Saturday 31st October 2020

Blithfield Resv 

2x dark bellied Brent Geese at the deep end this morning, (GJM)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier briefly on north pit, 2x Great Egret, 4x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, Snipe, Stonechat, Water Rail, (MSm) also poss second Marsh Harrier on Dosthill NR, (SPA)

Berryhill

Swallow thru this am, (PBi)

Tittesworth Water

Pintail, 45x Wigeon, 48x Teal, 32x Mandarin, 28x Lapwing, 14x Snipe, Common Gull, Willow Tit, (SGi)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Black-necked Grebe off Gazebo Bay also Little Stint still,

Chasewater

3x Caspian Gull in the roost

Branston GPs

Pintail, 5x Goldeneye, 85x Wigeon, 52x Gadwall, 47x Shoveler, 70x Teal, 30x Pochard, 55x Lapwing, Ruff, 12x Curlew, 50x Little Grebe, Little Egret, (DSc)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 30x Wigeon, 20x Lapwing, 2x Grey Wagtail, (MSc)

Friday 30th October 2020

Middleton Lakes

2x Marsh Harrier, (SPA)

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100x Chaffinch, 30x Skylark, (JDu)

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret still, 

Hixon Airfield

73x Golden Plover, Grey Partridge, (RCB)

Branston GPs

2x Curlew, 50x Lapwing, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Ruff, 3x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 60x Little Grebe, 32x Shoveler, 66x Wigeon, 30x Gadwall, 80x Teal, 38x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Goosander, 2x Peregrine, 4x ad YL Gull, prob ad Caspian Gull, Common Gull, 2x Barn Owl, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Stonechat, (DSc)  -  also 16x GBB Gull, 12x Goldcrest, (JWo)

                                                     Goldcrest by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Thursday 29th October 2020

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Merlin low on the New Western, (JDu)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier still, (MSc)

Downs Banks

Red Kite near the Upper House, (AR)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 3x Goosander, (MSc)

Branston GPs

2x Redshank, Ruff, Curlew, 3x Snipe, 72x Lapwing, 4x Shelduck, 2x Goldeneye, 72x Wigeon, 26x Pochard, 38x Gadwall, 36x Shoveler, 146x Teal, 59x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 11x GBB Gull, 3x YL Gull, Stonechat, 1000x Starling, Barn Owl, (JWo)

Wednesday 28th October 2020

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier still North Pit, Garganey, 3x Great Egret, 6x Snipe, 3x Shelduck, 5x Stonechat, (MSm)  -  also Peregrine, (SPA)

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400x Fieldfare, 51x Linnet, 3x Snipe, (JDu)

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Little Egret,

Tittesworth Water

42x Wigeon, 8x Mandarin, 26x Teal, 34x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, Common Tern, (JOa)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 40x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, Ruff, Goldeneye, Peregrine, Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Rocester JCB

26x Barnacle Geese, 75x Lapwing over, (AR)

Tuesday 27th October 2020

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, Dunlin, 6x Snipe, (MSm)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Little Stint, Common Sandpiper, 3x Tree Sparrow, 2x Marsh Tit, (PCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Whooper Swan 2x Great Egret, 34x Golden Plover, 6x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 16x Mandarin, 2x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 420x Lapwing, (NDP)

Drayton Bassett

Merlin low over north at 15:52, (MSm)

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, (RRa)

Branston GPs

Ruff, 13x Curlew, 75x Lapwing, Pintail, Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 76x Wigeon, 15x Shoveler, 43x Gadwall, 26x Pochard, 178x Teal, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 65x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, 60x Linnet, Cetti's Warbler, 100x Pied Wagtail, (JWo)

Alvecote

3x Yellowhammer, Goosander, 2x Stonechat, (MSc)

Monday 26th October 2020

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, Dunlin, 9x Snipe, Common Gull, 4x Stonechat, (MSm)

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Water Pipit, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 20x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, Peregrine, (DBa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, (CMa, RFe)

Hanley Park

2x Goosander, (AR)

Tittesworth Water

193x Pinkfoots over south, 30x Mandarin, 39x Wigeon, 49x Teal, 2x Goosander, 2x Barnacle Geese, Common Gull, 30x Snipe, 37x Lapwing, (SGi)

Branston GPs

Redshank, Ruff, 18x Curlew, 76x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Goldeneye, Pintail, Shelduck, 27x Pochard, 58x Wigeon, 51x Shoveler, 56x Gadwall, 155x Teal, 56x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Green Woodpecker,  (JWo)

                                                          Pintail by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Sunday 25th October 2020

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier still, 2x Dunlin, (MSm)  -  2x Marsh Harrier, 3x Great Egret this afternoon, (TPe) also Garganey, (JAl)

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret still, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, (JJH,SJH,  -  Also Water Pipit, 10x Snipe, (DM)

Maer Hills

10x Crossbill this afternoon, (SJT)

Blithfield Resv

10x Dunlin, 200x Lapwing, Great Egret, (MJa)  -  A late Whinchat, 7x Stonechat, Great Egret, 14x Dunlin, 5x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Goosander, 5x Goldeneye, (SE,HF)

                                                          Whinchat by Steve Edwards

Cuckoo Bank

Great Egret, 3x Stonechat, 

Tittesworth Water

45x Wigeon, 35x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, Common Gull, 2x Barnacle Geese, (JOa)

Branston GPs

50x Little Grebe, 4x Little Egret, Pintail, 108x Wigeon, 45x Gadwall, 35x Shoveler, 80x Teal, 32x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Peregrine, 3x Water Rail, 100x Lapwing, 4x Curlew, Ruff, GBB Gull, 3x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Chasewater

2x Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, ad Med Gull in the roost

Stoke

Goosander on the new Trent channel

Saturday 24th October 2020

Middleton Lakes

Bittern again also 2x Marsh Harrier together over North Pit, Garganey, Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, 2x Dunlin, 4x Snipe, 4x Stonechat, (MSm)

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Goshawk, also a Peregrine over SE, (JDu)

Uttoxeter Quarry

4x Great Egret, 43x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Curlew, Little Egret, 50x Shoveler, (AMa)  -  also Dunlin, 2x Goosander, Pochard, 6x Wigeon, 63x Shoveler, 94x Teal, 9x Redpoll, (RPo)

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret still from main hide, also 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, (JJH,SJH)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Little Stint, Greenshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, (TJa, DRo)

Tittesworth Water

2x Barnacle Geese, 2x Common Gull, 36x Wigeon, 25x Mandarin, 52x Teal, 26x Snipe, 14x Lapwing, (SG, IB)

Tameside NR/River Tame

3x Goosander, 27x Lapwing, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Ruff, Curlew, 35x Lapwing, 25x Little Grebe, Pintail, 2x Goldeneye, 110x Wigeon, 36x Pochard, 50x Linnet, (DSc)

Alrewas Arboretum

6x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, 50x Teal, (JWo)

Wychnor

2x Little Egret, (JWo)

Friday 23rd October 2020

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier, Bittern, 2x Great Egret, Dunlin, 9x Snipe, Common Gull, 3x Stonechat, 3x Yellowhammer, 5x Redpoll, (MSm) 

Blithfield Resv

2x drake Common Scoter, (MDJ, GJM)

Doxey Marsh

Water Pipit, Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, 60x Snipe, 8x Stonechat, (SE,HF)

                                                           Great Egret by Steve Edwards

Cannock Chase

25x Crossbill, Siskins, (CMa, RFe)

Upper Elkstone

Bramblings, Siskins, Redpolls and large Chaffinch movement, (DGH)

Penkhull

Barn Owl over the top of Chamberlain Av at 21:16, (RGi)

Branston GPs

Water Pipit, - lower cropped photo shows some white in outer tail feathers, 9x Golden Plover, Ruff, 10x Curlew, 15x Snipe, 169x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, 6x Shelduck, 42x Pochard, Goldeneye, Pintail, 175x Wigeon, 55x Shoveler, 105x Teal, 97x Gadwall, 4x Little Egret, 69x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Peregrine, 1000x Starling, Green Woodpecker, 36x Linnet, c200x Pied Wagtail, 8x Redpoll, (JWo)

                                                            Water Pipit  by Jon Woodcock      

                           

                                              

Tittesworth Water

2x Willow Tit, 37x Wigeon, 56x Lapwing, (SCh)

Thursday 22nd October 2020

Radford Meadows

212x Teal, 2x Pintail, 6x Wigeon, 200x Lapwing, (CDa)

Middleton Lakes

Fem/juv Marsh Harrier again showing regularly at the north end, 3x Great Egret, Dunlin, Snipe, 5x Water Rail, 5x Stonechat, (MSm)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

12x Whooper Swan, Common Sandpiper, (PCo)  -  Greenshank, Little Stint, Dunlin, 

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret still also Little Egret, (HKi)  -  also 3x Great Egret,  3x Little Egret, 4x Stonechat, 

Tittesworth Water

8x Whooper Swan over south at 12:53, (SGi)  -  38x Wigeon, 36x Mandarin, 25x Lapwing, (JOa)

Swallow Moss

Woodcock and a Swallow thru, (JOa)

Bateswood

2x Swallow thru, (PDo)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 300x Fieldfare, (MSc)

Wednesday 21st October 2020

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, Great White Egrets, Little Egrets, (RRa)

Cranberry

53x Lapwing off Sandy Lane, (MHu)

Branston GPs

66x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2x Pintail, 150x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 150x Wigeon, 62x Shoveler, 110x Gadwall, 130x Teal, 15x Pochard, 2x Peregrine, 2x Water Rail, 75x Lapwing, 2x Curlew, Ruff, 2x Snipe, 2x ad YL Gull, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 85x Fieldfare, (DSC)

Tuesday 20th October 2020

Middleton Lakes 

Marsh Harrier still North Pit/Dosthill NR, 3x Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 3x Snipe, 3x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 3x Water Rail, 5x Stonechat, (MSm)

                                                        Great Egret by Rob Bendelow

Tittesworth Water

Purple Heron still at 11:00, also Rock Pipit, Brambling, 5x Redpoll, 42x Wigeon, 3x Snipe, 21x Lapwing, (LH,JO,CL)

Alvecote

3x Green Sandpiper, 

Branston GPs

11x Curlew, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 18x Snipe, 106x Lapwing, Pintail, Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 181x Wigeon, 25x Pochard, 156x Teal, 86x Shoveler, 117x Gadwall, 4x Water Rail, 2x Little Egret, 64x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Stonechat, c1000x Starling, Peregrine, 5x Redpoll, (JWo)

Barton under Needwood

2x Grey Wagtail, 4x Redpoll, Peacock Butterfly, (JWo)

Monday 19th October 2020

Middleton Lakes

4x Great Egret, 61x Little Egret out of the roost, 2x Pintail, Goldeneye, 10x Snipe, Common Gull, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, Crossbill over, (MSm)  -  juv Marsh Harrier North pit this evening and a probable second bird flew south into Warks, (SPA)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Hen Harrier north shore, Greenshank, Little Stint, 2x Dunlin, 4x Pinkfoots over east, 

Blithfield Resv

20x Dunlin, 4x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Goldeneye, YL Gull, Little Owl, Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, (DBa)

Doxey  Marsh

3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 

Tucklesholme

2x Stonechat, (RCB)

Sunday 18th October 2020

Branston GPs

Hawfinch thru south at 09:50, 72x Pinkfoots SE at 16:10, Redshank, Ruff, 14x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 66x Lapwing, Golden Plover thru, Pintail, Goldeneye, 100x Wigeon, 90x Gadwall, 70x Shoveler, 80x Teal, 24x Pochard, 70x Little Grebe, 2x ad YL Gull, 2x Peregrine, Barn Owl, 2x Cetti's Warbler, c1100x Starling, Stonechat, Little Egret, (DSc)

Middleton Lakes

Jack Snipe on west scape, 2x Golden Plover over, 3x Snipe, Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, Stonechat, (MSm)

Blithfield Resv

150x Pinkfoots over Callowhill, (GJM)  -  2x Rock Pipit, 20x Dunlin, Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 2x Common Gull, 4x Stonechat, 2x Little Egret, (SE,HF)

                                                      Rock Pipits by Steve Edwards

Tittesworth Water

Purple Heron still near the activity centre, (SG,IB, CT, et al.) - also 2x Common Gull, 25x Lapwing, 4x Snipe, 42x Wigeon, 8x Mandarin, (JOa)

                                                                     By Steve Seal

Enville

Great Egret flew east at 09:42, 270x Redwing and 130x Fieldfare over, (IWh)

Doxey Marsh - WeBS count

19x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Water Rail, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 14x Stonechat, 18x Gadwall, 33x Wigeon, 47x Redwing, 74x Lapwing, 3x Grey Wagtail, 14x Pinkfoots over east, (MBo)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 15x Wigeon, (MSc)

Berryhill

c200x Pinkfoots  east over Eaton Park at 16:25, (DBu)

Saturday 17th October 2020

Hixon

Merlin on the old airfield, (RSw)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier at north end of Dosthill NR, (SPA)  -  also Dunlin, 4x Snipe, 4x Great Egret, 3x Stonechat, 5x Redpoll, (MSm)

Hatherton Resv

Great Egret, (SB)

Hopton

Brambling on feeders, (ABr)

Ipstones

31x Whooper Swan over, (ALi)

Tittesworth Water

520x Pinkfoots over south at 11:20, also 31x Wigeon, 34x Mandarin, 8x Snipe, 8x Lapwing, Peregrine, (SG, IB,CT)  -  Cetti's Warbler near causeway, (DGH)  -  Purple Heron again near the activity centre at 17:15, (GOs)

Radford Meadows

372x Fieldfare, 54x Redwing, Peregrine, 27x Snipe, 16x Skylark all over, also Little Egret, 157x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, Stonechat, (RSw)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Rock Pipit, Little Stint, Dunlin, Grey Plover, Great Egret, 7x Stonechat, 

Stone

68x Pinkfoots over NW, (DEm)

Burston Marsh

7x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 4x Stonechat, (AEa)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Snipe, (MSc)

Alrewas Arboretum

Great Egret (Junction Pit), 3x Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Catholme

Stonechat, (JWo)

Friday 16th October 2020

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400-500x  Redwing, 200x Pied Wagtail, (JDu)

Middleton Lakes

Juv Marsh Harrier perched behind Dosthill NR early am, 3x Great Egret, Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 8x Snipe, 3x Stonechat, (MSm)

Blackbank

Fem/juv Marsh Harrier thru south, 1020x Pinkfoots over, in four flocks, 2x Crossbill, 14x Brambling, 1905x Redwing, (NDP)

Berryhill

c1200 Pinkfoots over in 5 flocks, Great Egret over, a long string c6500x Starlings over east to west at 07:50, 1079x Redwing, (RTo, DWa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Great Egret, Grey Plover, Little Stint, Dunlin, Greenshank, Rock Pipit, Brambling over, (SRi)  -  also Peregrine, Goosander, 5x Redpoll, Swallow

Branston GPs

c130 Pinkfoots thru east at 10:50, 80x Little Grebe, Pintail, 3x Mandarin, 120x Wigeon, 80x Gadwall, 70x Shoveler, 46x Pochard, Goldeneye, 2x Peregrine, 3x Water Rail, 80x Lapwing, 20x Golden Plover, Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 8x Snipe, 7x Curlew, 2x ad YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Swallow, 45x Skylark over, 3x Grey Wagtail,  35x Redpoll, 12x Siskin, 350x Redwing, (DSc)

Blurton

c150x Pinkfoots over east at 09:35, (PFo)

Whitfield Valley

55x Pinkfoots east, also 65x Fieldfare, 250x Redwing, Green Woodpecker, (JJo)

RSPB Coombes Valley

c80x Pinkfoots over east at 11:10, also 3x Willow Tit, 

Blithfield Resv

Rock Pipit this am, (GJM) - later 2x Rock Pipit species, Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 18x Dunlin, 5x Curlew, 2x Little Egret, (SE, HF)

                                                      Rock Pipit species by Steve Edwards

Gailey Resv

3x Snipe, 70x Redwing, 15x Fieldfare, Redpoll, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Great Egret, 5x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Peregrine, Barnacle Goose, 55x Shoveler, YL Gull, (NDP)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, Stonechat, 20x Wigeon, 25x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, (MSc)

Thursday 15th October 2020

Silverdale CP

5x Whooper Swan over at 09:00, 5x Brambling, 1396x Redwing, 453x Fieldfare over, 6x Stonechat, (NDP)

Berryhill

5x Whooper Swan over east at 09:10, Ring Ouzel over in mixed Thrush flock at 09:33 also 110x Pinkfoots over west at 10:20, 1257x Redwing over, (RTo, DWa)  

Middleton Lakes

Common Gull, 4x Great Egret left the roost, 10x Snipe, 6x Pochard, 3x Stonechat, (MSm)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

4x Common Scoter, Little Stint, Grey Plover, LRP, Greenshank

Burston Marsh

12x Snipe, 4x Stonechat, (AEa)

Knypersley Resv

80x Pinkfoots over also 2x Willow Tit, (GBr)

Alvecote

2x Whooper Swan, 6x Little Egret, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 3x Goosander, YL Gull, (MSc)

Whitemoor Haye

84x Wigeon, 78x Pochard, 17x Shoveler, Goosander, Goldeneye, (DAb)

Elford North Pit

Great Egret, 3x Barnacle Geese, (DAb)

Tittesworth Water

36x Mandarin (possible site record), 35x Wigeon, (SGi)

Dimmingsdale

70x Fieldfare, (TEy)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Stonechat

Branston GPs

11x Curlew, Dunlin, 4x Snipe, 20x Lapwing, 6x Pintail, 3x Shelduck, 42x Pochard, 140x Wigeon, 52x Shoveler, 103x Gadwall, 76x Teal, Little Egret, 92x Little Grebe, 3x Common Gull, 3x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Water Rail, 2x Green Woodpecker, Barn Owl, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, Redpoll, (JWo, DSc)

Cheddleton

Brambling over, Grey Wagtail, 3x Siskin, (DSc)

Wednesday 14th October 2020

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, Dunlin, 7x Snipe, 10x Pochard, 7x Goosander, 3x Stonechat, (MSm)

Silverdale CP

2x Common Scoter on the Void, 2x Brambling, Swallow, 1027x Redwing and 221x Fieldfare over, (NDP)

Berryhill 

Vis mig 07:30 to 10:20  -  1047x Fieldfare, 1190x Redwing, 3x Brambling, 2x Swallow, 2x GBB Gull, also 2x Stonechat, (RTo, DWa)

Knypersley Resv

4x Swallow, Brambling, Crossbill, Willow Tit, 400x Redwing, 80x Fieldfare, 2x Siskin, Redpoll, (GBr)

Enville

Woodlark flew from stubble, also 1250x Redwing and 125x Fieldfare moving west, (IWh)

Whitfield Valley

3x Stonechat, (JJo)

Tittesworth Water

5x Snipe, 16x Lapwing, 36x Wigeon, 2x Mandarin, 32x Teal, 4x Goosander, Common Gull, (JOa)

Branston GPs

75x Little Grebe, Little Egret, Pintail, 88x Wigeon, 80x Gadwall, 56x Shoveler, 46x Pochard, Peregrine, 10x Curlew, 8x Snipe, Water Rail, 2x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Tuesday 13th October 2020

Blithfield Resv

Grey Plover this am, (GJM)

                                                                   By GJ Mant

Blackbank

4x Crossbill and a Brambling over, (NDP)

Middleton Lakes

6x Little Egret, 150x Lapwing, 3x Stonechat, 20x Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, (MSc)

Upper Elkstone

Ring Ouzel with large number of Thrush species, (DGH)

Monday 12th October 2020

Middleton Lakes

2x Red-breasted Merganser flew from Dosthill NR to Cliff Lake, also 2x Great Egret, 14x Golden Plover, 6x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2x Swallow, 39x Redwing, 2x Stonechat, 4x Pinkfoots over south, (MSm)

Mere Farm

Green Sandpiper, 2x Stonechat, (MMo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Visible migration - Woodlark, Hawfinch, 4761x Redwing, 126x Fieldfare, Crossbill#

Blackbank

Visible migration 07:25 - 11:15, 7880x Redwing, 494x Fieldfare, 4x Brambling, 79x Redpoll, Goosander, (NDP)

Branston WP

Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, (CMa, RFe)

Alrewas NMA

Green Sandpiper, (CMa, RFe)

Tittesworth Water

107x Redwing, 26x Mandarin, 25x Teal, 22x Wigeon, 3x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, Grey Wagtail, (SGi)

Branston GPs

Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 78x Lapwing, Pintail, Goldeneye, Shelduck, 26x Pochard, 94x Gadwall, 69x Wigeon, 66x Shoveler, 143x Teal, 95x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Little Egret, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Swallow, 18x House Martin, 100x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Sunday 11th October 2020

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10x Grey Wagtail, c200 Pied Wagtail, (JDu)

Middleton Lakes

2x Redshank, Curlew, Snipe, 3x Great Egret, Goosander, 2x Stonechat, 

Gunstone

25x Fieldfare, (PCo)

Radford Meadows

26x Fieldfare, 3x Pintail, 21x Snipe, 101x Lapwing, 44x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, (RSw)

Elkstone

75x Pink-footed Geese SE over the trig point at 12:40 also 130x Redwing, (DGH)

Knypersley Resv

137x Redwing, 3x Swallow, Willow Tit, Dipper, (GBr)

Whitmore Bent Lane

8x Swallow, (AMa)

Berryhill

211x Redwing, 83x Fieldfare, 2x Stonechat, 3x Snipe, (RTo, DWa)

Branston GPs

2x Little Egret, Pintail, 4x Mandarin, 86x Wigeon, 78x Gadwall, 40x Shoveler, Goldeneye, 94x Ruff, Lapwing, 11x Snipe, 11x Curlew, Dunlin, 2x ad YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 30x Redwing, 5x Fieldfare, 3x Stonechat, 3x Swallow, 30x Skylark, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Redpoll, (DSc)

Gailey Resv

Imm Peregrine, 16x Buzzard, (SRi)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret still

Stafford 

Peregrine over Aldi, (ABa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Golden Plover, Jack Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 3x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Goosander, Pochard, 31x Shoveler, 2x Wigeon, (ABa)

Tittesworth Water

2x Whooper Swan, 16x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 4x Mandarin, 14x Wigeon, 42x Teal, Grey Wagtail, 2x Swallow, (JOa, RJH)

Gun Hill

26x Pink-footed Geese over, 2x Swallow, (CL)

Stoke on Trent

c100x Pink-footed Geese over Light Oaks at 18:15, (ALa)

Barton under Needwood

3x Redwing and 20x Skylark over, (JWo)

Saturday 10th October 2020

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, Pintail, Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Snipe, (MSm)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 60x Skylark, 6x Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Little Stint, 2x Grey Plover, Greenshank thru, 10x Dunlin, 

Tittesworth Water

17x Wigeon, 42x Teal, 9x Mandarin, Willow Tit, Lapwing, (SG, IB, CT)

Friday 9th October 2020

Hixon Airfield

Male Merlin perched on a post, (RCB)

Silverdale CP

2x Brambling over, 4x Stonechat, (NDP)

Radford Meadows

28x Golden Plover, 137x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, Pintail, 36x Wigeon, 200x Teal, 22x Shoveler, 10x Gadwall, (CDa)

Whitfield Valley

3x Stonechat, north end, (JJo)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret viewed from the train, (RGi)  -   Creswell, - 4x  Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, (RRa)

Blithfield Resv

Greenshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 6x Ringed Plover, 14x Dunlin, 15 Golden Plover, 5x Stonechat, (SE,HF)

                                                                 By Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Ruff, 2x Dunlin, 11x Curlew, 14x Lapwing, 12x Pochard, 38x Shoveler, 22x Wigeon, 116x Teal, 7x Gadwall, 2x Little Egret, 53x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 7x Swallow, 18x House Martin, 120x Pied Wagtail, (JWo)

Middleton Lakes

3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 140x Lapwing, Golden Plover, 6x Snipe, 2x Common Gull, 40x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 2x Goosander, Hobby, 2x Redwing, 4x Redpoll, 15x Linnet, Swallow, Water Rail, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Cheddleton

3x Redwing, (DSc)

Knypersley Resv

2x Swallow still, (GBr)

Thursday 8th October 2020

Middleton Lakes

The PALLID HARRIER still present and showing on and off

Stoke on Trent

26x Pink-footed Geese NW over the Royal Stoke hospital at 12:40

Chasewater

Arctic Tern thru at 10:28 also 5x Common Scoter, (IWh)

Ford Green

1w YL Gull, (JJo)

Tittesworth Water

Common Sandpiper, 2x Lapwing, 13x Wigeon, 3x Mandarin, Peregrine, 20x Swallow, (JOa)  -  Purple Heron still, (CL)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Little Stint, Knot, 

Wednesday 7th October 2020

Middleton Lakes

Ringtail Harrier species over North Pit at 08:00  and over JW early afternoon,  3x Great Egret, 20x Snipe, 2x Greenshank, 2x Pochard, Stonechat, (MSm)  -  PALLID HARRIER at 12:00, (Rob Bendelow)  -  still at Dosthill Bank at 17:36, (GJM)

                                                    Pallid Harrier By Rob Bendelow

                                                                        

                                                 Pallid Harrier By Rob Bendelow

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

7x Whooper Swan

Blackbank

5x Pink-foots over south, (NDP)

Cannock Chase

6x Crossbill briefly at German cemetery, (IWh)

Tittesworth Water

Purple Heron again in sports field behind sports centre then flew beyond east hide

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret still

Whitemoor Haye

Redwing, 23x Shoveler, 41x Lapwing, 21x Teal, (SCo)

Tuesday 6th October 2020

New Landywood Pool

Drake Mandarin to 09:40 only, 32x Teal, 15x Wigeon, Snipe, (PCo)

Radford Meadows

16x Golden Plover, 250x Lapwing, 21x Snipe, Pintail, Goosander, 200x Teal, 60x Wigeon, 12x Gadwall, 4x Shoveler, (CDa)

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, Ruff, 12x Snipe, 2x Dunlin, 6x Stonechat, (MSm)

Gailey Resv

Golden Plover over, 2x Grey Wagtail, (PCo)

Mere Farm

Wheatear, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Stonechat, Swallow, (DJa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Rock Pipit on the dam, Little Stint, 

Tittesworth Water

Common Sandpiper, 28x Mandarin, 12x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 20x Swallow, Grey Wagtail, (JOa)

Enville - vis mig

Whooper Swan, 2x Crossbill, 37x Swallow, 3x House Martin, 13x Redwing, (IWh)

Branston GPs

2x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Curlew, 64x Lapwing, Pintail (m), Goldeneye (f), 72x Wigeon, 244x Teal, 26x Shoveler, 52x Gadwall, 10x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, Little Egret, 81x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Whinchat, 3x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Monday 5th October 2020

Tittesworth Water

Purple Heron seen twice briefly this morning but elusive - last Staffs record 2005, also Whooper Swan, 26x Mandarin, 45x Teal, 11x Wigeon, Goosander,  Common Gull, Common Sandpiper, 27x Lapwing, 50x Swallow, (SGi)

                                                   Purple Heron by Steve Gibson

                                                                         

                                                   Whooper Swan by Steve Gibson

Middleton Lakes

3x Great Egret, 3x Pochard, Pintail, 20x Snipe, 4x Stonechat, (MSm)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret on Elford North Pit, also Great Egret flushed off Alrewas GPs, (SCo)

Baldwins Gate

55x Pink-footed Geese west at 08:30, Barn Owl, (RWh)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Grey Plover, 2x  Knot also 2x Ruff, 14x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, (CMa, RFe)  -  5x Grey Plover this afternoon

Knypersley Resv

3x Swallow, (GBr)

Endon STW

19x Wigeon and a Stonechat, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

Knot. Greenshank, 11x Ringed Plover, 11x Dunlin, 4x Curlew, Stonechat, Peregrine, (SE,HF)

                                                      Knot by Steve Edwards

Berryhill

7x Stonechat, 2x Swallow, (NDP)

Sunday 4th October 2020

Whitemoor Haye

150x Skylark, 100x Linnet, 4x Little Egret, 10x Tree Sparrow, 8x Snipe, 8x Wigeon, Swallows, (SCo)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier again over North Pit, juv Kittiwake over west, Bittern briefly in flight, Greenshank, Ruff, 2x Dunlin, Jack Snipe, 8x Snipe, 2x Great Egret, 4x Stonechat, (MSm)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Spotted Redshank still, 4x Knot, Little Stint, 18x Dunlin, 2x Common, Sandpiper, 7x Pintail, 

Radford Meadows

Common Gull, Pintail, 61x Lapwing, 9x Snipe, 45x Wigeon, 121x Teal, 6x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, (RSw)

Tittesworth Water

Common Sandpiper, 8x Snipe, 43x Lapwing, 15x Wigeon, 41x Teal, 50x Swallow, Grey Wagtail, (LH, JOa)

Rudyard Lake

4x Dunlin, 23x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 63x Teal, 13x Wigeon, Gadwall, (LH, JOa)

Foxley

170x Skylark, 39x Linnet, 4x Yellowhammer, Wheatear, Stonechat, 5x Snipe, 9x Swallow, (MBa)

Branston GPs

3x Pintail, 78x Gadwall, 106x Wigeon, 46x Shoveler, Shelduck, Whinchat, Stonechat, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Golden Plover, 12x Curlew, Snipe, ad YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 3x Little Egret, Peregrine, 3x Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, 15x Swallow, 25x House Martin, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Berryhill

6x Stonechat, 4x Swallow, (CSi)

Knypersley Resv

3x Redwing, Goosander, (GBr)

Trescott

5x Stonechat off Furnace Grange Road, (IMo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

4x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 6x Stonechat, 13x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, Mandarin, 31x Goosander, 38x Shoveler, 11x Gadwall, 65x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, (ABa)

Blithfield Resv

Knot, 2x Greenshank, Redshank, 29x Dunlin, 14x Ringed Plover, 4x Pintail, Wheatear, 2x  Stonechat, (HF, SE)

Cuckoo Bank

Wheatear, Whinchat, Reed Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, 12x Stonechat, Golden Plover, 

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, 5x Stonechat, 

River Sow Meadows

Little Egret, 8x Wigeon, 70x Linnet, Swallow, 3x House Martin, (RSw)

Alvecote

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, Great Egret, Little Egret, 16x Swallow, (MSc)

Saturday 3rd October 2020

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier again at Dosthill NR, Ringed Plover, Ruff, 7x Dunlin, 6x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2x Great Egret, 10x Stonechat, (MSm, SPA)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Spotted Redshank also Little Stint, Knot, 16x Dunlin, 88x Golden Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, LRP, 3x Pintail, 

Mere Farm

200/300x  Linnet, (MMo)

Chasewater

3x Common Sandpiper, 4x Dunlin through, 3x Med Gull, and 2x YL Gull in the roost

Rudyard Resv

3x Dunlin, 15x Snipe, 30x Lapwing, 7x Wigeon, (JOa)

Tittesworth Water

33x Lapwing, 3x Goosander, 3x Wigeon, (JOa)

Tucklesholme

2x Goosander thru, Little Egret, Juv Common Gull, 2x Shoveler, Gadwall, (DSc)

Friday 2nd September 2020

Middleton Lakes

Bittern at Staffs side of Fishers Mill, Marsh Harrier over Dosthill NR and North Pit,  3x Great Egret, Ruff, 4x Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 4x Snipe, Common Sandpiper,  Common Gull, 4x Stonechat, 3x Goosander, (MSm)  -  Phalarope species on JW, (RSPB)

Blithfield Resv

Spotted Redshank SW over Blithe Bay, 2x Rock Pipit on the dam,  -  Ruff, Greenshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, 14x Dunlin, 10x Ringed Plover, 7x Curlew, 16x Golden Plover, (SE,HF)

                                                        Rock Pipit by Steve Edwards

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, Pink-footed Goose, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, (NDP)

Knypersley Resv

Redwing and a Swallow, (GBr)

Chasewater

Merlin flew SE along the south shore towards the dam this am, (IWh)

Tittesworth Water

Black Swan, (LH, RJH)

Silverdale CP,

Stonechat, (PCa)

Branston GPs

2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Curlew, 6x Snipe, 10x Lapwing, Goldeneye, 21x Wigeon, 85x Teal, 79x Gadwall, 32x Shoveler, 6x Pochard, Shelduck, 81x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2x YL Gull, Peregrine, 2x Swallow, 9x House Martin, 150x Meadow Pipit, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Mere Farm

Rock Pipit, Green Sandpiper, 2x Stonechat, (MMo)

Thursday 1st October 2020

Middleton Lakes

Ruff, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 4x Stonechat, Pochard, (MSm)  -  also Dunlin, (SPA)

Blithfield Resv 

Rock Pipit briefly on dam, (GJM)

                                                          Rock Pipit by GJ Mant                                                               

Rudyard Lake

Pectoral Sandpiper still at north end, Common Sandpiper, 19x Snipe, 22x Lapwing, 5x Goosander, 9x Wigeon, 4x Swallow, (JOa, DC)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Common Gull, Med Gull, 23x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, Swallow, 

Knypersley Resv

11x Swallow, 7x House Martin, Mandarin, (GBr)

Cuckoo Bank

2x Wheatear, 14x Stonechat, 50x Redpoll, 

Tittesworth Water

7x Mandarin, 138x Lapwing, Goosander, (JOa)

Berryhill

Wheatear, Stonechat, 2x Redwing, also Wigeon, 2x Snipe and 2x Grey Wags at Bottleslow, (RTo)

Smestow Valley

Wheatear, 3x Stonechat, (CVa)

Branston GPs

Pintail, 30x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, Goldeneye, 2x Peregrine, Water Rail, 50x Lapwing, 3x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 4x Swallow, House Martin, (DSc)