Belvide this am: Black-necked Grebe still distantly, Peregrine, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 15 GWE, 7 Little Egret, drake Goldeneye & at least 10 Stonechat in horse paddocks at west end @belvidebirding.bsky.social @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
06.10.2025 16:48 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Belvide this am: Black-necked Grebe still, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, at least 14 GWE & drake Goldeneye @belvidebirding.bsky.social @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
03.10.2025 12:11 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
18 golden plover flew thru Whitemoor Haye heading sw at 08.20 @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
03.10.2025 07:25 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hour session from quarry entrance at WH tonight.
1 fem merlin, 2 great white egret, 6 little egret, c50 cormorant, 6 grey heron, 9 pochard, 1 grey wagtail, 4 wigeon over, 5 swallow thru @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
30.09.2025 18:13 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Whitemoor Haye this am. 2 of 2.
6 great white egret. 5 grey heron, 1 kingfisher, 1 raven, 3 goldcrest, 14 greenfinch, c20 house martin and c10 swallow, 2 stonechat, 47 wigeon, 5 yellowhammer, 1 snipe, 6 little egret. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
28.09.2025 18:01 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Whitemoor Haye this am. 1 of 2.
1 cettis, 19 egyotiam geese, 23 gadwall, 345 coot, 165 lapwing, 7 little grebe, 39 teal, 145 mallard, 5 mute swan, 20 pochard, 16 shoveler, 36 tufted duck, 124 cormorant, 10 grest crested grebe. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
28.09.2025 17:59 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
c.50 Pink-footed Geese over the garden just now, heading SSW @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
23.09.2025 07:33 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Ad. Winter Med. Gull again this morning 06:45 Westport Lake. Flew off by c07:00. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
22.09.2025 08:20 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Med. Gull amongst 400+ BHG. Westport Lk. , SOT, N.Staffs. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
21.09.2025 19:44 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Chasewater am: 3 Common Sand.
Whitemoor Haye: Spot Fly, 2 Green Sand.
Tuckles: GWE
Newbold Pit, Branston: Greenshank, 4 Green Sand, Red Kite, 4 Chiffy.
Bits n bobs, but an enjoyable local day with @mybirding.bsky.social
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21.09.2025 20:58 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Whitemoor Haye this am. 2 of 2.
1 green sand, 9 shoveler, 2 jay, 2 yellowhammer, 1 raven, 9 greenfinch.
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21.09.2025 17:52 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Whitemoor Haye this am. 1 of 2
84 mallard, 149 lapwing, 47 tufted duck 263 coot, 8 l grebe, 9 gadwall, 15 pochard, 15 gc grebe, 1 g wagtail, 3 gw egret, 2 teal, 3 siskin, 82 e geese, 1 snipe, c150 house martin/swallow, 1 green sand. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
21.09.2025 17:52 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Just managed the last 40 mins of light at Whitemoor Haye tonight, hoping for the garganey but no luck.
Did get 3 common sandpiper, 3 gw egret, 2 green sandpiper, 1 greenshank, 1 wigeon and 1 l egret.
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16.09.2025 18:57 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Quick look this afternoon produced a juvenile Arctic tern, 2 Black terns and 5 Curlew sands, 96 Ringies and c20 Yellow wags.
16.09.2025 15:39 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Evening visit to Blithfield produced 2 Ruddy Shelduck, Great Egret, 85+Ringie, 10 LRP, 25+Dunlin, 13 Curlew Sand, 15 Common Sand, 3 Greenshank, Redshank, 4 Ruff, 5 Wheatear #staffsbirds
08.09.2025 19:02 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Fantastic last hour of light at Blithfield in Blithe Bay - 13 Curlew Sand, 15 Common Sand, 4 Ruff, 2 Greenshank, c25 Dunlin, 10 LRP, 2 Snipe, upwards of 100 Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank, female Pintail, GWE, 12 Goosander, GBBG, 5 Wheatear, Tawny Owl
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08.09.2025 19:01 — 👍 28 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Tucklesholme this am:
Greenshank over, 3 Curlew, 3 imm LRP, 4 Wigeon, 8 Goosander on river, 2 Little Egret.
Newbold Pit, Branston:
GWE, 6 Little Egret, 2 Green Sand.
Not quite the all dayer & much quieter than hoped, but still nice to get out.
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06.09.2025 15:36 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
9am update from Whitemoor Haye, on 54. Not a bad morning so far. 3 gw egret, 11 l egret, 1 greenshank, 3 kingfisher, 1 raven. Plenty of small birds around. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
06.09.2025 08:09 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A quick scoot around #middletonlakes between the showers this afternoon produced 4 Hobbys Ruff 3 Blackwits Green Sandpiper 9 LRP Peregrine 7 Wigeon GWE #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
04.09.2025 17:31 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
This morning's highlights #middletonlakes #staffsbirdnews
03.09.2025 09:10 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
Arctic Tern this morning at Westport Lake, N.Staffs. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
02.09.2025 08:50 — 👍 44 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Whitemoor Haye today. 2 of 2. 3 grey heron, 61 tufted duck, 3 pochard, 8 cormarant, 1 (only) whitethroat, 1 (only) blackcap, c10 (only) chiffys, 1 raven, 2 herring gull in pre roost with c 400 lbbg, 2 green sandpipers.
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31.08.2025 18:59 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Whitemoor Haye today. 1 of 2 2 great white egret, 18 (only) lapwing, 7 mute swan, 227 coot, 16 little grebe, ,550 mallard, 9 great crested grebe, 4 egyptian geese, 59 stock dove, 5 little egret, c15 common tern, 2 snipe ( @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
31.08.2025 18:57 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
2 juv Curlew Sand at Middleton Lakes RSPB on West Scrape at 7:25am; also 2 Ruff and 7 LRP so far
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31.08.2025 06:37 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
two Curlew Sandpipers back on WS #RSPBMiddleton @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @mercianbirding.bsky.social
29.08.2025 06:29 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
2 Garganey still on West Scrape #RSPBMiddleton 1 Green Sand, 4 Blackwit, 2 LRP all on WS. No sign of Curlew Sandpipers so far. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @mercianbirding.bsky.social
29.08.2025 06:17 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This morning's highlights #middletonlakes 2 Garganey 3 Ruff 6 Blackwits between 3 and 6 very mobile Green Sand RP 8 LRP 23 Snipe 1 Swift 1 Swallow 4 Sand Martins 4 House Martins GWE #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding
25.08.2025 09:02 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Whitemoor Haye today 2 of 2.
1 great white egret, 2 littke ringed plover (juvs), 4 snipe, Goldcrest, 3 hobby, 16 egyptian geese, 2 yellow-legged gull, 3 herring gull, 2 green sandpiper
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23.08.2025 18:20 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Whitemoor Haye today. 1 of 2.
9 common tern, 111 lapwing, 112 mallard, 204 coot, 8 little grebe, 2 raven, 63 tufted duck, c60 linnet, 1 cettis warbler, at least 4 lesser w'throat, 9 gc grebe, 1 shoveler, 1 little egret,
@staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
23.08.2025 18:18 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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