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)