Friday 7th August 2026

Middleton Lakes

Wood Sandpiper still on canal pool, (GG)  -  This evening Wood Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x LRP, 2x Dunlin, 5x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

2x Roseate Terns, adult and juvenile, Portfields to Mickledale area, (MDJ)  -  Common Scoter(fem),2x Hobby, Little Gull still, Caspian Gull, (MDJ, GJM)  - Roseate Terns still at 16:00, juv Little Gull still off Beech Tree Point at 16:53,(RPo)

                                                        Roseate Tern by GJ Mant

                                              Adult and juv Roseate Terns by GJ Mant

Branston GPs

3x Redstart (juv), Marsh Harrier (fem), Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, Greenshank, 15x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 18x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 2x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 109x Pochard, 8x Shelduck (5juv), 53x Teal, 73x Gadwall, 22x Egyptian Geese, 36x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler (juv), Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 6x Swift, 16x Linnet, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, (JWo)

Aqualate

2x Gropper, Green Woodpecker, 2x Hobby, Marsh Harrier (f), Reed Warblers, Reed Buntings, (DBr)

Thursday 6th August 2026

Tittesworth Water

6x Mandarin, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 5x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Gull, (JOa, LH, TM)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, 2x Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 18x Lapwing, 6x Great Egret, 20x Little Egret, 116x Pochard, 2x Shoveler, 32x Teal, 36x Gadwall, 8x Shelduck (6juv), 22x Egyptian Geese, 4x Common Tern, GBB Gull (juv), 3x YL Gull, 34x Little Grebe, 2x Green Woodpecker, Redstart (juv), 3x Swift, 80x House Martin, 22x Linnet, 6x Greenfinch, (JWo)  -  Also this evening 15x Curlew, Greenshank, Common Gull, 7x YL Gull, 5x Swift, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Wednesday 5th August 2026

Gailey Resv

9x Yellow Wagtail on the wires, 4x Little Egret, Egyptian Geese, 2x Gadwall, 5x Common Tern, (SRi)

Stafford

2x Peregrine over Park Avenue at 09:31, (AHa)

Tittesworth Water

Wigeon, Shelduck, 6x Mandarin, 5x Goosander, 3x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 12x Common Gull, (SGi)

Middleton Lakes

2x Wood Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (JKl)

Blithfield Resv

Little Gull, 6x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 18x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper 2x Ringed Plover, 21x LRP, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Peregrine, 3x Red Kite, (SE, HF)

                                                      Little Gull by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Arctic Tern, 14x Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 93x Pochard, 7x Shelduck, Mandarin, 16x Teal, 26x Gadwall, 12x Egyptian Geese, 37x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 50x Linnet, (JWo)

Tuesday 4th August 2026

Middleton Lakes

Wood Sandpiper still early am, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, (GG)  -  2x Wood Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 8x LRP, 4x Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Water Rail, 2x Great Egret, 18x Common Tern, (MB)

Blithfield Resv

Juv Little Gull off BTP this afternoon, Wood Sandpiper in Tad Bay, (MPR)  -  This evening Wood Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 4x Snipe, YL Gull, 3x Great Egret, Cattle Egret, (JHi)

Monday 3rd August 2026

Stanley Pool

2x Redstart,  Red Kite, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Painted Lady, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

This am - Hobby, juv Peregrine, 9x Yellow Wagtail, juv Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 19x Lapwing, 50+ Swift, Greenfinchs, Reed Buntings, (RSw)

Middleton Lakes

Wood Sand still, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x LRP, Snipe, juv Dunlin,  2x Great Egret, (MSm)

Gailey Resv

Juv LRP, Yellow Wagtail, Little Egrets, 2x Egyptian Geese, 3x Common Tern, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Redstart (juv), 16x Curlew, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 18x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 30x Little Egret, 6x Mandarin, 7x Shelduck (5juv), 158x Pochard, 16x Teal, 36x Gadwall, 18x Egyptian Geese, 37x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 4x Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Peregrine, Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, 14x Linnet, Migrant Hawker,  Brown Hawker, Southern Hawker, 12x Painted Lady, 14x Brown Argus, (JWo)

Doxey Marsh

17x Gadwall, Water Rail, 8x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Little Egret, (CAFH)

Sunday 2nd August 2026

Middleton Lake

Wood Sandpiper still, 4x Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Redshank, Snipe, 3x Great Egret, juv Marsh Harrier, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

Wood Sandpiper still, Greenshank fem Goshawk, 

Stanley Pool

Fem Goosander, Little Egret, Common Tern, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

16x Mandarin, Goosander, Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, 11x Oystercatcher, 18x Lapwing, 2x Redstart, 2x Garden Warbler, 2x Willow Tit, Spotted Flycatcher, 5x Red Kite, 8x Common Gull, 2x Sand Martin, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Chasewater

Adult Med Gull on the south shore, Little Egret, Ringed Plover, Common Tern, 7x Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail to 10:50 only, (CMa, RF)

Blithfield Resv

2x Sanderling, 13x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 10x LRP, Little Egret, c35x Common Tern, 33x Egyptian Geese, 2x YL Gull, (DBr)

Branston GPs

Not SMPs 2x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Peregrine, Hobby, 15x Curlew, 12x Lapwing, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, juv Redstart, Cetti's Warbler, Clouded Yellow, (DSc)  -  SMPs and DF only Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 6x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 2x Mistle Thrush, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Stonechat, 15x Linnet, 2x Swift, 25x House Martin, 60+ Swallow, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

52x Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 9x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 6x Common Tern, 9x Little Grebe, 7x GC Grebe, 2x Willow Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, Barn Owl, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Swift, (SCo)

Saturday 1st August 2026

Blithfield Resv

2x Sanderling Blithe Bay, (MPR, GJM)  -  Blithe Bay 4x Sanderling, 17x Dunlin, Redstart and 2x Lesser Whitethroat near deep end, Tad Bay 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Dunlin, 2x Great Egret, (Kay D)

Stanley Pool

3x Dunlin, 4x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, Common Tern, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Wood Sandpiper still, Tree Pipit over south, Ad Arctic Tern thru SW,  2x Black-necked Grebe, 23x Grey Wagtail along the dam, 

Tittesworth Water

2x Common Tern, 2x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, Goosander, 18x Mandarin, 11x Common Gull, Red Kite, Painted Lady, (SGi)

Gailey Resv

Imm/fem Redstart, Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Little Egret, Egyptian Goose, 4x Common Tern, (SRi)

Berryhill

c10x Stonechat, 2x Redstart, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Hobby, (RTo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

12x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern, 5x Little Egret, (RPo)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 12x Egyptian Geese, 60x Gadwall, 100x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 7x Mandarin, 3x Shoveler, 14x Teal, Red Kite, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 14x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, juv Stonechat, Swift, 2x Hummingbird Hawkmoth, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, 6x Gadwall, 3x Common Tern, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Catholme

Arctic Tern, 15x Common Tern, 11x Little Egret, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

8x Common Tern, 4x Little Egret, 2x Green Woodpecker (1juv), (JWo)

Friday 31st July 2026

Whitemoor Haye

2x Black-tailed Godwit, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

Sanderling, 12x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 21x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 27x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, Wheatear, 31x Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)

                                                         Wheatear by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Arctic Tern on the shingle briefly, 4x Common Tern, 16x Curlew, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 44x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 21x Little Egret, 84x Pochard, 86x Gadwall, 15x Teal, 5x Shelduck, 28x Egyptian Geese, 28x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, 15x Linnet, (JWo)

Freehay

Hummingbird Hawkmoth, (FCa)

Thursday 30th July 2026

Stanley Pool

Greenshank to 05:40 only, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

06:00:  7x Cattle Egret (inc 1 to 2 juvs), 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 8x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, 9x Snipe, 2x Gropper, 2x Water Rail, 2x Common Tern, (RBr)

Belvide Resv

Common Scoter still, juv Marsh Harrier, Redshank, Wood Sandpiper still, Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 

Blithfield Resv

5x Black-tailed Godwit and a Redshank in Mickledale Bay at 09:30,  (PBe)

Tittesworth Water

4x Mandarin, Goosander, Egyptian Goose, 5x Common Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 55x Lapwing, Peregrine, (JOa, LH, TM)

Branston GPs

Hobby, Peregrine, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 47x Lapwing, Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, Shelduck, 92x Pochard, 5x Shoveler, 44x Teal, 51x Gadwall, 28x Egyptian Geese, 24x Little Grebe, 5x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, 8x Swift, 25x House Martin, 38x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Baswich Lane

Barn Owl by the river at 14:30, 

Wednesday 29th July 2026

Doxey Marsh

06:00 - 4x Green Sandpiper, 12x Snipe, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 2x Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x ad +1 juv Water Rail, (RBr)

Stanley Pool

Redshank to 06:30 only, Hummingbird Hawkmoth by the dam, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Scoter,

Tittesworth Water

Peregrine, 6x LRP, 4x Common Sandpiper, 10x Oystercatcher, 42x Lapwing, Egyptian Goose, (TMe)

Branston GPs

Ashy pit at 11:00 Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 15x Curlew, 10x Lapwing, 80x Pochard, (DSc)  -  Marsh Harrier (juv with green wing tags), Peregrine, 16x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 43x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, 103x Pochard, 44x Gadwall, 33x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 35x Egyptian Geese, 26x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1s), YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 12x Linnet, Lesser Whitethroat, Ruddy Darter, Volucella zonaria, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Essex Skipper, 12x Brown Argus, (JWo)  - Additional this evening 2x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, 5x Oystercatcher, 6x Shelduck, 5x YL Gull, Yellow Wagtail, (DSc)

Middleton Lakes

Juv Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, juv Common Gull, Bittern, 9x Clouded Yellow, (MB)

Tuesday 28th July 2026

Doxey Marsh

2x Oystercatcher, 11x Lapwing, 3x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Cattle Egret on Creswell scrape, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x Gadwall, 2x Common Tern, 2x GC Grebe, Swift, House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)  -  5x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Redshank, Snipe, 2x Common Tern, 3x Great Egret, 20+ Swift, (BGo)

                                                    Green Sandpiper by Bill Goldstraw

Belvide Resv

Wood Sandpiper, drake Common Scoter still, 3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 6x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, Dunlin, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, (CMa, RF)

Monday 27th July 2026

Belvide Resv

Drake Common Scoter, 2x juv Black-necked Grebe Common Sandpiper, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Arctic Tern briefly around Creswell, Common Tern, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper 3x Gadwall, 3x House Martin, (CAFH)

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, 2x Redstart (male + juv), Willow Tit, 3x Common Sandpiper, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

7x Sanderling SW over Tad Bay at 11:00 and another in Blithe Bay, (GJM)  -  3x Sanderling, 12x Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, 15x Common Sandpiper, 23x LRP, 3x YL Gull, (RBr) - Sanderling, Black-tailed Godwit, 17x Common Sandpiper, 17x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 35x LRP, Ringed Plover, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 8x Yellow Wagtail, (SE, HF)

                                                        Sanderling by Steve Edwards

Tittesworth Water

3x Arctic Tern, Common Tern, 6x LRP, 4x Common Sandpiper, 12x Oystercatcher, 21x Lapwing, Goosander, 4x Mandarin, 9x Common Gull, 4x Raven, (SGi)

                                                       Arctic Tern by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 16x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 22x Little Egret, 12x Mandarin, 126x Pochard, 26x Gadwall, Shelduck, 22x Egyptian Geese, 34x Little Grebe, 7x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, 2x Peregrine, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Peregrine, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 15x Linnet, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, 6+ Brown Argus, 4x Purple Hairstreak, 2x Painted Lady, Brimstone, 37x Red Admirals (JWo)

                                             Hummingbird Hawkmoth by Jon Woodcock

Whitemoor Haye

Greenshank this evening, (TPe)

Sunday 26th July 2026

Belvide Resv

Adult White-rumped Sandpiper on north shore with 2x Dunlin, 2x Turnstone, No sign of the Stone Curlew, 

Chasewater

Sanderling, 3x Dunlin, 3x Common Sandpiper, 78x Swift, (ICW)

Rudyard Lake

Red Kite, Redshank, 3x Common Sandpiper, (GBr)

Stanley Pool

Common Tern, 3x LRP, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Gailey Resv

7+ Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Common Tern, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

Turnstone, (ICW)

Blithfield Resv

3x Sanderling, 7x Dunlin, Ruff, 2x Ringed Plover, 8x Common Sandpiper, 7x Arctic Tern to 13:30 then flew high SE, (JKl)  -   15x Dunlin, 4x Sanderling, Arctic Tern, (GJM, MPR),  -  In addition Redshank, 20x LRP, Curlew, Red Kite, (MJa)

                                                             Sanderling by GJ Mant

Tittesworth Water

6x Mandarin, Goosander, 4x Common Tern, 6x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 9x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 29x Lapwing, 3x Redstart, (JOa, LH, TE)

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 7x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, 15x Lapwing, 3x Common Tern, (RSw)  -  This pm 8x Gadwall, Water Rail, 28x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, GC Grebe, Little Egret, Great Egret, 5x House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

28x Little Grebe, 16x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 18x Egyptian Geese, 6x Mandarin, 6x Shelduck, 30x Gadwall, 132x Pochard, 10x Lapwing, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Tern, 2x Green Woodpecker, 50x House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, 30x Linnet, 2x Peregrine, (DSc)  -  In addition Hobby, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

6x Common Tern, 12x Swift, 14x House Martin, 20x Sand Martin, 2x Cetti.s Warbler, (DSc)

Saturday 25th July 2026

Belvide Resv

Juv Stone Curlew on north Shore, juv Black-necked Grebe, Turnstone, Black-tailed Godwit, YL Gull, juv Marsh Harrier, 

                                                    Stone Curlew by Richard Powell

Stanley Pool

5x Shelduck at 07:30, Redstart, Willow Tit, 3x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Common Tern, 4x Red-legged Partridge, (GBr)

The Million

Honey Buzzard flew west at 08:45, (ICW, MDJ)

Blithfield Resv

Ruff, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 5x Dunlin, (MCh)

Tittesworth Water

Common Scoter, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 8x Common Sandpiper, 3x LRP, 9x Oystercatcher, 60x Lapwing, 2x Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, Common Tern, 13x Mandarin, Goosander, 3x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, Grey Wagtail, (SGi, IB)

                                                    Common Scoter by Steve Gibson

Whitemoor Haye

20+ Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 7x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Hobby, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Yellowhammer, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 6x Little Grebe, 6x GC Grebe, 8x Common Tern, 6x Swift, 2x Garden Warbler, (SCo)

Catholme

Footpath - 5x Great Egret, 28x Little Egret, 26x Common Tern, 150+ Cormorant, 4x Linnet, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, (JWo)

Branston GPs

This evening - 4x Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 30x Egyptian Geese, 4x Shelduck, Mandarin, 100x Pochard, 16x Curlew, 12x Lapwing, 3x Dunlin, 2x Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, YL Gull, 3x Common Tern, Grey Wagtail, (DSc)

Friday 24th July 2026

Branston GPs

Med Gull (ad), 16x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover,  4x Oystercatcher, 46x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 22x Little Egret, 139x Pochard, 34x Teal, 25x Gadwall, 5x Shelduck, 26x Egyptian Geese, 31x Little Grebe, 12x Common Tern, YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 10x Linnet, c100 Starling, 3x Migrant Hawker, 32x Brown Argus, (JWo)

Middle Mayfield

Clouded Yellow, (BRe)

Uttoxeter

2x Oystercatcher at the racecourse, (AR)

Thursday 23rd July 2026

Gailey Resv

2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 7x Common Tern (inc 2 juvs) (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

7x Mandarin, Goosander, 2x Common Tern, 6x LRP, 6x Common Sandpiper, 10x Oystercatcher, 7x Lapwing, 2x Garden Warbler, 5x Redstart, (JOa, LH, TMe)

Trentham Gardens

3x Common Tern, 5x Little Egret, Red Kite, 11x Swift, (RTo)

                                                    Common Tern by Geoff Woodward

Rudyard Lake

Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern 6x Lapwing, (FCa)

Branston GPs

Whimbrel, 14x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 36x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 25x Little Egret, 133x Pochard, 5x Shelduck, 28x Teal, 34x Gadwall, 25x Egyptian Geese, 28x Little Grebe, 3x Common Tern, YL Gull, Hobby, 3x Sedge Warbler, White-letter Hairstreak, 14x Brown Argus, (JWo)

                                                         Brown Argus by Jon Woodcock

Doxey Marsh

5x Gadwall, Water Rail, LRP, 9x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x GC Grebe, Little Egret, House Martin, (CAFH)

Wednesday 22nd July 2026

Gailey Resv

Arctic Tern, 4x Common Tern, Little Egrets, 2x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Leek

35+ Swift circling above John St/Broad St at 07:55, (RWi)

Doxey Marsh

3x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Swift, 2x House Martin, Little Egret, Great Egret, (CAFH)

Blithfield Resv

Greenshank, Ruff, Curlew, 6x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 15x LRP, 3x Dunlin, Red Kite, Peregrine, 3x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Clouded Yellow, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, (SE, HF) - 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 11x LRP, Common Terns, Shelduck,  (MJa)

                                                      Clouded Yellow By Steve Edwards

Tittesworth Water

Peregrine, 2x Little Egret, Common Tern, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SGi)

North Staffs Moors

Marsh Harrier still, (TMe)

Branston GPs

Hobby, Peregrine, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 34x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, 7x Great Egret, 26x Little Egret, 5x Shelduck (juv), 136x Pochard, 32x Teal, 31x Gadwall, 21x Egyptian Geese, 26x Little Grebe, Common Tern, YL Gull, 4x Green Woodpecker (1 juv), Stonechat (juv), (JWo, DSc)

                                                            by Jon Woodcock

Tuesday 21st July 2026

Middleton Lakes

Black-crowned Night Heron still at Dosthill NR at 04:30, (GCl, KCl)

Blithfield Resv

Common Terns, Little Egret, Peregrine (juv), Clouded Yellow, (RBe)

Tittensor (Trent Valley)

3x Red Kite, (AEa)

Gailey Resv

4x Little Egrets feeding young,  2x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, juv Common Gull, (SRi)

Chorley

2x Ring-necked Parakeet, 2x Swift, (JWo)

Monday 20th July 2026

Middleton Lakes

Black-crowned Night Heron this evening, (SPA)

Stanley Pool

Redstart, Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, 3x Lapwing, 5x LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Burntwood Loggerheads

Redstart, Raven, Spotted Wood, Common Blue, (JSt)

Blithfield Resv

2x Knot, 6x Common Sandpiper 2x Curlew, 4x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 20x LRP, Ringed Plover, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Red Kite, 14x Yellow Wagtail, 4x Clouded Yellow, (SE, HF)  -  In  addition this evening Ruff, 2x YL Gull, JHi)

                                                            Knots by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Med Gull (adult), 14x Curlew, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 55x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 27x Little Egret, 109x Pochard, 5x Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, 38x Gadwall, 22x Teal, 18x Egyptian Geese, 32x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, 21x Linnet, 6x Swift, (JWo)

North Staffs Moors

Marsh Harrier this evening, (TMe)

Doxey Marsh

Shelduck, 2x Gadwall, 27x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, GC Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 3x House Martin, (CAFH)

Sunday 19th July 2026

Blithfield Resv

Eclipse drake Lesser Scaup north of the causeway, Sanderling, (MPR,GJM)

Silverdale CP

2x Common Tern over the Void 09:52 - 09:56, (JHu)

Gailey Resv

At least 8x Little Egret inc young with a 2nd successful nest, Common Gull, 2x Common Tern, 2x Oystercatcher with chick, pair of Grey Wagtail (with 3 juvs), (SRi)

Stanley Pool

5x Little Egret, 3x Common Tern, 2x Common Sandpiper, LRP, 8x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

2x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, Teal, 2x Common Tern, Little Egret, Redshank, 7x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper, 13x Oystercatcher, 41x Lapwing, 10x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, 3x Garden Warbler, Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, 4x Redstart, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

                                                         Redstart by Tammy Mellor

Belvide Resv

4x Black-necked Grebe, 2x Redstart, 

Baldwins Gate

Red Kite circling at 12:15, (CPe)

Sandon - Burston 

Canal walk juv Gropper, 4x Red Kite, Common Tern, (RSw)

Hamstall Ridware

Red Kite at 18:30, (AGP)

Branston GPs

SMP2 and DP only - 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 2x Green Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker, Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Mistle Thrush, 8x Linnet, (JWo)

Winnothdale

2x Red Kite circling at 18:05, (RCa)

Doxey Marsh

9x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, LRP, 2x Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, 9x Little Egret, 4x Great Egret, 15x Water Rail (inc 4 juvs), 8x Teal, 9x Shoveler, Green Woodpecker (reserve rarity), (MBo, PDy, RRa, RSt, DTo, RBr, WeBS)

Saturday 18th July 2026

Gailey Resv

3x Black-tailed Godwit present at 08:30, 4x Little Egret (inc 3 juvs), 2x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Leek

14x Swift over Cruso St at 06:05, (RWi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, Goosander, 2x Shoveler, 5x Pochard, 5x Teal, (RPo)

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, Redstart, Common Tern, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x LRP, 11x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

Juv Med Gull flew west at 13:52, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Redshank, 11x LRP, Wigeon, 3x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, (RPo)

Flash 

Red Kite, (PAn)

Gnosall

9x Red Kite Radmore Lane following grass cutting on the stable fields, (RPl)

Doxey Marsh

4x Great Egret, 4x Little 2x Egret, 6x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 4x Water Rail, Greenfinches, Peregrine, Gropper, (DBa, CE, IG, PB, AB)

Tittesworth Water

2x Peregrine, 2x Redshank, 3x Common Tern, 10x Common Gulls, 3x Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Raven, (SGi, IB, PS)

Burslem Park/Estate

12+ Swift, (PMo)

Lichfield district

Abnalls Lane - Yellow Wagtail, (MBr)

Whitemoor Haye

11x Little Grebe, 11x GC Grebe, 3x Oystercatcher, 89x Lapwing, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 7x Little Egret, 4x Great Egret, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Garden Warbler, 3x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, (SCo)

Friday 17th July 2026

Doxey Marsh

2x Spotted Flycatcher, Water Rail, 7x Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, (RSt)

Leek

Ring-necked Parakeet circling around Cruso St / Station St at 06:05, (RWi)

Middleton Lakes

2x Ruddy Shelduck on JW south, 7x Black-tailed Godwit, 9x LRP, Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, (MSm)

Berryhill

10+ Stonechat, juv Whinchat, 2x Redstart, 15+ Swift, Peregrine, (RTo)

Coombes Valley RSPB

Greenshank over calling at 10:00, (PBe)

Astonfields Balancing Resv

Peregrine (RSt)

Rocester

7x Swift over Riverside Drive, (JDr)

Branston GPs

Ad Med Gull, Red Kite, Hobby, 9x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher, 62x Lapwing, 8x Great Egret, 39x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, 10x Shelduck, 154x Pochard, 6x Shoveler, 65x Gadwall, 19x Teal, 34x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Stonechat, 4x Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 8x Linnet, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

Marsh Harrier this afternoon, 

Thursday 16th July 2026

Middleton Lakes

4x Green Sandpiper, Avocet, Snipe, Redshank, 5x LRP, (MSm)  -  Juv Water Rail, 3x Common Tern, 6x Little Egret, Avocet, Lapwings, LRP, Green Sandpiper, (KJo)

Tittesworth Water

2x Mandarin, 2x Common Tern, 7x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper, 11x Oystercatcher, 47x Lapwing,   4x Redstart, Blackcap, (JOa, LH, TM)

Branston GPs

5x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 34x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 32x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, 6x Shelduck, 97x Pochard, 14x Teal, 21x Gadwall, 18x Egyptian Geese, 31x Little Grebe, 6x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Water Rail, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 12x Linnet, (JWo) - Additional this evening - Ad Med Gull, 2x Common Gull, 3x YL Gull, 50x Lapwing, 7x Oystercatcher, 20x Egyptian Geese, 31x Teal, 104x Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, Clouded Yellow, (DSc)

                                                      Clouded Yellow by Dave Scattergood

Belvide Resv

4x Black-necked Grebe this evening, juv Med Gull, 

Alvercote

2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 6x Common Tern, (MSc)

Blithfield Resv

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ringed Plover, Greenshank, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 3x YL Gull, juv Caspian Gull, 3x Common Gull, 2x Great Egret, (JHi)

Wednesday 15th July 2026

Middleton Lakes

Little Stint on canal pool, (GG)

Freehay

Red Kite Church Bank at 08:50, (FCa)

Tittesworth Water

2x Peregrine, Common Gull, Common Tern, 3x Goosander, (SGi)

Branston GPs

Midday, Ashy pit and North pit only - Great Egret, 18x Little Egret, 17x Egyptian Geese, 4x Shelduck, 10x Teal, 40x Pochard, 12x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, adult Herring Gull feeding 2x fledged juvs (which have arrived from elsewhere), (DSc)  -  2x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 34x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, 106x Pochard, 34x Gadwall, 14x Teal, 3x Mandarin, 6x Shelduck, 22x Egyptian Geese, 22x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, 6x Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Tuesday 14th July 2026

Blithfied Resv

This am -  Little Tern, Whimbrel, Curlew, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 5x LRP, Ringed Plover, (RBr)  -  Juv Caspian Gull, Whimbrel, 2x Greenshank, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, (GJM)

Stone

2x Raven over Cherry Fields estate, (DWi)

Chorley

3x Ringed-necked Parakeet at Shute Hill, (JWo)

Doxey Marsh

5x Gadwall, Swift, Water Rail, 3x Oystercatcher, LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x GCC Grebe, 7x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, 2x Gropper, 12x House Martin, (CAFH)

Oakhill

4x Swift over the bowling green, (MJW)

Middleton Lakes

Green Sandpiper, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x LRP, Marsh Harrier, (MB)