Saturday 31st December 2022

Radford Meadows

281x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 212x Teal, 35x Shoveler, 2x Goosander, 831x Lapwing, 8x Snipe, Stonechat, (CDa, RSw, JBa, PAs)

Westport Lake

14x Pochard, 2x Goosander, (NJS)

Barton Marina

Kittiwake found dead in a field, (@Ochruros, @MartynYapp)

Doxey Marsh

3x Goosander, 20x Greenfinch, 2x Stonechat, Great Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (DM)

Millend Audley

14x Snipe, 400x Lapwing, 15x Golden Plover, Chiffchaff, 

Tucklesholme

13x Curlew over, (@Ochruros, @MartynYapp)

Whitemoor Haye

40x Pochard, Great Egret, Stonechat, (@Ochruros, @MartynYapp)

Alrewas NMA

Woodcock over at dusk, Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 28x Gadwall, (JWo)

Chasewater

GN Diver still. 137x Lapwing, 11x Goldeneye, 2x Chiffchaff, (CS)  -  4x  YL Gull in the roost.

Friday 30th December 2022

Chasewater

GN Diver and Shag still but no sign so far of the RT Diver, also 10x Goldeneye. 8x Goosander, 6x Wigeon, 11x Little Grebe, (BHa)  -  In the roost Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 

Whiston

2x Red Kite circling over the village this morning, (GSt)

Westport Lake

11x Pochard, 30x Siskin, (NJS)

Barton Marina

16x Pochard, 9x Little Grebe, 8x Wigeon, 50x Pied Wagtail, (BHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Good counts of Yellowhammers and Reed Buntings, fem Merlin, 1000x Lapwing, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Redpoll, 20x Siskin, Stonechat, (PKe, MKe, JKe).

Tucklesholme

Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 203x Wigeon, 26x Gadwall, 50+ Teal, 6x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Uttoxeter

c2000 Starling murmuration in the Kimberley Drive area before roosting in the Cypress trees at dusk, (TJe)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 33x Wigeon, (MSc)

Trentham Gardens

Pink-footed Goose, Great Egret, Little Egret, 25x Gadwall, Goosander, (SE, HF)

                                                  Pink-footed Goose by Steve Edwards

Catholme (from footpath)

Great Egret, Little Egret, 100x Wigeon, 100x Teal, 25x Pochard, 4x Goosander, 14x Redpoll, Egyptian Goose, (DSc)

Thursday 29th December 2022

Chasewater

Red-throated Diver on main lake also the GN Diver still, (SRi)  -  RT Diver still at 14:55 also the Shag still, (TPe)  - In the roost 2x Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 

Westport Lake

8x Pochard, 8x Goosander, (NJS)

Tittesworth Water

21x Pochard, 15x Teal, 2x Goosander, 5x Wigeon, 11x Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, 4x Siskin, (SGi)

Blithfield Resv

Goshawk, 4x Goosander, 7x Pochard, 2x Pintail, 180x Wigeon, 6x Goldeneye, 40x Teal, 38x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 114x Lapwing, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, (SCa)

Knypersley Resv

Mandarin Duck, 6x Tawny Owl, 4x Roe Deer in Osier beds, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

7x Shelduck, 9x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, (MSm)

Radford Meadows

Peregrine, 100+ Lapwing, Little Egret, Wigeon, (RGo)

Claymills

200x Wigeon, 50x Teal, Woodcock, Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, c1000 Jackdaw roosted, (DSc)

Branston GPs

2x Woodcock, 23x Curlew, 12x Snipe, 150x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 58x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 10x Shelduck, 22x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 31x Little Grebe, 2x Water Rail, 3x YL Gull, 15x Common Gull, 3x GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, c4000 Starling, c500 Starling, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Brewood - Coven

800 - 1000x Fieldfare, (JDu)

Cannock Chase (Abraham's Valley)

4x Crossbill, 50x Siskin, 8x Stonechat, (BHa)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 4x Goosander, (KMa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

9x Mandarin, 14x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 3x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 6x Goosander, Stonechat, (MSc)

Wednesday 28th December 2022

Radford Meadows

c800 Lapwing, Pintail, 2x Goosander, Little Egret, (IWi)

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137x Lapwing also 41x Siskin Pendeford Mill Hall, (JDu)

Westport Lake

12x Pochard, Shoveler, (NJS)

Cranberry Bog LNR

3x Pink-footed Geese still, (PJo)

Uttoxeter area

2x Red Kites, (per HKi)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

Great Egret flew River Trent, (BGe)

Whitemoor Haye

7x Pink-footed Geese near Sittles farm, 50x Linnet, (BGe)

Elford

Red Kite over near bridge over A513, (BGe)

Chasewater

Caspian Gull and YL Gull in the roost, Shag and GN Diver still, 

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

3x Little Egret, 34x Pochard, 5x Shelduck, Peregrine, 600x Lapwing, 8x Common Gull, GBB Gull, 2x YL Gull, 

Branston GPs

19x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, Redshank, Woodcock over at dusk, 2x Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, 5x Shelduck, 60x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 11x Common Gull roosted with c 1500 BH Gull, 2x Stonechat, c4000 Starling roosted, (DSc)

Aqualate 

Redhead Smew still, (CBi)

                                                                  By Clive Biddulph

Staffs

Tuesday 27th December 2022

Westport Lake

10x Pochard, Common Gull, (NJS)

Endon STW

Barn Owl and 26x Lapwing, (GBr)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 46x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, (SRi)

Radford Meadows

903x Lapwing, 50x Golden Plover, 12x Gadwall, 18x Shoveler, 4x Goosander, 450x Wigeon, 450x Teal, Little Egret, (RSw)

Cannock Chase

6x Goosander Hazelslade LNR pool, (MBr)

Barton Marina

20x Pochard, 29x Wigeon, 10x Little Grebe, 4x Redpoll, 6x Greenfinch and at Barton fish pond 16x Goosander, (JWo)

Barton under Needwood

Red Kite over south, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Fem Merlin, 42x Yellowhammer, 56x Reed Bunting, 50x Siskin, 11x Tree Sparrow, 61x Skylark, 1000x Lapwing, 14x Snipe, 100x Wigeon, 7x Pochard, 3x Shoveler, Little Egret, (MKe, JKe)  -  additional counts 14x Shoveler, 7x Gadwall, 36x Pochard, 2x GBB Gull, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Golden Plover, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 66x Egyptian Geese, 14x Grey Partridge, (SCo)

Chasewater

GN Diver and Shag, (IGri)  -  2x Caspian Gull and 4x YL Gull in the roost,

Aqualate

Ferruginous Duck still, 4x Scaup, (OFB)

Himley Pool

3x Pochard, Gadwall, Little Egret, (CVa)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Goshawk, 3x Little Egret, 2x Dunlin, Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, Common Gulls,

Branston GPs

6x Shelduck, 95x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 3x Curlew, 250x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, GBB Gull, 10x Common Gull, 25x Little Grebe, 4x Egyptian Geese, 25x Little Grebe, (DSc)  -  Merlin thru, YL Gull, 2x Stonechat, (PFo)

Alrewas GP

81x Wigeon, 6x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler and a Green Woodpecker in the NMA, (SCo)

Junction Pit

4x Goosander, 19x Gadwall, Shoveler, (SCo)

Tamworth

2x Little Egret, Goosander on River Anker, (BHa)

Monday 26th December 2022

Blithfield Resv

2x Russian White-fronted Geese distantly in Blithe Bay, (MPR, GJM)

Aqualate

Fem Smew, Ferruginous Duck, 2x Scaup, male Garganey and  probable a female, (IGr)

Westport Lake

10x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 25x Siskin, 2x Teal, 2x Chiffchaff, (NJS)

Knypersley Resv

Flock of 23x Raven west over lake, 3x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Fem Merlin, 2x Corn Bunting, 2x Stonechat, (MBr)  -  also c1000 Lapwing, Golden Plover, 84x Wigeon, 7x Pochard, Shelduck, 4x Goldeneye, 30x Teal, 3x Shoveler, 8x Tree Sparrow, c40 Yellowhammer, 71x Egyptian Geese, Great Egret, Little Egret, (SCo)

Bottleslow Flash

GBB Gull thru also 31x Teal, 3x Snipe, (RTo)

Radford Meadows

67x Golden Plover, 400x Lapwing, 407x Wigeon, c500 Teal, 6x Pintail, 5x Goosander, 12x Shoveler, (CDa)

Chasewater

2x Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull in the roost, GN Diver and Shag still, 

Baggeridge Park to Himley

4x Pochard, Peregrine, 6x Little Grebe, (CVa)

Silverdale CP

5x Goosander, (PCa)

Alvecote

3x Great Egret, Peregrine, 3x Goosander, (MSc)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

45x Mandarin, (TEy)

Branston GPs

30x Curlew, 8x Snipe, Peregrine, 2x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gul, 4x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Sunday 25th December 2022

Blithfield Resv

3x Russian White-fronted Geese Blithe Bay 11:45 - 12:05 then flew north, (GJM)

Endon - Denford

20x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, Willow Tit, Redpoll, Siskin, (DCo)

River Sow Meadows

Green Sandpiper, 80x Lapwing, 116x Wigeon, 2x Stonechat, (RSw)

Chasewater

Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull, Chiffchaff, 

Claymills

Green Sandpiper, Woodcock, 7x Snipe, 10x Lapwing, 150x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 4x Goosander, 3x Cetti's Warbler, c1000 Jackdaws roosted. (DSc)

Saturday 24th December 2022

Knypersley Resv

Woodcock back at old hatchery,  Little Egret, Willow Tit, 5x Mandarin, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Golden Plover, Dunlin, Redshank, 600x Lapwing, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 8x Pochard, Shelduck, 80x Wigeon, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (RPo)

Rudyard Lake

18x Wigeon, 27x Teal, 4x Goosander, 5x Snipe, (SSe)

Aqualate

At least 3x Scaup and the female Ferruginous Duck, (IGr)

Ellenhall

Red Kite this morning, (NEm)

Himley Pool

Goosander, 2x Pochard, (DBa)

Branston WP

18x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Egyptian Geese, Redpoll, (BHa)

Branston GPs

Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 4x Curlew, 600x Lapwing, 13x Golden Plover, 150x Teal, 25x Gadwall, 58x Pochard, 75x Wigeon, Goosander, 5x Egyptian Geese 31x Little Grebe, 2x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, GBB Gull, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, (BHa)

Furnace Grange Farm Trescott

Wigeon, 35x Goosander, Snipe, (IMo, GCl, CVa).

Tittesworth Water

17x Pochard, 24x Teal, 33x Snipe, 4x Siskin, the Otter is still around, (SGi, IB)

                                                                    Otter by Steve Gibson

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Dunlin, 4x Stonechat, Peregrine, Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 9x Common Gull, 

Chasewater

2x Caspian Gull and 2x YL Gull in the roost, GN Diver, Chiffchaff, 

Middleton Lakes

6x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 5x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, (SPA)

Friday 23rd December 2022

Radford Meadows

c1000x Lapwing, 3x Goosander, (IWi)

Tittesworth Water

17x Pochard, 7x Wigeon, 23x Snipe, 32x Lapwing, (SGi)

Chasewater

2x Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull, also GN Diver and Shag still

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, 80x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, Water Rail, ad YL Gull, 8x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Egyptian Geese, (DSc)

Lichfield

Peregrine over The Friary this am, (BHa)

Thursday 22nd December 2022

Aqualate

Female Ferruginous Duck and female Scaup this morning, (PJor)

Chasewater

3x Caspian Gull and 4x YL Gull in the roost, GN Diver and Shag still,

Westport Lake

7x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Chiffchaff, (NJS)

Branston GPs

2x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 20x Curlew, 280x Lapwing, Pintail, 9x Goldeneye, 107x Pochard, 38x Shoveler, 18x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 250x Teal, 4x Shelduck, 37x Little Grebe, 2x Water Rail, 2x Little Egret, 3x YL Gull, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 5000x Starling, (JWo, DSc)

Wednesday 21st December 2022

Rudyard

8x Little Egret south of dam along feeder stream, Dipper, Water Rail, 11x Siskin, Snipe, (SSe)

                                                            Little Egret by Steve Seal

Burton

Red Kite over Stretton, (GSt)

Westport Lake

7x Pochard, Goosander, (NJS)

Uttoxeter

Red Kite over JCB, (MJa)

Alvecote

9x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, Stonechat, 8x Little Grebe, (MSc)

Silverdale CP

Adult GBB Gull on The Void also Caspian Gull, (SJT)

Doxey Marsh

10x Stonechat, 10x Golden Plover, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Water Rail, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Greenfinch, Chiffchaff, 7x Goosander, 8x Shoveler, (DBa, KM, CE, PB)

Tucklesholme - Branston Leas

2x Snipe, 2x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 2x Pochard, 56x Gadwall, 205x Wigeon, 100x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, 2x Stonechat, 6x Redpoll, 4x Greenfinch, Blackcap, (JWo)

Barton Marina

Little Egret, 12x Pochard, 8x Little Grebe, 30x Wigeon, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Female Merlin this afternoon, (HFl)

Tuesday 20th December 2022

Blithfield Resv

Grey Plover deep end, (GJM)

                                                           Grey Plover by GJ Mant

Aqualate

4x Scaup (3 Imm, 1 fem), (IGr)

Westport Lake

3x Goosander, 6x Pochard, Shoveler, (NJS)

Tixall

Red Kite, (IWi)

Tittesworth Water

12x Pochard, 19x Wigeon, 11x Snipe, 3x Common Gull, Willow Tit, (JOa, LHa)

Doxey Marsh

Water Pipit by Octagonal hide, Great Egret, 20x Goosander, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Water Rail, 3x Stonechat, (MBo)

Endon - Denford

2x Willow Tit, 3x Snipe, Water Rail, 2x Green Woodpecker, 25x Siskin, 3x Redpoll and a Common Gull at the STW, (DCo)

Chasewater

2x Caspian Gull and 3x YL Gull in the roost also GN Diver, Shag and 20x Goosander, (JAl)

Fradswell

2x Red Kite over, (BAp)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Green Woodpecker, 50x Wigeon, 7x Goosander, (MSc)

Monday 19th December 2022

Westport Lake

4x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Gadwall, 20x Siskin, (NJS)

Middleton Lakes

Golden Plover over, 7x Shelduck, 13x Goldeneye, 2x Great Egret, (MSm)

Branston GPs

15x Curlew, 3x Snipe, 267x Lapwing, 11x Goldeneye, 104x Pochard, 28x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 196x Teal, 2x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, 2x YL Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 7x Common Gull, Peregrine, Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, 2000x Starling, Chiffchaff, 5x Redpoll, (JWo)

Sunday 18th December 2022

Gailey Resv

Juv fem Goshawk creating havoc over resv, 4x Little Egret, 65x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 3x Wigeon, Woodcock, Snipe, 2x Water Rail, 2x Egyptian Geese, (SRi)

Westport Lake

3x Pochard, Goosander, 20x Siskin, (NJS)  -  3x Goosander, (BCa, LCa)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, 2x  Goosander, Pochard, 2x Stonechat, (RRa)

Endon - Denford

2x Willow Tit, 10x Siskin, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

345x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, GBB Gull, 7x Grey Partridge, 13x Tree Sparrow, 75x Egyptian Geese, Redpolls, 150x Stock Dove, (SCo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

3x GBB Gull, 3x YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, 2x Dunlin thru, Mandarin, Water Rail, Stonechat, Peregrine, 4x Little Egret, 

Tucklesholme

3x Stonechat, 6x Snipe, 5x Goosander,18x Lapwing, (JDr)  -  5x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, Curlew, 31x Lapwing, Jack Snipe, Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, (@Ochruros, MYa)

Saturday 17th December 2022

Tucklesholme

Redhead Smew on the river just north of the wood but later flushed by canoes, (DOu, LOu)  -  Merlin, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 4x Curlew and a Black-tailed Godwit thru, 100x Lapwing, 6x Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 3x Stonechat, (BHa)  -  additional counts 5x Snipe, 246x Wigeon, 55x Gadwall, 70x Teal, (JWo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Spoonbill back, Great Egret, (RPo)

Westport Lake

3x Pochard, Goosander, Shoveler, 10x Siskin, Chiffchaff, (NJS)

Alrewas

Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Willow Tit, Goosander, 2x Redpoll, (SCo)

Barton Marina

15x Pochard, 32x Wigeon, 12x Little Grebe, 2x Gadwall, (JWo)

Tittesworth Water

4x Woodcock, Little Egret, 6x Shoveler, 14x Pochard, 49x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, Willow Tit, 3x Common Gull, (SGi, IB)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, 12x Tree Sparrow, Golden Plovers, (RBe)  -  133x Wigeon, 5x Goldeneye, 300x Lapwing, 6x Snipe, 73x Skylark, Yellowhammer, 3x Egyptian Geese, (MKe, JKe) 

                                                     Tree Sparrows by Rob Bendelow

River Sow Meadows Stafford

14x Goosander, 150x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 3x Stonechat and at the Water Works 2x Green Sandpiper, Chiffchaff, (RSw)

Biddulph Moor

Willow Tit, 7x Greenfinch, (ALo)

Chasewater

7x Red-crested Pochard! 19x Pochard, Pintail, 26x Goldeneye, 22x Goosander, GN Diver, Shag, (CW) - in the roost 8x YL Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, 

Catholme

Green Sandpiper, 150x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, - Alrewas NMA 6x Goosander, Water Rail, 12x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Branston GPs

Redshank, 5x Curlew, 25x Lapwing, 98x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, 26x Little Grebe, 6x Egyptian Geese, 7x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, (DSc)

Friday 16th December 2022

Rudyard Lake 

Dipper on the dam wall, 12x Snipe, (SSe)

                                                               Dipper by Steve Seal

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Female Scaup still,

Middleton Lakes

Bittern flew from JW to Fishers Mill,

River Sow

Snipe and Goosander from Two Waters Way, (RGo)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Goldeneye, (RSm)

Chasewater

2x Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, 1w Med Gull in the roost also GN Diver, Shag, Pintail, 3x Shoveler, 4x Pochard, 

Thursday 15th December 2022

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Bewick's Swan 07:30 to 07:58 only, Scaup still, 

Stoke (Lordship Lane)

Dipper on the Trent, Jack Snipe, 2x Snipe, (RGi)

Abbots Bromley (A515 layby)

2x Little Egret, Snipe, (AWo)

Westport Lake

Snipe, 2x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, (NJS)

Middleton Lakes

Pintail, 14x Goldeneye, 13x Goosander, 5x Snipe, 3x Common Gull, 2x Great Egret, Bittern flew north over FM, (MSm)

Chell

Woodcock at dusk, (ALo)

Tucklesholme

12x Snipe, 60x Lapwing, 8x Goosander, 225x Wigeon, 56x Gadwall, 4x Pochard, 100x Teal, Shelduck, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 26x Linnet, (JWo)

Trentham Gardens

Scaup, Common Gull, Water Rail, Little Egret, 8x Little Grebe, (SE,HF)

                                                       Common Gull by Steve Edwards

                                                             Scaup by Steve Edwards

Elkstone

Jack Snipe, 2x Snipe, 10x Lapwing, (SCh)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Little Egret, GBB Gull, 3x Golden Plover, 7x Snipe, 4x Water Rail, 3x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (RSt)

Chasewater

GN Diver and the Shag still, Pintail, 31x Wigeon, 9x Goldeneye, 20x Goosander, (CW)

Wednesday 14th December 2022

Chasewater

Bittern on the ice on Norton Bog, 15x Whooper Swan over, Goldeneye, Goosanders, (DBa, CEv)  -  GN Diver and the Shag still, (HKi)

Middleton Lakes

Pintail, 2x Pochard, Goldeneye, Goosander, Great Egret, (SPA)

Aqualate

Slavonian Grebe still, Marsh Harrier, Marsh Tit, 2x Water Rail, (SGi)

                                                          Marsh Tit by Steve Gibson

                                                          Water Rail by Steve Gibson

Fradley - Alrewas towpath

Dipper on Fradley Resv outflow stream, 3x Little Egret, Grey Partridge, 135x Lapwing, 17x Greenfinch, 10x Yellowhammer, (BHa)

Bilbrook

Red Kite over

Westport Lake

4x Goosander, Shoveler, 3x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, 2x Common Gull, (NJS)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, (BGe)

Parkhall CP

24x Lapwing over west, (ALe)

Wolseley

Water Rail, Goosander, Chiffchaff, (RBe)

                                                          Water Rail by Rob Bendelow

Beech

24x Golden Plover and 11x Yellowhammer in fields nearby, (SE, HF)

                                                       Yellowhammer by Steve Edwards

 

                                                      Golden Plover by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

2x Woodcock, Jack Snipe, 6x Snipe, 25x Curlew, 3x Green Sandpiper, 30x Lapwing, Water Rail, Little Egret, 13x Goldeneye, 83x Pochard, 32x Wigeon, 260x Teal, 4x Shelduck, ad Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 12x Common Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 43x Little Grebe, c2500 Starling, 6x Redpoll, 6x Greenfinch, Cetti's Warbler, possible hybrid White-fronted Goose, (JWo)

Tuesday 13th December 2022

Stoke

30x Pink-footed Geese SW over Lordship Lane at 09:58, (RGi)

Trentham Gardens

Scaup still, 2x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Little Grebe, (HF)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin still, (RBe)  -  also 23x Golden Plover, Great Egret, (JAl)

Rocester JCB north lake

32x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, (JDr)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, (MSc)

Tittesworth Water

Shelduck, Goosander. 7x Pochard, 4x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, (LH, JOa)

Westport Lake

2x Pochard, Goldeneye, Chiffchaff, (NJS)

Branston GPs

Merlin, Peregrine, 24x Curlew, 3x Snipe, 80x Lapwing, 8x Goldeneye, 102x Pochard, 14x Shoveler, 14x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 200x Teal, 4x Shelduck, 43x Little Grebe, 3x Water Rail, Common Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Redpoll, 2000x Starling, (JWo)

Monday 12th December 2022

Biddulph

c200 Pink-footed Geese over at 10:55, (SSe)

Belvide Resv

1w Kittiwake, Scaup still, 5x Pintail, 13x Mandarin, 15x Common Gull, YL Gull, Pink-footed Goose, 

Himley

8x Golden Plover briefly at 12:50, (CVa)

Trentham Gardens

Scaup still at 11:30, (NMK)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Pintail, 2x Shelduck, (MSc)

Sunday 11th December 2022

Whitmore Bent Lane

Great Egret thru, (AMa)

Keele

Green Sandpiper, 80x Golden Plover, 140x Linnet, 2x Stonechat, MSu)

Westport Lake

Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, Chiffchaff, (NJS)

Uttoxeter Quarry

5x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 20x Golden Plover, 3x Snipe, Little Egret, (RPo)

Doxey Marsh

16x Water Rail, 10x Snipe, Great Egret, 3x Stonechat, Pochard, (DM, MBo, RRa, DCo, PDy, DTo, RSt)

Radford Meadows

15x Snipe, 400x Wigeon, 5x Goosander, 3x Shoveler, Little Egret, (RSw, CDa)

Brookleys Lake

16x Mandarin, 10x Goosander, (RPo)

Rocester JCB North lake

22x Goosander, (RPo)

Trentham Gardens

Scaup still, Great Egret, 2x Water Rail, 35x Siskin, (HF,SE)

Chasewater

The Shag still, (SRi)  -  1w Caspian Gull, 3x ad YL Gull in the roost, Woodcock, Little Egret, 

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

Woodcock over at 14:50, 100+ Linnet, (RGi)

Whitemoor Haye (WeBS count)

492x Lapwing, 23x Golden Plover, Redshank, 18x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, Merlin, 431x Wigeon, 12x Goldeneye, 47x Pochard, 80x Teal, Goosander, 9x Shoveler, Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 10x Tree Sparrow, Peregrine, 60x Linnet, (SCo)

Branston GPs

Small Meadows Pits Green Sandpiper, Pochard, 5x Shelduck, 2x YL Gull, Stonechat, - not Small Meadows 91x Pochard, 20x Wigeon, 4x Goldeneye, 17x Curlew, Woodcock, ad YL Gull, ad GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 30x Little Grebe, Little Egret, Egyptian Goose, 2x Redpoll, (DSc) - Jack Snipe, 11x Snipe, (Dean)

Thameside NR

11x Goosander, Little Egret, 2x Shoveler, (MSc)

Saturday 10th December 2022

Gailey Resv

Woodcock, ad YL Gull, 45x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 3x Shoveler, (SRi, IMo)

Doxey Marsh

2x Snipe, 2x Goosander, 150x Lapwing, Water Rail, (DM)  -  7x Water Rail, 8x Cetti's Warbler, (TMG)

Westport Lake

Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 2x Chiffchaff, (NJS)

Silverdale CP

30x Siskin, (PCa)

Whitemoor Haye

7x Golden Plover, 194x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 9x GBB Gull, 2x Goldeneye, 17x Shoveler, 14x Wigeon, 7x Gadwall,  Shelduck, 12x Tree Sparrow,  50x Linnet, 10x Egyptian Geese, (SCo)

Ford Green NR

2x Ring-necked Parakeet, (PAn)

Endon-Leekbrook

2x Jack Snipe, 3x Willow Tit, 3x Goosander, 6x Redpoll, 3x Green Woodpecker, (DCo)

Catholme

Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 100x Wigeon, 24x Pochard, 2x Goosander, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Little Egret, Shelduck, 5x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Branston GPs

19x Curlew, 30x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 5x Shelduck, 20x Shoveler, 100x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 20x Little Grebe, Little Egret, ad YL Gull, (DSc)

Uttoxeter

Jack Snipe at Picknall brook, (JEv)

                                                                  By Justin Evans

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag, Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, Little Egret, 

Friday 9th December 2022

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Bewick's Swan off Chappell hide, 5x Whooper Swan at 11:00, Scaup still, Dunlin, Woodcock, Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, 

                                                        Whooper Swans by GJ Mant

Westport Lake

GBB Gull, 7x Pochard, 3x Goosander, Shoveler, (NJS)

Endon - Denford

Little Egret, Jack Snipe, Snipe, Stonechat, (DCo)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Goosander, Peregrine, Stonechats, Cetti's Warblers, (RRa)  -  Barn Owl (per MGo)

Caverswall - Blythe Bridge

8x Snipe along the River Blythe, (COs)

Branston GPs

Scaup, 10x Goldeneye, Goosander, 137x Pochard, 48x Wigeon, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Woodcock, 6x Snipe, 15x Curlew, 3x Dunlin, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 46x Little Grebe, 3x Water Rail, 2x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Peregrine, 3x Green Woodpecker, 8000x, Starling, 2x Stonechat, 30x Linnet, 4x Redpoll, (JWo)

Thursday 8th December 2022

Trentham Gardens

1w drake Scaup still, (SJT)  -  in addition Great Egret, 28x Gadwall, 6x Little Grebe, 2x Water Rail, (HF)

Westport Lake

9x Pochard, 5x Goosander, Shoveler, (NJS)  -  also Goldeneye still, 22x Siskin, (AR)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Scaup still, 4x Pintail, 7x Dunlin, 

Tittesworth Water

Little Egret, 62x Wigeon, 14x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 17x Snipe, 3x Willow Tit, 3x Common Gull, 11x Siskin, (SGi)

                                                           Siskin by Steve Gibson

Whitemoor Haye

Black-tailed Godwit, 12x Golden Plover, Great Egret, Little Egret, (JAl)

Middleton Lakes

Jack Snipe, 13x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, Great Egret, 3x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (SPA)

Chasewater

GN Diver still, Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, (CMa, RF)  -  GN Diver and Shag still, and in the roost 1w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, (JAl)

Thorney Lanes (set a side)

Brambling, 10x Greenfinch, 30x Linnet, 8x Yellowhammer, (JWo)

                                                        Yellowhammer by Jon Woodcock

Branston GPs

Scaup still on SMP2, (JWo)

Wednesday 7th December 2022

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Female Scaup still

Westport Lake

Goldeneye, Shoveler, 2x Goosander, Chiffchaff, (NJS)

Berryhill

Black Redstart, (NDP)

                                                                   By Phil Jones

Ford Green NR

Ring-necked Parakeets, (BCa, LCa)

                                                                  By Brian Carthy

Chasewater

GN Diver and the Shag still, (BGo)  -  also the Red-crested Pochard, 2x Pochard, 6x Goosander, Goldeneyes, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

                                                Red-crested Pochard by Jon Woodcock

                                                             Shag by Jon Woodcock

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 4x Goosander, (RBe)

Stanley Resv

3x Wigeon, (GBr)

Tuesday 6th December 2022

Biddulph

80 Pink-footed Geese over east at 08:50, (SSe)

Westport Lake

Goldeneye, 11x Pochard, Shoveler, 3x Goosander, (NJS)

Trentham Gardens

Scaup, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 16x Mandarin, Goosander, 2x Gadwall, (RTo)  -  additional afternoon counts, 6x Little Egret, 24x Mandarin, 6x Gadwall, Dipper on the river, (HF)

Endon - Denford

Jack Snipe, 3x Snipe, 2x Green Woodpecker, 15x Siskin, (DCo)

Belvide Resv

Female Scaup, 

Chasewater

The GN Diver and Shag still, (KMa)

Carmountside Flash

57x Teal, (COs)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Shelduck, 7x Goosander, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, (DB)

Blithfield Resv

Great Egret, (BGe)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret thru, (BGe)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, Little Egret, 6x Goosander, 60x Wigeon, Shelduck, (MSc)

Monday 5th December 2022

Westport Lake

12x Pochard, Goosander, Shoveler, c40x Siskin, (NJS)

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver and the Shag still, - 10x Goosander, 14x Goldeneye

Consall Woods RSPB

5x Goosander on the pool, 

Fenton

Black Redstart in gardens rear of Vivian Road and Wallis Street that back onto Six Crowns Wood, (AFi)

                                                              By Andrew Finch

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin again, (RBe)

Alvecote

Stonechat, Goosander, Shelduck, Little Egret, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Male Merlin, juv Scaup, 300x Golden Plover, 250x Lapwing, 4x Ruff, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 2x YL Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 4x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 8x Redpoll, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, c5000 Starling, (JWo, CEc, Nic)

Sunday 4th December 2022

Doxey Marsh

6x Goosander, 10x Wigeon, Great Egret, Little Egret, 400x Lapwing, Stonechat, (DM)

Barlaston

Red Kite over A34, (LCl)

Westport Lake

12x Pochard, 3x Goosander, Shoveler, Chiffchaff, (NJS)

Cheadle 

7x Goosander, at Woodhead, (LEH)

Aqualate

Slavonian Grebe still, (TMG)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Imm/Fem Marsh Harrier thru at13:12, 

Cuckoo Bank

Great Egret, 4x Goosander, 2x Stonechat, Yellowhammers, 

Whitemoor Haye

2x Green Sandpiper, c300 Lapwing, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, 4x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, 58x Wigeon, 12x Tree Sparrow, 3x Grey Partridge, Merlin, 12x Egyptian Geese, Great Egret, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, (SC

Alrewas GP

182x Wigeon, Goosander, GBB Gull, (SCo)

Junction Pit, 

10x Gadwall, 3x Goosander, Great Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Catholme (from path)

20x Pochard, 40x Wigeon, 10x Gadwall, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Redpoll, (SCo)

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver, Shag, Red-crested Pochard, (JJH)  -  2x Caspian Gull and 2x YL Gull in the roost

Branston GPs

Male Merlin, 300x Golden Plover, 200x Lapwing, 17x Curlew, 6x Dunlin, Redshank, 3x Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 36x Little Grebe, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Little Egret, 10x Shelduck, 36x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 80x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)  -  Scaup still, Green Sandpiper, 2x Little Egret roosted at Lower farm, (JWo)

                                                         Merlin by Dave Scattergood

Rocester

37x Barnacle Geese on JCB north lake also a Goldeneye

Fenton

Black Redstart in gardens backing onto the rear of Vivian Road and Wallis Street, (AFi)

Saturday 3rd December 2022

i54

30x Golden Plover over SW, (JDu)

Westport Lake

Willow Tit, 7x Pochard, 2x Goosander, (NJS)

Doxey Marsh

Pintail, Goosander, 16x Gadwall, 12x Shoveler, 300x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, (DM)

Gailey Resv

25x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, Goosander, 2x Water Rail, 40+ Skylark, Redpoll, (DRi

Cheadle

60x Pink-footed Geese over east at 12:45, (TDu)

Blithfield Resv

Common Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 3x Pintail, Shelduck, 8x Goosander, Chiffchaff, 8x Little Egret, (NJS)  -  18x Pink-footed Geese and the female Scaup, (MPR)

Ipstones

4x Red Kite at 12:00, (SCh)

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver still off sailing club, the Shag still and Red-Crested Pochard still on Slurry pool, 8x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 11x Goosander, (CMa, DGl)

Branston GPs

7x Curlew, 160x Golden Plover, 240x Lapwing, 3x Dunlin, 2x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 24x Wigeon, 35x Shoveler, 3x Goldeneye, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Woodcock, 22x Snipe, Little Egret, 13x Pochard, 14x Wigeon, 11x Mandarin, 5x Goosander, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi, IB)

                                                            Little Egret by Steve Gibson

Aqualate

Slavonian Grebe still, Marsh Tit, Brambling, 11x Snipe, 8x Pochard, Goosander, (AM)

Whitemoor Haye

10x Whooper Swan (8 flew towards the A38 and 2 dropped out of sight), Great Egret, Green Woodpecker, (DBa)  -  2x Green Sandpiper, c200 Lapwing, Golden Plover, Merlin, 12x Pochard, 43x Wigeon, 14x Gadwall, 5x Goldeneye, 26x Shoveler, 26x Egyptian Geese, 5x GBB Gull, YL Gull, Great Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (SCo)

Stafford

Radford Meadows 162x Golden Plover, 192x Lapwing, 10x Snipe, Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 42x Shoveler, - River Sow Meadows Green Sandpiper, 6x Goosander, (RSw)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Adult Kittiwake thru at 12:35, 15x Dunlin, Red Kite, 15x Common Gull, 6x YL Gull, 

Middleton Lakes

14x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, Dunlin, Common Gull, Great Egret, (MSm)

Hilderstone

2x Red Kite

Friday 2nd December 2022

Branston GPs

Scaup still on SMP2, Woodcock, 12x Snipe, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Dunlin, Redshank, 3x Ruff, 300x Golden Plover, 250x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, 5x Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, Merlin, Goosander, 4x Egyptian Geese, 5x YL Gull, 10x GBB Gull, Common Gull, 2x Peregrine, 3x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 22x Redpoll, 6x Greenfinch, (JWo, Dean, MCa, SCo)

                                              GBB Gull and YL Gull by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater

The Shag still, (SCo)  -  also Great Northern Diver still, 2x Caspian Gull, (JAl)

                                                              Shag by Stu Collins

Middleton Lakes

2x Golden Plover, 2x Snipe, 9x Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, Great Egret, (SPA)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

60x Pink-footed Geese over west this am, (TEy)

Stone 

Red Kite over, (DEm)

Trentham Gardens

Scaup still, 

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin still, (RBe)

Holden Lane Pool

Pintail, 

                                                              Pintail by Phil Jones

Whitmore Bent Lane

Pink-footed Goose (PJo)

Alvecote

2x Snipe, Goosander, (MSc)

Blithfield Resv

Ruff, Dunlin, Snipe, Goldeneye, Peregrine, Stonechat, (AP)

Thursday 1st December 2022

Blithfield Resv

4x Female Common Scoter, (GJM)

Trentham Gardens

Scaup still, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 3x Gadwall, Mandarins, (RGi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Dunlin, 40x Golden Plover, 2x Great Egret, (TJa)

Aqualate

2x female type Red-breasted Merganser, Slavonian Grebe and Ferruginous Duck this afternoon, (PJo)

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver and the Shag still, 2w Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 3x YL Gull, (JAl)

Branston GPs

Imm Marsh Harrier roosted on Sandy pit again at dusk, Juv Scaup still on SMP2, Green Sandpiper, 190x Golden Plover, 300x Lapwing, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, 20x Curlew, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, Redshank, 3x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, 10x Shelduck, ad YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Water Rail, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

                                                          Scaup by Dave Scattergood

Tittesworth Water

Woodcock, 21x Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, 4x Pochard, (SGi)

Trentham Gardens

Shelduck, (FE)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, Little Egret, Goosander, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (DB)