Sunday, 19 April 2026

Sunday 19th April 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrival

Branston GPs

2x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 6x Lapwing, 3x Ringed Plover, 10x Shelduck, 8x Egyptian Geese, 20x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 16x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, 4x Skylark, (DSc)  -  Also Yellow Wagtail, Garden Warbler, Red Kite, 2x Wheatear, Yellowhammer, Mandarin, (PAn)  -  Additional SMP2 Redshank, Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, Red Kite, Peregrine, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Whitethroat, 20+ Swallow, 10x House Martin, 100x House Martin, 2x Wheatear, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

2x Goosander thru North, 2x Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, 2x Linnet, 3x Greenfinch, (DSc)

Fisherwick

Singing Corn Bunting, (PAn)

Blithfield Resv

2x Arctic Tern thru, (GJM)

Berryhill

Garden Warbler, Stonechat, 7x Swallow, (IBu)  -  14x Wheatear on the mound at 11:00, Cetti's Warbler still, Whitethroat, 5x Linnet, 3x Skylark, (JKe)

Doxey Marsh

Hobby, Peregrine, 36x Sedge Warbler, 7x Reed Warbler, 2x Gropper, 3x Whitethroat, 31x Chiffchaff, 23x Blackcap, 22x Cetti's Warbler, 5x LRP, Oystercatcher, 2x Snipe, 14x Gadwall, 16x Teal, 3x Shelduck, 4x Shoveler, 2x Little Egret, (MBo, PDy, WLo, RRa, RSt, DTo, RBr, WLa)

Tittesworth Water

3x Mandarin, 2x Teal, 8x Oystercatcher, 6x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Garden Warbler, 5x Blackcap, 5x Redpoll, Whitethroats, House Martins, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x Reed Bunting, (JOa, LH, TE)

Gun Hill

Cuckoo, (JOa)

Highgate Common

Cuckoo this evening, (DP)

Radford Meadows

Spoonbill foraging this pm, (STo)

Aqualate

2x Marsh Harrier, Cuckoo, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 50+ Sand Martin, 4x Blackcap, Great Egret, Lapwing, (KLe)

Teddersley Lock (near Penkridge)

Common Crane reported on River Penk meadows,