Sunday 8th November 2026

Gailey Resv

8x Great Egret and 30+ Little Egret (both record counts), Pinkfoot, 5x Gadwall, 15x Shoveler, 11x Wigeon, 7x Teal, 2x Goldeneye, 17x Pochard, 3x Water Rail, 14x Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Tittesworth Water

63x Teal, 21x Wigeon, 5x Common Gull, 16x Siskin, (JOa)

Hanchurch 

45+ Brambling at bottom car park, (HF, SE)

Branston GPs

Imm Marsh Harrier, Great Egret, Shelduck, 50x Shoveler, Goldeneye, 300x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 5x Skylark, 50x Fieldfare, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Saturday 7th November 2026

Blithfield Resv

A single Twite on the dam this morning, (MPR) 

                                                          Twite by GJ Mant

Baswich

Great Egret fishing on the River Sow a "Two Waters Meet" footbridge, (RSw)

Rudyard

Merlin thru this morning, 18x Snipe, 7x Little Egret, (SSe)

Belvide Resv

Long-tailed Duck still, 

Bilbrook

6x Ring-necked Parakeet over towards Pendeford, (PCo)

Wolseley Bridge

5x Goosander, Little Grebe, Mistle Thrush, Kingfisher, (JKe, AKe)

Branston GPs

Totally fog bound today - 300+ Lapwing, Golden Plover heard, 2+ Green Sandpiper, Shelduck, Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Mistle Thrush, 30+ Fieldfare, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Bullfinch, 3x Siskin, (DSc)

Trentham Gardens

Till dusk - 46x Gadwall, 12x Wigeon, 2x Common Gull, 300+ BH Gulls in the pre roost, 3x Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Friday 6th November 2026

Doxey Marsh

Shelduck, 12x Shoveler, 29x Wigeon, 31x Teal, 3x Pochard, c60 Lapwing, 8x Snipe, 2x Little Grebe, GC Grebe, 4x Great Egret, (CAFH)

Blithfield Resv

13x White-fronted Geese Tad Bay, also a Knot, (MDJ, GJM)  -  Red-throated Diver at deep end, (MDJ)

                                                 White-fronted Geese by GJ Mant

Belvide Resv

4x White-fronted Geese, juv Long-tailed Duck still, 

Gailey Resv

7x Great Egret, 24x Little Egret, 45x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 11x Gadwall, 3x Teal, 3x Wigeon, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Common Sandpiper, (JIs)

Cannock Chase

Abraham's Valley 2x Crossbill, 30x Redpoll, 50x Siskin, 2x Goldcrest, (JKe)

Branston GPs

Midday Great Egret, Shelduck, 5x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler, Goldeneye, 350x Lapwing, 2x Common Gull, Stonechat, 30x Fieldfare, (DSc)  -  Redshank, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 5x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, 414x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 9x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 68x Shoveler, 32x Wigeon, 71x Gadwall, 68x Pochard, 47x Little Grebe, GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, 5x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, 100x Linnet, 5x Redpoll, 6x Greenfinch, 2x Mistle Thrush, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Stonechat, 5000+ Starling, (JWo)

Hanchurch

12x Brambling by bottom car park, (SE, HF)

                                                       Brambling by Steve Edwards

Aqualate

Great Northern Diver this afternoon, (PJor)

Middleton Lakes

16x Great Egret, 23x Little Egret, imm Marsh Harrier, 3000-4000x Starlings, (MB)

Thursday 5th November 2026

WMBC Stafford Branch invite all to it's next talk of the winter "Raptorphillia". A welcome return for Keith Offord, join us to find out about his passion for Raptors. 10 Nov 2026 19:30 - 21:30. Doors open from 19:00. Weston Village Hall, Green Gore Lane, Stafford ST17 0LD. Admission £3 includes refreshments,

Whitemoor Haye

This am 6x Pintail, 5x Dunlin, 5x Green Sandpiper, 2x Barnacle Geese, RB Goose, Stonechat, (TPe)  -  2000+ Starling, Merlin, 6x Pintail, 5x Green Sandpiper, 5x Dunlin, Snipe, Great Egret, (CMa, RF)

Belvide Resv

Long-tailed Duck still, Rock Pipit still, 3w Caspian Gull still, 

Tittesworth Water

81x Teal, 43x Wigeon, 11x Lapwing, 9x Common Gull, Willow Tit, Red Kite, 19x Fieldfare, (JOa)

Chasewater

4x Goldeneye, 3x Teal, 22x Lapwing, 2x Raven, (CMa, RF)

Branston GPs

Redshank, Dunlin, 6x Green Sandpiper, 385x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 9x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 28x Wigeon, 129x Pochard, 93x Gadwall, 134x Shoveler, 500x Teal, 44x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, Marsh Harrier (j), 2x Peregrine, Barn Owl, 4x Stonechat, 120x Linnet, 2x Siskin, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 10,000x Starling, (JWo, DSc)

Doxey Marsh

Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 7x Shoveler, 3x Snipe, 80x Lapwing, 2x GC Grebe, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (ILe)

Wednesday 4th November 2026

Belvide Resv

Grey Plover flying around the west end, 2x Whooper Swan, (Foz)  -  Long-tailed Duck still, 2x Goshawk, 12x Common Gull, 8x Great Egret, 3w Caspian Gull, 33x Goldeneye, 

Radford Meadows Stafford

89x Golden Plover, 250x Wigeon, (DJa)

Doxey Marsh

178x Lapwing, Great Egret, (DJa)  -  SEO, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 50+ Fieldfare, 3x Mistle Thrush, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Snipe, 4x Water Rail, 7x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (DBa, IGr)

Tittesworth Water

Brambling, 58x Pink-footed Geese, 4x Whooper Swan, Pochard, 54x Wigeon, 68x Teal, Red Kite, 2x Willow Tit, 4x Common Gull, 26x Linnet, 3x Raven, (SGi, IF, TF)

Blithfield Resv

Scaup, Ruddy Shelduck, 5x Goldeneye, Dunlin, 5x Ruff, 2x Curlew, 9x Common Gull, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 4x Stonechat, (SE, HF)

                                                           Scaup by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

2x Marsh Harrier (f/imm), 2x Red Kite, 13x Curlew, Dunlin, 291x Lapwing, 5x Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 3x Shelduck, 74x Pochard, 122x Shoveler, 51x Gadwall, 26x Wigeon, 380x Teal, 59x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 3x YL Gull, 14x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, 25x Fieldfare, 7x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 120x Linnet, 2x Skylark, (JWo, BSt, CEc, Dean)

                                                          Red Kite by Jon Woodcock

Tuesday 3rd November 2026

Belvide Resv

Long-tailed Duck still, 

Berryhill

Red Kite over, many Fieldfare, (BMo)

Whitemoor Haye

Grey Plover, 2x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 2x Merlin, Goldeneye, (JHi)

                                                       Grey Plover by Jamie Hicken

Sandon

3x Red Kite over at 13:45, 40+ Fieldfare over Gnosall at 16:55, (GCa)

Sandon - Burston

4x Little Egret, 4x Red Kite, 4x Stonechat, 19x Wigeon, 78x Teal, c80 Fieldfare, (RSw)

Monday 2nd November 2026

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

60x Pink-footed Geese over east at 08:10, 300x Pink-footed Geese over east at 14:00, (TEy)

Belvide Resv

Long-tailed Duck still, 3w Caspian Gull, 12x Whooper Swan, 

Middleton Lakes

3x Marsh Harrier, 7x Yellowhammer, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, 8x Stonechat, 16x Snipe, Mistle Thrush, 90x Pied Wagtail, 3x Little Grebe, 3x Great Egret, RN Parakeet over, (SPA)

Tittesworth Water

130x Pink-footed Geese over, 54x Wigeon, 77x Teal, 3x Willow Tit, 2x Raven, (SGi)

Branston GPs

4x Whooper Swan, Marsh Harrier (juv), Peregrine, Barn Owl, Redshank, 8x Curlew, 8x Snipe, 3x Green Sandpiper, 224x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 4x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, 10x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 63x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 4x YL Gull, 15x Common Gull, 6x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Redpoll, 2x Siskin, 120x Linnet, Grey Wagtail, 20+ Fieldfare, 3000+ Starling, (JWo, CEc)

                                                   Whooper Swans by Jon Woodcock

Whitemoor Haye

27x Great Egret (this is a Staffs record count), Marsh Harrier, Goldeneye, 4x Green Sandpiper, (ICW)

Sunday 1st November 2026

Whitemoor Haye

This am 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Barnacle Geese and RB Goose still, (TPe)

Belvide Resv

Long-tailed Duck still, 

Bent Lane Whitmore

Tree Sparrow, 17x RL Partridge, White Wagtail, Raven, (MKe, JKe)

Stanley Pool

3x Whooper Swan flew over at 09:45, 3x Pochard over, 8+ Teal, Kingfisher and 2x Skeins of Pink feets heard, (GBr)

Astonfields Balancing pools

Red Kite over at 12:00, 

Tittesworth Water

Great Egret, (IFe)  -  61x Teal, 33x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, 13x Lapwing, Willow Tit, (JOa)

Blithfield Resv

Scaup, 5x Goldeneye, 6x Pintail, 3x Goosander, 2x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 6x Ruff, 3x Snipe, 5x Golden Plover, Cattle Egret, 5x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Common Gull, 5x Stonechat, (SE, HF)  -  Green Sandpiper, Scaup (m), 4x Curlew, Red Kite, 2x Great Egret, 5x Goldeneye, (KayD)

Chesterton

4x Whooper Swan over this afternoon, (Blu)

Gailey Resv

Late afternoon 21x Little Egret (site record), 3x Great Egret, 7x Shoveler, 9x Pochard, 5x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Doxey Marsh

This pm 10x Shoveler, 9x Gadwall, 25x Wigeon, juv Goldeneye, 4x Water Rail, 80x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, Common Gull, Little Grebe, 2x GC Grebe, 3x Great Egret, (CAFH)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier (juv m), 3x Common Gull, 14x Snipe, Riverside roost 11x Great Egret and 17x Little Egret, (SPi)

Branston GPs

Not Small Meadows 2x Pintail, Goldeneye, Goosander, Shelduck, 20x Wigeon, 50x Shoveler, 110x Gadwall, 200x Pochard, Goldeneye, 3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 9x Curlew, 3x Golden Plover, 130x Lapwing, Redshank, YL Gull, Common Gull, Stonechat, Fieldfare, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 20x Linnet, 3x Siskin, (DSc)  -  SMPs only Marsh Harrier (juv), 3x Green Sandpiper, Shelduck, (JWo)

Cannock Chase

Brambling, 19x Redpoll, Fieldfare, (KayD)

Saturday 31st October 2026

Belvide Resv

Long-tailed Duck still, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 18x Pochard, 30x Wigeon, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, Wigeon, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

This am 17x Shoveler, 5x Gadwall, 7x Wigeon, 52x Teal, 3x Water Rail, c105 Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 7x GC Grebe, Little Egret, 6x Great Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Fieldfare, (CAFH)

Aqualate

18x Common Scoter, Great Northern Diver, 2x Marsh Harrier, (RPo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

110x Golden Plover, 14x Snipe, 361x Lapwing, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 2x Siskin, 11x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 250x Wigeon, 200x Barnacle Geese, Barnacle Goose, (RSw)

Gailey Resv

19x Little Egret (site record), 2x Great Egret 11x Egyptian Geese, Wigeon, 17x Shoveler, Goldeneye, 11x Pochard, 2x Snipe, 60+ Fieldfare, 2x Cettis Warbler,  nearby WMI site 12x Teal, 8x RL Partridge, c140 Lapwing, 2x Snipe, (SRi, Jls)

Catholme

Juv Red-breasted Merganser on the first pit viewed from footpath near the works footbridge, 5x  Goosander, 60+Wigeon, 2x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 150x Lapwing, (JWo)

                                             Red Breasted Merganser by Jon Woodcock

Whitemoor Haye

4x Great Egret, Peregrine, 7x Golden Plover, c350 Lapwing, c1000 Starling, (ICW)  -  Snipe, c200 Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 31x Pochard, 30x Gadwall, 26x Shoveler, Siskin, 19x Egyptian Geese,  YL Gull, 6x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Redpoll, Mistle Thrush, (SCo)

Tittesworth Water

6x Pochard, 45x Wigeon, 49x Teal, Snipe, 45x Linnet, Common Gull, (SGi, IB)

Middleton Lakes

2x Ringed-necked Parakeet, 2x Yellowhammer, Marsh Harrier, c200 Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Egret, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Fieldfare, 11x Wigeon, 11x Shoveler, 11x Gadwall, (KJo)

Branston GPs

3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Peregrine, 3x Shelduck, 3x Pintail, 25x Wigeon, 55x Shoveler, 120x Gadwall, 230x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 13x Curlew, 15x Golden Plover, 160x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, 80x Linnet, 4x Siskin, Redpoll, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

16:30 9x Goosander thru south, 50x Wigeon, 2x Cetti's Warbler,15x Linnet, c4000 Starling thru towards Branston roost, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

6x Goosander, Little Egret, 2x Mistle Thrush, 3x Redpoll, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Alrewas to Wychnor Barn Owl, 4x Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Chasewater

The Shag still, (KayD)

Friday 30th October 2026

Trentham Gardens

53x Gadwall, 22x Wigeon, 5x Teal, 2x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler (RTo)

Middleton Lakes

10+ Yellowhammer, Marsh Harrier, 7x Pochard, 6x Stonechat, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

Long-tailed Duck still, juv Marsh Harrier, 

Aqualate

Great Northern Diver still, 2x Marsh Harrier, Goshawk, 3x Great Egret, Pintail, (PJor)

Blithfield Resv

Curlew Sandpiper, 6x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 5x Ruff, 10x Common Gull, 5x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 6x Stonechat, 5x Pintail, Ruddy Shelduck, (SE, HF)

Branston GPs

33x Golden Plover, 186x Lapwing, 5x Snipe, 5x Green Sandpiper, 3x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 7x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 15x Wigeon, 62x Gadwall, 52x Shoveler, 92x Pochard,  52x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, Common Gull, 3x Red Kite, 2x Peregrine, Barn Owl, 5x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 14x Skylark, 25x Fieldfare, 100x Linnet, 4x Siskin, 6x Greenfinch, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, DSc, CEc, MCa)

Thursday 29th October 2026

Belvide Resv

Rock Pipit, Long-tailed Duck, 

Tittesworth Water

61x Wigeon, 23x Teal, 2x Common Gull, (JOa)

Branston GPs

Merlin (m), Marsh Harrier (juv), 3x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 155x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 3x Shelduck, Goldeneye, 27x Wigeon, 68x Pochard, 83x Shoveler, 116x Gadwall, 68x Little Grebe, 5x Common Gull, 3x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Redpoll, 18x Siskin, 130x Linnet, 31x Skylark, 1500x Starling, (JWo, DSc)

Wednesday 28th October 2026

Belvide Resv

Long-tailed Duck, 3w Caspian Gull, 

Aqualate

Great Northern Diver still, Marsh Harrier, Little Grebe, (IGr, DBa, CEv, MLe, PBe)

Branston GPs

Merlin (f), Marsh Harrier (j), 2x Peregrine, Barn Owl, 6x Curlew, 4x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 202x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 7x Goosander, Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 68x Pochard, 38x Wigeon, 92x Shoveler, 111x Gadwall, 61x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 6x Stonechat, 2x Mistle Thrush, 6x Fieldfare, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Redpoll, 9x Siskin, 120x Linnet, 11x Skylark, 1500x Starling, (JWo, DSc)

Tuesday 27th October 2026

Belvide Resv

Long-tailed Duck, Grey Plover, 1w Little Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, 

Aqualate

Great Northern Diver still this afternoon, (PJor)

Gailey Resv

5x Great Egret, sev Little Egret, 12x Egyptian Geese, 5x Wigeon, 36x Shoveler, 24x Pochard, Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Monday 26th October 2026

Aqualate

Early am - Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Whooper Swan, 2x Marsh Harrier, Great Egret, (KHa)

Belvide Resv

1w Long-tailed Duck, 1w Little Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, Goshawk, 

Forsbrook

Red Kite west over the square, (AR)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Peregrine, 4x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 93x Lapwing, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 3x Pintail, Goldeneye, Shelduck, 16x Wigeon, 139x Pochard, 132x Gadwall, 53x Shoveler, 71x Little Grebe, Caspian (1w), 2x YL Gull, Common Gull, Kingfisher, 2x Mistle Thrush, 6x Stonechat, 23x Skylark, 100x Linnet, 8x Siskin, c8000x Starling, 4x Cetti's Warbler,(JWo)

Sunday 25th October 2026

Belvide Resv

1w Long-tailed Duck still, 1w Little Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, 2x Ringed Plover, 200x Linnet, Swallow, 7x Great Egret, 2x Red Kite, Goosander, Pintail, Kestrel, 

Stanley Pool

30x Pink footed Geese over east at 09:30, 5x Wigeon, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

55x Wigeon, 44x Teal, 2x Goosander, 4x Common Gull, (JOa, TE)

Dimmingsdale

30x Mandarin, Red Kite, (TEy)

Himley Great Pool

2w Med Gull, (IMo)

Branston GPs

1w Med Gull, Marsh Harrier, Pintail, Shelduck, 25x Wigeon,70x Shoveler, 100x Gadwall, 300x Pochard, 10x Egyptian Geese, 6x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (DSc)

                                                     Med Gull by Dave Scattergood

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, Caspian Gull, 4x Curlew, 21x Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover 5x Ruff, 6x Pink-footed Geese, 4x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret Stonechat, 14x Common Gull, (SE,HF)

Hanbury - Woodend

Red Kite, (DSc)

Saturday 24th October 2026

Belvide Resv

Imm Long-tailed Duck from Chappell hide, 

Trentham Gardens

2x Cetti's Warbler 14x Wigeon, 48x Gadwall, Little Grebe, (HF, SE)

Blithfield Resv

Drake Scaup also hybrid Scaup/Pochard type present, (MPR, GJM)

                                                              Scaup by GJ Mant

Catholme

2x Great Egret, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Marsh Harrier (juv), c300x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, 400+ Starling thru north, (JWo)

Branston GPs

24x Little Grebe, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 30x Wigeon, 50x Gadwall, 60x Shoveler, Goldeneye, 40x Lapwing, Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Friday 23rd October 2026

Belvide Resv

1w Little Gull, 10x Great Egret, 2x Pintail, Goldeneye, 4x Ringed Plover, 36x Siskin over, 

Branston GPs

Great Egret, Shelduck, 40x Wigeon, 60x Shoveler, 400x Pochard, 11x Goosander, 13x Curlew, 55x Lapwing, GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, Stonechat, 1200x Starling, 40x Linnet, (DSc)

Thursday 22nd October 2026

Draycott in the Clay

Yellow-browed Warbler in works car park, (MPR)

Blithfield Resv

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Curlew Sandpiper, 7x Curlew, 18x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 9x Ruff, Ruddy Shelduck, Goldeneye, 8x Pintail, 8x Pink-footed Geese, 6x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, (HF, SE)

                                                 Slavonian Grebe by Steve Edwards

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 14x Pochard, 6x Shoveler, 4x Teal, Common Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, (JIs)

Tittesworth Water

31x Teal, Mandarin, 8x Wigeon, Goosander, (JOa, LH)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Merlin, Kestrel,  Green Sandpiper, 100x Lapwing, Great Egret, Red-breasted Goose, 65x Egyptian Geese, (JHi)  -  

This afternoon 26x Shoveler, 15x Gadwall, 29x Pochard, 133x Wigeon, c150x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, Marsh Harrier, 13x Little Grebe, 128x Egyptian Geese, 12x Siskin, Peregrine, 4x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, (SCo)

Trentham Gardens

37x Gadwall, 2x Pochard 3x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, (RTo)

Wolseley Centre

6x Goosander, Teal, Water Rail, 2x Reed Bunting, Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Cannock Chase

Abraham's Valley 3x Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, 2x Redpoll, c70x Siskin, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Ring-necked Parakeet, Brambling, 18x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 8x Curlew, 46x Lapwing, 6x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Goldeneye, 424x Pochard, Shelduck, 61x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 7x Stonechat, 2x Blackcap, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Goldcrest, 5x Redpoll, 26x Siskin, 70x Linnet, 20x Skylark, 18x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

Great Grey Shrike briefly from Lookout before it flew NW, (DFl)

Wednesday 21st October 2026

Blithfield Resv

Slavonian Grebe briefly St Stephen's Bay at 10:30, (GJM)

                                                        Slavonian Grebe by GJ Mant

Gailey Resv

7x female Common Scoter on sailing lake at 16:45, 5x Shoveler, 8x Pochard, Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 8x Egyptian Geese, 2x Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Westport Lake

This am 2x Pochard, 58x Goosander, 5x Little Egret, Willow Tit, Chiffchaff, 4x Redwing, (RGi)

Stoke on Trent

Swallow SW over the Royal Stoke hospital at 13:48, (RGi)

Whitemoor Haye

105x Egyptian Geese, 2x Barnacle Geese, Red-breasted Goose, 2x Pintail, 170x Wigeon, 18x Shoveler, 26x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, 150x Lapwing, 20x Skylark, (DSc)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), Peregrine, Dunlin, 6x Green Sandpiper, 56x Lapwing, 9x Curlew, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, 453x Pochard, 81x Shoveler, 72x Gadwall, 58x Wigeon, 1124x Teal, Shelduck, 49x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (ad), 2x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 70x Linnet, (JWo)

Burston - Aston

100x Pink-footed Geese, Brambling, Kingfisher, Great Egret, Snipe, Kestrel, (AFi)

Tuesday 20th October 2026

Trentham Gardens

30x Gadwall, 25x Wigeon, 4x Teal, Cettis Warbler still, 21x Redwing, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

1st W/juv Little Gull still, Rock Pipit, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 

Branston GPs

c60x Pink-footed Geese over east at 14:55, 9x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 117x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Pintail, Shelduck, 282x Pochard, 1056x Teal, 65x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Stonechat, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Skylark,  (JWo)

Monday 19th October 2026

Belvide Resv

2x Scaup, 1w Little Gull, 1w Med Gull, 7379x Redwing thru, 25x Fieldfare, 10x Brambling, 

Cannock Chase

30+ Siskin, 6x Redpoll, 2x Bullfinch, Raven, Redwing,  (JKe)

Blithfield Resv

2x Curlew Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 16x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 9x Ruff, Ruddy Shelduck, 5x Common Gull, 6x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 7x Stonechat, Merlin, (SE, HF)

5x Shore Lark briefly in Blithe bay around 13:28 then flew off north, (PBr)

                                                  Curlew Sandpipers by Steve Edwards

Whitemoor Haye

Pintail, Great Egret, 300x Lapwing, 71x Egyptian Geese, 2x Yellowhammer, (JHi)

Doxey Marsh

18x Shoveler, 7x Gadwall, 12x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 45x Lapwing, 7x Snipe, Little Grebe, 2x Great Egret, (CAFH)

Parkhall Lake

Goosander, Little Egret, (SFe)

Chorley

2x Ring - necked Parakeet at Shute Hill, (JWo)

Sandon - Burston

Barn Owl, 2x Mandarin, Grey Wagtail, (RSw)

Sunday 18th October 2026

Blithfield Resv

Rock Pipit, 100x Redwing SW, 140x Pink-footed Geese NE at 09:10, 70x Pinkfoots  east at 09:32, 12x Whooper Swans Blithe Bay (MPR, GJM)  -  2x Curlew Sandpiper, 6x Curlew, 16x Dunlin, 7x Ringed Plover, 8x Ruff, Caspian Gull, 3x Common Gull, 5x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Pintail, Ruddy Shelduck, 7x Stonechat, (HF, SE)

                                                     Whooper Swans by GJ Mant

                                                 Curlew Sandpipers by Steve Edwards

Coven

10x RNP over, 83x Redwing, 2x Kingfisher on the canal, (JDu)

Gailey Resv

3x Great Egret, 13x Little Egret, 22x Wigeon, 15x Shoveler, 6x Pochard, 6x Teal, 2x Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, (JIs)  -  Late afternoon 3rd winter Caspian Gull, Common Gull, Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 20x Wigeon, 14x Shoveler, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Cettis Warbler, (SRi)

Stanley Pool

6x Whooper Swans NW at 09:30, 110x Pink-footed Geese east at 09:37, also 57 east at 10:10 and 100 east at 10:27, Red Kite, 3x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Marsh Harrier (a very dark one different to yday's), Stonechat, 2x Barnacle Geese, RBG still, (TPe)

Tittesworth Water

11x Mandarin, 13x Teal, 16x Wigeon, Goosander, 80x PF Geese over 2x Willow Tit, 3x Red Kite, 36x Redwing, 28x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Branston GPs

8x Whooper Swan, Merlin, Rock Pipit, 4x Pintail, Goldeneye (imm m), 3x Goosander, 7x Green Sandpiper, 8x Curlew, 3x Snipe, Ringed Plover, 87x Lapwing, Water Rail, 3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 362x Pochard, 49x Shoveler, 52x Gadwall, 72x Wigeon, 1056x Teal, Shelduck, 61x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 19x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Barn Owl, 9x Stonechat, 4x Siskin, 8x Redpoll, 70+ Linnet, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Chiffchaff, 2x Grey Wagtail, Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 21x Skylark, (DSc, JWo, BSt, ASt)

Belvide Resv

Ringtail Hen Harrier flew thru south at 15:05, 

WMI site near Calf Heath

2x Egyptian Geese, 22x Teal, 90x Lapwing, (SRi)

Saturday 17th October 2026

Belvide Resv

Buff-breasted Sandpiper seen briefly at 09:50 before flying to west end and lost to view, 305x Redwing west, 28x Fieldfare,

Alton

100x Pink-footed Geese over SW at 08:40, (TEy)

Upper Tean

80x Pink-footed Geese over west at 08:47 heading towards Stoke, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

103x Pink-footed Geese over SE in two skeins, 83 at 09:52 and a further 20 at 09:56, (MPR, GJM)

Stanley Pool

Male Ring Ouzel flew over east this am,  150+ Pink- footed Geese west at 08:55 and a further 50 east at 10:05 also a Peregrine over, (GBr)

MOD Stafford

Red Kite, 4x Raven, (RSt)

Leek 

Fem Peregrine over and nearby a Red Kite over Cheddleton Heath, (PCa)

WMI site near Calf Heath

Knot, (MYa)

Tittesworth Water

12x Whooper Swan, 56x Pink-footed Geese over, Little Egret, 11x Mandarin, Goosander, 90x Linnet, 12x Redpoll, 65x Redwing, Raven, Willow Tit, (SGi, IB, PS)

Whitemoor Haye

Early pm - 2x Barnacle Geese, Red-breasted Goose, 2x Marsh Harrier, 3x Red Kite, (TPe)  -  This am 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret 300+ Lapwing, 51x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, 2x Redwing, Cetti's Warbler, 34x Shoveler, 11x Teal, 24x Gadwall, 39x Pochard, 127x Wigeon, 14x Egyptian Geese, 2x Barnacle Geese, 7x GC Grebe, 21x Little Grebe, 3x Grey Wagtail, 2x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, Red-legged Partridge, 5x GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, (SCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

14x Adult Whooper Swans at 15:48, 3x Goosander, 4x Wigeon, 10x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, Great Egret, female Merlin flew west at 15:54, (RPo)

                                                 Whooper Swans by Richard Powell

                                                 Whooper Swans by Richard Powell

Sandon - Burston

Along Trent-Mersey canal walk 4x Red Kite, 5x Raven, c90 Pink-footed Geese SW at 08:45, Goosander, 3x Kingfisher, 7x Redwing, 3x Mistle Thrush, 3x Skylark, Grey Wagtail, (RSw)

Rudyard area

Approx 450x Pink-footed Geese in 8 skeins heading west, (CAl)

Doxey Marsh

11x Snipe, 34x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, 2x Reed Bunting, Blackcap, (JKe, AKe)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Shelduck, 50x Wigeon, 9x Curlew, 90x Lapwing Green Sandpiper, 2x YL Gull, 8x Redwing, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 20x Linnet, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

c65x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, Goldeneye, Common Gull, c65x Redwing thru west, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Brewood Park Farm

350+ Redwing, 3x Fieldfare over this evening, (JDu) 

Friday 16th October 2026

Belvide Resv

Drake Common Scoter, 3x Grey Plover still, 

Mow Cop

120+ Pink-footed Geese over south at 10:05, (LHa)

Doxey Marsh

Fem Marsh Harrier, juv Shelduck, 22x Shoveler, 43x Gadwall, 15x Teal, c50 Lapwing, 15x Snipe, juv Dunlin still, 2x Great Egret, 5x GC Grebe, Grey Wagtail, (CAFH)

Freehay

Male Brambling with Chaffinches in garden at 13:15,  (RCa)

Hales Hall Pool Cheadle

8x Goosander, 10x Tufted Duck, Grey Wagtail, Red Kite over (TDu)

Whitemoor Haye

Wheatear on rubble pile, (TPe)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Curlew, 22x Dunlin, 6x Ringed Plover, 8x Ruff, 2x Common Gull, 6x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Red Kite, 6x Stonechat, (SE, HF)

Branston GPs

Red Kite, Peregrine, 10x Green Sandpiper, 10x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Snipe, 96x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Shelduck, 411x Pochard, 34x Wigeon, 62x Shoveler, 41x Gadwall, 1050x Teal, 69x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (ad), 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Kingfisher, 7x Stonechat, 8x Skylark, 80x Linnet, 5x Siskin, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

Tonight - Bittern, 2x Dunlin, Ruff, 15x Snipe, 3x Goosander, riverside roost held 11x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, (MB)

Thursday 15th October 2026

Blithfield Resv

Juv Black Tern this am, (GJM)

Stafford

200+ Pink-footed Geese SSW over Sandon Road by the Princess Royal, (RSt)

Doxey Marsh

This pm 12x Shoveler, Gadwall, 3x Wigeon, 19x Teal, c50 Lapwing, 8x Snipe, juv Dunlin, Great Egret, (CAFH)

Long Birch Codsall

10x Mistle Thrush and 15x Redwing, (PCo)

Loggerheads

A total of 250x Pink-footed Geese over in 4 skeins around midday, (JSt)

Claymills

Along canal footpath up to River Dove/Derbyshire border - Little Egret, 8x Egyptian Geese, Grey Wagtail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 5x Goldcrest, (DSc)

Branston GPs

8x Green Sandpiper, 8x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 74x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Shelduck, 361x Pochard, 76x Wigeon, 101x Shoveler, 79x Gadwall, 760x Teal, 64x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Peregrine, 8x Stonechat, 6x Redpoll, 70x Linnet, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 11x Chiffchaff, 6x Skylark, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)