Sunday 31st January 2021

Knypersley Resv

3x Ruddy Shelduck over north at 08:30, Ring-necked Parakeet in Arboretum, 4x Goosander, 2x Lesser Redpoll, (GBr)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap still, (JWo)

Ford Green

Mandarin, Goosander, (JJo)

Tamworth 

2x Goosander on Belgrade balancing lakes, (SCl)

Radford Meadows

18x White-fronted Geese still, 200x Golden Plover, 200x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, (GHa)

Hopton

2x Lesser Redpoll

Whitemoor Haye

4x Great Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 143x Wigeon, 14x Pochard, Goosander, 13x Shoveler, 36x Snipe, 450x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, 23x Tree Sparrow, Peregrine, (SCo)

Shenstone area

Red Kite over NW at 13:20, (PAn)  -  Little Haye - Shenstone, 3x Grey Partridge, 2x Stonechat, 100x Fieldfare, large Greenfinch roost, (KWh)

Gailey Resv

12x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 5x Little Grebe, Redpoll, (SRi)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Little Stint still, 

Keele

1w Caspian Gull, YL Gull, Common Gull, (MSu)

Branston GPs

10x Lapwing, 2x Snipe, 2x Ruff, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 7x Little Egret, 12x Shelduck, 16x Wigeon, 2x Gadwall, 30x Shoveler, 12x Pochard, 5x Goldeneye, 100x Teal, 5x Little Grebe, 2x ad YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, GBB Gull, 2x Stonechat, (DSc)

Baldwins Gate

Chiffchaff, Water Rail, (RWh)

Saturday 30th January 2021

Shenstone - Little Hay

2x Grey Partridge along Park Lane, (PAn) 

Whitemoor Haye

2x Great Egret, 2x Grey Partridge, 10x Snipe, 400x Lapwing, 2x Shelduck, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SCo)

Radford Meadows

158x Golden Plover, 402x Lapwing, 6x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 42x Shoveler, 500x Wigeon, 350x Teal, 2x Stonechat, (RSw)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap, Siskin, Redpoll, (CBe)  -  Little Egret over, (JWo)

Friday 29th January 2021

Pool Hall Trescott

4x Corn Bunting, 19x Yellowhammer, 260x Linnet, 3x Greenfinch, 9x Grey Partridge, 3x Goosander, (GCl)

Chatterley Whitfield

Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, Snipe, (PMo)

Wombourne

Goosander on the canal at Bratch, (DJo)

Barlaston

Little Egret, Common Gull, 12x Linnet at Wash Dale Lane, (RLa)

Branston GPs

2x Ringed Plover, Golden Plover, 2x Ruff, 21x Curlew, 150x Lapwing, (Dean), -  also Redshank, 3x Ruff, 200x  Lapwing, 22x Curlew, 2x Shelduck, 4x Mandarin, 9x Goldeneye, 9x Little Egret, 4x Stonechat, 2x Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, (CEc, JWo)

Keele

1w Caspian Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 

                                               

Thursday 28th January 2021

Whitemoor Haye

50x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 3x Skylark, (RBe)

Branston GPs

2x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, Ruff, 21x Curlew, 343x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 9x Little Egret, 20x Shelduck, 9x Goldeneye, 24x Wigeon, 38x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 23x Pochard, 250x Teal, 16x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Lesser Redpoll, (JWo)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap, 2x Reed Bunting, (JWo)

Bromstead

2x Siskin, (DB)

Wednesday 27th January 2021

Whitemoor Haye

15x Yellowhammer, 14x Lesser Redpoll, 6x Snipe, Peregrine, (DJL, JNL)  -  Merlin, 20x Tree Sparrow, Chiffchaff, (RBe)

                                                            Merlin By Rob Bendelow

                                                      Tree Sparrow by Rob Bendelow

                                                     

Meir Heath to Stallington

3x Greenfinch, 3x Skylark, 500x Starling, (AR)

Yoxall

30x Raven, (JWo)

Amington

9x Greenfinch, (MSc)

Tuesday 26th January 2021

Codsall

8x Redpoll, 5x Redpoll,  (HT)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Snipe, 450x Lapwing, Great Egret, 24x Shoveler, 4x Goldeneye, 30x Tree Sparrow, (SCo)

Chatterley Whitfield

2x Little Egret, Willow Tit, Green Woodpecker, (PMo)

Branston GPs

20x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 19x Snipe, 12x Lapwing, 2x Water Rail, 11x Shelduck, 6x Goldeneye, 46x Wigeon, 56x Shoveler, 28x Gadwall, 32x Pochard, 300x Teal, 23x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 11x Common Gull, 5x GBB Gull, 2x Green Sandpiper, 500x Starling, (JWo)

Monday 25th January 2021

Berryhill

Woodcock, Jack Snipe, 5x Snipe, Water Rail, 3x Stonechat, 2x Grey Wagtail and the Little Egret still at Botteslow Flash, (RGi)

Parkhall CP

Golden Plover, 2x Willow Tit, 4x Lesser Redpoll, (RGi)

Fenton Manor - Staffs Uni

Peregrine, 2x Goosander, Grey Wagtail, (DCo)

                                                       By Dominic Collins

Westport Lake

17x Pochard, 2x Goosander, Common Gull, (SGi)

Wombourne

Goosander on the canal by Bratch, (DJo)

Alrewas NMA

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, (RBe)

                                                        Great Egret by Rob Bendelow

Chasewater

2x Caspian Gull, 6x YL Gull in the roost

Branston GPs

3x Golden Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, Ruff, 2x Redshank, 20x Curlew, 30x Snipe, 158x Lapwing, 3x Water Rail, Pintail, 7x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 4x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 20x Gadwall, 200x Teal, 11x Shelduck, 31x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 14x Common Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 3x Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 4x Tawny Owl, (JWo)

                                         A snowbound Small Meadows Pit by Jon Woodcock

Biddulph Moor

Brambling, (SSe)

Coven Heath

Barn Owl, JDu)

Sunday 24th January 2021

Pool Hall Trescott

Corn Bunting, 10x Goosander, (GCl)

Radford Meadows

10x White-fronted Geese still, Pink-footed Goose, 12x Pintail, 42x Shoveler, Gadwall, 3x Shelduck, 2x Goosander, 4x Snipe, 400x Lapwing, (RSw)

Endon STW

Chiffchaff, 83x Meadow Pipit, (GBr)

Barton under Needwood

2x Blackcap, 3x Reed Bunting, 16x Skylark over, (JWo)

Basford

Blackcap, (PCa)

Chasewater

2x YL Gull, Goldeneye, Goosander, 

Little Aston STW

3x Grey Partridge, Water Rail, Yellowhammer, (KWh)

Woodhouses to Wychnor

40x Chaffinch in stubble also numerous Fieldfare and Redwing, (JWo)

Saturday 23rd January 2021

Knypersley

4x Redpoll at Lodge Barn, (ALo)

Highgate - Swindon

400x Fieldfare, Yellowhammers at junction of Chasepool Road and Whitehouse Lane, (WN)

Gailey Resv

4x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, 26x Golden Plover, 40x Skylark, 5x Yellowhammer, several Greenfinch, (SRi)

Trescott area (Staffs Way)

2x Corn Bunting, 30x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, 3x Goosander, (IMo)

Little Aston STW

10x Gadwall, 30x Teal, Snipe, (PAn)

Radford Meadows

10x White-fronted Geese still also Pink-footed Geese, Goosander, (GHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Green Sandpiper, (RBe)

                                                                By Rob Bendelow

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

White-fronted Goose with the Greylag flock, 

Berryhill

2x Stonechat, (DBu)

Friday 22nd January 2021

Westport Lake

3x Goosander, 12x Pochard, 6x Siskin, 

Whitemoor Haye

Grey Partridge, 15x Snipe, Peregrine, 2x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, (AlanP)  -  also Corn Bunting, Tree Sparrow, (CMa, RFe)

                                                          Grey Partridge by AlanP

Highgate Common

8x Redpoll early am, (WN)

Branston GPs

17x Curlew, Ruff, 2x Oystercatcher, (CMa, RFe)  -  also Great Egret, 13x Little Egret, 20x Curlew, 200x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, (JWo, CEc)

Radford Meadows

4x Pintail, 3x Snipe, 2x Goosander, many Wigeon, Shoveler, 2x Greenfinch, (ABe)

Keele

Little Owl, 

Rocester

Goosander on the Churnet, (JDr)

Thursday 21st January 2021

Forsbrook - Draycott in the Moors

Merlin again thru this am, (AR)

i54

Peregrine, 2x Goosander over, 32x Greenfinch roosted, (Foz)

Tean -  Totmonslow

25x Siskin, (RPo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

Adult Kittiwake 12:23 - 13:14 before flying off NW

Chasewater

17x Goldeneye, 17x Goosander, Caspian Gull, GBB Gull, 

Alvecote

Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, Pochard, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Green Sandpiper, 21x Curlew, Ruff, 2x Redshank, 6x Snipe, 303x Lapwing, 10x Little Egret, Water Rail, 9x Goldeneye, 16x Pochard, 32x Shoveler, 6x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 300x Teal, 17x Shelduck, 44x Little Grebe, 2x Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 7x GBB Gull, 12x Common Gull, Barn Owl, Peregrine, Stonechat, (JWo)

Great Haywood

Blackcap, (RSu)

Wednesday 20th January 2021

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

2w Caspian Gull, Little Stint and Common Sandpiper still

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap still, (JWo)

Keele

Woodcock near the old sewage works, 

Tuesday 19th January 2021

Whitfield Valley

Little Egret, 2x Redpoll, (JJo)

Botteslow Flash

YL Gull, 2x Gadwall, (RTo)  -  nearby on the Causley brook the Little Egret still, (DBu)

Blythe Bridge-Caverswall

Merlin thru this afternoon,  (AR)

Branston GPs

Ruff, 19x Curlew, 302x Lapwing, 15x Snipe, 21x Little Egret, 15x Shelduck, 8x Goldeneye, 8x Pochard, 32x Shoveler, 17x Wigeon, 20x Gadwall, 266x Teal, 31x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 9x GBB Gull, 2x Common Gull, Peregrine, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, American Mink, (JWo)

Monday 18th January 2021

Ford Green - Holden Lane

Goldeneye, Goosander, 5x Redpoll, Grey Wagtail, (JJo)

Knypersley Resv

Little Egret, 2x Goosander, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Satnall Hills

Small flock of Crossbills in the pines by the reservoir, (RWo)

Barton under Needwood

2x Blackcap, (JWo)

Highgate Common

27x Raven flew over NE at dawn, (WN)

Sunday 17th January 2021

Radford Meadows

368x Wigeon, 152x Teal, 2x Goosander, 46x Shoveler,  419x Lapwing, 19x Golden Plover,  Cetti's Warbler, 2x Stonechat, Little Grebe, (CDa)

Hopton

3x Lesser Redpoll, (ABr)

                                                               By Andy Britton

Cuckoo Bank

2x Goosander, 34x Wigeon, Water Rail, Chiffchaff, 

Whiston

28x Pink-footed Geese over at 13:15 from Oakamoor area heading NE, (GSt)

Saturday 16th January 2021

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, 2x Grey Partridge, 20x Tree Sparrow, 20x Snipe, Golden Plover, over, Chiffchaff, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

4x Gadwall, 3x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, Common Gull, (SRi)

Radford Meadows

2x White-fronted Geese, 2x Pink-footed Geese, 2x Little Egret, 12x Goosander, numerous Wigeon, (GHa)

Kings Bromley

2x Little Grebe on river by first layby, (AM)

Ingestre

24x Snipe, 159x Lapwing, 40x Teal, 17x Wigeon, Goosander, 2x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 3x Red-legged Partridge, Stonechat, (RCB)

Tittesworth Water

Common Gull, 6x Pochard, 2x Willow Tit, (IB)

Forsbrook-Dilhorne

Yellowhammer, 2x Tawny Owl, (AR)

Catholme (from the footpath)

Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, numerous Wigeon and Teal, 700x Starling thru north, (JWo)

Friday 15th January 2021

Alvecote

2x Stonechat, 5x Goosander, 20x Wigeon, 100x Fieldfare, (MSc)

Wombourne

Goosander on the canal by the Bratch, (DJo)

Chasewater

6x Goosander, Shoveler, 2x Willow Tit, (CMa)  -  Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull in the roost

Branston GPs

Ruff, Redshank, 253x Lapwing, 8x Goldeneye, 10x Shelduck, 19x Pochard, 22x Gadwall, 316x Teal, 18x Shoveler, 6x Little Egret, 2x Water Rail, 31x Little Grebe, 4x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, 14x Common Gull, 2x Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Stonechat, 2x Lesser Redpoll, 2000x Starling, (JWo)

Stoke (Staffs University)

2x Goosander on the River Trent Sunrise conservation area, (DCo)

Kings Bromley

Goosander on River Trent near layby, (AM)

Branston WP

3x Goosander, (S)

Thursday 14th January 2021

Rocester

6x Siskin, (JDr)

Barton Marina

'Continental' Cormorant' (AP)

Staffs

Wednesday 13th January 2021

i54

Great Egret flew east at 12:20

Baswich

Blackcap this morning, (GHa)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap still, (JWo)

Alvecote

5x Goosander, 10x Wigeon, 2x Little Grebe, (MSc)

Tuesday 12th January 2021

Tean 

Dipper on River Tean at Riverside Road, (RPo)

Bushton (near Tutbury)

50x Skylark off Bushton Lane,

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap still, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, several Tree Sparrows, (RBe)

Doxey Marsh

21x Golden Plover, Little Egret, Stonechat, Chiffchaff,  (DB)  -  Great Egret, Little Egret, (AR)

Monday 11th January 2021

Stretton

Red Kite this morning, (AMS)

Alrewas NMA

3x Goosander, Little Egret, (RBe)

Branston GPs

2x Ruff, Redshank, 21x Curlew, 183x Lapwing, 3x Snipe, 10x Shelduck, 9x Goldeneye, 54x Wigeon, 8x Gadwall, 315x Teal, 28x Pochard, 42x Shoveler, 5x Little Egret, Water Rail, 38x Little Grebe, ad Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 14x GBB Gull, 3x Stonechat, 6x Lesser Redpoll, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, (JWo)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap. 2x Lesser Redpoll, (JWo)

Westport Lake

10x Pochard, Common Gull, 2x Little Grebe, (SGi)

Abbots Bromley

Red Kite at 11:00, (PBe)

Sunday 10th January 2021

Knypersley Resv

Woodcock at back of old hatchery, 2x Dipper, 2x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 2x Willow Tit, (GBr)

Little Aston STW

Jack Snipe, Snipe, 20x Yellowhammer, 75x Linnet, (PAn)

Keele

3x GB Gull, 2x Common Gull, (MSu)

Alrewas

Great Egret on the Trent just below the weir, (SCo)

Gailey Resv

3w Caspian Gull, 2x Pochard, 3x Goldeneye, 3x Gadwall, (SRi)

Dimmingsdale - Trescott Ford

Corn Bunting, 14x Yellowhammer, 3x Goosander, Stonechat, (IMo)

Wombourne

Little Egret on Wombrook, (DJo)

Oakamoor

Dipper , Willow Tit, (TEy)

                                                           Willow Tit by Terry Eyre

Alvecote

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 9x Goosander, 28x Lapwing, 14x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, (MSc)

Barton under Needwood

Greenfinch, Redpoll, (CBe)

                                                              By Christine Bean

Staffs

Saturday 9th January 2021

Gailey Resv

2x ad YL Gull, 2x Goldeneye, Pochard, 10x Little Grebe, 4x Gadwall, (SRi)

Dimmingsdale

2x Willow Tit, Greenfinch, (TEy)

Alvecote

Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Stonechat, 5x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 2x Shoveler, (MSc)

Westport Lake

2x Goosander, 3x Pochard, 2x Wigeon, (SGi)

Radford Meadows

20x White-fronted Geese, 2x Pink-footed Geese, 5x Pintail, 3x Shelduck, 25x Shoveler, 9x Gadwall, Little Egret, Little Owl, 2x Stonechat, c500x Wigeon/Teal, (RSw)

Tittesworth Water

3x Pochard, Little Egret, 4x Willow Tit, Brambling, Linnet, (IB)

Whitemoor Haye

6x Great Egret, 23x Snipe, 52x Wigeon, Stonechat, (SCo)

Wombourne

2x Goosander by the canal near the Bratch, (DJo)

Alrewas NMA

Merlin thru at dusk, Redshank, 6x Goosander, 2x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 23x Teal, 3x Little Egret, (JWo)

Little Aston - Shenstone

150x Greenfinch, 2x Grey Partridge, 25x Lapwing, (KHh)

Friday 8th January 2021

Tean

3x Red-legged Partridge in stubble at Breach Lane, (RPo)

i54

Goldeneye, (JDu)

Barton under Needwood

Blackcap, (JWo)

Alrewas NMA

Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, Little Grebe,  (RBe)

Alvecote

Great Egret, Little Egret, 7x Goosander, Shelduck, (MSc)

Dimmingsdale

3x Woodcock over at dusk, (TEy)

Stretton

Blackcap, (AMS, ELS)

Branston GPs

4x Curlew, Redshank, 8x Lapwing, 5x Goldeneye, 14x Shelduck, 92x Wigeon, 16x Shoveler, 24x Pochard, 16x Gadwall, 404x Teal, 43x Little Grebe, Water Rail, 2x Little Egret, ad Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, 12x Common Gull, 15x GBB Gull, 2x Peregrine, 2x Stonechat, (JWo)

Thursday 7th January 2021

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, Water Pipit, Stonechat, (DB)

Trentham Gardens

2x Dipper on the Trent, (ESm), - Brambling on the feeders, (RTo)

Belvide Resv (WMBC members only)

1w Caspian Gull, 2w YL Gull,