Tuesday 30th June 2015

Audley
Hobby mid morning (PAD)

Blithfield Res
3x Redshank, Ringed Plover, Hobby (RCB)

Whitemoor Haye
2x Redshank, LR Plover, 25x Tree Sparrow, 3x Yellow Wagtail (@BirderAlrewas)

Codsallwood
Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Reed Warbler, Peregrine (JDu)

Monday 29th June 2015

Westport Lake
9x Sand Martins flew over south, 8x Greylag Geese, 1x Grey Wagtail, 2x Reed Warblers and 8x Tufted Duck (NJS)

Belvide Resv
2x Green Sandpipers, 6x Common Sandpipers, Curlew, Hobby and Little Egret (@WMBC)

Branston Water Park
4x Common Tern, 6x Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat (JWo)

Sunday 28th June 2015

Alrewas Arboretum
Grasshopper Warbler reeling in nearby scrub (SCo)

Gailey Res
5x Common Sandpiper, 46x Greylag Geese, 3x Common Tern & 2x Spotted Flycatcher (SRi)

River Dove, Ellastone
4x Yellowhammer, Dipper, Mandarin Duck, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail & 2x Raven (RPo)

Saturday 27th June 2015

Uttoxeter Quarry
**BEE-EATER** flew over at 14:20 heading west also 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Little Ringed Plover (TJa, JOa, DRo)

Meerbrook
**BEE-EATER** flew NW between 15:30 and 16:00hrs (BLi)


Cannock Chase
1x Welsh Clearwing, 3x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Bog Bush Cricket, 6+ Large Skipper, 4x Tree Pipit and juv Stonechat (JW)

Bog Brush Cricket by JW

Welsh Clearwing by JW

Friday 26th June 2015

Belvide Res
Little Tern still this evening from Scott Hide also Little Stint NW shore mid afternoon (BB)

Little Tern by Steve Nuttall

Iverley
10x Crossbill over south at 07:25 (@StourBirder)

Branston Gravel Pits

4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 3x Ringed Plover, 3x Redshank  5x LR Plover, Common Tern, 10x Teal, 2x Shelduck + 7 ducklings, 3x Pochard, 9x Gadwall, 3x Shoveler, 5x Mandarin, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Garden Warbler, 2x Cetti’s Warbler, Insects:- 6x Ringlet (1st this Year). (JWo)

Green Sandpiper by Jon Woodcock

Ringlet by Jon Woodcock

Aqualate
3x Hobby this evening (RCB)

 

Thursday 25th June 2015

Branston GP
3x Green Sandpipers (KJo)

Cannock Chase
2x Redstart, 6x Tree Pipit, 4x Green Woodpecker, 1x Lesser Redpoll, 6x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillery, 3x Large Skipper (GWR)

Small P B Frit by GWR today on the Chase

Croxall Lakes
3x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, 2x Gadwall, 2x Lesser Whitethroat plus Adonis Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Cinnabar, Painted Lady, Common Blue and 3x Bee Orchid (JWo)

Common Tern at Croxall by Jon Woodcock

Also Bee Orchid

and Adonis Ladybird

Wednesday 24th June 2015

Hanchurch Woods
6x Crossbill (top clearing) 18x Siskin (inc juvs), 2x Cuckoo, 2x Spotted Flycatcher (NDP)

Westport Lake
Hummingbird Hawkmoth around car park area (SGi)

Belvide Res
Adult Med Gull 12:40 - 13:00 then flew north also Goldeneye

Adderley Green (Stoke)
Hobby over also Hummingbird Hawkmoth (SSt)

Stafford
Red Kite seen over Rowley Park at 16:25 and 16:35 (ABa)

Tuesday 23rd June 2015

Talke
Osprey reported south over Merelake at 10.30 (MB)

Coven/Codsall Wood
7x Reed Warbler, Cuckoo, 2x Common Tern & 20x Buzzard (JDu)

Stafford
1x Grasshopper Warbler reeling (MF)

Croxall
6x Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 6x Shoveler - Bee Orchids (SPe)

Monday 22nd June 2015

A notice to say the funeral of Eric Phillips will take place tomorrow at Gornal Crem at 1.30pm

A reminder that the West Midland Bird Club AGM will take place on Tuesday 23rd June at 7.30pm at the Tamworth Carnegie Centre, Corporation Street, Tamworth, B79 7DN.

With a talk from Tracey Doherty on the Tame Valley Wetland Partnership.

Branston Gravel Pits
3x Ringed Plover, 5x Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, 24x Lapwing, 3x Shoveler, 9x Teal, 5x Shelduck, 5x Gadwall, Lesser Whitethroat, Meadow Brown, Snout Moth, Brown Argus, Common Blue, Large Skipper, Twin-lobed Deerfly, Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) & Black-tailed Skimmer (JWo)

Meadow Brown - Jon Woodcock

Whitemoor Haye

2x Redshank, 2x Little Ringed Plover, 30x Tree Sparrow, Goldeneye, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Yellowhammer & Grey Partridge (SCo)

Sunday 21st June 2015

Westport Lake
9x drake Common Scoter this morning (NJS)

Steve Gibson

Steve Seal

Gailey
1x Common Sandpiper, 46x Greylag Geese, brood of 8x Gadwall, 2x Common Tern, Spotted Flycatcher (@TheSnapper1978)

Whitemoor Haye
Redshank, 1x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern (@BirderAlrewas)

Junction Pit
Cetti's Warbler (@BirderAlrewas)

Croxall Wides
1x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 1x Common Sandpiper (@BirderAlrewas)

Saturday 20th June 2015

A reminder that the West Midland Bird Club AGM will take place on Tuesday 23rd June at 7.30pm at the Tamworth Carnegie Centre, Corporation Street, Tamworth, B79 7DN.

With a talk from Tracey Doherty on the Tame Valley Wetland Partnership.

Blithfield Res
21x Common Tern, 10x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 21x Shelduck, 11x Gadwall, 2x Shoveler, 2x Teal, Spotted Flycatcher (RPo)

Iverley
Quail again in hay field near Sugar Loaf farm (@StourBirder)

Pendeford Hall Farm (Coven)
27x Buzzard in one field (JDu)

Friday 19th June 2015

A reminder that the West Midland Bird Club AGM will take place on Tuesday 23rd June at 7.30pm at the Tamworth Carnegie Centre, Corporation Street, Tamworth, B79 7DN.

With a talk from Tracey Doherty on the Tame Valley Wetland Partnership.

Tittesworth Res
Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Common Tern + 2y, 6x Oystercatcher + 2y, Redshank (@stephengibson42)

Thursday 18th June 2015

Branston GPs

8x LR Plover, 2x Ringed Plover, 5x Redshank, 39x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, 23x LBB Gull, 6x Teal, Pochard, 12x Gadwall, 7x Shelduck + 8 ducklings, Mandarin, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Garden Warbler, 2x Cetti’s Warbler, Insects: 2x Painted Lady, Meadow Brown, 2x Large Skipper, 6+ Common Blue Butterfly, 2x Brown Argus, Latticed Heath, 4x Silver Y Moth, numerous Roesel’s Bush-cricket nymphs and Volucella bombylans.

Painted Lady by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Res

Black-necked Grebe still in Gazebo Bay

Coven area
2x Tawny Owl, 2x RL Partridge, Lesser Whitethroat (JDu)

Wednesday 17th June 2015

A reminder that the West Midland Bird Club AGM will take place on Tuesday 23rd June at 7.30pm at the Tamworth Carnegie Centre, Corporation Street, Tamworth, B79 7DN.
With a talk from Tracey Doherty on the Tame Valley Wetland Partnership.

A green Parrot species found in a garden at Branston at 20:00 last night was taken into care by the RSPCA who would like to locate the original owner before rehoming. Anyone have any information to enable the owner to be located.

Belvide Res
Black-necked Grebe still present in Gazebo Bay, also 2x Ringed Plover, 7x Little Ringed Plover & Cuckoo (BB)

Tuesday 16th June 2015

Lower Penn
Night Heron flew over Dimmingsdale Pool at 14:30hrs (SMcM). Off Langley Road, Wolverhampton by Dimmingsdale Garden Centre, the other side of Pool Hall Fisheries (thanks to @chrisvaghela for directions)

Belvide Resv
Black-necked Grebe still from Chappell hide. Also 1s Mediterranean Gull, Cuckoo, Ringed Plover, 100x Lapwing, 8x Shelduck, 5x Teal and Wigeon (@BelvideBirder)

Gailey
Fem Long-tailed Duck on sailing lake (@TheSnapper1978). Also 6x Common Tern

Monday 15th June 2015

Blithfield Res
White-winged Black Tern in Blithe Bay area, this is the 6th record for Blithfield and the first ever in Spring/Summer, also present Red Kite, Hobby & Little Egret (GJM, MPR)

WWBT by @Staffsbirdnews

White-winged Black Tern at Blithfield by Jon Woodcock

White-winged Black Tern at Blithfield by Jon Woodcock

Iverley
Honey Buzzard over village then drifted East towards Hagley, also Red Kite, Hobby & Quail this morning (@StourBirder)

Belvide Res
Black-necked Grebe in Gazebo Bay

Gunstone Pond, Whitehouse Lane
1x Cuckoo (JDu)

Sunday 14th June 2015

Middleton Lakes RSPB
2x Avocet chicks have hatched from second nest, this is the 2nd ever brood in Staffs (SPi via TVB)

Coven
2x Curlew, Hobby, 17x Linnet & 63x Lapwing (JDu)

Oakamoor
Hobby at north edge of Carr Bank Woods (KKi)

Belvide Res
Ringed Plover on north shore, also Cuckoo, Wigeon, 4x Teal, 7x Shoveler, 19x Pochard, 80x Gadwall, 2x Shelduck, 15x Great Crested Grebe, 4x Little Grebe, 58x Lapwing & 6x Little Ringed Plover (BB)

Saturday 13th June 2015

Blithfield Res
Black Tern still this morning (GJM)  -  Green Sandpiper Tad Bay probably first returning record (RCB)

Iverley
Quail still opposite the dump at Sugar Loaf farm this afternoon (CLN)

Trent Washlands
3x Little Egret (AJa)

Belvide Res
Arctic Tern mid afternoon

Friday 12th June 2015

Blithfield Res
Black Tern north of the causeway (GJM) - still early afternoon also Little Egret (RCB)

Belvide Res
Red Kite, Hobby, 2x Cuckoo, 2x Black-tailed Godwit & 6x Yellow Wagtail (BB)

Thursday 11th June 2015

Branston GP
8x Redshank, 5x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 60x Lapwing, 11x Shelduck, 10x Gadwall, 2x Garden Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Raven. Also 5x Large Skipper, Brimstone, 3x Brown Argus, c8x Common Blue, 5x Black-tailed Skimmer, Broad-bodied Chaser, Large Red Damselfly (JW)

Brown Argus by JW

Black-tailed Skimmer

Common Blue

Large Skipper .

Chasewater
2x broods of Willow Tit fledged with 5 young (@CWG_sightings)

Wednesday 10th June 2015

Shareshill
Black Stork ENE of Shareshill at 15:20 circling high over J11 of the M6

Belvide Res
5x Black-tailed Godwit, Cuckoo, Barnacle Goose, 3x Teal, 2x Wigeon, 15x Pochard, 52x Tufted Duck & Common Gull (BB)

Uttoxeter Quarry
9x Goosander, 5x Oystercatcher, Grey Wagtail, Greenshank flew thru 18:55hrs (DSc)

Iverley
Quail still at Sugar Loaf farm in field near old dump

Tuesday 9th June 2015

Gunstone
Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Yellowhammer, Reed Warbler (JDu)

Doxey Marsh
2x Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 2x LR Plover (DEv)

Monday 8th June 2015

Audley
Cuckoo and 5x Raven (PAD)

Blithfield Res
4x Oystercatcher, 2x Shelduck & Nuthatch (WCo)

Cannock Chase
Cuckoo, 3x Tree Pipit, 2x Woodcock, 2x Green Woodpecker (MCo)

Sunday 7th June 2015

West Midland Bird Club AGM Tamworth Carnige Centre, Corporation Street, Tamworth B79 7DN Tuesday 23rd June 7.30pm.
With talk from Tracey Doherty on the Tame Valley Wetlands Partnership.

Coombes Valley
Hawfinch reported by (Chester RSPB JDa) - seen perched by main track about 200 yards down from the RSPB reception.

Iverley
3x Quail still singing in fields opposite the old dump at Sugar Loaf Farm

Belvide Res
Black-necked Grebe in Gazebo Bay also 11x Black-tailed Godwit, 10x Ringed Plover, Hobby & 2nd summer Great Black-backed Gull (BB)

Black-necked Grebe by Nigel Talbot

Baldwins Gate
Osprey over NW at 12:50 (RWh)

Gunstone (Coven)
Cuckoo early morning (JDu)

Tucklesholme
Hobby, Painted Lady, 2x Brown Argus, 3x Small Copper, numerous Common  Blue & Common Blue Damselfly (JWo)

Branston Leas
2x Small Heath, c30 Burnet Companion & Broad-bodied Chaser (JWo)

Saturday 6th June 2015

West Midland Bird Club AGM Tamworth Carnige Centre, Corporation Street, Tamworth B79 7DN Tuesday 23rd June 7.30pm.
With talk from Tracey Doherty on the Tame Valley Wetlands Partnership.

Coven
2x Quail down by the Severn Trent slurry store at 06:00 (JDu)

Iverley
2x Quail singing this afternoon at Sugar Loaf Farm in fields with long grass adjacent to horse paddocks (@StourBirder)

Belvide Res
11x Black-tailed Godwit this morning also 4x Ringed Plover

Friday 5th June 2015

Belvide Res
2x Black-necked Grebe still this morning

Gunstone (Whitehouse Lane)
2x Corn Bunting, RL Partridge (JJ)

Branston Gravel Pits
Oystercatcher, 6x Redshank, 6x Little Ringed Plover, 4x Ringed Plover, Shoveler, 11x Shelduck, 4x Raven, Common Blue Butterfly & numerous Blue-tailed Damselflies (JWo)

Tucklesholme
6x Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Shelduck (JWo)

Cannock Chase
Redstarts, Tree Pipits, Spotted Flycatchers, Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker (CCo)

Ford Green
Tree Pipit, Green Woodpecker (JJ)

Thursday 4th June 2015

Belvide Resv
2x Black-necked Grebes at west end

Burston to Aston
1x Hobby (BB, JB)

Canal from Alrewas to Fradley
Pair of Common Terns nesting on pool by Fradley Junction (KBi)

Doxey Marsh
7x Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 2x Shelduck, LR Plover, Grasshopper Warbler (AB TT)

Ford Green
2x Sedge Warbler, Tree Pipit, Green Woodpecker (JJ)

Wednesday 3rd June 2015

Hales
2x Common Crane tonight in field sloping up to woods beyond the pools (@SteveJTurner76)

Croxden Quarry
2x Sanderling this evening (rpintean)

Iverley
Quail SW of Stourbridge and just NE of Iverley at Sugar Loaf Farm singing in field by dump

Belvide Res
1st summer Little Gull at West end this afternoon (BB)

Blithfield Resv
Red Kite flew over today (GJM)

Cannock/Penkridge A34
At Buxtons, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl & Cuckoo (JDu)

Acton Trussell
Osprey flying low in a westerly direction near the river 20:00hrs (AHa) 

Tuesday 2nd June 2015

Belvide Resv
1x Dunlin, 4x Shelduck, 61x Gadwall, 5x Shoveler, 305x Coot and Goldcrest feeding five fledged young (@BelvideBirding)

Monday 1st June 2015

Belvide Res
Sanderling present today

Chasewater Res
Sanderling, Dunlin & Ringed Plover (PWa)

Phill Ward

Whitemoor Haye
2x Sanderling present this evening, also 2x Little Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, Tree Sparrows & Yellowhammers (SCo)

Branston Gravel Pits
Dunlin, 9x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 7x Little Ringed Plover, 3x Ringed Plover, 12x Shelduck, 10x Gadwall, Garden Warbler & Brown Argus (JWo)

Brown Argus by Jon Woodcock

Barlaston Downs
Cuckoo & Willow Tit this morning (BB, JB)

A34 Cannock/Penkridge
Hobby & Barn Owl near Buxton's (JDu)