Tuesday, 31 December 2024

Tuesday 31st December 2024

A total of 215 species reported in Staffordshire 2024, this being a small improvement on 2023 (209) and 208 in 2022 and 2021.

Greenfield Farm (near Rudyard)

3x Tree Sparrow off Dingle Lane, (GBr)

Stanley Pool

10x Goosander, also a Barn Owl in the area,  (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Pintail, 17x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, (SPA)

Alvecote 

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

Sandon

4x Red Kite hovering over the A51, (DEm)

Branston GPs

19x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 200x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 17x Goosander, 3x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 36x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Common Gull, Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, 12x Redpoll, 6x Greenfinch, 2,000x Starling, (JWo, DSc)

Branston Water Park

68x Gadwall, 14x Wigeon, (JWo, DSc)

Barton Marina

26x Pochard, 30x Wigeon, 4x Gadwall, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Chasewater

Roost - ad Iceland Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, the Shag still, (JAl)

Little Bank Top Farm (north of Dilhorne)

2x Red Kite, 10x Raven at 10:00, (DSc)