Whitemoor Haye
2x Slavonian Grebes (one in breeding plumage), still this am from opposite quarry entrance, (SCo)
Middleton Lakes
Marsh Harrier, (SSW)
Belvide Resv
Wheatear this am,
Uttoxeter Quarry
5x Whooper Swan to 10:55 when they took off north towards Crakemarsh, 2x Redshank, 12x Oystercatcher, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 5x Shelduck, 117x Wigeon, Dipper, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)
Long Birch Codsall
Yellowhammer, 8x Skylark, Red Kite, Egyptian Goose, (PCo)
Berryhill
Female Wheatear on the Palletstacks mound, (RTo)
Stanley Pool
Ring-necked Parakeet, Goosander (f), Oystercatcher, (GBr)
Ramsor - Ellastone
Red Kite at 11:00 and again at 13:00, (GSt)
Branston GPs
Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 7+ LRP, Dunlin, Redshanks, Oystercatchers, 6+ Chiffchaff, (PAn) - 2x Red Kite, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 30x Shelduck, 24x Wigeon, 80x Shoveler, 30x Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, 12x Curlew, 3x Oystercatcher, Golden Plover, 20x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Skylark, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Blackcap, 10x Linnet, 15x Siskin, (DSc)
Middleton Lakes
White Wagtail, Woodcock, 5x LRP, 8x Avocet, 4x Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, 2x Shelduck, Pochard, Marsh Harrier, (SPA)
Trentham Gardens
2x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, GC Grebe, Little Grebe, 3x Chiffchaff, (STu)
Doxey Marsh
2x LRP and Green Sandpiper on the floods the other side of the M6 under the bridge at junc 14, (GPr)
Alrewas NMA/Catholme
Red Kite, 3x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 4x Shelduck, Green Woodpecker, 2x Mistle Thrush, Cetti's Warbler, Canal Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)
Tucklesholme
40x Wigeon, 20x Teal, 3x Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Chiffchaff, 2x Greenfinch, (DSc)
Claymills
At dusk - 2x Shelduck, Egyptian Goose, 4x Lapwing,, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 5x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)
Middleton Lakes
10x Avocet, 4x LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, 2x Bittern, Common Gull, 3x Goldeneye, Goosander, feral RB Goose, (MSm)
Coombes Valley
This am - 5x Crossbill thru east, 10x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, Blackcap, 30x Fieldfare thru north, 2x Mandarin, (DSc)
Branston GPs
Merlin, Marsh Harrier, 2x Red Kite, 2x Little Egret, 14x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 5x Green Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, 11x LRP, 4x Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, 25x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 28x Goldeneye, 38x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 94x Wigeon, 44x Pochard, 36x Gadwall, 134x Shoveler, 250x Teal, 2x YL Gull, Common Gull, 22x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 18x Sand Martin, 3x Grey Wagtail, 50x Linnet, 3x Siskin, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 100x Fieldfare, (JWo, DSc, CEcDean)
Aqualate
3x Russian White-fronted Geese, Marsh Harrier, 2x Oystercatcher, (PJor)
Silverdale CP
Female Wheatear, Stonechat, (PCa)
Whitemoor Haye
2x Slavonian Grebe, 4x Goldeneye, Shovelers, (JTu)
Berryhill
Cetti's Warbler along the Industrial track early am, (RTo, PJo), also Curlew over, 4x Stonechat, 9x Skylark, 8x Linnet, (RTo)
Stafford Common
2x Black-tailed Godwit over, (RSt)
Gailey Resv
35x Golden Plover, Great Egret, 3x Oystercatcher, (JIs)
River Sow Meadows Baswich - Milford
8x Cetti's Warbler, 11x Chiffchaff, Water Rail, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 4x Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, c70 Wigeon, 45x Teal, 3x Skylark, (RSw)
Doxey Marsh
2x White-fronted Geese, Green Sandpiper on Creswell, LRP under M6, Red Kite over (AHa), - 2x Shelduck, 4x Gadwall, 84x Teal, 3x Pochard, 18x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 2x GBB Gull, 2x GC Grebe, 2x Little Egret, Great Egret, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 5x Reed Bunting, (CAFH)
Forsbrook
Red Kite over the square, (AR)
Tittesworth Water
Slavonian Grebe to 07:30 to12:00 at least, 6x Whooper Swan, 3x Wigeon, 15x Pochard, Lapwing, 3x Snipe, Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Reed Bunting, 2x Bullfinch, (JOa, LH)
Middleton Lakes
2x LRP, 8x Avocet, 7x Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Snipe, Common Gull, 5x Goldeneye, Pochard, Bittern, 17x Chiffchaff, Peregrine, (SPA)
Alvecote
Great Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Snipe, (MSc)
Whitemoor Haye
Slavonian Grebe, Ringed Plover, (TPe)
Branston GPs
2x Red Kite, 2x Dunlin, 8x Snipe, 4x Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, 5x Green Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 26x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, 4x Mandarin, 43x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 32x Goldeneye, 26x Pochard, 78x Wigeon, 84x Shoveler, 48x Gadwall, 250x Teal, 45x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 28x Chiffchaff, 2x Sand Martin, 35x Fieldfare, 3x Siskin, 6x Redpoll, 40x Linnet, Greenfinch, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JWo)
Branston GPs
2x Green Sandpiper, 3x LRP, Oystercatcher, 14x Shelduck, 12x Wigeon, 60x Shoveler, 8x Goldeneye, Common Gull, 2x Siskin, (DSc)
Belvide Resv
Black-necked Grebe from Scott hide, Adult Little Gull off the dam,
Tittesworth Water
36x Pochard, 2x Teal, 3x Goosander, 3x Grey Wagtail, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x Snipe, 13x Chiffchaff, 2x Siskin, 3x Willow Tit, (SGi) - 5x Curlew dropped in at around 10:30, (NCo)
Stanley Pool
Red Kite, 5x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, (GBr)
Cannock Chase
Abraham's Valley - 15x Crossbill, 20x Siskin, 10x Redpoll, (HTy)
Rocester
An early Osprey over north at 11:05, Red Kite over at 10:15, (JDr)
Whitemoor Haye
2x Slavonian Grebe still, (TPe)
Tucklesholme
4x Sand Martin, Red Kite, 4x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 175x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 6x Gadwall, 4x Egyptian Geese, 6x GC Grebe, 8x Chiffchaff, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, (JWo)
Astonfields Balancing Resv
2x Little Egret, GBB Gull, (HAd)
Whitemoor Haye
2x Slavonian Grebe, (TPe)
Gailey Resv
108x Golden Plover in the ploughed field to the north, 20x Snipe, (SRi)
Branston GPs
Rock Pipit over BMP/LFP, Merlin (m), Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, 2x Avocet, 3x Green Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 12x Curlew, 6x LRP, 36x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 16x Goldeneye, 34x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 25x Pochard, 137x Shoveler, 57x Gadwall, 250x Teal, 94x Wigeon, 31x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 22x Sand Martin, 5x Siskin, 50x Linnet, 2x Stonechat, 35x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, 11x Chiffchaff, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, PFo, BSt, CMa, RF, RBr, MCa)
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Barn Owl, (JDu)
Doxey Marsh
Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Water Rail, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Reed Bunting, 11x Chiffchaff, 3x Pochard, (RSt)
Loggerheads
c50 Siskin and 2x Redpoll along the Tadgedale Brook also nearby a further 12x Siskin and 4x Stock Dove, (JSt)
Forsbrook
Red Kite over the square at 09:45, (AR)
Tittesworth Water
39x Pochard, 24x Wigeon, 10x Oystercatcher, 4x Curlew, 19x Meadow Pipit, (SGi)
Belvide Resv
Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, Goosander, 2x Goshawk, Red Kite,
Branston GPs
Whimbrel over at dusk, 12x Curlew, 2x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 12x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, 7x Oystercatcher, 22x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 27x Goldeneye, 6x Mandarin, 36x Shelduck, 64x Wigeon, 34x Pochard, 103x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 38x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, 2x RL Partridge, 2x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Chiffchaff, 40x Linnet, 6x Siskin, (JWo, BSt)
Whitemoor Haye
Slavonian Grebe this am, (JTu)
Branston GPs
8x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 11x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 34x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 32x Shelduck, 106x Shoveler, 33x Wigeon, 44x Pochard, 25x Goldeneye, Goosander, Little Egret, 10x Redpoll, 5x Siskin, 40x Linnet, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Fieldfare, (DSc) - Additional on SMP - Sand Martin, Marsh Harrier (f), Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, (JWo)
Chasewater
Sand Martins, 5x Goosander, 6x Wigeon, (GHa)
Baldwins Gate
Red Kite, Goosander, (RWh)
Tittesworth Water
30x Pochard, 25x Wigeon, 2x Teal, 2x Mandarin, Goosander, 10x Curlew, Snipe, 10x Golden Plover thru, 8x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 3x Willow Tit, 4x Bullfinch, 4x Reed Bunting, Peregrine, Red Kite, Merlin, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)
Biddulph
Rockend - 10x Siskin, Redpoll, 4x Bullfinch, (ALo)
Dunstall
6x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)
Uttoxeter Quarry
2x Sand Martin, Redshank, Curlew, 12x Oystercatcher, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 100x Wigeon, Dipper, 2x RL Partridge, no sign of the WF Goose, (RPo)
Middleton Lakes
Knot, Black-tailed Godwit, LRP, (S&C), - 4x Redshank, 6x Oystercatcher, 49x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, 26x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Little Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese, 2x Siskin, Greenfinch, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Chiffchaff, Kke, Jke) - Marsh Harrier, 2x Blackwit, (TPe) - Snipe,
Whitemoor Haye
2x Slavonian Grebe still, Green Sandpiper, (TPe) - 11x Gadwall, 22x Shoveler, 22x Teal, 6x Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, 3x Redshank, 16x Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Slavonian Grebe, 6x Little Grebe, 8x GC Grebe, 2x Bullfinch, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Egyptian Geese, (SCo)
Blithfield Resv
2x Scaup, 22x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, Goosander, Red Kite, Little Egret, 4x PF Geese, (MJa)
Rocester
2x Red Kite over at 08:45, JCB north lake 4x Oystercatcher, 5x GC Grebe, (JDr)
Catholme
3x Sand Martin, 2x Red Kite, 10x Linnet, 2x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 6x Goosander, 10x Goldeneye, (JWo)
Alrewas NMA
2x Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 2x GC Grebe, Cetti's Warbler. Canal - 6x Lapwing, 2x Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)
Tucklesholme
(Unfortunately for Staffs the Wheatear this am was actually in the Sheep fields on the Derbyshire side of the river between Walton and Drakelow).
2x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 80x Wigeon, 20x Teal, 3x Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 10x Linnet, Greenfinch, (DSc)
Branston GPs
28x Shelduck, 18x Wigeon, 80x Shoveler, 22x Goldeneye, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Curlew, 20x Lapwing, 4x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Mistle Thrush 50x Linnet, (DSc)
Belvide Resv
4x Sand Martin, 60x Golden Plover, Snipe, Red Kite, Stonechat, 7x Shelduck, Mandarin,
Middleton Lakes
14x Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Redshank, LRP, 14x Snipe, 9x Shelduck, 3x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Marsh Harrier, 3x Great Egret, the feral RB Goose still, (MSm) - In addition Marsh Harrier, Common Gull, Bittern, c40 Siskin, c40 Redpoll, (SPA)
Freehay
Red Kite south over the church at 14:45, (RCa)
Whitemoor Haye
Slavonian Grebe (summer plumage), 4x LRP, (TPe)
Rudyard
3x Little Egret went to roost at 18:08, (Laxmi)
Branston GPs
Merlin (m), 2x Red Kite, 10x Curlew, Dunlin, 5x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 26x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, 6x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 31x Goldeneye, 39x Shelduck, 41x Wigeon, 46x Pochard, 102x Shoveler, 32x Gadwall, 300x Teal, 31x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x RL Partridge, 2x Grey Wagtail, 11x Chiffchaff, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Mistle Thrush, 8x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, (JWo, DSc, MCa)
Trentham Gardens
2x Greenfinch, (AR)
Shareshill
Whimbrel over calling heading WNW at 21:12, (per ICr)
Middleton Lakes
19x Avocet, 2x LRP, Redshank, 2x Shelduck, 2x Pochard, Marsh Harrier, YL Gull, GBB Gull, Great Egret, (MSm)
Astonfields Balancing Resv
Little Egret, 3x Chiffchaff, 3x Redpoll, Greenfinch, Goldcrest, Reed Bunting, (RSt)
Alvecote
Great Egret, Little Egret, Snipe, Goosander, RL Partridge, (MSc)
Baldwins Gate
50x Siskin in garden, (CPe)
Tittesworth Water
18x Pochard, 2x Teal, 5x Curlew, Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Willow Tit, 2x Bullfinch, 2x Reed Bunting, 3x Chiffchaff, Red Kite, Common Gull, (JOa, LH)
Branston GPs
2x Oystercatcher. 4x Curlew, Dunlin, 2x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 20x Shelduck, Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Chiffchaff, 2x Bullfinch, (CMa, RF)#
Pool Hall
4x Corn Bunting, (GCl)
Belvide Resv
4x Common Gull, Redshank, LRP, c150 Golden Plover,
Cannock
2x Oystercatcher at Kingswood Lakeside, (SB)
Rudyard
Little Egret came into roost at 17:32, (Laxmi)
Cheddleton Heath
Red Kite at 16:50, (PCa)
Stanley Pool
55x Goosander, Little Egret, (GBr)
Alton
100+ Siskin, 5000+ Starling, (TEy)
Blithfield Resv
Red-throated Diver still at the deep end this afternoon, (RPo)
Alvecote
2x Great Egret, Little Egret, (MSc)
WMI site near Calf Heath
LRP this afternoon, (SRi)
Branston GPs
3x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Snipe, 10x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 51x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 14x Goldeneye, 2x Mandarin, 21x Pochard, 20x Wigeon, 68x Shoveler, 46x Gadwall, 21x Shelduck, 12x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 8x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Siskin, 12x Redpoll, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Chiffchaff, (JWo, CEc)
Tucklesholme
2x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 6x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 124x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 15x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, Grey Wagtail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Chiffchaff, (JWo)
Belvide Resv
Adult Med Gull roosted, Siberian Chiffchaff still,
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Stanley Pool
2x Mandarin, 26x Goosander, (GBr)
Alvecote
2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Goosander, Snipe, (MSc)
Mobberley
2x Red Kite, (FCa)
Branston GPs
Ad Kittiwake, 5x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Green Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 57x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 27x Goldeneye, 35x Shelduck, 41x Pochard, 79x Shoveler, 46x Gadwall, 68x Wigeon, 380x Teal, 37x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 3x YL Gull, 8x Common Gull, Red Kite, 2x Stonechat, Blackcap, 8x Chiffchaff, Mistle Thrush, 60x Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, 80x Linnet, 50x Mipit, Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, George, HFI),
Doxey Marsh
Female Scaup, Great Egret, 2x Sand Martin, 3x Chiffchaff, (RWh)
Barton Marina
32x Wigeon, 9x Pochard, 2x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, 3x Chiffchaff, (JWo)
Astonfields Balancing Resv
Little Egret, Redpoll, Greenfinch, (RSt)
Westport Lake
Adult Kittiwake to 11:40 at least, (PJo), - Ad Common Gull to 13:55 only, Kittiwake still at 14:00, 2x Goosander, 42x Siskin, 2x Chiffchaff, (AR)
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Doxey Marsh
Scaup still, 2x Shelduck, 9x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 21x Wigeon, 63x Teal, 5x Pochard, 2x Goosander, c200 Lapwing, 3x Curlew, 25x Snipe, Dunlin, 4x GC Grebe, 4x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, 9x Chiffchaff, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (CAFH)
Whitemoor Haye
4x LRP, Green Sandpiper, 24x Goldeneye, Red Kite, (ICW) - This evening 2x Slavonian Grebe, 4x LRP, Redshank, 9x Oystercatcher, Roost included 1000x BHG and a GBBG, (SCo)
Endon - Denford
2x Jack Snipe, 46x Snipe, 4x Curlew, 4x Lapwing, PF Goose, 13x Wigeon, 10x Teal, 2x Green Woodpecker, (DCo)
Branston GPs
Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Woodcock, Jack Snipe, 19x Snipe, 5x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 14x Curlew, 36x Lapwing, 9x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Mandarin, 22x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 24x Shelduck, 68x Wigeon, 46x Gadwall, 98x Shoveler, 28x Pochard, 400x Teal, 39x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull, (1w), YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Red Kite, 2x Mistle Thrush, 70x Fieldfare, 150x Redwing, Blackcap, 10x Chiffchaff, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 40x Linnet, 8x Siskin, 60x Mipits, 3x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, Dean)
Staffs
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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,
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)
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)
Tittesworth Water
Chiffchaff, Woodcock, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Lapwing, 5x Curlew, Dipper, 41x Pochard, 3x Goosander, Mandarin, 4x Willow Tit, Grey Wagtail, (SGi)
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,
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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,