Friday 28th February 2025

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike again at 11:30, (NGR)

Aqualate

Great Egret, Chiffchaff, (KHa)

Doxey Marsh

Curlew, Common Gull, (GPr, RRa, MPe)

Trentham Gardens

Hawfinch, Dipper, 20x Gadwall, 5x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, 11x Greenfinch, (RGi)

Belvide Resv

Tundra Bean Goose with 5x PFG at the west end, 

Uttoxeter GPs

2x Little Grebe, 20x Wigeon, 14x Gadwall, 16x Teal, 4x Pochard, (DSc)

Rudyard

Red-breasted Merganser still, Little Egret, Pink-footed Goose, 7x Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, (SSe)

Branston GPs

Fem/imm Marsh Harrier, 3x Avocet, 32x Golden Plover, 300x Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 22x Curlew, Dunlin, 9x Snipe, Green Sandpiper 8x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 16x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 31x Shelduck, 150x Teal, 7x Egyptian Geese, 54x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 10x Common Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 2x Chiffchaff, 4x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, 5x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Barton Marina

60x Wigeon, 12x Little Grebe, (JWo)  -  also Little Egret, 5x GG Grebe, (SPl)

Stafford

Little Egret on Astonfields balancing resv, (RSt)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan, 4x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, (JJH, SJH)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, (JJH)  -  evening roost Ad Iceland Gull, 3cy YL Gull, 5x Common Gull, 13x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, Oystercatcher, (CW)

Tucklesholme

2x Goldeneye, 4x GG Grebe, 2x Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, (SPl)

Thursday 27th February 2025

Stanley Pool

7x Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, 7x GC Grebe, Red Kite, (GBr, ALa)

Rudyard

Red-breasted Merganser still opposite the "lakeside loop board", (Laxmi)

Cannock Chase

Great Grey Shrike early afternoon, (PSi)

                                                                      By Pete Simcock

Uttoxeter GPs

Red Kite over NW at 11:12, 4x Little Grebe, Shelduck, 6x Gadwall, 20x Teal, Goosander, 2x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, 2x Common Gull, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

6x Goosander, 16x Teal, 3x Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 2x Willow Tit, 12x Common Gull, (JOa, LH)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Whooper Swan, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, (JAl)

Sandon

Red Kite over the A51,  (SBe)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, (JAl)

Middleton Lakes

Great Egret, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Red Kite, Stonechat, (RBe)

Branston GPs

22x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, 300x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 17x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 25x Pochard, 22x Shelduck, 105x Teal, 13x Egyptian Geese, 45x Little Grebe, 3x ad YL Gull, 5x Common Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 4x Chiffchaff, 6x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 6x Linnet, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo, CEc, Dean, George, MCa)

Barton Marina

72x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 10x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Yoxall

Red Kite over this afternoon, (CBe)

Doxey Marsh

2x Shelduck, 7x Shoveler, 3x Gadwall, 33x Teal, 4x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, Great Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (CAFH)

Wednesday 26th February 2025

Rudyard

Red-breasted Merganser still, 11x Goosander, Pink-footed Goose, 2x Red Kite, 2x Little Egret, (SSe)

                                                   Red-breasted Merganser by Steve Seal

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Merlin, Great Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, (RBe)

                                                      Slavonian Grebe by Rob Bendelow

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 3x YL Gull, (JAl)  -  also 10x Common Gull, Oystercatcher, (CW

Tucklesholme

2x Snipe, 3x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 103x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 8x GC Grebe, Great Egret, (JWo)

Uttoxeter GPs

75x Wigeon, 30x Teal, 6x Gadwall, Pochard, Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 14x Lapwing, (DSc)

Tuesday 25th February 2025

Knypersley Resv

Water Rail in Osier beds, Mandarin, Goosander, (GBr)

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5x singing Chiffchaff, (JDu)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe again on roadside pit, 2x Whooper Swan, Great Egret, Little Egret, Red Kite, Stonechat,  (JAl ), 

Wergs Hall

Hawfinch again viewed from Wergs Hall Road 7:50 to 07:54, (IMo) - 2x Hawfinch at 08:15 and again this afternoon, (NMo)

Gun Hill

Red Kite, (PHe)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, (JAl)

Branston GPs

2x Avocet, 21x Curlew, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, 200x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Pintail, Ruddy Shelduck, 25x Shelduck, Goosander, 17x Goldeneye, 30x Pochard, 17x Goldeneye, 30x Pochard, 102x Wigeon, 5x Egyptian Geese, 49x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 7x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Siskin, 12x Linnet, 6x Skylark, (JWo, JHo, SHo, SBI)

                                                      Ruddy Shelduck by Jon Woodcock

Branston Water Park

Goldeneye, 6x Gadwall, (JWo)

Monday 24th February 2025

Holden Lane Pool

Little Egret, Ring-necked Parakeet but no sign of the Scaup at nearby at Ford Green, (GBr)

Newcastle

60x Siskin feeding in Alders in our garden at Porthill, (MJo, SJo)

Trentham Gardens

2x Hawfinch, 3x Oystercatcher, 3x Shelduck circling over lake, 5x Goosander, Stonechat, (WMo)

Endon - Denford

3x Willow Tit, Green Woodpecker, 5x Mandarin, 27x Snipe, Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher,  27x Teal, 2x Shoveler, Chiffchaff at the STW, (DCo)

Rudyard

2x Red Kite over at 13:20, (Laxmi)

Tittesworth Water

11x Curlew, 18x Wigeon, Pochard, Tawny Owl, (SGi)  -  2x Oystercatcher, Willow Tits, Pochard, (DCo

Branston GPs

4x Avocet still, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, 18x Curlew, 20x Golden Plover, 300x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 15x Goldeneye, Goosander, 41x Pochard, 102x Wigeon, 14x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 17x Shelduck, 272x Teal, 27x Little Grebe, 2x ad YL Gull, 8x Common Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, 8x Siskin, 2x Redpoll, 10x Greenfinch, 36x Fieldfare, 10x Skylark,  (JWo)

                                                          Avocets by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, (JAl)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Oystercatcher, Egyptian Goose, (RBe)

Barton Marina

Goosander, 8x Pochard, 57x Wigeon, 8x Little Grebe, 2x Skylark, (JWo)

Coven

Red Kite over, (JDu)

Sunday 23rd February 2025

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan still, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 16x Goldeneye, 13x Pochard, 56x Gadwall, 7x Goosander, 37x Wigeon, 45x Shoveler, 58x Teal, x3 Oystercatcher, 150x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 3x Yellowhammer, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Little Grebe, 2x GC Grebe, (SCo)

                                                         Yellowhammer by Stu Collins

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Little Grebe, 30x Teal, 16x Gadwall, (GPr)

Middleton Lakes

Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 13x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, Pintail, Great Egret, (MSm)

Tittesworth Water

Pintail, 7x Pochard, Gadwall, 3x Teal, 5x Oystercatcher, 5x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TEe)

Ford Green

The Westport Scaup on a visit to Ford Green, (PJ)

Uttoxeter GPs

11:30 - 7x Oystercatcher, 40x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 8x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 2x Goldeneye, (DSc)

Branston GPs

4x Avocet roosted on North pit, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 50x Golden Plover, 250x Lapwing, 2x ad YL Gull, 12x Common Gull, 12x Shelduck, 10x Wigeon, 18x Gadwall, 16x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, 4x Skylark, (DSc)

Saturday 22nd February 2025

Uttoxeter Quarry

Jack Snipe, 8x Curlew, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Goosander, 2x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, Red Kite, Dipper, Chiffchaff, (RPo)

GaileyResv

31x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 3x Oystercatcher, (JIs)  -  Late morning  Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 37x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

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37x Skylark, 14x Greenfinch amongst mixed Finch flock, Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, Little Egret, (JDu)

Wergs Hall

5x Hawfinch showing for over 40 mins early morning, (SRi)  -  Hawfinch viewed from the A41 at 14:00, (CVa)

Rudyard

Red-breasted Merganser still this am, 2x Oystercatcher, 12x Goosander, (TEe)  -  RBM still at 16:00 between the dam and lady of the lake, (RPo)  -  RBM,  Pink-footed Goose at north end, 4x Oystercatcher, (DBr)

                                                                By Steve Gibson

Middleton Lakes

Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, Pintail, 2x Goosander and the "dodgy" Red-breasted Goose, (SPA)  - Also Brent Goose with Greylags and Canada's, Bittern, Great Egret, Stonechat, (JED, KJD)

River Sow Meadows Baswich - Milford

3x Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Peregrine, Red Kite, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 90x Wigeon, 4x Gadwall, (RSw)

Baldwins Gate

2x Little Egret this am, (RWh)

Wychnor

2x Oystercatcher, ad YL Gull, Great Egret, Little Egret, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

4x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

Adult Goshawk, 2x Smew briefly, 

Branston GPs

Red Kite thru west at 14:06, imm Peregrine, Little Egret, 4x Egyptian Geese, 12x Shelduck, 19x Wigeon, 100x Teal, 26x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 3x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 400x Lapwing, 40x Golden Plover, Snipe, 2x Common Gull, 5x Skylark, 2x Stonechat, 4x Linnet, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, 40x Wigeon, 3x Shoveler, 14x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, (DSc)

Friday 21st February 2025

Aqualate

150+ Pintail, female Marsh Harrier, 2x Red Kite, 105x Lapwing, (KHa)

Cheddleton Heath

2x Red Kite over at 12:50, (PCa)

Middleton Lakes

YL Gull, 23x Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 4x Great Egret, Oystercatcher, Peregrine, (SPA)

Endon - Denford

Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 18x Snipe, Lapwing,  Shoveler, 31x Teal, (DCo)

Stanley Pool

Oystercatcher, 49x Lapwing, 13x Goosander, 5x GC Grebe, (GBr)

Wolseley Centre

Water Rail, Goosander, (RBe)

                                                           Water Rail by Rob Bendelow

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Great Egret, (RBe)

Rudyard 

Red-breasted Merganser still off the Lady of the Lake,  (TE)  -  Long-Tailed Duck, (TEe)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, (JAl)

Calf Heath WMI

93x Golden Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 18x Shoveler, (SRi)

Branston GPs

96x Golden Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Curlew, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 700x Lapwing, 15x Goosander, 17x Goldeneye, 20x Pochard, 15x Shelduck, 43x Little Grebe, 3x ad YL Gull, 8x Common Gull, 3x GBB Gull, Peregrine, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

3x Oystercatcher, 3x Goldeneye, 4x Wigeon, 14x Gadwall, (JWo)

Barton Marina

2x Oystercatcher, 14x Pochard, 56x Wigeon, 8x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Thursday 20th February 2025

Croxall

Great Egret, 9x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Peregrine, Great Egret, 800x Lapwing, 24x Shoveler, (ICW)

Rudyard Resv

Red-breasted Merganser at Rushton end 600 metres along railway side, (LHa)  

Tittesworth Water

37x Common Gull, 4x Shelduck, Pochard, 2x Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)

Swinscoe

Red Kite, (CMa)

Aqualate area

Red Kite at 16:30 from the A519, (GCa)

Rudyard area

5x Little Egret, Heron Pool, (Laxmi)

Branston GPs

98x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 16x Snipe, 18x Curlew, 700x Lapwing, 15x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 42x Pochard, 296x Teal, 16x Shelduck, 38x Little Grebe, 3x ad YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, GBB Gull, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, (JWo)

Barton Marina

10x Pochard, 54x Wigeon, 8x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

4x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 18x Pintail, YL Gull, Red Kite, 

Longsdon

Red Kite above City Lane, (PHe)

Wednesday 19th February 2025

Gailey Resv

16x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, Great Egret, 2x Oystercatcher this am, (JIs)  -  This evening, 10x Goldeneye, 15x Pochard, 2x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Chasewater

18x Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, (ICW)  -  also 4x Common Gull, 2x Goosander, 7x Siskin, (CMa, LRM)  -  Roost ad Iceland Gull, ad Med Gull, (JAl)  -  additional in the roost ad YL Gull, 20x Common Gull, (CW)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Great Egret, 9x Goldeneye, 17x Shoveler, (ICW)  -  2x Whooper Swan, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Stonechat, (JAl)

Patshull Great Pool

Great Egret in flight but no sign of the Tundra Bean Geese late afternoon, (IMo)

Tuesday 18th February 2025

Ingestre

Hawfinch again at the church in Yews but elusive, (RCB)

Trentham Gardens

Hawfinch still, Dipper, 36x Gadwall, 4x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, 7x Greenfinch, (RTo)

Keele area

Barn Owl off the A525, (JPa)

Stanley Pool

Red Kite, Little Kite, Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Westport Lake

Scaup, Goosander, Chiffchaff, Redpoll, Siskin, Goldcrest, (KBr)

Hilltop Dilhorne

2x Barn Owl, (DCo)

Belvide Resv

Red Kite over car park, 3x Siskin Gazebo Bay, (JJH, SJH)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, ad Med Gull, ad YL Gull, (JAl, SRi)

Aqualate area

Red Kite near the A519, (GCa)

Monday 17th February 2025

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver twice seen at 12:15 by Fly Bay then later at 13:00 towards the NW side, (RSo) - Great Northern Diver still this afternoon, (GJM, JAl, PAn)  -  Ad Iceland Gull, 1w Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 2w YL Gull and at dusk GND still, (JAl)

Ingestre

At least one Hawfinch still in the church/Orangery this am,  (IB)

Cheddleton Heath

3x Red Kite circling high at 10:00, (PCa)

Endon - Denford

Red Kite, 2x Little Egret, 18x Snipe, Oystercatcher, 25x Teal, (DCo)

Patshull Great Pool

2x Tundra Bean Geese, also 3x Great Egret, view only from Patshull Road, (KCl)

Burntwood

Red Kite over Vaughan Way, (MCl)

Wergs Hall

Hawfinch still viewed from Wergs Hall Road, (IMo)

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Black Redstart still, (SSW)

Calf Heath WMI

2x YL Gull (ad and 3w), 26x Shoveler, 2x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Branston GPs

18x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 500x Lapwing, 20x Snipe, 17x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 19x Pochard, 77x Wigeon, 26x Gadwall, 4x Shoveler, 372x Teal, 9x Shelduck, 43x Little Grebe, 3x ad YL Gull, 10x Common Gull, juv Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 5x Stonechat, 15x Skylark, 30x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Barton Marina

62x Wigeon, 4x Pochard, 6x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

2x Oystercatcher, Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 38x Gadwall, 2x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Sunday 16th February 2025

Ingestre

2x Hawfinch around the Church and Orangery this am, (IDB, RCB)

Trentham Gardens

Hawfinch still, 2x Dipper, Oystercatcher, 32x Gadwall, Wigeon, 6x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, 2x Little Grebe, Stonechat, 8x Greenfinch, (RGi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Oystercatcher, Redshank, Great Egret, 2x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 5x Pochard, 5x Shoveler, 21x Gadwall, 55x Teal, 201x Wigeon, Dipper, (RPo)

Stanley Pool

2x Little Egret, 10x Goosander, Oystercatcher, 4x Lapwing, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

Merlin, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Oystercatcher, 320x Lapwing, 3x Water Rail, Pochard, 6x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2x Stonechat, (MBo, PDy, GPr, RRa, RSt, DTo, WeBS)

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Black Redstart still, (RSo, JDu)

Tittesworth Water

5x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 8x Common Gull, Red Kite, 3x Willow Tit, 7x Goosander, 11x Wigeon, 19x Teal, (JOa, LH, TE)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe and the 2x Whooper Swan still present, (SCo)

Ellastone

4x Red Kite at 12:00, (JDr)

Westport Lake

Drake Scaup, 11x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Oystercatcher (south), Chiffchaff, 2x Redpoll, Siskin, (KSt, WeBS)

Calf Heath WMI

Ad YL Gull, 4x Oystercatcher, 570x Lapwing, 16x Shoveler, (SRi, KCl)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, ad Med Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, (JAl)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier thru north at 14:00, 6x Egyptian Geese, 5x Shelduck, 56x Wigeon, 10x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, 35x Golden Plover, 200x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, 3x Fieldfare, 12x Linnet, (DSc)

Needwood

Red Kite over at 12:20, (DSc)

Callingwood

30x Fieldfare at 12:25, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

60x Wigeon, 12x Teal, 14x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Goshawk, Peregrine, Merlin, 18x Pintail, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, Curlew, Water Rail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 

Rushton Spencer

140x Lapwing, (HBa)

Saturday 15th February 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan,  2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 700x Lapwing, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Green Sandpiper, Golden Plover, 19x Goldeneye, 61x Teal, 482x Wigeon, 19x Pochard, 4x Shelduck, Goosander, 62x Gadwall, 13x Shoveler, 23x Egyptian Geese, 3x Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, (SCo)

Alrewas NMA

Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 12x Goosander, (JWo)

Wychnor

2x Little Egret, 4x Shelduck, (JWo)

Branston GPs

36x Little Grebe, 3x Egyptian Geese, 12x Shelduck, 71x Wigeon, 140x Teal, 24x Pochard, 21x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, imm Peregrine, Oystercatcher, 18x Curlew, 158x Golden Plover, 290x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 2x YL Gull, Common Gull, Stonechat, (DSc)

Friday 14th February 2025

Blithfield Resv

2nd c/y Marsh Harrier NW Tad Bay at 12:07, (GJM, MDJ)

Trentham Gardens

68x PFG over SW at 09:55, 20x Gadwall, Wigeon, Oystercatcher, Red Kite, Dipper, (RGi)

Croxden Quarry

8x Shelduck, 15x Gadwall, 4x Shoveler, (TDu)

Branston GPs

22x Golden Plover, 506x Lapwing, 20x Curlew, 18x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, 17x Shelduck, 19x Goldeneye, 7x Goosander, 28x Pochard, 89x Wigeon, 275x Teal, 36x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 8x Common Gull, Red Kite, Barn Owl, 2x Stonechat, (JWo, DSc)

Barton Marina

44x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, 6x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan, Merlin, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, (JAl)

Thursday 13th February 2025

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, 3x Goosander, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

2x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 6x Shelduck, 2x Water Rail, (CMa, RF)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Whooper Swan, 14x Goldeneye, 64x Gadwall, 9x Pochard, 176x Wigeon, 29x Shoveler, 28x Teal, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 600x Lapwing, 6x Little Grebe,  (SCo)  -  Cetti's Warbler, (RBe)

                                                         Cetti's Warbler by Rob Bendelow

Trentham Gardens

Hawfinch and Dipper still this am, (LRa)

Tittesworth Water

5x Oystercatcher, Snipe, Common Gull, 4x Willow Tit, 3x Goosander, 8x Teal, (JOa, LH)

Tucklesholme

Marsh Harrier this am, (DHa)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 3w Caspian Gull and a probable adult in fading light, 2x 1w YL Gull, 11x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, (BHa)  -  Ad Iceland Gull, (JAl)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 21x Snipe, 100x Golden Plover, 575x Lapwing, 18x Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 3x Water Rail, 15x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, 27x Pochard, 20x Shelduck, 250x Teal, 33x Little Grebe, 3w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, 8x Common Gull, 2x Stonechat, 25x Greenfinch, 8x Linnet, 25x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Barton Marina

64x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 4x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Wednesday 12th February 2025

Gailey Resv

50x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, (JIs)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Stonechat, (JAl)

                                                       Slavonian Grebe by Rob Bendelow

Trentham

Hawfinch still by the church, (HF, SE)

Tittesworth Water

Great Egret, Red Kite, 21x Wigeon, 4x Goosander, 2x Siskin, Redpoll, (SGi)

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Black Redstart still, 2x Stonechat, (JDu)

Stafford

2x Goosander in Victoria Park, (AR)

Wolseley Centre

3x Goosander, (AR)

Rocester JCB

North Lake - 8x Goosander, 3x GC Grebe, Oystercatcher, (JDr)

Tuesday 11th February 2025

Middleton Lakes

25x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, (SPA)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Pochard, Goldeneye, Little Grebe, (JTu)

Branston GPs

3x Woodcock, 24x Snipe, 18x Curlew, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 76x Golden Plover, 542x Lapwing, 3x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, 6x Goosander, 13x Goldeneye, 18x Pochard, 28x Shelduck, 43x Little Grebe, ad YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 7x Stonechat, 15x Siskin, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

3x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, 35x Gadwall, White-cheeked Pintail, 4x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, (CWG)

Monday 10th February 2025

Trentham Gardens

20x Gadwall, Wigeon, 5x Goosander, 2x Little Grebe, Stonechat, (RGi)

Croxden Quarry

7x Shelduck, 6x Gadwall, (ALa)

Cheddleton Valley

c30x Raven downstream of The Boat, c150x Pied Wagtail on the STW, 23x Teal, 2x Red Kite, (ALa)

Ilam

Dipper on the Manifold, (JDr)

Calf Heath WMI

Ad YL Gull, 340x Lapwing, Shoveler, (SRi)

Wergs Hall

Hawfinch still viewed from the A41, also 40x Siskin, (CVa)

Branston GPs

Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 3x Green Sandpiper, 19x Curlew, 458x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 19x Shelduck, 18x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 26x Pochard, 38x Wigeon, 22x Gadwall, 4x Shoveler, 256x Teal, 3x Egyptian Geese, 47x Little Grebe, 3x ad YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 4x Stonechat, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

4x Goldeneye, 4x Wigeon, 33x Gadwall, 4x Little Grebe and the White-cheeked Pintail again, (JWo)

Sunday 9th February 2025

                                         West Midland Bird Club Stafford Branch

Invites you to a talk on Tuesday 11th February 2025 by Liz Clipson. Birding in Vasterbotten County, Sweden at Walton-on-the-Hill village hall, Green Gore Lane, Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford ST17 0LD. Doors open 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. Admission £3 including refreshments, Everyone welcome.

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Black Redstart still, 

Stanley Pool

30x Goosander this am, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

34x PFG flew south, Slavonian Grebe still, Whooper Swan, c700x Lapwing,  9x Pochard, 13x Goldeneye, 73x Wigeon, 32x Gadwall, 15x Shoveler, 24x Teal, fem Merlin, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x ad Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Little Grebe, (SCo), - 3x Bewick's Swan over at 11:15, (JPa, MPa)

Wergs Hall

Hawfinch still distantly from the A41 this am, (GCl) - Hawfinch also in flight at 14:10, (IMo)

Branston GPs

4x Jack Snipe, 12x Snipe, 3x Green Sandpiper, 100x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 5x Goldeneye, 5x Shelduck, 30x Wigeon, 2x GC Grebe, 16x Little Grebe, 12x Siskin, 25x Greenfinch, 25x Skylark, 2x Stonechat, 15x Fieldfare, (JWo, CEc, Dean)  -  additional 12:30 to 14:00 Red Kite over north at 12:42, 3x Egyptian Geese, 8x Shelduck, 18x Pochard, 14x Goldeneye, 120x Teal, 440x Lapwing, (DSc)

Westport Lake

Drake Scaup still, 

Belvide Resv

White-fronted Goose again, 40x Pintail, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x Great Egret, 

Tittesworth Water

11x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 2x Goosander, Little Egret, 4x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH, TE)

Calwich

Red Kite this afternoon, (JDr)

Cheddleton

Red Kite over, Golden Plover to the north, 6x Siskin, 6x Raven, (DSc)

Bank Top farm area (near Dilhorne)

11:00 50x Raven, (DSc)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Mid Day Great Egret, Little Egret, 150x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, 8x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 2x Oystercatcher, 50x Lapwing, (DSc)

Dunstall Mill Pond

Great Egret, Shelduck, (DSc)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, ad Med Gull, ad YL Gull, (CWG)

Saturday 8th February 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe, 2x Whooper Swan, 4x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 9x Goldeneye, 19x Pochard, Shelduck, 116x Wigeon, 46x Gadwall, 16x Teal, 10x Shoveler, 19x Egyptian Geese, 7x Little Grebe, 2x GC Grebe,  Stonechat, (SCo) - Merlin reported

Belvide Resv

White-fronted Goose on north shore, 

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite low over at 08:50, (PCa)

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Black Redstart, 3x Stonechat, Goosander, 19x Snipe, 30x Skylark, (JDu)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 1w Caspian Gull, 2x ad YL Gull, (CWG)

Uttoxeter Quarry

3x Oystercatcher, 25x Lapwing, 150x Wigeon, Goldeneye, Goosander, Shelduck, (DSc)

Branston GPs

9x Shelduck, 80x Teal, 34x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 20x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 3x Woodcock, 2x YL Gull, Common Gull, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 14x Goosander, 500x Starling, (JWo)

Wychnor

Little Egret, 3x Shelduck, ad YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, (JWo)

Friday 7th February 2025

Stanley Pool

13x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, (ALa)

Middleton Lakes

3x Oystercatcher, 16x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, Shelduck, 3x Great Egret, Red-breasted Goose (of unknown origin), (SPA)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x juv Whooper Swan back on field north of Sittles farm, Goosander, (PJT)  -  Slavonian Grebe still this evening, 2x Whooper Swan, 2x Oystercatcher, 600x Lapwing, 8x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 34x Gadwall, Little Egret, 7x Little Grebe, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, c100x Fieldfare, (BHa)  -  In addition 2x Great Egret, (JAl)

Westport Lake

Drake Scaup still, Goosander, Pochard, Goldeneye, (BGo)

                                                             Scaup by Bill Goldstraw

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

5x Goosander, 2x Willow Tit, Dipper, (TDu)

Branston GPs

17x Curlew, 15x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 207x Lapwing, Great Egret, 16x Goosander, 11x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 19x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 43x Little Grebe, 3x ad YL Gull, 8x Common Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 6x Stonechat, 15x Skylark, 5x Greenfinch, 3x Linnet, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

2x Oystercatcher, 3x Goldeneye, 5x Wigeon, 42x Gadwall, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Thursday 6th February 2025

Coombes Valley

c200x PFG in 3 skeins heading west this morning, (RSPB)

Hanley

c130x PFG over north at 10:28, (RTo)

Parkhall CP

3x Willow Tit, Red Kite, 180+ PFG in two skeins, 120x over west at 1027 followed by 60x over SW at 10:33, (RGi)

Blithfield Resv

21x PFG NW at 12:00, 9x Pintail, (GJM, MDJ)  -  2x Great Egret, Oystercatcher, 91x Wigeon, (CMa, RF)

Croxall

6x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, 4x Redshank, 2x Great Egret, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 800x Lapwing, 3x Shelduck, 8x Goldeneye, 17x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, (ICW)  -  Slavonian Grebe again, 2x Whooper Swan, Merlin, Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 38x Gadwall, 4x Little Grebe, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, (BHa)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

250x PFG over west this am, (TEy)

Tittesworth Water

450x PFG over NW  in two skeins this am, 2x Red Kite, 2x Oystercatcher, Snipe, 3x Willow Tit, 11x Wigeon, 9x Goosander, 17x Teal, Little Egret, (JOa, LH)

Aqualate

Marsh Harrier and male Garganey, (PJo)           

                                                               Garganey by Pete Jordan

Coven

Woodcock, Stonechat, Peregrine, (JDu)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail, Oystercatcher 17x Goosander, (GBr)

Uttoxeter Quarry

At dusk Green Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, 16x Goosander, Dipper, 2x Egyptian Geese, (RPo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, (JAl)

Branston GPs

4x Woodcock, 22x Snipe, 3x Oystercatcher, 21x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 110x Golden Plover, 600x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, 22x Shelduck, 8x Goosander, 10x Goldeneye, 44x Pochard, 42x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull 3x Common Gull, Barn Owl, Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, 34x Skylark, 6x Linnet, 6x Greenfinch, (JWo, CEc, Dean, JHo, SHo)

Barton Marina

64x Wigeon, 17x Pochard, Little Egret, 10x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Bunkers Hill Wood

Firecrest still this afternoon,  (JLi)
                                                 

Wednesday 5th February 2025

Westport Lake

Drake Scaup still,  2x Goosander, 11x Pochard, (SSe)

                                                               Scaup by Steve Seal

Rudyard

5x Goosander, Water Rail, Little Egret,  (SSe)

Whitmore Bent Lane

Feeders Pumping station - 4x Tree Sparrow, Reed Bunting, (AEa)

Wergs Hall

Hawfinch still at 13:15 viewable distantly from the A41 east of junction with Heath House Lane and Wrottesley Park Road, (KCl)

Endon - Denford

2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 21x Teal, PF Goose, Oystercatcher, 2x Redpoll, (DCo)

Chasewater

Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 5x Wigeon, (GHa)  -  Roost Ad Iceland Gull, (JAl)

Stanley Pool

Oystercatcher, 5x Goosander, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Redhead Smew still, 

Blithfield Resv

58x Pintail, (GJM)

Calf Heath WMI

3w YL Gull, 340x Lapwing, 9x Shoveler and at nearby Gailey Great Egret viewable on fishing pool from the A5, (SRi)

Tuesday 4th February 2025

Blithfield Resv

Whooper Swan Tad Bay, (GJM)

Gailey Resv

54x Pochard, Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, 2x Oystercatcher, (JIs)

Trentham Gardens

2x Dipper, (Kr, BMo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, ad Med Gull, (JAl)

Branston GPs

2x Woodcock, 18x Snipe, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 20x Curlew, 275x Golden Plover, 400x Lapwing, Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, 7x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 16x Pochard, 10x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 37x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, 4x ad YL Gull, 12x Common Gull, juv Peregrine, 5x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 4x Siskin, 4x Redpoll, 10x Linnet, 400x Starling, (JWo)

Barton Marina

63x Wigeon, 2x Shoveler, 10x Pochard, 6x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Monday 3rd February 2025

Doxey Marsh

Cattle Egret, Yellowhammer (local rarity), Red Kite, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 400x Lapwing, 11x Snipe, 13x Shoveler, 5x Shelduck, 6x Goosander, 3x Stonechat, 3x Chiffchaff, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (MBo, PDy)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan still in field east of microlight club pit, Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Fieldfare, (PJT) -  Merlin, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Whooper Swan, (JAl)

Branston GPs

3x Whooper Swan on BMP, Oystercatcher, 150x Golden Plover, 500x Lapwing, 20x Curlew, 21x Snipe, Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, 17x Goldeneye, 12x Goosander, 20x Pochard, 22x Shelduck, 69x Wigeon, 10x Gadwall, 5x Shoveler, 322x Teal, 45x Little Grebe, 1w Caspian Gull, ad YL Gull, Common Gull, Barn Owl, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, 4x Linnet, 6x Greenfinch, Skylark, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                   Whooper Swans by Jon Woodcock

Whitmore Bent Lane

8x Tree Sparrow and 2x Reed Bunting at pumping station, (AEa)

Belvide Resv

Whooper Swan on north shore, Smew still, Ad Med Gull, 

Cannock Chase

A single Hawfinch in the area behind the car park opposite Tackeroo at 14:30,  (PSi)

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Black Redstart still, (JDu)

Middleton Lakes

Oystercatcher, 13x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Great Egret, (SPA)

Stanley Pool

Female Pintail, 2x Goosander, (GBr)

Endon - Denford

Willow Tit, 2x Green Woodpecker, 49x Snipe, 18x Teal, 9x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, 22x Fieldfare, 3x Siskin,  (DCo)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 2x Caspian Gull (1w and 3w), (JAl)

Barton Marina

43x Wigeon, 6x Pochard, 6x Little Grebe, 2x GC Grebe, (JWo)

Sunday 2nd February 2025

Gailey Res

Great Egret, 50x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 15x Siskin, (SRi)

Calf Heath WMI

Possible ad Caspian Gull briefly, 9x Shoveler, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

2x Redhead Smew still, 

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, Goosander, Shelduck, Shoveler, 2x Chiffchaff, Lapwing, (GHa)

Tittesworth Water

29x Wigeon, 3x Pochard, 13x Goosander, 11x Teal, Mandarin, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Common Gull, 3x Willow Tit, Redpoll, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Little Bank Top farm

45x Raven, (MKe, JKe)

Himley Plantation

Marsh Tit still on the feeders near car park, (PBa) - also at Himley Pochard, Goosander, Little Grebe, 3x GC Grebe, (CVa)

Blithfield Resv

2x Great Egret, 10x Goldeneye, (MJa)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull in the roost at 16:35, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

Marsh Harrier, 2x Whooper Swan, 10x Goldeneye, Shelduck, 73x Wigeon, 41x Gadwall, 16x Pochard, 5x Shoveler, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Oystercatcher, 13x Little Grebe, Yellowhammer, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)  -  Merlin this afternoon, (DHa)

Branston GPs

30x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 13x Shelduck, 170x Teal, 34x Pochard,12x Goldeneye, 8x Goosander, Peregrine, 19x Curlew, c1000x Lapwing, 180x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 12x Snipe, 2x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 5x Stonechat, (DSc)

                                                    Green Sandpiper by Dave Scattergood

Branston Water Park

2000x Starlings roosted, (DSc)

Radford Meadows Stafford

431x Golden Plover, 891x Lapwing, 550x Wigeon, 500x Teal, 7x Shelduck, 4x Goosander, 6x Pintail, 30x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, Little Grebe, Little Egret, (RSw)

Rushton Spencer

70x Lapwing, (HBa)

Saturday 1st February 2025

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Black Redstart still, 3x Stonechat, Goosander, (JDu)

Stafford

Beacon Hill - Red Kite, Hopton - 30x Siskin, 60x Fieldfare, also 2x Goosander on River Sow at Baswich, (IWi)

Wergs Hall

Hawfinch still, 

Croxall

Oystercatcher, 20x Snipe, Goldeneye, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Whooper Swan still, 12x Goldeneye, 63x Gadwall, Jack Snipe, 890x Lapwing, Great Egret, (ICW)  -  Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 800x Lapwing, Merlin reported, 2x Whooper Swan still, Great Egret, 3x Goldeneye, 17x Pochard, 48x Wigeon, 38x Gadwall, 3x Goosander, 8x Shoveler, 5x Little Grebe, 2x Egyptian Geese, Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, (SCo)

                                                       Whooper Swan by Stu Collins

Belvide Resv

2x Redhead Smew,

Scot Hay

 2x Common Crane over north at 12:50, (TRo)

Himley Plantation

Marsh Tit  on feeders near the car park at 12:15, (IMo)  -  Also 2x Stonechat, Goosander, (CVa)

Calf Heath WMI

Oystercatcher, 2x Stonechat, 455x Lapwing, 2x Teal, (KCl)

Barton - Wychnor

4x Shelduck, YL Gull, 4x ad GBB Gull, 500x Starling, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

5x Goosander, 3000x Starling, Chiffchaff, -  Alrewas Canal - Little Egret, Shelduck, Barn Owl, (JWo)

Branston GPs

5x Shelduck, 12x Wigeon, 120x Teal, 11x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Goosander, Curlew, 1000x Lapwing, 340x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Little Egret, 2x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, 46x Wigeon, 18x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, (DSc)