Monday 20th July 2026

Stanley Pool

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

Burntwood Loggerheads

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

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 19th 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)

Monday 13th July 2026

Tittesworth Water

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Redshank, 2x Common Gull, 2x Common Tern, Hobby, Peregrine, 10x Mandarin, 4x Goosander, (SGi, PS)

                                                    Black-tailed Godwit by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

Med Gull (ad), Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 14x Curlew, 18x Lapwing, 15x Oystercatcher, 25x Little Egret, 6x Mandarin, 127x Pochard, 3x Shoveler, 12x Teal, 12x Gadwall, 6x Shelduck (5 juvs), 19x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, (JWo)

                                                          Med Gull by Jon Woodcock

Cannock Chase

Tree Pipit, Stonechat, Goldcrest, (AGP)

Sunday 12th July 2026

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe, 15+ LRP, 2x Redshank, Curlew, 5x Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Little Egret, 100+ Swift, 

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, Common Tern, Red Kite, Redshank, 3x LRP, 12x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Juv Marsh Harrier this am, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 3x Avocet, Redshank, LRP, c20 Common Tern ( juv),  (MSm)

Stafford

50+ Swift over Rowley Park, Hummingbird hawk-moth in garden at Redhill, (RFi)

Tittesworth Water

6x Mandarin, Teal, 6x Common Tern, 11x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper, 63x Lapwing, 7x Oystercatcher, 4x Redstart, Garden Warbler, 8x Swift, 4x Red Kite, Hobby, (JOa, LH, TE)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 25x Little Egret, 16x Egyptian Geese, 90x Pochard, Hobby, 14x Curlew, 10x Lapwing, 7x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

5x Little Egret, Hobby,  3x Common Tern, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

Black Tern, 11x Black-tailed Godwit, Crossbill over, (GJM, MPR)

Coven - Brewood 

5x Grey Partridge at the Lower Hattons, (JDu)

Saturday 11th July 2026

Belvide Resv

5x Black-necked Grebe (4 adults and one juv),  Greenshank, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Common Sandpiper, 20x LRP,

Biddulph Moor

4x Green Woodpecker several Tree Sparrows, Hummingbird hawk- moth, and in a Biddulph garden a Silver washed Fritillary,  (ALo)

Middleton Lakes

Green Sandpiper, 4x Avocet, LRP, 2x Redshank, (MSm)

Tittesworth Water

Little Tern, 3x Common Tern, Greenshank, (SGi)

                                                       Little Tern by Steve Gibson

Catholme

4x Great Egret, 26x Little Egret, Clouded Yellow, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

3x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Branston GPs

3x Great Egret, 21x Little Egret, 16x Curlew, 8x Oystercatcher, 20x Lapwing, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 5x Shoveler, 6x Teal, 80x Pochard, 7x Shelduck, 5x Mandarin, 3x YL Gull, 4x Common Tern, Cetti's Warbler, 15x Egyptian Geese, (DSc)

Friday 10th July 2026

Botteslow Flash

2x Redshank and 5x Little Egret present at 06:15, (RTo)

Branston GPs

Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 44x Lapwing, 14x Oystercatcher, 4x Great Egret, 22x Little Egret, 10x Mandarin, 9x Shelduck, 88x Pochard, 2x Shoveler, 15x Teal, 16x Gadwall, 20x Egyptian Geese, 22x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 8x Linnet, (JWo)

Thursday 9th July 2026

Rudyard Lake

Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, (Laxmi)

Tittesworth Resv

2x Mandarin, 4x Common Tern, 10x LRP, 8x Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 8x Oystercatcher + 6 juvs, 65x Lapwing, 4x Redstart, 2x Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH, TMe)

Alvecote

7x Little Egret, 6x Common Tern, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Black-tailed Godwit, 12x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 15x Oystercatcher, 47x Lapwing, 6x Great Egret, 28x Little Egret, 83x Pochard, 5x Mandarin, 6x Shelduck, 14x Teal, 16x Gadwall, 20x Egyptian Geese, 20x Little Grebe, 6x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 16+ Linnet, 5x Reed Warbler, Beewolf, 12x Purple Hairstreak, (JWo)

                                                          Beewolf by Jon Woodcock

Wednesday 8th July 2026

Belvide Res

Black-necked Grebe, LRP, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern, Peregrine, 

Sneyd Green

3x Swift, (JOa)

Tittesworth Water

9x Common Tern, Grey Wagtail, 3x Goosander, 9x Mandarin, (SGi)

Branston GPs

16x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 58x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 25x Little Egret, 67x Pochard, 15x Teal, 15x Gadwall, 7x Shelduck, 5x Mandarin, 24x Egyptian Geese, 15x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Mistle Thrush, 25x Linnet, 10x Swift, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Doxey Marsh

This pm - 4x Swift, 20x House Martin, 3x GC Grebe, 3x Little Egret, 10x Gadwall, LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, 5x Green Sandpiper, (CAFH)

Tuesday 7th July 2026

Botteslow Flash

9x Little Egret present at 08:15, (RTo)

Birches Head

4x Ring-necked Parakeet at the Bridge centre, (MKe)

Hollinsclough

Stonechats, Swift, (KJo)

Monday 6th July 2026

Stanley Pool

2x Redstart (fem and juv), 6x Common Tern, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

Hobby, Common Tern, (SGi)

Branston GPs

16x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 36x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Great Egret, 19x Little Egret, 71x Pochard, 21x Gadwall (5 duckling), 2x Shoveler, 11x Teal, 5x Mandarin (5 ducklings), 9x Shelduck (5 juvs), 31x Egyptian Geese, 20x Little Grebe, 6x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 23x Linnet, 16x Swift, (JWo)

Sunday 5th July 2026

Stanley Pool

3x Common Tern, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x LRP (1 juv), (GBr)

Belvide Resv

3x Black-necked Grebe, 7x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Redshank, 

Blithfield Resv

15x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Redshank, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, 41x Common Tern, 6x Goosander, 34x Teal, Great Egret, Little Egret, Gropper, 6x Yellow Wagtail, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

2x Mandarin, Common Tern, 21x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing, 2x Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH, TE)

Berryhill

10+ Stonechat, juv Redstart 8x Swift and nearby at Botteslow Flash 4x Little Egret, (RTo)

Alrewas

Red Kite over at 14:00, (SCo)

Butterton

Grasshopper Warbler, (KH)

Wolseley

2x Common Tern, (MBe)

                                                        Common Terns by Martin Bennett

Branston GPs

2x Shelduck, 2x Hobby, c15 Pochard, 2x Mandarin, Red Kite, (DSh)

Middleton Lakes

3x Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, (KJo)

Saturday 4th July 2026

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe,

Gailey Resv

2x Little Egret with 3 well grown young, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

2x Bittern, 4x Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, 7x LRP, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, (MSm)

Rocester JCB

4x pairs Common Tern with 6 young, 2x Oystercatcher, (TDu)

Whitemoor Haye

6x Little Grebe, 29x Lapwing, Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Grey Partridge, 8x Little Egret, 5x GC Grebe, 3x Common Tern, several Yellowhammer, 2x Yellow Wagtail, RL Partridge, (SCo)

Tittesworth Water

Redshank, 2x Little Egret, Common Tern, (SGi)

Tucklesholme

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, Gadwall, Cetti's Warbler feeding 2 fledged juveniles, Garden Warbler, (DSc)

Branston GPs

3x Black-tailed Godwit, 30x Lapwing, 16x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 18x Little Egret, 2x YL Gull, 2x Shelduck +5 juvs,  Mandarin + 4 juvs, 25x Gadwall, 10x Teal, 56x Pochard, 16x Egyptian Geese, 2x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 10x Swift, (DSc)

Friday 3rd July 2026

Doxey Marsh

2x Swift, 20x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, LRP, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, 7x GC Grebe, 5x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 2x Gropper, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

2x Hobby, 2x Red Kite, 14x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 11x Oystercatcher, 26x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 21x Little Egret, 6x Mandarin, 74x Pochard, 7x Shelduck, 12x Teal, 16x Gadwall, 18x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, 7x Common Tern, 3x Green Woodpecker, 20x Linnet, 4x Garden Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean, MCa)  -  Additionally ad YL Gull, Shoveler, 15x Teal, 30x Lapwing, 10x Swift, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, (DSc)

Thursday 2nd July 2026

Belvide Resv

4x Black-necked Grebe still,

Tittesworth Water

4x Goosander, Mandarin, 15x LRP, 7x Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 47x Lapwing, Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH)

Aqualate

Adult Black Tern this am, (PJor)

Branston GPs

2x Red Kite, 12x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, 28x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, 7x Shelduck, 14x Teal, 16x Gadwall, 44x Pochard, 27x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, Common Tern, YL Gull, 30x Linnet, (JWo)

                                                      Rust Pine Borer by Jon Woodcock

Wednesday 1st July 2026

Belvide Resv

4x Black-necked Grebe in SE bay, 2x Black-tailed Godwit

Stone

Oystercatcher over Aston Lodge estate at 08:15, (DGl)

Branston GPs

3x Hobby, 2x Redshank, 2x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 10x Oystercatcher, 57x Lapwing, 22x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, 8x Shelduck, 14x Teal, 3x Shoveler, 81x Pochard, 28x Gadwall, 29x Egyptian Geese, 19x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 32x Linnet, (JWo)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

Redstart, Garden Warbler, Bullfinch, 10x Blackcap, Treecreeper, (JSt)

Tuesday 30th June 2026

Middleton Lakes

Ruff and 2x Green Sandpiper on JW north, (MSm)

Branston GPs

3x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 33x Lapwing, 21x Little Egret, 5x Mandarin, 9x Shelduck, 3x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 35x Gadwall, 59x Pochard, 23x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, 5x Common Tern, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 25+ Linnet, (JWo)

Monday 29th June 2026

Stanley Pool

Juv Redstart, 2x Common Tern, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Lapwing, 4x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

2nd summer Kittiwake, Common Tern, Spotted Flycatcher, RL Partridge, (SGi)

Doxey Marsh

3x Gadwall, 4x Swift, 5x Lapwing, Redshank, 3x Common Tern, 7x GC Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 4x Sedge Warbler, 2x Reed Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, 4x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 9x Oystercatcher, 36x Lapwing, Great Egret, 25x Little Egret, Wigeon, 12x Teal, 68x Pochard, 39x Gadwall, 7x Shelduck, 17x Egyptian Geese, 22x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, Common Gull, YL Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 32x Linnet, (JWo)

Sunday 28th June 2026

Stanley Pool

Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Avocet, 3x LRP, 3x Redshank (2juv), (MSm)

Tittesworth Water

3x Goosander, 2x Common Tern, 5x LRP, 4x Common Sandpiper, 62x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, Grey Wagtail, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Garden Warbler, 20x Swift, (JOa, LH, TE)

Branston GPs

7x Little Egret, 15x Egyptian Geese (+3juvs), 3x Shelduck (+5 juvs), 30x Gadwall, 8x Teal, 40x Pochard, 40x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, 10x Swift, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)  -  Additional Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 6x Pochard, 4x Little Grebe, Red Kite. Peregrine, 2x RL Partridge, (JWo)

Alvecote

2x Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, (MSc)

Saturday 27th June 2026

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe at west end, 2x juv Great Egret, 

Botteslow Flash

4x Little Egret, (RTo)

Stanley Pool

Yellow Wagtail, 5x Little Egret, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x LRP, 6x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Hamstall Ridware

Red Kite over (AGP)

Rudyard Lake

2x Little Egret flying south at 20:00, (Laxmi)

Catholme

Cuckoo, Great Egret, 12x Common Tern, 6x Gadwall, 4x Shelduck, 100x Cormorant, 12x Egyptian Geese, (JWo)

Barton-under-Needwood

Red Kite, (JWo)

Branston GPs

11x Little Egret, Peregrine, 3x Curlew, 50x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 2x Shelduck, 4x Teal, 30x Gadwall, 65x Pochard, ad YL Gull, Common Gull, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Lichfield 

2x Raven in Darnford Park, (SGr)

Friday 26th June 2026

Stanley Pool

Green Sandpiper, 17x Lapwing, 4x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Cheddleton - Consall

Canal towpath  - 2x Red Kite, 3x Grey Wagtail, Redstart, Willow Tit, 6x Garden Warbler, 4x Mistle Thrush, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Branston GPs

8x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 54x Lapwing, 9x Little Egret, 33x Pochard, 32x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, 5x Teal, 14x Egyptian Geese, 8x Shelduck, 14x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, Common Gull, YL Gull, Peregrine, 12x Linnet, (JWo)  -  Additional Mandarin + 4 juvs, 40x Pochard, (DSc)