Stanley Pool
Green Sandpiper, 17x Lapwing, 4x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)
Cheddleton - Consall
Canal towpath - 2x Red Kite, 3x Grey Wagtail, Redstart, Willow Tit, 6x Garden Warbler, 4x Mistle Thrush, 2x Siskin, (DSc)
Branston GPs
8x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 54x Lapwing, 9x Little Egret, 33x Pochard, 32x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, 5x Teal, 14x Egyptian Geese, 8x Shelduck, 14x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, Common Gull, YL Gull, Peregrine, 12x Linnet, (JWo)
Tittesworth Water
7x LRP, 6x Common Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, 57x Lapwing, Snipe, 2x Garden Warbler, no sign of the Spoonbill, (JWo, TE)
Cheddleton - Consall
Canal towpath 08:00 - 3x Red Kite, Mandarin + 4 ducklings, 4x Swift, Grey Wagtail, 2x Mistle Thrush, 6x Sedge Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Siskin, (DSc)
Silverdale
Honey Buzzard dark morph over Silverdale allotment at 08:35 heading towards Keele, (PJo)
Tittesworth Water
Spoonbill still this morning, (SGi) - Spoonbill still this afternoon, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, LRP, Oystercatchers, Lapwings, (NCo)
Middleton Lakes
Sandwich Tern JW south also Green Sandpiper, (JKl)
Stanley Pool
2x Red Kite, LRP, Oystercatcher, (GBr)
Blithfield Resv
5x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, (CMa, RF)
Branston GPs
5x Curlew, 94x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, 7x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 76x Pochard, 78x Gadwall, 5x Shelduck, 12x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, 4x Common Tern, Red Kite, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)
Cheddleton Heath
Osprey over north at 09:29, (PCa)
Stanley Pool
5x LRP this am, (GBr)
Tittesworth Water
Spoonbill still, Mandarin, 6x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 4x Lapwing, Common Tern, Garden Warbler, 2x Swift, Red Kite, (JOa, TE, KH)
Stafford
Red Kite over, (MPa)
Branston GPs
Red Kite, 7x Little Egret, 5x Shelduck, 40x Gadwall, 3x Shoveler, 60x Pochard, 3x Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 34x Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, 3x Cetti's, Warbler, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, (DSc)
Whitemoor Haye
2x Black-necked Grebe ads ( + possibly imm bird), (TPe)
Cannock Chase
Tree Pipits, Linnets, Stonechats, 2x Hobby, Cuckoos, 3x Woodcock, Raven, (KJo, APl, AMa)
Tittesworth Water
Spoonbill still, Green Sandpiper, (SGi)
Gailey Resv
Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, 2x Red Kite, 2x Common Tern, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Reed Warblers, (SRi)
Blithfield Resv
An early returning juv Wheatear, (GJM)
Alvecote
3x Common Tern, 2x Little Egret, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 16x Swift, (MSc)
Alrewas NMA
2x Cuckoo, Red Kite, 16x Gadwall, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)
Catholme
Hobby, 8x Linnet, Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 14x Common Tern, 6x Shelduck, 12x Egyptian Geese, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)
Branston GPs
5x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 3x Shelduck, Mandarin, 2x Shoveler, 50x Gadwall, 34x Pochard, 2x Red Kite, Curlew, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)
Tittesworth Water
Spoonbill still this am, (CWo) - This evening Spoonbill on main resv, (RWi)
Leek
Peregrine and nearby a Red Kite at Cheddleton Heath, (PCa)
Tittesworth Water
Spoonbill still on the conservation pool, 6x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing, Garden Warbler, (JOa)
Stanley Pool
Spotted Flycatcher, 3x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Common Tern, (GBr)
Bottleslow Flash
Oystercatcher, LRP, Little Egret, Red Kite, (RTo)
Branston GPs
Redshank, Curlew, 11x Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing, 6x Great Egret, 14x Little Egret, 26x Pochard, 3x Teal, 55x Gadwall, 19x Shelduck, 20x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Red Kite, Hobby, RL Partridge, 50x Linnet, Garden Warbler, 6x Sedge Warbler, (JWo)
Tittesworth Water
Spoonbill on the conservation area early am, Hobby, Peregrine, Red Kite, (SGi)
Belvide Resv
Green Sandpiper on the north shore,
Bottleslow Flash
2x LRP, 2x Little Egret, (RTo)
Dimmingsdale
Cuckoo, 3x Garden Warbler, Redstart, (TEy)
Kings Bromley
Osprey successfully flying off with a fish at 12:30, (SCo)
Trentham
Hobby over the lake at 12:00, (AR)
Branston GPs
8x Curlew, 9x Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 4x Shoveler, 54x Pochard, 64x Gadwall, 19x Shelduck, 15x Egyptian Geese, 15x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, Red Kite, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, Garden Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 60x Linnet, (JWo)
Stanley Pool
Common Tern, 3x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)
Rudyard
Female Mandarin with 3 chicks, (Laxmi)
Branston GPs
Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, Curlew, Ringed Plover, 21x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 5x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 16x Pochard, 5x Teal, 3x Shoveler, 74x Gadwall, 12x Shelduck, 16x Egyptian Geese, 22x Little Grebe, 3x Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 30x Linnet, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean)
Cheddleton Heath
Red Kite circling over at 05:20, (PCa)
Kings Bromley
Osprey successfully fishing on Manor Park lakes, (AGP)
Cannock Chase
6x Cuckoo, Redstart, Tree Pipits, 15x Stonechat, Small Blue butterfly,.(CMa, RF)
Trentham Gardens
6x adult Cattle Egret, 3 nests, 5x chicks seen, (SE, HF)
Doxey Marsh
13x Cetti's Warbler, 19x Whitethroat, 26x Reed Warbler, 83x Sedge Warbler, 5x Gropper, Curlew, Snipe, Oystercatcher, 6x Lapwing, 52x Swift, 2x Common Tern, 4x Water Rail, Little Egret, 40x Gadwall, (MBo, PDy, WBe, DTo, BLo, RSt, RRa, PGl)
Whitemoor Haye
Corn Bunting, 5x Redshank, 3x Oystercatcher, LRP, 60x Swift, 3x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Garden Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 8x Common Tern, (SCo)
Belvide Resv
Osprey thru west at 13:10,
Tittesworth Water
Possible Caspian Gull, 3x Mandarin, Teal, Common Tern, 7x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 4x Lapwing, 9x Oystercatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)
Branston GPs
4x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 6x Little Grebe (4 juvs), 6x Shelduck, Mandarin, 50x Gadwall, 2x Teal, 34x Pochard, 3x Oystercatcher, Curlew, Lapwing, 2x Common Tern, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)
Gailey Resv
2x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, Red Kite, Peregrine, 6x Oystercatcher, (SRi)
Whiston
Green Woodpecker 'anting' on drive at The Leys, (GSt
Hilderstone
Red Kite circling over the church at 11:00, (DGl)
Tucklesholme
2x Avocet flew in at 16:35, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 10x Swift, (DSc)
Gnosall
Red Kite circling the sports and social club at 08:40, (GCa)
Trentham Gardens
The Cattle Egrets now have chicks, (HFo)
Branston GPs
Knot, Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 5x Lapwing, 6x Little Egret, 8x Pochard, 16x Gadwall, 8x Mandarin, 6x Shelduck, 14x Egyptian Geese, 8x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, Cuckoo, RL Partridge, Yellow Wagtail, 20x Linnet, 150x Sand Martin, (JWo, MCa, CEc) - Adult Spoonbill at 20:34 to 20:44 then flew south also Knot still to 21:00 at least, Ringed Plover, 50x Swift, (DSc)
Biddulph Moor
12+ Tree Sparrow, (ALo)
Barton-under Needwood
Spoonbill over the garden at 20:50, (JWo)
Blithfield Resv
Caspian Tern at top of Blithe Bay at 07:30, (GJM) - still to 16:00 at least (MCh) - Caspian Tern to 18:00 at least also 2x Pintail, Spotted Flycatcher, (JKl) - Caspian Tern until 20:00 at least, Caspian Gull, 45+ Common Tern, 4x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 9x Ringed Plover, Little Egret, 2x Pintail, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Shoveler, 39x Shelduck, Red Kite, (JWo, CEc, RPo, SEd, HFo et al)
Tittesworth Water
2x Mandarin, Teal, Common Tern, 8x LRP, 10x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Sandpiper, 4x Lapwing, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)
Whitemoor Haye
Curlew, Ringed Plover, (TPe)
Branston GPs
Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 6x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 7x Little Egret, 8x Mandarin, 24x Shelduck, 22x Pochard, 46x Gadwall, 20x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, Cuckoo, RL Partridge, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 8x Linnet, 100x House Martin, 300x Sand Martin, 50x Swift, (JWo)
Gnosall
Red Kite over the Acorn pub at 15:35, (GCa)
Branston GPs
Sanderling, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Little Egret, 5x Pochard, 72x Gadwall, 22x Shelduck, 20x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, Cuckoo, Hobby, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, 3x Sedge Warbler, 20x Linnet, 50+ Swift, (JWo)
Stanley Pool
Little Egret, Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)
Blithfield Resv
This afternoon, 2x Little Stint, 2x Ringed Plover, 8x LRP, 26x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 7x Little Egret, 8x Reed Bunting, Red Kite, (DBr)
Branston GPs
Cuckoo, Red Kite, Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Water Rail, 8x Mandarin, 2x Shoveler, 24x Pochard, 66x Gadwall, 21x Shelduck, 14x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, RL Partridge, 3x Stonechat, 50x Linnet, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Garden Warbler, 4x Sedge Warbler, 10+ Reed Warbler, (JWo)
Cheddleton Heath
Red Kite circling over at 10:00, (PCa)
Whitemoor Haye
07:30 - 11:20, 4x Redshank with 2 chicks, 8x Lapwing (one chick), 2x Oystercatcher, LRP, 3x Gadwall, Goosander, 3x Garden Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 8x Blackcap, 11x Whitethroat, 6x GC Grebe, 4x Little Grebe, 3x Yellowhammer, 2x Egyptian Geese, Little Egret, 4x Common Tern, Red Kite, (SCo)
Tittesworth Water
9x Mandarin, Common Tern, 8x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 6x LRP, 5x Common Sandpiper, 2x Garden Warbler, Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE)
Alvecote
80+ Swift, House Martins, Cetti's Warbler, Common Tern, (MSc)
Tucklesholme
Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 2x Egyptian Geese, 20x Swift, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)
Branston GPs
Yellow Wagtail, (DSc)
Belvide Resv
Little Stint to 10:32 only,
Tittesworth Water
Caspian Gull still, (SGi, IB, PS, PJ, PB)
Whitemoor Haye
2x Redshank, 2x LRP, Peregrine, (PSm)
Brookhouse Lane
Red Kite over at 09:30, (DLe)
Alrewas NMA
Cuckoo, Red Kite, 4x Oystercatcher, 24x Gadwall, Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Garden Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)
Port Lane
2x Grey Partridge and at the WMI site 4x LRP A449 side, (JDu)
Branston GPs
Great Egret (struggling to swallow a Perch), 5x Little Egret, 8x Shelduck, 2x Shoveler, 70x Gadwall, 31x Pochard, Curlew, 3x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, Common Tern, Cuckoo, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, (DSc)
Stanley Pool
Female Mandarin, LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)
Tittesworth Water
Caspian Gull still, (SGi)
Alvecote
40x Swift, (MSc)
Gailey Resv
Spotted Flycatcher, 3x Little Egret, Red Kite, 5x Oystercatcher, Garden Warbler, (SRi)
Branston GPs
Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 10x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Little Egret, 17x Pochard, 72x Gadwall, 18x Shelduck, 20x Egyptian Geese, 12x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, 2x Sedge Warbler, 11x Reed Warbler, 80x Swift, 30+ House Martin, 35x Linnet, (JWo)
Tittensor Chase
Stonechat near Saxon's Lowe, (AR)
Middleton Lakes
2x Whimbrel opposite double benches, (MSm)
Branston GPs
11:00 - 2x Oystercatcher, 7x Common Tern, 2x Shelduck, 8x Pochard, Yellow Wagtail, 25x Swift, 10x House Martin, Skylark, Garden Warbler and a Red Kite over Tatenhill village, (DSc) - 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 5x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, Goosander, 24x Pochard, 33x Shelduck, 56x Gadwall, 23x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, 2x Red Kite, Hobby, 2x RL Partridge, 60x Linnet, 4x Garden Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 60x Swift, (JWo, CEc, Dean)
Tittesworth Water
15x Mandarin, Teal, Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, 5x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Sandpiper, 6x Lapwing, Willow Tit, 2x Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH)
Florence Hill
2x Willow Tit, (AMa)
Tittesworth Water
Caspian Gull for 2nd day, (SGi)
Dimmingsdale
12x Mandarin, (TEy)
Alvecote
Common Tern, 20x Swift, (MSc)
Branston GPs
2x Sanderling, 8x Ringed Plover, 4x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 37x Pochard, 8x Mandarin, 26x Shelduck, 82x Gadwall, 19x Egyptian Geese, 11x Little Grebe, 8x Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Hobby, 2x RL Partridge, 20x Linnet, 60x Swift, 4x Garden Warbler, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)
