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

Staffs

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)

Saturday 28th February 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 arrival

 Doxey Flash (Wellies  essential)

Sand Martin Boundary Flash, 6x Pochard, Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Shelduck, 22x Teal, 10x Shoveler, 2x Mistle Thrush, (GPr)  -  Mid morning Sand Martin, (PWi)

Belvide Resv

Probable Siberian Chiffchaff still, juv Goshawk, 

Gailey Resv

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Shoveler, 10x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 5x Oystercatcher, sev Snipe, 8x Redpoll, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper, 23x Curlew, 13x Oystercatcher, 4x Shelduck, 3x Goldeneye, 13x Pochard, 4x Shoveler, 10x Siskin, 2x Chiffchaff, (AMa)  -  Rock Pipit flew east and calling at 12:55, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 4x Shoveler, 13x Pochard, Cetti;s Warbler, 9x Oystercatcher, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

Golden Plover, 11x Snipe,  GBB Gull, Bittern, 7x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, Pintail, 2x Shelduck, Red-crested Goose, 20x Siskin, (SPA)

Blithfield Resv

Pair of Scaup, (GJM)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still, Goosander, (TPe)

Tittesworth Water

29x Pochard, 22x Wigeon, 3x Teal, Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 10x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 5x Lapwing, 15x Common Gull, 4x Willow Tits, 5x Siskin, (SGi, IB)

Alrewas to Wychnor

Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 70x Linnet, 2x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)

Fauld flood meadows

11:00 - 2x Shelduck, 100x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, 20x Teal, 2x Skylark, 80x Starling, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Pintail, 18x Shelduck, 75x Shoveler, 28x Wigeon, 25x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 20x Pochard, 20x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, 180x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 6x Skylark, Stonechat, 30x Linnet, 20x Siskin, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

50x Wigeon, 20x Teal, 9x Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Linnet, (DSc)

Friday 27th February 2026

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe still, (TPe)

Elford - Fisherwick

4x Whooper Swan still, (TPe)

Branston GPs

Chiffchaff, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Mandarin, 20x Shelduck, 44x Wigeon, 66x Shoveler, 20x Pochard, 20x Goldeneye, Peregrine, 120x Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, YL Gull, 5x Common Gull, Stonechat, 30x Linnet, (DSc)

Rocester JCB

North Lake - 2x Oystercatcher, 3x GC Grebe, (JDr)

Thursday 26th February 2026

Tittesworth Water

24x Pochard, 4x Teal, 7x Oystercatcher, 6x Curlew, 2x Lapwing, Snipe, Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, Red Kite, 40x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, Merlin (f), 3x Grey Partridge, RL Partridge, (RBr)  -  Yellowhammer, (CWo)

                                                       Yellowhammer by Clive Wood

Branston GPs

3x Dunlin, 3x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 16x Curlew, 322x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 30x Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, 26x Goldeneye, 42x Pochard, 102x Wigeon, 119x Shoveler, 66x Gadwall, 250x Teal, 6x Egyptian Geese, 43x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 9x Common Gull, Peregrine, 2x RL Partridge, 2x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Stonechat, 30x Linnet, 9x Redpoll, 8x Skylark, (JWo, BSt)

Belvide Resv

c35/40,000x Starlings in the roost this evening, 

Wednesday 25th February 2026

Stanley Pool

Oystercatcher, 3x Curlew, 2x Wigeon, 3x Goosander, Green Woodpecker, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

WF Geese, Scaup, 2x Shelduck, Shovelers, Wigeons, Oystercatcher, Lapwings, Great Egret, YL Gull, Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (PWi)  -  23x White-fronted Geese, Scaup, Shelduck, 9x Shoveler, 24x Gadwall, 37x Wigeon, 79x Teal, 8x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, c100 Lapwing, Red Kite, Great Egret, 5x Linnet, 2x GC Grebe, 3x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Wolseley Centre

Cetti's Warbler, 3x Goosander, (AR)

Whitemoor Haye

Late afternoon - 2x Slavonian Grebe, Merlin (m), Redshank, 2x Grey Partridge, (TPe)

Ramsor

Red Kite over this afternoon, (GSt)

Yoxall

Brimstone, (RBe)

                                                                    By Rob Bendelow

Tucklesholme

4x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 12x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 184x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, 6x Gadwall, 350x Teal, 4x Egyptian Geese, Chiffchaff, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 6x Linnet, 10+ Reed Bunting, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

25-30K Starlings in the roost this evening, 

Rocester RCB

2x Oystercatcher, (GSt)

Tuesday 24th February 2026

Middleton Lakes

4x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, 7x Goldeneye, Great Egret, Stonechat, (MSm)

Trentham Gardens

18x Gadwall, 3x Goosander, YL Gull, 8x Golden Plover over, Water Rail, Little Egret, (RTo)

Rough Close

c200x Lapwing in fields just off the A520 Stone road, (ST)

Whitemoor Haye 

Late afternoon - Slavonian Grebe, Redshank, 2x Peregrine, 5x Yellowhammer, RL Partridge, (TPe)

Hinksford

Red Kite drifted over towards Highgate common mid afternoon, (TWe)

Dilhorne area

c90 Lapwing in Autumn sown crop field to north of Banktop farm, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Merlin (m), Red Kite, Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, 2x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 14x Oystercatcher, 23x Curlew, 286x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 23x Goldeneye, 35x Shelduck, 32x Pochard, 75x Wigeon, 66x Gadwall, 78x Shoveler, 400x Teal, 31x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (ad), YL Gull, GBB Gull, 9x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Mistle Thrush, 62x Fieldfare, 3x Stonechat, 46x Linnet, 20x Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Monday 23rd February 2026

Stanley Pool

Oystercatcher, 3x Lapwing, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

2x Avocet, 5x Oystercatcher, 6x Goldeneye, Bittern heard, Red Kite thru, Stonechat, (MSm)  -  Also GBB Gull, (SPA)

Fauld

200x PF Geese and 3x WF Geese mainly in flight, (JAl)

Doxey Marsh

27x White-fronted Geese, 4x Shelduck, 6x Shoveler, 13x Gadwall, 38x Wigeon, 28x Teal, 8x Pochard, 40x Lapwing, Snipe, GC Grebe, Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Merlin (m), Peregrine, Marsh Harrier (f), 16x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 326x Lapwing, Great Egret, 28x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 33x Shelduck, 64x Wigeon, 133x Shoveler, 66x Gadwall, 34x Pochard, 400x Teal, 27x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 39x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x RL Partridge, 2x Stonechat, 11x Skylark, 26x Siskin, 30x Redpoll, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Barton Marina

2x Oystercatcher, 20x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 9x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Sunday 22nd February 2026

Fauld

c210 PF Geese at 10:00, 30x Wigeon, Goosander, (DSc)  -  320x PF Geese, (MPR, GJM)

Claymills

A Tundra Bean Goose in waterlogged field north of sewage farm viewed from railway footbridge at 11:30, 4x ad Whooper Swan to 11:06 only,  Great Egret, 6x Lapwing, 5x Skylark, 4x Egyptian Geese, 60x Redwing, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Med Gull, 3x Snipe, 7x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 55x Pochard, 8x Teal, 10x Wigeon, 27x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, Grey Wagtail, 19x Redwing, (LH, JOa, TE, KH)

Mere Farm Bobbington

3x Russian White-fronted Geese still, (JTh)

Trescott

3x Corn Bunting, 2x Grey Wagtail, (IMo)

Doxey Marsh

Scaup, 150x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 14x Pochard, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, YL Gull, 8x  Water Rail, 7x Cetti's Warbler, Golden Plover, (WeBS, MBo, PDy, BLo, RRa, RSt, DTo)

Blithfield Resv

17x Crossbill over Tad Bay, (GJM, MPR)

Berryhill

Red Kite over the school site, (CWo)

                                                                   By Clive Wood

Eccleshall

2x Red Kite over the tennis club at 09:30, (RGa)

Whiston

Red Kite again over The Leys, (GSt)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), Red Kite, Great Egret, Little Egret, 25x Shelduck, 26x Wigeon, 45x Shoveler, 20x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, Curlew, 250x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 6x Skylark, 2x Stonechat, 50x Linnet, 2x Redpoll, (DSc)  -  Additional 2x Red Kite heading south at SMP2, JWo)

Saturday 21st February 2026

Whitemoor Haye

A Ruff, 8x Oystercatcher, 2x Slavonian Grebe, 4x Little Grebe, 23x Shoveler, 62x Teal, 14x Gadwall, 29x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 85x Wigeon, Merlin, Little Egret, Great Egret, 8x Egyptian Geese, 5x Grey Partridge, 4x Yellowhammer, 2x Peregrine, GBB Gull, Stonechat, 12x Greenfinch, 2x Redpoll, (SCo)

                                                        Yellowhammer by Stu Collins

Uttoxeter Quarry

10x Oystercatcher, Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 6x Goosander, 11x Pochard, 60x Gadwall, 124x Teal, 312x Wigeon, (RPo)

Tucklesholme

8x White-fronted Geese in sheep fields opposite the wading pools, (TWy)

Stanley Pool

Egyptian Goose over at 07:50, 3x Oystercatcher, Woodcock, 5x Goosander, (GBr)

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4x Chiffchaff, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Goosander, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JDu)

Radford Meadows Stafford

62x Russian White-fronted Geese, 51x Pintail, 4x Shelduck, Goldeneye, 75x Shoveler, 7x Gadwall, 4x Goosander, Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Golden Plover, 652x Lapwing, Peregrine, Little Egret, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Siskin, (RSw)

Stafford

c150 Russian White-fronted Geese flying low east over Baswich Lane at 08:05, (RSw)

Fauld

72x Russian White-fronted Geese and c315 PF Geese feeding together on Staffs side of the River Dove, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Adult Med Gull, 6x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 4x Lapwing, 9x Mandarin, 5x Wigeon, 53x Pochard, 5x Willow Tit, 52x Common Gull, (SGi, IB, TE)

                                                         Med Gull by Steve Gibson

Croxall

9x White-fronted Geese flew NE at 08:25, (ICW)

Blithfield Resv

Pair of Scaup in Blithe Bay this am, (GJM)

Whiston

Red Kite circling over The Leys midday, (GSt)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 20x Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, 7x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler, 30x Pochard, 20x Goldeneye, 21x Curlew, 150x Lapwing, 30x Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)  -  Also Red Kite, Green Sandpiper, (BSt)

Friday 20th February 2026

Blithfield Resv

c180 Pink-footed Geese SE over Blithe Bay at 10:20, (GJM)

Stafford

Red Kite over the A34 near Radford Meadows, (JWi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 16x PF Geese over at 09:30, Great Egret, (CMa, RF)  -  This evening 2x Peregrine, 2x Pintail, RB Goose, (TPe)

Elford

4x Whooper Swan still, 16x PF Geese over at 11:00, (CMa, RF)  -  This pm 4x Whooper Swan still, (TPe)

Branston GPs

Ringed Plover, 22x Curlew, 5x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 8x Oystercatcher, 88x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 14x Goldeneye, 22x Shelduck, 6x Mandarin, 36x Pochard, 66x Wigeon, 111x Shoveler, 36x Gadwall, 359x Teal, 11x Egyptian Geese, 28x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 88x Common Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 30x Linnet, 9x Redpoll, 4x Skylark, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

                                                      Ringed Plover by Jon Woodcock

Radford Meadows Stafford

750x Lapwing, 30x Golden Plover, 48x Russian White-fronted Geese, 376x Wigeon, 2x Pintail, 4x Shelduck, 43x Shoveler, 26x Teal, Goldeneye, 2x Little Egret, 2x Greenfinch, (MKe, JKe)

Barton Marina

2x Oystercatcher, 18x Wigeon, 9x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Thursday 19th February 2026

Whitemoor Haye

5+ White-fronted Geese in field behind back pit, Pintail, Merlin, Slavonian Grebe, Grey Partridge, (TPe)

Branston GPs

PF Goose, 3x Ringed Plover, 23x Curlew, 5x Green Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 376x Lapwing, Snipe, Great Egret, 15x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, 30x Shelduck, 28x Pochard, 53x Wigeon, 121x Shoveler, 21x Gadwall, 350x Teal, 11x Egyptian Geese, 34x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 82x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Mistle Thrush, 5x Siskin, 16x Goldcrest, 30x Linnet, (JWo)

                                                   Pink-footed Goose by Jon Woodcock

Elford

4x Whooper Swan still, (TPe)

Middleton Lakes

Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, Marsh Harrier, GBB Gull, 3x Shelduck, (SPA)

Cotton in the Clay - Marchington

11x Little Egret in field by roundabout at 17:00, (PBe)

Wednesday 18th February 2026

Fauld

275x PF Geese just south of the River Dove, (MJo)

Mere Farm Bobbington

3x WF Geese still, (IMo, GCl)  -  Also 12x Barnacle Geese, KCl)

Radford Meadows Stafford

c150 White-fronted Geese still, (GJM)

Dimmingsdale (near Oakamoor)

6x Goosander, Grey Wagtail, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Siskin, Little Grebe, (TDu)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, Ringed Plover, Great Egret, Little Egret, (RBe)

                                                         Marsh Harrier by Rob Bendelow

Radford Meadows

c90 Golden Plover, (HTy)

Tucklesholme

Marsh Harrier (f), 22x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 15x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 192x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

Tuesday 17th February 2026

Gailey Resv

2x Red Kite, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 21x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 3x Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler, (JIs)

Middleton Lakes

Ringed Plover, GBB Gull, 2x Marsh Harrier, Goosander, 4x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, (MSm)

Fauld - Scropton

c150x PF Geese feeding in flood meadows along River Dove mainly on Derbyshire side but have flown around adjacent Staffs side fields 11:00 to midday at least, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

The 1w male Scaup from 18 Nov 2025 is now a smart adult, (GJM)

Radford Meadows Stafford

151x Russian White-fronted Geese, 49x Pintail, c500 Wigeon, c600 Teal, Pochard, (CDa)  -  Also 100+Shoveler, 4x Goosander, 500+ Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, (DEg)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Slavonian Grebe on roadside pit, (JAl)  -  Late afternoon 2x White-fronted Geese on Back pit with Greylags, Ad Caspian Gull roosting on Back pit - The Back pit is viewed distantly from rough track, 5x Goosander thru, (TPe)

Cannock Chase

Abraham's Valley - 5x Crossbill, 50+ Siskin, 2x Redpoll, (DEg)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 28x Curlew, 6x Green Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 150x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, Pintail, 20x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, 24x Shelduck, 77x Shoveler, 66x Wigeon, 24x Gadwall, 32x Pochard, 450x Teal, 9x Egyptian Geese, 21x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 61x Common Gull, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 50+ Linnet, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Redpoll, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

The Mere at Bobbington

This afternoon 3x Russian White-fronted Geese and 12x Barnacle Geese, (per DBa)

Monday 16th February 2026

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite at 07:30, (PCa)

Doxey Marsh

54x White-fronted Geese, (CAFH, DEg),  - 3x Shelduck, 34x Shoveler, 7x Gadwall, 173x Wigeon, 57x Teal, 4x Pochard, 3x GC Grebe, Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, Water Rail, Redpoll, (DEg)

Blithfield Resv

Female Scaup in Blithe Bay, (JHi)

Cannock Chase

Abraham's Valley 4x Crossbill, 50+ Siskin, 20+ Redpoll, Green Woodpecker, 3x Goldcrest,  (AGP)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin but no sign of Slavonian Grebes late afternoon, (TPe)

Elford

No sign of Bean Geese today, (TPe

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 28x Curlew, 8x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, 82x Lapwing, Great Egret, 14x Goldeneye, 22x Shelduck, 6x Mandarin, 23x Wigeon, 96x Shoveler, 39x Pochard, 47x Gadwall, 352x Teal, 9x Egyptian Geese, 35x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, 76x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 2x Mistle Thrush, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Skylark, 26x Redpoll, 4x Siskin, Grey Wagtail, 200x Starling, (JWo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

124x Russian White-fronted Geese, 61x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, 6x Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Green Sandpiper, (RSw)

Sunday 15th February 2026

Belvide Resv

13x White-fronted Geese to 09:45 only, imm Goshawk, 2w Caspian Gull

Elford

8x Tundra Bean Geese still, (Moocher)

Acton Trussell

170x Russian White-fronted Geese along Mill Lane also Whooper Swan, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

28x Curlew, 9x Oystercatcher, Snipe, Pintail, 3x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 4x Shelduck, 10x Pochard, 2x Barnacle Geese, ad Caspian Gull, YL Gull, Chiffchaff. (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

7x Goosander, 7x Wigeon, 53x Pochard, 5x Mandarin, 6x Teal, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Curlew, 5x Lapwing, 6x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, 6x Greenfinch, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Middleton Lakes

Avocet, 10x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, Goosander, (MSm)  -  Marsh Harrier reported

Radford Meadows Stafford

171x Russian White-fronted Geese, (CDa)

Branston GPs

Not SMPs - Marsh Harrier (f) thru south at midday and back thru north at 15:00, 3x Ringed Plover, 28x Curlew, 15x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 11x Shelduck, 6x Mandarin, 40x Shoveler, 30x Pochard, 20x Goldeneye, 3x Water Rail, 3x YL Gull, c72x Common Gull roosted, Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Linnet, (DSc)

Saturday 14th February 2026

Elford

4x Whooper Swan still but no sign of any Bean Geese, (TPe)

Essington Quarry

2x White-fronted Geese on field with Grey Lags to 09:30 at least, (DCr)

Kings Bromley

20x Russian White-fronted Geese on road to Yoxal in riverside fields, (MCh)

River Sow Meadows Baswich - Milford

Red Kite, 6x Goosander, 80x Wigeon, 60x Teal, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Siskin, 28x Skylark, (RSw)

Amerton Flood meadows

40x Russian White-fronted Geese at midday, 481x Lapwing, 19x Golden Plover, Curlew. c100 Wigeon/Teal, Shoveler, 4x Shelduck, Peregrine, (RSw)

Stafford

2x Peregrine over Park Avenue at 13:10, (AHa)

Acton Trussell

25x White-fronted Geese in flooded field, (NEm)

Gailey Resv

2x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 32x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Oystercatcher, 13x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

Curlew (first of year), 4x Lapwing, 49x Pochard, 12x Teal, (SGi)

Alrewas NMA / Catholme

54x Russian White-fronted Geese over heading east, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 26x Goosander, 25x Pochard, 100+ Wigeon, Red Kite, 5x Greenfinch, (JWo)

                                                         WF Geese by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

55x White-fronted Geese circled 10:31 to 10:47 then flew off west ,  5x Tundra Bean Geese, Barnacle Goose, Goshawk, 5x Golden Plover, 2x Red Kite, 11x Oystercatcher, 

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 25x Shelduck, 45x Shoveler, 28x Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, 4x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Green Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker, 5x Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 3x Mistle Thrush, 5x Fieldfare, (DSc)

Chasewater

Curlew over, (CMa)

Friday 13th February 2026

Elford - Fisherwick

8-9x Tundra Bean Geese, 4x Whooper Swan, 13x Shelduck, (SCo)  -  Tundra Bean Geese and Whooper Swans still at 11:50 along Fisherwick Road,  (PAn)  -  Tundra Bean Geese to 12:05 only (TPe)

                                                     Tundra Bean Geese by Stu Collins

                                                      Whooper Swans by Stu Collins

Stafford

40x White fronted Geese over Salt Avenue, (RBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 5x Oystercatcher, (SCo)

Copmere

4x Common Scoter, 4x Goldeneye, (PJo)

                                                     Common Scoters by Phil Jones

Thursday 12th February 2026

Doxey Marsh

Female Scaup still on Boundary Flash, (RBr)

Branston GPs (Site total 109 species 2026)

Midday - Little Egret, 14x Shelduck, 7x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler, 10x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 10x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, c200 Lapwing, Grey Wagtail, (DSc) - 292x PF Geese over NE, Ringed Plover,  Common Sandpiper, 6x Green Sandpiper, 36x Golden Plover, 600x Lapwing, 12x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 14x Goldeneye, 26x Shelduck, 26x Wigeon, 73x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 25x Pochard, 300+ Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 39x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 3x Grey Wagtail, 5x Siskin, Chiffchaff, (JWo, BSt, IWo)

Blithfield Resv

Roost - Adult Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, (GJM, MPR)