Tuesday 17th June 2025

Florence Hill

Grasshopper Warbler, (AMa)

Doxey Marsh

This pm Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, 12x Swift, 3x LRP, Little Egret, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Yoxall - Ridware - Kings Bromley

Red Kite over, (AGP)

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Curlew, 33x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 19x Pochard, 7x Shoveler, 5x Teal, 14x Shelduck(3 ducklings), 10x Egyptian Geese(6juv), 32x Little Grebe, 11x Common Tern, Red Kite, Hobby, RL Partridge, Gropper, 6x Linnet, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

Tad Bay 19:00 to 20:30 - 5x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Egyptian Geese, 8x Shelduck(4juvs), 5x Teal, YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, (JHi)

Monday 16th June 2025

Stanley Pool

4x Red Kite over Stanley Head, Spotted Flycatcher, (GBr)

Chasewater

Osprey over north, (GHa)

Wetley Moor

7x Stonechat, Garden Warbler, 12x Whitethroat, 4x Linnet, (LEH)

Middleton Lakes

Bittern, 2x LRP, Redshank, 4x Oystercatcher, 7x ad Avocet (+7 chicks), (CMa, RF)

Tittesworth Water

Green Sandpiper, 4x Curlew, 5x Redstart, 5x Common Tern, 4x Mandarin, (SGi)

                                                      Green Sandpiper by Steve Gibson

Cheadle

2x Red Kite, Hobby, 7x Buzzard, (LEH)

Branston GPs

3x Curlew, Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 30x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 39x Pochard, 4x Teal, 7x Shoveler, 18x Shelduck, 23x Little Grebe, 9x Egyptian Geese, 8x Common Tern, YL Gull, Hobby, 3x Cetti's Warbler,100x Sand Martin, 4x Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Trentham Lakes

Cetti's Warbler still, (LSt)

Sunday 15th June 2025

Stanley Pool

Spotted Flycatcher along path down to lake Stanley head side, Willow Tit by bridge, (GBr)

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite over 06:00, (PCa)

Blithfield Resv

3x fem Mandarin, 2x Red Kite, Peregrine, 1st Sum Caspian Gull, 1st Sum YL Gull, 40+ Common Tern, 5x Ringed Plover, Curlew, (SRi)

Doxey Marsh

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x LRP, 3x Little Egret, Great Egret, Peregrine, 4x Shoveler, Common Tern, 5x Water Rail, 29x Gadwall, 17x Cetti's Warbler, Gropper, 2x Stonechat, (MBo, PDy, RRa, RSt, DTo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 8x Oystercatcher, Common Tern, 9x Pochard, 6x Shelduck, (RPo)

Tittesworth Water

3x Common Tern(+3juvs), 8x LRP(+ 4juvs), 6x Common Sandpiper(+3juvs), Oystercatcher, 6x Lapwing, Curlew, 2x Willow Tit, Red Kite, Common Gull, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JOa, LH, TE, KH)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 10x Egyptian Geese(+6 Goslings), 14x Shelduck(+ducklings), 40x Gadwall, 7x Shoveler, 22x Pochard, Goldeneye Hobby, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Lapwing, 3x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Common Tern, c150x Sand Martin, (DSc)  -  Additional Red Kite over, (JWo)

Saturday 14th June 2025

Blithfield Resv

3x Little Tern off Beech Tree Point this morning, 4x Ringed Plover, Great Egret, 9x Little Egret,  (GJM)

Brookleys Lake

11x Crossbill over towards Alton Towers at 09:42, (RPo)

Cheadle 

Curlew over at 05:26, (LEH)

Belvide Resv

2x LRP, 9x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Tern, 10x Gadwall, Pochard, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, (CAFH)

Branston GPs

2x Red Kite, 2x Hobby, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 3x Oystercatcher, 20x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 14x Shelduck, 7x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 37x Pochard, 6x Common Tern, (DSc)

Staffs

Marsh Warbler trapped and ringed at a private undisclosed site. No further sign after release,

Friday 13th June 2025

Tittensor Chase

Hobby mobbed by House Martins, (AR)

Tittesworth Water

Juv Redstart, Common Tern (with 3 young), Lapwing (with 3 young), 4x Linnet rare here,  (SGi)

                                                         Redstart by Steve Gibson

Rocester

5x Swift over, (JDr)

Branston GPs

3x Curlew, Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 22x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 4x Teal, 9x Shoveler, 42x Gadwall, 18x Shelduck(4 ducklings), 13x Egyptian Geese(6juv), Gropper, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, MCa)

Thursday 12th June 2025

Botteslow Flash

Red Kite over at 07:40 heading towards Eaton Park, (RTo)

Baddeley Green

Red Kite up and down A53 by the Nissa shop, (GBr)

Tittesworth Water

2x Common Tern(2juvs), 8x LRP(4juvs), 6x Common Sandpiper(4juvs), Snipe, 6x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, Mandarin, (JOa, LH)

Middleton Lakes

Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Bittern, Avocets, LRP, Oystercatchers, 2-3x Red Kite, Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler, Common Tern, (RBe)

Branston GPs

2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x Oystercatcher, 12x Lapwing, Avocet, 5x Great Egret, 11x Little Egret, Wigeon, 44x Pochard, 3x Teal, 6x Shoveler, 76x Gadwall, 14x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, Black Swan, 28x Little Grebe, 6x Common Tern, YL Gull, Peregrine, Hobby, Gropper, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Wednesday 11th June 2025

Rudyard

Common Tern at 08:57, (Laxmi)

Alton 

8 to 10x Red Kite over mown fields, 2x Willow Tit, (TEy)

Blithfield Resv

2x Dunlin, 16x Ringed Plover, 7x LRP, 13x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 3x Avocet, Cuckoo, Red Kite, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, (AGP)

Chasewater

3x Pochard, 11x Greylag Geese, (CMa)

Cheadle

Hobby over Hales Hall pool late afternoon, (MEd)

Tucklesholme/Branston Leas

Cuckoo, 2x Garden Warbler, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, 12x Gadwall, 9x Egyptian Geese (5juv), 4x Common Tern, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Red Kite, 5x LRP, (JHi)

Tuesday 10th June 2025

Belvide Resv

Spotted Flycatcher still but elusive, (CMa, RF)

Cannock Chase

2x Cuckoo, Siskin, Sherbrook Valley, (HTy)

Branston GPs

2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher, 10x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 12x Pochard, 40x Gadwall, 6x Shoveler, 3x Teal, 18x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese (6juv), 21x Little Grebe, 12x Common Tern, Peregrine, Hobby, 4x Garden Warbler, (JWo)

Monday 9th June 2025

Branston GPs

2x Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 4x Ringed Plover, 23x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, 3x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 30x Pochard, 6x Teal, 8x Shoveler, 43x Gadwall, 21x Shelduck, 12x Egyptian Geese (6juv), 16x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, Gropper, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Garden Warbler, 100x Swift, 150x Sand Martin, (JWo, CEc, Dean, George)

Alvecote

Cuckoo, 100+ Swift, Common Tern, (MSc)

Sunday 8th June 2025

Tucklesholme

Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat, 2x Garden Warbler, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, Shelduck, 9x Egyptian Geese (5+juv), (JWo)

Audley

3x Red Kite over the bowling green at 14:15, (MJW)

Blithfield Resv

Caspian Gull (2y), 43x Ringed Plover, 9x Dunlin, Cuckoo, (GJM)

Tittesworth Water

2x Common Tern, Mandarin, 6x Common Sand (+3juv), 13x Oystercatcher, 5x Lapwing, 2x Curlew, 2x Willow Tit, Cuckoo, (JOa, LH, TE)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Common Tern, 4x Water Rail, 8x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, (RSt)

Belvide  Resv

Shoveler, 11x Gadwall, 9x Pochard, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper,

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 10x Egyptian Geese (+6juvs,+8 young), 18x Shelduck, 38x Gadwall, 5x Shoveler, 2x Teal, 3x Pochard, 8x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 4x Common Tern, 200x Swift, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc, PFo) - Additional Spotted Flycatcher at the Deerfield, (JWo)

Trentham Lakes

Cetti's Warbler still, (LSt)

Saturday 7th June 2025

Blithfield Resv

Little Tern thru Blithe Bay  early am, 19x Dunlin, 40x Ringed Plover, Redshank, (GJM)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Cuckoo, Great Egret, (RPo)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 6x Egyptian Geese, 12x Shelduck, 6x Shoveler, 34x Gadwall, 2x Teal, 20x Pochard, Peregrine, Hobby, 3x Curlew, 6x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Tern, 150x Swift, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

Cuckoo, 2x Little Egret, 2x Common Tern, 2x Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Freehay

A Mandarin family party in the garden, (RCa)

                                                                By Richard Castles

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, 100+Swift, (MSc)

Friday 6th June 2025

Middleton Lakes

2x Black-necked Grebe North Pit, (GG)

Bignal End

6x Raven over Boon Hill at 09:15, (MJW)

Aqualate

Female Marsh Harrier, Cuckoo this afternoon, (KLe)

Branston GPs

5x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 5x Lapwing, 2x Oystercatcher, 6x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 21x Pochard, 4x Teal, 5x Shoveler, 66x Gadwall, 15x Shelduck, 28x Little Grebe, Black Swan, 10x Common Tern, Peregrine, Hobby, 2x Stonechat (m+juv), Lesser Whitethroat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 250+ Swift, (JWo)

Doxey Marsh

28x Gadwall, 100+ Swift, 4x Reed Warbler, Gropper, 7x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Stonechat, (CAFH)

Claymills

Adult Med Gull thru north at 20:40, 2x Little Egret, Oystercatcher, 5x Goosander +2juvs, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, (DSc)

Thursday 5th June 2025

Doxey Marsh

2x Ringed Plover, 9x Gadwall, 5x Swift, 3x Reed Warbler, Gropper, 7x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Tittesworth Water

2x Common Tern, 8x LRP (+6juvs), 5x Common Sandpiper (+3juvs), 2x Oystercatcher (+2juvs), 5x Lapwing,  Little Egret, 2x Teal, 2x Willow Tit, (JOa)

North Staffs Moors

Hobby, (JOa)

Trentham Gardens

12x Little Egrets, (HFo)

Branston GPs

Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 11x Pochard, 4x Shoveler, 5x Teal, 67x Gadwall, 12x Shelduck, 18x Little Grebe, 10x Common Tern, YL Gull, Peregrine, 2x Hobby, 300x Swift, Gropper, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail, (JWo, DSc)

Wednesday 4th June 2025

Draycott in the Moors

2x Red Kite over Old Road at 14:30, (AR)

Staffordshire 

Wood Warbler at a undisclosed location.

By Tony Slater

Tucklesholme/Branston Leas

Cuckoo, 8x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, 6x Linnet, 4x Common Tern, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Pochard, Shelduck, 7x Egyptian Geese, 8x GC Grebe, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

Red Kite, c45 Common Tern, 17x Ringed Plover, 5x Dunlin, 

Whitemoor Haye

Dunlin, Redshank, 4x LRP, 2x Common Tern, Yellowhammer, (SCo)

Tuesday 3rd June 2025

Whitemoor Haye

Corn Bunting, Oystercatcher, LRP, Swift, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, (PJT)

Trentham Gardens

A pair of Little Egrets with five young on nest, (HFo)

Branston GPs

Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 11x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 6x Little Egret, 24x Pochard, 4x Mandarin, 14x Shelduck, 19x Little Grebe, 14x Common Tern, YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Hobby, Cuckoo, Grey Wagtail, 350x Swift, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Monday 2nd June 2025

River Sow Meadows Staffoed

Female Marsh Harrier, Cuckoo, Mandarin, Little Egret, (RSw)

Rudyard

2x Sanderling, 6x Ringed Plover, LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, (TEe)

Branston GPs

Sanderling, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2x Curlew, 4x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 24x Lapwing, 4x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Goosander, 12x Pochard, 12x Shelduck, 78x Gadwall, 8x Shoveler, 5x Teal, 9x Egyptian Geese, 23x Little Grebe, 6x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Hobby, Cuckoo, 4x Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Linnet, 200+ Swift, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

40+ Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, 24x Dunlin, 3x Sanderling, 4x Oystercatcher, 7x Common Tern, 2cy YL Gull, 2x Little Egret, (CMa, RF) -  Wheatear still in Blithe Bay on the broken bridge, 

Sunday 1st June 2025

Blithfield Resv

5x Sanderling, 34x Dunlin, 76x Ringed Plover, 2s YL Gull, (PAn)  -  Little Stint still Tad Bay, (HF, SE)  -  Wheatear, 3x Red Kite, Great Egret, Little Egret, (MJa)

Stanley Pool

2x Barnacle Geese to 04:40, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Arctic Tern thru, Marsh Harrier, 2x Red Kite, 2x Great Egret, Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, Yellowhammer, 3x Dunlin, 6x Ringed Plover, 8x Common Tern, c250x Swift, 

Rudyard

Little Stint still at north end, (SSe)

Tittesworth Water

10x LRP (+3juvs), 6x Common Sandpiper (+3juvs), 5x Oystercatcher (+3juvs), 6x Lapwing, 2x Mandarin, 2x Common Tern, 2x Willow Tit, Grey Wagtail, (JOa, LH)

Branston GPs

3x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Peregrine, 14x Shelduck, 3x Shoveler, 30x Gadwall, 20x Pochard, 2x Teal, 22x Lapwing, 4x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 6x Common Tern, c200x Swift, Grey Wagtail, 3x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Linnet, (DSc) - Additional Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker, Red Kite, 6x Little Egret, (JWo)

Tucklesholme

2x Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 16x Gadwall, 50x Swift, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Trentham Lakes

Cetti's Warbler still, Willow Tits, (LSt)

Saturday 31st May 2025

Blithfield Resv

06:00 to late morning Little Stint off Pastry point at 06:25 also 110x Ringed Plover, c19x Sanderling, 40x Dunlin, 40x Common Tern, (SRi)  -  Little Stint still at 09:45, 13x Sanderling at Dairy House, c110x Ringed Plover, c35x Dunlin, (PAn)

Lichfield

Osprey south of Lichfield and east of Wall flew SE over the A5127 at 07:00, (PAn)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Little Tern briefly at 09:43 (site tick), (RPo)

Rudyard

Sum plum Little Stint at north end, 10x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, (SSe) 

                                                         Little Stint by Steve Gibson

Stanley Pool

Common Tern, Ringed Plover, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

12x Avocet (+4 chicks), 2x Little Egret, 3x Bittern, (STu)

Rugeley

Osprey over at 15:00 following river towards Wolseley Bridge, Red Kite at 15:30 and a Peregrine shortly after, 12x Swift, (AFi)

Whitemoor Haye

Sanderling, 2x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, (TPe)

Brewood

Red Kite, (JDu)

Alrewas NMA/Catholme

Red Kite, Hobby, Cuckoo, Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Shelduck, 10+ Common Tern, Grey Wagtail, (JWo)

Branston GPs

2x Great Egret, 8x Little Egret, 16x Shelduck, 5x Shoveler, 4x Teal, 20x Pochard, Hobby, 3x Oystercatcher, 25x Lapwing, 8x Common Tern, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 6x Linnet, (DSc)

Friday 30th May 2025

Blithfield Resv

Little Tern, 2x Whimbrel early am, 89x Ringed Plover, 13x Sanderling, 38x Dunlin, Hobby, juv Stonechat, (MDJ, GJM)  -  17:50 to 19:05 no sign of the Little Tern, 1s Caspian Gull, 6x Sanderling, c30x Dunlin, c80x Ringed Plover, (TPe)

Belvide Resv

6x Sanderling, Curlew, 13x Ringed Plover, 9x LRP, 2x Dunlin, Spotted Flycatcher, 

Rudyard

Kittiwake on mud at north end but oiled, 3x Little Egret, 5x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SSe)

                                                             Kittiwake by Steve Seal

Whitemoor Haye

Red Kite, Common Tern, LRP, Oystercatcher, Pochard, Shoveler, Garden Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Swift, (PJT)

Tittesworth Water

Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Common Tern, Curlew, Hobby, (LEH, AEH)  -  Cuckoo, 8x Goosander, Ringed Plover, (SGi)

Middleton Lakes

3x Bittern, Hobby, Cuckoo, 2x LRP, 2x Redshank, Avocets, Common Tern, Garden Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, (DJB)

Stanley Pool

Osprey over west at 16:45, (GBr)

Doxey Marsh

LRP, Cetti's Warblers, Reed Warblers, Sedge Warblers, (KLe)

Branston GPs

3x Sanderling, Dunlin, Curlew, Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 6x Ringed Plover, 18x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 29x Pochard, 14x Shelduck, 2x Teal, 7x Shoveler, 45x Gadwall, 11x Egyptian Geese, WC Pintail, 22x Little Grebe, 15x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, 2x Red Kite, 2x Hobby, Peregrine, Gropper, 3x Stonechat, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Garden Warbler, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean, MCa)

Little Aston

2x Red Kite west over Recreation ground at 17:30, (PAn)

Trentham Lakes

Cetti's Warbler still, (LSt)

Thursday 29th May 2025

Blithfield Resv

21x Sanderling, (MDJ, GJM)  -  100+ Ringed Plover, 27x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, (GJM)

Rudyard

6x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, (SSe)

Doxey Marsh

1-2x Hobby, Common Tern, Lesser Whitethroat, 6x Water Rail, 3x Stonechat, (RSt)  -  2x Shelduck, 4x Gadwall, 29x Swift, Great Egret, Little Egret, Common Tern, Red Kite, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Tittesworth Water

2x Common Tern, 9x LRP, 4x Common Sandpiper, 8x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher (+3juvs), 3x Grey Wagtail, 2x Teal, (JWo, LH)

Staffs County showground

Red Kite at 11:00, (DGl)

Branston GPs

Redshank, 4x Ringed Plover, 7x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 7+ Mandarin (6+ducklings), 2x Teal, 9x Pochard, 58x Gadwall, 18x Shelduck, 14x Egyptian Geese, 16x Little Grebe, 18x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, 2x Hobby, 4x Stonechat (2juv), 4x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Garden Warbler, 400x Swift. Also Alder Woodwasp (possibly the 2nd Staffs record).

                                                      Alder Woodwasp by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Wednesday 28th May 2025

Tittesworth Water

Ringed Plover, 23x Mandarin, (SGi)

                                                       Ringed Plover by Steve Gibson

Rudyard

13x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, (SSe)

Blithfield Resv

Wader count this am, 123x Ringed Plover, 9x Sanderling, 28x Dunlin, also 2x Great Egret, (GJM)  -  This evening Great Egret, 35+ Common Tern, 120+ Ringed Plover, 20+ Dunlin, 8+ Sanderling, (SRi)

Mayfield

6x Swift over at 12:45, (MMe)

Tuesday 27th May 2025

Blithfield Resv

110x Ringed Plover, 10x Sanderling, 23x Dunlin, Great Egret, (GJM)  -  18:00 117x Ringed Plover, 8x Sanderling, 10x Dunlin, (RPo)  -  Also this evening 2x Curlew, ad YL Gull, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, (JHi)

Burslem

Red Kite over Acreswood this am, (PMo)

Croxden Quarry

7x Sanderling at 16:25, (RPo)

Stanley Pool

Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, (GBr)

Belvide Resv

Cattle Egret, 2x Sanderling, 10x Dunlin, 13x Ringed Plover, 2000x Swift, 

Branston GPs

24x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 10x Lapwing, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 16x Pochard, 68x Gadwall, 14x Shelduck, 5x Shoveler, 2x Teal, WC Pintail, 2x Mandarin, 11x Egyptian Geese, 18x Little Grebe, 17x Common Tern, 3x YL Gull, Peregrine, Hobby, 4x Stonechat, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 500x Swift, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Monday 26th May 2025

Stanley Pool

Little Egret, 3x LRP, 4x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Branston GPs

7x Sanderling, Dunlin, Redshank, Oystercatcher, 15x Lapwing,  Red Kite, 2x Hobby, Peregrine, Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, 26x Pochard, 38x Gadwall, 2x Teal, 22x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 16x Common Tern, YL Gull, 22x Little Grebe, 500x Swift, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JWo, DSc)

Blithfield Resv

94x Ringed Plover, 2x Sanderling, 21x Dunlin, (MPR, GJM)  -  96x Ringed Plover, 18x Dunlin, 2x Sanderling, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, 25x Common Tern, Red Kite, (SRi)

Cannock Chase

Red Kite drifted over Sherbrook Valley,  (Baz)

Belvide Resv

2x Sanderling, 

Florence Hill

Red Kite, Little Egret over, 12x Swift, (AMa)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Ringed Plover, 2x Peregrine, Red Kite, 10x Common Tern, 400x Swift, (ICW)  -  Osprey over to the SW at 17:23, (TPe)

Tittesworth Water

2x Osprey together, Cuckoo, Ringed Plover, (SGi)

                                                            Osprey  by Steve Gibson

Staffs

Sunday 25th May 2025

Stanley Pool

2x Ringed Plover, (GBr)

Blithfield Resv

5x Sanderling, 13x Dunlin, 37x Ringed Plover, (MPR, GJM)  -  Afternoon counts 6x Sanderling, 47x  Ringed Plover, 23x Dunlin, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, (SE, HF)

                                                     Sanderlings by Steve Edwards

Branston GPs

Osprey over North pit this am, 16x Dunlin north over Ashy pit at 12:45, (JWo)  -  Osprey headed back south  from Sandy pit at 09:44, Red Kite over west at mid day, 2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 16x Shelduck, 40x Gadwall, 6x Pochard, 2x Hobby, 2x Peregrine, 4x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 8x Common Tern, c150x Swift, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 5x Linnet, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)  -  Additional 6x Oystercatcher, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Great Egret, 9x Little Egret, YL Gull, 12x Common Tern, 52x Gadwall, 16x Shelduck, 6x Pochard, 500x Swift, (JWo, ASt, DSc)

Whitemoor Haye

3x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 11x LRP, 9x Oystercatcher, 46x Lapwing, 18x Common Tern, 19x Gadwall, 8x Pochard, Great Egret, 5x Little Grebe, Red Kite, Cuckoo, 2x Cetti's Warbler,  (SCo,WeBS -  Also a Hobby, (MBr)

Silverdale CP

2x Oystercatcher over High Lane car park at 08:00, also Gropper, (PCa)

Doxey Marsh

2x Cuckoo, Red Kite, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, 1st year Caspian Gull, Common Tern, (MBo, PDy, RRa, RSt, DTo)

Tittesworth Water

Sanderling, 8x LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher(with 4 juvs), 5x Lapwing, 4x Mandarin, 2x Common Tern, 2x Grey Wagtail, (JOa, LH)

Middleton Lakes

Temminck's Stint still JW north at 15:20, (TPe)

Croxden Quarry

8x Ringed Plover, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

Red-crested Pochard still, 17x Ringed Plover, 4x Dunlin, Sanderling, 6x LRP, Redshank, 4 pairs Common Tern, 

Saturday 24th May 2025

Stanley Pool

5x LRP this am, (GBr) 

Branston GPs

Little Stint, 16x Ringed Plover, 8x Dunlin, 2x Greenshank Redshank, 6x Oystercatcher, Osprey briefly, 2x Red Kite, Hobby, Peregrine, 14x Common Tern, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 5x Pochard, 20x Gadwall, 8x Mandarin, 14x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 90x Swift, (JWo, CEc, PFo)  -  Little Stint to 10:14 only along with 12x Ringed Plover when flushed by a Peregrine, Ruff, 14:50 to 20:50 at least, 4x Sanderling 13:44 to 14:08 at least, 2x Great Egret,  20x Shelduck, 30x Gadwall, 3x Shoveler, 2x Teal, 18x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 14x Common Tern, c200x Swift, Cetti's Warbler, Gropper, 4x Stonechat,  (DSc)

                                                           Little Stint by Jon Woodcock

                                                            Ruff by Dave Scattergood

Blithfield Resv

Pair of Garganey still at 10:13, (RPo)  -  Red Kite, 21x Ringed Plover, 7x Dunlin, 4x Oystercatcher, 32x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 25x Shelduck, 2x Ruddy Shelduck, Goosander, Shoveler, 25x Gadwall, 75+ GC Grebe, 2x GBB Gull, 4x YL Gull, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

Red-crested Pochard, Ad Kittiwake to 09:52 only, 2x Sanderling, 11x Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 

Whitemoor Haye

Whimbrel, 3x Ringed Plover, Cuckoo, (SCo)  -  Sanderling early am (ICW)

Perton

Cuckoo heard this am grid ref SO8498, (IWi)

Middleton Lakes

Temminck's Stint JW north also 4x Dunlin, (MB)

Tucklesholme

Whimbrel 16:45 t0 17:00 only, Shoveler, LRP, 3x Common Tern, 30x Swift, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, (DSc)  -  Marsh Harrier thru north at 18:50, (TCo)

Coombs Valley RSPB

4x Pied Flycatcher, 2x Spotted Flycatcher, (Mke, Jke)

Barton GP

Cuckoo calling, 3x Common Tern, Oystercatcher, LRP, (TCo)