Productive day on Shetlands : Eastern Crowned Warbler (lifer), Little Bunting, Golden Oriole, Lapland Bunting, Great Northern Diver, 2 Whimbrel, Arctic Tern, 11 Whoopers, Magpie, 160 Golden Plover

Berryhill fields: Whinchat, 2 wheatear, 2 redstart, 4 stonechat, willow tit, 5 snipe, 12 Siskin, 12 swallow south. The smart male redstart has been around for a while now #staffsbirds@staffsbirdnews.bsky.social

Berryhill fields: Calmer conditions than recent days produced 5 Whinchat, 3 redstart, wheatear, lesser whitethroat, 4 stonechat, 2 snipe #staffsbirds@staffsbirdnews.bsky.social

Same as yesterday up Berryhill fields today: 3 Whinchat, wheatear, 5 stonechat #staffsbirds@staffsbirdnews.bsky.social

A wander round Berryhill Fields produced 3 Whinchat, a wheatear and 4 stonechat #staffsbirds@staffsbirdnews.bsky.social

1. You might not have heard of it, but the system supposed to protect us in England and Wales from #floodswww.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal | George Monbiot

A network of public bodies are supposed to safeguard us from flooding. But, like old boys’ clubs, they are bastions of self-interest, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Uttoxeter quarry this morning: little stint, ruff, blackwit, 7 dunlin, 10 ringed plover, curlew, 2+ common sand, green sand, 5 gwe, 5 le, peregrine , barnacle goose. A quality record shot of the stint 😕 #staffsbirds

Wow, not one but two spot flys in my Stoke back garden! #staffsbirds

Quick visit to Berryhill Fields this morning produced 3 Whinchat, 10 wheatear and 4 stonechat #staffsbirds@staffsbirdnews.bsky.social