Sunday 31st March 2024

                                        163 species recorded so far in Staffs this year

Returning Staffs 2024 arrival

Middleton Lakes

Garganey still, 

Belvide Resv

2x Ruddy Shelduck, Common Sandpiper, Willow Warbler, 

Endon STW

Barn Owl, Lapwing, (GBr)

Berryhill

San Martin thru Palletstacks, Red Kite over at 10:15, (IBu)

Stanley Pool

Swallow, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Cannock Chase

Willow Warbler, Crossbill, Redpoll, 2x Snipe, (PAn)

Seisdon

Tree Pipit calling over NW, (GCl)

Cannock

Osprey over Hatherton heading north at 12:30, (JBe)

Branston GPs

Great Egret until 10:24 only, 3x Little Egret, 10x Egyptian Geese, 22x Shelduck, 26x Shoveler, 12x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, Red Kite, 12x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Redshank, 40x Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Redpoll, 70x Fieldfare, (DSc, BSt, ASt, TWy)

Uttoxeter Quarry

50x Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Goosander, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

2x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Curlew, 3x Common Gull, Brambling, Willow Tit, (JOa, KH, LH)  -  Little Gull at 11:20 before flying off east at 11:25, 2x LRP on dam, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Curlew, 3x Oystercatcher, Willow Tit,  (PCo)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

Red Kite, (TEy)

Catholme

Red Kite headed north at  15:20, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

4x Goosander, 3x Blackcap, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

Red Kite flew west at 15:05, 40x Sand Martin, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Shelduck, 3x Goldeneye, (Kay)

Saturday 30th March 2024

                                    Returning Staffs 2024 arrival                                     

Whitemoor Haye

3x Med Gull thru this am, Slavonian Grebe still, 4x LRP, (SCo)

Branston GPs

1w Little Gull, briefly at 12:15 then flew south, 2x Red Kite, 24x Shelduck, 20x Shoveler, 20x Goldeneye, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 18x Curlew, Swallow, 10x Sand Martin, 6x Blackcap, 80x Fieldfare, Redpoll, (DSc, GJM, BSt, ASt, PFo, GWi)  - Whimbrel heard over  SMP2 heading north at 17:20, (JWo)

Amerton Meadows flood (east of Stafford)

4x Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, 23x Lapwing, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, 3x Shelduck, 23x Shoveler, (RSw)

Knypersley Resv

Wheatear, 28x singing Chiffchaff, Water Rail, Willow Tit,, Oystercatcher, 3x Roe Deer, (GBr)

Chasewater

Shag, Great Northern Diver, 22x Sand Martin, House Martin, Blackcap, (CMa).

Tixall Canal Wide (west of Great Haywood)

Sedge Warbler singing, (VEm)

Stowe by Chartley

Red Kite near the castle at 13:30, (GHa)

Belvide Resv

9x LRP, 4x Red Kite, 38x Chiffchaff, 2x Mandarin, 8x Blackcap, 

Friday 29th March 2024

Berryhill

Black Redstart along the fence lines near the Palletstacks mound at 08:40, (JOa)  -  5x Wheatear, 3 at the mound and 2 from the Viewpoint, 2x Stonechat, (RTo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, view only from Barley Green Lane and please do not enter the field, 2x LRP, 2x Curlew, (SCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

6x Black-tailed Godwit, 7x Sand Martin, 22x Wigeon, 75x Teal, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Blithfield Resv

Osprey over, (SBe)

Pendeford Hall Lane

3x LRP, Yellowhammer, (JDu)

Tucklesholme

2x Wheatear in sheep field across the river, (TWy)

Stanley Pool

Swallow, (DCo)

Wetley Moor

Swallow, Blackcap, 2x Willow Tit, 4x Stonechat, Snipe, 2x Lapwing, (DCo)

Tittesworth Water

210x Common Gull, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 7x Oystercatcher, Barn Owl, (SGi, JA)

Longsdon Mill pool

LRP, (SGi)

Baldwins Gate

Red Kite at Camp Hill, (TRe)

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still, 

Branston GPs

Imm Marsh Harrier thru west at 09:42, Red Kite thru east at 10:22, 3x Med Gull, 2x Peregrine, 7x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Redshank, 17x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 32x Lapwing, 5x Snipe, Scaup, 24x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 55x Goldeneye, 26x Pochard,  2x Goosander, 23x Wigeon, 14x Gadwall, Mandarin, 32x Shoveler, 23x Shelduck, 30x Little Grebe, 3x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, White Wagtail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Blackcap, 3x Swallow, 120x Sand Martin, Redpoll, 100x Fieldfare, (DSc, JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                     Marsh Harrier by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

2x Red Kite, 5x LRP, 10x Oystercatcher, 2x Sand Martin, 4x Yellowhammer, 2x Shelduck, 

Amington

7x Redpoll, (MSc)

Eccleshall - Pershall

Red Kite over the B5026 near tennis club at 18:00, (RGa)

Thursday 28th March 2024

Pendeford Hall Lane

2x LRP, (JDu)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, view from Barley Green Lane.

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still, 

Endon-Denford

Ashes Pool Willow Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Goosander and in the valley Green Woodpecker, Snipe, Lapwing, (DCo)

Tittesworth Water

2x LRP on dam wall, (NMK)

Himley

2x Blackcap, Willow Warbler, (Trish)

Baddeley Green

Willow Warbler, Little Egret, - Holden Lane 3x Ring-necked Parakeet, (JOa)

River Sow Meadows Baswich/Milford

House Martin, 8x Sand Martin, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Goosander, 10x Wigeon, 30x Teal, 2x Shelduck, 7x Gadwall, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Berryhill

3x Wheatear still at the Palletstacks mound, (RTo)

Branston GPs

Male Scaup, 80x Golden Plover, 16x Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 24x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 37x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 18x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 27x Wigeon, 100x Teal, 16x Shelduck, 30x Little Grebe, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, Peregrine, 3x Swallow, 140x Sand Martin, 4x Blackcap, White Wagtail, 120x Fieldfare, (JWo, DSc)

Wednesday 27th March 2024

Returning Staffs 2024 arrival

Middleton Lakes

2x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 3x Oystercatcher, 8x Snipe, Great Egret, 2x Blackcap, RB Goose (presumed escapee), (SPA)  -  Green-winged Teal still, 

Branston GPs

Brief visit Ashy pit this am, Imm Marsh Harrier hunting again,  male Scaup, 10x Shelduck, 12x Shoveler, 4x Goldeneye, 12x Curlew, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 20x Lapwing, Redshank, 2x Blackcap, (DSc)  - 10x Curlew, Redshank, Ringed Plover, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Oystercatcher, Scaup, 2x Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, (CMa, RF)  -  Marsh Harrier, Little Gull, Scaup, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 16x Curlew, 9x Oystercatcher, 4x Ringed Plover, 3x Little Egret, 45x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 28x Shoveler, 14x Gadwall, 27x Wigeon, 24x Shelduck, 40x Little Grebe, Common Gull, 4x Blackcap, 2x White Wagtail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 150x Sand Martin, (JWo, George)

Knypersley Resv

2x Mandarin, 16x Chiffchaff, Blackcap, (GBr)

Berryhill

4x Swallow late morning, (CSi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, Merlin, 

Blithfield Resv

2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x House Martin, Swallow,  38x Sand Martin, all perched on the fence along from Admaston Reach, also Red Kite over, (PFo)

Trentham Gardens

20x Sand Martin at 17:00, (NMK)

Stafford

Red Kite at 07:50 near County Showground, (GHa)

Tuesday 26th March 2024

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, view from Barley Green Lane, Green Sandpiper, Yellowhammer, (PAn)

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still, 2x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 6x Goldeneye, (MSm)

Pendeford Hall Lane

3x Golden Plover, (JDu)

Chasewater

150x Sand Martin, Shag, GN Diver, 11x Goldeneye, 22x GC Grebe, 2x Oystercatcher, Blackcap, (CW)

i54

3x Stonechat, 2x Gadwall, LRP, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Ring-necked Parakeet from Isobel trail, (NGr)

Cannock Chase

13x Crossbill, Stonechat, (DBa, KM)

Branston GPs

Scaup, White Wagtail, Black-tailed Godwit, 4x Redshank, 16x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 4x LRP, 10x Goldeneye, 30x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, 2x Egyptian  Geese, Red Kite, (SLi)

Belvide Resv

Wheatear, 10x LRP, 2x Redshank, 15x Oystercatcher, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 

Monday 25th March 2024

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still on JW north, Avocet, Garganey, (MSm)  -  also Willow Warbler, Bittern, Great Egret, Blackcap, Sand Martin, (PAn) - in addition 2x LRP, 5x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, (SPA)

Belvide Resv 

Fem Scaup, 7x LRP, Ringed Plover, 15x Oystercatcher, 35x Sand Martin, 3x Blackcap, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, view only from  Barley Green Lane, (HKi) - also Merlin, (JAl)

Berryhill

4x Wheatear late morning, 3 at the Palletstacks mound and one at the "Lap Bunt paddock" (RTo)

Aqualate

Male Scaup, Swallow, 20x Sand Martin, (IMG)

Highgate common

Woodcock at 18:45, (LCl)

Branston GPs

Scaup, Black-tailed Godwit, 14x Curlew, 4x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, 16x LRP, 6x Oystercatcher, 14x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 57x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 24x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 23x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 33x Shelduck, 33x Little Grebe, Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, 2x Blackcap, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x White Wagtail, 36x Linnet, 120x Sand Martin, (JWo)

Trent Washlands Burton

4x Little Egret, 31x Wigeon, 8x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 12x Teal, Oystercatcher, 6x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Redpoll, (SJo)

Chasewater

220x Sand Martin, Shag, GN Diver, 11x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, (CW)

Sunday 24th March 2024

Middleton Lakes

Glossy Ibis on East scrape, Green-winged Teal, Garganey, 5x Shelduck, LRP, Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, presumed escape RB Goose, (MSm)  -  Swallow, 7x Sand Martin over JW also 2x Willow Warbler by the benches, (BHa)

Doxey Marsh

5x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Pochard, 13x Chiffchaff, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (GPr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

6x Sand Martin, 2x Redshank, 2x Curlew, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Croxall

White Wagtail, view from Catton Road, (TPe)

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 

Radford Meadows

Garganey still, 

Pendeford Hall Lane

LRP, Peregrine, (JDu)

The Burntwood (Loggerheads)

Wheatear, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 12x Chiffchaff, Redpolls, (RGi)

Westport Lake

Willow Warbler, 

Branston GPs

Short-eared Owl thru, Merlin, Red Kite, male Scaup, 30x Shelduck, 100x Teal, 15x Pochard, 34x Goldeneye, 8x Oystercatcher, 19x Curlew, 4x Redshank, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Ringed Plover,  20x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 3x Med Gull, 30x Little Grebe, 3x Little Egret, 12x Egyptian Geese, Swallow, 100x Sand Martin, White Wagtail, Wheatear, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Redpoll, (DSc, PFo, BSt, ASt)

Saturday 23rd March 2024

Tittesworth Water

2x Whooper Swan at 06:30, Red Kite, Woodcock, 9x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 34x Common Gull, 3x Goosander, (SGi, IB),

Whitemoor Haye (please respect the farmer/landowners request to keep off the field when watching the Grebe)

Slavonian Grebe still, view from the verge on Barley Green Lane just before the rough track, 11x Goldeneye, 49x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Grebe, GC Grebe, 2x Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler,  (SCo)

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal, Mandarin, 4x Shelduck, 3x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Oystercatcher, LRP, 3x Snipe, Redshank, Sand Martin, RB Goose of unknown origin still, (MSm)

Doxey Marsh

2x Oystercatcher, 9x Sand Martin, 3x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 6x Goosander, 5x Chiffchaff, (GPr, RRa)

Belvide Resv

Wheatear, 3x LRP, 2x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher, 4x Sand Martin, 15x Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3x Yellowhammer, Red Kite, Peregrine, (RSw)  -  Goshawk, Merlin, Peregrine, 

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still this afternoon, Sand Martins, (RBr)  -  Knot, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Oystercatcher, 24x Shelduck, 24x Gadwall, 6x Pintail, 30x Sand Martin, 2x Cetti's Warbler and the Garganey still early pm, (RSw)

Branston GPs

Bar-tailed Godwit, (BSt, ASt), Merlin Scaup, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Redshank, 19x Curlew, 10x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Little Egret, 32x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 25x Shelduck, 16x Gadwall, 30x Shoveler, 30x Little Grebe, 2x Green Woodpecker, Water Rail, Red Kite, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 350x Sand Martin, Swallow, Blackcap, (JWo, DSc, BSt, ASt, PAn, PJo, GJM, MYa, Kay)

                                                 Bar-tailed Godwit by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

4x Oystercatcher, Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 5x Shelduck, 22x Wigeon, Mandarin, 5x Shoveler, Red Kite, Chiffchaff, 30x Sand Martin, (MJa)

Tucklesholme

2x LRP, 31x Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x Wigeon, 2x Chiffchaff this evening, (BHa)

Stafford

7x Little Egret on the bank of the Sow flooding across from the Riverway link, (JWi)

Friday 22nd March 2024

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, view from Barley Green Lane just before the rough track, Wheatear along the rough track, (SCo)  -  Juv Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 2x LRP, (PJT)

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal on JW north, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, (MSm)  -  21x Little Egret, GW Teal still this evening, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x LRP, Redshank, 14x Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 45x Teal, 22x Gadwall, 56x Wigeon, 10x Shelduck, 46x Shoveler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Chiffchaff, (BHa)

Aqualate

3x Great Egret, 10x Sand Martin, (KHa)

Branston GPs

360x Sand Martin, 6x Oystercatcher, 20x Curlew, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 4x Redshank, 20x Lapwing, 10x GC Grebe, 29x Little Grebe, 6x Egyptian Geese, male Scaup, 24x Shelduck, 34x Shoveler, 80x Teal, 12x Pochard, 43x Goldeneye, 2x Mandarin, 38x Wigeon, 14x Gadwall, 4x Little Egret, Common Gull, Blackcap,  Merlin, YL Gull, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean, SCo)

Endon STW

2x Wheatear, (DCo)

Burslem Park

3x Goosander, Chiffchaff, 2x Grey Wagtail, (PMo)

Shugborough

Mandarin, Goosander, 8x Chiffchaff, (PCo)

Tittensor Chase

19x Chiffchaff, (AR)

Aqualate

3x Red Kite over the west side, (CTu)

Belvide Resv

Wheatear off the west track, 6x LRP, Black-ailed Godwit, Redshank, Curlew, 14x Oystercatcher, Brambling, 

Chasewater

40x Sand Martin, (CMa, RF)  -  This evening 95x Sand Martin, Shag, GN Diver, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, (CW)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret west over M6 at 17:15, (SRi)

RSPB Coombes Valley

2x singing Willow Tit

Thursday 21st March 2024

Returning Staffs 2024 arrival

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still on JW north, (MSm)  -  Singing Willow Warbler reported JW north, 

Fenton Manor

Redshank on marl pit at Lordship Lane, (RGi)

Berryhill

3x Wheatear reported on Palletstacks mound at 09:34 (BG),  -  4x Wheatear, 2x Stonechat, 2x Redpoll, 5x Linnet, (RGi)

                                                             Wheatear by Clive Wood

Gailey Resv

Female Common Scoter still on sailing lake, (RCB)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still

Branston GPs

Little Gull, Scaup, 94x Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 100x Golden Plover over, Dunlin, 5x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 6x LRP, 15x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, 44x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 46x Shoveler, 37x Gadwall, 58x Wigeon, 120x Teal, 32x Shelduck, 42x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 15x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Greenfinch, 3x Redpoll, (JWo)

                                                         Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

Loggerheads

Brambling, 4x Greenfinch, Blackcap, (JSt)

Tittesworth Water

Willow Warbler this am, Blackcap, Willow Tit, 4x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 2x Goosander, Chiffchaff, (JOa)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egrets, Curlew, Sand Martins, Pochard, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, Peregrine, (GLy)

Endon

5x Crossbill over garden, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Merlin, 2x LRP, (JAl)

Belvide Resv

2x Brambling, 4x LRP, 3x Curlew, 14x Sand Martin thru, 

i54

Barn Owl this evening, (JDu)

Chasewater

GN Diver, 2x Oystercatcher, 40x Sand Martin, (CW)

Wednesday 20th March 2024

Middeton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still on North pit, (SPA)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Corn Bunting, 11x Yellowhammer, Merlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 22x Golden Plover, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Chiffchaff, (DBa, PB, KM, ML)

Branston GPs

Male Scaup still, Redshank, 15x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 13x Egyptian Geese, Blackcap, 2x Chiffchaff, (DBa, ML, KM, PB)  -  additional Ashy pit only 45x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 8x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 10x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x LRP, (DSc)

Rocester RCB

North Lake 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Pochard, 7x GC Grebe, (JDr)

Leek

2x Red Kite circling over Sainsburys  at 16:40, (PCa)

Wetley Rocks

4x Red Kite circling over at 17:00, (PCa)

Tuesday 19th March 2024

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal on North pit, also the presumed feral RB Goose again present, (MSm)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still, viewed from the footpath at side of the BMW garage,  (CDa, RCB)

Carmountside Flash

4x Little Egret, 3x Chiffchaff, 7x Teal, (ALa)

Stanley Pool

3x Oystercatcher, 4x Chiffchaff, (ALa)  -  6x Oystercatcher, 2x Goosander, Lapwing, 4x Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Longsdon Mill Pool

2x Oystercatcher, Snipe, Lapwing, (ALa)

Deep Hayes

Goosander, 6x Teal, Green Woodpecker, 4x Chiffchaff, -  Cheddleton Valley to STW 6x Chiffchaff, (ALa)

Rownal Road pool

2x Oystercatcher, Goosander, (ALa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, view from Barley Green Lane

                                                                   By Clive Wood

Wombourne

Ringed-necked Parakeet, (DBa)

Gailey Resv

Fem Common Scoter still on the sailing lake, 10x Pochard, Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Rocester JCB

4x Oystercatcher, 2x Pochard, 6x GC Grebe, and on the Churnet Goosander, (JDr, NL)

Branston GPs

Male Scaup, 7x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, 14x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Little Egret, Goosander, 50x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 49x Wigeon, 44x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 25x Shelduck, 150x Teal, 34x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 32x Chiffchaff, 5x Sand Martin, (JWo)

Monday 18th March 2024

Returning Staffs 2024 arrival

Middleton Lakes

Avocet, Barn Owl, (GWi)  -  Green-winged Teal, Redshank, (MSm)

Tamworth

2x Waxwing on Woodland Road near abelia subway adjacent to brookweed, (MSc)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 12x Goldeneye, 38x Shoveler, Yellowhammer, 4x Chiffchaff, (JWo, JHo, SHo, Richard),

                                                     Slavonian Grebe by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

LRP on the causeway, (GJM)

Radford Meadows Stafford

5x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Snipe, Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 150x Golden Plover, 5x Egyptian Geese, 4x Shelduck, 4x Pintail, 98x Shoveler, 250x Wigeon, 2x GC Grebe, 3x Little Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Chasewater

Shag still, 14x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Chiffchaff, (SWa)  -  roost GN Diver, Shag, 14x Goldeneye, 22x GC Grebe, 2x Oystercatcher, (CW)

Endon - Denford

Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Water Rail, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Mandarin, 23x Chiffchaff, 2x Willow Tit, (DCo)

Penkridge

Wheatear Teddesley Park this afternoon, 

Berryhill

Wheatear this afternoon on the top mounds Fenton fields side, (RTo)

Freehay

18x Mandarin, (FCa)

Branston GPs

Scaup, 7x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, 14x Curlew, 40x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 45x Goldeneye, 36x Pochard, 22x Shelduck, 66x Wigeon, 46x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 160x Teal, 46x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, YL Gull, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 18x Chiffchaff, (JWo, JHo, SHo).

Weston Coyney

Red Kite over Leek Road/Winterfield Lane at 10:37, (SFe)

Loggerheads

Brambling, Blackcap, (JSt)

Sunday 17th March 2024

Aqualate

Male and female Scaup, 14x Sand Martin, Redshank thru, (IMG)

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still, Jack Snipe, 13x Snipe, (HAr)

Botteslow Flash

Oystercatcher, Goosander, 2x Shoveler, (RTo)

Trentham Gardens

2x Ruddy Shelduck on island at 11:00, (NMK)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Female Merlin still, 3x Curlew over,  (GSt)  -  Slavonian Grebe,  2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 16x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 51x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 3x Gadwall, 2x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, (SCo)

Branston Water Park

Peregrine, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Redpoll, 6x Chiffchaff, Little Egret, (BHa)

Tucklesholme

33x Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, 86x Wigeon, Pintail, 38x Teal, (BHa)

Branston GPs

Drake Scaup, c20 Goldeneye, 8x Shelduck, Ringed Plover, 17x Curlew, 4x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 30x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 4x Sand Martin, (IMo)  -  also YL Gull, (PAn)  -  additional 3x Little Egret, 10x Egyptian Geese, 26x Shelduck, 30x Shoveler, 30x Pochard, 34x Goldeneye, Goosander, 10x Oystercatcher, 17x Curlew, 5x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Sand Martin, 15x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Barton-under-Needwood

Red Kite over south, - Dunstall 19x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 6x Redpoll, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

2x Red Kite thru south, 10x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, 2x LRP, imm Peregrine, 

Saturday 16th March 2024

Gailey Resv

Female Common Scoter on sailing lake at 07:45, 4x Little Egret, 14x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Chiffchaff, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still, (MSm)  -  also Redshank, 7x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 3x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 80x Teal, 12x Gadwall, 26x Shoveler, 100x Wigeon, 14x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Chiffchaff, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (BHa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Redshank, Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, Pochard, Goosander, 3x Shelduck, 4x Shoveler, 90x Teal, 135x Wigeon, 5x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Red Kite, (RPo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Drake Garganey still near the BMW garage, (BGo)  -  Garganey, 15x Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Shelduck, 18x Pintail, 30x Gadwall, 85x Shoveler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, (RSw)

                                                                By Bill Goldstraw

Himley Great Pool

Red Kite drifted off north at 09:45, also 4x Ring-necked Parakeet, (CTi)

Alton - Denstone

5x Chiffchaff, (TEy)

Knypersley Resv

4x Chiffchaff, 2x Willow Tit, Water Rail, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, (GHa)

Tittesworth Water

2x Peregrine, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 6x Goosander, 23x Wigeon, Mandarin, 3x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 4x Lapwing, Common Gulls, Willow Tit, Little Egret, Little Grebe, 6x Chiffchaff, (SGi, IB)

Chasewater

Shag, GN Diver still, (MBe)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret, 2x Little Egret, Marsh Harrier thru at 10:48, Red Kite thru north, Scaup 24x Shelduck, 57x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 18x Pochard, 22x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 35x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 16x Curlew, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, Med Gull, Common Gull, 24x Little Grebe, 8x Egyptian Geese, 7x Sand Martin, 10x Chiffchaff, (DSc, @Ochruros, JAl, GJM)

                                                          LRP by Dave Scattergood

Belvide Resv

LRP still, (TJa)  -  Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 2x Curlew, 14x Chiffchaff, 2x Little Egret, 3x Mandarin, 5x Shelduck, 5x Pochard, 

Cheadle

2x Redpoll at recreational park, 15x Siskin along Eaves Lane, (TDu)

Friday 15th March 2024

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still also the Garganey, (MSm) 

Doxey Marsh

Sand Martin, 5x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Chiffchaff, 4x Water Rail, (GPr, RRa)

Botteslow Flash

3x Goosander on the flash, Water Rail on railway pool, 5x Chiffchaff, (IBu), - Shoveler early am, (RTo)

Branston GPs

Scaup, 1w Little Gull, 30x Sand Martin, 2x Cattle Egret, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 4x Snipe, 7x Oystercatcher, 16x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 49x Goldeneye, 22x Pochard, 61x Wigeon, 34x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 18x Shelduck, YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, 5x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti's Warbler,  (JWo, DSc, DJa, CEc, BHa, Dean, George, BSt, ASt, SCo), 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on roadside pit, 2x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Pochard, 15x Goldeneye, Chiffchaff, (BHa)

Radford Meadows

Garganey still, 

Stafford

Ring-necked Parakeet along Sandon Road, (RSt)

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag, 3cy YL Gull, 12x Common Gull, 28x Goldeneye, (CW)

Thursday 14th March 2024

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal and Garganey still, 2x Shelduck, 7x Pochard, 23x Goldeneye, Goosander, 5x Oystercatcher, 40x Golden Plover thru, 7x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, Stonechat, (MSm)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on roadside pit viewable from grass strip between pools, (SCo)

Belvide Resv

Rock Pipit still, Redshank, LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, 

Elford Hall

2x Great Egret in flooded fields on opposite bank of River Tame, (RFo)

Berryhill

2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (IBu)

Enville

3x Red Kite, Brambling, 300x Chaffinch, (ICW)

Wednesday 13th March 2024

Returning Staffs 2024 arrival

Stanley Pool

19x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still on North pit, 

Sandon

2x Red Kite over the Dog and Doublet pub on the A51, (DGl)

Bottleslow Flash to Fenton Fields

2x Curlew thru, 2x Ring-necked Parakeet, Little Egret, Goosander, (RTo)  -  Fenton Park singing Chiffchaff, (IBu)

Trescott Area

2x Sand Martin, (GCl)  -  Red Kite over Bridgenorth Road, (DBa)

Belvide Resv

LRP at west end, 2x Scandinavian Rock Pipit on shore from Chappell hide, Black-tailed Godwit, 

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Goldeneye, 16x GC Grebe, 2x Chiffchaff, (SWa)

Cannock Chase

11x Crossbill, 3x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, Red Kite, (DBa)

Branston GPs

Drake Scaup, (GWi), - 2x Woodcock, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 18x Curlew, 80x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Little Egret, 44x Goldeneye, 14x Pochard, 18x Shelduck, 46x Wigeon, 12x Gadwall, 32x Shoveler, 150x Teal, 3x Mandarin, 32x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 4x Chiffchaff, 2000x Starling, (JWo, CEc)

                                                             Scaup by Jon Woodcock

Tuesday 12th March 2024

Returning Staffs 2024 record

Branston GPs

Grey Plover still on Ashy pit, (GJM)  -  1w Little Gull, 2x Cattle Egret, 5x Little Egret, Grey Plover, 3x Avocet, 14x Dunlin, 3x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 16x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 4x Mandarin, 49x Goldeneye, 31x Pochard, 16x Shelduck, 76x Wigeon, 38x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 43x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 14x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Wergs Hall

Swallow over the adjacent fisheries south of Codsall, (NMo)

Middleton Lakes 

Green-winged Teal on North pit, 3x Shelduck, 2x Pintail, 9x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, 6x Snipe, Redshank, Great Egret, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

2x Scandinavian Rock Pipit with Meadow Pipits from Chappell hide,

Biddulph

5x Greenfinch at Rockend, 

Chasewater

GN Diver and Shag still, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, (CW)

Monday 11th March 2024

Stanley Pool

Black-necked Grebe, 4x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

                                                      Black-necked Grebe by Mick Turner

Endon - Denford

7x Curlew, Jack Snipe, 7x Snipe, Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 2x Green Woodpecker, Redpoll, Ashes Pool 2x Oystercatcher, Goosander, Little Grebe, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still south end of roadside pit, 4x Little Grebe, 6x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 8x Goldeneye, 45x Shoveler, Gadwall, (JWo, JAl)

Burton

13x Waxwing behind the Plough Inn Horninglow at 13:46, (SJTi)

Tixall Wide

7x Pintail, Goosander, 4x Shoveler, 15x Teal, Great Egret, Little Egret, 12x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, (ISm, FSm)

Trentham

Red Kite over at 15:30 from the Hem Heath woods, (NRo)

Chasewater

Black-necked Grebe still, GN Diver, Shag, (JAl)

Radford Meadows

Adult Little Gull, 6x Pintail, 10x Gadwall, 2x Little Egret, 4x Snipe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Belvide Resv

Imm Goshawk, 2x Red Kite, 15x Oystercatcher, Woodcock, Black-tailed Godwit, 

Branston GPs

Grey Plover, 2x Woodcock, 17x Dunlin, 4x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 16x Curlew, 200x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 3x Little Egret, 41x Goldeneye, 15x Pochard, 80x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 10x Egyptian Geese, 10x GC Grebe, 28x Little Grebe, 1w Little Gull, 2x YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2500x Starling, (JWo, Bob)

                                                          Grey Plover by Jon Woodcock

Sunday 10th March 2024

Burton 

8x Waxwing still at the co-op on Horninglow Road north (JTu, MBe)  -  now 11x Waxwing at 16:35, (PAn)

                                                                By Martin Bennett

Stafford

Red Kite circling over Beaconsfield at 11:30, (GHa)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Drake Garganey still from track at side of BMW, (ABe)

Aqualate

2x Scaup still, 

Tittesworth Water

15x Mandarin, 13x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Shoveler, 3x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, Willow Tit, (JOa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still at 17:15, (PAn)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret, 2x Little Egret, 30x Little Grebe, 86x Wigeon, 44x Shoveler, 150x Teal, 26x Pochard, 42x Goldeneye, 6x Oystercatcher, 16x Curlew, 150x Lapwing, 10x Dunlin, 3x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Gull, 12x Common Gull, YL Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Saturday 9th March 2024

Aqualate

Great Egret viewed from just left of the hide, (KHa)

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite circling this am, (PCa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, Merlin, Peregrine, (HAr) - additionally 8x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (BHa)  -  also WeBS count 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 31x Lapwing, Great Egret, 22x Goldeneye, 177x Wigeon, 7x Pochard, 6x Gadwall, 7x Little Grebe, 4x Shoveler, 3x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Burton

7x Waxwing still at co-op car park in Horninglow, (CEc, SLe, RPo, RCB, DSc)

Uttoxeter Quarry

23x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, Pochard, Goosander, 5x Shoveler, 17x Gadwall, 33x Wigeon, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

3x Redhead Smew dropped in at 11:35, Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, 7x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 

Coven

4x Little Egret heading NW, (JDu)

Yoxall Bank

Very early Whitethroat, (TSl)

Alrewas

2x Oystercatcher riverbank, 5x Little Egret on River Trent, 2x Stonechat near the Trent, (DI)

Branston GPs

Adult Med Gull, 1s Little Gull, 2x Cattle Egret still in nearby Sheepfield at 16:00, 20x Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Ringed Plover, 10x Golden Plover, c250 Lapwing, 2x Redshank, 3x Dunlin, 3x Little Egret, 80x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 10x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 20x Gadwall, 16x Little Grebe, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

                                                        Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

                                                       Med Gull by Dave Scattergood

Tittesworth Water

14x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, 48x Wigeon, 7x Mandarin, 2x Pochard, Goosander, 2x Willow Tit, 4x Common Gull, Chiffchaff, (SGi, IB)

Cheadle

Ring-necked Parakeet still, (Dch)

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag, 10x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, (@Ochruros)

Abbots Bromley

3x Red Kite together over this afternoon, (RCB)

Freehay

2x Greenfinch, (FCa)

Rudyard Lake

24x Golden Plover over NE, Curlew, 32x Wigeon, Little Egret, 2x Chiffchaff, (MSv)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, Chiffchaff, (DEm)

Radford Meadows Stafford

5x Pintail, Shelduck, Goosander, Wigeon, Shoveler, Gadwall, 4x Little Egret, (RSt)

Friday 8th March 2024

Middleton Lakes

2x Shelduck, 3x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 3x Great Egret, Peregrine, (MSm), 4x Black-tailed Godwit thru (per DCo)

Chasewater

Pair of Garganey on Jeffrey's Swag at 14:00, GN Diver, Shag. 23x Goldeneye, 19x GC Grebe, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Jack Snipe, 9x Snipe,  (CW)

Branston GPs

1w Little Gull on Ashy pit, 2x Cattle Egret, 2x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 18x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, Goosander, 46x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 42x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 27x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, 17x GC Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, Peregrine, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, ((JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                           Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

4x Black-tailed Godwit, 

Rocester JCB

2x Oystercatcher, 6x GC Grebe, (JDr)

                                             The Leucistic Oystercatcher by Richard Powell

Cheadle

Ring-necked Parakeet, (Jch)

Himley Great Pool

Gadwall, 6x Pochard, Ring-necked Parakeet, (CTi)

Lichfield - Wall Corner

Red Kite circling over the Birmingham Road A5123 at 11:00,  (PAn)

Tittesworth Water

Red Kite, 13x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Goosander, Willow Tit, Siskin, (SGi)  -  also 44x Wigeon, Pochard, 2x Mandarin, (JCa)

                                                               Siskin by Steve Gibson

Aqualate

Fem Scaup still, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on large Roadside pit at 16:10,  (TPe)

Coven Heath 

Brambling, (KCl)

Perton

Water Rail, (KCl)

Radford Meadows

Drake Garganey still, 14x Shelduck, 38x Gadwall, 22x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 85x Shoveler, 2x Little Egret, Chiffchaff, (RSw)

Freehay

11x Mandarin, 4x Siskin, (FCa)

Tucklesholme

2x Pintail, Goldeneye, 165x Wigeon, (JDr)

Thursday 7th March 2024

Westport Lake

2x Little Gull early afternoon, one at 12:05 then soon joined by a second bird, (AR)

                                                                   By Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

1w Little Gull on Ashy pit, 2x Dunlin, 6x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 22x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 200x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 5x Little Egret, 46x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 56x Wigeon, 120x Teal, 22x Gadwall, 44x Shoveler, 22x Shelduck, 46x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, Common Gull, Peregrine, (JWo)

                                                        Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes

2x Avocet on JW north this am, 2x Med Gulls over, (MSm)

Lichfield

Red Kite over Beacon Park at 10:00, (JCo)

Chasewater

Little Gull, GN Diver, 2x Oystercatcher, (GHa)  -  2x YL Gull, Shag and GN Diver, (JAl)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still, (GJM)

                                                                     By GJ Mant

Cappers Lane Lichfield

HS2 workings 8 to 9x Little Egret this afternoon also 2x Stonechat, (BHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on roadside pit, Merlin still, Red Kite thru, (JAl)

Burton

12x Waxwing still at the co-op car park

Enville

2x Red Kite, Chiffchaff, (ICW)

Wednesday 6th March 2024

Bottomhouse

Barn Owl, 40x Lapwing, (TEy)

Chatterley Whitfield

Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, (MSv)

Rocester JCB

North lake 3x Pochard, 4x Oystercatcher, 6x GC Grebe, (JDr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still, 15x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 4x Snipe, Jack Snipe, Little Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Shelduck, (DBa, IGr, PB)

Coven Heath STW

7x Brambling, 226x Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, (GCl)

Lichfield

2x Ring-necked Parakeet at the Boley Park Coop at 16:09 then flew north, (BHa)

Burton

13x Waxwing at Co-op car park to 14:30 at least, at junction of Horninglow Rd North and Calais Rd, (CEc)

Berryhill

Ring-necked Parakeet feeding in a Apple tree on the Greenway by the Eaton Park road bridge, (Ed)

Tittesworth Water

Curlew, 2x  Oystercatcher, 2x Pochard, (SHi)

Middleton Lakes

Redshank, 50x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 50x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, (MSc)

Chasewater

GN Diver and Shag still, 9x Common Gull, (CW)

Tuesday 5th March 2024

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still by the BMW garage, (RCB)  -  Garganey still at 17:30 viewed from the public footpath at rear of BMW, Curlew at dusk, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw), also 13x Dunlin per (PGr)

Endon - Denford

11x Curlew, 2x Goosander, Snipe, Green Woodpecker, Mandarin, Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, also 2x Oystercatcher and 2x Goosander at Ashes Pool, (DCo)

Longsdon Mill Pool

Good numbers of Snipe and Lapwing, (ALa)

Himley

5x Pochard on great pool, (DBa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on roadside pit, Golden Plover over, 2x Ringed Plover, Great Egret, (JAl)

Stone

Great Egret over Swan pub, (MJa)

Lichfield

5x Little Egret, Stonechat still at the HS2 workings Cappers Lane, (BHa)

Tixall Manor farm

2x Curlew, 10x Lapwing,  view from road pull off only, (RCB)

Branston GPs

3x Golden Plover, 2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 23x Curlew, 4x Snipe, 220x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, 3x Goosander, 32x Goldeneye, 31x Pochard, 29x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 13x GC Grebe, 36x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Redpoll, 20x Linnet, 3x Greenfinch, (JWo, CEc, Dean, George), 

Tucklesholme

6x Snipe, 9x Goldeneye, 14x Pochard, 136x Wigeon, 5x Shelduck, 6x GC Grebe, (JWo)  - also 4x Goldeneye, (JTu)

Chasewater

Black-necked Grebe off the dam, GN Diver and Shag still,  33x Goldeneye, (CW)

Monday 4th March 2024

 Knypersley Resv

14x Mandarin, 12x Goosander, 2x Water Rail, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still,  behind the BMW showrooms this afternoon, (HKi)

Stanley Pool

8x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

 Merlin still, (RBe, TSl)

Gailey Resv

16x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 24x Curlew, 10x Oystercatcher, 200x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 7x Goosander, 44x Goldeneye, 44x Pochard, 30x Shelduck, 9x Egyptian Geese, 44x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo, DSc)

Stafford

Peregrine over at 10:30,  (DGl)

Chasewater

GN Diver and Shag still, 6x Common Gull, (CW)

Sunday 3rd March 2024

Doxey Marsh

Dark Bellied Brent Goose on Creswell but flew to near the motorway bridge at 10:30, (GPr, MBo)  -  Great Egret late afternoon, (GCl, KCl)

Radford Meadows

Very early drake Garganey this morning, (RSw)

Aqualate

2x Scaup this am, 

Trentham Gardens

A good count of 13x Oystercatcher also a Little Egret, (STu)

Rocester

2x Oystercatcher, (STu)

Branston GPs

(not SM pits) - 2x Red Kite circled North pit 13:00 to 13:05 then flew NE, the Marsh Harrier later headed back north at 16:08, 8x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 25x Curlew, 200x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 30x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 16x Shelduck, 62x Wigeon, 16x Shoveler, 28x Pochard, 26x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 20x Redpoll, (DSc)  -  Marsh Harrier south over Ashy pit at 15:55,  2x Cattle Egret, (SM pits) - YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Oystercatcher, 8x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 6x Redpoll, 4x Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine,  (JWo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

70x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 8x Goosander, 230x Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Tit, 2x Common Gull, (RPo)

Tar Hill / Brocton Coppice

Red Kite over at 14:50, (KPo)

Tittesworth Water

6x Goosander, 2x Pochard, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Curlew, 14x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)

Rownall

2x Oystercatcher on farm pond, (DCo)

River Sow Meadows (Baswich-Milford)

7x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, Peregrine, Barn Owl, 4x Shelduck, 55x Wigeon, 60x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Merlin, SE Owl, Green Sandpiper, 3x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, Peregrine, (SCo)

Stanley Pool

Oystercatcher, 9x Goosander, 36x Lapwing, (GBr)

Saturday 2nd March 2024

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on roadside pit as viewed from quarry entrance, 18x Goldeneye, 11x Pochard, 54x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 18x Wigeon, Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Grey Partridge, Redshank, Oystercatchers, 20x Lapwing, Merlin, Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, 5x Little Grebe, (SCo)  - also 2x Yellowhammer, Stonechat, (SRi)  -  

Middleton Lakes

2x Pintail, 9x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 2x Great Egret, Oystercatcher, 40x Siskin, (SPA)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret, 3x Little Egret, 26x Shelduck, 64x Wigeon, 18x Shoveler, 20x Pochard, 24x Goldeneye, 2x Peregrine, 8x Oystercatcher, 26x Curlew, 250x Lapwing, 130x Golden Plover, Woodcock, 2x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

8x Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Goosander, 7x Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler, (SJo)

Friday 1st March 2024

Lichfield

4x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 2x Egyptian Geese at HS2 works, (BHa) 

Rocester JCB

North lake 3x Pochard, (JDr)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 4x Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 6x Golden Plover, 7x Oystercatcher, 21x Curlew, 350x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, Goosander, 37x Goldeneye, 28x Pochard, 20x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 32x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 14x Redpoll, Chiffchaff, (JWo)