Sherbrooke valley am.
At least 10 Tree Pipit, dozens of Willow Warbler plus 4 tricky Redstart - each gave only a single call and mobile.
Then 4 Mandarin at Blithfield.
#staffsbirding

White Stork over Bridgnorth, left (Martyn Owen) and Trentham (Rob Gilbert)

Looks like the same one we had near Bridgnorth #shropshirebirding a few days ago, that was claimed as theirs by a nearby zoo unfortunately. Primary patterns match #staffsbirding

A relaxing Good Friday included a trip to the Wolseley Centre this morning, where I saw Kingfisher, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Wren, Blackcap and Goldcrest, as well as the usual suspects #UKBirding #StaffsBirding

Crappy shit of ybw this morning

Westport scaup

2 of 8 RN parakeets

new years birding westport lake ybw, scaup, 7 pochard. Ford green singing willow tit ,3 teal. Holden lane pool 8 RN parakeets total 43 birds before having to go work. First moth of the year the hibernating hummingbird hawkmoth is still present on the wall #staffsbirds #teammoth #staffsbirding

Number 103 for the trentham year list.

Scaup with a nice comparison tufted behind

Trentham gardens
Female/juv scaup , Mandarin, 35 gadwall , wigeon , 70 tufted , 2 goosander, 2 water rail. Last visit of the year to Trentham finished on 103 +ruddy shelduck from 119 visits. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding

Yellow-browed Warbler in wet scrub near remaining sunny patches yesterday lunchtime. Old patch tick, Staffs tick, year tick!

Yellow-browed Warbler in flight at Westport yesterday showing wing bars, bold supercilia, hint of diffuse crown stripe etc. Top birds and a belated yearly for me

Festive diversion between friends/family visiting yesterday to old local patch of Westport Lake with @janettem34.bsky.social The Yellow-browed Warbler showed really well after a bit of a wait. Also 22 Pochard. #staffsbirding 🪶 #ukwildlife

6 barely visible golden plover

Parkhall cp Christmas walk around.
6 golden plover first I've seen here since 2021 but i know others have seen them more recently. A few winter thrushes around in the cold wind. 🎄 #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #merrychristmas

Male blackcap

Perfectly obscured ybw

Abit less obscured ybw

Part of the 17 pochard on the lake

Winter solstice Yellow-browed warbler at westport lake also 2 chiffs , blackcap and 17 pochard. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding

Brambling

Brambling

2 brambling and a Chaffinch

Another finch fest at burnt wood (loggerheads) 12+ brambling, 60+ linnet , 60+ Chaffinch roosting together also siskins , redpolls(lesser) , bullfinches and greenfinches also in the woods. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding

1 of 4 brambling roosting amongst chaffinch

1 of 3 crossbill

Tree sparrow at bent lane

Decent sunday for the last day of november with 3 crossbill , 4 brambling , 100+ linnet , 30+ Chaffinch and 4 redpoll (lesser) roosting in the burntwood (loggerheads) also tree sparrow bent lane #staffsbirding #staffsbirds

Oh for some better light, because I had lovely views of Kingfisher, Water Rail, Goosanders and a leucistic Pheasant at @staffswildlife.bsky.social Wolseley Centre this morning, but the photos don’t do them justice #UKBirding #StaffsBirding

This smart juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper showed well this afternoon at Blithfield. Closer views than of the Belvide 8, it was great to spend some time watching this species again. Also 1 Dunlin, 6 Ringy & GWE @mybirding.bsky.social #westmidsbirding #staffsbirding

Common puffballs

Orange birch bolete

Fly algaric

Fly algaric

Park hall cp
Merlin hunting flock of 30 linnet between parkhall and Hulme. 8 crossbill flying over the conifers appeared to land only my 2nd record here. Also 20 redpoll, 2 siskin ,3 chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest. Also a fine selection of fungi on display still too. #staffsbirding #staffsbirds #fungi

Wheatear frantically feeding this morning

1 of 4 stonechat

Fox roaming the fields

Small copper

Morning up Berryhill fields
Wheatear , 4 stonechat, 5 skylark, 25+ mpipit, redpoll (lesser) 4 chiff also fox and still quite a few small coppers.

Lordship lane
24 lapwing ,snipe

#staffsbirds #staffsbirding

Osprey with its Jackdaw entourage

Osprey powering south

Lunar underwing

Trentham gardens this afternoon produced a site tick with osprey heading south at 16:33 Also 22 gadwall, 20 Cormorant, 8 little egret, 2 ring-neck parakeets. Found a lunar underwing on the entrance hut. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #teammoth

Part of a big gathering of Grey Herons and Great White Egrets along the dam

Belvide yesterday with @janettem34.bsky.social Nice looks at the Grey Phalarope at the west end (too distant for pics), also lots of herons! 38 Grey, 9 GWE, 14 Little along with 4 Greenshank, Green Sand, 3 RP, Hobby, Yellow Wag etc seen #staffsbirding 🪶 #ukbirding

One of the 2 juvenile Curlew Sandpiper in flight

juvenile Curlew Sandpiper wing stretching

Garganey on W Scrape

juv Ruff

Away day w @janettem34.bsky.social to Middleton Lakes #RSPB (last visited goodness knows when but I saw Turtle Dove so a long time ago!) Good birding with 2 juv Curlew Sandpiper, Garganey, juv Ruff, 4 isl Blackwit, 6 Common Tern, Great White Egret, 1w Whinchat, 3 Swift etc #ukbirding #staffsbirding

Parkhall cp
8 red kite following a tractor mowing giving brilliant views also willow tit and 2 siskin of note. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #ukbirding

Rudyard little stint

Gold swift hanchurch woods

Yellowhammer a less and less frequent sight

Tree pipit singing

Weekends sightings. #teammoth #staffsbirds #staffsbirding

Well I’ve had worse weeks in God’s county😎 Woodchat, Temmincks, Gropper & a Trio of Hawkmoths shown😎 #StaffsBirding #MothsMatter #Birds 🪶

Woodchat shrike

Temminck's stint

Hobby

Bittern

An excellent day in staffs with woodchat shrike at doxey marshes this afternoon after a morning watching Temminck's stint ,bitterns, hobby, cuckoo's at RSPB middleton lakes. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #ukbirding

Beaver at trentham.

Pink-footed goose

Swift

Sunrise

Trentham gardens dawn chorus walk pink-footed goose still, 3 mandarin, 5 gadwall , 4 goosander , 2 oystercatcher, common sandpiper, woodcock , tawny owl,10 swift ,6 little egret ,8 reed warbler , 8 sand martin ,3 swallow ,2 garden warbler ,kingfisher and a trentham beaver #ukbirding #staffsbirding

Some video of the Curlew Sandpiper and supporting cast #middletonlakes on Friday 2/5/25 #staffsbirding #ukbirding

Wood Sandpiper this morning #middletonlakes #staffsbirding #ukbirding

Curlew Sand and 2 Ruff still #middletonlakes Jubilee South #staffsbirding #ukbirding

Of note this morning #middletonlakes 2 Wood Sand Greenshank 4 C Terns Yellow Wag #staffsbirding #ukbirding

Lordship lane
1st Greenshank of the year was very welcome. Also, the 2 shelduck, which have been on/off site since the 14th. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social #staffsbirds #staffsbirding

Trentham gardens
House martin, sand martin , 22 gadwall, 4 goosander, water rail , 4 oystercatcher, 2 little egret, 11 chiffchaff #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #ukbirding #sprng

Common Tern at Blithfield Reservoir this evening (c/o
@mpradford.bsky.social). Approx. 160km NNE of Goldcliff Pools. Our bird last seen heading high ENE at 10:35. 🤔 #gwentbirding #staffsbirding

Pinkies

Trentham gardens this morning
Shelduck over east , 2 pink-footed geese, 41 greylag , 28 gadwall , 6 goosander, 2 oystercatcher, little egret, 5 chiffchaff, also a nice suprise singing willow tit #ukbirding #staffsbird #staffsbirding