Returning Staffs 2025 arrival
Berryhill
Wheatear on the Palletstacks mound this am, (RGi - Curlew flew from Palletstacks paddocks, (IBu)
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)
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)
