50, (PCa)

Wednesday 11th March 2026

Stanley Pool

55x Goosander, Little Egret, (GBr)

Alton

100+ Siskin, 5000+ Starling, (TEy)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver still at the deep end this afternoon, (RPo)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, (MSc)

WMI site near Calf Heath

LRP this afternoon, (SRi)

Branston GPs

3x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Snipe, 10x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 51x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 14x Goldeneye, 2x Mandarin, 21x Pochard, 20x Wigeon, 68x Shoveler, 46x Gadwall, 21x Shelduck, 12x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 8x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Chiffchaff, (JWo, CEc)

Tucklesholme

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 124x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 15x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, Grey Wagtail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

Adult Med Gull roosted, Siberian Chiffchaff still, 

Tuesday 10th March 2026

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Stanley Pool

2x Mandarin, 26x Goosander, (GBr)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Goosander, Snipe, (MSc)

Mobberley 

2x Red Kite, (FCa)

Branston GPs

Ad Kittiwake, 5x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 57x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 27x Goldeneye, 35x Shelduck, 41x Pochard, 79x Shoveler, 46x Gadwall, 68x Wigeon, 380x Teal, 37x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 3x YL Gull, 8x Common Gull, Red Kite, 2x Stonechat, Blackcap, 8x Chiffchaff, Mistle Thrush, 60x Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, 80x Linnet, 50x Mipit, Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, George, HFI), 

                                                            LRP by Jon Woodcock

Doxey Marsh

Female Scaup, Great Egret, 2x Sand Martin, 3x Chiffchaff, (RWh)

Barton Marina

32x Wigeon, 9x Pochard, 2x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, 3x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Astonfields Balancing Resv

Little Egret, Redpoll, Greenfinch, (RSt)

Monday 9th March 2026

Westport Lake

Adult Kittiwake to 11:40 at least, (PJo),  -  Ad Common Gull to 13:55 only, Kittiwake still at 14:00, 2x Goosander, 42x Siskin, 2x Chiffchaff, (AR)

                                                                  By Phil Jones

                                                                 By Steve Gibson
                    

Doxey Marsh

Scaup still, 2x Shelduck, 9x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 21x Wigeon, 63x Teal, 5x Pochard, 2x Goosander, c200 Lapwing, 3x Curlew, 25x Snipe, Dunlin, 4x GC Grebe, 4x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, 9x Chiffchaff, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (CAFH)

Whitemoor Haye

4x LRP, Green Sandpiper, 24x Goldeneye, Red Kite, (ICW)  -  This evening 2x Slavonian Grebe, 4x LRP, Redshank, 9x Oystercatcher, Roost included  1000x BHG and a GBBG, (SCo)

Endon - Denford

2x Jack Snipe, 46x Snipe, 4x Curlew, 4x Lapwing, PF Goose, 13x Wigeon, 10x Teal, 2x Green Woodpecker, (DCo)

Branston GPs

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Woodcock, Jack Snipe, 19x Snipe, 5x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 14x Curlew, 36x Lapwing, 9x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Mandarin, 22x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 24x Shelduck, 68x Wigeon, 46x Gadwall, 98x Shoveler, 28x Pochard, 400x Teal, 39x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull, (1w), YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Red Kite, 2x Mistle Thrush, 70x Fieldfare, 150x Redwing, Blackcap, 10x Chiffchaff, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 40x Linnet, 8x Siskin, 60x Mipits, 3x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                     Black-tailed Godwit by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Sunday 8th March 2026

Doxey Marsh

Female Scaup still on Boundary Flash, best viewed from the bench, 6x Chiffchaff, (GPr)

Botteslow Flash

2x Goosander, 6x Shoveler, 2x Teal, Little Grebe, YL Gull briefly, 2x Stonechat nearby, (RTo)

Burslem Park

3x Goosander, (AR)

Stanley Pool

2x drake Common Scoter to 06:45 only, 22x Goosander, 2x Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

07:40 to 14:30 2x Common Scoter, 12x Gadwall, 60x Shoveler, 12x Goldeneye, 28x Wigeon, 24x Pochard, 92x Teal, 4x Shelduck, 2x Slavonian Grebe, 5x Little Grebe, 5x GC Grebe, Whooper Swan, 9x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 20+ Yellowhammer, Curlew, 82x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, YL Gull, (SCo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

6x Little Egret, Great Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 8x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 111x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 55x Pintail, Peregrine, Blackcap, (RSw)

Uttoxeter Quarry

9x Oystercatcher, YL Gull, 6x Goldeneye, 13x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 2x Shoveler, Little Egret, 2x Dipper, 3x Chiffchaff, 6x Siskin, (AMa)

Tittesworth Water

2x Goosander, 42x Pochard, 6x Teal, 8x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, 5x Curlew, 4x Lapwing, 3x Willow Tit, 12x Chiffchaff, 4x Bullfinch, 2x Reed Bunting, (JOa, LH, TE)

Alrewas GP

108x Wigeon, 11x Teal, 4x Gadwall, 2x GC Grebe, 3x Lapwing, (SCo)

Apedale/Silverdale CP

Lapwing, several Chiffchaff, (PCa)

Forsbrook

Blackcap singing behind Brookwood Close, (AR)

Rugeley 

Red Kite over Stile Cop road near the cemetery at 10:30,  (AFi)

Branston GPs

SMPs only - Merlin (m), 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 26x Wigeon, 16x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 50x Teal, 12x Little Grebe, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 5x Chiffchaff, 60x Fieldfare, 2x Mistle Thrush, 6x Greenfinch, 4x Siskin, 8x Redpoll, 5x Goldcrest, (JWo)  -  30x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 11x Curlew, 34x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, 28x Shelduck, 18x Wigeon, 80x Shoveler, 36x Pochard, 19x Goldeneye, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Chiffchaff, 60x Linnet, 3x Siskin, Redpoll, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, 80x Wigeon, 20x Teal, 5x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, Chiffchaff, 8x Linnet, Siskin, (DSc)

Swindon

Cetti's Warbler alongside canal at rear of cricket ground, (TWe)

Saturday 7th March 2026

Blithfield Resv

5x Common Scoter at the deep end this am, (GJM)  -  5x Common Scoter still and 8x Sand Martin at south end of the deeps, (JKl)

Gailey Resv

Drake Common Scoter, Sand Martin, Great Egret, Shoveler, 4x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Red Kite, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Chiffchaff, Egyptian Goose,  (SRi)  -  Common Scoter to 12: 00 at least, 5x Pochard, Goldeneye, (JIs)

Belvide Resv

2x Common Scoter, LRP, 5x Sand Martin, 2x Red Kite, 

Cheddleton Heath

RL Partridge 07:15, Red Kite at 07:20, (PCa)

Westport Lake

Ad Med Gull & drake Common Scoter (per NJS)

                                                            Med Gull by Phil Jones

Stanley Pool

2x drake Common Scoter, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 2x Shoveler, 9x Goosander, 3x Chiffchaff, 2x Siskin, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Drake Common Scoter, 2x Pintail, 3x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 26x Curlew, 12x Oystercatcher, 2x Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

Whooper Swan, Redshank, 3+ Oystercatcher, 4x Yellowhammer, Chiffchaffs, (PAn)  - 2x Slavonian Grebe still, Whooper Swan, Redshank, Peregrine, (TPe)  -  Whooper Swan, Peregrine, Snipe, 2x Redshank, 5x Oystercatcher, Shelduck, 9+ Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, 6+ Chiffchaff, many Reed Buntings, (SCo)

Elford

3x Whooper Swan still, (TPe)

Tittesworth Water

5x Chiffchaff, 45x Pochard, 3x Shoveler, 7x Teal, 3x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 4x Willow Tit, 2x Siskin, Redpoll, 3x Grey Wagtail, (SGi, IB, PS)

Aqualate

3x drake Common Scoter this afternoon, (PJor)

Amington

Woodcock, (MSc)

Alvecote

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

Branston GPs

Merlin, Red Kite, 11x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 26x Lapwing, 3x Dunlin, 5x Green Sandpiper, 2x Woodcock, 11x Snipe, Jack Snipe, ad/sum Med Gull in roost, Caspian Gull, 4x Common Gull, 2x Little Egret, 28x Shelduck, 5x Mandarin, 44x Wigeon, 120x Shoveler, 46x Pochard, 22x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, Green Woodpecker, 8x Skylark, 2x Stonechat, 120x Redwing, 30x Fieldfare, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 7x Chiffchaff, 170x Linnet, Siskin, Redpoll, (DSc)

Friday 6th March 2026

West Midland Bird Club Stafford Branch Invites you to a talk on Tuesday 10th March 2026 by Steve Dawes on The Realm of the Tiger at Walton-On-The-Hill village hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Stafford ST17 0LD. Doors open 7.00pm for a 7.30 start. Admission £3 including refreshments. Everyone welcome. All enquiries please to Chris Evans, Stafford WMBC branch chairman stafford@westmidlandbirdclub.org.uk

Middleton Lakes

Great Egret, 2x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Avocet, LRP, Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 6x Snipe, Bittern, Marsh Harrier, 50+ Redpoll/Siskin flock, RB Goose, (MSm)

Fauld

10:00 80x Fieldfare, 50x Starling, 50x Redwing - no sign of any Geese on Staffs or Derbyshire side, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe and Whooper Swan still, (SCo)

Freehay

Red Kite over Freehay Road at 16:20, (FCa)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), Woodcock, 3x Dunlin, Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, 18x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 3+ Water Rail, 7x Goosander, 32x Goldeneye, 6x Mandarin, 29x Shelduck, 42x Pochard, 59x Wigeon, 38x Gadwall, 110x Shoveler, 250x Teal, 38x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 12x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, 80x Fieldfare, 100x Linnet, 16x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 21x Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 55x Meadow Pipi, (JWo)

                                                           Mandarins by Jon Woodcock

Thursday 5th March 2026

Tittesworth Water

49x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 6x Teal, 2x Shoveler, Mandarin, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 5x Curlew, 4x Lapwing, 4x Common Gull, 4x Willow Tit, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Reed Bunting, 3x Bullfinch, (JOa, LH)

Forsbrook

4x Yellowhammer above Cash Heath, (AR)

Blithfield Resv

2x Shelduck, 4x Oystercatcher, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff,  (CMa)  -  Red-throated Diver still at 17:30, (JKl)

Cannock Chase

Abraham's Valley - Crossbill, many Siskins, 3x Chiffchaff, (CMa)

Belvide Resv

1w drake Scaup this afternoon, Siberian Chiffchaff, 7x Sand Martin, 

Whitemoor Haye

Whooper Swan (ad), 2x Slavonian Grebe still, (TPe)

Radford Meadows Stafford

44x Pintail, 500x Wigeon, 230+ Teal, 100+ Shoveler, 15x Shelduck, 6x Gadwall, 6x Goosander, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 6x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, (RBr)

Branston GPs

Merlin (m), Peregrine, Marsh Harrier (f), LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 6x Curlew, 7x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 9x Oystercatcher, 53x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2+ Water Rail, 7x Goosander, 29x Goldeneye, 6x Mandarin, 36x Shelduck, 53x Wigeon, 42x Gadwall, 115x Shoveler, 250x Teal, 47x Pochard, 34x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, 100x Linnet, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 11x Chiffchaff, 12x Siskin, 12x Greenfinch, 30x Fieldfare, (JWo, DSc, PFo, CEc)

Wednesday 4th March 2026

Aqualate

06:50 - 10:20, female Marsh Harrier, Chiffchaff, Great Egret, 66x Pochard, Red Kite, (KHa)

Stafford

Astonfields Balancing Resv - 4x Chiffchaff, Siskin, 8x Redpoll, Greenfinch, Bullfinch, (RSt)

Stone

Red Kite over Morrisons at 12:45, (DWi)

Fauld flood meadows

10:30 - 50x Wigeon, 50x Starling, - the WF & PF Geese flocks still on Derbyshire side of the river, (DSc)

Burton Washlands

11:30 - 5x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 4x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 4x Greenfinch, (DSc)

Keele Cemetery

143x Golden Plover, 20x Reed Bunting, (PFo)

Westport Lake

30x Whooper Swan, 

                                                                   By Phil Jones

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, Little Egret, 8x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Snipe, (SRi)

Branston GPs

3x Woodcock, Snipe, 17x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 49x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 24x Goldeneye, 6x Mandarin, 36x Shelduck, 41x Pochard, 89x Shoveler, 44x Gadwall, 52x Wigeon, 200x Teal, 36x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, 4x Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, 10x Chiffchaff, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 100x Linnet, 10x Siskin, 42x Redpoll, 3x Greenfinch, 12x Skylark, 18x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver, ad Caspian Gull, (GJM, MPR)

Tuesday 3rd March 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrivals

Middleton Lakes

2x LR Plover Jubilee N, 5x Avocet, 7x Redshank, Dunlin, (JKl, DCo) - 4x Whooper Swan N pit before flying N, (AAr, JAl)

Gailey Resv

Stonechat, Great Egret, 6x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, 4x Oystercatcher, (JIs)

Trentham Gardens

Sand Martin thru, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, 19x Gadwall, 2x Chiffchaff, 5x Siskin, (RTo)

Endon - Denford

3x Russian White-fronted Geese at the Ashes pool with PF Goose and 2x Oystercatcher, elsewhere Willow Tit, 59x Snipe, 2x Curlew, 29x Lapwing, 36x Wigeon, 4x Goosander, 43x Teal, 2x Mandarin, Green Woodpecker, 4x Chiffchaff, (DCo)

Parkhall CP

2x Crossbill, (CWo)

                                                                      By Clive Wood

Tittesworth Water

Chiffchaff, Woodcock, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Lapwing, 5x Curlew, Dipper, 41x Pochard, 3x Goosander, Mandarin, 4x Willow Tit, Grey Wagtail, (SGi)

                                                              Dipper by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

Woodcock, Avocet, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 17x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 40x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, Great Egret, 18x Shelduck, 11x Goldeneye, Red Kite, 100x Linnet, 2x Redpoll, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, (CEc, Dean, GBe)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, GBB Gull, Greenfinch, Siskin, 2x Teal, Reed Bunting, (PWi)

Astonfields Balancing Resv

3x Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Reed Bunting, (RSt)

WMI near Calf Heath

6x Oystercatcher, 21x Lapwing, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

LRP on north shore this afternoon, Siberian Chiffchaff still, 

Monday 2nd March 2026

Doxey Marsh

Female Scaup still at Boundary Flash plus Chiffchaff, (RCB)

Branston GPs

8x Sand Martin roosted on Sandy pit at dusk, 2x Woodcock, Dunlin, 2x Snipe, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, 8x Curlew, 152x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Pintail, 6x Mandarin, 26x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 25x Shelduck, 49x Wigeon, 31x Pochard, 127x Shoveler, 42x Gadwall, 222x Teal, 39x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, 2x Red Kite, Barn Owl, 2x Stonechat, Blackcap, 9x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 11x Goldcrest, 8x Siskin, 26x Redpoll, 5x Bullfinch, 3x Greenfinch, 41x Linnet, Mistle Thrush, 2x Grey Wagtail, 14x Skylark, RL Partridge, (JWo)

Sunday 1st March 2026

Fauld flood meadows

10:45 - 100x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 10x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Common Gull, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still, (PAn)

Belvide Resv

2x Sand Martin thru, Siberian Chiffchaff still, 

Stanley Pool

4x Greenland White-fronted Geese over SE at 08:45, 4x Goosander, Oystercatcher, 5x Siskin, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

10x Wigeon, 56x Pochard, 3x Mandarin, 5x Teal, 2x Goosander, 100+ Common Gull, 7x Oystercatcher, 9x Curlew, 3x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 5x Willow Tit, 12x Greenfinch, Crossbill, 3x Reed Bunting, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Gailey Resv

Ringed Plover, 5x Oystercatcher, 10x Snipe, 6x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, Peregrine, (SRi)

Weston Coyney

2x Red Kite over at 10:35, (SFe)

Alrewas

Red Kite over Fox Lane, (PSm)

Elford - Fisherwick

4x Whooper Swan still, (TPe)

Doxey Marsh

2x Egyptian Geese, 20x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 81x Wigeon, 12x Teal, Pochard, Scaup (f), c100x Lapwing, 2x GC Grebe, 2x Great Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Siskin, (CAFH)

Stafford

Red Kite over Beaconsfield also c400 Starlings murmuration, (CAFH)

North Staffs Moors

2x Curlew, (RBe)

Branston GPs

Red Kite at SMP2 Deer field for over 40 mins, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 15x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 4x Egyptian Geese, Green Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, 30x Fieldfare, 5x Goldcrest, (JWo)  -  60x Lapwing, (AP)  -  Dunstall Green Woodpecker, 2x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, (JWo)  -  2x Red Kite, 3x Great Egret, 26x Shelduck, 6x Mandarin, 30x Wigeon, 60x Shoveler, 40x Gadwall, 54x Pochard, 27x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 7x Curlew, 2x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 6x Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 200x Redwing, 50x Fieldfare, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 60x Linnet, 10x Siskin, 3x Redpoll, (DSc)