First trip of the year to #middletonlakes this evening.
Didn't disappoint bird wise. LSW showing well in the car park at 17:45, 17x Avocet, 4x White Wag, Yellow Wag, 9x Blackwit, 7+ LRP, 3x Redshank, Barnacle Goose #ukbirding #PWC2026
Common Whitethroat
Great morning for new arrivals #middletonlakes & nice to find the first Gropper of the year + an Osprey thru. Reed Warbler 6 Sedge Whitethroat Yellow Wag 12 LRP 3 Oycs 14 Avos 4 Pochard 2 White Wags 6 Snipe 6 Blackwits Barnacle Goose 2 Goosander 6+Redshanks. Garden Warbler (Warks) #staffsbirdnews
Plenty of variety at #middletonlakes this morning with the first Common Whitethroat of the year and my first 2 Willow Warblers. Best of the rest was 2 White Wagtails Dunlin 6 Blackwits 20 Avocets 2 RP 8 LRP 3 Bittern Common Sandpiper. Redshank too mobile to count - poss 7 #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
Lesser spot drumming and showing in the sunshine at back of first oak at 11:30
#middletonlakes
Excellant morning at #Middletonlakes starting with 7Cattle Egrets GWE 14Avocet 6Redshank 2LRP 6singing Blackcap 24Chiffchaff 4Oystercatcher 2Shelduck Great Black-backed Gull White Wagtail and 3Pied Wagtail 2Skylark and the iffy Red-breasted Goose
This morning #middletonlakes White Wagtail Woodcock 5 LRP 8 Avocets 4 Redshank Marsh Harrier Pochard 4 Oycs 4 Snipe 2 Shelduck #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
This morning #middletonlakes now 2 LRP 8 Avocets 7 Redshank, sum pl Blackwit Common Gull 5 Goldeneye 10 Snipe Pochard Bittern 13 Chiffchaff on wetlands area, 17 Chiffchaff & Peregrine Dosthill hillside #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
Highlights from #middletonlakes this morning a Blackwit before it was flushed by a Marsh Harrier LRP Common Gull 14 Avocets 3 Redshank 6 Shelduck Bittern Pochard Goldeneye a flock of c40 Siskins & a flock of c40 Redpolls 2 Snipe and dodgy Red-breasted Goose #staffsbidnews
This morning #middletonlakes 3 Sand Martins over Ski Lake (Warks) LRP 3 Dunlin 2 poss 3 Redshank 2 Avocets Common Gull 5 Snipe 6 Singing Chiffchaffs flock of c50 Siskins & c20 Redpolls 4 Oycs 2 Goldeneye #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
Plenty to see at #middletonlakes this morning with 3GWE 7Redshank 5Avocet 2Little Ringed Plover 4+Oystercatchers Dunlin Marsh Harrier Sparrowhawk 3Buzzard Kestrel Stonechat Siskin galore and all the usual stuff I almost forgot the 4 Whooper Swans
Highlights from #middletonlakes this morning Golden Plover Bittern booming GBBG still 7 Pochard 13 Goldeneye (5 in Staffs) Pintail 2 Shelduck 11 Snipe dubious Red-breasted Goose 20+ Siskins #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
Surprisingly good list at #Middletonlakes this morning 5GWE 4Dunlin Ringed Plover Singing Chiffchaff Singing Redwing all 3Woodpeckers 30Siskin Great Black-backed Gull and a Red-legged Partridge as well as all the usual stuff but in mild but horrible rain so the photos are rubbish
Spent the day today at @rspb.bsky.social #MiddletonLakes I tried to use my binocular camera but it will take me a while to sort through the photos so meanwhile here's some from my phone. A pair of #Mallards, a #Robin, a #Rat 🐀 and 2 male Mallards 🦆🦆 #Birds #Nature #Wildlife
Highlights this morning #middletonlakes 2 Avocets Red Kite Great Black-backed Gull 2 Herring Gulls 4 Oystercatchers Stonechat 13 Goldeneye (5 in Staffs 8 in Warks) #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
Highlights from #middletonlakes this afternoon - Ringed Plover Great Black-backed Gull Marsh Harrier 4 Oystercatchers 3 Shelducks #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
This morning #middletonlakes Marsh Harrier 11 Goldeneye 6 Pochard 8 Snipe small flock of Redpoll 3 GWE #staffsbirdnews + 2 Oystercatchers have moved onto the Ski Lake (Warks) #ukbirding
Highlights #middletonlakes this morning Oystercatcher 3 Pintails Red Kite 2 Stonechats 2 GWE 12 Goldeneye 2 Meadow Pipits #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding #pwc2026
Our first visit to #middletonlakes this year. @therobinwhisperer.bsky.social and I got there very early hoping to avoid the rain...sadly we were not lucky, but we had a great time 🌧️☔
3 of the 5 Grey Partridge present
Highlights from my second #pwc2026 visit to a still frozen & misty #middletonlakes this morning. 5 Grey Partridge Marsh Harrier 3 Goldeneye 2 GWE Chiffchaff small flock of Siskins #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
First visit to #middletonlakes this afternoon. Most areas frozen over. Of note 2 Grey Partridge in the field w of Jubilee North, f type Marsh Harrier, Pochard, Raven, Goosander, Snipe Grey Wagtail #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
The first Pink-footed Goose since early 2022 was the highlight of this morning at #middletonlakes Also f type Marsh Harrier still 11 Goldeneye 10 Pochard 2 GWE Stonechat of note #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
Highlights from #middletonlakes this morning - Marsh Harrier 5 Goldeneye 4 Pochard Goosander Shelduck 11 Siskins Redwings Fieldfares 3 Snipe c600 BHGs 12 LBBG & Herring Gull in the pre-dawn roost. 2 Grey Partridge reported #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
Marsh Harrier 22 Snipe 10 Redpoll 5 Siskins 7 Pochard (4 Staffs) single f Goldeneye c650 Greylags the highlights #middletonlakes this morning #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
First Goldeneye of the winter on Dosthill NR #middletonlakes this morning. Nothing else out of the ordinary to report #staffsbirdnews
9 Grey Partridge #middletonlakes by the barn and in the field to the east of the farm @bins-on-a-stick.bsky.social @groughgruff.bsky.social #ukbirding
Entertained at dawn by a juv Peregrine and a Marsh Harrier battling it out over Jubilee Wetlands #middletonlakes Also Jack Snipe 3 GWE 2 Herring Gulls, 3 Goldcrests & 9 Chiffchaffs with the Tit flocks 12 Mipits 17 Pochard (10 of which in Warks) #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
