Wednesday 15th November 2023

Chasewater

 5x Waxwing flying south by Chasewater access road at 07:45, 2x Great Northern Diver still, (KWh) - Roost 1w Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull,

Belvide Resv

55x Dunlin, 110x Golden Plover, 7x Redshank, 1w Little Gull, Red Kite, 2x Mandarin, 2x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat,   - Roost 2w Caspian Gull, 12x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 

The Million

5x Crossbill, c100 Redpoll, (ICW)

Tucklesholme

27x Snipe, 8x Goldeneye, 52x Pochard, 66x Wigeon, 2x Egyptian Geese, 3x Little Grebe, 2x Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Redpoll, (JWo)

Tuesday 14th November 2023

Middleton Lakes

Cream-headed Marsh Harrier NW Jubilee at 08:05, Ruddy Shelduck Dosthill NR, 2x Yellowhammer, Goldeneye, 4x Pochard, 2x Stonechat, Great Egret, at least 47x Snipe, (SPA)

Radford Meadows Stafford

6x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, c100 Shoveler, 4x Dunlin, 6x Golden Plover, 321x Lapwing, Little Owl, 2x Little Egret, (CDa)

Newtown (Biddulph Moor)

8x Tree Sparrow, (ALo)

Carmountside Flash and valley

9x Ring-necked Parakeet, 42x Teal, Little Egret, (ALa)

Deep Hayes

19x Wigeon, 8x Goosander, 9x Teal and at Cheddleton STW, 35 Pied Wagtail, (ALa)

Cannock Chase

50x Crossbill, (ABl)

Belvide Resv

1w Little Gull still, 

Branston GPs

Juv Shag, juv Scaup, 3x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 16x Curlew, 20x Snipe, 130x Lapwing, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 15x Goldeneye, 34x Pochard, 8x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 76x Little Grebe, 8x GBB Gull, 4x YL Gull, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, 3x Brambling, 8x Greenfinch, 35x Redpoll, 10x Stonechat, 200x Fieldfare, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 5000x Starling, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Branston Water Park

Juv Shag, 2x juv Scaup, 8x Pochard, 8x Little Grebe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver and Shag still, 13x Goosander, 7x Pochard, tonights roost 17x Common Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 1cy YL Gull, (CW)

Monday 13th November 2023

Belvide Resv

1w Little Gull, 55x Dunlin, 90x Golden Plover, also Ad Kittiwake and 6x YL Gull  in the roost.

Endon - Denford

35x Snipe, Willow Tit, Water Rail, - Ashes Pool, 5x Snipe, 75x Lapwing, Goosander, (DCo)

Branston GPs

Shag still Marley pit, 3x Scaup, 16x Curlew, 3x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 12x Snipe, 212x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 11x Goldeneye, 34x Pochard, 8x Shelduck, 52x Little Grebe, 8x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 50x Linnet, 10x Greenfinch, 4x Stonechat, 150x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

Shag, Scaup, 2x Goosander, 8x Pochard, 9x Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler,

   

                                                                Shag by Jon Woodcock                      

Sunday 12th November 2023

Blithfield Resv

Great Egret, 3x Goldeneye, Red Kite, 6x Snipe, 10+ Common Gull, 3x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (SRi)

Stanley Pool

Drake Goosander, (GBr)

Branston Water Park

A new imm Shag, also Scaup still, Goosander, 5x Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

                                                           Shag by Dave Scattergood

Branston GPs

2x imm Scaup, the juv Shag still on Marley pit, 130x Lapwing, 8x Shelduck, 18x Wigeon, 26x Shoveler, 14x Pochard, 9x Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 14x Curlew, 28x Snipe, 10x GBB Gull, 7x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 76x Little Grebe, 3x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 30x Redpoll, c100 Fieldfare, 4x Siskin, (DSc)

Belvide Resv

Knot, 46x Dunlin, Redshank, juv Scaup, Goshawk.

Chasewater

14x Waxwing north at 16:00, (CWG)  -  Roost Caspian Gull, 4x YL Gull, also 2x GN Diver still,(CWG)

North Staffs Moors

c400 Pink-footed Geese over SE between 14:00 and dusk, (DGH)

Saturday 11th November 2023

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

140x Pink-footed Geese over west at 09:30, (TEy)

Knypersley Resv

8x Mandarin on main lake, (GBr)

Stoke

Lordship Lane 150x Pink-footed Geese over NE also 2x Little Egret, (RGi)

Radford Meadows Stafford

3x Great Egret flew north at 09:00, 2x Little Egret, 5x Pintail, 257x Lapwing, 42x Golden Plover, Redshank, 50x Pinkfoots over north at 10:10, (CDa)

Chasewater

20x Waxwing over west at 11:53, (RCB, IB)  -  2x Great Northern Diver and Shag still, 

Trescott

3x Great Egret low NNE at 08:09, Jack Snipe flushed, 3x Common Snipe, 81x Fieldfare, (IMo, GCl)

Coven

200 - 300x Fieldfare, (JDu)

Wetley Moor

5x Stonechat, 15x Redpoll, (DCo)

Tucklesholme

Jack Snipe reported at 10:27 (BG), - Jack Snipe and 15x Snipe on the spit this am, (DOu, LOu)  -  27x Snipe on the spit, (JWo)  -  2x Little Egret, 60x Wigeon, 38x Pochard, Goldeneye, 2x Goosander thru, Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

Tittesworth Water

Great Egret, 435x Pink-footed Geese over in three skeins 08:15 to 08:44, 4x Snipe, 4x Pochard, 5x Wigeon, Willow Tit, (SGi)

                                                         Great Egret by Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

Juv Shag still Marley pit, imm Scaup, 6x Wigeon, 8x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, 120x Lapwing, 4x Redshank, 12x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 4x Snipe, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 20x Fieldfare, 30x Redpoll, 5x Siskin, Little Egret, Chiffchaff, c5000 Starling roosted,  (DSc)

Branston Water Park

Fem type Scaup, Little Egret, Goosander, 7x Pochard, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Enville

2x Crossbill over this am, 15x Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, (ICW)

Doxey Marsh

Pintail, 40x Wigeon, 5x Stonechat, (RRa)

Belvide Resv

41x Dunlin, 65x Golden Plover, 84x Pinkfoots NE, 3x Common Gull, 

Blithfield Resv

3x Great Egret, 8x Goldeneye, 8x Stonechat, YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, (MJa)

Audley

43x Pink-footed Geese north at 09:43, (JHu)

Friday 10th November 2023

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver still, (KWh)  -  in addition the Shag still, (HKi)

Fradley

200x Pink-footed Geese over SE at 09:55, (BHa)

Blithfield Resv

c80 Pink-footed Geese over east at 10:11, (GJM, MDJ)

Whitgreave

At least 60x visible Pink-footed Geese over SE at 09:30, (AHa)

Newcastle

Skein of Pink-footed Geese heard over The Brampton, (SJT)

Tittesworth Water

Scaup, Pochard, 17x Siskin, (SGi)

Cauldon Low

Red Kite at 14:30, (TDu)

Branston GPs

5x Hawfinch in Prince's wood, Shag, Scaup, 4x Redshank, 16x Curlew, 12x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 100x Lapwing, 5x Little Egret, 7x Shelduck, 11x Goldeneye, Goosander, 62x Pochard, 26x Gadwall, 34x Shoveler, 6x Wigeon, 86x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, 3x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 9x Stonechat, 100+ Redpoll, 200x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

2x Caspian Gull and 10x YL Gull in the roost.

Thursday 9th November 2023

Radford Meadows Stafford

2x Black-tailed Godwit, 33x Golden Plover, c300 - 400 Lapwing, 2x Egyptian Geese, c300 Teal, c100 Shoveler, c250 Wigeon, (CDa)

Middleton Lakes

5x Golden Plover, 6x Goldeneye, 3x Pochard, 3x Shelduck, 2x Stonechat, Great Egret, (SPA)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver and Shag still, Goldeneye, (CW)

Chatterley Whitfield

Cetti's Warbler, Stonechats, still, (SHi)

Branston GPs

Shag, 2x Scaup, 3x Redshank, 15x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 130x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, Goosander, 8x Goldeneye, 20x Pochard, 22x Gadwall, 39x Shoveler, 4x Wigeon, 120x Teal, 5x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 64x Little Grebe, 7x Common Gull, 4x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Stonechat, Brambling, 15x Redpoll, 70x Linnet, 6000+ Starling, (JWo)

Wednesday 8th November 2023

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver still off the dam, (GLy)  -  Shag still.

Middleton Lakes

Short-eared Owl over JW and on to North pit at 16:25, (SPA)  -  2x Jack Snipe flushed off North pit.

Branston GPs

2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Snipe, Great Egret, 6x Pochard, 8x Gadwall, 7x Egyptian Geese, 2x Little Grebe, 60x Linnet, Sandy pit 6000x Starling, (JWo, CEc, PFo, MRi)

Tucklesholme

27x Snipe, 3x Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 26x Pochard, 96x Wigeon, 6x Gadwall, 4x Egyptian Geese, Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

                                                              Snipe by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

Ad Caspian Gull in the roost also possible ad Baltic Gull, 39x Dunlin, 6x Golden Plover, 21x Snipe, Woodcock, 9x YL Gull.

Tuesday 7th November 2023

Rudyard Lake

Scaup still this am also 30+ Pink-footed Geese east over Dunwood at 08:30, (GBr)

Trentham Gardens

29x Little Egret this am including a flock of 24 on the west side of the southern island, (RTo)

Carmountside Flash

2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Ring-necked Parakeet, Little Egret, (ALa)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver still, 

Wetley Moor

25x Redpoll, 7x Snipe, 2x Stonechat, (ALa)

Branston GPs

Shag, 2x Scaup, 3x Redshank, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 13x Curlew, 150x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, 2x Goldeneye, 18x Pochard, 6x Shelduck, 42x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 6x Wigeon, 82x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 4x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Stonechat, Brambling, 70x Redpoll, 10x Siskin, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

40x Dunlin, 38x Golden Plover, Woodcock, 1w Caspian Gull and 16x YL Gull in the roost.

Yoxall

Marsh Tit, (BGe)

Tucklesholme

50x Wigeon, (JTu)

Monday 6th November 2023

Rudyard Lake

Imm Scaup still also Peregrine, (SSe)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver and the Shag still, (SWa, CMa, DG)

Silverdale

c600 Pink-footed Geese in several skeins over west at 13:25, (SJT)

Ipstones

Red Kite flying west at 12:30, (SCh)

Belvide Resv

Ad Caspian Gull again in the roost also 11x YL Gull, 

Tittesworth Water

24x Common Gull, 6x Pochard, 14x Wigeon, Little Grebe, (SGi)

Branston GPs

3x Whooper Swan on Ashy pit, (SBl), -  2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Curlew, 6x Shelduck, 4x Wigeon, Common Gull, Peregrine, 4x Stonechat, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                   Whooper Swans by Jon Woodcock

Sunday 5th November 2023

Belvide Resv

Great Northern Diver off the dam to 09:05 only, - Caspian Gull and 11x YL Gull in the roost

Seisdon Quarry

Crossbill over at 07:34, Brambling over, 242x Fieldfare over, 6x Stonechat, 17x Skylark over, 4x Redpoll,  (GCl)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver still at 08:00, (KWh)  -  also Shag, Goldeneye, Goosander, (PAn)

                                              Great Northern Divers by Keith Whitehouse

Aqualate

Juv Scaup this am, (IGr)

Radford Meadows

33x Golden Plover, 127x Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)

Middleton Lakes

Fem Goldeneye, 3x Shelduck, 2x Pochard, Jack Snipe, 30x Snipe, Great Egret, 4x Stonechat, (MSm)  -  JW roost Cattle Egret, 5x Great Egret, 22x Little Egret, also Bittern flew from Dosthill NR. (MB)

Blithfield Resv

Red-throated Diver Blithe Bay at 11:10, 2x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, YL Gull, 3x Stonechat, Redpoll,  (SRi) 

                                                    Red-throated Diver by Steve Edwards

Stanley Pool

Pink-footed Geese heard, Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Baldwins Gate

c100 Pink-footed Geese over NE in two skeins at 08:45, (RWh)

Trentham Gardens

21x Little Egret this morning, (GSa)

Rudyard Lake

70x Pink-footed Geese over NW at 11:00, (SSe) -  Imm Scaup, (MSt)

Doxey Marsh

2x Whooper Swan over Creswell Flash at 11:54 heading east, also a Pintail, (AHa)

Baswich

3x Goosander, 2x Little Egret, (IWi)

Weston Coyney

c140 Pink-footed Geese over SE at 09:00, (SFe)

Tittesworth Water

A late Swallow thru, 160x Pinkfoots over west, 27x Wigeon, 11x Mandarin, Snipe, Willow Tit, 5x Common Gull, (JOa, LH, KH)

Caverswall

150x Pink-footed Geese over SE at 15:30, (TDu)

Whitemoor Haye

43x Pochard, 24x Wigeon, 29x Gadwall, 12x Shoveler, c200 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Egyptian Geese, 3x GBB Gull, 300x Fieldfare, c120 Linnet, 25x Siskin, Cetti's Warbler, 7x Little Grebe, 3x Stonechat, (SCo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

667x Teal (very large count), 2x Goldeneye, 7x Pochard, 10x Wigeon, 16x Shoveler, 7x Fieldfare, (RPo)

The Burntwood (Loggerheads)

500x Pink-footed Geese in three skeins mid afternoon, (RGi)

Branston GPs

5x Whooper Swan over east at dusk, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Great Egret, 40x Greenfinch, (JWo, CEc, Dean)  -  2x imm Scaup still North pit, juv Shag Marley pit, 80x Little Grebe, Great Egret, 7x Egyptian Geese, 4x Shelduck, 30x Shoveler, c200 Teal, 20x Pochard, 8x Goldeneye, 120x Lapwing, 15x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 8x GBB Gull, 6x YL Gull, Green Woodpecker, 4x Stonechat, 40x Fieldfare, 20x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Alvecote

2x Stonechat, 8x Little Grebe, Fieldfare, (MSc)

Saturday 4th November 2023

Stanley Pool

120+ Pink-footed Geese over south at 08:30, Red Kite west, (GBr)

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver still also the juv Shag, (@Ochruros)

Silverdale CP

Common Gull, (PCa)

Branston GPs

Ashy pit 40x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, Egyptian Geese, 30x Shoveler, 4x Goldeneye, 17x Curlew, 50x Lapwing, 3x Stonechat, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

Little Egret, Egyptian Geese, 30x Wigeon, 25x Teal, 40x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 14x Snipe, (DSc)

Friday 3rd November 2023

                                    WEST MIDLAND BIRD CLUB STAFFORD BRANCH

                        Invites you to a talk on Tuesday 7th November 2023 with Jeff Clarke

From Cape to Kruger Covering the fantastic wildlife to be found in the Fynbos habitats of the cape area of South Africa and in contrast the mammal and bird rich bush and plains of Kruger National Park.

                       At Walton-on-the  Hill village hall, Green Gore Lane, Stafford ST17 0LD

                    Doors open 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start. Admission £3 including refreshments.

Chasewater

2x Great Northern Diver off the dam at 08:00, (KWh)  -  also a second GND at mid day, (PWa)

Endon - Denford

8x Pink-footed Geese on a flooded field and a further c200 PFG over to the east, Great Egret over, 2x Shoveler, 14x Wigeon, 19x Teal, (DCo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Ruff, Redshank, 252x Lapwing, 62x Golden Plover, 238x Wigeon, Pintail, 100x Shoveler, c300 Teal, (CDa)

Middleton Lakes

Ruddy Shelduck on Hemus's field near Drayton Brick bridge mid afternoon, (MSm)  -  also Dunlin Redshank, 5x Stonechat, 3x Shelduck, Pochard, Goosander, (SPA)  -  also Cattle Egret in roost, Bittern flew from Dosthill NR, 11x Snipe on JW south, (MB)

Branston GPs

2x juv Scaup on North pit, Cattle Egret flew east from Sandy pit Cattle field, (JWo)  -  Short-eared Owl over SMP1 for 10mins from 16:32 before flying off SE, also 2x Little Egret, 7x Egyptian Geese, 4x Goldeneye, 12x Curlew, 8x GBB Gull, 6x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, 3x Stonechat, Siskin, (DSc)  -  Also Shag on Marley pit, Woodcock, 26x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 17x Curlew, 120x Lapwing, Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 5x Water Rail, 4x Shelduck, 32x Shoveler, 16x Gadwall, 8x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 102x Little Grebe, Peregrine, Barn Owl, 3x Brambling, 14x Siskin, 20x Redpoll, 6x Greenfinch, 30x Linnet, 5x Stonechat, 5x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, 2x Goldeneye, c200 Wigeon, Goosander, 190x Lapwing, 60x Fieldfare, (ICW)

Belvide Resv

33x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Ruff, 6x Shelduck, Peregrine 2x Stonechat, Ad Caspian Gull in the roost also 15x YL Gull, 

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

2x Willow Tit, Brambling, (TEy)

                                                               Willow Tit by Terry Eyre

Branston Water Park

Goosander, 14x Pochard, Goldeneye, 2x Gadwall, (JWo)

Thursday 2nd November 2023

Belvide Resv

Male Hen Harrier thru south at 12:20, Ad Little Gull, 128x Dunlin, 97x Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Ruff, Goshawk, 2x YL Gull, Common Gull, 

Amington

Female type Black Redstart reported on Chandlers Drive this am.

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver still off the dam this morning, (JDa)  -  Shag and GN Diver still this afternoon, (CMa, RF)

Knypersley

Brambling, (SHi)

Wednesday 1st November 2023

Blithfield Resv

Summer plumage Grey Plover SE at 09:10, (GJM)

Himley Pool

9x Crossbill over low NW at 09:33 also 2x Brambling, (GCl)

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver still from the dam, Shag, 10x Goosander, (CW)

Belvide Resv

77x Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Ruff, Redshank, Golden Plover, 9x Pintail, Water Rail, Great Egret thru, 

Croxall

3x Little Egret, Curlew, 40x Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler, (ICW)

Whitemoor Haye

Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, 32x Pochard, 28x Shoveler, 130x Fieldfare, (ICW)

Branston GPs

Imm drake Scaup (new bird) on North pit, juv Shag still on Marley fishing pool, 3x Little Egret, 6x Egyptian Geese, 4x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 8x Goldeneye, 32x Gadwall, 28x Pochard, 2x Woodcock over at dusk, 130x Lapwing, 13x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 3x GBB Gull, 70x Little Grebe, 3x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Chiffchaff, 6x Redpoll, 2x Siskin, (DSc)

Branston Water Park

2x Juv Scaup this afternoon, 12x Pochard, 2x Goosander, (JWo)

                                                              Scaups by Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes

Cattle Egret on east scrape, (SPA)

Gailey Resv

5x Little Grebe, 2x Shoveler, 21x Pochard, 20x Siskin, (SRi)

Brankley Pastures

5x Yellowhammer, 100+ Redpoll, 20x Siskin, 50x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Tuesday 31st October 2023

Stanley Pool

2x Scaup this morning, (ALa)

Carmountside Flash Valley

8x Ring-necked Parakeet, 59x Teal, 2x Stonechat, Water Rail, (ALa)

Chatterley Whitfield

Cetti's Warbler still, (SHi)

Branston GPs

Shag on South pit to 14:42 only, 14x Curlew, Ringed Plover, 2x Common Sandpiper, 7x Snipe, 150x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 22x Pochard, 6x Wigeon, 46x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 200+ Teal, 8x Egyptian Geese, 106x Little Grebe, 5x Water Rail, 8x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Stonechat, 30x Redpoll, 12x Siskin, 2x Cetti's Warbler,  (JWo)

                                                           Shag by Jon Woodcock

Chasewater

Great Northern Diver off the dam, also Shag in SE corner, (RSo)

Middleton Lakes

17x Golden Plover, Snipe, 3x Shelduck, 4x Pochard, 2x Great Egret, (MSm)

Enville

Crossbill over, Red Kite, 2x Goosander, (ICW)

Burslem Park

13x Goosander on the lake, (PMo)

Branston Water Park

Scaup, 14x Pochard, 4x Gadwall, 4x Wigeon, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

41x Dunlin, Redshank, Ringed Plover, Ruff, 2x Pintail, 2x Brambling, 6x YL Gull, 2x GBB Gull, 5x Common Gull, Goshawk, Barn Owl. Cetti's Warbler, 

Monday 30th October 2023

Sneyd Green

90x Pink-footed Geese over east, (JOa)

Branston GPs

15x Curlew, 8x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, 120x Lapwing, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 44x Shoveler, 28x Gadwall, 200x Teal, 4x Wigeon, 4x Egyptian Geese, 74x Little Grebe, 6x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, Brambling, 76x Redpoll, 6x Chiffchaff, (JWo)

Branston Water Park

Scaup, 2x Goosander, 6x Pochard, (JWo)

Whiston - Windy Arbour

4x Red Kite where Cotton Lane crosses the A52, (GSt)

Sunday 29th October 2023

Branston GPs

Juv Great Northern Diver on Ashy pit at 13:30, (Dean, CEc), - first site record, juv Shag still on Marley pit, Great Egret to 09:35 only, 3x Little Egret, 5x Egyptian Geese, 32x Shoveler, 10x Goldeneye, 4x Goosander, 10x Gadwall,  Redshank, 100x Lapwing, 13x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, 72x Little Grebe, 10x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 5x Stonechat, 2x Chiffchaff, 20x Redpoll, 10x Siskin, Green Woodpecker, (JWo, DSc, BSt, ASt, CEc, Dean, SCo)

                                                 Great Northern Diver by Jon Woodcock

Branston Water Park

Juv Scaup still, this morning, (SCo), - Imm Scaup still early afternoon, Goosander, 6x Pochard, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Radford Meadows Stafford

22x Golden Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 172x Lapwing, 121x Shover, 300x Teal, 150x Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, (CDa)

Whitmore Bent Lane

Great Egret, and 21x Raven at Baldwins Gate,  (RWh)

Chasewater

The Shag still, also Little Grebe, (CW)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, Little Egret, (RRa)

Seisdon Quarry

5x Stonechat, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 3x Goosander, Little Egret, Little Grebe, (IMo, ADe)

Tittesworth Water

4x imm Scaup on the conservation pool, 2x Mandarin, 2x Willow Tit, 7x Siskin, (JOa)

Hanchurch

15x Brambling, 30x Redpoll, 25x Siskin, 120x Fieldfare, 80x Redwing, (SE, HF)

Stanley Pool

Chiffchaff, 2x Siskin, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Short-eared Owl hunting west side of JW and a Barn Owl. In the JW roost tonight were 4x Great Egret, 52x Little Egret and a Cattle Egret, (MB)

River Sow  Meadows

Cetti's Warbler, 3x Little Egret, 91x Lapwing, 80x Wigeon, 50x Teal, 3x Little Grebe, (RSw)

Tixall Wide flood

Great Egret, (DHa)

Saturday 28th October 2023

Belvide Resv

Black-necked Grebe, Little Stint, 60x Golden Plover high NE, 25x Snipe, Ruff, Ringed Plover, 30x Dunlin, 3x Pintail, Water Rail, 11x Yellowhammer, Brambling, 

Branston Water Park

Scaup still this afternoon, Great Egret, Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 3x Goosander, Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail, (BHa)

Branston GPs

Juv Shag still on Marley fishing lake, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 90x Little Grebe, 22x Shoveler, 7x Goldeneye, Peregrine, 70x Lapwing, Dunlin, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, GBB Gull, 5x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 10x Fieldfare, Brambling, 20x Redpoll, 5x Siskin, (DSc)

Claymills

2x Great Egret, also Cetti's Warbler at partly flooded field just north side of Sewage works at 16:30, (DSc)

Arewas NMA

Great Egret, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 15x Redpoll, (JWo)

Friday 27th October 2023

Belvide Resv

Fem Firecrest along Gazebo Bay, Little Stint, 24x Dunlin, Ruff, Ringed Plover, 4x Golden Plover, 2x Woodcock, Great Egret, Mandarin, 3x Stonechat, 

Branston GPs

SMP2 - Ad Caspian Gull, 7x YL Gull, 12x GBB Gull, 5x Common Gull, 3x Brambling over, 10x Siskin, 80x Linnet, 20x Redpoll, Redshank, Ringed Plover, 14x Curlew, 18x Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 140x Lapwing, Great Egret, 4x Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 6x Pochard, 21x Wigeon, 18x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 9x Egyptian Geese, 89x Little Grebe, Peregrine, Barn Owl, 5x Stonechat, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean)

Trentham Gardens

Dipper, Stonechat, 41x Mandarin, 2x Little Grebe, 10x Little Egret, 3x Goosander, 21x Siskin, (SE, HF)

Doxey Marsh

3x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 10x Cetti's Warbler, (MBo). 

Tixall Wide Canal

2x Whooper Swan on flooded field east of Stafford, (DHa)  

Middleton Lakes

Bittern flying from Staffs side of FM, 25x Golden Plover over JW, Dunlin, Snipe, (MSm)

Claymills

6x Cattle Egret in field  next to pumping station also Great Egret, (POr)

Thursday 26th October 2023

Blithfield Resv

2x Dark bellied Brent Geese on deep end at 09:30, flew off at 12:45, 3x Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 13x Egyptian Geese, 3x YL Gull, Dunlin, Snipe, 5x Stonechat, (SRi)

Branston GPs

Juv Shag still on Marley Fishing Lake also 2x Egyptian Geese, c150 Redpoll, 5x Siskin, 16x Greenfinch, 7x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 6x Little Egret, 15x Wigeon, 8x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 45x Pochard, 18x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 200x Teal, 16x Curlew, 24x Snipe, 2x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 140x Lapwing, 4x Water Rail, 132x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 12x GB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 6x Stonechat, (DSc, JWo, MCa, CEc)

Branston Water Park

Imm Scaup still, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Goosander, 5x Pochard, 2x Chiffchaff, (DSc, JWo)

Sneyd Green

70x Pink-footed Geese over west at 16:10, (JOa)

Westport Lake

Fem Common Scoter still at 16:15 also 70x Pinkfoots over west at 16:10, (NJS)

Botteslow

Woodcock over the marsh this over North pit, Redshank,  evening,  Water Rail at the rail line pool, earlier on the flash 24x Teal, Little Egret, Little Grebe, (RTo) 

Belvide Resv

Little Stint, 24x Dunlin, Ruff, 14x Snipe, 7x Stonechat, 

Middleton Lakes

A flock of 56x Snipe over North pit,  Redshank, Pintail over, 2x Pochard, Goosander, Great Egret, (SPA)  -  Bittern flew from JW towards Fishers Mill, (SGa)

Wednesday 25th October 2023

Middleton Lakes

Jack Snipe between JW north and south, 10x Snipe, Great Egret, 2-3 Pochard, (SPA)  -  Also Dunlin, (MSm)

Blithfield Resv

08:45 to 14:00 - Drake Common Scoter St Stephen's Bay, 2x Great Egret, Red Kite, Snipe, 3x Stonechat, 4x Redpoll, (SRi)

Ipstones

220+ Pink-footed Geese in three skeins over east at 11:30, (SCh)

Branston Water Park

Scaup still, 4x Goosander, 3x Pochard, 4x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 10x Redpoll, 10x Greenfinch, (JWo)

Brankley Pastures

40x Redpoll, 10x Siskin, 30x Skylark, 4x Yellowhammer, 50x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Branston GPs

The juv Shag has moved from the Water Park to Marley Fishing lake next to North pit also Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler - North pit 10x Curlew, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Egyptian Geese, Little Egret, Goosander, (DSc)

                                                             Shag by Dave Scattergood

Staffs

Tuesday 24th October 2023

Belvide Resv

38x Dunlin, 15x Snipe, 3x Ringed Plover, 2x Ruff, Little Stint, 3x Stonechat, YL Gull, Brambling, 

Trentham Gardens

15x Little Egret - my highest count here, 32x Mandarin, 5x Goosander, 2x Common Gull, 3x Golden Plover over, (RTo)

Stoke

Dipper singing on the Trent, (RGi)

Sneyd Green

90x Pink-footed Geese over NE at 11:55, (JOa)

Endon - Denford

19x Snipe, 82x Lapwing, Stonechat, (DCo)

Blithfield Resv

10:00 to 13:45 - 3x Great Egret, YL Gull, 9x Common Gull, Dunlin, 6x Snipe, 4x Stonechat, 4x Yellowhammer, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

6x Golden Plover thru, 5x Pochard, (MSm)

Branston Water Park

Shag, Scaup still, 6x Goosander, 5x Pochard, 4x Gadwall, 2x Egyptian Geese, 12x Greenfinch, 5x Redpoll, Chiffchaff, 4x Cetti's Warbler. (JWo, DSc)

Alvecote

Great Egret, (MSc)

Branston GPs

Juv Marsh Harrier, 50x Snipe, 3x Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 12x Curlew, 120x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, 12x Goldeneye, 48x Pochard, 3x Goosander, 6x Gadwall, 26x Shoveler, 6x Wigeon, 250x Teal, 135x Little Grebe, Caspian Gull, 3x YL Gull, 6x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, 7x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 36x Greenfinch, 12x Redpoll, (JWo)

Monday 23rd October 2023

Belvide Resv

Little Stint, 30x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, 5x Ringed Plover, 10x Snipe, Golden Plover thru, YL Gull,

Knypersley Resv

4x Mandarin, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Pintail, Pochard, 5x Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, (MSm)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Fem Garganey, Cattle Egret, Pink-footed Goose, Barnacle Goose, 2x Goosander, c50 Lapwing, (CDa)

Branston Water Park

Juv Shag to 17:40 only, 6x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 4x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, (JWo)  -  Scaup still to 16:30 at least, (MJo)

                                                              Shag by Jon Woodcock

Branston GPs

30x Snipe, 8x Curlew, 3x Common Sandpiper, 120x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 4x Water Rail, 8x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 58x Pochard, 8x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 300x Teal, 138x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 8x GBB Gull, 7x Stonechat, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 12x Redpoll, 32x Greenfinch, (JWo, CEc)

Sunday 22nd October 2023

Tittesworth Water

2x Whooper Swan dropped in this am, 30x Pink-footed Geese over, (IF)  -  17x Wigeon, Pochard, 7x Mandarin, Snipe, 2x Willow Tit, 14x Siskin, Fieldfare, (JOa, LH)

Belvide Resv

Little Stint, 26x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, 5x Ringed Plover, 2x Stonechat, 

Endon STW

2x Barn Owl, Stonechat, 2x Fieldfare, (GBr)

Branston Water Park,

Ist/win Scaup still, 6x Goosander, 6x Pochard, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 30x Redpoll, 20x Greenfinch,  (JWo, DSc)

                                                          Scaup by Dave Scattergood

                                                           Scaup by Jon Woodcock

Fazeley

7x Great Egret on flooded fields south of Fazeley, (TPe)

Radford Meadows Stafford

4x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 60x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 150x Wigeon, 6x Snipe, 50x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 3x Little Grebe, (RSw)

Branston GPs

 2x Common Sandpiper, 15x Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 10x Snipe, 120x Lapwing, 8x calling Water Rail, 80x Little Grebe, 4x Little Egret, 4x Goldeneye, 20x Wigeon, 50x Shoveler, 87x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 200x Teal, 3x Egyptian Geese, Barn Owl, Brambling, 40x Redpoll, 30x Greenfinch, 10x Siskin,  Yellowhammer, 5x Stonechat, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 100x Fieldfare, (DSc)

Seisdon Quarry

Green Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, 10x Goosander, Little Grebe, 3x Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (IMo, ADe)

Middleton Lakes

12x Great Egret and 34x Little Egret roosted on JW this evening. (SPA, MSm, TPe)

Wychnor

150x Fieldfare, (JWo)

Chasewater

Shag still, 12x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 10x Goosander, 5x Jack Snipe, 19x Snipe, 40x Fieldfare, 2x Stonechat, (CW)