Wednesday 25th January 2023

Pattingham

Adult male Hen Harrier heading along escarpment towards Wolverampton. (@fisherandbirder)

Middleton Lakes

5x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 2x Stonechat, Great Egret, (SPA)  -  afternoon counts 8x Goldeneye, 9x Goosander, 2x Pochard, Little Egret, Stonechat, 2x Egyptian Geese, (MSm)

Westport Lake

3x Goosander, 19x Pochard, Willow Tit, (NJS)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 8x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 18x Gadwall, 4x Wigeon, 250x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, (DM)

Kingstone

2x Red Kite circling low over fields this am. (PBe)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, Little Egret, Merlin, Peregrine, Tree Sparrows, Chiffchaff, Shelduck, Egyptian Geese, (RBe)  -  also 48x Egyptian Geese, 3x Little Egret, Yellowhammers, Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 400x Lapwing, Stonechat, (DBa, KM, PB, AB, DE)

                                                          Chiffchaff by Rob Bendelow

                                                       Tree Sparrow by Rob Bendelow

 Branston GPs

26x Curlew, Redshank, 3x Green Sandpiper, 695x Lapwing, Little Egret, 15x Goldeneye, 82x Pochard, 12x Wigeon, 4x Gadwall, 11x Shoveler, 24x Shelduck, 60x Teal,  6x Egyptian Geese, 20x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 7x YL Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

Chasewater

Gull roost - Ad Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, 2-3x Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 6x YL Gull, 

Croxall GP

Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, 10x Goosander, 2x Greenfinch, (DBa, KM, DE, PB, AB)

Tuesday 24th January 2023

Chasewater

Adult Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull, YL Gull in the roost, 

Westport Lake

4x Goosander, 9x Pochard, ad Common Gull, Willow Tit, 40x Siskin, (NJS)

Branston GPs

Jack Snipe, 26x Snipe, 3x Green Sandpiper, 133x Lapwing, 15x Gadwall, 6x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 2x Green Woodpecker, 5x Redpoll, (JWo)

Crakemarsh - Uttoxeter

9x Whooper Swan with 25x Mute Swan also 80x Lapwing, (TEy)

                                                        Whooper Swans by Terry Eyre

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, 200x Wigeon, Goosander, Egyptian Geese, (FCa, RCa)

Monday 23rd January 2023

Westport Lake

Ad GBB Gull, Common Gull, 17x  Pochard, 3x Goosander, Shoveler, Little Grebe, (NJS)

Rudyard Lake

88x Wigeon, 5x Goosander, 2x Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, 18x Siskin, (SSe)

Radford Meadows

2x Great Egret, 9x Snipe, (DEv)

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, 14x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, (RRa)

Croxall Lakes

2x Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, (BGe)

Fisherwick

2x Whooper Swan, (BGe)

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, Green Woodpecker, 100x Wigeon, 6x Egyptian Geese, (MSc)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

Little Egret, Shelduck, 22x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, 8x Teal, Little Grebe, (BHa

Wolseley SWT

2x Water Rail, Goosander, (RBe)

                                                          Water Rail by Rob Bendelow

Blithfield Resv

1w Caspian Gull in the roost, (GJM)

Chasewater

Gull roost - adult Iceland Gull, juv Glaucous Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, ad Med Gull, 5x YL Gull, also the GN Diver and Shag still.

Marchington - Uttoxeter

Little Egret from the B5017 near Brookside farm. (TJe)

Sunday 22nd January 2023

Trentham Gardens

2x Dipper, 8x Little Egret left the roost, Wigeon, 3x Goosander, 4x Teal, 30x Siskin, (RGi)

Endon STW

Barn Owl, 45x Lapwing, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Aqualate

Drake Garganey again this am,  also 2x fem Scaup, (IGr)

Westport Lake

Wigeon, 2x Goosander, 10x Pochard, Shoveler, (NJS)  -  Red Kite over at 15:40, (KBr)

Berryhill

Woodcock. Jack Snipe, 10x Snipe, (IBu)

Radford Meadows

22x Teal, 196x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 91x Snipe, 238x Lapwing, (CDa)  -  Afternoon counts 7x Ruff, 109x Snipe, 428x Wigeon, 506x Teal, 4x Gadwall, 8x Shoveler, Shelduck, 4x Little Egret, Greenfinch, (RSw)

Tittesworth Water

24x Pochard, 16x Wigeon, 8x Mandarin, 5x Teal, 63x Lapwing, 11x Snipe, 3x Willow Tit, 15x Common Gull, (SGi)

Rocester

9x Whooper Swan with 15x Mute Swan in oil seed rape field seen from the B5030. (RPo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Completely frozen but 40x Gadwall, 5x Wigeon, Pochard, Goosander, (RPo)

Alrewas NMA

Redhead Smew near to confluence then flew off north, 6x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, 12x Goosander, 3x Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, Woodcock, Redshank, (IWh)

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag at 15:10, (SRi)  -  Ad  Iceland Gull on main lake at 15:10, (JAl)  -  Also 2x Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull and ad Med Gull in the roost  -  29x Goldeneye, 13x Goosander, 28x Wigeon, 9x Gadwall, 10x Pochard, 

                                                                 Shag by Dan James

Whitemoor Haye

8x Goosander, 7x Goldeneye, 72x Pochard, 294x Wigeon, 88x Teal, 17x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 5x Little Grebe, 49x Egyptian Geese, c350 Lapwing, 8x Snipe, 6x Golden Plover, fem Merlin, GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, 5x Little Egret, Great Egret, 11x Tree Sparrow, c40 Skylark, c60 Stock Dove, c30 Linnet, (SCo) -  Barn Owl, 

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, 9x Little Grebe, 12x Shelduck, Little Egret, 2x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, (JWo)  -  Additional 10x Shoveler, 25x Pochard, Goldeneye, 6x Egyptian Geese, Curlew, 5x Lapwing, 7x YL Gull, 5x GBB Gull, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, c3000 Starling, (DSc)

Onecote

104x Pink-footed Geese west at 14:00, (PBe)

Chatterley Whitfield

Little Egret at 15:00, (SHi)

Newcastle

Little Egret in Lyme Valley park, (KMo)

Pool Hall

2x Stonechat below dam, 16x Shoveler, 3x Goosander, Snipe, 16x Lapwing, (IMo, GCl, KCl, CVa)

Consall (River Churnet)

Dipper, 3x Siskin, (DSc)

Saturday 21st January 2023

Gailey Resv

1st win drake Scaup on sailing lake,  Willow Tit, 53x Pochard, 7x Goldeneye, 2x Shoveler, 3x Little Egret, (SRi, IMo, ARa)

Westport Lake

18x Pochard, Shoveler, Common Gull, Willow Tit, (NJS)

Rudyard Lake

4x Little Egret, 11x Snipe, Water Rail, 12x Teal, (SSe)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Scaup, 3x Mandarin, 

Chasewater

Adult Iceland Gull this afternoon, (MYa)  -  GN Diver and Shag still at 15:20, 38x Goldeneye, 11x Goosander (BHa)  -  also 3x YL Gull, 1w Caspian Gull in the roost.

Burnt Wood (Loggerheads)

2x Woodcock at 17:10, (RGl)

Cuckoo Bank

14x Goosander, Great Egret, 

Trentham Gardens

16x adult Whooper Swan this morning, (RWh)

Catholme (footpath)

4x Goosander, 12x Pochard, 2x Shelduck, 120x Wigeon, 150x Teal, 16x Shoveler, 6x Gadwall, Little Egret, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Redshank, 4x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 180x Teal, 2x Shoveler, 2x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Bottom House

Red Kite at 13;50, (SCh)

Friday 20th January 2023

Blithfield Resv

13x Whooper Swan in Blithe Bay this morning, (GJM)  -  still present to 15:44 when they flew off NW, also Jack Snipe, 400x Wigeon, 4x Goosander, Goldeneye, 80x Teal, Stonechat, (BHa)

                                                                   By GJ Mant

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

3x Tundra Bean Geese still, 3x Scaup, Pink-footed Goose.

Knypersley Resv

4x Mandarin, 2x Tawny Owl,  (GBr)

Rudyard

71x Wigeon, 10x Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, 17x Siskin, (SSe)

Croxall

18-20x Curlew dropped in briefly on east side also 6x Great Egret, 12x Little Egret, (GSt)  -  13x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, Redshank, Jack Snipe. (IWh)

Holden Lane Pool

Water Rail and at least 3x Ring-necked Parakeet, (JOa)

Weston Coyney

Red Kite over Caverswall Road at 14:15, (COs)

Chasewater

Juvenile Glaucous Gull at 16:10, (JAl)  -  Adult Iceland Gull at 16:25, 2x Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, GN Diver still, 

Whitemoor Haye

6x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 3x Great Egret, 11x Golden Plover, (IWh)

Tucklesholme

2x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 12x Gadwall, 85x Wigeon, 120x Teal, 8x Little Grebe, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Aston - Burston

Green Sandpiper, 40x Lapwing,  (DEm)

Westport Lake

14x Pochard, (NJS)

Radford Meadows

7x Ruff, 189x Snipe, c80 Golden Plover, c300 Lapwing, c60 Shoveler, c350 Teal, c250 Wigeon, 2x Little Egret, (CDa, JBa, RSw)

Whitemoor Haye

Fem Merlin, 2x Shelduck, Little Egret, 4x Chiffchaff, (RBe)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

4x Woodcock over at dusk, (TEy)

Alvecote

9x Goosander, 4x Shelduck, 40x Wigeon, 20x Teal, 10x Little Grebe, 2x Great Egret, (MSc)

Thursday 19th January 2023

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

3x Tundra Bean Geese again, 3x Scaup,

Branston GPs

2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, (CMa, RF)  -  5x Pink-footed Geese still, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, (RF)

Radford Meadows

c400 Lapwing, 40x Golden Plover, c100 Snipe, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, (IG, PB, KM.DE)  - Also 15:00 to 17:00  146x Snipe, c400 Wigeon, c300 Teal, 40x Shoveler (CDa)

i54

13x Golden Plover due west, (Foz)

Westport Lake

Common Gull, 19x Pochard, Shoveler, Little Grebe, (NJS)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 4x Shelduck, 3x Goosander, 11x Shoveler, 3x Little Grebe, 20x Yellowhammer, (MSc)

Chasewater

2x Caspian Gull, 5x YL Gull in the roost also the GN Diver, 

Wednesday 18th January 2023

Blithfield Resv

9x Whooper Swan NW over Blithe Bay at 10:30, (GJM)

                                                                      By GJ Mant

Carmountside Flash

2x Wigeon, 13x Teal, Little Egret, 2x Reed Bunting, 5x Raven, (ALa)

Sneyd Green

50x Pink-footed Geese over SE at 10:00, (JOa)

Seisdon Quarry

Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 4x Shoveler, 2x Teal, (GCl)

Pool Hall

16x Goosander,  (GCl)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

3x Tundra Bean Geese with mixed Greylag/Canada flock, 4x Pink-footed Geese, 

Rudyard

15x Wigeon, 10x Teal, 7x Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, 12x Siskin, (SSe)

                                                           Willow Tit by Steve Seal

Trentham Gardens

Egyptian Goose (per DEm)

Onecote

c35 Whooper Swan flew low to north and calling at 09:30, (PBe)

Endon - Denford

86x Lapwing, 5x Snipe, Willow Tit, 7x Redpoll, 2x Goosander, (DCo)

Parkhall CP

70x Pink-footed Geese over NW at 13:23, 10x Snipe, Teal, (COs)

Radford Meadows

c400 Wigeon, 300x Teal, 51x Shoveler, 52x Snipe, (CDa)

Westport Lake

15x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Shoveler, (NJS)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

16x Whooper Swan over west at 15:45, (TEy)

Branston GPs

5x Pink-footed Geese, Snow Goose, 6x Egyptian Geese, 4x Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 176x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 11x Goldeneye, 67x Pochard, 15x Shelduck, 14x Gadwall, 14x Shoveler, 36x Wigeon, 320x Teal, 24x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3x Water Rail, 2x Stonechat, c5000 Starling, (JWo)

                                                   Pink-footed Geese by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Tuesday 17th January 2023

Branston GPs

5x Pink-footed Geese, 4x Egyptian Geese, Curlew, Green Sandpiper, (JWo)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

2x Little Egret, Goldeneye, Goosander, 6x Wigeon, 5x Teal, (BHa)

Westport Lake

15x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Shoveler, Little Grebe, (NJS)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 3x Goosander, (DB)

Chasewater

Adult Med Gull, 3x YL Gull, Shag still, (CW)

Blithfield Resv

Dunlin, Snipe, 2x Stonechat, Goldeneye, 3x Gadwall, 3x Wigeon, Shelduck, (AP)

Monday 16th January 2023

Radford Meadows

4x Ruff, c500 Lapwing, 5x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, (IWi)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

Peregrine, 2x Goldeneye, Goosander, 5x Teal, (BHa). -  5x Pink-footed Geese, (BGe)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret, (BGe)

Chasewater

Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull and the GN Diver and Shag still, 

Branston GPs

5x Pink-footed Geese, Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 112x Lapwing, 8x Snipe, 4x Little Egret, 3x Water Rail, 13x Goldeneye, 74x Pochard, 24x Shelduck, 2x YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, 26x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, c5000 Starling, 5x Siskin, 5x Redpoll, (JWo)

                                                  Pink-footed Geese by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Sunday 15th January 2023

Endon STW

3x Pink-footed Geese, Stonechat, 5x Lapwing, Barn Owl, (GBr)

Aqualate

2x female Scaup, (IGr)  -  2x Red Kite over from the car park at 13:00 also 2x Egyptian Geese over, (ABe)

Westport Lake

18x Pochard, 4x Goosander, (NJS)  -  also 60x Siskin, Shoveler, (KSt)

Trentham

c200 Pink-footed Geese heading SE at 13:18, (RGi)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Adult Kittiwake, 8x GBB Gull, 

Branston GPs

5x Pink-footed Geese still, 2x Egyptian Geese, 16x Shelduck, also Green Sandpiper and Stonechat reported, (PAn)   -  additional 28x Wigeon, 60x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, Redshank, 14x Snipe, 3x GBB Gull, ad YL Gull, c4000 Starling roosted, 4x Egyptian Geese, Little Egret, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

2x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 8x Pochard, 82x Wigeon, c80 Teal, 12x Gadwall, 24x Lapwing, 3x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Barton Marina

6x Pochard, 26x Wigeon, 4x Little Grebe, Little Egret,  Common Gull, 3x Chiffchaff and on Barton village pond 4x Goosander, (JWo)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

Little Egret, 14x Wigeon, 11x Teal, 3x Little Grebe, (BHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Golden Plover, Lapwings, 13x Tree Sparrow, Great Egret, (PAn)  -  Afternoon count 1000 Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Merlin, 53x Wigeon, 5x Pochard, 8x Gadwall, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 8x Shoveler, Goosander, 6x Little Grebe, c80 Stock Dove, Little Grebe, Great Egret, 12x Egyptian Geese, Peregrine, 6x Tree Sparrow, Chiffchaff, (SCo)

Tittesworth Water

Imm fem Scaup, 10x Pochard, 2x Woodcock, (SSe, SGi, RPo)  -  Willow Tit, Marsh Tit, (LDa, BDa)

                                                            Scaup by Steve Seal

Lower Penn

Fem/imm Merlin from Langley Road between Dimmingsdale bridge and Market Lane. (IMo,)

Holden Lane

5x Ring-necked Parakeet, (GSa)

Trentham Gardens

Dipper, 5x Little Egret, 8x Gadwall, 3x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, Water Rail, (RGi)

Chasewater

Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, in the roost, GN Diver Shag still.

Coven STW

4x Chiffchaff, 2x Blackcap, (GRu)

Saturday 14th January 2023

Westport Lake

Ad YL Gull, 3x Goosander, 13x Pochard, 70x Siskin, Willow Tit, (NJS)

Radford Meadows

225x Golden Plover, 4x Ruff, c1200 Lapwing, 7x Little Egret, c450 Wigeon, c500 Teal, 4x Goosander, 2x Pintail, 12x Gadwall, 28x Shoveler, (RSw)

Tittesworth Water

Scaup, 25x Pochard, 24x Teal, Goosander, 6x Wigeon, 43x Snipe, 11x Lapwing, (SGi)

Alvecote

8x Goosander, Little Egret, (MSc)

Seisdon Quarry

70x Goosander, (GCl, CVa)

Sandon - Burston

2x Peregrine, Red Kite, Stonechat, (RSw)

Chasewater

Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, GN Diver still.

Friday 13th January 2023

Blithfield Resv

Merlin at Admaston Reach then flew north, (GJM)

Radford Meadows

1000+ Lapwing, 40x Golden Plover, 3x Ruff, (DEv)

Berryhill

Jack Snipe, 6x Snipe, Goosander over, Linnet, (RGi)

Rudyard Lake

7x Common Gull, Water Rail, 2x Willow Tit, (SSe)

Westport Lake

15x Pochard, 4x Goosander, (NJS)

Endon - Denford

49x Lapwing, Snipe, 41x Wigeon, 2x Stonechat, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin still, (RBe)  -  300x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Goldeneye, (MSc)

                                                                   By Rob Bendelow

Chasewater

4x YL Gull in the roost, also GN Diver and Shag still.

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 6x Snipe, 2x Green Sandpiper, 8x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail,, 9x Goldeneye, 82x Pochard, 11x Goosander, 12x Wigeon, 6x Shoveler, 2x Gadwall, 22x Shelduck, 92x Teal, 26x Little Grebe, 5x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, 5x Redpoll, 4x Greenfinch, 2000x Starling, (JWo)

                                                           YL Gull by Jon Woodcock

Fradley

400x Lapwing, 25x Linnet in fields near Curborough sprint track, (BHa)

Thursday 12th January 2023

Westport Lake

22x Pochard, Shoveler, 2x Goosander, (NJS)

Radford Meadows

c1300 Lapwing, c200 Golden Plover, 5x Ruff, 400x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, 2x Gadwall, 21x Shoveler, c300 Teal, (CDa)

Tittesworth Water

Woodcock, 8x Snipe, 105x Common Gull, 21x Pochard, 8x Mandarin, 3x Goosander, 7x Wigeon, 2x Willow Tit, 13x Greenfinch, (SGi)

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag still, (HKi)  -  In the roost Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 

Whitemoor Haye

2x Ruff, 3x Dunlin, 5x Golden Plover, c1500 Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, c140 mixed flock of Reed Bunting/Yellowhammer, c150 Stock Dove, Merlin, Peregrine, (IWh)

Rudyard Lake

4x Goosander, 5x Teal, Common Gull, (SSe)

                                                          Common Gull by Steve Seal

Branston GPs

6x Pink-footed Geese, 30x Snipe, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 10x Shelduck, 2x Little Egret, 2x Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, (DBa, KM, IG, PB, DE)

i54

Woodcock at 17:05, (Foz)

Wednesday 11th January 2023

Westport Lake

Ad YL Gull, 21x Pochard, c30 Siskin, (NJS)

Endon - Leekbrook

2x Little Egret, 30x Wigeon, 4x Snipe, 4x Siskin, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Male Merlin, 1000x Lapwing, 20x Golden Plover, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, (JAl)

Drointon Pool

Alvecote

9x Goosander, Pochard, 26x Wigeon, (MSc)

Tucklesholme

2x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 158x Wigeon, 16x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 8x Little Grebe, (JWo)

Chasewater

GN Diver and Shag still, 29x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 

Tuesday 10th January 2023

Branston GPs

Adult Kittiwake on Ashy pit, 2x Woodcock, 2x Green Sandpiper, Curlew, 5x Pink-footed Geese, 5x Egyptian Geese, 15x Shelduck, 5x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 100x Teal, 2x YL Gull, Common Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 3x Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Stonechat, c5000 Starling, (JWo)

Westport Lake

21x Pochard, Shoveler, 3x Goosander, (NJS)

Cuckoo Bank

Female type Marsh Harrier flew NW at 13:15, 

Trentham Gardens

Great Egret, Little Egret, Siskin, Little Grebe, (NMK)

Monday 9th January 2023

Westport Lake

21x Pochard, Goosander, Shoveler, c50 Siskin, (NJS)

Rudyard

Local mega, Cetti's Warbler heard and seen south of the dam but no further sight or sound after 12:30, 3x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 6x Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, 7x Goosander, 5x Wigeon,  (SSe)

Middleton Lakes

Marsh Harrier reported thru, 11x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, 3x Great Egret, Stonechat, (MSm)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x female Scaup, 

Stafford

Red Kite over Coton fields at 12:00, (PDy)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 3x Dunlin, 5x Tree Sparrow, (JAl)  -  also 2x Stonechat, (RBe)

                                                          Stonechat by Rob Bendelow

Staffs

10x Red Kite reported from a site this afternoon, (per JTu)

Rocester

6 x Goosander on JCB north lake, (JDr)

Aqualate

Fem/imm Marsh Harrier at dusk, 39x Goldeneye, 2x Marsh Tit, YL Gull, (RSw)

Branston GPs

5x Pink-footed Geese, Woodcock, 3x Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Ruff, Dunlin, Curlew, 4x Little Egret, Mandarin, 10x Goldeneye, 72x Pochard, 36x Wigeon, 156x Teal, 25x Shelduck, 3x Water Rail, 26x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 9x Common Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 6x Redpoll, 5000x Starling, (JWo)

                                                   Pink-footed Geese by Jon Woodcock

                                                        Pinkfoots coming in by Bob Pugh

Kings Bromley A515 layby)

Great Egret, Little Egret, 5x Yellowhammer, (BHa)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 9x Goosander, Pochard, (MSc)

Coven Heath

3x Chiffchaff at Ball Lane STW, 2x Blackcap, 30x Greenfinch Wobaston Road by  UTC, (CVa)

Sunday 8th January 2023

Carmountside Flash

Little Egret, Willow Tit, 42x Teal, (ALa)

Endon - Denford

50x Snipe, 2x Jack Snipe, 81x Lapwing, Little Egret, 7x Wigeon, 42x Teal, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (DCo)

Gailey Resv

37x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Redpoll, Little Egret, (SRi, IMo)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, (RRa)  -  also 1000+ Lapwing, 2x Goosander, 8x Wigeon, 3x Shoveler, 20x Teal, Greenfinch, Little Egret, (MKe, JKe)

Radford Meadows

1300x Lapwing, 126x Golden Plover, c400 Wigeon, c300 Teal, 6x Goosander, 2x Gadwall, (CDa, MKe, JKe)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Bewick's Swan viewed from the rough track at 11:00, (TWy)  -  08:00 to 09:45  c1000 -1300 Lapwing, 32x Snipe, 148x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Shelduck, 31x Teal, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x GBB Gull, 13x Tree Sparrow, (SCo)  -  additional Merlin, 8x Pochard, 16x Yellowhammer,  Peregrine, (BHa)  -  also 3x Dunlin, 70x Golden Plover, (JWo)

                                                      Bewick's Swans by Jon Woodcock

                                                       Tree Sparrows by Stu Collins

                                                    Bewick's Swans by Steve Edwards

                                                 

Branston GPs 

SMP only Green Sandpiper, 12x Snipe, 4x Little Grebe, 5x Shelduck, 4x Gadwall, 14x Teal, GBB Gull, Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, (JWo, MCa, TWy, CEc, Dean, SCo)  -  additional other pits  Curlew, 3x Ruff, Woodcock at dusk, 70x Lapwing, 10x Pink-footed Geese, 4x Egyptian Geese, 20x Shelduck, 23x Wigeon, 30x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, ad YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, 35x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 5000x Starling roosted, (DSc)

                                                         Ruff by Dave Scattergood

Kings Bromley  (A515 layby) 

14x Yellowhammer, Little Egret, 19x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 3x Little Grebe, (BHa)

Ford Green

2x Ring-necked Parakeet, (SGi)

                                                                 By Steve Gibson

Fradley - Alrewas

9x Grey Partridge still opposite marina, also Fradley Junction NR 14x Siskin, 4x Redpoll, 3x Goosander, (BHa)

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag still, Caspian Gull and 4x YL Gull in the roost.

Cuckoo Bank

23x Wigeon, Pintail, 6x Goosander, 5x Stonechat, Water Rail, 

Trentham Gardens

Water Rail, Goosander, Little Egret, (RGi)

Saturday 7th January 2023

 Westport Lake

Adult Kittiwake still, 14x Pochard, 3x Goosander, (NJS)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

2x Brambling, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 23x Teal, 4x Wigeon, (BHa)

Stafford

Ring-necked Parakeet over Coton fields at 11:00 (PDy)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Scaup, 4x Pintail, 11x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 5x Stonechat, 3x Little Egret, 

Blithfield Resv

Barnacle Goose, 3x Stonechat, Wigeon, Teal, Pochard, (NJS)

Radford Meadows

1000+ Lapwing, 9x Little Egret, Wigeon, Teal, (CDa)

Fradley - Alrewas towpath

11x Grey Partridge again in field opposite the marina, (BHa)

Chasewater

GN Diver and the Shag still, (RSw)  -  Adult Kittiwake in the roost, (JAl)

Uttoxeter Quarry

6x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 13x Pochard, 9x Shoveler, 6x Shelduck, 108x Wigeon, 2x Dunlin, 4x Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Peregrine, 4x YL Gull, 50x Common Gull, (RPo)

Whitemoor Haye

Merlin, Great Egret, Tree Sparrows, Egyptian Geese, (RBe)  -  13:30 to 16:00 15x Shoveler, 58x Teal, 5x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 93x Wigeon, 5x Gadwall, 1000+ Lapwing, 2x Dunlin, 31x Snipe, 6x Tree Sparrow, 2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 60x Egyptian Geese, 4x Little Grebe, Stonechat, 5x GBB Gull, YL Gull, 2x Peregrine, Merlin, (SCo)

Doxey Marsh

Redhead Smew on Tillington late afternoon, (DM)

Middleton Lakes

10x Pochard, 13x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 2x Great Egret, Stonechat, (SPA)

Branston GPs

5x Pink-footed Geese flew west, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x Little Egret, 8x Shelduck, 24x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander thru, Peregrine, 2x Curlew, 60x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

120x Wigeon, 40x Gadwall, 5x Goosander, 5x Common Gull thru south, 3x Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese thru south, (DSc)

Alrewas NMA

Little Egret, Goldeneye, 2x Goosander and at Catholme 20x Gadwall, (JWo)

Friday 6th January 2023

                                              Tuesday 10th January 2023

The winter indoor meetings of the Stafford branch of the WMBC restart at a new venue, Walton on the Hill village hall, Greengore Lane, Stafford ST17OLD (next to the Tennis club off Milford Lane). On 10th January Colin McShane of Belvide Ringers will talk on his trip to Mongolia. Its only £2 which is a bargain, Refreshments available. Loads of parking spaces. Please come along if you can, please spread the news. Non members are most welcome. Doors open 19:00, talk starts at 19:30.

Wetton

Red Kite over this morning, (AWo)

Berryhill

c310 Pink-footed Geese over east at 08:25, (RTo)

Doxey Marsh

150x Golden Plover, 800x Lapwing, Peregrine, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 10x Greenfinch,  (DM)

Rudyard Lake

3x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 4x Snipe, 2x Wigeon, 14x Teal, Water Rail, 37x Siskin, (SSe)

Westport Lake

Adult Kittiwake, 15x Pochard, Goosander, (NJS)

Perton Lower Lake

2x Mandarin, (IMo)

Middleton Lakes

4x Shelduck, 9x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, Golden Plover, 2x Common Gull, Great Egret, (MSm)

Chasewater

3x YL Gull in the roost, GN Diver and the Shag still, (JAl)

Whitemoor Haye

Female Merlin, 30x Egyptian Geese, Yellowhammers, (RBe)

Abbots Bromley

Red Kite at 10:50, (HHi)

Alvecote

2x Great Egret, 4x Goosander, (MSc)

Woodhouses

10x Little Egret at Sich Lane, (JWo)

i54

Barn Owl this evening, (JDu)

  

Thursday 5th January 2023

Blithfield Resv

Juvenile Glaucous Gull briefly at the deep end this morning, (GJM)

Tittesworth Water

25x Pochard, 59x Wigeon 12x Teal, 19x Common Gull, 35x Snipe, 8x Lapwing, (SGi)  -  8x Mandarin, 14x Siskin, Willow Tit, (LH, JOa)

Rudyard 

52x Pink-footed Geese over NW at 11:50, (SSe)

Enville

Hawfinch on Sheep Walk lane, Red Kite, 2x Goosander, Brambling, 70x Siskin, (IWh)

Middleton Lakes

13x Goldeneye, 13x Pochard, 3x Stonechat, 2x Shelduck, 2x Egyptian Geese, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (SPA)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

1w Scaup this am, 

Wombourne

Red Kite over, (WN)

Westport Lake

13x Pochard, (NJS)

Chasewater

Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, GN Diver, Shag, (JAl)

                                                Great Northern Diver by Keith Whitehouse

Doxey Marsh

Great Egret, Little Egret, 4x Goosander, Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Siskin, (DM)

Gnosall

Red Kite over Radmore Lane at 15:45, (RPl)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 3x Ruff, 2x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 12x Snipe, Curlew, 12x Lapwing, 8x Little Egret, 2x Pintail, Goosander, 83x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 30x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 183x Teal, 19x Shelduck, 23x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 4x GBB Gull, 9x Common Gull, 2x Water Rail, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, 5000x Starling, 5x Greenfinch, 4x Redpoll, (JWo)

Wednesday 4th January 2023

Endon - Denford

50x Wigeon, 30x Siskin, 2x Stonechat, 2x Snipe, (DCo)  -  Great Egret along the brook between Endon and Deep Hayes, (DBu)

Rudyard Lake

4x Little Egret, 7x Snipe, Water Rail, 20x Wigeon, 4x Goosander, (SSe)

Tittesworth Water

16x Pochard, 15x Wigeon, Shoveler, Mandarin, (PBe)

Doxey Marsh

100x Golden Plover, Great Egret, 2x Pochard, Water Rail, (DM)

Chasewater

GN Diver still, Scaup, 6x Goosander, Peregrine, Goldeneye, (DBa)  -  Additional Shag, 15x Goldeneye, 6x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 112x Lapwing, 10x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, 5x Redpoll, (JWo),  -  Caspian Gull and 3x YL Gull in the roost,

                                                            Shag by Jon Woodcock

                                                            GN Diver by Steve Edwards

Westport Lake

13x Pochard, (NJS)

Whitemoor Haye

Female Merlin, (RBe)

Aqualate

4x Scaup, Marsh Tit, (SE, HF)

Tucklesholme

Great Egret on the spit, (JTu)

Tuesday 3rd January 2023

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2x Scaup, 

Westport Lake

13x Pochard, Goosander, (NJS)

Branston GPs

8x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 13x Shelduck, Pochard, (PAn)  -  updated counts 18x Curlew, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 265x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 88x Pochard, 19x Shelduck, 8x Shoveler, 32x Wigeon, 150x Teal, 25x Little Grebe, 2x Water Rail, 8x Common Gull, 3x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 2x Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, 5x Redpoll, 4000x Starling, (JWo)

Newcastle

30x Pink-footed Geese over this afternoon, (SJT)

Uttoxeter Quarry

c1300 Lapwing, 80x Golden Plover, 50x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 6x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, 4x Shoveler,  28x Barnacle Geese, Little Egret, (PBe)

Monday 2nd January 2022

Doxey Marsh

1000x Lapwing, 150x Golden Plover, 10x Greenfinch, Great Egret, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Gadwall, (DM)

Westport Lake

13x Goosander, 10x Pochard, Willow Tit, (NJS)

Croxall Lakes

Female Smew with 3x Goosander at 11:00,  (MPa)  -  6x Redshank at 2nd lake under the rail bridge, Great Egret over, Little Egret, 3x Wigeon, 2x Goosander, 16x Teal, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, no further sign of the Smew at 13:10, (BHa)

Radford Meadows

39x Golden Plover, 439x Lapwing, 5x Pintail, 184x Wigeon, 23x Shoveler, 2x Little Egret, (CDa) -  Afternoon counts 1386x Lapwing, 34x Golden Plover, 3x Snipe, Pintail, Shelduck, 23x Shoveler, Little Egret, (RSw)

Moor Green LNR Cannock

32x Snipe, ad Common Gull, 19x Teal, (IMo)

South Hanford farm - Sideway

2x Chiffchaff, (RGi)

Kings Bromley (A515 layby)

2x Goosander, 8x Wigeon, 45x Teal, 19x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 4x Little Grebe, (BHa)

Whitemoor Haye

243x Wigeon, 7x Goldeneye, 9x Shoveler, 1300x Lapwing, 56x Egyptian Geese, 19x Siskin, 40x Skylark, 8x Tree Sparrow, 2x Redpoll, 5x Stonechat, Little Egret, 8x Little Grebe, good numbers of Yellowhammer and Reed Bunting, (MKe, JKe, LDa, BDa)  -  Late afternoon Merlin, 2x Grey Partridge, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 500x Lapwing, 20x Shoveler, 12x Tree Sparrow, Great Egret, (JWo)

Blithfield Resv

Green Sandpiper, YL Gull, (NJS)

Aqualate

Redhead Smew, 2x Scaup, Marsh Tit, Great Egret, (PAn)  -  In addition Barn Owl, Pintail, (KHa)

Endon - Denford

42x Snipe, Willow Tit, Water Rail, 5x Redpoll, 23x Siskin, (DCo)

Chasewater

GN Diver and Shag still, Common Gulls GBB Gulls, YL Gulls, (PAn)  -  In the roost Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull,

Branston GPs

3x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Woodcock over at dusk, 11x Shelduck, 9x Shoveler, 72x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 2x Peregrine, c3000 Starling in roost, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Whitfield Valley

Barn Owl at 16:15, (JJo)

Sandon 

Red Kite over the A51, (NJS)

Berryhill

Woodcock, Jack Snipe, 11x Snipe, Goldcrest, late afternoon, (IBu)

Middleton Lakes

2x Great Egret, 13x Pochard, Goldeneye, Goosander, 600x Lapwing,  2x Stonechat,  10,000x Starling in the roost, (MSc)

Sunday 1st January 2023

Whitemoor Haye

8x Dunlin, 1000x Lapwing, 2x Green Sandpiper, 13x Snipe, 3x Ruff, 87x Egyptian Geese, 111x Wigeon, 9x Goldeneye, 26x Pochard, 12x Shoveler, 40x Teal, 5x Gadwall, 4x Goosander, 4x Little Grebe, 3x Grey Partridge, 12x Tree Sparrow, YL Gull, 34x Stock Dove, 2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Peregrine,  Redpoll, (SCo)

Aqualate

Smew, Ferruginous Duck, 2x Scaup, (IGr)

Chasewater

GN Diver and the Shag still, (@Ochruros, MartynYapp)  -  Jack Snipe, (CMa)  -  Also in the roost Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 75x GBB Gull, 94x Common Gull, - 

Endon STW

Barn Owl early am, (GBr)

Westport Lake

Pochard, Shoveler, (NJS)  -  12x Goosander, Willow Tit, 30x Siskin, Chiffchaff, (KSt)

Coven - i54

4-500x Fieldfare, 13x Yellowhammer, 87x Lapwing, 2x Stonechat, (JDu)

Blithfield Resv

White-fronted Goose still, 3x Pintail, 4x Goosander, Great Egret, Barnacle Goose, (NJS)

Holden Lane pool

Ring-necked Parakeet, (GBr)

Ipstones

2x Red Kite over at 13:00, (SCh)

Doxey Marsh

Golden Plover, Water Rail, (RRa)

Gailey Resv

32x Pochard, Goldeneye, 5x Little Grebe. 2x Little Grebe, 20x Siskin, (SRi, IMo)

Middleton Lakes

6x Pochard, 17x Goldeneye, c700 Lapwing, Snipe, 2x Great Egret, escaped Hooded Merganser, (MSm)

Tittesworth Water

2x Woodcock, 24x Snipe, 7x Lapwing, 14x Pochard, 36x Teal, 3x Goosander, Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, (SGi, KH, AP)

Trentham Gardens

Great Egret, 2x Mandarin, (JGl)

Wombourne

Goosander Bumblehole locks, (AJo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

1000x Lapwing, Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 3x Goldeneye, 3x Goosander, 6x Shoveler, 8x Pochard, 600x Teal, Little Egret, Peregrine, (RPo)

Ford Green Pool

5x Ring-necked Parakeet, (RGi)

Tunstall Park

2x Goosander, (RGi)

Furnace Grange - Pool Hall

8x Goosander, 5x Shoveler, Little Grebe, Little Egret over and a Blackcap at Finchfield, (IMo, GCl, CVa, KCl)

Alrewas - Fradley

12x Grey Partridge along the canal opposite the marina, (PBa)

Burntwood (Loggerheads)

2-3x Woodcock, (RGi)

Keele

6x Jack Snipe, (MSu)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Jack Snipe, 3x GBB Gull, 14x Common Gull, YL Gull, 

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, 350x Lapwing, 12x Golden Plover, 2x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 3x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 2x Siskin and 2x Blackcap Barton under Needwood, (JWo)  -  additional 17x Curlew, Jack Snipe, 6x Snipe, 20x Little Grebe, 50x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 8x Shelduck, 4x Little Egret, 6x GBB Gull, 3x YL Gull, 3x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 5x Redpoll, (DSc)