8 May Blithfield Resv, Turnstone briefly on the causeway, (GJM)

8 May Radford Meadows Stafford, 3 Little Gull, 2 Yellow Wagtail Hobby, (RBr)

8 May Berryhill Botteslow Flash, Whinchat on the marsh/scrub between the flash and Causley brook, the first I have seen here. Also 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 3 Garden Warblers. Little Egret. (Russell Toon)

Greenshank, 3 Redshank, 5 LRP, 5 Common Tern, GWE, Cuckoo & Hobby this morning at RSPB Middleton Lakes. Staffs Bird News Mercian Birding

7 whimbrel still at Whitemoor Haye Staffs Bird News

After work check of the WMI site near Calf Heath produced 2 Common & 1 Australian Shelduck, 5 LRP, Common Sand Staffs Bird News

Not much change at RSPB Middleton Lakes this morning with 2 Avocet, 2 RP, 4 LRP, 3 Redshank, Dunlin, CSand & Cuckoo. With only 1 brief record of Wheatear on site this year & no Whinchat yet, where are all the chats? Staffs Bird News Mercian Birding

7 May Branston GPs, Wood Sandpiper still on Ashy pit, (JWo)

6 May Blithfield Resv, Little Tern on the rafts this afternoon, (SMG)

Morning walk from Castlecroft to Dimmingsdale along canal produced first singing Garden Warbler of year near Dimmingsdale end (103 for 10k circle) also 2 singing Cetti’s & 1 Willow Warbler Staffs Bird News Red Kite circling high over Finchfield at 11:45 & Hobby low NW Gareth Clements

6 May Branston GPs, Red-crested Pochard on sandbar, Wood Sandpiper on Ashy pit, (JWo)

Pretty quiet at RSPB Middleton Lakes early this morning with 3 Avocet, 2 Ringed & 3 Little Ringed Plovers, Dunlin, 2 Common Tern & Cuckoo the best. A Common Sand was on the river by Southern Meadow in Warks. Staffs Bird News Mercian Birding

Over the moors and along the valleys this morning with my wife-to-be. 2-3 Cuckoos including fleeting appearances at the tops of trees, 4 Curlew, 4 Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler, 8 Red Grouse. And as the morning warmed: 5 Green Hairstreaks, 6 Common Heath & a Green Tiger Beetle.

3+ Whimbrel Whitemoor Quarry field Staffs Bird News

Family walk from home over the old Littleton Pit site & Shoal Hill Common was alive with birdsong.Cuckoo,sev Reed Wblr,Sedge Wblr,7 Garden Wblr, sev Whitethroat,num Willow Wblr. Highlight was a garden tick with a calling Oystercatcher over just as we left ⁦Staffs Bird News⁩

3 Black Tern Blithfield still on tern raft. Also Sanderling on causeway Staffs Bird News

A lazy 9am start at RSPB Middleton Lakes after y'day's excitement. Just 1 Avocet, 1 RP, 3 LRP, 2 C Tern, Pochard, Cuckoo & Y Wag. Staffs Bird News Mercian Birding

5 May Blithfield Resv, 3 Black Terns (MPR, GJM)

Branston GP’s finished #WestMidsAllDayer on a total of 101 sp, Some great birds & great dedication from our small team! Thanks also to the other birders that came along during the day to support us. Well done also, to all other sites that took part. Photos by JWo Staffs Bird News

A total of 68 species at Chasewater (Cuckoo Bank not covered) today. Shag, Arctic Tern, Dunlin and Water Rail but no Sedge or Grasshopper Warbler. Best record was a Wall Brown butterfly.
Phil Andrews
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