Friday 15th May 2026

Belvide Resv

Bonaparte's Gull still, Knot, 3x Cattle Egret, Arctic Tern, 

Thursday 14th May 2026

Belvide Resv

1s Bonaparte's Gull still, Knot this am, ad Med Gull, drake Scaup, 

Chasewater

Osprey thru at 09:56, (ICW)

Branston GPs

Grey Plover, Curlew, 18x Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 10x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, 6x Little Egret, 24x Shelduck, 11x Mandarin, 6x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, 28x Gadwall, 23x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 15x Common Tern, 2x Hobby, 2x RL Partridge, 2x Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Stonechat, 5x Garden Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean, RBr)

Tittesworth Water

17x Mandarin, Goosander, 14x LRP, 10x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, Common Gull, Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH)

Wednesday 13th May 2026

Branston GPs

Grey Plover, Sanderling, 12x Dunlin, 9x Ringed Plover, 8x Lapwing, 11x Oystercatcher, 4x Arctic Tern, 12x Common Tern, 3x Little Egret, 9x Mandarin, 11x Pochard, 20x Gadwall, 15x Shelduck, 21x Egyptian Geese, 2x Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Garden Warbler, 500x Swift, 500x Swallow, 80x House Martin, (JWo)

                                                        Grey Plover by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

1s Bonaparte's Gull still, ad Kittiwake, 2x Arctic Tern, drake Scaup, Sanderling, Black-necked Grebe, 2000x Swift, 

                                                    Bonaparte's Gull by Steve Edwards

Tittesworth Water

Adult Kittiwake, White Wagtail, 11x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x Common Sandpiper, 16x drake Mandarin, Goosander, 2x Common Tern, (SGi)

                                                         White Wagtail by Steve Gibson

Middleton Lakes

Turnstone on JW north, 17x Ringed Plover, 11x Dunlin, 12x LRP, 6x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper,  (MB)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Sanderling from quarry entrance this evening, 600+ Swift, 2x Peregrine, 8x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 52x Stock Dove, (SCo)

Freehay

21x Mandarin on the lawn, (FCa)

Tuesday 12th May 2026

Belvide Resv

Bonaparte's Gull still, drake Scaup still, 

Trentham Gardens

8x Cattle Egret still, 4x Little Egret, Mandarin, 50+ Swift, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x Reed Warbler, 2x Garden Warbler, (RGi)

Branston GPs

8x Cattle Egret flew SW over SMP1 at 11:27 (site record count), ad Kittiwake, Arctic Tern, 8x Common Tern, 3x Sanderling, 2x Dunlin, Whimbrel, Curlew, 3x Common Sandpiper, 14x Ringed Plover, 18x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Mandarin, 11x Pochard, 32x Gadwall, 3x Teal, 29x Shelduck, 23x Egyptian Geese, 15x Little Grebe, Cuckoo, Hobby, Peregrine, 400x Swift, 3x Stonechat, 14x Linnet, Mistle Thrush, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Reed Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, 6x Garden Warbler,   (JWo)

                                                      Cattle Egrets by Jon Woodcock

Doxey Marsh

Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, 3x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 5x Teal, c40x Swift, Oystercatcher, LRP, 8x Lapwing, 3x GC Grebe, 8x Little Egret, Hobby, c70 House Martin, Sedge Warblers, Reed Warblers, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (CAFH)

Freehay

19x Mandarin in the garden, (FCa)

Whitemoor Haye

Quail this evening still audible from bend in rough track, (PAn)

Monday 11th May 2026

Belvide Resv

Bonaparte's Gull to 11:35 at least, adult drake Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, Med Gull, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 

Tittesworth Water

Hobby, 2x Common Tern, 11x Mandarin, (SGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Quail still this evening, (TPe)

Branston GPs

2x Hobby, Cuckoo, Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 12x Ringed Plover, 12x Lapwing, 10x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 10x Pochard, 3x Shoveler, 5x Teal, 20x Gadwall, 18x Shelduck, 22x Egyptian Geese, 10x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, YL Gull, 3x Stonechat, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 12x Reed Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, 6x Garden Warbler, 3x Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, 100x Swift, 50x House Martin, 200x Sand Martin, 500x Swallow, 10x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean, SBI)

Sunday 10th May 2026

Ramshorn

Red Kite over at 06:30 near Kevin quarry and a Red Kite over the cricket field at Wootton at 06:35, (RWi)

Belvide Resv

Drake Scaup, Black-necked Grebe still, ad Med Gull, Osprey over SE, no sign so far of the Great Reed Warbler, 

Gailey Resv

Spotted Flycatcher below the dam, Osprey 08:09 - 08:17 then headed  north, 5x Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher with 2 young, sev Reed Warblers and Sedge Warblers,  (SRi)

Baldwins Gate

Hobby, Cuckoo, (RWh)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Whimbrel, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, (RPo)

Biddulph

Rockend - 4x Tree Sparrow, Redstart, 8x Linnet, (ALo)

Tittesworth Water

14x LRP, Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, 9x Common Sandpiper, 6x Lapwing, Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 2x Red Kite, 2x Grey Wagtail, 5-6x Garden Warbler, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Aqualate

Osprey flew NE at 11:00, 8x Hobbies, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, Swifts, (PJor)  -  17:30 to 19:45 Cuckoo, 3x Hobby, 10x Swift, (GCa)

Branston GPs

Sanderling, 8x Ringed Plover on Ashy pit this am, (CEc)  -  This evening 3x Little Egret, 2x Whimbrel, 2x Greenshank, Dunlin, 10x Ringed Plover, 8x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, 16x Shelduck, 3x Teal, 4x Mandarin, 20x Gadwall, Goosander, 6x Common Tern, c100 Swift, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Cuckoo, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

Quail still from bend in rough track, (TPe)  -  This afternoon Quail still, Whimbrel, Hobby, Common Sandpiper, (KayD)

Whiston

2x Green Woodpecker in Scots Pine at The Leys, (GSt)

Saturday 9th May 2026

Belvide Resv

Great Reed Warbler still present at 07:07, west of Scott hide,  

Middleton Lakes

Grey Plover early am, 9x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, LRPs, 8+ Redshank, 20+ adult Avocets, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern, (SPA)  -  2x Cuckoo, 2x Common Tern, 6x Avocet, 6x Lapwing, LRP, 3x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shoveler, 2x Little Egret, Hobby, Bittern, 3x GC Grebe, Garden Warbler, (STu)

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite at 07:50, (PCa)

Blithfield Resv

Wood Sandpiper still, Avocet, (GJM)

Rocester JCB North lake

5x Common Tern, 6x Pochard, 20+ Barnacle Geese, (JDr)

Doxey Marsh

Male Garganey on Creswell Flash, 3x LRP, 2x Common Tern, Gropper, (GHa)  - This pm drake Garganey still at 18:20, 4x Shelduck, Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 2x Swift, 10x House Martin, 2x Common Tern, Skylark, GC Grebe, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Hobby, Cuckoo, 2x Little Egret, Teal, 6x Pochard, 2x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 8x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Hobby, 2x Common Tern, Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2x Linnet, (DSc)

Leek

8x Swift over John Street this evening, (RWi)

Friday 8th May 2026

Belvide Resv

Great Reed Warbler from Scott hide early am to 12:20 at least,  single Black-necked Grebe still, 

Trentham Gardens

8x Cattle Egrets this am,  (HF, SE, RG)

                                                        Cattle Egret by Steve Edwards

Aqualate

2x Cuckoo, 4x Stonechat (2 juvs), 5x Gadwall, 3x Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, (JIs)

Branston GPs

Ruff, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 24x Lapwing, 9x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, Wigeon, 4x Teal, 28x Gadwall, 11x Pochard, 20x Shelduck, 16x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern, Cuckoo, Hobby, Red Kite, 3x Stonechat, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 7x Garden Warbler, 12x Reed Warbler, 4x Sedge Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, MCa)

Blithfield Resv

Wood Sandpiper in first bay north of Causeway/Admaston Reach,  (JAl)

Whitemoor Haye

Quail calling from start of rough track, (TPe)

Gnosall

Red Kite very low over A518 Swanpit Nursery at 10:00, (GCa)

The Burntwood Loggerheads

Male Redstart, Cuckoo, 2x Garden Warbler, (JSt)

Thursday 7th May 2026

Stanley Pool

Hobby, 3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

2x Sanderling this am, (GJM)

Trentham Gardens

Cattle Egret still, Hobby, (HFo)

Aqualate

05:30 to 08:15 - 2x Common Tern, 2x Hobby, male Marsh Harrier, Gropper, Cuckoo, Swift, (KHa)

Stafford

Greenshank over Rising Brook at 13:40 flying towards Radford, (MBo)

Tittesworth Water

3x Mandarin, Goosander, Barnacle Goose, 2x Little Egret, 8x Oystercatcher, 7x Lapwing, 9x LRP, 6x Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, Willow Tit, 4x Garden Warbler, House Martins, Swifts, (JOa, LH)

Wetley Rocks

2x Red Kite over Mill Lane at 16:30 and nearby a Red Kite over Cheddleton Heath at 06:50, (PCa)

Branston GPs

Greenshank, Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 9x Oystercatcher, 9x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 12x Shelduck, 4x Teal, 14x Pochard, 26x Gadwall, 12x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, 3x Stonechat, Red-legged Partridge, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 7x Reed Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, 6x Garden Warbler, (JWo, George, BSt)

North Staffs Moors

3x Cuckoo, 2x Hobby, 2x Stonechat, (TMe)

                                                           Cuckoo by Tammy Mellor    

                                                            Hobby by Tammy Mellor
                          

Staffs

Wednesday 6th May 2026

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), Hobby, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 8x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Pochard, 3x Teal, 20x Shelduck, 24x Gadwall, 6x Egyptian Geese, 4x Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Siskin, 3x Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

7x Glossy Ibis on north shore, Yellow Wagtail, Greenshank, 2x Common Tern, (CMa, RF)

Cannock Chase

5x Redstart, 2x Cuckoo, 5x Tree Pipit, 3x Garden Warbler, 6x Blackcap, Woodcock, Grey Wagtail, (DBa, PB, IG, BJ))

Tucklesholme - Branston Leas

2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Little Egret, 6x Common Tern, 4x Goosander, Gropper, 5x Lesser Whitethroat, 9x Garden Warbler, 15x Sedge Warbler, 9x Reed Warbler, 9x Cetti's Warbler, 40x Swift, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Trentham Gardens

16x Swift, Garden Warbler, (AR)

Branston - Tucklesholme

Along the Trent 2x Yellow Wagtail, Mandarin, Swifts, Goosanders, Oystercatchers, Reed Bunting, (KBi)

Tuesday 5th May 2026

Trentham Gardens

Cattle Egret in full breeding plumage on the island with Little Egrets, (HFo)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe, Wood Sandpiper, 

Freehay

15x Mandarin by the pond, (FCa, RCa)

Doxey Marsh

06:15 to 09:00 - Common Gull, 2x Common Tern, 2x LRP, 2x Swift, House Martins, many Sedge, Reed, and Cetti's Warblers, Whitethroats, (KLe)  -  10x Sedge Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 8x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Blackcap, 4x Whitethroat, 2x Gropper, 2x Common Tern, House Martins, (BGo)

                                                           Common Terns by Kath Leigh

Aqualate

13:00 - 14:30 Male and Female Marsh Harrier, 3x Hobby (+ possible 2 distant), Cuckoo, many Swifts, House Martins, Reed Warblers, Wigeon, (KLe)

Middleton Lakes

Bitterns, Osprey, Avocets, Common Terns, Peregrine, Hobby, Swifts, (RBe)

                                                        Osprey by Rob Bendelow

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher with two young, Common Sandpiper, few hundred Swifts, (SRi)

Branston GPs

2x Hobby, Red Kite, Peregrine, 3x Dunlin, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Mandarin, 3x Teal, 24x Gadwall, 4x Pochard, 23x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 15x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull (1w+2w), YL Gull, 10x Common Tern, RL Partridge, Siskin, 40x Swift, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Reed Warbler, 4x Sedge Warbler, 8x Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Monday 4th May 2026

Blithfield Resv

06:15 - 10:45 Little Tern off Beech Tree Point at 06:30, c37 Common Tern,  3x Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, Marsh Harrier, 2x Red Kite, 1s Caspian Gull, 10x Ringed Plover, Sanderling, 3x Dunlin, (SRi, GJM, MPR)

Lordship Lane

Early am - Wood Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Shelduck, (RTo, BMo)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe, Sanderling, 3x Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, 

Whitemoor Haye

Ruff, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Dunlin on roadside pit, LRP,  (SCo, PAn)  -  8x Dunlin, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper at 11:30, (MBr)

Branston GPs

Bar-tailed Godwit on Ashy pit, 6+ Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, YL Gull, (PAn)  20:00 evening update - Bar-tailed Godwit still, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Mandarin, 4x Teal, 12x Pochard, Peregrine, 2x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Linnet, Siskin, (DSc)

Freehay

11x Mandarin on the pond, (FCa)

Tucklesholme

12x Cattle Egrets in fields opposite the wading ponds, Gropper reeling, 3x Yellow Wagtail, (TWy)

Doxey Marsh

Yellow Wagtail, 2x Gropper, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Whitethroat, 17x Reed Warbler, Sedge Warblers, 2x Common Tern, LRP, Goosander, Shoveler, 2x Water Rail, Swift, (RSt)  -  4x Shelduck, 3x Shoveler, 15x Gadwall, 6x Swift, 2x LRP, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, 4x GC Grebe, Little Egret, c30 House Martin, Sedge Warblers, Reed Warblers, Whitethroat, Blackcap, (CAFH)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Turnstone at 12:40, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

Whimbrel first thing but flushed by a Peregrine, 7x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Cuckoo, (SPA)

Trentham Gardens

12x Swift, (DGl)

Sunday 3rd May 2026

Whitemoor Haye

Greenshank, Ruff, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 5x Dunlin, (TPe)

Branston GPs

8x Sanderling, 18x Dunlin, Bar-tailed Godwit, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 25+ Ringed Plover,  2x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, Snipe, Greenshank, Arctic Tern, 5x Common Tern, 1s Caspian Gull, 2x Little Egret, 3x Pochard, 8x Teal, 8x Shelduck, Red Kite, 3x Stonechat, (TPe, JWo, DSc, CEc, ASt, BSt, PAn, RPo)  -  19:00 update 8x Sanderling and Bar-tailed Godwit still, Whimbrel heard calling, 2x Mandarin, 5x Pochard, 4x Goosander, 3x Little Egret, 50x Swift, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Siskin, (DSc)

                                     Sanderlings, Ringed Plovers, Godwits by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

6x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 2x LRP Admaston Reach at 08:30, (MBr)  -  3x Common Scoter (one female) deep end, 11x Dunlin, 9x Ringed Plover, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, (GJM)  -  This afternoon 14x Cattle Egret in trees at top of Blithe Bay, (JAl)

Middleton Lakes

Early am - 2x Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, 11x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, 4x probable Arctic Tern, 4x Common Tern, Bittern, 2x Cuckoo, Swifts, (GG)

Belvide Resv

Wood Sandpiper, Sanderling, 13x Dunlin, 8x Ringed Plover, 3x Greenshank, 

Astonfields Balancing Resv

Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Whitethroat, 2x Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Greenfinch, Bullfinch, (RSt)

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Wheatear, 3x Green Woodpecker,3x  Stonechat, (JDu)

Tittesworth Water

Flock of 26x LRPs briefly then flew north, 8x Oystercatcher,  8x Common Sandpiper, 4x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, Pochard, 2x Common Tern, 2x Redstart, 8+ Garden Warbler, Blackcaps, 2x Bullfinch, 2x House Martin, (JOa, LH, TE)

Alvecote

Male Garganey on Pretty Pigs, (TPe)

Lordship Lane

Wood Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, (IBu)

Tucklesholme

4x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, 10x Swift, (DSc)

Saturday 2nd May 2026

Blithfield Resv (All Dayer total 99)

Early am - 3x Whimbrel at Admaston Reach then flew to deep end, (SRi), - Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Dunlin, Wheatear, Caspian Gull, 

Middleton Lakes (All Dayer Staffs and Warks total 102)

Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpiper, (MB)

Whitemoor Haye (All Dayer total 65)

Cuckoo, Hobby, 3x Redshank, 5x LRP, Ruff, Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 6x Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail, 4x Garden Warbler, Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, (SCo)

Dimmingsdale

Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, (TEy)

Doxey Marsh (All Dayer total 75)

3x Arctic Tern, 3x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, numerous Reed Warblers,  Sedge Warblers, Blackcaps, Cetti's Warblers, 10x Swift, (GPr, KLe)

Freehay

9x male Mandarin on garden pond this am, (FCa)

Furnace Grange Smestow Valley

Cattle Egret at 16:08,  Grey Partridge, Hobby, (GSl)

Belvide Resv (All Dayer total 88)

2x Wood Sandpiper, 2x adult Med Gull

Branston GPs (All Dayer total 101)

2x Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Curlew, 2x Redshank, 7x Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 12x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, 5x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 10x Teal, 12x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 16x Gadwall, 26x Little Grebe, 5x Common Tern, YL Gull, 3x Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, Barn Owl, Cuckoo, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x RL Partridge, Stonechat, Mistle Thrush, 6x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Grey Wagtail, Gropper, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Garden Warbler, 8x Lesser Whitethroat, 7x Sedge Warbler, 14x Reed Warbler, 6x Linnet, Siskin, Redpoll, 7x Swift, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean, PFo)

Fisherwick - Elford

Corn Bunting singing on the road at 18:30 on top of a Oak, (MBr)

Friday 1st May 2026

Blithfield Resv

Little Tern at 07:30, (MDJ, GJM)

Middleton Lakes

Drake Garganey, Bar-tailed Godwit (different bird from yesterday), 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, (JKl)

Rocester

6+ Swifts over this am, (JDr)

Swallow Moss

Cuckoo, Blackcap, Whitethroat, (TMe)

Branston GPs

2x Red Kite, Peregrine, Curlew, Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Ringed Plover, 7x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 4x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 12x Teal, 25x Gadwall, 28x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Red-legged Partridge, 6x Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Garden Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, 3x Greenfinch, 2x Bullfinch, 30x Swift, Stonechat, Mistle Thrush, (JWo, CEc, IWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Wood Sandpiper, (et al)

Sandon

West along the Trent & Mersey Canal - Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, 7+ Sedge Warbler, 7x Whitethroat, Goosander, 2x Gadwall, 15+ Reed Bunting, (RSw)

Trentham Gardens

4x Reed Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, (AR)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe still, 

Thursday 30th April 2026

Branston GPs

2x Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit and 2x Whimbrel flew north off the shingle isle at 08:36, Wood Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 16x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 2x Pochard, 14x Shelduck, 12x Gadwall, 12x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 2x Mandarin, 2x Little Egret, 8x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1s), 2x YL Gull, Red Kite, Peregrine, White Wagtail, 7x Yellow Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, Stonechat, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Garden Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler, 100x Swift, also Pine Snakefly, first for Branston GPs, (JWo, CEc)

                                                     Pine Snakefly by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

7x Black Tern, 2x Black-necked Grebe, 

Blithfield Resv

5x Black Tern briefly, (GJM)

Dydon Wood (NW of Middle Mayfield)

A flock of  8 to 10x Bee-eaters flew low NE calling towards the A52 at 12:20, (BRe)

Middleton Lakes

Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 6x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 10+ LRP, Ringed Plover, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 22x Avocet, Hobby, Gropper, (JKl)

Tittesworth Water

Mandarin, 9x LRP, 7x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, 2x Garden Warbler, Swallows, (JOa)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Slavonian Grebe, (JAl)

Gailey Resv

2x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Sandpiper, 4x Reed Warbler, (SRi)

Rocester

A Swift at dusk, (JDr)

Wednesday 29th April 2026

Branston GPs

Arctic Tern thru north, Common Tern, 2x Wheatear, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 12+ Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 18x Shelduck, 5x Pochard, 18x Gadwall, 16x Teal, 8x Egyptian Geese, 11x Little Grebe, Red Kite, Yellow Wagtail, Stonechat, 5x Garden Warbler, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Sedge Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 60x Swift, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe still, 

Cannock Chase

9x Redstart, 7x Tree Pipit, 2x Cuckoo, Woodcock, 4x Blackcap, 2x Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 3x Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail, (DBa, CE, PB, BJ, IG)  -  3x Redstart, several Tree Pipit, Cuckoo, (PCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Early evening - Slavonian Grebe, 20x Swift, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

Swift, 2x LRP, Yellow Wagtail, (RBe)

                                                      Yellow Wagtail by Rob Bendelow

Whittington - Elford

Corn Bunting. (SCol)

Tucklesholme

4x Common Tern, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 4x Pochard, 2x Gadwall, Gropper, 4x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Garden Warbler, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Sedge Warbler, 10x Reed Warbler, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Tuesday 28th April 2026

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 11x Common Tern, 3x Arctic Tern, Whimbrel, Curlew, 4x LRP, Redshank, 2x Shelduck, Wigeon, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Swift,  (SCo)  -  6x Arctic Tern, 2x Common Tern, Slavonian Grebe still, (TPe, JAl)

Blithfield Resv

c30 Arctic Terns this am, (GJM)  -  This evening c50 Arctic Terns, 20x Common Terns, (GJM, SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Arctic Terns  10:00 to 10:11 at least, (RPo)

Beamhurst

Swift at 09:00, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe still, 26x Arctic Tern thru at 15:45,

Leek

Red Kite from Sainsbury's car park at 17:53, (Laxmi)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 2x Common Tern, 2x Avocet, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 14x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 18x Shelduck, 6x Pochard, 15x Gadwall, 16x Teal, 10x Egyptian Geese, 19x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Stonechat,  Gropper, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 6x Garden Warbler, 5x Sedge Warbler, 7x Reed Warbler, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 100x Swift, 50x House Martin, 500x Sand Martin, 150x Swallow, 16x Linnet, Mistle Thrush, (JWo, CEc)

Knypersley Resv

Gropper and Goosander, (ALo)

Monday 27th April 2026

Middleton Lakes

Wryneck on the Staffs/Warks border from bridge over river to Dosthill at 09:30 (RSt)  -  This am 4x Wood Sandpiper from JW west screen, also a Hobby, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Cuckoo, Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, but no sign of the Wryneck from the River Tame bridge. (RPo)   -  This afternoon in addition 3x Yellow Wagtail, 10+ LRP, Bittern, 2x Common Sandpiper, - Wryneck reported again at 18:20, 

                                                           Wryneck by Richard Styles

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe still, 2x Wood Sandpiper, 1s Med Gull, 2x Common Tern, sev LRPs, Garden Warbler, Mandarin, 

Sneyd Green

Swift this am, (JOa)

Blithfield Resv

Common Terns, Red Kite, 2x Ringed Plover, LRP, (RBe) - Cattle Egret, (JKl)

                                                         Common Tern by Rob Bendelow

Doxey Marsh

Garden Warbler, 5x Reed Warbler, 13x Sedge Warbler, 14x Blackcap, 2x Bullfinch, (RSt)

Branston GPs

Wheatear, Hobby, Cuckoo, 2x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 14x Lapwing, 7x Oystercatcher, 5x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, 7x Pochard, 3x Mandarin, 14x Teal, 19x Gadwall, 20x Shelduck, 14x Little Grebe, Red Kite, Gropper, 5x Lesser Whitethroat, 7x Garden Warbler, 8x Sedge Warbler, 14x Reed Warbler, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, Dean, RPo)

Tucklesholme

Whinchat, 2x LRP, (MPa)

Biddulph Moor

15x Tree Sparrow, (ALo)

                                                            By Adam Longshaw

Sunday 26th April 2026

Middleton Lakes

Wood Sandpiper, 

Belvide Resv

2x Black-necked Grebe this am, 

Trent Washlands

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, (DJa)

Lightwood

Florence Park 13x Redpoll, 9x Whitethroat, (LDa)

Gailey area

Wheatear at Otherton, Swift at Gailey Resv, Garden Warbler Shoal Hill Common, (SRi)

Branston GPs

8x Sedge Warbler, 30x Whitethroat, 6x Blackcap, 2x LRP, Red Kite, Yellow Wagtail, 12x Swift, 5x Egyptian Geese, 12x Swallow, 60+ Sand Martin, 3x Reed Bunting, 2x Bullfinch, (Mke, Jke)

Doxey Marsh

7x Shelduck, 3x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 4x Teal, 15x Swift, c100 Sand Martin, 13x Swallow, 6x LRP, 13x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 4x GC Grebe, Little Egret, Great Egret, Red Kite, 3x Skylark, 13x Sedge Warbler, 3x Reed Warbler, Gropper, 3x Blackcap, 3x Whitethroat, (DEg)

Whitemoor Haye

07:15 to 11:30, Slavonian Grebe, 3x Little Grebe, 5x GC Grebe,  2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Redshank, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 15x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Shelduck, 6x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Channel Wagtail, 12x Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, 14x Egyptian Geese inc 4 goslings, 3x Garden Warbler, Little Egret, 3x Common Tern, (SCo)  -  3x ad Med Gull early afternoon, (TPe)

                                                   Channel Wagtail by Stu Collins

Ipstones Edge

Cuckoo at Swineholes Wood, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

2x Goosander, Mandarin, 6x Common Sandpiper, 8x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher + 4 chicks, 2x Common Tern, 30x Sand Martin, House Martins, 4x Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcaps, 3x Grey Wagtail, 3x Siskin, (JOas, LH, TE)

Tucklesholme

Common Tern thru south, (JWo)  -  Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper, Red Kite, 3x Little Egret, 4x Common Tern, Sedge Warblers, Whitethroats, (KayD)

i54

2x Stonechat, 4x Green Woodpecker, Red Kite,  WMI site - 3x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Stonechat, (JDu)

Huntington

2x Red Kite flew SW at 12:30,  (SRi)

Hanchurch

Very late Brambling from bottom car park, (HF,SE)

Highgate Common

Cuckoo in trees by pool car park this afternoon,  (AJo)  -  Singing Garden Warbler, (CVa)

Saturday 25th April 2026

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe from quarry entrance, Whimbrel 4x LRP, 2x Redshank, Garden Warbler, (SCo)  -  2x new Black-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, 3x Common Sandpiper, 3x Common Tern, 3x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

05:45 - 12:15,  Cattle Egret top of Blithe Bay, Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Black Tern,  20x+ Common Tern, 2x Mandarin, 2x Red Kite, 1st S Caspian Gull, sev LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel heard, Wheatear, sev Yellow Wagtail, 2x Sedge Warbler,  (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Adult Kittiwake at 09:10, Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, 4x Sedge Warbler, 3x Reed Warbler, Common Tern, Little Egret, (RPo)

Dimmingsdale

Cuckoo calling at 07:45, (TEy)

Highgate Common

Garden Warblers and at the Million 2x Cuckoo, 5-6 Tree Pipit, (MHa)

Belvide Resv

Male Whinchat, Cattle Egret, 

Berryhill

05:30 to 08:00,  2x Gropper, Sedge Warblers, Whitethoats, (STu)  -  Gropper, 20x Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2x Linnet, (Jke)

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Swift, Garden Warbler, Gropper, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 12x Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 6x Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 3x Whitethroat, (RSw)

Burston Marsh

Green Sandpiper, LRP, Aston - Burston trail Whinchat, (AEa)

Ingestre

Lesser Whitethroat along Trent-Mersey canal at midday, (RCB)

Barton GPs

2x Cuckoo flew west calling, 4x Common Tern, Shoveler, 2x Redshank, 2x LRP, Oystercatcher, 3x Gadwall, 8x Shelduck, 2x Yellow Wagtail, (TCo)

Catholme

2x LRP, (TCo)

449 WMI site

2x LRP, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, (JDu)

Branston GPs

Wood Sandpiper still, 2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 18x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Common Tern, Little Egret, 12x Teal, Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, Yellow Wagtail, Gropper, 4x Reed Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, (DSc)  -  Wood Sandpiper still, 2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, (KayD)

Hanford

5x Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2x Whitethroat, (LSt)

Friday 24th April 2026

Branston GPs

Wood Sandpiper still, Little Gull (ad), Hobby, Greenshank, 2x Avocet, 4x Curlew, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 9x Oystercatcher, 14x Lapwing, Common Tern, 2x Little Egret, 14x Little Grebe, Mandarin, Goosander, Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 21x Gadwall, 22x Teal, 12x Shelduck, 8x Egyptian Geese, Red Kite, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Gropper, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Garden Warbler, 6x Reed Warbler,  Cetti's Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, 5x Cetti's Warbler,  2x Whitethroat, 80x Swift, 4x Redpoll, 2x Linnet, (JWo, Dsc, CEc, GWi, George, RBr, MCa)

Whitemoor Haye

Bar-tailed Godwit and Black-tailed Godwit still from quarry entrance, Whimbrel, 2x Redshank, Common Sandpiper, (SCo)

Great Haywood

Osprey over over the River Trent/Staffs-Worc canal viaduct at 08:45, (DHa)

Belvide Resv

11x Black Tern, Osprey thru, Drake Garganey, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 6x LRP, Wheatear, Red Kite, Goshawk, (SE, HF)

                                                         Garganey by Steve Edwards

Astonfields Balancing Resv

2x Reed Warbler, 7x Blackcap, 10x Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, 3x Bullfinch, (RSt)

Blithfield Resv

Adult Little Gull, 6x Black Tern, Bar-tailed Godwit still, 2y Caspian Gull, Whinchat, ((MDJ, GJM)  -  This afternoon 6x Black Tern, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel in Blithe Bay, (JKl)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey fishing 13:30 to 13:40 at least, (NGR)  -  Osprey still over Creswell Flash at 14:30, (JPe)  -  This afternoon 6x Greenshank on Creswell at 16:14 (AHa), 4x still visible on scrape viewed from Creswell, (GPr, RRa)

Burston Marsh (access from Aston, Trent footbridge Burston still down)

Wood Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Little Egret, 2x Gadwall, (AEa)

Middleton Lakes

2x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Cuckoo, White Wagtail, 50+ Swift, 4+ Garden Warbler, Bitterns, (SPA)

Draycott in the Moors

Red Kite, 4x Lapwing this afternoon (AR)

Wetley Moor

Grasshopper Warbler, (GWo)

                                             Grasshopper Warbler by Geoffrey Woodward

Berryhill

Lesser Whitethroat this pm, (IBu)

Alvecote

Redshank, 3x Little Egret, 10x Swallow, Garden Warbler, (MSc)

Thursday 23rd April 2026

Middleton Lakes

9x Whimbrel JW south at 07:00 also 2x Common Tern, (JKl)  -  Greenshank, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Cuckoo,  Cuckoo, Swifts, (GG)

Branston GPs

Wood Sandpiper, 5x Whimbrel, Med Gull, Cuckoo, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, 9x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, Goldeneye, 4x Mandarin, 2x Pochard, 4x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 18x Teal, 14x Shelduck, 12x Little Grebe, Red Kite, Gropper, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 5x Garden Warbler, 7x Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 150x Swift, 14x Linnet, (JWo, CEc, Dean, Bob)

                                                   Wood Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

                                                       Whimbrels by Jon Woodcock

Aqualate

05:40 to 09:45, 2x Marsh Harrier (m & f), Whimbrel thru NE at 08:00, 3x Great Egret, Cuckoo, 2x Stonechat, Gropper, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, (KHa)

Blithfield Resv

14x Black Tern off Beech Tree Point, Bar-tailed Godwit, (GJM)  -  This evening Great Egret, fem Marsh Harrier for 10 mins only, 1s Caspian Gull, 14x Black Tern till 19:20 at least, 6x Common Tern, sev LRP, Black-tailed Godwit over the causeway, (SRi)

Chasewater

4x Black Tern, (ICW)

Amington Moors

Cattle Egret flown towards Alvecote, (TPe)

Belvide Resv

4x Black Tern, 2x adult Little Gull this afternoon,

Whitemoor Haye

Bar-tailed Godwit from quarry entrance, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 2x Redshank, (SCo)  -  Early evening Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 3x Redshank, Dunlin, 3x LRP, Wheatear, (TPe) - In addition Yellow Wagtail, (PAn)

Doxey Marsh

House Martin, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Lapwing, LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, Greenfinch, GC Grebe, (BGo)  -  Swallow, (PWi)

Tittesworth Water

Goosander, Shoveler, 8x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Mistle Thrush, 2x Garden Warbler, Blackcaps, Reed Bunting, House Martin, (JOa, LH)

Botteslow

LRP, (IBu)

North Staffs Moors

Cuckoo, 2x Ring Ouzel, 4x Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, (TEy)

Wetley Moor

2x Garden Warbler, 4x Willow Warbler, 4x Whitethroat, 4x Stonechat, (GWo)

Wednesday 22nd April 2026

Branston GPs

Bar-tailed Godwit on North pit this am, (CEc)  -  Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Red Kite, 40+ Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, (JWo)  -  Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 10x Shelduck, 10x Teal, 2x Goosander, 2x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, no sign of the Bar-tailed at 13:30, (DSc)  -  Hobby behind North pit, (CHe)

                                                    Bar-tailed Godwit by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

5x Bar-tailed Godwit, Red Kite, (SGi)

                                                    Bar-tailed Godwits by Steve Gibson

Middleton Lakes

Greenshank at 07:30, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, 4x Swift, (SPA)  -  Hobby reported this afternoon, 

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whimbrel, 2x Avocet, Cuckoo, late afternoon, (TPe)

Cannock Chase

10x Redstart, 3x Cuckoo, 11x Tree Pipit, 2x Stonechat, 4x Blackcap, 2x Grey Wagtail, Siskin, (DBa, CE, KM, PB, ML, BJ)

Gailey Resv

3x Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, 2x Reed Warbler, (SRi)

Lordship Lane

Greenshank still at 19:47, (IBu)

Tuesday 21st April 2026

Belvide Resv

Sanderling, Whimbrel on north shore, Hobby thru, 33x Swift, 

Blithfield Resv

3x Whimbrel, Swift, (GJM)

Doxey Marsh

Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 2x Gropper, 6x Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 4x Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap, 12x Sedge Warbler, 6x Swallow, 50+ Sand Martin, (NSl)  -  2x Swift over Creswell Flash at 09:50, (SRo)

Whitemoor Haye

5x Whimbrel, Redshank, LRP, Oystercatcher, Redpoll, Swift, Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, (PJT)  -  Whimbrel, Dunlin, 2x Wheatear, (JAl)

Middleton Lakes

Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Whitethroat, LRP, Avocet, Redshank, Cuckoo, Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Yellow Wagtail, (AGP)

Botteslow - Berryhill

Lesser Whitethroat along the disused rail line, Little Egret, Redstart, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Wheatear, Stonechat and 2x Mistle Thrush which have got very scarce here, (RTo)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 2x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Mandarin, 2x Pochard, 24x Shelduck, 35x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 26x Teal, 12x Egyptian Geese +9 goslings, 14x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 36x Swift, 30x House Martin, 100x Swallow, 500x Sand Martin, 8x Willow Warbler, 4x Reed Warbler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 50x Redpoll, 10x Linnet, Stonechat, (JWo)

                                                     Green Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Trentham Gardens

Reed Warbler, Little Egret, (AR)