06/03/2017 Blithfield Reservoir

Great crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Coot, Wigeon, Canada Geese, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, Black-headed Gull, Goosander, Goldeneye, Chaffinch, Nuthatch, Blue Tit, coal Tit, Buzzard, Jackdaw, Crow, Cormorant, Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Great spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Long-tailed Tit and Pheasant.

05/12/16 Chasewater & Belvide

Chasewater

On a very cold misty morning at Chasewater I saw-

Red-breasted Merganser, Velvet Scoter, Great crested Grebe, Goldeneye, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Cormorant, Mute Swan, Canada Geese, Black-headed Gull, Lesser black-backed Gull, Great black-backed Gull, Goosander, Grey Heron, Magpie, Crow, Robin and Pied Wagtail.

Belvide Reservoir

After lunch it was off to Belvide in search of the Smew, birds seen-

Redhead Smew, Goldeneye, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Pochard, Great crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Goosander, Black-headed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Lesser black backed Gull, Redwing, Fieldfare, Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Nuthatch, Dunnock, Robin, Pheasant, Wren, Buzzard, Magpie, Rook and Canada Geese. 

10/10/2016 Blithfield Reservoir

Great white Egret, Egyptian Geese, Canada Geese, Cormorant, Teal, Mallard, Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, Crow, Shoveler, Wigeon, Greylag Geese, Barnacle Geese, Rook, Jackdaw, Grey Heron, Snipe, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Great black-backed Gull, Lesser black-backed Gull, Wood Sandpiper, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Dunlin, Great crested Grebe, Ringed Plover and Meadow Pipit.  

03/10/2016 Carsington Water Park

Canada Geese, Greylag Geese, Cormorant, Tufted Duck, Coot, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Pied Wagtail, Great crested Grebe, Yellow-legged Gull, Lapwing, Crow, Lesser black-backed Gull, Teal, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Gull, Robin, Pheasant, Wigeon, Chiffchaff, Grey Heron, Pochard, Jackdaw, Long-tailed Tit, Buzzard, Raven, Little Grebe, Great spotted Woodpecker, Starling, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Tree Sparrow, Great Tit, Gadwall, Wood Pigeon and Kestrel.   

Pochard

Kestrel

Moorhen

12/09/2016 Cannock Chase & Belvide Reservoir

Cannock Chase

Buzzard, Jay, Crow, Chaffinch, Treecreeper, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Siskin, Great spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Redpoll, Wood Pigeon, Cormorant, Raven, Blackbird, Robin, Swallow, House Martin and Magpie.

Green Woodpecker

Belvide Reservoir

Tufted duck, Sparrowhawk, Mallard, Coot, Great crested Grebe, Gadwall, Black-headed Gull, Common Tern, Cormorant, Reed Warbler, Mute Swan, Crow, Greylag Geese, Pochard, Moorhen, House Martin, Black-necked Grebe, Grey Heron, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Kingfisher, Wigeon, Tree Sparrow, Little Grebe, Teal, Canada Geese, Lesser black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Robin, Long-tailed Tit, Pheasant, Lapwing, Nuthatch, Great spotted Woodpecker, Curlew, Buzzard and Shoveler. 

Black-necked Grebe

Comma Butterfly

05/09/2016 Blithfield Reservoir

Great crested Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Mallard, Cormorant, Little Grebe, Mute Swan, Crow, Teal, Lesser black-backed Gull, Grey Heron, Greenshank, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wood Pigeon, Lapwing, Coot, Moorhen, Canada Geese, Greenfinch, Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Robin, Wren, Swallow, House Martin, Buzzard, Greylag Geese, Spotted Redshank, Ringed Plover, Jackdaw, Pied Wagtail, Little Egret, Goldfinch, Rook and heard a Great spotted Woodpecker.  

06/06/2016 Cannock Chase

Today on various ares of the Chase I heard or saw - Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Raven, Chaffinch, Great spotted Woodpecker, Redstart, Wren, Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Wood Pigeon, Blue Tit, Magpie, Goldfinch, Sparrowhawk, Crow, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Kestrel, Reed Bunting, Linnet, Jay, Magpie, Green Woodpecker, Yellowhammer, Coal Tit and Great Tit.

16/05/2016 Blithfield Reservoir & Cannock Chase

Blithfield Reservoir

Common Tern, Black Tern, Lesser black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Tufted Duck, Great crested Grebe, Mallard, Swift, Sand Martin, Swallow, Grey Heron, Coot, Cormorant, Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush, Egyptian Geese, Oystercatcher, Little ringed Plover, Kestrel, Mistle Thrush, Arctic Tern, Gadwall, Jackdaw, Shelduck, Canada Geese, Greylag Geese, Pheasant and Crow.

Cannock Chase

Spotted Flycatcher, Wood Warbler, Treecreeper, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Willow Warbler, Blackbird, Robin, Buzzard and a Garden Warbler could be heard.

18/04/2016 Cannock Chase & Blithfield Reservoir

Cannock Chase

 

On a cool, dull & windy mornings walk around the Cadet Hut & Penkridge Bank areas I saw Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Buzzard, Chaffinch, Tree Pipit, Crow, Siskin, Redpoll, Green Woodpecker, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Dunnock, Jay, Greenfinch, Jackdaw, Blackbird, Stock Dove, Pheasant and Long-tailed Tit. 

In the afternoon at Blithfield I saw

Chiffchaff, Mallard, Coot, Gadwall, Mute Swan, House Martin, Swallow, Sand Martin, Great crested Grebe, Linnet, Shelduck, Pied Wagtail and Wheatear.

 

Wheatear

21/03/2016 Cannock Chase & Wolseley Bridge

Cannock Chase 

Bullfinch, Great Tit, Nuthatch, Chaffinch, Yellowhammer, Blackbird, Robin, Crow, Magpie, Great spotted Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Wood Pigeon, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Kestrel, Siskin, Buzzard, Dunnock, Greenfinch, Stock Dove also Pheasant and Green Woodpecker were heard.

Wolseley Bridge SWT

Mallard, Canada Goose, Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Magpie, Cormorant, Buzzard, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon, Mute Swan, Robin, Crow, Dunnock, Moorhen, and Kingfisher. 

Though the Kingfisher was hard to see!

22/02/2016 Rosliston Forestry Centre , Croxall & Whitemoor Haye

Rosliston Forestry Centre

Fieldfare, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Robin, Blackbird, Grey Heron, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Buzzard, Moorhen, Yellowhammer, Bullfinch, Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Wren, Crow and Dunnock.

Robin at Rosliston

Croxall

Mallard, Canada Geese, Pochard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Great crested Grebe, Blackbird, Rook and Black-headed Gull.

Whitemoor Haye

Linnet, Yellowhammer, Black Swan, Mute Swan, Lapwing, Crow, Rook, Wigeon and Tree Sparrow.

On the way home I saw 1 Red-legged Partridge and 1 Great spotted Woodpecker.

25/01/2016 Blithfield Reservoir

Pheasant, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Mallard, Coot, Wigeon, Canada Geese, Greylag Geese, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Cormorant, Goldeneye, Crow, Teal, Lapwing, Goosander, Pochard, Jackdaw, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Robin, Wood Pigeon, Black-headed Gull, Lesser black-backed Gull, Great black-backed Gull, Caspian Gull, Great crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Magpie and Pied Wagtail.

11/01/2016 Cannock Chase

Cannock Chase

Pheasant, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird, Dunnock, Nuthatch, Chaffinch, Robin, Crow, Green Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Kestrel, Stonechat, Jay, Stock Dove and Goldfinch.

Wolseley Bridge SWT

Here I added Goosander & Little Grebe to my list for the day.

16/11/2015 Croxall & Whitemoor Haye

  Croxall

Little Egret, Teal, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Kingfisher, Canada Geese, Fieldfare, Mute Swan, Crow, Buzzard, Wood Pigeon, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch, Pochard, Wigeon, Goldeneye, Moorhen and Pheasant. 

 Whitemoor Haye

 Tufted Duck, Coot, Wigeon, Mallard, Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, Pochard, Great crested Grebe, Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Magpie, Ruff, Crow, Rook, Wood Pigeon, Lesser black-backed Gull, Kestrel and a large flock of Starlings.

 Cannock Chase

 At a brief stop on the Chase Jay, Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Magpie, Wood Pigeon and Brambling were seen.

31/08/2015 Blithfield Reservoir

Blithfield Reservoir

Blackbird, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Nuthatch, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Great spotted Woodpecker, Wren, Ringed Plover, Teal, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Greylag Geese, Canada Geese, Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Great black-backed Gull, Lesser black-backed Gull, Snipe, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Little ringed Plover, Tufted Duck, Dunlin, Knot, Sanderling, Wood Pigeon, Moorhen, Crow, Rook, Barnacle Geese, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Great crested Grebe, Pied Wagtail, Cormorant, Common Sandpiper, Common Crane, Magpie and Pheasant. 

 Later at Wolseley Bridge I saw a Kingfisher.

 

24/08/2015 Cannock Chase & Blithfield Reservoir

Cadet huts area Cannock Chase

 Jay, Crow, Raven, Green Woodpecker, Wood Pigeon, Buzzard, Hobby, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Robin, Magpie and Spotted Flycatcher.  

 Blithfield Reservoir

Lapwing, Swallow, 2 Little Stints, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Little ringed Plover, Pied Wagtail, Common Crane, Cormorant, Canada Geese, Great crested Grebe, Mallard, House Martin, 2 Osprey, Swift, Greylag Geese, Grey Heron, Tufted Duck, Black-headed Gull, Yellow legged Gull, Wren, Little Egret, Greenshank, Chaffinch, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Tern, Teal, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Robin, Greenfinch, Crow, Rook and Magpie.