Friday 11th April 2025

Middleton Lakes

Pair of Garganey on JW south, (SPA)

Trent Washlands Burton

Red Kite over at 08:09, Sedge Warbler, 4x Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Swallow, 3x Greenfinch, Wigeon, 11x Teal, (SJo)

Gailey Resv

Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 2x Teal, Shoveler, (JIs)

Burston Marsh

4x LRP, 2x Fieldfare, 

Berryhill

4x Curlew dropped in the top paddocks near the mast at 09:30, (RTo)

Ford Green

Cetti's Warbler, (SGi)

                                                                 By Steve Gibson

North Staffs Moors

5x Curlew, (SHi)

Branston GPs

5x Curlew, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 28x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 26x Shelduck, Wigeon, 8x Egyptian Geese, 18x Little Grebe, ad Common Gull, Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Willow Warbler, House Martin, 70x Sand Martin, 7x Swallow, 2x Stonechat, (CEc, Dean, JWo, MCa)  -  Grasshopper Warbler, (DSc)

Thursday 10th April 2025

Middleton Lakes

2x Reed Warbler, 8x Sedge Warbler, 3-4x Willow Warbler, Curlew, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x LRP, 12x Avocet, 7x Oystercatcher, Redshanks, Snipe, 3x Egyptian Geese, Swallow thru, (SPA)

Stanley Pool

LRP, 5x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Downs Banks

2x Yellowhammer by Millennium Point, (AR)

Tittesworth Water

10x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, Mandarin, 11x Teal, 7x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Jack Snipe, 4x Lapwing,  4x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, 2x Blackcap, 7x Willow Warbler, 11x Swallow, Red Kite, (JOa, LH)

Cannock Chase

Redstart this morning, (GJM)

                                                                        By GJ Mant

Burntwood

Red Kite over north at 12:20, (GHa)

Doxey Marsh

2x Shelduck, Shoveler, 5x Gadwall, 9x Teal, YL Gull, Great Egret, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Lapwing, (CAFH)

Himley Pool

Common Sandpiper, (GCl)

Baggeridge

Reed Warbler, (per DBa)

Mere Farm

2x Yellow Wagtail, (per DJa)

Endon - Denford

Green Sandpiper, 2x Lapwing, Wheatear, Green Woodpecker, (DCo)

North Staffs Moors

9x Curlew, (TDu)

Berryhill

Wheatear, several Blackcaps, Willow Warblers, (CWo)

                                                                    By Clive Wood

Branston GPs

9x Curlew, 3x Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 26x Lapwing, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Mandarin, 5x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 26x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 24x Little Grebe, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, 12x Swallow, 150x Sand Martin, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 9x Willow Warbler, (JWo)

Alvecote

3x Shelduck, Snipe, (MSc)

Belvide Resv

Ruff, LRP, 5x Snipe, 11x Shelduck, Great Egret, Little Egret, Red Kite, 2x Yellow Wagtail, 2x Yellowhammer, 

Gun Moor

2x Red Grouse, 3x Stonechat, 15x Willow Warbler, (DEm)

Wednesday 9th April 2025

 Returning Staffs 2025 Arrivals

Whitfield Valley CP 

Grasshopper Warbler singing at 05:50, (NHo)

Stanley Pool

Male Ring Ouzel in fields at south end of the lake, 4x Oystercatcher, LRP, (GBr)

Gailey Resv

4x Yellow Wagtail in fields to the NW, Reed Warbler, Great Egret, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Gadwall, (JIs)

Doxey Marsh

3x Sedge Warbler, 2x Grasshopper Warbler, 6x Willow Warbler, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 3x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 6x Water Rail, Wigeon, (MBo, PDy)  -  Female Marsh Harrier at 17:00, (NGr, BA)  -  Also LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (BGo)

Coombes Valley

6x Pied Flycatcher, (RSPB)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Female Marsh Harrier 17:00 to 17:05 and again at17:40 also Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Curlew, Redshank,  (RPo)

Biddulph

2x Oystercatcher, 11x Lapwing, (SHi)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Black-tailed Godwit, (RBe)

Cannock Chase

6x Brambling, Tree Pipit, 15+ Willow Warbler, 7x Stonechat, (DBa, CE, PB, AB, BJ, DE)

Consall

Dipper on the Churnet, (JJo)

Blithfield Resv

Dunlin, 5x LRP, Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Egyptian Geese, (JTu)  -  7x LRP, Dunlin, 2x Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, 2x Great Egret, (JHi)

Tuesday 8th April 2025

Stanley Pool

Male Redstart and male Wheatear in fields south end of lake, male Yellow Wagtail by boats, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Reed Warbler singing from causeway, White Wagtail, Avocets, LRP, Willow Warblers (GG)

Blithfield Resv

4x Little Gull briefly of BTP at 11:30, (GJM)  -  4x Great Egret, LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Shelduck, (CMa, RF)

Wombourne

Pickerills Hill - Ring Ouzel this am, (ADe)

Baggeridge Pool

Reed Warbler (per Trish)

Trentham Estate

Green Woodpecker near the monument, (AR)

Burston Marsh

5x LRP, Little Egret, (AEa)

Essington Pool area

Whitethroat, Blackcap, Skylarks, (DBa)

Berryhill

Wheatear at the Palletstacks mound, (BBo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Shelduck, (PJT)  -  3x Yellowhammer 2x Ringed Plover, Whitethroat at Sittles farm corner, (CMa, RF)

Branston GPs

Little Egret, Curlew, 2x Wigeon, 5x Shelduck, (CMa, RF)  -  2x Redshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 7x Curlew, 20x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 6x Pochard, Mandarin, 36x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 32x Little Grebe, 20x GC Grebe, Peregrine, Reed Warbler, 10x Willow Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Swallow, 100x Sand Martin, 14x Linnet, White Wagtail, Stonechat, (JWo, George)

Belvide Resv

4x adult Little Gull still, Ruff, 2x Redshank, Curlew, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 5x LRP, 

Gailey

Red Kite soaring over the A5 between Gailey Island  and Stretton at 12:45, (IGr)

Barton under Needwood

Swallow at Bar Lane, (KBi)

Monday 7th April 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

Male Pied Flycatcher this am, (TEy)

Belvide Resv

8x ad Little Gull, Sedge Warbler,

Stanley Pool

LRP, 3x Oystercatcher, Goosander, (GBr)

Himley Great Pool

2x Oystercatcher briefly to 11:20 only, (CTi)

Middleton Lakes

Fem type Marsh Harrier, 14x Avocet, Common Sandpiper, 3x LRP, 5+ Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 13x Snipe, 2x Bittern, Great Egret, 4x Shelduck, 2x Swallow, (SPA)

Barton Marina

10x Wigeon, (SCo)

Sneyd Green

Osprey over heading north at 15:25, (JOa)

North Staffs Moors

Ring Ouzel, 4x Wheatear, (NDP)

Chasewater

Goshawk flew in across from the Burntwood bypass and flew around the boggy heathland behind the sailing club, 21x Chiffchaff, 11x Willow Warbler, 5x Blackcap, (CMa, LRM)

Branston Leas

Cattle Egret flew up from cattle field, (TWy)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe and the 2x Whooper Swan still, Curlew, 6x Gadwall, 6x Shelduck, 7x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)  -  2x LRP, 4x Yellowhammer, 7x Little Grebe, c20x Linnet, 2x Cetti's Warbler, many Chiffchaff, Skylark, (TSl)

                                                     Yellowhammer by Tony Slater

Burton

Avocet feeding on the patio of a residential garden in Horninglow this am,  (film received by BSt, ASt)

Biddulph

2x Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing at 17:00, (SHa)

Berryhill

2x Stonechat, Lapwing, (IBu)

Branston GPs

Cattle Egret flew from South Pit to Tucklesholme at 19:30, Reed Warbler singing from the canal plantation, Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, Snipe, 2x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 24x Lapwing, 28x Shelduck, 9x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 38x Shoveler, 31x Gadwall, 70x Teal, 16x Wigeon, 2x Egyptian Geese, 24x Little Grebe, 20x GC Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 12x Linnet, 2x Redpoll, Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Willow Warbler, 8x Swallow, 80x Sand Martin, (JWo)

Trentham Lakes

Cetti's Warbler still, (LSt)

Sunday 6th April 2025

Belvide Resv

5x Little Gull still, 1w Caspian Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, LRP, 

Berryhill

Male Ring Ouzel from the Palletstacks track at 09:00, Wheatear in the Lap paddock, (RTo)   -  Ouzel still present in the lower paddocks to 14:00 at least, (IBu)

                                                        Ring Ouzel by Clive Wood

                                                       Ring Ouzel by Steve Edwards

Morfe Lane

Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Wheatear, (WN)

Doxey Marsh

Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warblers, Blackcaps, Great Egret, Little Egret, Swallow, Sand Martins, Stonechat, (RSt)

Enville

Yellow Wagtail on farmland, (WN)

Stanley Pool

2x Willow Tit, Goosander, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Chasewater

Adult Little Gull this afternoon, (BHa)  -  also 300x Sand Martin, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Red Kite, 2x Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, (ICW)

Burston 

4x LRP, (AEa)

Gailey Resv

4x House Martin, sev Swallows, 50x Sand Martin, also nearby Micklewood Lane, 8x Shoveler, 2x Teal, (RRi)

Tittesworth Water

2x Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 8x Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 6x Lapwing, 8x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, 4x Teal, Red Kite, 5x Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 30+ Swallow, House Matin, 5x Sand Martin, 7x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Tucklesholme

2x Avocet on the spit 16:25 to 16:32 only, 4x Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, (DSc)

Weeping Cross Stafford

House Martin, (HKi)

Trent Washlands

2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Swallow, 2x Shelduck, 25x Wigeon, 19x Teal, 2x Gadwall, (AJa)

Branston GPs

7x Curlew, Willow Warbler, Sand Martins, (NCo)  -  Great Egret, Little Egret, 28x Shelduck, 2x Mandarin, 15x Wigeon, 50x Shoveler, 4x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 8x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Snipe, ad YL Gull, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 6x Swallow, 60x Sand Martin, Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Willow Warbler, 12x Linnet, (DSc)

Blithfield Resv

Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail 3x Great Egret, Common Sandpiper, Ruff, Dunlin, 4x LRP,  4x Oystercatcher, 2x Mandarin, (SRi)

Branston Leas

Mandarin on the River Trent, (TWy)

Saturday 5th April 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Belvide Resv

5x Little Gull off the dam, 

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Shoveler, 2x Oystercatcher, 19x Sand Martin, 8x Fieldfare over and nearby at Mansty Lane 132x Fieldfare, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still from opposite quarry entrance, 2x Whooper Swan still from S bends near Sittles farm, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Little Grebe, 4x GC Grebe, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 2x Great Egret, 38x Shoveler, 3x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 2x Willow Warbler, 30x Swallow, 2x House Martin, 5x Sand Martin, 14x Fieldfare thru,  (SCo)

Doxey Marsh

2x LRP, 6x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Snipe,  female Marsh Harrier, 8x House Martin, 4x Swallow, 42x Sand Martin, 2x Willow Warbler, 4x Blackcap, 8x Cetti's Warblers, 2x Shelduck, 40x Teal, 20x Gadwall, 12x Shoveler, 2x Little Egret, (MBo, GPr, RRa)

Mere Farm

Marsh Harrier heading high NE, Red Kite, Swallows, House Martins, Sand Martins, (WN)

Berryhill

Female Wheatear, 2x Sand Martin, (JOa)

Tittesworth Water

Garganey, 4x LRP, 3x Snipe, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, 6x Teal, 2x Willow Warbler, 11x Chiffchaff, (SGi, IB)

Longsdon Mill Pool

2x Wheatear, (SGi)

Bobbington

Redstart, (WN)

Blithfield Resv

3x Great Egret, Ruff, Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, (MJa)

Cannock Chase

Cuckoo this morning, called 3 times at the back of Castle Ring, (GTa)  -  4x Swallow, 21x Linnet, 3x Greenfinch, Red Kite, (MKe, JKe)

Rugeley

Red Kite drifting over towards Wolseley at 16:35, (AFi)

Branston GPs

20x Shelduck, 14x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, 6x Curlew, 11x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Swallow, 40x Sand Martin, Yellow Wagtail thru north, White Wagtail, Stonechat, Willow Warbler, 12x Linnet, 5x Redpoll, (DSc)

JCB Rocester

29x Barnacle Geese, 2x GC Grebe, Oystercatcher, (JDr)

Rudyard Lake

 Swallow this afternoon, (Laxmi)

Picherills Hill Womborne

Wheatear, (GCl)

Swindon

Green Sandpiper, Goosander at the flood, (GCl)

Staffs Moorlands

2x Curlew, (SHi)

Alrewas NMA

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Swallow, 15x Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, (JWo)

Wychnor

Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 5x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, (JWo)

Friday 4th April 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Middleton Lakes

Redstart flew from JW to canal at 10:15, (DCo, RCh)  -  Marsh Harrier this am also Dunlin, (GG)

Belvide Resv

6x Little Gull off the dam at 11:42, Ruff still, 8x Little Gull early evening, 

Gailey Resv

Ad winter Little Gull to at least 09:50, 3x Great Egret, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 45x Fieldfare, (JIs)

Blithfield Resv

8x 1w Little Gull, 6x Common Tern, 4x male Ruff, Common Sandpiper, (GJM, MDJ)  -  2x Ruddy Shelduck, (SE, HF)

                                                    Common Sandpiper by Steve Edwards

Berryhill

Wheatear, Curlew thru, (RTo)

Highgate Common

2x Wheatear on nearby farmland, (WN)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Shelduck, (PJT)  -  adult Little Gull, 5x Common Tern on main pit, Slavonian Grebe still, (TPe)  -  This evening adult Little Gull, 5x Common Tern, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 10x Oystercatcher, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 4x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Little Egret, (BHa)

Branston GPs

6x ad Little Gull, 3x Common Gull, YL Gull, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 9x Curlew, 18x Lapwing, 4x Ringed Plover, Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, 16x Wigeon, 30x Shelduck, 46x Shoveler, 7x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 14x Gadwall, 65x Teal, Great Egret, Little Egret, Water Rail, 36x Little Grebe, 7x Swallow, House Martin, 170x Sand Martin, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Willow Warbler,  Peregrine, Red Kite, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, (DSc, JWo)

Chatterley Whitfield

Singing Willow Warbler, (SHi)

Cannock Chase

Tree Pipit east of the Shooting Butts, 3x Bramblings,  3-4x Willow Warbler, (PBa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Adult winter Little Gull at 16:30 to 18:30 at least, also the Bewick's Swan back at 17:07 to 18:30 at least, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Swallow, House Martin, 20x Sand Martin, (RPo)

Aqualate

17x Little Gull this afternoon, (PJor)

Doxey Marsh

4x ad Little Gull thru, 3x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x LRP, Red Kite, Swallow, 2x Egyptian Geese,(RRa),  -  5x House Martin, Sand Martin, Little Egret, Water Rail, Stonechat, Blackcap, (RSt)

Stanley Pool

Common Sandpiper, (GBr)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

2x Red Kite, Swallow, (TEy)

Trentham Lakes

Cetti's Warbler still, (LSt)

Thursday 3rd April 2025

Branston GPs

Brief visit at 09:00 - 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 12x Shelduck, 14x Wigeon, Goldeneye, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 5x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 2x Willow Warbler, 4x Linnet, Redpoll, (DSc)  -  11x Curlew, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 18x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 27x Shelduck, 8x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 16x Wigeon, 24x Gadwall, 56x Shoveler, 36x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, YL Gull, Red Kite, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Willow Warbler, 25x Sand Martin, 2x Redpoll, 3x Greenfinch, 12x Linnet, 2x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Brook village

Swallow over at 11:45, (Laxmi)

Tittesworth Water

3x Goosander, 6x Teal, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, LRP, 3x Swallow, 2x Fieldfare, Common Gull, 4x Willow Warbler, (JOa, LH)

Doxey Marsh

3x Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Cetti's Warbler, Great Egret, 2x Shoveler, numerous Chiffchaff, (KLe)

Middleton Lakes

6x Avocet, 2x Redshank, Bittern 3x Blackcap, (CMa, DG)  -  9x Avocet, Ruddy Shelduck, 4x Redshank, Bittern, several Cetti's Warbler, numerous Chiffchaff, (RCa, FCa)

Aqualate

Black-necked Grebe, drake Garganey, 3x Great Egret, Marsh Harrier, 10x Sand Martin, (PJor)

Belvide Resv

Ruff on the north shore, 

Blithfield Resv

Whooper Swan, LRP, (GJM)

Chasewater

Breeding plumage Black-necked Grebe this evening, 25x Sand Martin, 2x Oystercatcher, (CW)

Wednesday 2nd April 2025

Chasewater

One Little Gull this am, (JJH, SJH)  -  this evening Redshank, Little Gull, still, (CW)

Drayton Bassett

2x Red Kite east at 11:05, also House Martin, (MSm)

Branston GPs

SMPit, Sum/plum Med Gull, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x YL Gull, (PCo, CRe)

Tittesworth Water

2x Willow Warbler, Sand Martin, 14x Chiffchaff, Red Kite, 4x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, (SGi)

Tucklesholme / Branston Leas

3x Oystercatcher, 2x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, Goosander, Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 12x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese + 7 Goslings, 10x GC Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 6x Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 14x Blackcap, Swallow, 10x Sand Martin, (JWo)

Berryhill

Willow Warbler at 18:55, (IBu)

Hem Heath Woods

Blackcap, (AR)

Tuesday 1st April 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Blithfield Resv

5x Little Gull (4adults + 1st sum) south this am, (GJM)  -  Great Egret, Little Egrets, 3x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, (RBe)

                                                               LRP by Rob Bendelow

Doxey Marsh

6x Little Gull from main hide at 10:55, (NGr)  -  Also 2x LRP, (BGo)  -  Still one Little Gull at 15:20, (RRa)

                                                         Little Gull By Bill Goldstraw

Longsdon Mill Pool on Devil's Lane

LRP this morning, (ALa)

Burntwood

Singing Whitethroat along the Burntwood bypass opposite Hammerwich Cemetary, (GHa)

Belvide Resv

3x Little Gull this afternoon, 

Uttoxeter Quarry

Bewick's Swan at 17:10 to 18:34 only, also 3x Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper,  (RPo)

                                                        Bewick's Swan by Richard Powell

Chasewater

12x Little Gull at 16:20, (CW)

Branston GPs

Jack Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, 26x Lapwing, 7x Curlew, 2x Little Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 31x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Willow Warbler, 9x Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, 4x Swallow, 50x Sand Martin, 8x Linnet, 4x Greenfinch, Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, George).

Monday 31st March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Mere Lane paddocks

Yellow Wagtail this am, (PJa)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Swallows, Sand Martins, Shelduck, Gadwall, Shoveler, Greenfinch, GC Grebe, (BGo)  -  Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, 2x Blackcap, (RSt)

Belvide Resv

3x Willow Warbler, 2x Blackcap, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, Yellowhammer, Great Egret, (CMa, RF)

Stanley Pool

6x Whooper Swan at the pool then flew north at 17:43 (GBr)

Tittensor Chase

Red Kite over east at 12:00, (AR)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, also 21x Stonechat, (SE, HF)

                                                    Grey Grey Shrike by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Ad male Marsh Harrier, 7x Curlew, 3x Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, 21x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 10x Goldeneye, 18x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 29x Shelduck, 37x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 70x Teal, 28x Wigeon, 47x Little Grebe, 3x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Willow Warbler, 17x Blackcap, 60x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, House Martin, 30x Sand Martin, 2x Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, (JWo, CEc, BSt, ASt)

Berryhill

Willow Warbler, (RTo)

Sunday 30th March 2025

Stanley Pool

Black-necked Grebe, 3x Shoveler, Goosander, 3x Swallow, 2x Oystercatcher, 9x Chiffchaff, (GBr)  

Doxey Marsh

Willow Warbler singing to the right of the path leading up to the main hide, (GP, NGR)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 4x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (BHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Great Egret, 3x LRP, 8x Goldeneye, 150x Sand Martin thru, 2x Willow Warbler, (ICW)

Cheddleton

The Boat - STW - bascule bridge: 2x probable White Wagtails amongst  the c20x Pied Wags, 5x Teal, 6x Sand Martin, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Gadwall, Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, (ALa)

Tittesworth Water

Shelduck, Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Willow Tit, (JOa)

Middleton Lakes

15x Avocet, 2x LRP, 4x Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 17x Sand Martin thru, 2x Pochard, Bittern, (SPA)

Trent Washlands

2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 32x Wigeon, 19x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, (AJa)

Belvide Resv

Med Gull, Caspian Gull, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 2x Red Kite,

Branston GPs

Great Egret, Little Egret, 24x Shelduck, Mandarin, 40x Shoveler, 50x Teal, 10x Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, 6x Oystercatcher, 6x Curlew, 12x Lapwing, 2x Redshank, Snipe, GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, House Martin, 2x Swallow, 50x Sand Martin, 8x Blackcap, 10x Linnet, (DSc)

Saturday 29th March 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

Redshank, 6x Oystercatcher, Pochard, 9x Shelduck, 10x Goosander, 12x Shoveler, Red Kite, 7x Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 14x Avocet, 7x Lapwing, Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x GC Grebe, 4x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, (STu)

Gailey Resv

6x Blackcap, Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, Swallow, Sand Martin, Marsh Tit, numerous Chiffchaff, (SRi)

Leek

Osprey over SE at 16:15, (RMG)

Branston GPs

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 25x Shelduck, 16x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 8x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Oystercatcher, 16x Lapwing, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker, 10x Sand Martin, 8x Blackcap, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, 6x Gadwall, 4x Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, 6x Sand Martin, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Pendeford Hall Lane

Red Kite, (JDu)

Uttoxeter

Red Kite east over the race course at 14:00, (AR)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x Oystercatcher, 5x Gadwall, 15x Teal, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Swallow, 20x Sand Martin, (JWo)

Wychnor

4x Shelduck, (JWo)

Berryhill

Stonechat and nearby a singing Blackcap in Fenton Park, (IBu)

Friday 28th March 2025

Belvide Resv

Ad Med Gull also Dunlin and Sand Martin thru, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe and 2x Whooper Swan still, Willow Warbler singing at quarry entrance, (SCo)

Stanley Pool

Swallow, 3x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 7x Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Berryhill

Wheatear on the Palletstacks mound, (IBu)

Trentham Gardens

Water Rail, 3x Little Egret, Swallow, 2x Goosander, Gadwall, (BMo)

Doxey Marsh

Merlin from hide at 11:50, (NGR)

Middleton Lakes

14x Avocet, 4x LRP, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe on North pit still, Curlew thru, 6x Snipe, 4+ Redshank, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Shelduck, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, (SPA)  -  Osprey reported.

Branston GPs

9x Curlew, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 12x Oystercatcher, 17x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 9x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 25x Shelduck, 38x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 18x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 36x Little Grebe, 2x Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 7x Blackcap, 4x Swallow, 37x Sand Martin, Fieldfare, (DSc, JWo, CEc, Dean)

Thursday 27th March 2025

Stanley Pool

Redshank and 3x Oystercatcher this am, (GBr)  -  Redshank, (ALa)

Amington

3x Curlew south over Kerria Hill, (Moocher)

i54

Red Kite over, (Foz)  -  Green Sandpiper, LRP, (JDu)

Wall Heath

Gannet on the canal taken into care, looks to have hit power lines, (GCl)

Carmountside Flash

Oystercatcher, 16x Teal, (ALa)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 

Leekbrook

Drake Garganey, 2x Red Kite over, (DBr)

Tittesworth Water

5x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, 3x Curlew, 4x Swallow, 14x Teal, 4x Mandarin, Little Egret, 3x Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, 2x Red Kite, 4x Redpoll, (JOa, LH)

Tucklesholme

2x LRP, Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 10x Gadwall, 27x Wigeon, Great Egret, Little Egret, (BHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 3x Goldeneye, 12x Oystercatcher, (BHa)

Branston GPs

Female Marsh Harrier, 3x Redshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 8x Curlew, 18x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, 6x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 24x Gadwall, 42x Shoveler, 38x Shelduck, 14x Wigeon, 94x Teal, 26x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 40+ Chiffchaff, 5x Blackcap, 6x Sand Martin, (JWo, George, CEc)

Wednesday 26th March 2025

Parkhall CP

Curlew, 5x Willow Tit, Green Woodpecker, House Martin, 18x Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, but no sign of the 2 Whooper Swans, 5x Oystercatcher, 3x Lapwing, 2x Redshank, 2x LRP, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 10x Yellowhammer, 8x Gadwall, 20x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 28x Teal, 8x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Blithfield Resv

Adult Caspian Gull in Tad Bay, (GJM)

Middleton Lakes

12x Avocet, LRP, 4+ Redshank, 5x Oystercatcher, 5x Snipe, 8x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, Great Egret, Bittern, White Wagtail, 2x Egyptian Geese, (SPA)

Trescott

Wheatear in fields off Furnace Grange Road, (WN)

Chasewater

2x Little Gull at 14:20,  (CMa, LRM)  -  One Little Gull still at 17:30, (RF)

Tittesworth Water

LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Willow Tit, 2x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 9x Chiffchaff, (SGi)

                                                            LRP  by Steve Gibson

Blithfield Resv

Rock Pipit on Admaston side of the causeway this afternoon, (PFo)

Biddulph

Red Kite, (MSv)

i54

Green Sandpiper on the corner of Pendeford Hall Lane, (JDu)

Branston GPs

8x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 9x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 18x Shelduck, 4x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 8x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x ad Common Gull, 2x Blackcap, 2x Sand Martin, (CEc, (JWo)

Trentham Lakes

Cetti's Warbler this evening, (LSt)

Tuesday 25th March 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, LRP, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Shelduck, YL Gull, (PJT)  - late afternoon/early evening Slavonian Grebe and 2x Whooper Swan still, 7x Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, 13x Teal, 28x Shoveler, 9x Goldeneye, 7x Gadwall,  2x Shelduck, 7x Lapwing, 3x Redshank, 6x Oystercatcher, 3x LRP, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Egyptian Geese, 9x Yellowhammer, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

2x Little Egret, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, 18x Sand Martin, (SRi)

Branston GPs

5x Redshank, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Snipe, 12x Lapwing, 10x Oystercatcher, 8x Curlew, Little Egret, Water Rail, 12x Goldeneye, 20x Pochard, Mandarin, 28x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 77x Teal, 36x Shelduck, 46x Wigeon, 35x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, juv Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Yellowhammer, 4x Blackcap, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Swallow, 50x Sand Martin, 2x Stonechat, 12x Fieldfare, (JWo, George)

Monday 24th March 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still

North Staffs Moors

Ring Ouzel, Woodcock, Wheatear, 2x Red Kite, 115x Fieldfare, (NDP)

Middleton Lakes

2x Swallow early am,130x Sand Martin, 40+ Chiffchaff, Jack Snipe, 3x Snipe, Bittern, 2x Avocet, 4x LRP, 4x Redshank, 10x Oystercatcher, 4x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, Great Egret, (SPA) - 70x Sand Martin, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x LRP, 4x Redshank, Jack Snipe, Snipe, (MSm)  

Chasewater

7x Sand Martin off the dam, (CM, RF)

Belvide Resv

Kittiwake 09:10 to 09:45 only, 4x Egyptian Geese, Shelduck, Great Egret, 4x Oystercatcher, Grey Wagtail, (CMa, RF)

Chatterley Valley - Ford Green

2x Willow Tit, Cetti's Warbler, (JHu)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey over Creswell Flash at 17:00 heading north, (JPe)

Tittesworth Water

Green Woodpecker, 5x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 2x Fieldfare, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SGi)

Endon - Denford

4x Willow Tit, 2x Snipe, 2x Mandarin, 8x Teal, 2x Green Woodpecker, 25x Chiffchaff, 60x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Branston GPs

2x ad Kittiwake. Little Gull, 2x Wheatear, 4x Swallow, 2x Blackcap, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x Snipe, 10x Curlew, 16x Lapwing, Water Rail, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 12x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 26x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 25x Shelduck, 14x Gadwall, 18x Wigeon, 33x Shoveler, 89x Teal, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, 10x Sand Martin, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, PFo, CEc, Dean, SBI)

Trentham - Hanford

24x Snipe, (LSt)

Sunday 23rd March 2025

Belvide Resv

8x adult Kittiwake 06:55 to 07:57 only, 2x Sandwich Tern 08:10 to 08:43 only. A further Sandwich Tern thru west at 14:25, House Martin, Swallow, 76x Sand Martin, 

Blithfield Resv

10x adult Kittiwake thru deep end this am, (GJM)  -  4x Common Scoter in Blithe Bay this afternoon, (MPR)

Newcastle

Singing Willow Warbler at Basford this am, (STu)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan still this am, (SCo)  -  Also Red Kite, 5x Shelduck, 10x Goldeneye, 27x Wigeon, 2x Sand Martin, (ICW)

Middleton Lakes

This am 5x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, Curlew, Snipe, 4x Redshank, 15x Sand Martin, White Wagtail, 6x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, (MSm)  -  Late afternoon Red Kite, Peregrine, Pintail, 8x LRP, Dunlin, Snipe, 7x Oystercatcher, 4x Redshank, 25x Sand Martin, Great Egret, (MSm)

Endon STW

Barn Owl this am, (GBr)

Stanley Pool

Swallow, 2x Sand Martin, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

i54

2x Ring-necked Parakeet over, (JDu)

Tittesworth Water

6x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, 5x Teal, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, Curlew, Red Kite, 8x Redpoll, 3x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Gailey Resv

Swallow, 7x Sand Martin, Little Egret, 2x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, singing Marsh Tit, (SRi)

Tucklesholme

Willow Warbler, 7x Oystercatcher, 45x Sand Martin, 18x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 4x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, (MKe, JKe)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Sand Martin, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Red Kite, 7x Goosander, 8x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 5x Chiffchaff, (AMa)

Doxey Marsh

2x Ruddy Shelduck, LRP, White Wagtail, (RSt)

Pool Hall

6x Sand Martin, Grey Wagtail, Bhylls Pool Brambling, (IMo)

Branston GPs

2x ad Kittiwake thru north at 18:01, 4x Swallow, c30x Sand Martin, Great Egret, 24x Shelduck, 50x Wigeon, 22x Shoveler, 18x Pochard, 17x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 8x Oystercatcher, 10x Curlew, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 6x Dunlin thru, 5x Snipe, YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, (DSc, BSt, ASt)

Tamworth

Red Kite drifting over Sheepcote Lane Amington, (MSc)

Saturday 22nd March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Chasewater

2x Little Gull, 4x Sand Martin at 07:45, 5x Goldeneye, (Ochruros)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still viewed from opposite old quarry entrance, 2x Whooper Swan still, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 10x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 16x Shoveler, 37x Teal, 2x Gadwall, 40x Wigeon, Curlew, 2x Redshank, LRP, 6x Oystercatcher,10x Yellowhammer, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)  -  also 4x LRP, Curlew, Yellowhammers, (PAn)

Berryhill

2x Wheatear this am one in paddock above the lookout and one in the "Lap Bunt" paddock, Curlew and Goosander over, (RTo)  -  A third Wheatear was still in a paddock near Fenton Park, also a Lapwing, (IBu)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, fem Goldeneye, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Sand Martin, 10+ Chiffchaff, and along nearby Micklewood Lane 6x Shoveler, (SRi)

Stanley Pool

2x Sand Martin, fem Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Male Merlin, 6x Little Egret, 195x Wigeon, c50 Teal, 3x Shoveler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Branston GPs

Wheatear, 3x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 9x Curlew, Dunlin, 14x Lapwing, 10x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 16x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 66x Wigeon, 20x Shelduck, 16x Shoveler, 40x Teal, 2x Goosander, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Common Gull, 8x Fieldfare, 10x Linnet, Yellowhammer thru east, 2x Sand Martin, 1w YL Gull, (DSc)  -  Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, 40+ Linnet, (JWo, CEc)

                                                          Wheatear by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

Wheatear on the dam, 

Longsdon Mill Pond

LRP, Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, White Wagtail, (SGi)

Tittesworth Water

Willow Warbler, 5x Chiffchaff, Peregrine, 2x Red Kite, 2x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, Mandarin, 3x Fieldfare, (SGi, IB, PG)

Lichfield

3x Little Egret in field on Cappers Lane by HS2  works, (PAn)

Trent Washlands

Cetti's Warbler, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 101x Wigeon, 42x Teal, 10x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, 2x Grey Wagtail, (AJa)

Tucklesholme

Red Kite, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Snipe, 3x Shelduck, (Ochruros)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

Red Kite, RL Partridge, (TEy)

Trentham Gardens

Dipper, 4x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 2x GC Grebe, (STu)

Friday 21st March 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still just south of the shooting butts at 08:15 also Male Wheatear, (RPo)

Berryhill

Wheatear on the Palletstacks mound (IBu), and a further Wheatear on posts off the end of Mossfield Road, also Little Egret, (RTo) 

Aqualate

Female Marsh Harrier, 2x Great Egret, Red Kite, 2x Goshawk, (KHa)

Blithfield Resv

7x Little Gull south (3 at 1036 and 4 at 10:50, Swallow Tad Bay, (GJM)  -  Avocet flew over the causeway at 14:17, (PFo)  -  2x Great Egret, 309x Wigeon, 9x Goldeneye, Goosander, 18x Shoveler, 29x Teal, 28x Gadwall, 21x GC Grebe, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Egyptian Geese, (RGr)

Trentham Gardens

House Martin thru north, Sand Martin, 22x Gadwall, 4x Goosander, Water Rail, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 11x Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Doxey Marsh

8x Sand Martin, (GPr) - Swallow, 2x Redshank, (AHa)

Gailey Resv

Great Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Goldeneye, Goosander, Pochard, (JIs)

Middleton Lakes

Wheatear, White Wagtail, 8x Sand Martin, 4x Avocet, 6x Redshank, LRP, (MSm)

Burton

Red Kite drifting west over Belvedere Road at 10:06, (CEc)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Black-necked Grebe at 13:45, 3x Sand Martin, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, Curlew, 3x Shelduck, 5x Goosander, 20x Shoveler, Red Kite, 3x Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Branston GPs

3x Little Gull (2nd sum) at Ashy pit at 11:30,  12x Shelduck, Little Egret, (DSc)  -  Marsh Harrier south over BM pit at 10:15, (BSt)  -  5x Little Gull on Ashy pit, male Marsh Harrier on SMP2, 5x Curlew, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 7x Goldeneye, 16x Pochard, 16x Shelduck, 42x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, Peregrine, 2x RL Partridge, 8x Sand Martin, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                          Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

Draycott in the Clay

Red Kite over the A515 at 11:12, (DSc)

Whitemore Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Ringed Plover, LRP, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, (PJT)  -  Also 2x Whooper Swan still, (SCo) - Merlin reported, 

Knypersley Resv

Water Rail in Osier beds, Willow Tit, 5x Mandarin, 10x Goosander, Oystercatcher, 20x singing Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Avocet, 1w Caspian Gull, 

                                                            Avocet by Rob Bendelow

Eccleshall

Red Kite over at 12:00 and later at nearby Woodseaves 2x Red Kite, (KLe)

Kingsley

2x Red Kite at 14:00, (per GSt)

Thursday 20th March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

Blithfield Resv

Sub adult Caspian Gull Tad Bay, (GJM, MDJ)

Branston GPs

Little Gull, 14x Curlew, 3x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 4x LRP, 3x Green Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, 22x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Mandarin, 5x Goldeneye, 20x Pochard, 38x Little Grebe, 3x Common Gull,  YL Gull, 19x Sand Martin, 2x Stonechat, 12x Linnet, (JWo, CEc)

Whiston

The Leys, Red Kite at 09:45, Green Woodpecker at 11:15, (GSt)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still and showing well this am, (JTu)

Tittesworth Water

161x Common Gull, 31x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Red Kite, 3x Willow Tit, 11x Teal, 20x GC Grebe, 4x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH, AP)

Woodseaves

Red Kite above A519 this afternoon, (Tf)

Stanley Pool

3x Swallow, House Martin, 2x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Wednesday 19th March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 Arrival

 Trent Washlands

Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher this am, (AJa)

Middleton Lakes

4-5x LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 4x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, Great Egret, 2x Pintail, 3x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, (MSm)  -  Bittern, (GG)

Doxey Marsh

Curlew, Red Kite, 4x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 2x Skylark, (GPr)

Whiston 

The Lees, Green Woodpecker, (GSt)

Blithfield Resv

Rock Pipit and YL Gull on dam, Woodlark in field behind Admaston car park, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Oystercatcher, (PFo)  -  Common Tern off Beech Tree Point early evening, (MPR)

North Staffs Moors

Wheatear, (SSe)

Rudyard

8x Common Gull, (SSe)

Park Lane

LRP, 33x 24x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, 33x Teal, 26x Wigeon, Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 12x Common Gull, (JHu)

Tittesworth Water

Adult Med Gull, Woodcock, 126x Common Gull, 29x Wigeon, 5x Goosander, 3x Fieldfare, (SGi)

                                                          Med Gull by Steve Gibson

Stafford

Blackcap singing in a garden at Weeping Cross, (HKi)

Trentham Gardens

2x PFG still, 31x Gadwall, 2x Teal, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Chiffchaff, 2x Siskin, (RGi)

Stanley Matthews Way Pool

8x Teal, (RGi)

Lordship Lane

Blackcap singing, 4x Teal, Lapwing, (RGi)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still

Consall

5x Willow Tit, (DCo)

Tuesday 18th March 2025

Tittesworth Water

Avocet this am, (AP)

Blithfield Resv

Avocet at Pastry point this am, (GJM)  -  Greenshank this am, (PBe)

                                                               Avocet by GJ Mant

Endon - Denford

2x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 2-3x Green Woodpecker, 5x Mandarin, 10x Teal, 16x Chiffchaff, (DCo)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, 2x Pintail, Redshank, (DOu, LOu)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 3x LRP, Dunlin, 4x Red Kite, (JAl)

Branston GPs

Female Merlin, 2x Peregrine, Black-tailed Godwit, 5x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 5x Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, 3x Great Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 23x Pochard, 10x Gadwall, 15x Shoveler, 70x Wigeon, 80x Teal, 18x Shelduck, 45x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, (JWo, CEc)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still

Bottomhouse

2x Curlew near the A5053, (TDu)

Monday 17th March 2025

Trentham Gardens

Shelduck over east, 2x PFG, 41x Greylag Geese, 28x Gadwall, 6x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, singing Willow Tit, (RGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, Great Egret, (PJT)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, 2x Avocet, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Redshank, Ringed Plover over, 2x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, Pintail, Cetti's Warbler, (CMa, RF)  -  2x Avocet, 4x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, Pintail, 3x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, 4x Goldeneye, Bittern, 10x Redpoll, 2x RL Partridge, (SPA)

Tucklesholme

25+ Sand Martin, (TWy)

Keele

Red Kite over Pepper Street, (JPa)

Blithfield Resv

350x Fieldfare northwards, (GJM)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 12x Teal, (MSc)

Gailey Resv

8x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 7x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

1w Caspian Gull, 1w YL Gull, 

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 

Branston GPs

Black-tailed Godwit, 9x Curlew, 2x Redshank, LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 7x Oystercatcher, 17x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 14x Goldeneye, 16x Pochard, 17x Shelduck, 42x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 20x Fieldfare, (JWo, BSt, ASt)

Barton Marina

62x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 2x Shoveler, 8x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Sunday 16th March 2025

Endon STW

Barn Owl early am, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Drake Common Scoter, 2x Whooper Swan, 2x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 52x Teal, 118x Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Middleton Lakes

2x Jack Snipe, 2x Avocet, 2x Snipe, Redshank,  8x Shelduck, 3x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, Bittern, (MSm)

i54

103x Skylark, 26x Snipe, 2x Jack Snipe, Green Woodpecker, (JDu)

Belvide Resv

Bearded Tit flew out of Scott hide reedbed and then flew high south, - 1w Caspian Gull, 4x Great Egret, fly thru Goshawk, Redshank, 6x Snipe, 68x Lapwing, 8x Oystercatcher, 3x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, Water Rail, 

Westport Lake

6x Pochard, Goosander, Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, Red Kite, 2x Grey Wagtail, (KSt, WeBS)

Park Lane

30x Wigeon, 26x Teal, Shelduck, 24x Lapwing, (JHu)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, , Yellowhammer, Woodcock, 4x Stonechat, (AEv)

Branston GPs

17x Whooper Swan on SMP1, 7x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 8x Shoveler, 10x Shelduck, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Common Gull, 1s YL Gull, (DSc, PFo)  -  Red Kite over, 2x Peregrine, 30x Little Grebe, 5x Egyptian Geese, 14x Shelduck, 60x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 12x Goldeneye, 6x Oystercatcher, 15x Curlew, 10x Lapwing, 3x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 10x Linnet, (DSc, JWo)

                                                      Whooper Swans by Jon Woodcock

Tittesworth Water

26x Whooper Swan thru, 49x Common Gull, 26x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 5x Goosander, 13x Teal, 2x Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, 6x Redpoll, Grey Wagtail, 5x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)  -  Brambling between the Lazy Trout and the entrance to the west hide, (JCa)

Weeping Cross Stafford

3x Brambling visiting garden feeders, (HKi)

Doxey Marsh

Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, Merlin, Red Kite, 2x Shelduck, 35x Wigeon, 7x Chiffchaff, Stonechat, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RRa, RSt)

Saturday 15th March 2025

Doxey Marsh

2x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 40x Teal, 20x Lapwing, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (GPr)  -  12x Gadwall, 10x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 20x Teal, 3x Little Egret, 3x GC Grebe, 9x GBB Gull, 7x Lapwing, (JJo)

Stanley Pool

4x Oystercatcher, 8x Goosander, (GBr)

Tucklesholme

2x LRP at wading ponds, (TWy)

Gailey Resv

Little Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 5x Pochard, singing Marsh Tit, (SRi)

Cannock Chase

Curlew over Tixall Marsh this am, (GTa)  -  Great Grey Shrike still, 

Tittensor

Red Kite over the A34 at 12:00,  (DGI)

Berryhill

Male Hen Harrier at 09:00 flying between the stone circle and the scrape, (AJo)  -  Woodcock, 2x Snipe, Willow Tit, Stonechat, 10x Linnet, 2x Redpoll, (RGi)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on pit opposite quarry, (TPe)  -  2x Whooper Swan, 408x Wigeon, 15x Goldeneye, 21x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 28x Teal, 12x Teal, 28x Shoveler, Goosander, 10x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 12x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 2x GC Grebe, 5x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Egyptian Geese, 2x Cetti's Warbler,  (SCo, WeBS), -  Merlin, Great Egret, (RBe)

Trent Washlands

4x Common Gull, 119x Wigeon, 46x Teal, 2x Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler, Oystercatcher, (AJa)

Whitfield Valley (Ford Green end)

Cetti's Warbler (singing), 2x Ring-necked Parakeet, Willow Tit, 2x Goosander, (RGi)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 12x Goosander, 20x Teal, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Branston GPs

16x Shelduck, 6x Mandarin, 43x Wigeon, 60x Teal, 28x Pochard, 16x Goldeneye, imm Peregrine, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Curlew, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 36x Lapwing, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, Woodcock, ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 5x Fieldfare, 6x Linnet, 18x Chiffchaff, (DSc, PFo)

Friday 14th March 2025

Aqualate

Female Marsh Harrier this am, 6x Sand Martin, 2x Red Kite, 4x Redpoll, (KHa)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still this am, 

Kinver

Hawfinch at the Edward Marsh centre, (TWo)

Sandon

Red Kite over the A51 at noon, (DWi)

Endon - Denford

3x Jack Snipe, 6x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Mandarin, 5x Teal, 17x Fieldfare, (DCo)

Alvecote

3x Goosander, 12x Gadwall, 10x Teal, 32x Grey Lag Geese, (MSc)

Whitemoor Haye

1st sum Caspian Gull on pit opposite quarry entrance, 2x Whooper Swan, Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, Common Gull, 3x Great Egret, (TPe)

Gailey Resv

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

Branston GPs

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, LRP, 11x Snipe, 9x Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, 24x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 17x Goldeneye, 22x Pochard, 15x Shelduck, 38x Little Grebe, ad YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, 26x Fieldfare, 12x Chiffchaff, (JWo, DSc, George, MCa)

Barton Marina

68x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, 6x Pochard, 8x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Thursday 13th March 2025

Tittesworth Water

10x Little Egret, Barn Owl, (IFe per SGi),   -  3x Goosander, 5x Teal, Snipe, 2x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Red Kite, 4x Willow Tit, 12x Common Gull, 5x Fieldfare, 2x Redpoll, 4x Grey Lag Geese, (JOa, LH)

Botteslow Flash

LRP at 08:05, (RTo)

Himley Great Pool

A Sand Martin, also Ring-necked Parakeets, (CTi)

Whitemoor Haye

LRP on Bewick's Pit, Redshank on Roadside pit, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Yellowhammer, (JHi)

Middleton Lakes

2x LRP on JW south, 4x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 10x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, Great Egret, (SPA)

Blithfield Resv

Tad Bay 67x Wigeon, 4x Shoveler, 5x Goldeneye, 23x Gadwall, 5x Goosander, 2x Great Egret, 20x GC Grebe, (RGr)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

3x Goosander, 3x Mandarin, Red Kite, (TEy)

Lichfield

Darnford Golf club area 2x Yellowhammer, 8x Greenfinch, Little Egret, 5x Skylark, Fieldfare, (BHa)

Branston GPs

Rock Pipit flew over North pit calling, Black-tailed Godwit, Woodcock, 8x Snipe, 5x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 14x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 4x Goosander, 12x Goldeneye, 32x Pochard, 16x Shelduck, 78x Wigeon, 28x Gadwall, 60x Teal, 18x Shoveler, 36x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 3x ad Common Gull, 17x Linnet, 100x Redwing, (JWo)

                                                        Redshanks by Jon Woodcock

Barton Marina

79x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 14x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Wednesday 12th March 2025

Middleton Lakes

3x Avocet, LRP, 2x Redshank, Snipe, Pintail, Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, (MSm)

Himley Great Pool

Drake Common Scoter this am, also 2 pairs of Ring-necked Parakeets in the wood above, (CTi)  -  Common Scoter Still this afternoon.

Belvide Resv

2x Avocet this afternoon, LRP, Golden Plover, 

Cannock Chase

Grey Great Shrike still, 

Stanley Pool

Female Mandarin, (GBr)

Tuesday 11th March 2025

Middleton Lakes

4x Sand Martin, Pintail, 4x Pochard, Goldeneye, 4x Redshank, 3x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 2x Great Egret, iffy RB Goose,  3x RLP, (MSm)

Branston GPs

Scandinavion Rock Pipit, LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 11x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 66x Lapwing, 9x Snipe, Little Egret, 21x Goldeneye, 36x Pochard, 3x Mandarin, 14x Shelduck, 47x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 2x ad Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Juv Peregrine, 6x Fieldfare, 16x Chiffchaff, (JWo, CEc)

                                                Scandinavion Rock Pipit by Jon Woodcock

Endon - Denford

4x Jack Snipe, 10x Snipe, Willow Tit, 2x Green Woodpecker, 28x Teal, 2x Oystercatcher, Curlew, Goosander, (DCo)

Gailey Resv

4x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, Shoveler, Oystercatcher, (JIs)

Stowe Pool

Single Wigeon (scarce here), (JHo)

Barton Marina

72x Wigeon, 12x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Monday 10th March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 arrival

Knypersley Resv

2x Goosander, 2x Mandarin, 4x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

3x Avocet, 3x Redshank, Dunlin, Pintail, 3x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, Bittern, (SPA)  -  2x LRP  on JW south, 

Belvide Resv

3x Cattle Egret early afternoon, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 

Gailey

Singing Marsh Tit, (CMa, RF)

Pool Hall area

2x Great Egret, 2x Grey Partridge, (GCl)

Branston GPs

2x Sand Martin over SMP2, Merlin, Avocet, 3x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, 12x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 4x Green Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, 72x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Mandarin, 15x Goldeneye, 18x Pochard, 22x Shelduck, 20x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 96x Wigeon, 75x Teal, 39x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 3x ad Common Gull, 40x Linnet, 2x Stonechat, 14x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Bentilee

Red Kite over heading towards Berryhill Fields, (PCa)

Chasewater

Breeding plumage Med Gull, also 2x Oystercatcher, (CW)

Sunday 9th March 2025

                             WEST MIDLAND BIRD CLUB STAFFORD BRANCH

Invites you to a talk on Tuesday 11th March 2025 by Emily Cunningham M.B.E. Adventures in Antarctica: Seals and Whales and Birds, Oh My!

At Walton-On-The-Hill- village hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton-On-The-Hill, Stafford, ST170LD. Doors open 7:00pm for a 7.30pm start. Admission £3 including refreshments.

Doxey Marsh

This am, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 9x Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, 2x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 3x singing Chiffchaff, (GPr)  -  Merlin, 2x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 56x Wigeon, 4x Shelduck, 8x Water Rail, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 11x Chiffchaff, 3x Stonechat, (MBo)

Stanley Pool

4x Oystercatcher, 5x Goosander, Curlew, Pink-footed Geese heard, 3x Chiffchaff, (GBr)

River Sow Meadows Baswich-Milford

Peregrine, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Green Sandpiper, 50x Fieldfare, 2x Chiffchaff, Greenfinches, 9x Teal, (RSw)

Whitemoor Haye

Green Sandpiper, view pit from metal gate, (NGR)  -  2x Whooper Swan still, 3x Yellowhammer singing, (MBr)

Tittesworth Water

3x Goosander, 11x Teal, 4x Oystercatcher, 13x Curlew, Pink-footed Goose, Common Gull, 3x Red Kite, 2x Willow Tit, 5x Fieldfare, 3x Redpoll, Chiffchaff, (JOa, TEe, KH)

Trentham Gardens

This afternoon - Great Egret, 2x PFG with Greylags, Mandarin, 20x Gadwall, Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Branston GPs

SMPs only Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, Green Woodpecker, 5x Greenfinch, Red Kite, 7x Buzzard, 5x Chiffchaff, (JWo)  -  30x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 27x Shelduck, 70x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 100x Teal, 30x Pochard, 20x Goldeneye, Avocet, 10x Curlew, 50x Lapwing, LRP, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 6x Snipe, YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, Stonechat, 12x Fieldfare, 15x Chiffchaff, 20x Linnet, (DSc)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 

Saturday 8th March 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 2x Crossbill, 8x Siskin, (BHa)

                                                             GGS by Steve Edwards

Consall Woods

3x Chiffchaff, 4x Grey Wagtail, (RPo)

Calf Heath WMI

2x Shelduck, Goosander and long nearby Deepmore Lane 5x Yellowhammer, 4x Teal, Peregrine, 4x singing Chiffchaff, (SRi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Black-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe, 29x Curlew, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, Dipper, Chiffchaff, (RPo)

Doxey Marsh

2x Ruddy Shelduck this am, (BGo)  -  this afternoon 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, Red Kite over Sainsbury's, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat several singing Chiffchaff, (GHa)

                                                      Ruddy Shelducks by Bill Goldstraw

Weston Coyney

2x Red Kite over at 14:05, (SFe)

Blithfield Resv

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Red Kite, 100x Wigeon, Goosander, (MJa)

Stanley Pool

25x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, 13x GC Grebe, Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

34x Curlew in field next to east hide, 4x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, (Laxmi) - 3 Chiffchaff (APo)

Trent Washlands

2x singing Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Little Egret, 106x Wigeon, 75x Teal, 4x Shoveler, (AJa)

Whitemoor Haye

Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Great Egret, (SMG)

Whiston

Red Kite at The Leys at 16:15, (GSt)

Branston GPs

30x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 3x Egyptian Geese, 20x Shelduck, 60x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 60x Teal, 20x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 5x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Redshank, Ringed Plover, 70x Lapwing, 3x Stonechat, 8x Chiffchaff, 6x Linnet, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

2x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, 12x Goosander, 30x Fieldfare, 5x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Furnace Grange

Yellowhammer, 12x Buzzard, (CVa)

Friday 7th March 2025

Returning Staffs 2025 arrival

Berryhill

Wheatear on the Palletstacks mound this am, (RGi -  Curlew flew from Palletstacks paddocks, (IBu)

                                                          Wheatear by Steve Edwards

Doxey Marsh

Wheatear this am, (NGR)  -  This pm 9x Shelduck, Pintail, 24x Teal, 6x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 2x Great Egret, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

4x PFG, Woodcock, 10x Snipe, 5x Ringed Plover, 5x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 20x Curlew, Redshank, 2x Avocet, 10x Oystercatcher, 112x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, 13x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 24x Shelduck, 78x Wigeon, 26x Gadwall, 17x Shoveler, 60x Teal, 49x Little Grebe, 2x ad YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 2x ad GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, juv Peregrine, Barn Owl, 15x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)  -  Newbold /SMP2 area 17:00 - No further sign of the PFGs, 2x Little Egret, 7x Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 10x Fieldfare, (DSc)

                                                               PFG by Jon Woodcock

Chatterley Whitfield 

Red Kite over at 13:30, (Ed)

Blithfield Resv

Osprey high up flew out north at 11:00, (MDJ)

Calf Heath WMI

LRP this afternoon, (KCl, SRi)

Tittesworth Water

29x Common Gull, 18x Curlew, Green Woodpecker, 7x Goosander, (SGi)

Barton Marina

74x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 12x Little Grebe, 3x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Cannock Chase

Crossbill over, 20x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, Yellowhammer, 4x singing Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Late afternoon - LRP, Oystercatcher, 7x Snipe, 5x Shelduck, 2x Pintail, 2x Shoveler, c200x Wigeon, 2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Aqualate

Great Egret, female Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 4x singing Chiffchaff, (KHa)

Thursday 6th March 2025

Middleton Lakes

18x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, Pintail, Oystercatcher, 2x Redshank, 4x Curlew, (MSm)

Chasewater

Red Kite low over the Burntwood bypass road, (GP)

Branston GPs

2x Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Curlew, Chiffchaff, (CMa, RF)  -  4x Woodcock, 4x Snipe, 4x Avocet, 2x Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 60x Lapwing, 19x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Water Rail, 11x Goldeneye, 19x Pochard, 147x Teal, 26x Shelduck, 49x Little Grebe, 2x ad YL Gull, 3x ad Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 8x Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, 18x Skylark, 6x Redpoll, 26x Fieldfare, (JWo)

                                                           Avocets by Jon Woodcock

Whitemoor Haye

3x Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, Oystercatcher, 2x Chiffchaff, c200x Linnet in a finch flock, (CMa, RF)  -  LRP, (TPe)

Tittesworth Water

3x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Snipe, Goosander, Mandarin, 11x Teal, YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, 4x Redpoll, 23x GC Grebe, (JOa, LH)

Tittensor Chase

4x singing Chiffchaff, (AR)

Endon - Denford

3x Willow Tit, White Wagtail, 2x Chiffchaff, 4x Mandarin, 2x Green Woodpecker, Goosander, Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, (DCo)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike still, 2x Merlin, 10x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Redpolls, Siskins, (RGi, IBu)

Stanley Pool

2x Goosander, 24x Tufted Duck, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

2x Ruddy Shelduck flew in at 10:45 also 2x Egyptian Geese, (MGo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

LRP this am, (PGl)

Gailey Resv

4x Little Egret, 2x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, c150x Golden Plover, (SRi)

Branston Water Park

4x Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, 2x Oystercatcher, (JWo)

Barton Marina

Green Sandpiper, 14x Little Grebe, 72x Wigeon, (JWo)

Whiston

Red Kite flying around The Leys at 17:00,  (GSt)