Wednesday 31st August 2016

Middleton Lakes RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper at River scrape (GWi)

Blithfield Resv (WMBC only)
Black-necked Grebe, Spotted Redshank, Osprey (SE HF)

Spotted Redshank - Steve Edwards

i54
Stonechat still (@136jamie)

Trentham Gardens
Kingfisher, 3x Little Grebe, 6x Mandarin Duck, Goosander & Tufted Duck (MPa)

Tuesday 30th August 2016

Branston GPs

Spotted Redshank on south pit to 18:05 only (DSc)

Radford Meadows
2x Whinchat, 2x Lesser Whitethroat & Kingfisher this morning (@RegDavies5)

Blithfield Res (WMBC Members Only)
Tree Pipit over Newton Shallows this morning (GJM)

Codsall Wood
Hobby, 8x Wigeon, fem Mandarin, Spotted Fly (@136jamie)

Gailey Res
Fem Redstart, Egyptian Goose, 3x Pochard (@Snapper)

Monday 29th August 2016

Blithfield Resv (WMBC only)
Spotted Redshank, Osprey Tad Bay, 3x Greenshank, 4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Wheatear (RPo)  - Black-necked Grebe still (@daftoldbirder) 4x Greenshank, Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, 12x Common Sandpiper, 2x Egyptian Geese, c20 Barnacle Geese, Goosander & 8x Yellow Wagtail (SE, HF)

Black-necked Grebe today at Blithfield by Steve Edwards

Newcastle
Whimbrel over Basford at 06:32 (LC)

Berryhill
23x Wheatear, 5x Whinchat, 4x Redstart, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Snipe (RT NDP)

Uttoxeter Quarry
Redstart, 2x Little Egret, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper,Wigeon, Shoveler, 10x Teal, juv Common Gull (RPo)

Ingestre
2x Red Kite lingering 14:00 - 14:35 also 2x Hobby (RCB)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)
Juv Caspian Gull from Chappell hide this afternoon (@BelvideBirding)

Thorswood
Red Kite over east at 16:00 (TEy)

Sunday 28th August 2016

Blithfield Resv (WMBC only)
Black-necked Grebe Blithe Bay (ICW)  -  5x Black Tern over deep end (ICW GJM)  -  2x imm Marsh Harrier over Tad Bay, Spotted Redshank still Blithe Bay (@Ian_m_grant) Wood Sandpiper, 4x Greenshank, 5x Dunlin, 15x Common Sandpiper, Ruff, 3x Ringed Plover, 3x Little Egret, 2x Peregrine, Osprey, Hobby, Garganey, 15x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Egyptian Geese, c20 Barnacle Geese, 7x Wigeon & 2x Pochard (SE, HF)

Belvide Resv
Drake Common Scoter, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Ruff, Golden Plover (@BelvideBirding)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Wood Sandpiper on canal scrape also 4x Garganey, Hobby & 2x Dunlin (@Ochruros)

Berryhill
2x Whinchat still (NDP, @philjo61)  -  4x Whinchat mid morning (@nutcracker1965)  - 3x Lesser Whitethroat and 5x Redstart early morning

Lower Drayton Farm

Osprey over south towards Gailey Resv (@broadwayeight)

Bobbington
Ruff, Green Sandpiper at the Mere (@broadwayeight)

Burston
Wood Sandpiper still, Ruff, 3x Green Sandpiper, 12x Snipe, 6x Shoveler, 5x Wigeon (AEa)

Branston GPs
3x Little.Egret, 42x Shoveler, 34x Gadwall, 75x Teal, 14x Pochard, Peregrine, 2x Ruff, 19x Curlew, 2 - 4x Greenshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 2x Snipe, 5x CommonTern, 4x Yellow Wagtail, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear, also 6 Migrant Hawkers (DSc)

Cheddleton - Consall (Churnet Valley)
Pair Mandarin Duck, 3x Teal, Kingfisher, 10x Grey Wagtail, 2x Willow Tit, 5x Siskin & Raven (DSc)

Saturday 27th August 2016

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Marsh Harrier, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 5x Snipe, 3x Cetti's Warbler & 8x Little Egret (@atkinson_steve)

Belvide Res
Juvenile Pied Flycatcher trapped this am, also Tree Pipit through & Redstart also probable 1st winter Mediterranean x Black-headed Gull hybrid still this morning with 1st winter Mediterranean Gull, Greenshank, Ruff, 4x Dunlin & 2x Little Ringed Plover (@BelvideBirding)

Blithfield Res (WMBC Members Only)
Garganey in Blithe Bay at 10.55 & 2x Wood Sandpiper (@mjwstaffs) also 14x Barnacle Geese, 2x Greenshank & 3x Common Sandpiper (JBa) also Spotted Redshank, Ruff, 5x Goosander & 2x Curlew Sandpiper (RCB)

Burston
Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, 85x Lapwing, Shoveler & 12x Teal (AEr)

Berryhill
Redstart & 2x Whinchat still this morning (PLo, IBu) also 4x Redstart & Snipe this morning (NDP)

Whitemoor Haye
Common Sandpiper, 6x Common Tern, 2x Goldeneye, 20x Tree Sparrow, Grey Partridge & Little Egret (@BirderAlrewas)

River Sow Meadows
Peregrine. Little Owl, 72x Lapwing & 50x Linnet (@RobSwift5)

Tucklesholme
2x Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Common Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 2x Snipe (@Ochruros)

i54
Spotted Flycatcher (Foz)

Ford Green NR
Lesser Whitethroat & Grasshopper Warbler (JJo)

Friday 26th August 2016

Blithfield Resv (WMBC Members Only)
3x Curlew Sandpiper Blithe Bay (GJM, ICW, MDJ)  -  Whimbrel over Blithe Bay at 08:15, 7x Wheatear (@scaupface) also Little Stint, 3x Wood Sandpiper, 2x Ruff, 7x Dunlin, 4x Greenshank, 7x Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 10x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 3x Little Egret, Osprey, Hobby, 12x Yellow Wagtail, 7x Arctic Tern, 2x Barnacle Geese & 2x Egyptian Geese (SE, HF)

Little Stint - Steve Edwards

Berryhill
12x Redstart, 4x Whinchat, 12x Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Hobby, 2x Lesser Whitethroat (NDP, RT)  -  Bottleslow Common Sandpiper

I54
Stonechat this morning (JDu)

Drayton Bassett
2x + 6 chicks Grey Partridge Portleys Lane fields (@Dumblederry)

Tucklesholme
2x Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper (SJT)

Radford Meadows
4x Whinchat, 20x Teal (RSw)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Marsh Harrier, Hobby, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Dunlin (@onionsargey)  -  3x Garganey, 2x Green Sandpiper, Greenshank (@TameBirding)

Ford Green NR
Spotted Flycatcher, Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, 3x Willow Tit & 6x Little Grebe (JJo)

Belvide Resv
2x juv Med Gull at west end also Spotted Flycatcher (@BelvideBirding)

Thursday 25th August 2016

Blithfield Resv
Grey Plover over the dam SE (GJM)

Burston
Wood Sandpiper and Ruff still (RCB)   -  Please view only from public footpath

Middleton Lakes RSPB
2x Garganey on Jubilee (@RSPBMiddleton)

Berryhill
4x Whinchat, 13x Wheatear, 4x Redstart, 2x Tree Pipit, 3x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Lesser Whitethroat (RT. NDP)

Gailley Resv
Juv YL Gull to 09:30, 5x Common Tern, 4x Spotted Flycatcher, 3x Shoveler (@TheMoorehen)

Cheslyn Hay
Ring-necked Parakeet has been seen roosting at Sutherland open space over the last few nights (TWi)

Whitemoor Haye
Juv Black Tern this evening (@BirderAlrewas)

Wednesday 24th August 2016

Blithfield Resv
Little Stint and 2x Curlew Sandpiper Blithe Bay (MPR GJM)  -  Also 3x Wood Sandpiper still, 5x Ruff, 4x Greenshank, 3x Whinchat, 5x Wheatear, Redstart (HF SE)  -  Osprey over Causeway, 2x Egyptian Geese (PBE)

Iverley
Female Marsh Harrier south over Sugar Loaf farm (@StourBirder)

Belvide Resv
Black-necked Grebe still (paulsmith15363)  -  3x Redstart below the dam (136jamie)

Burston
Wood Sandpiper still, Ruff, Dunlin (AEa)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
3x Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Dunlin, LR Plover, Peregrine (@atkinson_steve) also 2x Greenshank, 3x Dunlin, 3x Green Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 4x Ringed Plover, 4x Little Ringed Plover, 2x Hobby & 4x Wigeon (JWo)

Jon Woodcock

Whittington
3x Whinchat, 2x Redstart, 4x Grey Partridge, Little Owl (@StourBirder)

Berryhill
Whinchat, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat (DJL JNL)

Tuesday 23rd August 2016

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Spotted Redshank still on Jubilee also 3x Wood Sandpiper, 3x Garganey, Osprey, 2x Black-tailed Godwit. (@RSPBMiddleton), (@TameBirding)

Blithfield Resv
3x Wood Sandpiper still, 2x Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, 2x Curlew Sandpiper (@tonyjac_tony) also 4x Ruff, 5x Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, 6x Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail & 3x Goosander (@DavidBate17)

Berryhill
2x Whinchat still, 4x Redstart, 6x Tree Pipit over, Spotted Flycatcher, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, 6x Raven over (NDP)

Burston Pool
Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, 5x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 15x Snipe (RT)

Belvide Resv
Black-necked Grebe, Black Tern still (@BelvideBirder)

Iverley
Black Redstart at Sugar Loaf Farm on exposed fence in paddocks adjacent to stables at 17.30 (@StourBirder)

Branston Water Park
2x Egyptian Geese (JWo)

Trentham Gardens
3x Kingfisher, 2x Grey Wagtail, Common Tern & Mandarin (MPa)

Monday 22nd August 2016

Blithfield Resv
3x Wood Sandpiper, 2x Curlew Sandpiper, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Ruff, Greenshank, Redshank, 14x Dunlin, 16x Common Sandpiper, 10x Ringed Plover, 6x LR Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Peregrine, 10x Yellow Wagtail, Redstart, 2x Little Egret (SE HF)

Curlew Sandpiper Steve Edwards

Belvide Resv
Black Tern, Turnstone still, the Gannet died overnight (@BelvideBirding)

Radford Meadows
2x Whinchat, Common Sandpiper (@RegDavies5)

Tucklesholme

Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Sandpiper, 4x Dunlin, 14x Ringed Plover, 12x Shoveler, 4x Shelduck (juv), Common Tern. (JWo)

Burston Pool
Wood Sandpiper, 2x Greenshank, Ruff, 5x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover. Several Snipe in evidence too. (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye
2x Whinchat along the rough track (@AlrewasBirder)

Sunday 21st August 2016

Belvide Resv
Adult GANNET at the west end this morning also Black Tern still plus 2x Osprey, Turnstone (@BelvideBirder) also Marsh Harrier on North Shore (@TameBirding)

CJW

Tittesworth Res

12x Common Tern & Redshank (SGi)

Steve Gibson

Berryhill
9x Redstart (site record), 4x Tree Pipit, 3x Whinchat, 8x Wheatear, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, Peregrine (RT NDP)  -  Bottleslow  Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, 3x Little Grebe (RT)

Blithfield Res (Permits Only) 2x Curlew Sandpiper, 18x Common Sandpiper, 5x Ruff, 11x Dunlin, 9x Ringed Plover, 3x LR Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Little Egret, 6x Snipe (WeBS)  (RCB)
3x Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Osprey (KBi)

Middleton Lakes
2x Wood Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, Marsh Harrier over North pit

Gailey Res
Female Redstart in hedge NE of sailing club, also Egyptian Goose & 10x Common Tern (@TheSnapper1978)

Codsall Wood
Male Redstart, 2x Wigeon, 21x Pochard & 4x Kingfisher (@136jamie)

i54
Hobby (Foz)

Branston GPs
Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Common Sand, 23x Curlew, 22x Gadwall, 24x Shoveler, c100 Teal, 2(juv)Shelduck, 12x Pochard, imm Peregrine, 6x CommonTern (2juv),  2x YellowWagtail, Little Egret. (DSc)

Saturday 20th August 2016

Blithfield Res (Permits Only)
Lesser Yellowlegs in Blithe Bay until 17:20hrs when flew N (SR, NJS, GJM, CJW, IBu). Also 3x Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, 2x Curlew Sandpiper & 5x Ruff, Whinchat, 2x Swift, 2x Egyptian Geese, 6x Barnacle Geese, 2x Osprey, Hobby (Various)

Craig Reed

Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes RSPB
3x Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier

Belvide Res
Black Tern this morning, 3x Ruff (BB)

Berryhill
3x Whinchat, 4x Redstart, 2x Golden Plover, Snipe, Curlew, Wheatear (RT )  -  Hobby (AMa)

154
Juvenile Whinchat & Little Ringed Plover (JDu)

Pendeford Hall Farm
9x Yellow Wagtail & possible 3x White Wagtail (JDu)

Friday 19th August 2016

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Spotted Redshank, 2x Wood Sandpiper, 4x Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, 2x Ringed Plover (@atkinson_steve)  -  Dosthill NR Marsh Harrier at north end (@Piccalilli123)

Belvide Resv
4x Arctic Tern and 66x Common Tern mid morning, Whimbrel, 5x Greenshank, Tree Pipit thru, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Ruff, 3x Redshank, 2x Curlew  --  7x Black Tern from 17:35 (@BelvideBirding)

Blithfield Resv
4x Spotted Redshank, Dairyhouse Reach (GJM MPR)  -  3x Wood Sandpiper Tad Bay, Osprey, 4x Ruff, 18x Common Sandpiper, 4x Greenshank, 13x Snipe, 8x Dunlin, 12x Yellow Wagtail (HF SE)

Wood Sands by Steve Edwards

Gailey Resv
Probable Sandwich Tern briefly at 17:45 then flew SW. Imm Marsh Harrier 1840 - 1850 then flew E  (@TheSnapper1978)

Branston Gravel Pits
2x Common Sandpiper, Shelduck, 8x Pochard, 18x Gadwall, 14x Shoveler, Kingfisher, Little Egret & 3x Common Tern (JWo)

Tucklesholme
Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 6x Ringed Plover, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Shelduck, 6x Common Tern (JWo)

Thursday 18th August 2016

Blithfield Resv
Spotted Redshank Blithe Bay (GJM ICW)  also 3x Wood Sandpiper present by early afternoon, one in Blithe Bay (GJM AM) and a further two in Mickledale Bay (ICW GJM)  -  Pied Flycatcher below the dam early afternoon also nearby Redstart, 2x Wheatear and a Tree Pipit over (@scaupface)  -  Female Marsh Harrier in Blithe Bay this morning (MPi)  -  Osprey flew from Tad Bay to deep end (DSc)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Spotted Redshank still this morning (@RSPBMiddleton)  -  also 2x Wood Sandpiper, 2x Marsh Harrier at mid day (@Bob_the_Birder)

Gailey
Ecl drk Mandarin, 2x Redstart, 4+ Spot Fly, Yellow Wagtail, Egyptian Goose (@Snapper)

Tucklesholme
2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Shelduck, 10x Common Tern, Peregrine & Hobby (JWo)

Wednesday 17th August 2016

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Spotted Redshank still on west scrape this morning (GWi)  -  2x Marsh Harrier, Garganey, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper & 8x Snipe (@peterforbes17)  -  2x Wood Sandpiper, 2x Greenshank north end of Jubilee (@TameBirding)

Blithfield Resv
Osprey, 3x Ruff, 6x Dunlin, 10x Snipe, 6x LR Plover, 12x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 3x Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Egyptian Geese, 28x Barnacle Geese (HF SE)

Stoke on Trent
Osprey over festival site at 13:00 heading towards Hanley (SGM)

i54
Whinchat (JDu)

Codsall Wood
Barnacle Goose. Mandarin, 3x Wigeon (JDu)

Whitemoor Haye
100+ Tree Sparrow (inc juvs), 2x Goldeneye, Common Tern (@BirderAlrewas)

Tuesday 16th August 2016

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Juv Spotted Redshank on Jubilee this evening also Marsh Harrier, female Garganey

Blithfield Res (Permits Only)
5x Ruff & Greenshank (GJM) also 2x Sandwich Tern off Beech Tree Point in the afternoon (MRP) also Osprey, Green Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher, 9x Ringed Plover, Snipe, 8x Common Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin & 4x Little Egret (@ArthurBladon) also Marsh Harrier, 2x Egyptian Geese, c5 Yellow Wagtail, Painted Lady & Comma (GSa) also juvenile Little Gull over causeway at 12.30 (GAW)

Branston Gravel Pits
Greenshank, Dunlin, Ruff, Curlew, 18x Gadwall, 10x Pochard, 7x Shoveler, 26x Little Grebe, 3x Little Egret, Kingfisher, 4x Common Tern, Brimstone & Painted Lady (JWo)

Whitfield Valley
Little Egret still present (JJo)

Trentham Gardens
2x Kingfisher, 5x Mandarin Duck, Grey Wagtail & Willow Warbler (MPa)

Monday 15th August 2016

Berryhill
3x Whinchat, 5x Redstart, 3x Tree Pipit, 3x Lesser Whitethroat, 4x Swift, Spotted Flycatcher, 3x Snipe, Willow Tit, 28x Whitethroat (RT NDP)

Blithfield Res (Permits Only)
Osprey, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Little Egret, Peregrine & Ringed Plover (@daftoldbirder) also Hobby, 3x Redshank & 2x Egyptian Geese (ARu)

Aqualate Mere
Osprey through this morning (@NandanNick)

@NandanNick

Whitemoor Haye
Hobby, 10x Yellowhammer, 4x Tree Sparrow, 70+ Linnet (@BirderAlrewas)

Trentham Gardens
2x Common Tern & Grey Wagtail (@tighthead22)

Gailey Res
Eclipse drake Mandarin Duck, Egyptian Goose, 2x Pochard & 3x Common Tern (@TheSnapper1978)

Sunday 14th August 2016

Blithfield Resv
Marsh Harrier, Tad Bay, Garganey, 8x Redshank, 4x Greenshank Blithe Bay, Turnstone at the causeway (MPR GJM, @rpintean). Later 2x Osprey, 2x Marsh Harrier, 3x Goosander, 2x Spot Fly, Hobby (@ArthurBladon) also 2x Marsh Harrier, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x Common Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 2x Little Ringed Plover, 4x Snipe, Ringed Plover, 4x Little Egret, Peregrine, Wheatear, 2x Osprey, 2x Egyptian Geese & 20x Barnacle Geese (HF, SE)

Belvide Resv
Male and female Common Scoter, juv Arctic Tern still (@BelvideBirding)

Endon SW
Fem Redstart, 5x Whitethroat, 1x Willow Warbler (GBr)

Radford Meadows
2x Whinchat, 1x Lesser Whitethroat (@RegDavies5)

Gailey
1x Redstart, 4x Spot Fly (Snapper)

Berryhill
2x Sedge Warbler, 4x Whitethroat (@nutcracker1965)

Burston Pool
Little Egret, Ringed Plover (BB, JB) 3x Dunlin present in afternoon (HF, SE)

Goldenhill Old Golf Course, Stoke on Trent
1x Hobby, 1x Green Woodpecker (ALo)

Branston GPs
2x Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 7x Curlew 4x Yellow Wagtail (DSc)

Saturday 13th August 2016

Belvide Resv
Juv Arctic Tern still, 2x Ruff, 3x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, LR Plover (@BelvideBirding)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Wood Sandpiper still on Jubilee

i54
Whinchat still, 2x Yellow Wagtail (Foz)

Mark Foster

Branston GP
2x Ruff, 2x Little Egret (NJS)

Ford Green Hall
Spotted Flycatcher (JJo)

Friday 12th August 2016

Blithfield Resv
Osprey at 07:55, Hobby, 26x Yellow Wagtail, Greenshank, Wheatear (@scaupface)  - also  Marsh Harrier, Common Scoter, 6x Common Sandpiper, 4x LR Plover., Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Little Grebe (SE HF)  -  Marsh Harrier again at 17:15 over the causeway (GJM)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Wood Sandpiper still canal scrape, Garganey, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, LR Plover, Ringed Plover (@julianallen)

Belvide Resv
Juv Arctic Tern (@BelvideBirding)

i54
Whinchat, Grey Wagtail, 6x Red-legged Partridge (Foz IDu)

Berryhill
Whinchat, 4x Redstart, Swift, Peregrine, Lesser Whitethroat (RT NDP)

Thursday 11th August 2016

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Wood Sandpiper on Canal Scrape till flushed by a juvenile Peregrine (@RSPBMiddleton)

Tucklesholme
7x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper & Little Ringed Plover (@SteveJTurner76)

Whitemoor Haye
Swift, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail (@BirderAlrewas)

Branston GP
1x Turnstone, 2x Ruff (NJS)

Wednesday 10th August 2016

Doxey Marsh
Marsh Harrier still, Common Sandpiper (ABl)

Berryhill
Whinchat, 5x Redstart, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, Snipe (NDP RT)

Blithfield Res (Permits Only)
Wheatear, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, Snipe, 4x Raven, 2x Curlew & 2x Egyptian Geese (@ArthurBlagdon)

Tucklesholme
Green Sandpiper, 4x Dunlin, 3x Ringed Plover, 9x Shelduck, 9x Common Tern, Brown Argus, Common Blue, Small Copper & Field, Meadow and Lesser Marsh Grasshopper (JWo)

Belvide Res
Willow Tit, Ruff, Redshank, 3x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover & Green Sandpiper (BB)

Gailey Res
Egyptian Goose with c65 Greylag Geese, probable juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, 4x Common Tern & Yellow Wagtail (@TheSnapper1978)

Branston GPs
Turnstone and 2x Ruff still (DSc)

Tuesday 9th August 2016

Belvide Resv
Marsh Harrier again at 13:20, 9x Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 2x Redshank, Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Curlew (@BelvideBirder)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Wood Sandpiper still from first screen

Blithfield Resv
22x Common Tern, 5x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 3x LR Plover, 2x Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, (@scaupface)

Branston WP
4x Cetti's Warbler  (JWo)

Doxey Marsh
Imm Marsh Harrier again at 14:30 (@obesbloke)

Burston-Aston
4x Green Sandpiper, 4x Dunlin, LR Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, Mandarin, 2x Yellowhammer (DCo)

Monday 8th August 2016

Middleton Lakes RSPB
2x Wood Sandpiper on Canal Scrape, also Garganey & Turnstone on Jubilee Wetlands (@RSPBMiddleton)

Belvide Res
Immature Marsh Harrier still present (@DavidBate17)  -  2x Whimbrel 14:00 to 14:30, 10x Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 6x Wigeon (@BelvideBirder)

Doxey Marsh
Hobby, Litle Egret, 2x pale Buzzards (PLo)

Branston GPs
Turnstone still , 2x Ruff (JWo)

Essington
2x Sand Martin, 5x Little Grebe, Common Tern & Green Woodpecker (TCa)

Sunday 7th August 2016

Middleton Lakes RSPB
2x Wood Sandpiper from Canal Screen (@onionsargey) also Turnstone, Green Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, (@TameBirding)  - addt Garganey, Common Sandpiper, Mandarin, LR Plover (piccalilli123)

Belvide Resv
Marsh Harrier on north shore at 06:45 (@BelvideBirding)

Tucklesholme
Greenshank & Wood Sandpiper early am (KJo). No sign Wood Sandpiper at 16:00hrs. Greenshank still, Cetti's Warbler, c6x Common Tern (1 juv) (JW)

Blithfield Res (Permits Only)
Adult Arctic Tern, 2x Greenshank (GJM)  -  also 3x Green Sandpiper, 5x Common Sandpiper, 2x LR Plover, 2x Snipe, 20x Common Tern, 2x Egyptian Geese, 19x Barnacle Geese, 4x Little Egret, 6x Yellow Wagtail, Little Grebe, 2x Grey Wagtail (SE HF)

Branston GP
1x Turnstone on southern pit, 2x Ruff (JW)

Radford Meadows
Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Common Sandpiper, Whinchat & Kingfisher (@RegDavis5)

I54
2x juvenile Whinchat (JDu)

Bobbington
Green Sandpiper on The Mere at 09.00 (@broadwayeight)

Endon Sewage Works
First Winter Redstart & Hobby (GBr)

Gailey Res
2x Shoveler, Hobby, 3x Common Tern, Spotted Flycatcher & Willow Warbler (@TheSnapper1978)

Saturday 6th August 2016

Middleton Lakes RSPB
2x Wood Sandpiper reported flying from Jubilee to North pit early morning  -  also 4x Black-tailed Godwit on Jubilee,  3x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, LR Plover, Ringed Plover (@atkinson_steve)

Belvide Resv
Juv Marsh Harrier again from 11:55 also Pied Flycatcher along Gazebo Bay, juv Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 2cy Med Gull, Little Egret (@BelvideBirding)

Radford Meadows
Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Redstart, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper (RSw)

Blithfield Resv
Ruff Blithe Bay, Greenshank, 3x Green Sandpiper Tad Bay (@julianallen2009)  -  2x Egyptian Geese Admaston (BRo)

Yoxall Lodge
Pied Flycatcher (JWo)

Blurton (Stoke on Trent)
5x Swift over (PFo)

Burton
Peregrine over 18:15 (KBi)

Friday 5th August 2016

Belvide Resv
Pied Flycatcher along west side of Gazebo Bay. Now 2x juv Marsh Harrier at the west end from 17:35, juv Ruff north shore (BB)

Steve Nuttall

Doxey Marsh
Marsh Harrier still this morning (@Dumblederry)  -  still this afternoon also Common Tern, Water Rail, Southern Hawker, Painted Lady (BC LC)

Southern Hawker Brian Carthy

Pale Buzzard by Brian Carthy

Blithfield Resv
Whimbrel, 5x Dunlin Blithe Bay late morning (@Piccalilli123)  -   2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Common Sandpiper, Black- tailed Godwit,  3x LRP, Ringed Plover, 12+ Yellow Wagtail, Little Egret, 5x Shelduck ,17x Common Tern, Wheatear (RBe)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Wood Sandpiper, 4x Dunlin North Pit (@middlakes)  -  2x Wood Sandpiper at 15:30 from SW screen Jubilee (@mjwstaffs)  -  also later 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper (JHa)  -  In addition Garganey (@julianallen2009)

Whitemoor Haye
3x Common Tern, 2x Goldeneye, juv Peregrine (@AlrewasBirder)

Thursday 4th August 2016

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Wood Sandpiper still on Jubilee from canal side screen (@RSPBMiddleton)  -  also 10x Black-tailed Godwit to 16:45 only, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, LR Plover, Green Sandpiper all on Jubilee (@Piccalilli123)

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Whinchat this morning (JDu)

Doxey Marsh
2x Marsh Harrier, 3x Peregrine, 2x LR Plover, Common Tern and a unusual pale Buzzard morph (SE HF)

Branston GPs

2x Ruff, 2x Common Sandpiper, 8x Ringed Plover (7 juvs), 8x Curlew, Little Egret, 3x Shelduck (juvs), 4x Shoveler, 9x Pochard, 7x Gadwall. (JWo)

Belvide Resv
Adult YL Gull, 2cy Med Gull (BB)

Radford Meadows
21x Black-tailed Godwit this evening (CDa)

Wood Lane (near Apedale)
Singing Yellowhammer this morning (JMa)

Berryhill
3x Redstart still, Little Grebe (SSt)

Wednesday 3rd August 2016

Request for Information

Has anyone seen any parakeet sp. in their gardens in the Newcastle-under-Lyme / Maybank / Wolstanton / Bradwell areas and not reported then? There has been a sighting recently of a possible family party and so they may have bred close by. Have you heard anything maybe from a non birder? Get in touch please if you have. Thanks

Middleton Lakes
1x Wood Sandpiper on Jubilee at 14:50 (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
Immature Marsh Harrier late afternoon, also 2x Buzzard & 2x Black-tailed Godwit briefly (NJS)

Blithfield Res (Permits Only)
5x Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 5x Dunlin, Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Little Ringed Plover, 8x Swift, 9x Common Tern & 2x Little Grebe (RBe)

Cannock Chase
c10 Crossbill (Abraham's Valley), 4x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Slow Worm, Great Pied Hoverfly, Emerald Damselfly & Southern Hawker (JWo)

Ford Green/Whitfield Valley
Little Egret, Kingfisher, Little Grebe & Stock Dove (JJo)

Tuesday 2nd August 2016

Doxey Marsh
Imm Marsh Harrier still at 09:45 (NGr)

Middleton Lakes RSPB
4x Black-tailed Godwit on Jubilee (@RSPBMiddleton)  -  also Garganey (@Piccalilli123)

Blithfield Resv
8x drake Common Scoter in Blithe Bay (GJM)

Whitemoor Haye
2x Goldeneye, 60x Tree Sparrow, Lesser Whitethroat (@BirderAlrewas)

Radford Meadows
3x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit (CDa)

Branston GPs

2x Ruff, 3x Ringed Plover (juvs), 9x Little Egret, 10x Gadwall (7 juvs), 10x Pochard, 2x Shelduck (juvs), 10x Shoveler, 24x Tufted Ducklings, 2x Common Tern, 21x Little Grebe (4 juvs), 14x GC Grebe, Painted Lady. (JWo)

Belvide Resv
Little Egret, 6x Common Sandpiper, 1s/2w Med Gull (BB)

Berryhill
5x Redstart  -  Bottleslow Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (RT)

Monday 1st August 2016

Doxey Marshes
2x immature Marsh Harrier between Octagonal Hide & Cresswell Flash, also Water Rail, Snipe & Little Ringed Plover (Jls)