Sunday, 29 March 2026

Sunday 29th March 2026

Stanley Pool

Swallow, Mandarin, 10x Goosander, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Cannock Chase

Female Crossbill at Satnall Resv at 09:00, (MBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Willow Warbler, 2s Med Gull,  LRP, 2x Green Sandpiper, 7x Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 9x Gadwall, 11x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 20x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 11x GC Grebe, 3x Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Bullfinch, 9x Egyptian Geese,  (SCo)

Middleton Lakes

Curlew, 17x Avocet, 2x LRP, 5x Redshank, 2x Snipe, 3x Shelduck, 2x Pochard, 4x Goosander, Great Egret, Peregrine, Sand Martin, (MSm)

Flash

Red Kite over the A53, (Baz)

Tittesworth Water

4x Mandarin, 2x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x Willow Tit, 4x Reed Bunting, 2x Bullfinch, 3x Greenfinch, 40x Common Gull, Red Kite, 2x Fieldfare, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Longsdon Mill Pool

2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Wheatear, (TE)

Branston GPs

SMP only Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 5x Goldeneye, 5x Shelduck, 12x Gadwall, 6x Egyptian Geese, 10x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 20x Sand Martin, 4x Goldcrest, (JWo)  -  Apart from SMPs 2x Red Kite, Great Egret, 3x Mandarin, 30x Shelduck, 14x Wigeon, 50x Shoveler, 50x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 6x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 12x Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 3x Ringed Plover, YL Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Swallow, House Martin, 200x Sand Martin, 8x Fieldfare, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Blackcap, 10x Linnet, Siskin, Redpoll, (DSc)

Mow Cop

The long staying Shore Lark first reported on the 16th January 2026 on the Cheshire side of the Staffs/Cheshire border is still present today. (Joe Johnson)

                                                                   By Joe Johnson