Accepted: Tundra Bean Goose, Clay Mills, 22/02/2026 (D. A. Scattergood, photographed)

Accepted: 5 Tundra Bean Geese, Belvide Reservoir, 11/02/2026 & 14/02/2026 (G. Williams, S. Nuttall, photographed)

Accepted: 9 Tundra Bean Geese, Fisherwick, 13/02/2026-15/02/2026 (S. Collins, photographed)

Accepted: Tundra Bean Goose, Millmeece, 09/02/2026-14/02/2026 (I. Burgess, photographed)

Accepted: Red-throated Diver, Blithfield Reservoir, 28/12/2025-17/02/2026 (G. J. Mant, M. P. Radford, photographed)

Accepted: Black Redstart, Streethay, 11/02/2026 (J. Hicken, photographed)

A large number of sightings of white-fronted geese have occurred in Staffs this winter, part of the major national influx. These will be documented in the eventual 2026 Wmbc annual report rather listed individually here.

Accepted: 10 white-fronted geese, Blithfield Reservoir, 18/01/2026 (G. J. Mant, M. P. Radford, photographed)

Accepted: white-fronted goose, Denford, 28/01/2026 (D. Collins, photographed)

Accepted: 18 white-fronted geese, Blithfield Reservoir, 26/01/2026 (G. J. Mant)

Accepted: 2 white-fronted geese, Belvide Reservoir, 04, 16 & 18/01/2026 (S. Nuttall, photographed)

Accepted: 2 White-fronted Geese, Whitemoor Haye, 01/01/2026 - 05/01/2026 (S. Collins, photographed)

Accepted: 2 White-fronted Geese, Blithfield Reservoir, 04/01/2026 - 14/01/2026 (G.J. Mant, M.P. Radford, photographed)

Accepted: Tundra Bean Goose, Blithfield Reservoir, 06/01/2026 - 14/01/2026 (G.J. Mant, photographed)

Accepted: Firecrest, Baggeridge CP, 10/12/2025 - 05/01/2026 (I. Butler, photographed)

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)