Monday 4th November 2024

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Merlin high over NNW this am, (Foz)

Belvide Resv

Knot at 09:15, 2x Dunlin, flock of PFG came into roost at dusk, 

Trentham Gardens

Dipper, 3x Wigeon, 16x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, 2x Fieldfare, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Keele

Hawfinch at the Church this am, (PJo)

Endon - Denford

Jack Snipe, 37x Snipe, 4x Wigeon, 7x Redpoll, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, Ashes Pool Pochard, 8x Snipe, 7x Mandarin, (DCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Golden Plover, Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 30x Shoveler, 2x Egyptian Geese, ad YL Gull, 2x Dipper, (AMa)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern on Dosthill NR, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Dunlin, 24x Snipe, 2x Shelduck, 2x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 4x Stonechat, 57x Fieldfare, thru, 4x Redpoll, Great Egret, Chiffchaff, (SPA)

Branston GPs

Spoonbill again over north at dusk, LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 118x Golden Plover, 222x Lapwing, 14x Curlew, Redshank, 7x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 2x Pintail, 14x Pochard, 76x Shoveler, 28x Gadwall, 274x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 72x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull (ad), 2x ad Common Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 26x Fieldfare, 70x Linnet, 9x Redpoll, (JWo)

Barton Marina

2x Green Sandpiper, 9x Pochard, 4x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Sunday 3rd November 2024

Doxey Marsh

3x Cattle Egret, 2x Great Egret, 20x Snipe, 100x Lapwing, 5x Wigeon, 88x Teal, 6x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (GPr)

Stanley Pool

Green Sandpiper, 2x Wigeon, 4x Siskin, Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Enville

5x Hawfinch, 2x Goshawk, Red Kite, 21x Raven, 60x Fieldfare, 210x Redwing, (ICW)

Huntington

50x Fieldfare and 210x Redwing, 2x Siskin all over south, (SRi)

Calf Heath WMI site

3w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, 445x Golden Plover, 5x Dunlin, Goosander, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

5x Dark bellied Brent Geese 12:48 to 12:52 only, Sanderling, House Martin over, ad Med Gull, Lesser Scaup, 

Tittesworth Water

2x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, 4x Mandarin, Goosander, Brambling, Snipe, 18x Lapwing, (JOa, LH, KH, TE)

Uttoxeter Quarry

81x PFG landed on main pit at 15:10, 2x Dunlin, 6x Golden Plover, 2x Snipe, 5x Goosander, 14x Pochard, 55x Wigeon, (RPo)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

40x Fieldfare, 200x Redwing, (TEy)

Wetley Rocks

10x Red Kite,    

Ilam Hall

9x Red Kite, 30x Fieldfare, 400x Redwing, (KBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 47x Snipe, 3x Dunlin, 100x Lapwing, 35x Shoveler, c250 Wigeon, 10x Greenfinch, (RSw)

Brocton Pool

Drake Pintail, (KPo)

Biddulph Grange CP

24x Goosander, (MSv)

Middleton Lakes

Hen Harrier drifted thru JW late afternoon, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 40x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, (MSm)

Branston GPs

Spoonbill briefly North pit at 16:52 then flew off north, , Grey Plover, 14x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, 26x Golden Plover, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 8x Dunlin, 3x Snipe, 2x GBB Gull, 4x ad YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 50x Little Grebe, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, 2x Shelduck, Pintail, 8x Wigeon, 40x Shoveler,  100x Teal, 42x Pochard, 4x Goosander,  Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, Water Rail, 3x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc, JWo, Dean)

Saturday 2nd November 2024

The WMBC has received a report from the site manager at Branston GPs that birders are straying off the public footpaths into dangerous operational areas at the site. All birders are asked to refrain from doing so and only observe birds from the official designated public footpaths.

Kingsley

2x Hawfinch at St Werburghs church at 09:40, (RPo)

Rocester

40-50x PFG over NE at 07:50, (JDr)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x Snipe, 55x Lapwing, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Goosander, Stonechat, (GPr)

Berryhill

26x PFG over SW at 10:27, 4x Stonechat, 6x Redpoll, Willow Tit, Fieldfare, 7x Skylark, (RGi)

Calf Heath WMI site

426x Golden Plover, 345x Lapwing, (SRi)

Gailey Resv

5x Pochard, Shoveler, 2x Water Rail, 30x Fieldfare, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (SRi)

Westport Lake

Goldeneye, 2x ad Common Gull, Willow Tit, Siskin, (KSt)

Whitemoor Haye

169x Pochard, 112x Wigeon, 51x Gadwall, 13x Shoveler, 22x Little Grebe, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Little Egret, 3x Stonechat, 3x Fieldfare, Golden Plover thru, (SCo)

Knypersley Resv

2x Mandarin, Little Grebe, Dipper, (GBr)

Alrewas NMA

5x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, Shoveler, (RBe)

                                                         Great Egret by Rob Bendelow

Branston GPs

50x Little Grebe, 3x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 20x Egyptian Geese, 4x Wigeon, 60x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 3x Pochard, 60x Lapwing, 146x Golden Plover, 3x Ringed Plover, Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, GBB Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 24x Skylark, 5x Stonechat, Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, 30x Linnet, 24x Redpoll, Yellowhammer, (DSc)

Stone

200x PFG over NW at 16:30, (DEm)

Chasewater

2w Caspian Gull, adult Med Gull, (CWG)

Friday 1st November 2024

Middleton Lakes

Dunlin, 11x Snipe.12x Golden Plover over, Goldeneye, 60x Fieldfare, 30x Siskin, (MSm)

Endon - Denford

47x PFG west at 12:35, Carmountside Flash Ring-necked Parakeet, 22x Fieldfare, 2x PFG, 3x Redpoll, (DCo)

Chasewater

Shag still, 7x Goosander, 4x Gadwall, 5x Pochard, Wigeon, Peregrine, 40x Linnet, (CMa, DGl)  -  Roost 2w Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, (CWG)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier thru west at 12:42, probable Rock Pipit on Ashy pit, 6x Little Egret, 3x Great Egret, 70x Little Grebe, Pintail, 20x Shoveler, 5x Goosander, Goldeneye, 47x Pochard, 17x Gadwall, 57x Shoveler, 162x Teal, 10x Wigeon,  190x Lapwing, 38x Golden Plover, 3x Ringed Plover, 5x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 16x Curlew, Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 5x Egyptian Geese, 3x Green Woodpecker, Barn Owl, 10x Stonechat, 70x Linnet, 12x Redpoll, 6x Siskin, 2x Greenfinch, (DSc, JWo)

Black Bank

Vis Mig - 5x Hawfinch, 45x Golden Plover, 20x PFG, (NDP)

Belvide Resv

2w Caspian Gull, Lesser Scaup, 68x PFG flew west and a further 45 dropping in, 

Radford Meadows

2x Dunlin, Redshank, 105x Snipe, 200x Lapwing, 250x Golden Plover, 13x Little Egret, 250x Wigeon, 250x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, (RBr)

Caverswall

30x PFG over SW, (BB)

Alrewas

4x Whooper Swan over, (SCo)