Saturday 5th October 2024

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, Garganey, Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, Tundra Bean Goose, 6x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 14x Redwing, Peregrine, 175x Swallow south, 

Croxall

Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 70x Teal, 14x Wigeon, 15x Snipe, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (ICW)

Burton

Marsh Harrier over Trentside CC at 12:15, (STi)

Gailey Resv

Marsh Tit, Common Sandpiper, (SRi)

Blithfield Resv

3x Rock Pipit, Common Tern, (GJM, MPR)

Trentham Gardens

3x Little Egret, 8x Mandarin, GC Grebe, (STu)

Doxey Marsh

3x Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Little Egret, also at least 50x Migrant Hawkers, (DEm)

Cheadle

Blackcap near the Rec, (TDu)

Middleton Lakes

2x Black-necked Grebe east of Lookout, 

Alrewas NMA

Hobby, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Friday 4th October 2024

Rudyard

276x PFG over NW at 08:40, 2x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, 7x Teal, Goosander, 2x Little Egret, 3x Snipe, (SSe)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, 13x Little Egret, Peregrine, 32x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (ICW)

Belvide Resv

3x Black-necked Grebe, 

Middleton Lakes

3x Great Egret, Redshank, Dunlin, 14x Snipe, (DCo)

Branston GPs

Tree Pipit over south, 2x Goldeneye (first returning birds), 3x Pintail, 12x Curlew, Snipe, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 114x Lapwing,, Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, Water Rail, 64x Pochard, Shelduck, 10x Wigeon, 87x Shoveler, 73x Gadwall, 88x Teal, 5x Egyptian Geese, 101x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull (ad + 1w), YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                         Goldeneyes by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater

Adult Med Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 4x Common Gull, Shag, (CW)

Thursday 3rd October 2024

Tittesworth Water

Great Egret, Little Egret, Mandarin, Goosander, Wigeon, 120x Lapwing, Common Gull, Peregrine, 60x House Martin, (JOa, LH)

Belvide Resv

Lesser Scaup, fem Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, Tundra Bean Goose, Garganey, Rock Pipit briefly, 1w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 8x Common Gull, 

Enville

Redwing, Red Kite, Water Rail, (ICW)

Gailey Resv

Peregrine, 2x Wigeon, (JIs)

Tittesworth Water

Red Kite over, (IF)

Chasewater

Whinchat, 2x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, Shag, Peregrine, 2x Tree Pipit over, (CMa)

Burton

Red Kite over Horninglow, 8x Raven, 25x House Martin, (SGa)

Tittensor Chase

Green Woodpecker, (AR)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, ad Peregrine, 11x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 87x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 62x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 87x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 91x Teal, 109x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull (ad + 1w), 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Barton Marina 49x Pochard, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

1w Common Gull, Redshank, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Great Egret, 8x Pochard, (SCo)

Wednesday 2nd October 2024

Belvide Resv

Fem Common Scoter, Black-necked Grebe, 3x Garganey, 2x Rock Pipit over, 

Blithfield Resv

Juv Common Tern this evening, (GJM, MPR)

Tittesworth Water

40x PFG over, 2x Little Egret, Redwing, (SG, IF)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, juv Peregrine, 10x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 137x Lapwing, 9x Little Egret, 92x Pochard, 72x Shoveler, 46x Gadwall, 105x Teal, 4x Wigeon, Shelduck, 3x Egyptian Geese, 2x Mandarin, 110x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

Juv Marsh Harrier, Snipe, 36x Pochard, 14x Wigeon, 20x Teal, 2x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 22x GC Grebe, 2x Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 20x House Martin, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Tuesday 1st October 2024

Belvide Resv

Tundra Bean Goose still, Lesser Scaup, fem Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, 3x Garganey, 

Endon - Denford

2x Wigeon, 30x Teal, 11x Mandarin, 7x Snipe, Common Gull, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, 26x House Martin, 2x Chiffchaff, (DCo)

Audley

70x PFG over NW at 11:45, (JHu)

Radford Meadows

100x Shoveler, 200x Teal, 50x Wigeon, Pintails, 6x Snipe, Little Egret, (CDa)

Gailey Resv

Shelduck, 4x Little Grebe, Snipe, House Martins, (SRi)