Plenty to see at #middletonlakes this morning with 3GWE 7Redshank 5Avocet 2Little Ringed Plover 4+Oystercatchers Dunlin Marsh Harrier Sparrowhawk 3Buzzard Kestrel Stonechat Siskin galore and all the usual stuff I almost forgot the 4 Whooper Swans

Highlights from #middletonlakes this morning Golden Plover Bittern booming GBBG still 7 Pochard 13 Goldeneye (5 in Staffs) Pintail 2 Shelduck 11 Snipe dubious Red-breasted Goose 20+ Siskins #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

Highlights this morning #middletonlakes 2 Avocets Red Kite Great Black-backed Gull 2 Herring Gulls 4 Oystercatchers Stonechat 13 Goldeneye (5 in Staffs 8 in Warks) #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

Highlights from #middletonlakes this afternoon - Ringed Plover Great Black-backed Gull Marsh Harrier 4 Oystercatchers 3 Shelducks #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

This morning #middletonlakes Marsh Harrier 11 Goldeneye 6 Pochard 8 Snipe small flock of Redpoll 3 GWE #staffsbirdnews + 2 Oystercatchers have moved onto the Ski Lake (Warks) #ukbirding

Highlights #middletonlakes this morning Oystercatcher 3 Pintails Red Kite 2 Stonechats 2 GWE 12 Goldeneye 2 Meadow Pipits #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding #pwc2026

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Lovely to see a group of 4 Grey Partridge RSPB Middleton Lakes today, after not seeing any for a couple of years. @rspb.bsky.social #warksbirding #ukbirding

Highlights from my second #pwc2026 visit to a still frozen & misty #middletonlakes this morning. 5 Grey Partridge Marsh Harrier 3 Goldeneye 2 GWE Chiffchaff small flock of Siskins #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

First visit to #middletonlakes this afternoon. Most areas frozen over. Of note 2 Grey Partridge in the field w of Jubilee North, f type Marsh Harrier, Pochard, Raven, Goosander, Snipe Grey Wagtail #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

YBW still showing well at Hurley Water Treatment Works Warks 5/1/26 #ukbirding

Make that at least 2 Marsh Harriers. 2 on Dosthill NR heading for the North Pit

The first Pink-footed Goose since early 2022 was the highlight of this morning at #middletonlakes Also f type Marsh Harrier still 11 Goldeneye 10 Pochard 2 GWE Stonechat of note #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

Highlights from #middletonlakes this morning - Marsh Harrier 5 Goldeneye 4 Pochard Goosander Shelduck 11 Siskins Redwings Fieldfares 3 Snipe c600 BHGs 12 LBBG & Herring Gull in the pre-dawn roost. 2 Grey Partridge reported #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

Marsh Harrier 22 Snipe 10 Redpoll 5 Siskins 7 Pochard (4 Staffs) single f Goldeneye c650 Greylags the highlights #middletonlakes this morning #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

First Goldeneye of the winter on Dosthill NR #middletonlakes this morning. Nothing else out of the ordinary to report #staffsbirdnews

9 Grey Partridge #middletonlakes by the barn and in the field to the east of the farm @bins-on-a-stick.bsky.social @groughgruff.bsky.social #ukbirding

Entertained at dawn by a juv Peregrine and a Marsh Harrier battling it out over Jubilee Wetlands #middletonlakes Also Jack Snipe 3 GWE 2 Herring Gulls, 3 Goldcrests & 9 Chiffchaffs with the Tit flocks 12 Mipits 17 Pochard (10 of which in Warks) #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

A Grey Plover on Jubilee Wetlands was the highlight this morning at #middletonlakes The chances are that it was the same bird as seen flying through Ladywalk 30mins earlier. Also female/imm Marsh Harrier & a Pochard (all Staffs). 10 Pochards on Dosthill (ski) Lake (Warks) #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

This morning's highlights #middletonlakes Garganey Marsh Harrier 11 Golden Plover over 9 Pochard 2 Stonechats #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

Pipe bridge nearby path and path to the hide only accessible with wellies #middletonlakes highlights Jack Snipe Marsh Harrier Ruff Redshank Shelduck 19 Snipe Grey Wag 11 Pochard on Dosthill (Ski) Lake & 1 on Fisher's Mill (both Warks) #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

Snow Bunting showing well today at 12:30. Beacon Hill CP Leicestershire #ukbirding

Jack Snipe and C70 Golden Plover the highlights #middletonlakes staffs this morning. Best of the rest Blackwit 4 Little Grebes 8 Goosander 9 Snipe 2 GWE Barn Owl. 15 Pochard on Dosthill (Ski) Lake (Warks) #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

Back on the patch after 2 weeks on the Scilly Isles. 9 Pochards on Ski Lake (Warks). On #middletonlakes highlights were a Siskin 3 Stonechats 160+ Lapwings 4 Little Grebes 7 Snipe Blackcap 3+ Chiffchaffs 2 GWE. The screen for West Scrape has been removed ready for a replacement (pic) #staffsbirdnews

Pleased to get a couple of photos of Cory's Shearwaters with my humble P900 on an excellent Scillies Pelagic 19 miles SW of the islands today. 15 Cory's 5 Sootys c18 Great 9 Manx 2 Bonxies plus plenty of Auks a couple of Puffins 3 Fulmars and a Blue Fin Tuna leaping #ukbirding #rarebirdsuk

American Pipit this evening St Mary's Scilly. Record shot #ukbirding #rarebirdsuk

I was just passing so thought it'd be rude not to take another look at the Wilson's Phalarope Porth Hellick St Mary's Scilly #ukbirding

Wilson's Phalarope St Mary's Scilly 1/10/25 #ukbirding

Juv Spotted Sandpiper St Agnes Scilly 1/10/25 #ukbirding

Richard's Pipit St Agnes Scilly #ukbirding

Richard's Pipit St Agnes Scilly #ukbirding

Juvenile Spotted Sandpiper St Agnes Scilly #ukbirding

St Mary's Scilly # Best I could do of the Wilson's Phalarope in very early morning light.

Wilson's Phalarope in the bag at first light - St Mary's Scilly

Pleased to have re-found the Ortolan Bunting on my way to our B&B after landing on St Mary's yesterday (29th), it had been missing all day #ukbirding

Isabelline Wheatear at Land's End airport is a good start to my first ever trip to the Scillies!

Very quiet at #middletonlakes this morning but a spectacular sunrise. Green Sandpiper on West Scrape 2 Great Egrets and a small movement of Swallows and Pied Wags south #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

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Ahead of tomorrow's #WestMidsAllDayer I remembered I hadn't posted the final final final scores from the 23 sites which participated in the Spring event on the 3rd May.

It's the West Midlands all-dayer tomorrow (Saturday) and as usual we're taking part at Middleton Lakes. If you'd like to join us, or if you're just birding there tomorrow you can contribute by direct messaging me or @marksmiles.bsky.social with your sightings.

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

Missed off 2 Garganey 3 Blackwits 4 Common Terns also seen

This morning's highlights #middletonlakes #staffsbirdnews

This morning #middletonlakes Whinchat 2 Curlew Sand Garganey 2 Ruff 3 Blackwits 2 Green Sand 16 LRP 2 Hobby Peregrine 3 Swifts c150 hirundines 6 Ravens missed the Osprey on the reserve but picked it up further south over KWP #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

A couple of record shots of the Spotted Redshank #middletonlakes from yesterday (30/8/25) #ukbirding #staffsbirdnews

2 Curlew Sandpipers still #middletonlakes this morning. Very mobile between West Scrape and Jubilee North #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

2 juv Curlew Sandpipers #middletonlakes this afternoon #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

Small Copper Arbury Hall Nuneaton Warwickshire this afternoon @davehutton1969.bsky.social