Saturday, 18 July 2026

Saturday 18th July 2026

Gailey Resv

3x Black-tailed Godwit present at 08:30, 4x Little Egret (inc 3 juvs), 2x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Leek

14x Swift over Cruso St at 06:05, (RWi)

Uttoxeter Quarry

2x Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, Goosander, 2x Shoveler, 5x Pochard, 5x Teal, (RPo)

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, Redstart, Common Tern, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x LRP, 11x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

Juv Med Gull flew west at 13:52, 5x Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Redshank, 11x LRP, Wigeon, 3x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, (RPo)

Flash 

Red Kite, (PAn)

Gnosall

9x Red Kite Radmore Lane following grass cutting on the stable fields, (RPl)

Doxey Marsh

4x Great Egret, 4x Little 2x Egret, 6x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 4x Water Rail, Greenfinches, Peregrine, Gropper, (DBa, CE, IG, PB, AB)

Tittesworth Water

2x Peregrine, 2x Redshank, 3x Common Tern, 10x Common Gulls, 3x Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, 2x Raven, (SGi, IB, PS)

Burslem Park/Estate

12+ Swift, (PMo)

Lichfield district

Abnalls Lane - Yellow Wagtail, (MBr)

Whitemoor Haye

11x Little Grebe, 11x GC Grebe, 3x Oystercatcher, 89x Lapwing, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 7x Little Egret, 4x Great Egret, 2x Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Garden Warbler, 3x Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, (SCo)