31st December

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 2 (m&f) Pintail [North Pit] (R Walker), Great White Egret [Dosthill NR] (S Atkinson). Barnacle Goose & 2 Stonechat [Jubilee Wetlands] (G Williams).
KWP Causeway Pool - Great White Egret (T Hyde).
KWP Field Opposite Main Entrance - 7 Little Egret (R Walker).
Alvecote - Stonechat (R Smith).

30th December

Alvecote Mill/Teal Pools - Great White Egret & 2 Stonechat (J Morgan).
KWP Field 500 yards South East of Main Entrance - 5 Egyptian Geese (J Allen).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 5 (2m) Pintail, 6 Shelduck & 2 Common Gull [Jubilee Wetlands], 14 (6m) Goosander [North Pit]. Great White Egret came in from the North and flew through to roost at 4.29pm.
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - c.30 Redpoll [in Alders East end of Silt Pool], 2 Goldeneye & 2 Pochard [Fishers Mill], Great White Egret flew South over farm at 2.30pm.
Tamworth - Hawfinch [Canning Rd Glascote] (Facebook).

5 Pintail (2m&3f) - Jubilee Wetlands 

29th December

Coton - Pintail(m) & Great White Egret (J & P Fincham).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Great White Egret & 3 Little Egret [Southern Meadow], 5 Goldeneye [Fishers Mill]. GWE flew towards Heronry roost at 4.35pm.
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 2 Pintail m&f (@Helen_Wildheart).

28th December

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Great White Egret [Dosthill NR], 4 Goldeneye, 6 Shelduck & 2 Stonechat (S Atkinson). Pintail (f), 2 Goosander & Pochard (J Harris).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Great White Egret & 54 Little Egret roosted in the Heronry. 2 Water Rail beneath the feeders.
Lea Marston - 2 Green Sandpiper from the river bridge (T Perrins).
KWP Field 500 yards South East of Main Entrance - 5 Egyptian Geese (T Perrins).
KWP Bodymoor Heath Water - Yellow-legged Gull (T Perrins).
Alvecote - Great White Egret (R Smith).

27th December

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Barnacle Goose [Jubilee Wetlands], mixed flock Goldfinch & Redpoll [River] (T Hyde & @phoenixbirder). 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Goldeneye, Pochard [Dosthill NR], 8 Goosander through heading to roost North Pit. 2 Great White Egret chasing each other around the reserve before feeding together on Dosthill NR and then flew towards the Heronry roost together at 4.25pm.
KWP Richards Meadow - Barn Owl (G A Williams).

26th December

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Great White Egret, Peregrine, Green Sandpiper (G Williams). Stonechat & 6 Shelduck. Also Barnacle Goose reported. Firecrest [Dosthill NR first screen] (@Rich1063).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Siskin [Mill Plantation].
Alvecote - 2 Great White Egret (R Smith).
Whitacre Heath NR - 3 Willow and Marsh Tit (R Walker).

25th December

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24th December

KWP South - 10 Goosander, 4 Goldeneye, 19 Little Egret, 59 Pochard, 2 Egyptian Geese & c.240 Shoveler (T Perrins).
Alvecote - Great White Egret (R Smith).

23rd December

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Great White Egret & Barnacle Goose [Jubilee Wetlands].
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Barn Owl hunting Southern Meadow at 4.30pm and 6 Goosander through.
KWP Cliff Pool - 4 Snipe, c. 150 Lapwing, Goosander & Goldeneye.
KWP Hemlingford Water - 4 Goosander & 3 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote - 2 possibly 3 Great White Egret (R Smith).

22nd December

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Great White Egret, 2 Goldeneye, 8 Shelduck, Snipe, 3 Stonechat [Jubilee Wetlands], Goosander [North Pit] - also 4 Goosander reported on the river.

RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Great White Egret & 49 Little Egret roosted in the Heronry plus 2 Water Rail beneath feeders (T Perrins).
Alvecote - Great White Egret (R Smith).
KWP Hemlingford Water - 9 Little Egret (T Hyde).

20th December

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Great White Egret [North Pit] (J Osborne). 4 Stonechat (R Thomas).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Redpoll, Water Rail & Chiffchaff (R Thomas).

19th December

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 3 Great White Egret, 30 Golden Plover, 6 Snipe, 9 Stonechat, Green Sandpiper, 150 lapwing, 350 Canada Geese, 311 Teal, 185 Coot, 128 Mallard, 124 Tufted Ducks, 96 Gadwall, 40 Shoveler, 37 Wigeon, 9 Shelduck, 7 Goldeneye and 5 Pochard (RSPB).

18th November

RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Great White Egret roosted tonight with 54 Little Egret. 2 Water Rail beneath the feeders.
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 2 Great White Egret, 2 Goldeneye, Goosander & 2 Stonechat (G Williams).

16th December

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 2 Great White Egret, 8 Shelduck, 3 Goldeneye, 3 Snipe & Stonechat.
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Brambling (f) [Fishers Mill] & Water Rail [Feeders] (J Kenny).
Alvecote - Great White Egret [Gilman's Pool] (R Smith).

15th December

Alvecote - 2 Great White Egret [Gilman's & Pretty Pigs Pools] (R Smith).

14th December

Alvecote Pretty Pigs Pool - GANNET (R Smith).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Barnacle Goose [North Pit], Great White Egret, 24 Shelduck & 6 Goldeneye [Jubilee Wetlands], Woodcock [Dosthill NR] (S Atkinson).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 51 Little Egret & 1 Great White Egret roosted in the Heronry - had to check again as couldn't believe we've lost 30 in just six days.

13th December

RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Just 51 Little Egret & 1 Great White Egret left the Heronry roost this morning.
Alvecote - 2 Great White Egret and 15 Shelduck (R Smith).

12th December

RSPB Middleton - WeBS Highlights - Great White Egret, 10 Shelduck, 12 Snipe, 2 Egyptian Geese & 7 Water Rail also 65 Little Egret roosted in the Heronry (RSPB).

11th December

Alvecote - 2 Great White Egret [Mill & Pretty Pigs Pools](R Smith).

Just outside the area but worthy of a mention - Swallow at Ladywalk in December (R Walker).

9th December

Amington - Hawfinch (T Perrins).
Alvecote - Great White Egret & 2 Stonechat (R Smith).
KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 30 Little Egret (T Hyde).

8th December

RSPB Middleton (Warks) -  Heronry roost 81 Little Egret & 1 Great White Egret
Alvecote - Great White Egret (R Smith).

7th December

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 4 Goldeneye, Great White Egret, 8 Shelduck & Goosander (S Atkinson).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) -  Peregrine (S Atkinson).
Alvecote - Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret & 15 Goosander [Gilman's Pools](R Smith).

6th December

RSPB Middleton - Jack Snipe (RSPB), 2 Raven & 2 Lesser Redpoll (J & P Fincham).
Marston Fields - 7 Egyptian Geese (J & P Fincham).
Alvecote - 2 Great White Egret [Mill & Railway Pools](R Smith).

5th December

RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 65 Little Egret and 2 Great White Egret left the Heronry roost this morning.
Alvecote - 2 Great White Egret [Gilman's and Railway Pools], Chiffchaff [Laundry Lane](R Smith).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Great White Egret [North Pit](G Williams).

4th December

Alvecote - 3 Great White Egret (R Smith).

Coton - Great White Egret (P Forbes).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) -  3 Stonechat, 2 Peregrine and 5 Shelduck (G Williams).
Wishaw Blindpit Lane - 200 Golden Plover (G A Williams).

3rd December

Tameside NR - Redshank, Water Rail and 26 Lapwing (S Allison).
Alvecote - 15 Goosander, Great White Egret and Cetti's Warbler (S Allison).
Shustoke Res - 5 Pochard, Goldeneye, Siskin and Redpoll (R Walker).

2nd December

Alvecote - 3 Great White Egret [2 Pretty Pigs & 1 Mill Pool] (R Smith).
Shustoke Res - Goldeneye, 2 Pochard, Common Gull & Raven (J Kenny).
RSPB Middleton - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (@Saintcov1).

1st December

RSPB Middleton - 5 Stonechat, 6+ Goldeneye, Great White Egret, Water Rail, Egyptian Goose, Siskin & Lesser Redpoll (R Walker). Tonight (Staffs) 2 Great White Egret, 10 Shelduck, 2 Goosander and a Dunlin size wader flying round JW North but couldn't locate on the ground - probably a ..........Dunlin.
Alvecote - 2 Great White Egret [Mill and Railway Pools] (R Smith).

30th November

KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 55 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote - Great White Egret  (R Smith).

29th November

Shustoke Res - 2 Goldeneye & Pochard (R Walker).

28th November

RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 64 Little Egrets left the Heronry roost this morning.
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Short-Eared Owl North end of Jubilee Wetlands 10:45am (J Fincham).
Alvecote - 3 Whooper Swan [Pretty Pigs Pool], 2 possibly 3 Great White Egret (R Smith).

27 November

KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 45 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote - 2 Brambling [Laundry Lane], Great White Egret  (R Smith).
RSPB Middleton - 3 Stonechat, Peregrine, 2 Goldeneye & 2 Raven (G Williams).
KWP Field 500 yards South East of Main Entrance - 15 Egyptian Geese & Ruddy Shelduck (A Dean).
Coton - Adult Mediterranean Gull (A Dean).

26th November

KWP Field 500 yards South East of Main Entrance - 15 Egyptian Geese & Ruddy Shelduck.
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Goldeneye, 5 Pochard [Fishers Mill], mix flock of Siskin, Redpoll & Goldfinch [Mill Plantation].

25th November

KWP Field 500 yards South East of Main Entrance - 15 Egyptian Geese & Ruddy Shelduck (T Perrins).
Alvecote - Great White Egret [Mill Pool] Goldeneye [Pretty Pigs Pool] (R Smith).

24th November

Alvecote - Great White Egret [Mill Pool] Goldeneye [Pretty Pigs Pool] (R Smith).

KWP - c.15 Little Egrets (T Hyde).

23rd November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 13 Goldeneye [Jubilee Wetlands], Great White Egret [Reedbed Pool], zero Egrets [Riverside roost] (S Atkinson).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 62 Little Egrets & Great White Egret [Heronry roost], Barn Owl [Play Meadow].
KWP (Assumed Cliff Pool and surrounding area) -  Hen Harrier, Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, 120 Wigeon, 8 Goldeneye & 2 Raven (S Cawthray).
KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 10 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote - 2 Great White Egret [1 on Pretty Pigs Pool] (R Smith).

22nd November

RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Great White Egret and c.49 Little Egret left the Heronry roost this morning (LE's scattered by Buzzard so not an accurate count). Barn Owl hunting Play Meadow.
Alvecote - Great White Egret [Mill Pool] (R Smith).

21st November

Alvecote - Great White Egret (R Smith).

20th November

KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 21 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote - Great White Egret [Pretty Pigs Pool], Ring-Necked Parakeet flew SW (R Smith).
Whitacre Heath - Woodcock [Coton Rd] (J Kenny).

19th November

Alvecote - Great White Egret [Pretty Pigs Pool], 2 Stonechat [Teal Pool] (J Morgan).
Old Warks Moors - Barn Owl and 2 Water Rail (S Allison).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 4 Stonechat, 2 Goldeneye & 11 Shelduck [Jubilee Wetlands], 6 Goldeneye [Dosthill NR] and 2 Great White Egret roosted riverside with just 3 Little Egret.

18th November

KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 38 Little Egret & Great White Egret (T Hyde).
Marston Gravel Pit - 18 Egyptian Geese (J Allen).
KWP Field 500 yards South East of Main Entrance - 13 Egyptian Geese & Ruddy Shelduck (J Allen).

17th November

RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Hen Harrier [Fishers Mill] 3 Brambling [Dosthill Lake] (J Harris). Hawfinch [Car Park] (RSPB).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 2 Raven, Chiffchaff &120 Fieldfare [Dosthill NR], 2 Stonechat [Jubilee Wetlands], Goosander [North Pit] (J Harris). 3 Great White Egret, 10 Goldeneye & 300 Wigeon (RSPB).
Alvecote - Great White Egret [Pretty Pigs Pool], 3 Brambling [Laundry Lane] (R Smith).
KWP - 12 Little Egret (T Hyde).

16th November

KWP Hemlingford Water - 26 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote Teal Pool - 2 Stonechat (R Smith).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 2 Great White Egret, Dunlin, Egyptian Goose, Goosander & 4 Goldeneye (S Atkinson).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Goldeneye (S Atkinson). 56 Little Egret left the Heronry roost this morning. Woodcock tonight - flew from small wood between the RSPB and Courtyard car parks.

14th November

Alvecote (Warks) - 2 Stonechat [Teal Pool] (J Morgan), Egyptian Goose [Raiway Pool] (R Smith).
KWP Various Pools - 31 Little Egret (T Hyde).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Stonechat [Jubillee Wetlands], c. 400 Starling [Fishers Mill] and Tawny Owl calling [Doshill NR] (S Atkinson).

13th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 2 Hawfinch [West screen hedge], 9 Golden Plover, 2 Goldeneye, 4 Snipe, Egyptian Goose and 2 Great White Egret (R Thomas).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 53 Little Egret and 1 Great White Egret left the Heronry roost this morning. GWE back in there tonight.
KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 26 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote Pretty Pigs Pool - Egyptian Goose (R Smith).
Marston Fields - 13 Egyptian Geese & Ruddy Shelduck (G A Williams).

12th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Common Sandpiper [East Scrape] (A Tongue). 3 Great White Egret roosted riverside with 9 Little Egret. Egyptian Goose & 2 Goldeneye(m) [Jubilee Wetlands], 2 Goldeneye(f) [Dosthill NR]. Starling numbers low <150.

11th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 3 Great White Egret [1 JW & 2 NP] (S Atkinson). 418 Golden Plover, 7 Stonechat, Snipe, Egyptian Goose & 2 Goldeneye [Jubilee Wetlands], 11 Redpoll, 3 Goosander & Goldeneye [North Pit].
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Willow Tit [FM Bridge] (A Tongue). 12 Brambling [Fishers Mill/Canal Meadow] (M Priest). Brambling [Hall Garden] & 5 Pochard [Fishers Mill].
KWP Cliff Pool - Great White Egret & 249 Lapwing (S Cawthray). Green Sandpiper & Goldeneye
KWP Field 500 yards South East of Main Entrance - 15 Egyptian Geese & Ruddy Shelduck (uringed & unhybridised).

Marston Fields - 18 Egyptian Geese (S Cawthray). Highly likely the 15 above + 3 - also seen later flying over Ladywalk towards Shustoke Res.

Ruddy Shelduck - Sean Allison

Brambling - Mark Priest

10th November

Alvecote Mill Pool - Great White Egret (R Smith).
KWP Bodymoor Heath Water - Ruddy Shelduck, 13+ Egyptian Geese & Yellow-legged Gull back in winter residence (A Dean).
Middleton House Farm - Buzzard with lettered wing tag "CT"  - This bird was rehabilitated by the RSPCA after being found in poor health. Looking well tonight and has travelled some 186km from where it was tagged. Full details below thanks to Kevin Leighton (Ringer).

GV13122  CT
2nd year 15/07/2017   near North Tuddenham: 52°40'N 1°2'E (TG0512) (Norfolk)
Sighting  10/11/2017   Middleton House Farm, Sutton Coldfield, Warks: 52°34'N 1°43'W (SP1996)
186km W 118 days

9th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Jubille Wetlands 416 Golden Plover, 50+ Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, 10 Meadow Pipit, 9 Stonechat (RSPB). 3 Dunlin, 4 Shelduck, Egyptian Goose, Goldeneye (S Atkinson). 2 Great White Egret [1 JW & 1 NP] (G Williams).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Hawfinch [Hall Car Park], Brambling, Siskin [Canal Meadow] & Water Rail [feeders] (RSPB). 39 Little Egret roosted in the Heronry.
KWP Hemlingford Water - 10 Little Egret (T Hyde).

8th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Jack Snipe, c. 300 Golden Plover, c. 200 Lapwing, 3 Dunlin & Egyptian Goose on Jubilee Wetlands (RSPB). 2 Great White Egret roosted with just 13 Little Egret riverside. Goldeneye, 2 Stonechat JW and 4 Goosander through.
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Hawfinch over car park (RSPB). 4 Goldeneye & Goosander river, 550 Starling roosted Fishers Mill Pool.
Alvecote Mill Pool - Great White Egret & Goldeneye (R Smith).

7th November

KWP Hemlingford Water - 39 Little Egrets (T Hyde).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 20 Siskin, 20 Redpoll and Brambling - Canal Meadow (RSPB).

6th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 3 Great White Egret about the reserve also good numbers of Siskin and Redpoll (RSPB). 66+ Golden Plover, 6 Goosander, 3 Stonechat, 2 Goldeneye, Egyptian Goose & 3 Snipe (G Williams).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - c.2000 Starlings Fishers Mill & Water Rail feeders (RSPB). 32 Little Egret roosted in the Heronry - the majority came in from the South (KWP). There are now 60+ birds on the reserve with 30+ also roosting riverside (Staffs).
Old Warks Moors - Barn Owl and small flocks of Fieldfare.

5th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 36 Golden Plover and 2 Stonechat Jubilee Wetlands, 3 Great White Egret (JW, NP & DNR) although only 2 seen going to roost with 28 Little Egret (riverside). 2 Goldeneye River plus a 3rd & Peregrine Dosthill NR. 3 Goosander North Pit plus 9 through JW heading that way to roost (S Atkinson, M Priest, et al).
Tameside NR & Borrow Pit - 11 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler and Water Rail (S Allison).

4th November

KWP Hemlingford Water - 8 Little Egret (T Hyde).
KWP Cliff Pool - 22 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret through (S Cawthray). Goldeneye and 2 Goosander.
KWP Otter Pool - 2 Water Rail (S Cawthray).
Dosthill - c. 300 Golden Plover over (S Cawthray).
Old Warks Moors - 70+ Redwing & 1 Fieldfare (S Allison).
Tameside NR - 3 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler and 18 Lapwing (S Allison).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Swallow Silt Pool (K White).

3rd November

KWP Hemlingford Water - 32 Little Egret (T Hyde).
KWP Cliff Pool - Great White Egret (Y Moore).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 150-200 Golden Plover circled Jubilee Wetlands and touched down briefly (J&P Hughes). 3 Great White Egret and 31 Little Egret roosted riverside.

2nd November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 80 Golden Plover and Great White Egret Jubilee Wetlands (RSPB).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 3 Hawfinch through South Fishers Mill (RSPB).

1st November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - c.80 Golden Plover (RSPB Vols). 3 Great White Egret & 29 Little Egret roosted riverside.
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Short-Eared Owl dropped vertically in over Jubilee Wetlands and then headed South through Fishers Mill and deep into Warks  airspace. Reports of 2 Hawfinch over RSPB car park and a further 5 over canal.

31st October

KWP Otter Pool - Great White Egret roosted.

30th October

KWP Otter Pool - Great White Egret and 2 Green Sandpiper (S Cawthray).
Alvecote Pretty Pigs Pool - Great White Egret (R Smith).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Great White Egret and Goldeneye Jubilee Wetlands, Goosander river (J Harris). Golden Plover, 2 Dunlin, 2 Stonechat Jubilee & Egyptian Goose plus 2nd Great White Egret North Pit (R Thomas).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Hawfinch South through Fishers Mill (J Harris). Bittern Fishers Mill (R Thomas).
Dosthill Lake Waterski Pools - 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Goldeneye and Pochard (J Harris). c50 Golden Plover through Dosthill heading North (R Thomas).

29th October

Tameside NR - 4 Goosander, Tawny Owl, Cetti's Warbler and Snipe (S Allison).
Borrow Pit Lake (SnowDome) - Great White Egret (S Allison).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Firecrest Northwest corner of Southern Meadow (A Tongue).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker just downstream of the river footbridge JW side (S Bradley/P Palmer). 3 Hawfinch, 2 Dunlin and Great White Egret (JJH, SJH via @Staffsbirdnews). 8 Goldeneye (@phoenixbirder). 3 Great White Egret and 29 Little Egret Riverside Roost and 800 Starling Roosted behind West screen.
Alvecote Mill Pool - Whooper Swan (R Smith).

28th October

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Great White Egret, Dunlin, 2 Redshank, Green Sandpiper and 2 Stonechat (S Atkinson). 6 Goosander on river (Julie50). 2 Goldeneye (R Walker).
KWP Cliff Pool - 5 Pochard.

27th October

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Rock Pipit through, Whitethroat (juv), 2 Great White Egret, 2 Stonechat & 2 Chiffchaff (J Harris). Goldeneye(f).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Water Rail feeders (Rob S). Starlings have moved on < 400 roosted, 4 Goosander and 4 Snipe through.
Dosthill NR - 2 Egyptian Geese (Rob S). Goldeneye (f).
Alvecote - Great White Egret and Barn Owl (R Smith).

26th October

Alvecote (Warks) Teal Pool - Great White Egret (J Morgan).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Great White Egret, 4 Stonechat, 2 Redshank and Egyptian Goose (S Atkinson).
Dosthill NR - 2 Brambling (S Atkinson).
KWP Cliff Pool - Great White Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper and 5 Little Egret.

25th October

RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 11 Hawfinches Hall Lake trees (RSPB). Swallow Hall Lake.

24th October

RSPB Middleton - 25 Golden Plover, Possible Water Pipit, 7 Snipe, Jack Snipe, 3 Stonechat, Dunlin, Great White Egret (RSPB).
Tameside NR - Great White Egret (S Allison).
KWP Otter Pool - Great White Egret roosted. Also 4 Little Egret which headed to Middleton to roost. Earlier Common Sandpiper and Water Rail (@WildsuburbiaUK).
KWP Cliff Pool - Dunlin

23rd October

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Water Pipit North Pit & Goldeneye (J Harris). Stonechat and Dunlin reported. 2 Great White Egret in the Riverside roost.
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 3900+ Starling roosted Fishers Mill/Reed Bed Pool.

3903 & there are a few missing off the edge

22nd October

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 2 Great White Egret & 21 Little Egret (Riverside Roost). Dunlin and 2 Goldeneye (Jubilee Wetlands).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - c.4000 Starling (Fishers Mill/Reedbed Pool Roost)

Dunlin

21st October

RSPB Middleton - Hawfinch, 6 Egyptian Geese, Great White Egret and 4 Plastic Fantastic Whistling Ducks (K Sargent).
Alvecote Teal Pool (Warks) - Long-eared Owl & 4 Stonechat (A Archer).
Dosthill Lake Waterski Pools (Warks) - Hawfinch & Great White Egret over (T Perrins).
KWP Cliff Pool - Common Sandpiper

20th October

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Dunlin, Goldeneye (f), Pintail (m), Stonechat (m) and Great White Egret (Jubilee Wetlands). Great White Egret, 3 Snipe & 2 Goosander (North Pit).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Goosander (river) and c.3000 Starling Fishers Mill/Reed Bed Pool roost.

19th October

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 10 Black-Tailed Godwits through, 2 Great White Egret, Golden Plover, Meadow Pipit and 3 Goosander (S Atkinson).

18th October

RSPB Middleton - 11 Whooper Swans and a Hawfinch - all flew through (RSPB).

17th October

RSPB Middleton - 4 Great White Egret and 32 Little Egret in the roost (Staffs). c.1000 Starlings roosted Fishers Mill (Warks).

15th October

RSPB Middleton - 2 Great White Egret & 36 Little Egrets in the roost. Pintail (m) Jubilee Wetlands (S Atkinson). 1034 Starlings roosted Fishers Mill.
KWP Otter Pool - 14 Egyptian Geese
Alvecote Laundry Lane - Now 3 Cattle Egret (M Smith)

14th October

RSPB Middleton - 2 Great White Egret, 2 Stonechat, 2 Goosander 10 Meadow Pipits & 12 Little Egret (S Atkinson). Hawfinch - Southern Meadow (RSPB). Water Rail - feeders (C Workman).
KWP Otter Pool - 10 Egyptian Geese (S Atkinson). Hawfinch calling from hedgerow rear of SITA hide 3.30pm also Egyptians increased to 12 (S Cawthray).
Alvecote Laundry Lane - 2 Cattle Egret still (R Smith)

13th October

RSPB Middleton - 2 Great White Egret, 2 Willow Tit and 16 Egyptian Geese (RSPB)
KWP Cliff Pool - Green Sandpiper, Otter Pool - 17 Egyptian Geese.

12th October

RSPB Middleton - 2 Great White Egret, 6 Stonechat, Green Sandpiper and 2 Meadow Pipits (S Atkinson). Rock Pipit (J Harris).
KWP Cliff Pool - Green Sandpiper and 120 Lapwing,  Otter Pool - Great White Egret and 13 Egyptian Geese (S Cawthray).

Stonechat - Steve Atkinson

11th October

RSPB Middleton - Great White Egret, 15 Egyptian Geese and 6 Stonechat (G Williams).

10th October

RSPB Middleton - Tonight 2 Great White Egret, 30 Little Egret, 18 Egyptian Geese Jubilee Wetlands & Goosander on the river. Earlier 6 Stonechat and Pintail (G Williams).
Alvecote Laundry Lane - 2 Cattle Egret still (S Allison).

2 Friesian Cows - Sean Allison

9th October

RSPB Middleton - Great White Egret, Greenshank,  Dunlin, Stonechat, Goosander and 15 Egyptian Geese (S Atkinson). 2 Great White Egret, 2 Willow Tit, 3 Stonechat, Redpoll, late Swallow and first reported autumn Redwing for the reserve (G Williams).
KWP Cliff Pool - Common Sandpiper.

8th October

RSPB Middleton - 2 Great White Egret, Stonechat, 4 Raven & Water Rail at feeders (G Williams). Jubilee Wetlands later Pintail, 4 Stonechat between the screens and 2 Great White Egret in the roost. Mandarin on the river (S Pick).

7th October

KWP Cliff Pool - Common Sandpiper, 7 Egyptian Geese and Little Egret.
RSPB Middleton - Great White Egret, Pintail, Green Sandpiper and 2 Stonechat (G Williams). 4 Goosander on the river (J Kenny)

6th October

RSPB Middleton - 2 Willow Tit, Great White Egret and Water Rail (R Walker). 8 Egyptian Geese, 2 Shelduck, Pintail, Peregrine, Golden Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (G Williams).

4th October

KWP - 36 Egyptian Geese on Broomey Croft Pool (S Pick).

3rd October

RSPB Middleton - Jubilee Wetlands 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Dunlin, Curlew Sandpiper, 20 Snipe and 1 Rock Pipit. North Pit Redstart (RSPB). Stonechat, Peregrine, 2 Siskin and Redpoll (J Harris). Car Park Bittern (Mark C). Green Sandpiper, Pintail and 3 Great White Egret in the roost (S Pick).

1st October

RSPB Middleton - 3 Ruff on North Pit, 2 Great White Egret and 16 Little Egret in the roost (S Pick).