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)

Wednesday 14th October 2026

Trentham Gardens

38x Gadwall, 2x Mandarin, 4x Wigeon, 2x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 11x Redwing, (RTo)  -  Cetti's Warbler calling next to "Dandelion clocks" this am, (MJW)

Stafford

Red Kite Foregate St/Halfords, (RSt)

Doxey Marsh

Fem Marsh Harrier, 22x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 11x Teal, Pochard, c90x Lapwing, 8x Snipe, Great Egret, (CAFH)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, Caspian Gull, 2x Common Gull, 6x Curlew, 23x Dunlin, 22x Ringed Plover, 10x Ruff, 6x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 10x Stonechat, (SE, HF)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (f), 2x Peregrine, 9x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, 8x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 56x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, Pintail, Shelduck, 84x Wigeon, 222x Pochard, 96x Shoveler, 69x Gadwall, 900+ Teal, 62x Little Grebe, Common Gull (1w), 2x YL Gull, Kingfisher, 6x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 16x Chiffchaff, 6x Siskin, 110x Linnet, 8x Skylark, (JWo)

Tuesday 13th October 2026

Alton

20x Redwing, (TEy)

Blithfield Resv

2x Greenshank, 3x Ruff, 5x Dunlin, 30+ Ringed Plover, Curlew, Lapwings, Merlin in a tree west of the causeway, (BGo, BAl)

Belvide Resv

3x Grey Plover, 4x Ringed Plover, 6x Pintail, Peregrine, (TJa)

Monday 12th October 2026

Aqualate

10:30 - 12:30 Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, 2x Little Grebe, (JKe)

Tittesworth Water

Juv Black Tern, Common Tern thru, Ringed Plover, 2x Snipe, Little Egret, Barn Owl, 21x Wigeon, 6x Teal, 5x Goosander, Red Kite, 30x Redwing, 25x Linnet, (SGi, IF)

                                                       Black Tern by Steve Gibson

Chasewater

Ruff, 2x Lapwing, 11x Teal, 3x Pochard, 17x Wigeon, 13x Gadwall, Little Egret, Swallow, Fieldfare, 9x Redwing, 4x Chiffchaff, 2x Willow Warbler, Redpoll, Raven, (CMa, LRM)

Cheadle

c40 Pink-footed Geese high over south at 14:55, (JBr)

Trentham Gardens

14x Wigeon 45x Gadwall, (HF, SE)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (juv), Peregrine, 7x Green Sandpiper, Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Snipe, 49x Lapwing, Water Rail, 6x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 335x Pochard, 84x Wigeon, 78x Shoveler, 96x Gadwall, 753x Teal, Shelduck, 56x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher, 14x Siskin, 56x Linnet, 8x Greenfinch, 18x Skylark, 4x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Redwing, (JWo

Belvide Resv

Wheatear, 2x Rock Pipit, Peregrine,

 

Sunday 11th October 2026

Blithfield Resv

Cattle Egret NW thru Blithe Bay with 3x Great Egrets, (MPR, GJM)  -  07:30 to 11:30 7x Great Egret, 3x Pintail, Red Kite, 2x YL Gull, 16x Ringed Plover, 24x Dunlin, 6x Curlew, 10x Ruff, Wheatear, sev Stonechat, (SRi)  -  

2x Grey Plover, 24x Dunlin, 15x Ringed Plover, 10x Ruff, 6x Curlew,  Cattle Egret, 8x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Caspian Gull, 4x Common Gull,  Ruddy Shelduck, 3x Pintail, 6x Stonechat,  (HF, SE)

                                                     Cattle Egret by Steve Edwards

Belvide Resv

5x Grey Plover and Little Stint still,

Baswich - Milford River Sow Meadows

c100x Pink-footed Geese high SE this am, Great Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 11x Skylark, 7x Redwing, 40x Stock Dove, (RSw)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Black-necked Grebe still, yellow wing-tagged juv Marsh Harri20x Gadwall, er again, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Gailey Resv

3x Little Egret, 14x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 3x Pochard, 3x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, (JIs)

Doxey Marsh

Green Sandpiper, 167x Lapwing, 25x Snipe, 3x Grey Wagtail, Peregrine, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Redwing, 2x Willow Warbler, 53x Chiffchaff, 16x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Water Rail, 50x Shoveler, 9x Skylark, (WeBS, MBo, DTo, BLo, RRa, RSt)  -  15:30 to 17:00 4x Great Egret, 15x Snipe, 60x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, 2x Greenfinch, Gadwall, Shoveler, Teal, (JKe, AKe)

Tittesworth Water

Arctic Tern, 3x Mandarin, 16x Teal, 5x Goosander, 63x Redwing, Willow Tit, 15x Siskin, (JOa, LH, TE)

The Roaches

2x Red Kite, 2x Raven, (MKe, JKe)

Whitemoor Haye

301x Cormorant (site record), 7x Little Egret, 5x Great Egret, c400x Lapwing, 48x Snipe, Mistle Thrush, Marsh Harrier (fem), 11x Wigeon, (SCo)

Branston GPs

Imm Marsh Harrier, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Shelduck, Mandarin, 60x Wigeon, 270x Pochard, 11x Goosander, 9x Curlew, 50x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 7x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, YL Gull, 30x Skylark, 6x Stonechat, 2x Redwing, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 10x Chiffchaff, 150x Linnet, 10x Siskin, 3x Redpoll, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, 6x Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Saturday 10th October 2026

Uttoxeter Quarry

Black-necked Grebe still, 2x juv Spotted Redshank flew west at 09:17, Green Sandpiper, Pintail, 8x Pochard, Great Egret, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

108x Wigeon, 7x Great Egret, 3x Red Kite, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, Grey Plover, 3x Golden Plover, 15x Ringed Plover, 20x Dunlin, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Curlew, 10x Ruff, Snipe, c10x Stonechat, (SRi, GJM, MPR)

Belvide Resv

5x Grey Plover, 4x Ringed Plover, 4x Dunlin, Little Stint, 3x Kestrel, 5x Red Kite, Peregrine, 3x Goshawk, Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, 169x  Redwing thru, 3x Swallow thru,

Alrewas NMA

7x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, Alrewas canal Stonechat, (JWo)

Wychnor

c1000+ Wood Pigeon, (JWo)

Branston GPs

3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Shelduck, 72x Wigeon, 60x Shoveler, 170x Pochard, imm Marsh Harrier, imm Peregrine, 10x Curlew, 60x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, Snipe, GBB Gull, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Stonechat, 8x Redwing, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Linnet, (DSc)

Friday 9th October 2026

Belvide Resv

725x Redwing over 08:25 to 10:25, Little Stint and 3x Grey Plover still, 

Middleton Lakes

40+ Redwing this am, 2x Marsh Harrier, 2x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 50x Snipe, 3x Pochard, (SPA)  -  This evening 3x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, Stonechat, 7x Goosander, Riverside roost Bittern, 10x Great Egret, 17x Little Egret, (MB)

Branston GPs

3x Grey Plover, 3x Ringed Plover, 60x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 8x Curlew, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Shelduck, 82x Wigeon, 19x Pochard, 122x Gadwall, 75x Shoveler, 462x Teal, 48x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), Common Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Peregrine, 25x Redwing, 6x Redpoll, 8x Siskin, 5x Stonechat, 34x Skylark, 60x Linnet, (JWo, CEc)

Doxey Marsh

Juv Little Tern on Boundary Flash, (RBr)

Barton-under-Needwood

2x Redpoll, Siskin, (JWo)

Thursday 8th October 2026

Tittesworth Water

7x Whooper Swan to 11:30 at least, 3x Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, 6x Teal, 60x Meadow Pipit, (JOa, LH)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, Little Egret, 16x Shoveler, Pochard, 2x Teal, 3x Common Sandpiper, (JIs)

Belvide Resv

Glossy Ibis, Little Stint, 3x Grey Plover, 4x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 

Doxey Marsh

Bittern at 15:40 perched in reeds Tillington Flash from main hide, (AHa)  -  16:45 to 17:15 30x Lapwing, Snipe, Great Egret, 4x Gadwall, 8x Shoveler, Teal, (JKe, AKe)

Branston GPs

c34x Pink-footed Geese over high SE at 16:48, 10x Curlew, 11x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 12x Snipe, 90x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Shelduck, 312x Pochard, 61x Wigeon, 75x Shoveler, 81x Gadwall, 559x Teal, 61x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull (1w), 2x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 8x Siskin, 18x Greenfinch, 120x Linnet, 74x Skylark, Grey Wagtail, Blackcap, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Stonechat, (JWo, DSc)

Wednesday 7th October 2026

Stafford Branch of WMBC first talk of the winter season. Madagascar, Tuesday 13th October doors open 19:15 for a 19:30 start at Walton Village Hall, Greengore Lane, Stafford ST17 0LD.  Isolated for millenia and sometimes called the 8th continent, Madagascar has developed a unique wildlife, full of endemic species. Speaker Chris Evans. Plus the Cannock Chase Breeding Survey 2027. £3 entry fee, refreshments provided.

Belvide Resv

Spotted Redshank to 11:10 only,  Little Stint, 3x Grey Plover, 9x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, Ruff, 4x Whooper Swan, 

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Great Egret over, (Foz)

Middleton Lakes

25x Golden Plover, Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 29x Snipe, 2x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, (SPA)

Doxey Marsh

This afternoon - Fem Marsh Harrier, 35x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 20x Teal, 70x Lapwing, 21x Snipe, Little Grebe, GC Grebe, Great Egret, (CAFH)

Blithfield Resv

2x Whooper Swan, Caspian Gull, Ruddy Shelduck, 6x Curlew, 19x Dunlin, 19x Ringed Plover, 5x Golden Plover, Redshank, 9x Ruff, Common Gull, 6x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Red Kite, 2x Stonechat, (SE, HF)

                                                  Whooper Swan by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

8x Green Sandpiper, 10x Curlew, 8x Snipe, 2x Ringed Plover, 42x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 452x Pochard (site record count), 78x Wigeon, 87x Gadwall, 71x Shoveler, 559x Teal, Shelduck, 59x Little Grebe, YL Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Kingfisher, 7x Stonechat, 24x Skylark, 2x Grey Wagtail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Greenfinch, 40x Linnet, 9x Clouded Yellow, (JWo)

Tuesday 6th October 2026

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper and 2+ Ruff, (SPA)  -  This Evening Pec Sand still, 2x Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 150x Lapwing, 58x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, (MHu)

Trentham Gardens

5x Mandarin, 10x Gadwall, Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 2x Little Grebe, 3x Little Egret, (RTo, HF)

Belvide Resv

3x Grey Plover, juv Little Stint, PF Goose, 

Whitemoor Haye

This pm - Red-breasted Goose, 24x Egyptian Geese, 26x Pochard, 15x Snipe, 109x Lapwing, (JHi)

Trent Washlands

4x Cetti's Warbler, 16x Wigeon, 7x Teal, 5x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, Little Egret, (AJa)

Branston GPs

Goshawk, Red Kite, 2x Peregrine, Barn Owl, Rock Pipit, 4x Golden Plover, 4x Ringed Plover, 74x Lapwing, 10x Curlew, 4x Snipe, 7x Green Sandpiper, 8x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 5x Goosander, Pintail, Mandarin, Shelduck, 302x Pochard (site record count), 98x Shoveler, 94x Gadwall, 54x Wigeon, 536x Teal, 77x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 9x Stonechat, 8x Greenfinch, 40x Linnet, Blackcap, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Skylark, 19x Clouded Yellow, Speckled Bush Cricket, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Monday 5th October 2026

Belvide Resv

2x Grey Plover, 9x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, 7x Great Egret, 15x Pintail, juv Marsh Harrier, 2x Peregrine, YL Gull, 3x Stonechat, 

Middleton Lakes

5x Ruff, 8x Snipe, juv Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 5x Pintail, 3x Great Egret, 5x Chiffchaff, (MHu)

Gailey Resv

11x Egyptian Geese, Aus Shelduck, 4x Shoveler, 2x Teal, 2x Pochard, 1w Common Gull, (SRi)

Chorley

2+ Ring-necked Parakeet at Shute Hill, also 3x Mistle Thrush, (JWo)

Sunday 4th October 2026

Blithfield Resv

1w male Marsh Harrier NW at 08:00, (MPR, GJM)  -  15:00 to 16:30 -  Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 6x Ruff, 2x Stonechat, 100x Linnet, Kestrel, (JKe, AKe)

                                                          Kestrel by Alex Keeble

Belvide Resv

Grey Plover, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 9x Ringed Plover, 2x Golden Plover, 7x Great Egret, Little Egret, Snipe, 2x Red Kite, Goshawk, 7x Pintail, 6x Swallow, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

16x Pintail, 11x Pochard, 4x Goosander, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

3x Teal, Gadwall, Snipe, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Peregrine, 3x Swallow, (JOa, LH)

Shoal Hill

Fem/imm Marsh Harrier 11:40 -11:45 before flying south, (SRi)

Tucklesholme

3x Curlew, 3x Snipe, 113x Wigeon, 2x Stonechat, (KayD)

Whitemoor Haye

Juv Hobby, Red Kite, Snipe, Great Egret, Stonechat, (KayD)

Branston GPs

4x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, Shelduck, 58x Wigeon, 80x Shoveler, 162x Pochard, Goosander, 11x Curlew, 18x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, GBB Gull, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 15x Skylark, 6x Stonechat, 20x Chiffchaff, 75x Linnet, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Saturday 3rd October 2026

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Red-crested Pochard at 09:15- 2 drakes and 1 female, also Black-necked Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Alton

Red Kite, 30x Linnet, 100x Meadow Pipit over south, (TEy)

Chasewater

1w Med Gull near the visitor centre, (TBr)

Blithfield Resv

06:45 to 12:30 - 9x Great Egret, 3x Red Kite, 2x Peregrine, 2x YL Gull, 40x Ringed Plover, juv Little Stint, 18x Dunlin, 5x Curlew, 9x Ruff, 7x Snipe, 7x Stonechat, Clouded Yellow, (SRi, GJM, MPR)

Biddulph Moor

2x Wheatear off top road, (ALo)

Branston GPs

Brambling over south at 09:50, 4x Swallow thru south, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Shelduck, 60x Wigeon, 75x Shoveler, 80x Pochard, Goosander, Peregrine, 7x Curlew, 18x Lapwing, Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, GBB Gull, 30x Skylark, 3x Stonechat, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Blackcap, 25x Chiffchaff, 40x Linnet, 4x Siskin, 3x Couded Yellow, (DSc)

Cheddleton 

Redwing over at 07:00, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

60x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 25x Gadwall, 3x Goosander, Little Egret, (DSc)

Croxall

20x Shoveler, Snipe, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

100x Lapwing, Great Egret, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

18x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin, Snipe, 2x Peregrine, Goshawk (j), 3x Red Kite, 5x Goosander, 11x Pintail, 5x Great Egret, 2x YL Gull, 

Middleton Lakes

9x Shoveler, 50+ Gadwall, 20+ Teal, 6x Little Egret, Great Egret, 200+ Lapwing, 4x Chiffchaff, Linnets, (KJo)

Rudyard

15x Buzzard in field beside lake at Rushton end, (HBa)

Friday 2nd October 2026

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still on JW north, (GG)  -  Pec Sand still this afternoon, (GLy)  -  Tonight Pectoral Sandpiper, 5x Ruff, Bittern, 3x Ringed-necked- Parakeet thru, riverside roost 9x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, (MB)

Blithfield Resv

2x Black Tern, (GJM)  -  Little Stint still this am, 13x Dunlin, 6x Ruff, 2x Curlew, 2x Black Tern, 4x Great Egret, Hobby, Peregrine (juv), (KayD)

i54

4x Swallow thru, (Foz)

Tittesworth Water

Common Tern, 3x Common Sandpiper, 2x Goosander, 8x Teal, 3x Wigeon, 4x Mandarin, Little Egret, Raven, (IFe)

Bentilee

Hobby over at 13:10 flying towards Berryhill, (PCa)

Blackbank

17x Redwing thru this am, 

Consall (Churnet Valley)

Redwing this am, (SFe)

Doxey Marsh

16:15 to 17:15 - Marsh Harrier, Water Rail (juv), Great Egret, Little Grebe, 10x Snipe, 40x Lapwing, 4x Wigeon, Shoveler, Teal, Gadwall, Kestrel, Chiffchaff, (JKe, AKe)

Alrewas

Cattle Egret in field with Cattle, (SCo)

Branston GPs

Wheatear (f), 4x Swallow, 5x Stonechat, Red Kite, 3x Peregrine, 10x Curlew, 5x Snipe, 4x Green Sandpiper, 52x Lapwing, 5x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Shelduck, 66x Wigeon, 86x Shoveler, 66x Gadwall, 182x Pochard, 350x Teal, 52x Little Grebe, 150x Linnet, 600x Starling, 2x Willow Emerald, 9x Clouded Yellow, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean)

Thursday 1st October 2026

Blithfield Resv

Little Stint in Tad Bay, (GJM)  -  Little Stint still, 16x Dunlin, 37x Ringed Plover,  25x Lapwing, Ruff, 6x Curlew, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, 10x Great Egret, Willow Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff, (CMa, RF)  - 

Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 6x Curlew, 20x Dunlin, 42x Ringed Plover, 6x Ruff, Common Gull, 10x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Hobby, Red Kite, 3x Stonechat, Wheatear, (HF, SE)

                                                 Curlew Sandpiper by Steve Edwards

                                                    Little Stint by Steve Edwards

Belvide Resv

Juv Marsh Harrier thru at 08:26, 

Tucklesholme

Wheatear and Curlew wading ponds, (TWy)

Tittesworth Water

2x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, Little Egret, 2x Lapwing, Red Kite, Swallow, (JOa)

Black Bank

Vismig this am - 9x PF Geese, 3x Brambling, 8x Greenfinch, (NP)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (juv), Hobby, 2x Peregrine, 12x Curlew, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 10x Snipe, 5x Green Sandpiper, 14x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 88x Pochard, 83x Gadwall, 104x Shoveler, 362x Teal, 68x Wigeon, Shelduck, 64x Little Grebe, Common Gull, GBB Gull (ad), YL Gull, Mistle Thrush, 3x Stonechat (m+f+juv), Yellow Wagtail, 100x Linnet, 9x Skylark, 6x Greenfinch, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 24x Clouded Yellow, (JWo)

Wednesday 30th September 2026

Blithfield Resv

14x juv Common Tern thru this am, (GJM)  -  32x Redshank just north of the angling club, (RCB)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, 5x Kestrel, 8+ Buzzard (7 raptor day), Greenshank, 12x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 72x Lapwing, 12x Curlew, Snipe, 5x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 63x Wigeon, 76x Shoveler, 62x Gadwall, 74x Pochard, 328x Teal, Shelduck, 52x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 150x Linnet, Grey Wagtail, 28x Clouded Yellow, 5x Willow Emerald, (JWo, CEc)

                                                     Marsh Harrier by Jon Woodcock

Branston WP

4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x GC Grebe, 3x Chiffchaff, 4x Blackcap, (KJo)

Tuesday 29th September 2026

Doxey Marsh

Osprey present 10:38 - 10:43 and again 12:20  - 12:40 at least, Marsh Harrier present 11:25 - 11:50, 31x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 11x Teal, 120x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, (CAFH)

Chasewater

Peregrine, 2x Common Sandpiper, 16x Wigeon, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Hobby, (ICW)

Blithfield Resv

18x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 6x Curlew, Ruff, 15x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Red Kite, Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, 2x Egyptian Geese, Linnets, (DBa, CEv)  -  This evening 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Golden Plover, 5x Ruff, Dunlin, 6x Curlew, 6x Great Egret, Kestrel, (JHi)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier (juv), Hobby, Peregrine, 14x Curlew, 2x Dunlin, 21x Lapwing, 5x Snipe, 4x Green Sandpiper, 6x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 73x Wigeon, 84x Shoveler, 126x Gadwall, 203x Pochard, 443x Teal, Shelduck, 59x Little Grebe, 5x Common Gull, GBB Gull, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 22x Linnet, 8x Clouded Yellow, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Monday 28th September 2026

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still from the riverside benches, 4x Ruff, 20x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 2+ Stonechat, (MSm)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey over Creswell flash then flew west over the M6, also Great Egret, (HKi)  -  16:15 to 17:00 Marsh Harrier (f) , Osprey circling over Creswell flash for 10 mins the flew west, Stonechat, 2x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 40x Lapwing, Shoveler, Teal, Gadwall, (JKe, AKe)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, 15x Pintail, 6x Curlew, 11x Dunlin, 34x Ringed Plover, 8x Ruff, Snipe, 13x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, 3x Stonechat, 3x Wheatear, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, (SE, HF)

                                                          Pintail by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

10x Curlew, Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, 9x Lapwing, 6x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, Shelduck, 66x Wigeon, 72x Shoveler, 335x Teal, 110x Gadwall, 75x Pochard, 52x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Peregrine, Stonechat (j), 5x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Grey Wagtail, 26x Linnet, 12x Clouded Yellow, Willow Emerald, (JWo, DSc)

Sandon - Burston

5x Red Kite soaring together, 3x Goosander, Little Egret, (RSw)

Sunday 27th September 2026

Blithfield Resv

2x juv Grey Plover Duckley Reach early am, juv Glossy Ibis (new bird) in Blithe Bay, (MPR, GJM)

4x Grey Plover, Ruddy Shelduck, Caspian Gull, 33x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 6x Curlew, 5x Ruff, 16x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, 2x Red Kite, 2x Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, 3x Common Tern, (SE, HF)  

4x Grey Plover until nearly dusk when they headed off high NE, 6x Curlew, 6x Ruff, 15x Great Egret, 1w Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, 3x Common Tern, 2x Stonechat, (SRi)

                                                       Grey Plovers by Steve Edwards

Stanley Pool

LRP, 2x fem Goosander, 7x Wigeon, (GBr)

Willoughbridge

Red Kite circling at 12:00, (CPe)

Tittesworth Water

27x Mandarin, 12x Teal, 8x Goosander, Little Egret, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, (JOa. TE, KH)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Marsh Harrier, 5x Great Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Snipe, 25x Wigeon, 22x Shoveler, 27x Gadwall, (ICW)

Belvide Resv

2x Hobby, Goshawk, 3+ Great Egret, Mandarin, c23 Ringed Plover, 2x House Martin, 8x Swallow, 220x Linnet, 7+ Pintail, Grey Wagtail, Willow Emerald Damselfly, (RSw)

Doxey Marsh

4x Shelduck, Mandarin, 21x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 17x Teal, 120x Lapwing, 10x Snipe, Little Grebe, GC Grebe, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

Imm Marsh Harrier, 10x Curlew, 26x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Shelduck, 58x Wigeon, 100+ Teal, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Saturday 26th September 2026

Branston GPs

Early am - Little Stint still on Ashy pit, 3x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2x Pintail, 2x Stonechat, 30+ Chiffchaff, (PAn)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Marsh Harrier (yellow wing-tagged juv again), Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 3x Wigeon, 41x Shoveler, 46x Teal, 4x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

06:15 to 12:00 - 14x Great Egret, 25x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 10x Ruff, 4x Wheatear, Whinchat, 6x Stonechat, (SRi)

Doxey Marsh

This am - male Marsh Harrier flew thru, 3x Great Egret, 5x Snipe, 80x Lapwing, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)  -  This afternoon - Osprey hunting Creswell 13:29 - 13:30 and 14:15 - 14:18, 15x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 14x Teal, c100 Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, Little Grebe, GC Grebe, (CAFH)  

Tixall Wide Great  Haywood

2x imm Marsh Harrier - one tagged, (RSw per DHa)

Croxall

Jack Snipe, 10x Snipe, 4x Pintail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier, (ICW)

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still, 

Belvide Resv

11x Pintail, 12x Ringed Plover, 3x Great Egret, 2x Yellowhammer, 8x Stonechat, 3x Red Kite, 

Friday 25th September 2026

Cheddleton Heath

3x Red Kite over at 07:00, (PCa)

Belvide Resv

Juv Curlew Sandpiper from 13:10, 

Doxey Marsh

Male Marsh Harrier over Creswell Flash and flew off towards railway, (CAFH)  -  16:00 to 17:00 at Creswell Flash - Little Stint, Marsh Harrier flying west, Water Rail, 3x Snipe, Mandarin, Great Egret, Lapwings, Shovelers, 2x Stonechat,  (JKe)

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still on JW north, 4x Ruff, 4x Ringed Plover, 41x Snipe, (JKl)  -  This evening Pectoral Sandpiper still, 4x Ruff, 4x Ringed Plover, (MB)

Blithfield Resv

Ruddy Shelduck, 5x Curlew, 6x Dunlin, 28x Ringed Plover, 10x Ruff, Snipe, 15x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, Peregrine, 3x Red Kite, 3x Stonechat, 2x Wheatear, 36x Wigeon, (SE, HF)

Branston GPs

Little Stint (juv), Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 52x Lapwing, 3x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 12x Curlew, 5x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 4x Pintail, 143x Pochard, 48x Wigeon, 155x Gadwall, 105x Shoveler, 280x Teal, 55x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, 3x RL Partridge, Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 110x Linnet, Clouded Yellow, (JWo, CEc, Dean) - The Great White Egret pictured below was ringed at Shapwick in April 2025. Since then it has seen at Slimbridge, Belvide, Middleton Lakes and Ladywalk.

                                                                  By Jon Woodcock

Thursday 24th September 2026

Middleton Lakes

Pectoral Sandpiper still, 4x Ruff, 4x Ringed Plover, 15x Snipe, 4x Pochard, (SPA)

Belvide Resv

Juv Little Stint from Chappell hide, 

Tittesworth Water

51x Mandarin, 12x Teal, 2x Little Egret, 3x Snipe, 24x Lapwing, Common Gull, 2x Red Kite, (AJOa, LH)

Berryhill

This am - Wheatear, 6x Stonechat, 3x Snipe, Red Kite, 3x Swallow, 2x Chiffchaff, 4x Rook, (RGi)

Branston GPs

Little Stint, Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Pintail, Shelduck, 126x Shoveler, 197x Gadwall, 200+ Teal, 83x Pochard, 33x Wigeon, 68x Little Grebe, 3x Hobby, 6x Stonechat, 6x Yellow Wagtail, 6x Greenfinch, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Skylark, 70x Linnet, 14x Clouded Yellow, (JWo, SCo, MCa)

Doxey Marsh

21x Shoveler, 14x Gadwall, 10x Teal, c120 Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 6x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 6x House Martin, Grey Wagtail, 4x Siskin over, (CAFH)