Monday 18 March 2024

Monday 18th March 2024

Returning Staffs 2024 record

Middleton Lakes

Avocet, Barn Owl, (GWi)  -  Green-winged Teal, Redshank, (MSm)

Tamworth

2x Waxwing on Woodland Road near abelia subway adjacent to brookweed, (MSc)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 12x Goldeneye, 38x Shoveler, Yellowhammer, 4x Chiffchaff, (JWo, JHo, SHo, Richard),

                                                     Slavonian Grebe by Jon Woodcock

Blithfield Resv

LRP on the causeway, (GJM)

Radford Meadows Stafford

5x Black-tailed Godwit, 6x Snipe, Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, 150x Golden Plover, 5x Egyptian Geese, 4x Shelduck, 4x Pintail, 98x Shoveler, 250x Wigeon, 2x GC Grebe, 3x Little Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Chasewater

Shag still, 14x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, 5x Chiffchaff, (SWa)

Endon - Denford

Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, Water Rail, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Mandarin, 23x Chiffchaff, 2x Willow Tit, (DCo)

Penkridge

Wheatear Teddesley Park this afternoon, 

Berryhill

Wheatear this afternoon on the top mounds Fenton fields side, (RTo)

Freehay

18x Mandarin, (FCa)

Branston GPs

Scaup, 7x LRP, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, 14x Curlew, 40x Lapwing, 3x Little Egret, 45x Goldeneye, 36x Pochard, 22x Shelduck, 66x Wigeon, 46x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 160x Teal, 46x Little Grebe, 2x Common Gull, YL Gull, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 18x Chiffchaff, (JWo, JHo, SHo).

Weston Coyney

Red Kite over Leek Road/Winterfield Lane at 10:37, (SFe)

Loggerheads

Brambling, Blackcap, (JSt)


Sunday 17 March 2024

Sunday 17th March 2024

Aqualate

Male and female Scaup, 14x Sand Martin, Redshank thru, (IMG)

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still, Jack Snipe, 13x Snipe, (HAr)

Botteslow Flash

Oystercatcher, Goosander, 2x Shoveler, (RTo)

Trentham Gardens

2x Ruddy Shelduck on island at 11:00, (NMK)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Female Merlin still, 3x Curlew over,  (GSt)  -  Slavonian Grebe,  2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Oystercatcher, 16x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 51x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 3x Gadwall, 2x Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 6x Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, (SCo)

Branston Water Park

Peregrine, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Redpoll, 6x Chiffchaff, Little Egret, (BHa)

Tucklesholme

33x Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, 86x Wigeon, Pintail, 38x Teal, (BHa)

Branston GPs

Drake Scaup, c20 Goldeneye, 8x Shelduck, Ringed Plover, 17x Curlew, 4x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 30x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 4x Sand Martin, (IMo)  -  also YL Gull, (PAn)  -  additional 3x Little Egret, 10x Egyptian Geese, 26x Shelduck, 30x Shoveler, 30x Pochard, 34x Goldeneye, Goosander, 10x Oystercatcher, 17x Curlew, 5x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Green Sandpiper, 5x Sand Martin, 15x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Barton-under-Needwood

Red Kite over south, - Dunstall 19x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 6x Redpoll, (JWo)

Belvide Resv

2x Red Kite thru south, 10x Oystercatcher, Curlew, 2x Dunlin, Redshank, 2x LRP, imm Peregrine, 

Saturday 16 March 2024

Saturday 16th March 2024

Gailey Resv

Female Common Scoter on sailing lake at 07:45, 4x Little Egret, 14x Pochard, 4x Goldeneye, Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, 8x Chiffchaff, (SRi)

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still, (MSm)  -  also Redshank, 7x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 3x Pochard, 2x Goldeneye, 80x Teal, 12x Gadwall, 26x Shoveler, 100x Wigeon, 14x Little Egret, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 8x Chiffchaff, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker, (BHa)

Uttoxeter Quarry

Redshank, Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, Pochard, Goosander, 3x Shelduck, 4x Shoveler, 90x Teal, 135x Wigeon, 5x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Red Kite, (RPo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Drake Garganey still near the BMW garage, (BGo)  -  Garganey, 15x Black-tailed Godwit, 8x Shelduck, 18x Pintail, 30x Gadwall, 85x Shoveler, 3x Cetti's Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, (RSw)

                                                                By Bill Goldstraw

Himley Great Pool

Red Kite drifted off north at 09:45, also 4x Ring-necked Parakeet, (CTi)

Alton - Denstone

5x Chiffchaff, (TEy)

Knypersley Resv

4x Chiffchaff, 2x Willow Tit, Water Rail, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, (GHa)

Tittesworth Water

2x Peregrine, 3x Goldeneye, 2x Pochard, 6x Goosander, 23x Wigeon, Mandarin, 3x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 4x Lapwing, Common Gulls, Willow Tit, Little Egret, Little Grebe, 6x Chiffchaff, (SGi, IB)

Chasewater

Shag, GN Diver still, (MBe)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret, 2x Little Egret, Marsh Harrier thru at 10:48, Red Kite thru north, Scaup 24x Shelduck, 57x Wigeon, 30x Shoveler, 26x Gadwall, 150x Teal, 18x Pochard, 22x Goldeneye, 2x Goosander, 35x Lapwing, 2x Ringed Plover, LRP, 8x Oystercatcher, 16x Curlew, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, Med Gull, Common Gull, 24x Little Grebe, 8x Egyptian Geese, 7x Sand Martin, 10x Chiffchaff, (DSc, @Ochruros, JAl, GJM)

                                                          LRP by Dave Scattergood

Belvide Resv

LRP still, (TJa)  -  Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 2x Curlew, 14x Chiffchaff, 2x Little Egret, 3x Mandarin, 5x Shelduck, 5x Pochard

Cheadle

2x Redpoll at recreational park, 15x Siskin along Eaves Lane, (TDu)

Friday 15 March 2024

Friday 15th March 2024

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still also the Garganey, (MSm) 

Doxey Marsh

Sand Martin, 5x Great Egret, 7x Little Egret, 6x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Chiffchaff, 4x Water Rail, (GPr, RRa)

Botteslow Flash

3x Goosander on the flash, Water Rail on railway pool, 5x Chiffchaff, (IBu), - Shoveler early am, (RTo)

Branston GPs

Scaup, 1w Little Gull, 30x Sand Martin, 2x Cattle Egret, 2x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 3x Ringed Plover, 4x Snipe, 7x Oystercatcher, 16x Curlew, 100x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 49x Goldeneye, 22x Pochard, 61x Wigeon, 34x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 18x Shelduck, YL Gull, 6x Common Gull, 5x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti's Warbler,  (JWo, DSc, DJa, CEc, BHa, Dean, George, BSt, ASt, SCo), 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on roadside pit, 2x Oystercatcher, Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Pochard, 15x Goldeneye, Chiffchaff, (BHa)

Radford Meadows

Garganey still, 

Stafford

Ring-necked Parakeet along Sandon Road, (RSt)

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag, 3cy YL Gull, 12x Common Gull, 28x Goldeneye, (CW)

Thursday 14 March 2024

Thursday 14th March 2024

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal and Garganey still, 2x Shelduck, 7x Pochard, 23x Goldeneye, Goosander, 5x Oystercatcher, 40x Golden Plover thru, 7x Snipe, 3x Great Egret, Stonechat, (MSm)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on roadside pit viewable from grass strip between pools, (SCo)

Belvide Resv

Rock Pipit still, Redshank, LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, 

Elford Hall

2x Great Egret in flooded fields on opposite bank of River Tame, (RFo)

Berryhill

2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (IBu)

Enville

3x Red Kite, Brambling, 300x Chaffinch, (ICW)

Wednesday 13 March 2024

Wednesday 13th March 2024

Returning Staffs 2024 record

Stanley Pool

19x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, Chiffchaff, (GBr)

Middleton Lakes

Green-winged Teal still on North pit, 

Sandon

2x Red Kite over the Dog and Doublet pub on the A51, (DGl)

Bottleslow Flash to Fenton Fields

2x Curlew thru, 2x Ring-necked Parakeet, Little Egret, Goosander, (RTo)  -  Fenton Park singing Chiffchaff, (IBu)

Trescott Area

2x Sand Martin, (GCl)  -  Red Kite over Bridgenorth Road, (DBa)

Belvide Resv

LRP at west end, 2x Scandinavian Rock Pipit on shore from Chappell hide, Black-tailed Godwit, 

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Goldeneye, 16x GC Grebe, 2x Chiffchaff, (SWa)

Cannock Chase

11x Crossbill, 3x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, Red Kite, (DBa)

Branston GPs

Drake Scaup, (GWi), - 2x Woodcock, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 6x Oystercatcher, 18x Curlew, 80x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Little Egret, 44x Goldeneye, 14x Pochard, 18x Shelduck, 46x Wigeon, 12x Gadwall, 32x Shoveler, 150x Teal, 3x Mandarin, 32x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 4x Chiffchaff, 2000x Starling, (JWo, CEc)

                                                             Scaup by Jon Woodcock

Staffs

Tuesday 12 March 2024

Tuesday 12th March 2024

Returning Staffs 2024 record

Branston GPs

Grey Plover still on Ashy pit, (GJM)  -  1w Little Gull, 2x Cattle Egret, 5x Little Egret, Grey Plover, 3x Avocet, 14x Dunlin, 3x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 16x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 4x Mandarin, 49x Goldeneye, 31x Pochard, 16x Shelduck, 76x Wigeon, 38x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 43x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 14x Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 4x Chiffchaff, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo)

Wergs Hall

Swallow over the adjacent fisheries south of Codsall, (NMo)

Middleton Lakes 

Green-winged Teal on North pit, 3x Shelduck, 2x Pintail, 9x Pochard, 12x Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, 6x Snipe, Redshank, Great Egret, (MSm)

Belvide Resv

2x Scandinavian Rock Pipit with Meadow Pipits from Chappell hide,

Biddulph

5x Greenfinch at Rockend, 

Chasewate

GN Diver and Shag still, 5x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, (CW)

Monday 11 March 2024

Monday 11th March 2024

Stanley Pool

Black-necked Grebe, 4x Goosander, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

                                                      Black-necked Grebe by Mick Turner

Endon - Denford

7x Curlew, Jack Snipe, 7x Snipe, Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 2x Green Woodpecker, Redpoll, Ashes Pool 2x Oystercatcher, Goosander, Little Grebe, (DCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still south end of roadside pit, 4x Little Grebe, 6x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Shelduck, 8x Goldeneye, 45x Shoveler, Gadwall, (JWo, JAl)

Burton

13x Waxwing behind the Plough Inn Horninglow at 13:46, (SJTi)

Tixall Wide

7x Pintail, Goosander, 4x Shoveler, 15x Teal, Great Egret, Little Egret, 12x Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler, (ISm, FSm)

Trentham

Red Kite over at 15:30 from the Hem Heath woods, (NRo)

Chasewater

Black-necked Grebe still, GN Diver, Shag, (JAl)

Radford Meadows

Adult Little Gull, 6x Pintail, 10x Gadwall, 2x Little Egret, 4x Snipe, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Belvide Resv

Imm Goshawk, 2x Red Kite, 15x Oystercatcher, Woodcock, Black-tailed Godwit, 

Branston GPs

Grey Plover, 2x Woodcock, 17x Dunlin, 4x Redshank, 2x Green Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 16x Curlew, 200x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 3x Little Egret, 41x Goldeneye, 15x Pochard, 80x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 18x Gadwall, 10x Egyptian Geese, 10x GC Grebe, 28x Little Grebe, 1w Little Gull, 2x YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2500x Starling, (JWo, Bob)

                                                          Grey Plover by Jon Woodcock

Sunday 10 March 2024

Sunday 10th March 2024

Burton 

8x Waxwing still at the co-op on Horninglow Road north (JTu, MBe)  -  now 11x Waxwing at 16:35, (PAn)

                                                                By Martin Bennett

Stafford

Red Kite circling over Beaconsfield at 11:30, (GHa)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Drake Garganey still from track at side of BMW, (ABe)

Aqualate

2x Scaup still, 

Tittesworth Water

15x Mandarin, 13x Wigeon, 2x Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Shoveler, 3x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, Willow Tit, (JOa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still at 17:15, (PAn)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret, 2x Little Egret, 30x Little Grebe, 86x Wigeon, 44x Shoveler, 150x Teal, 26x Pochard, 42x Goldeneye, 6x Oystercatcher, 16x Curlew, 150x Lapwing, 10x Dunlin, 3x Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Gull, 12x Common Gull, YL Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 3x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

Saturday 9 March 2024

Saturday 9th March 2024

Aqualate

Great Egret viewed from just left of the hide, (KHa)

Cheddleton Heath

Red Kite circling this am, (PCa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Ringed Plover, 2x Redshank, Merlin, Peregrine, (HAr) - additionally 8x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, Great Egret, 2x Stonechat, Chiffchaff, (BHa)  -  also WeBS count 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 31x Lapwing, Great Egret, 22x Goldeneye, 177x Wigeon, 7x Pochard, 6x Gadwall, 7x Little Grebe, 4x Shoveler, 3x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (SCo)

Burton

7x Waxwing still at co-op car park in Horninglow, (CEc, SLe, RPo, RCB, DSc)

Uttoxeter Quarry

23x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, Pochard, Goosander, 5x Shoveler, 17x Gadwall, 33x Wigeon, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, (RPo)

Belvide Resv

3x Redhead Smew dropped in at 11:35, Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, 7x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, 

Coven

4x Little Egret heading NW, (JDu)

Yoxall Bank

Very early Whitethroat, (TSl)

Alrewas

2x Oystercatcher riverbank, 5x Little Egret on River Trent, 2x Stonechat near the Trent, (DI)

Branston GPs

Adult Med Gull, 1s Little Gull, 2x Cattle Egret still in nearby Sheepfield at 16:00, 20x Curlew, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Ringed Plover, 10x Golden Plover, c250 Lapwing, 2x Redshank, 3x Dunlin, 3x Little Egret, 80x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 10x Goldeneye, 12x Pochard, 20x Gadwall, 16x Little Grebe, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x Chiffchaff, (DSc)

                                                        Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

                                                       Med Gull by Dave Scattergood

Tittesworth Water

14x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 6x Oystercatcher, 48x Wigeon, 7x Mandarin, 2x Pochard, Goosander, 2x Willow Tit, 4x Common Gull, Chiffchaff, (SGi, IB)

Cheadle

Ring-necked Parakeet still, (Dch)

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag, 10x Goldeneye, 2x Oystercatcher, (@Ochruros)

Abbots Bromley

3x Red Kite together over this afternoon, (RCB)

Freehay

2x Greenfinch, (FCa)

Rudyard Lake

24x Golden Plover over NE, Curlew, 32x Wigeon, Little Egret, 2x Chiffchaff, (MSv)

Doxey Marsh

2x Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 2x Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, Chiffchaff, (DEm)

Radford Meadows Stafford

5x Pintail, Shelduck, Goosander, Wigeon, Shoveler, Gadwall, 4x Little Egret, (RSt)

Friday 8 March 2024

Friday 8th March 2024

Middleton Lakes

2x Shelduck, 3x Pochard, 10x Goldeneye, 4x Oystercatcher, 2x Redshank, 2x Dunlin, 3x Great Egret, Peregrine, (MSm), 4x Black-tailed Godwit thru (per DCo)

Chasewater

Pair of Garganey on Jeffrey's Swag at 14:00, GN Diver, Shag. 23x Goldeneye, 19x GC Grebe, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Jack Snipe, 9x Snipe,  (CW)

Branston GPs

1w Little Gull on Ashy pit, 2x Cattle Egret, 2x Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 18x Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, 4x Little Egret, Goosander, 46x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 42x Wigeon, 32x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 27x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 41x Little Grebe, 17x GC Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 3x Common Gull, Peregrine, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, ((JWo, CEc, Dean)

                                                           Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

4x Black-tailed Godwit, 

Rocester JCB

2x Oystercatcher, 6x GC Grebe, (JDr)

                                             The Leucistic Oystercatcher by Richard Powell

Cheadle

Ring-necked Parakeet, (Jch)

Himley Great Pool

Gadwall, 6x Pochard, Ring-necked Parakeet, (CTi)

Lichfield - Wall Corner

Red Kite circling over the Birmingham Road A5123 at 11:00,  (PAn)

Tittesworth Water

Red Kite, 13x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 7x Goosander, Willow Tit, Siskin, (SGi)  -  also 44x Wigeon, Pochard, 2x Mandarin, (JCa)

                                                               Siskin by Steve Gibson

Aqualate

Fem Scaup still, 

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on large Roadside pit at 16:10,  (TPe)

Coven Heath 

Brambling, (KCl)

Perton

Water Rail, (KCl)

Radford Meadows

Drake Garganey still, 14x Shelduck, 38x Gadwall, 22x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 85x Shoveler, 2x Little Egret, Chiffchaff, (RSw)

Freehay

11x Mandarin, 4x Siskin, (FCa)

Tucklesholme

2x Pintail, Goldeneye, 165x Wigeon, (JDr)


Thursday 7 March 2024

Thursday 7th March 2024

Westport Lake

2x Little Gull early afternoon, one at 12:05 then soon joined by a second bird, (AR)

                                                                   By Steve Gibson

Branston GPs

1w Little Gull on Ashy pit, 2x Dunlin, 6x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 22x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 200x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 5x Little Egret, 46x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 56x Wigeon, 120x Teal, 22x Gadwall, 44x Shoveler, 22x Shelduck, 46x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, Common Gull, Peregrine, (JWo)

                                                        Little Gull by Jon Woodcock

Middleton Lakes

2x Avocet on JW north this am, 2x Med Gulls over, (MSm)

Lichfield

Red Kite over Beacon Park at 10:00, (JCo)

Chasewater

Little Gull, GN Diver, 2x Oystercatcher, (GHa)  -  2x YL Gull, Shag and GN Diver, (JAl)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still, (GJM)

                                                                     By GJ Mant

Cappers Lane Lichfield

HS2 workings 8 to 9x Little Egret this afternoon also 2x Stonechat, (BHa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on roadside pit, Merlin still, Red Kite thru, (JAl)

Burton

12x Waxwing still at the co-op car park

Enville

2x Red Kite, Chiffchaff, (ICW)

Wednesday 6 March 2024

Wednesday 6th March 2024

Bottomhouse

Barn Owl, 40x Lapwing, (TEy)

Chatterley Whitfield

Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, (MSv)

Rocester JCB

North lake 3x Pochard, 4x Oystercatcher, 6x GC Grebe, (JDr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still, 15x Pintail, 2x Goosander, 4x Snipe, Jack Snipe, Little Egret, 4x Cetti's Warbler, 7x Shelduck, (DBa, IGr, PB)

Coven Heath STW

7x Brambling, 226x Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, (GCl)

Lichfield

2x Ring-necked Parakeet at the Boley Park Coop at 16:09 then flew north, (BHa)

Burton

13x Waxwing at Co-op car park to 14:30 at least, at junction of Horninglow Rd North and Calais Rd, (CEc)

Berryhill

Ring-necked Parakeet feeding in a Apple tree on the Greenway by the Eaton Park road bridge, (Ed)

Tittesworth Water

Curlew, 2x  Oystercatcher, 2x Pochard, (SHi)

Middleton Lakes

Redshank, 50x Lapwing, 2x Great Egret, 5x Little Egret, 50x Wigeon, 2x Shelduck, (MSc)

Chasewater

GN Diver and Shag still, 9x Common Gull, (CW)

Tuesday 5 March 2024

Tuesday 5th March 2024

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still by the BMW garage, (RCB)  -  Garganey still at 17:30 viewed from the public footpath at rear of BMW, Curlew at dusk, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw), also 13x Dunlin per (PGr)

Endon - Denford

11x Curlew, 2x Goosander, Snipe, Green Woodpecker, Mandarin, Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, also 2x Oystercatcher and 2x Goosander at Ashes Pool, (DCo)

Longsdon Mill Pool

Good numbers of Snipe and Lapwing, (ALa)

Himley

5x Pochard on great pool, (DBa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on roadside pit, Golden Plover over, 2x Ringed Plover, Great Egret, (JAl)

Stone

Great Egret over Swan pub, (MJa)

Lichfield

5x Little Egret, Stonechat still at the HS2 workings Cappers Lane, (BHa)

Tixall Manor farm

2x Curlew, 10x Lapwing,  view from road pull off only, (RCB)

Branston GPs

3x Golden Plover, 2x Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 8x Oystercatcher, 23x Curlew, 4x Snipe, 220x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, 3x Goosander, 32x Goldeneye, 31x Pochard, 29x Shelduck, 5x Egyptian Geese, 13x GC Grebe, 36x Little Grebe, YL Gull, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 6x Redpoll, 20x Linnet, 3x Greenfinch, (JWo, CEc, Dean, George), 

Tucklesholme

6x Snipe, 9x Goldeneye, 14x Pochard, 136x Wigeon, 5x Shelduck, 6x GC Grebe, (JWo)  - also 4x Goldeneye, (JTu)

Chasewater

Black-necked Grebe off the dam, GN Diver and Shag still 33x Goldeneye, (CW)

Monday 4 March 2024

Monday 4th March 2024

 Knypersley Resv

14x Mandarin, 12x Goosander, 2x Water Rail, Willow Tit, (GBr)

Radford Meadows Stafford

Garganey still,  behind the BMW showrooms this afternoon, (HKi)

Stanley Pool

8x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Whitemoor Haye

 Merlin still, (RBe, TSl)

Gailey Resv

16x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 24x Curlew, 10x Oystercatcher, 200x Lapwing, 2x Little Egret, 7x Goosander, 44x Goldeneye, 44x Pochard, 30x Shelduck, 9x Egyptian Geese, 44x Little Grebe, 3x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 4x Greenfinch, (JWo, DSc)

Stafford

Peregrine over at 10:30,  (DGl)

Chasewater

GN Diver and Shag still, 6x Common Gull, (CW)

Sunday 3 March 2024

Sunday 3rd March 2024

Doxey Marsh

Dark Bellied Brent Goose on Creswell but flew to near the motorway bridge at 10:30, (GPr, MBo)  -  Great Egret late afternoon, (GCl, KCl)

Radford Meadows

Very early drake Garganey this morning, (RSw)

Aqualate

2x Scaup this am, 

Trentham Gardens

A good count of 13x Oystercatcher also a Little Egret, (STu)

Rocester

2x Oystercatcher, (STu)

Branston GPs

(not SM pits) - 2x Red Kite circled North pit 13:00 to 13:05 then flew NE, the Marsh Harrier later headed back north at 16:08, 8x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 25x Curlew, 200x Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 30x Little Grebe, 2x Little Egret, 16x Shelduck, 62x Wigeon, 16x Shoveler, 28x Pochard, 26x Goldeneye, 5x Goosander, 20x Redpoll, (DSc)  -  Marsh Harrier south over Ashy pit at 15:55,  2x Cattle Egret, (SM pits) - YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, 2x Oystercatcher, 8x Shelduck, 4x Egyptian Geese, 6x Little Grebe, 6x Redpoll, 4x Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine,  (JWo)

Uttoxeter Quarry

70x Curlew, 6x Oystercatcher, 8x Goosander, 230x Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Tit, 2x Common Gull, (RPo)

Tar Hill / Brocton Coppice

Red Kite over at 14:50, (KPo)

Tittesworth Water

6x Goosander, 2x Pochard, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Curlew, 14x Common Gull, 2x Willow Tit, (JOa, LH)

Rownall

2x Oystercatcher on farm pond, (DCo)

River Sow Meadows (Baswich-Milford)

7x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Little Egret, Peregrine, Barn Owl, 4x Shelduck, 55x Wigeon, 60x Teal, Cetti's Warbler, (RSw)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, Merlin, SE Owl, Green Sandpiper, 3x Yellowhammer, 2x Stonechat, Peregrine, (SCo)

Stanley Pool

Oystercatcher, 9x Goosander, 36x Lapwing, (GBr)

Saturday 2 March 2024

Saturday 2nd March 2024

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still on roadside pit as viewed from quarry entrance, 18x Goldeneye, 11x Pochard, 54x Shoveler, 8x Gadwall, 18x Wigeon, Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Grey Partridge, Redshank, Oystercatchers, 20x Lapwing, Merlin, Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, 5x Little Grebe, (SCo)  - also 2x Yellowhammer, Stonechat, (SRi)  -  

Middleton Lakes

2x Pintail, 9x Goldeneye, 2x Shelduck, 2x Great Egret, Oystercatcher, 40x Siskin, (SPA)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret, 3x Little Egret, 26x Shelduck, 64x Wigeon, 18x Shoveler, 20x Pochard, 24x Goldeneye, 2x Peregrine, 8x Oystercatcher, 26x Curlew, 250x Lapwing, 130x Golden Plover, Woodcock, 2x YL Gull, 2x Common Gull, (DSc)

Tucklesholme

8x Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, 3x Goosander, 7x Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler, (SJo)

Friday 1 March 2024

Friday 1st March 2024

Lichfield

4x Little Egret, 2x Stonechat, 2x Egyptian Geese at HS2 works, (BHa) 

Rocester JCB

North lake 3x Pochard, (JDr)

Branston GPs

Woodcock, 4x Ringed Plover, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 6x Golden Plover, 7x Oystercatcher, 21x Curlew, 350x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Little Egret, Water Rail, Goosander, 37x Goldeneye, 28x Pochard, 20x Shelduck, 10x Egyptian Geese, 32x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 4x Common Gull, 2x GBB Gull, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 14x Redpoll, Chiffchaff, (JWo)


Thursday 29 February 2024

Thursday 29th February 2024

Stafford

Great Egret over Rising Brook at 08:05, (MBo)

Stanley Pool

3x Oystercatcher, 12x Goosander, Curlew, (GBr)

Rocester JCB

North lake 4x Oystercatcher, Goosander, (JDr)

Endon - Denford

26x Curlew in the muddy pasture, 17x Lapwing, Jack Snipe, 2x Snipe, 7x Mandarin, 18x Teal, 2x Stonechat, (DCo)

Trentham Gardens

3x Goosander from River hide, (MJW)

Branston GPs

2x Cattle Egret still in Sheep field, (RBe)  -  594x Golden Plover, 23x Curlew, Dunlin, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 11x Oystercatcher, 265x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, 4x Little Egret, 4x Goosander, 48x Goldeneye, 36x Pochard, 60x Wigeon, 18x Shoveler, 32x Gadwall, 100x Teal, 14x Shelduck, 6x Egyptian Geese, 32x Little Grebe, 22x GC Grebe, Water Rail, 2x YL Gull, GBB Gull, 6x Common Gull, 2x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 15x Redpoll, 4x Greenfinch, 30x Linnet, (JWo, DSc, CEc, Dean) 

                                                         Cattle Egret by Rob Bendelow

Tean                                                   

Red Kite circling over the Anchor pub at 11:20, (FCa)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 23x Goldeneye, 19x Pochard, 80x Shoveler, 4x Gadwall, 3x Little Grebe, Stonechat, (BHa)

Lichfield

5x Little Egret still at the HST workings, (BHa)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, GN Diver and Shag, (JAl)

Wednesday 28 February 2024

Wednesday 28th February 2024

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 23x Goldeneye, Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Yellowhammer, Oystercatcher, 2x Stonechat, (DBa, KM, CE, PB, IG)

Branston GPs

Marsh Harrier, 240x Golden Plover, 16x Curlew, Redshank, Dunlin, Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, Peregrine, 2x Little Egret, (DBa, PB, IG, CE, KM)  -  Dusk visit to Ashy pit and SMPs 10x Shelduck, 60x Wigeon, 17x Pochard, 33x Goldeneye, 7x Oystercatcher, 20x Curlew, 500x Lapwing, 360x Golden Plover, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x Woodcock, 3x Common Gull, (DSc)

Brewood

Gunstone Lane c3000 mixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing, (JDu)

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag, 2x Oystercatcher, 21x Lapwing, (CW)

Belvide Resv

Merlin, Ad Med Gull, Curlew, 3x Snipe, 7x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, Peregrine, 100x Linnet, Green Woodpecker, Water Rail, 

Tuesday 27 February 2024

Tuesday 27th February 2024

Middleton Lakes

2x Avocet, 2x Dunlin, 4x Oystercatcher, Redshank, (DCo)

Stanley Pool

Mandarin, 6x Goosander, Oystercatcher, (GBr)

Codsall

Long Birch 2x Yellowhammer, Goosander, Little Grebe, (PCo)

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still, 21x Pochard, 24x Goldeneye, 72x Shoveler, 2x Shelduck, 4x Gadwall, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 4x Little Grebe, 3x Greenfinch, (BHa)

Rocester RCB

28x Barnacle Geese, 4x Oystercatcher, on North Lake, (JDr)

Burslem Park

4x Ring-necked Parakeet, (PMo)

Tucklesholme

4x Oystercatcher, 2x Goldeneye, 4x Shelduck, c50x Wigeon, (JTu)

Kings Bromley area

Barn Owl at 17:15, (GHa)

Branston GPs

Grey Partridge, 24x Curlew, 158x Golden Plover, Dunlin, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 6x Oystercatcher, 500x Lapwing, 4x Little Egret, 45x Goldeneye, 41x Pochard, 27x Shelduck, 8x Egyptian Geese, 18x GC Grebe, 34x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 14x Common Gull, Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 60x Linnet, (JWo)

Chasewater

GN Diver, Shag, 2x Oystercatcher, (CW)

Monday 26 February 2024

Monday 26th February 2024

River Sow Meadows Baswich-Milford

6x Green Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler, Goosander, 85x Wigeon, 50x Teal, Little Egret, (RSw)

Branston GPs

Fem Marsh Harrier, 3x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 14x Oystercatcher, 24x Curlew, 500x Lapwing, 2x Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 49x Goldeneye, 41x Pochard, 25x Shelduck, 26x Shoveler, 22x Gadwall, 60x Wigeon, 100x Teal, 6x Egyptian Geese, 18x GC Grebe, 21x Little Grebe, 4x Common Gull, 2x YL Gull, 3x Greenfinch, (JWo, CEc, Dean, SBI, George), 

Gailey Resv

3x Little Egret, 7x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, Goosander, 4x Oystercatcher, (SRi)

Belvide Resv

7x Oystercatcher, 2x Dunlin, Curlew, 5x Snipe, 4x Pochard, imm Goshawk, Peregrine, 4x Little Egret, Common Gull, Stonechat,

Chasewater

Iceland Gull, 2x YL Gull, N Diver, 2x Oystercatcher, (CW)

Sunday 25 February 2024

Sunday 25th February 2024

Whitemoor Haye

Slavonian Grebe still from quarry entrance, (SCo)

Radford Meadows

2x Med Gull, Great Egret, Little Egret, 30x Pintail, 82x Shoveler, Shelduck, 3x Gadwall, c400 Wigeon, 350x Teal, 2x Goosander, Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler, GC Grebe (only 5th record), (RSw)

Tittesworth Water

5x Oystercatcher, 3x Snipe, 2x Pochard, 11x Wigeon, 3x Willow Tit, 3x Common Gull, Stonechat, (JOa)

Cuckoo Bank

30x Brambling, Redpolls, 4x Stonechat, Great Egret, (CWG)

Chasewater

Ad Iceland Gull, 2x Caspian Gull, 2x YL Gull, GN Diver, Shag, (SLi)

Branston GPs

2x Avocet on North pit, 20x Curlew, 8x Oystercatcher, 300x Lapwing, 65x Golden Plover, 2x Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 20x Shelduck, 18x Shoveler, 34x Wigeon, 30x Pochard, 25x Goldeneye, Goosander, 2x Cattle Egret still in the Dunstall sheep field, Little Egret, 6x Egyptian Geese, 2x YL Gull, Common Gull, Barn Owl, Stonechat, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (DSc)

                                                          Avocets by Dave Scattergood

Staffs

Saturday 24 February 2024

Saturday 24th February 2024

Uttoxeter Quarry

Great Egret, 14x Oystercatcher, 5x Shelduck, 7x Goosander, 216x Wigeon, (RPo)

Cheddleton

2x Red Kite circling over Cheddleton Road at 10:00, (PCa)

Chasewater

GN Diver still at 09:30, (KWh)  -  roost Ad Iceland Gull, 3x YL Gull, 2x GN Diver, (CWG) - also 20x Goldeneye, (CW)

Gailey Resv

2x Great Egret, 4x Gadwall, 13x Pochard, 6x Goldeneye, Red Kite, Peregrine, (SRi)

Whitemoor Haye

35x Pochard, 8x Gadwall, 21x Goldeneye, Shelduck, 92x Shoveler, c200 Tufted Duck, 5x Great Egret, Ringed Plover, 2x Oystercatcher, Merlin, 10+ Yellowhammer, 24x Linnet, Stonechat, 7x Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, (SCo)  -  also Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, (BHa)

Tittesworth Water

Woodcock, 4x Curlew, 2x Snipe, 4x Oystercatcher, Green Woodpecker, Barn Owl, Pochard, 13x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 11xTeal, 5x Wigeon, 3x Willow Tit, 13x Common Gull, (SGi, IF)

Dimmingsdale (Alton)

60x Siskin, 3x Greenfinch, (TEy)

Blithfield Resv

Great Egret, 2x Shelduck, Goosander, 6x Snipe, (MJa)

Westport Lake

Peregrine, (STi)

Belvide Resv

8x Oystercatcher, Curlew, Green Sandpiper thru, Goshawk, Little Grebe, 5x Shelduck, Goosander, 4x Little Egret, 

Lichfield

5x Little Egret, Stonechat at Cappers Lane HS2 workings, (BHa)

Trentham Gardens

3x Goosander, Oystercatcher, (STu)

Burslem

Goosander on lake, (AR)

Branston GPs

5x Little Egret, 6x Egyptian Geese, 20x Shelduck, 34x Wigeon, 12x Shoveler, 32x Pochard, 24x Goldeneye, Goosander, 200x Lapwing, 10x Oystercatcher, 28x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 3x Snipe, YL Gull, Common Gull, 100x Linnet, 2x Redpoll, (DSc)

Friday 23 February 2024

Friday 23rd February 2024

Branston GPs

Adult Med Gull on Ashy pit, 4x Oystercatcher, 27x Curlew, Golden Plover, 14x Shelduck, 3x Little Egret, 2x Cattle Egret in sheep field still, (CEc)  -  Merlin, Barn Owl, 2x Cattle Egret, 8x Little Egret, 28x Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher, Golden Plover, 416x Lapwing, 2x Goosander, 43x Goldeneye, 45x Pochard, 27x Shelduck, 11x Egyptian Geese, 14x Little Grebe, 2x YL Gull, 3x GBB Gull, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 8x Redpoll, (JWo)

Radford Meadows Stafford

14x Pintail, 2x Shelduck, (DBE)

Trentham Gardens

2x Oystercatcher, 2x Goosander, (DEm)

Tucklesholme

2x Snipe, 2x Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 6x Goldeneye, 10x Pochard, 124x Wigeon, 5x Cetti's Warbler, 4x Stonechat, 20x Linnet, (JWo)

                                                           Goldeneye by Jon Woodcock

Belvide Resv

8x Oystercatcher, 2x Curlew, Dunlin, 3x Shelduck, 4x Little Egret, imm Peregrine,