Saturday, 18 April 2026

Saturday 18th April 2026

Belvide Resv

4x Cattle Egret flew from roost at 07:10 and flew high south, 

Berryhill

Whinchat, Sedge Warbler, (IBu)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Wheatear,  Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 31x Lapwing, 2x Snipe 5x Shelduck, 11x Gadwall, 2x Goosander, 4x Teal, 6x Shoveler, 4x Egyptian Geese +16 goslings, 12x GC Grebe. Little Grebe, 3x Little Egret,  (SCo)

Elford

Red Kite over at 09:10, (SCo)

Cannock Chase

Sycamore Hill - 5x Tree Pipit, 2x Stonechat, 2x Whitethroat, (IWi)  -  Cuckoo, 10+ Tree Pipit, 5x Redstart, Curlew over SW, (JKl)

Bednall

Redstart, (IWi)

Middleton Lakes

2x Cuckoo, Wheatear, 3x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 20x Avocet, 8+ LRP, 6+ Redshank, White Wagtail, Barnacle Goose, feral Red-breasted Goose, 3x Pochard, Wigeon, (SPA)

Stafford

Red Kite at 13:30 low over Beaconside/Charnley Road, (GHa)

Mow Cop

On the Staffs/Cheshire border the female Ring Ouzel still at 14:20, also 3x Wheatear, (JKl)

Silverdale CP

Gropper, Whitethroat, Willow Warblers, Linnet, (PCa)

Tittesworth Water

2x Oystercatcher, LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, Willow Tit, 2x Swallow, 6x Willow Warbler, (SAs)

Catholme

Cuckoo, 10x Whitethroat, 100+ Sand Martin, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Oystercatcher, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Canal 2x Shelduck, (JWo)

Furnace Grange Trescott

2+ White Wagtail, 5x Yellow Wagtail, 7x Wheatear in ploughed field, (GCl, KCl)