Aug 2nd

 Green Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Little Egret x 2

L R Plover

Oystercatcher x 2

July 25th

 Green Sandpiper

Little Egret x 3

Oystercatcher

Little Ringed Plover x 2

Common Sandpiper

Common Tern

July 17th

 Little Egret

Common Sandpiper x 3

L R Plover x 2

Oystercatcher x 2

Redstart x 3

Grey Heron x 5

July 14th

 Little Egret 

Common Sandpiper x 3

Common Tern 

Oystercatcher 

L R Plover x 2

July 13th

 Greenshank

Common Scoter x 3 drakes

Common Tern x 2

L R Plover

Common Sandpiper  x 3

Redstart  x 3

Common Scoter.

Greenshank.

July 5th

 Common Tern x 2

Common Sandpiper x 3

Little Ringed Plover x 2

Oystercatcher x 1

Redstart x 3

Grey Heron  x 5

Blackcap x 1

Sparrowhawk x 1

Common Tern.

Grey Heron.

July 4th

 A quick visit this afternoon in between heavy showers just to see if the bad weather had brought anything down . Nothing new was found.

Sightings

Little Ringed Plover x 2

Common Sandpiper  x 1

Grey Heron x 5

Blackcap x 2

Redstart  x 2

Great Crested Grebe x 17

Nuthatch  x 2

Willow Warbler  x 1

Chiffchaff  x 2

June 26th

 

Water levels dropping well just in time for reverse Wader passage. 

Today's sightings.

Common Sandpiper 

Little Ringed Plover x 4

Oystercatcher 

Mandarin fem

Kingfisher x 2

Sedge Warbler 

Redstart x 2 adults x 4 juveniles 

Garden Warbler 

Blackcap 

Greylag Goose 

Grey Heron

Buzzard

Nuthatch x 4

Redstart juvenile. 

Redstart male.

Redstart female. 

June 24th

 Common Scoter X 32 late afternoon off the Sailing Club & Scout Hut.

June 22nd

 Common Tern fishing at north end.

June 19th

 Common Sandpiper X 1

Ringed Plover X 2

Little Ringed Plover X 2

Spotted Flycatcher X 1

Redstart X 2 plus four juvenile's.

June 18th

 Two pairs of Redstart have reared young this year.

June 8th

 Spotted Flycatcher 

CommonSandpiper 

Redstart x 4

Oystercatcher 

Little Ringed Plover 

June 5th

Redsatrt x 4

Spotted Flycatcher x 2

Tawny Owl x 1

Common Sandpiper x 1

Little Ringed Plover x 2

Garden Warbler x 2

Greylag Goose x 2

Canada Goose x 63

L B B Gull x 16

Great Crested Grebe x 8

Grey Heron x 1

Buzzard x 4 

Little Ringed Plover. 

May 30th

 Redstart x pair 

Spotted Flycatcher

Little Ringed Plover x 2

Oystercatcher X 5

May 30th

 Redstart x 2

Spotted Flycatcher x 2

Little Ringed Plover x 2

Oystercatcher x  5

Raven x 2

Garden Warbler x 2

May 29th

 Little Ringed Plover X 2

Ringed Plover X 1

Oystercatcher X 3

Garden Warbler X 2

Sedge Warbler X 1

Spotted Flycatcher X 1

Raven X 1

Little Ringed Plover.

Oystercatcher.

May 27th

 Little Ringed Plover x 3

Ringed Plover x 1

Oystercatcher x 1

Common Sandpiper x 1

Curlew x 1

Mandarin x 2 drakes 

Spotted Flycatcher x 1

Redstart x 1

Garden Warbler x 2

Sedge Warbler x 1

Willow Tit x 1

May 25th 2021

 Little Ringed Plovers x 3

Common Sandpiper x1

Redstart x 1

Mandarin drake.

May 24th

 Osprey again this morning with large fish flying north at 8-40.

Also Spotted Flycatcher , two Willow Tit and drake Mandarin by bridge. 

May 23rd 2021

 Osprey again north end , also two Garden Warbler ,Redstart and Green Woodpecker.

May 22nd

 Osprey north end fishing.

Older Notes

May 15th

Two Mandarin north end.

May 6th

Two Common Terns.

November 2nd

 A pair of Gadwall at the north end scarce at this site , also a single Willow Tit by the bridge.

October 25th

 Lesser Redpoll 

Grey Wagtail 

Goosander female. 

October 4th

 Dunlin x 4 , Lapwing x 23 , Snipe x 6,

Teal x 63 , Wigeon x 13 and single Gadwall.

WMBC 2018

 The new WMBC Annual report is out for 2018.

October 3rd.

 Dunlin x 3

Snipe x 15

Lapwing  x 30

Wigeon x 7

October 1st

 Pectoral Sandpiper still present at the north end but distant. Also a single Common Sandpiper , 19 x Snipe , 22 x Lapwing , 5 x Goosander , 9 x Wigeon and 4 x Swallow .

                                             Pectoral Sandpiper.

September 30th

 Pectoral Sandpiper still present at the north end. 

September 29th

 Pectoral Sandpiper still present at north end. 

Garganey

 No further sign or information on the reported Garganey record at the lake couple of days ago. Some old records of Garganey have come to light.

27th April 1992

22nd August 1993

07th October 1997 x 2 birds.

September 28th

 Pectoral Sandpiper still present at the north end. 

September 27th

 

Pectoral Sandpiper still present at the north end also , Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper , 4 x Snipe , Peregrine and 49 Lapwing , Raven and two singing Chiffchaff. 

September 26th

 BIRDGUIDES.....Reporting Garganey at 16-46 no further information. 

September 26th

 Pectoral Sandpiper still present at the north end along with two Ringed Plovers , three Snipe ,Kingfisher and a singing Chiffchaff.

September 25th

 Pectoral Sand still at the north end but showing distantly at around 150mts away.

September 24th

 Pec Sand still present also Dunlin,  Red Kite , 17 x Snipe , 40 x Lapwing and Grey Wagtail.

September 23rd

 Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper still present at north end .

September 22nd

 Pectoral Sandpiper present all day feeding on the vegetation at far north end  but distant , views between 100 yds / 150 yds. 

MEGA Pectoral Sandpiper

 A nice find late afternoon at the north end by Mark Buxton a juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper.  

Photo taken by Phil Jones.

Also today at north the north end.

Dunlin x 4

Snipe x 7

Wigeon x 4

Teal x 10

Sept 15th

Osprey over at 15-12

Red Kite f/o.

Old Record

 June 1st 2020

Spotted Flycatcher  x 2

Garden Warbler x 2

Grey Wagtail x 1 juv......M Stubbs.

August 26th 2020

 North Shore

Three Dunlin , three Ringed Plover and single Little Ringed Plover. 

15 July 2020

 MEGA......15th July 2020

Cattle Egret flew over at 8-00 first record for the site.

15 th May 2020

Red Kite over S/E.....both records taken from Staffs Bird News.

October 25th

September 17th
Great White Egret still @north end.


September 15th
Great White Egret north end.


August 25th
Osprey over late afternoon.


July 27th
Common Tern x 3


May 5th
Black Tern off sailing club.

March 23rd
Sand Martin x 2
Goosander x 6
Tawny Owl x 2
Chiffchaff  x 5


March 21st
Little Egret
Oystercatcher
Curlew x 3

February 4th

North End , 30x Wigeon , 100 + Teal , Redshank , 8x Goosander . S McCoskery.

Rushton

Just less than half a mile from north end of Rudyard a Great White Egret feeding along a stream off Banbridge Lane Rushton.

February 3rd

David Collis had Snipe , Woodcock , Redshank and Curlew this morning.

Snipe (David Collis).

Curlew (David Collis).

December 30th

Six Goosander , single Redshank and Willow Tit (MS).

December 28th

A single Redshank still at North end along with two drake Goosander and good numbers of Teal and Wigeon. Also four Willow Tit in usual place. Yesterday a large flock of around 40 plus Siskin. All images below courtesy of David Collis.

Redshank by D Collis.

Teal by D Collis.

Wigeon by D Collis.

Goosander (drake) by D Collis.

Willow Tit by D Collis.

December 24th

Duck numbers have increased slightly with Wigeon x 29 , and Teal x 84. Lapwing x 115 , Goosander x 5 (1 x drake) , Tufted Duck x 10 , Canada Geese x 200+ , Siskin x 6 , Cormorant x 7 , Great Crested Grebe x 8 , Willow Tit x 4 and two Nuthatch.

December 21st

Little Egret and Redshank at the north end..D Collis

December 17th

At the North end , 24 x Wigeon , 70 x Teal , 2 x Redshank , 36 x Brambling , 9 x Siskin , 14 x Lesser Redpoll , 4 x Willow Tit , 78 x Lapwing.

Brambling.

December 16th

At the North End this morning , 70x Teal , 21x Wigeon, 2x Redshank , 6x Snipe, 40x Brambling , 2x Bullfinch , 4x Willow Tit and 11x Lesser Redpoll . South End 4x Goosander , 6x Cormorant and Kingfisher.

Redshank.

December 14th

North end 29 x Teal , 17 x Snipe , single Water Rail and Redshank.

Redshank photo by David Collis.

December 11th

Late News.....Three Redshank at North End along with blue morph Snow Goose with Canada flock on 07/12/12.(DC) Also a report of a Great White Egret at the north end late evening of 26th August.(Birdguides)

Two of the three Redshank present photo by David Collis.

Blue morph Snow Goose photo by David Collis.

December 11th

Eight Goosander , eleven Wigeon , thirty nine Teal , four Snipe , three Willow Tit , Kingfisher , Grey Wagtail , seven Siskin , fourteen Lesser Redpoll , five Brambling and a Water Rail.

December 10th

A single female Goldeneye at dam end in this morning also seven Goosander , Grey Wagtail and Kingfisher.

Goldeneye female.