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)