Accepted: Black Redstart, Berryhill Fields, 06/09/2025 (I. Burgess per R. Gilbert)

Accepted: Bewick's Swan, Stanley Pool, 27/12/2025 (G. Brereton)

Accepted: Honey-buzzard, Stanley Pool, 28/09/2025 (G. Brereton)

Accepted: (Dark-bellied) Brent Goose, Chasewater CP, 16/11/2025 (R. Southall, photographed)

Accepted: Slavonian Grebe, Branston Gravel Pits, 26/12/2025 (J.C. Woodcock, photographed)

Accepted: Green-winged Teal, Belvide Reservoir, 05/12/2025 - 26/12/2025 (K. Mather, photographed)

Accepted: Hawfinch, Middle Mayfield 25/09/2025 (J. Reavey, J.B. Reavey)

Accepted: Hawfinch, Belvide Reservoir, 02/11/2025 (S. Nuttall)

Accepted: Glossy Ibis, 06/09/2025, Middleton Lakes RSPB (S.P. Atkinson, photographed)

Accepted: Hawfinch, Enville, 25/11/2025 (I.C. Whitehouse)

Accepted: 4 Hawfinch, Enville, 18/09/2025 (I.C. Whitehouse)

Accepted: Glossy Ibis, Whitemoor Haye, 15/11/2025 (I.C. Whitehouse)

Accepted: Hen Harrier, Doley Common, 02/12/2025 (V. Smith, photographed)

Accepted: Glaucous Gull, Branston GP, 02/12/2025 (J.C. Woodcock, photographed)

Please note that as from 01/01/2026, Goshawk and Spoonbill will no longer be Category A birds requiring descriptions due to them becoming increasingly common in the county

Accepted: Firecrest, Little Aston, 24/10/2025 (R. W. Skeates, trapped and ringed)

Accepted: Firecrest, West End Stoke, 12/11/2025 (N.D. Pomiankowski, photographed)

Accepted: 2 Spoonbill, Branston GP, 09/11/2025 (D.A. Scattergood, photographed)

Accepted: Hawfinch, Hanchurch Woods, 31/10/2025 (S. Edwards, H. Forbes, photographed)

Accepted: 2 Black Redstart, Streethay, 21/10/2025 - 27/10/2025 (J. Hicken, photographed)

Accepted:,White-rumped Sandpiper, Blithfield Reservoir, 18/10/2025 - 02/11/2025 (G.J. Mant, M.P. Radford, photographed)

Accepted: Spoonbill, Blithfield Reservoir, 18/10/2025 (G.J. Mant, M.P. Radford, photographed)

Accepted: Spoonbill, Branston GP, 21/10/2025 - 22/10/2025 (J.C. Woodcock, photographed)

Accepted: Woodlark, Blithfield Reservoir, 20/10/25 (G.J. Mant)

Accepted: Yellow-browed Warbler, Blithfield Reservoir, 13/10/2024 (M.P. Radford)

Accepted: Spoonbill, Branston GP 09/10/2025 - 10/10/2025 (J.C. Woodcock, photographed)

Accepted: 8 White-rumped Sandpiper, Belvide Reservoir, 11/10/2025 (S. Nuttall, photographed)

Accepted: Leach’s Petrel, Blithfield Reservoir, 11/10/2025 (G.J. Mant, M.P. Radford)

Accepted: Spoonbill, Blithfield Reservoir, 08/10/2025 (K. Donaghy, photographed)

Accepted: 4 Hawfinch, Black Bank, 22/09/2025 (N.D. Pomiankowski)

Accepted: Honey-buzzard, Belvide Reservoir, 21/09/2025 (S. Nuttall, photographed)

Accepted: Shag, Ford Green, 24/09/2025-25/09/2025 (C. Bourne, photographed)

Accepted: Grey Phalarope, Belvide Reservoir, 16/09/2025 - 19/09/2025 (P. Smith, photographed)

Accepted: Grey Phalarope, Belvide Reservoir, 13/09/2025 - 16/09/2025 (S. Nuttall, photographed)

Accepted: 2 Glossy Ibis, Belvide Reservoir, 08/09/2025 (I. Grant, R. Mainwood, photographed)

Accepted: Glossy Ibis, Belvide Reservoir, 06/09/2025 (R. W. Swift, photographed)

Accepted: Glossy Ibis, Belvide Reservoir, 05/09/2025 (M. Page, photographed)

Accepted: Grey Phalarope, Belvide Reservoir, 01/09/2025-05/09/2025 (R. Mainwood, photographed)

Accepted: Glossy Ibis, Doxey Marshes, 08/09/2025 (A. Hateley, photographed)

Accepted: Black Redstart, Berryhill Fields, 24/08/2025-27/08/2025 (I. Burgess, N.D. Pomiankowski, photographed)

Accepted: Shag, Gailey Reservoir, 17/08/2025 - 18/08/2025 (S.A. Richards, photographed)

Accepted: 2 Spoonbill, Blithfield Reservoir, 01/08/2025 (M. D. James, G. J. Mant)

Accepted: Marsh Warbler, Seisdon, 14/06/2025 (G. Clements, photographed)

Accepted: Firecrest, Little Aston, 02/06/2025 (G. Clements)

Accepted: Black-crowned Night Heron, 20/06/2025, Middleton Lakes RSPB (J. Klavins, photographed). 8th county record

Accepted: Temminck’s stint, Branston GP, 19/05/2025 (J. C. Woodcock)

Accepted: 3 x Temminck’s stint, Branston GP, 18/05/2025 (C. Eccleshall, J. C. Woodcock)

Accepted: Temminck’s stint, Branston GP, 17/05/2025 (D. A. Scattergood)

Accepted: Woodchat Shrike, Stafford Rugby Club then Doxey Marshes, 17/05/2025 (G. Hadley, photographed). Second county record #staffsbirds

Accepted: Temminck’s Stint, Blithfield Reservoir, 17/05/2025 - 19/05/2025 (GJ Mant, MP Radford, photographed) #staffsbirds