Middleton Lakes 2x Avocet, 6x Oystercatcher, 5x Ringed Plover, 5x LRP, 3x Redshank, Cuckoo, Great Egret, 2x Common Tern, Red Kite, (MSm) Belvide Resv 24x feral Snow Geese from 07:00 to 08:10 only,  Chasewater Shag, 2x Cuckoo, Oystercatcher, 3x Garden Warbler, (SWa) Tittesworth Water 2x Greenshank (first of the year here), (SGi)                                                            Greenshanks by Steve Gibson Stanley Pool Common Sa ..read more

First Staffs 2024 arrival Middleton Lakes 7x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, Avocet, 4x Redshank, 2x Cuckoo, Goosander, (SPA) Belvide Resv Drake Garganey,  Blithfield Resv Turnstone and Common Sandpiper on the causeway, (PBe) Tittesworth Water Osprey thru at 12:00, 12x Oystercatcher, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Mandarin,2x Pied Flycatcher, 10x Garden Warbler, (JOa, LH, LF) Elkstone Spotted Flycatcher, (SF, LF) Wolseley Centre 2x Common Tern, Cetti's Warbler, (AR) Cannock Chase 3x Cuckoo, 7x Tree Pipit, (AR) Leek 5x Swift, (JOa) Berryhill Botteslow Flash Common Sandpiper, (RTo, IBu) Rocester 5x Sw ..read more

Belvide Resv Common Crane this am to 11:17 only,  Whitemore Haye 7x Whimbrel still, (SCo) Middleton Lakes Greenshank, 3x Redshank, 5x LRP, 5x Common Tern, Great Egret, Cuckoo, Hobby, (MSm) Stanley Pool 3x Little Egret at 05:50, Peregrine over at 07:10, 2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Oystercatcher, (GBr) Berryhill Botteslow Flash Whinchat on the marsh/scrub between the flash and the Causley brook (first Botteslow record), 2x Ring-necked Parakeet, 3x Garden Warbler, Little Egret, (RTo) Radford Meadows Stafford 3x Little Gull, 2x Yellow Wagtail, Hobby, (RBr) Doxey Marsh Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Grea ..read more

Branston GPs Wood Sandpiper still on Ashy pit, 6x Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, (JWo) Middleton Lakes 2x Avocet, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x LRP, 3x Redshank, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo, (MSm) Belvide Resv Common Scoter,  Stoke Smithpool 6x Swift, Lordship, Lane 4x Swift, (RGi) Whitemoor Haye 3x Whimbrel, Oystercatcher, LRP, Swift, Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2x Pochard, (PJT ..read more

Middleton Lakes 3x Avocet, 2x Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, Dunlin, 2x Common Tern, Cuckoo, (MSm) Branston GPs Red-crested Pochard on sandbar, Wood Sandpiper on Ashy pit, (JWo)  -  also Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Little Egret, 18x Pochard, 12x Shelduck, Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 3x Common Tern, Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 6x Garden Warbler, (DSc) Castlecroft to Dimmingsdale Garden Warbler, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (IMo) - Finchfield Red Kite circling at 11:45 and Hobby low NW, (GCl) Tittesworth Water Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warb ..read more

Belvide Resv 2x Hawfinch NE over the dam, # Blithfield Resv 3x Black Tern, (MPR, GJM)  -  also Sanderling still on causeway, (TPe) Stone - Moddershall Little Owl, Green Woodpecker, (BHa) Knypersley Resv Pied Flycatcher, 4x Mandarin, Water Rail in Osier beds, Peregrine, 3x Dabentons Bats, (GBr) Middleton Lakes Avocet, Ringed Plover, 3x LRP, 2x Common Tern, Cuckoo, Pochard, Yellow Wagtail, (MSm) Whitemoor Haye 3x Whimbrel Quarry field, (TPe) Littleton Pit site - Shoal Hill Common Cuckoo, 7x Garden Warbler, sev Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Oystercatcher over, (SRi) North Staffs Moo ..read more

Branston GPs Sanderling on SMP2 at 06:35, (JWo) Whitemoor Haye  -  77 species all dayer 9x Whimbrel, Turnstone, Cuckoo, Grey Partridge, Yellow Wagtail,  (SCo)  -  4x Wheatear at the start of the rough track, (SMcG)  -  Ringed Plover,  Blithfield Resv Red-throated Diver, but flew north at 07:50, (MJa)  -  Sanderling on the causeway, (GJM, MPR) Stanley Pool Hobby over north at 06:47, Red Kite over over south end at 18:10, (GBr) Smewstow Valley - Pool Hall Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, Hobby, 3x Goosander, Barn Owl, Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Les ..read more

Middleton Lakes Whimbrel, Curlew, Garganey, 4x Avocet, Cuckoo, (MSm)  -  Redshank, 2x LRP, Garden Warblers, (DCo) Belvide Resv 2x Whimbrel, Turnstone thru at 11:40, Osprey thru north at 13:00, drake Scaup still, 12x Arctic Tern, 3x Common Tern,  Whitemoor Haye 2x Avocet on pit by traffic lights, (ICW) Rudyard Lake 12x Garden Warbler, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Oystercatcher, Common Tern, (SSe) Berryhill Botteslow Flash 2x Shelduck early am, YL Gull, (RTo) Pendeford Hall Lane 2x LRP, (JDu) Calf Heath Hobby from A449 towards i54 and STW at 16:49, (Hoppy) Radford Meadows Stafford 14x ..read more

Middleton Lakes No sight or sound of the Savi's Warbler by 07:00,  2x Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler, (PAn) Belvide Resv 2x Arctic Tern thru N at 08:20, drake Scaup, Whimbrel, Greenshank,  Tucklesholme 2x Common Tern, (JWo) Rudyard Lake Hobby over north end at 11:25, and nearby 2+ Tree Sparrow at Greenfield Farm on Dingle Lane,  (GBr) Gun Hill 2x Hobby, (LHa) Westport Lake Reed Warbler on top pool, (AR ..read more

Middleton Lakes Savi's Warbler on Canal Pool, also Garganey, 4x Avocet, LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2x Cuckoo, (MSm) Belvide Resv Whimbrel, Greenshank, drake Scaup, Little Tern to 14:15 only,  Knypersley Resv Lesser Whitethroat by Lodge Barn Road, Common Sandpiper on causeway, 2x Water Rail in Osier beds, 2x Mandarin, (GB Tittesworth Water Redshank, 9x Common Sandpiper, 9x Oystercatcher, 6x Garden Warbler, Redstart, (SGi ..read more