Ian Burgess: North Staffs Year List 2024 BOU, #LocalPatch Record(s) 1 to 116 of 116 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 03/01/2024 Smiths Pool FENTON 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 13/01/2024 Westport Lake four 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 08/01/2024 Fenton Park 50+ FLEW WEST 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2024 Smiths Pool FENTON 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 09/01/2024 Stanley Pool 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/05/2024 Bent lane One with grey lags 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 09/05/2024 Bent lane Three , two males 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 09/01/2024 Smiths Pool FENTON 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 28/01/2024 Fordgreen , Hall two drakes 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 03/01/2024 Smiths Pool FENTON 11 Teal Anas crecca 13/01/2024 chatterley Whitfield Valley 12 Pochard Aythya ferina 13/01/2024 Westport Lake seven 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 12/01/2024 Fordgreen , Hall 14 Goosander Mergus merganser 03/01/2024 Smiths Pool FENTON 15 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/01/2024 Berryhill Fields 16 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 15/03/2024 Berryhill fields In horse paddock on pallet stacks 17 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 05/05/2024 18 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/05/2024 19 Stock Dove Columba oenas 10/01/2024 Lordship Lane Trent Walk 20 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Home 21 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Home 22 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 17/01/2024 Chatterley Whitfield Valley 23 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/01/2024 Smiths Pool FENTON 24 Coot Fulica atra 03/01/2024 Smiths Pool FENTON 25 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 17/01/2024 Chatterley Whitfield Valley 26 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 28/02/2024 Smiths pool Two 27 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 11/03/2024 Stanley pool 28 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 31/03/2024 Lordship lane quarry Two 29 Curlew Numenius arquata 10/04/2024 Berryhill Flew over palletstacks track 30 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 04/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 31 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 10/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 32 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 33 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 17/04/2024 Botteslow flash 34 Redshank Tringa totanus 21/03/2024 Lordship lane Fenton manor quarry 35 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 07/03/2024 Westport lake Two 36 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 04/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 37 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 04/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 38 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 04/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 39 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 15/01/2024 Parkhall Lake 40 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 14/01/2024 chatterley Whitfield Valley 41 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 09/01/2024 Smiths Pool FENTON 42 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 43 Red Kite Milvus milvus 31/03/2024 Berryhill Flew west towards Fenton manor/ stoke 44 Buzzard Buteo buteo 04/01/2024 Fenton Park 45 Barn Owl Tyto alba 11/01/2024 PRIVATE SITE 46 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 04/01/2024 ? 47 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 12/04/2024 48 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/01/2024 Smiths Pool FENTON 49 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 09/01/2024 Smiths Pool FENTON 50 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 51 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/05/2024 Bent lane 52 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 12/01/2024 Fordgreen Hall TWO 53 Jay Garrulus glandarius 04/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 54 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Home 55 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 04/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 56 Rook Corvus frugilegus 08/01/2024 Bent Lane 57 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 04/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 58 Raven Corvus corax 08/01/2024 Bent Lane 59 Coal Tit Periparus ater 08/01/2024 Hanchurch Woods 60 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 02/02/2024 Berryhill A pair 61 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Home 62 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Home 63 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/02/2024 Berryhill Three 64 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 31/03/2024 Berryhill Flew north through palletstacks 65 Swallow Hirundo rustica 12/04/2024 Berryhill Two 66 House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/04/2024 From the bottom track berryhill 67 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 23/04/2024 Sideway bridge Also lesser whitethroat 68 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 08/01/2024 Bent Lane 69 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 21/04/2024 70 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/04/2024 Berryhill Lower track 71 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 13/03/2024 Fenton park In the sunken garden 72 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2024 Tiddlers pool , Berryhill 73 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 18/05/2024 Berryhill NR Two on Reed bed pool 74 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 11/04/2024 75 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/04/2024 Fenton Park 76 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2024 Smith’s pool Fenton 77 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 17/04/2024 Berryhill On lower track 78 Whitethroat Curruca communis 12/04/2024 Berryhill 79 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 10/01/2024 Wetley Moor 80 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 81 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 08/01/2024 Hanchurch Woods 82 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 11/01/2024 Hanchurch Woods 83 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 04/01/2024 Berry Hill Fields 84 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2024 Fenton Park 85 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 10/01/2024 Fenton Park 86 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2024 Fenton Park 87 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2024 Fenton Park 88 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 18/01/2024 Hanchurch 89 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 01/04/2024 Berryhill Two in horse paddocks , off palletstacks path 90 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 11/05/2024 Nursery common , hanchurch Two 91 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Home 92 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 08/04/2024 Singing male 93 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 29/03/2024 Berryhill On fence line off palletstacks path 94 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 21/04/2024 Nursery common Two , one singing 95 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 17/04/2024 Palletstacks paddocks 96 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 04/01/2024 berryhill Fields 97 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/03/2024 Berryhill Four on palletstacks mound 98 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 11/01/2024 River Trent ,Trentham 99 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 08/01/2024 Bent Lane 100 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Home 101 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2024 Fenton Park 102 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 07/05/2024 Hanchurch, arable fields Three 103 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 14/01/2024 chatterley Whitfield Valley 104 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 04/01/2024 Berryhill Fields 105 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2024 Berryhill Fields 106 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 13/04/2024 Berryhill NR 107 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2024 Fenton Park 108 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 18/01/2024 Hanchurch Two with large finch flock in stubble field 109 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 04/01/2024 Berryhill Fields 110 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 Home 111 Linnet Linaria cannabina 27/02/2024 Berryhill Twelve 112 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 10/01/2024 Wetley Moor 113 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2024 Berryhill Fields 114 Siskin Spinus spinus 13/01/2024 Westport Lake 30+ 115 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 18/01/2024 Hanchurch 116 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/01/2024 Berryhill Fields