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Whixall (18 May) - 5 (max) Hobby on the Moss. The floods are extensive again, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Curlew, 2 male Teal, 2 male and 1 female Shoveler of note (Howard Prince)

Chelmarsh (17 May) -  Greenshank on shore of Res (Martyn Owen)

Edgerley (17 May) - 3 terns on floodwater opposite Royal Hill (Richard Vernon)

Long Lane SJ635151 (17 May) - 1 Dunlin and a Shoveler (Martyn Owen) Sanderling, 2 Dunlin and 5 Ringed Plovers at 1pm (Tom Lowe)

Wood Lane (17 May) - 2nd-summer Med Gull (Tom Lowe)

Venus Pool (17 May) - Arctic Tern at 8am (Jim Almond) Still present at 2pm (Martin Ryder) photo by Tony Webb

Whixall (16 May) - up to 8 Hobby on the Moss, also 2 Cuckoo and 2000+ Swifts (Phil Boardman) photos

Bowbrook, Shrewsbury (16 May) - Shelduck with 6 Mallard plus Lapwing on flooded field pool (Martin Ryder)

 Long Lane (16 May) - 2 LRPs were the only small waders on arrival, but at 8.40pm a flock of 4 Dunlin and 2 Ringed Plovers appeared from nowhere ahead of a heavy shower. 170+ Lesser Black-backs passed through in dribs and drabs on their way to roost, along with a couple of young Herrings and a 1s Yellow-legged Gull (Tom Lowe)

Polemere (16 May) - 2 Yellow Wagtail, female Goosander flew in 8.25pm to roost, Whitethroat, good numbers of Swallows and Sand Martins with single House Martin hawking over water (Martin Ryder)

Chelmarsh (16 May) -  White Wagtail at 8am, but no waders or terns (Martyn Owen)

Long Lane SJ635151 (16 May) - 3 Dunlin and 13 Ringed Plover. Also 2 hare (Martyn Owen)

Venus Pool (16 May) - Arctic Tern at 6.20am, also 1 Dunlin (Martyn Owen) Arctic Tern still at 4.45pm and a Common Sand (Tom Lowe)

Chelmarsh (15 May) -  2 Whimbrel at 5am (Ron Kinrade) Turnstone, 8 Sanderling, 5 Dunlin, Redshank and Common Sandpiper on the dam, 2 Common Tern on buoys. A further 2 Dunlin flew through with a Ringed Plover. 6 Dunlin were on the scrape (MO/JA/MS) Turnstone, 8 Sanderling, 4 Dunlin and a Common Sand still on the dam at 8.30pm and an Arctic Tern was fishing with 2 Commons. Nothing now on the scrape although there had been an LRP earlier and a Cuckoo was singing at dusk (Tom Lowe)

 Long Lane SJ635151 (15 May) - Knot (sum plum) at 4.30pm, 63 Dunlin, 20 Ringed Plover, 7 Sanderling (MS/JA/MO/TL)

Venus Pool (15 May) - 8am: Sanderling and 27 Dunlin. Black Tern and 3 Arctic Tern through at 8.25am (Martyn Owen) 5 Common Tern, 1 Arctic Tern and  White Wagtail late morning (Martin Ryder) Later, 2 Sanderling, 37 Dunlin and 2 Ringed Plover. 5 Common Terns flew high NW at 12.20 and at 12.45 there was an Arctic Tern feeding on the Trout Pool (TL/JA/MS/MO/MR) At 7.30pm: Sanderling, Common Tern, 13 Dunlin (Jim Almond) photos by Paul Burgess and Jim Almond

Polemere (15 May) - Yellow Wagtail (Paul Burgess) photo

Colemere (15 May) - 2 Common Terns (JA/MS)

Wood Lane NR (15 May) - 7 Common Tern (log book)

Chelmarsh (14 May) - Whimbrel flew towards the scrape early evening. 2 Common Sandpiper and an Oystercatcher (Martyn Owen)

Long Lane flood SJ635151 (13 May) - 21 Ringed Plover, 6 Dunlin, Curlew, Skylark, Whitethroat (Martin Ryder)

Nr Wrockwardine (13 May) - Hobby through (Martin Ryder)

Wood Lane NR (13 May) - Ringed Plover and 3 Little ringed Plover (Martyn Owen)

Whixall Floods (13 May) - Redshank and Dunlin (Martyn Owen)

Venus Pool (13 May) - 4 Little Ringed Plover and 6 Shelduck (Martyn Owen) Hobby, female Sparrowhawk, 3 LRP. Good numbers of Swifts through, Whitethroat, Blackcap (Martin Ryder)

Wall Farm Kynnersley (13 May) - Great White Egret on the marsh (Wall Farm) No sign by late morning/afternoon/evening (Jim Almond & Martin Ryder)

Brown Clee (12 May) - male redstart in the gorse bushes by the nature trail on lower south slopes (Sarah Munn)

 Venus Pool (12 May) - Common Sand and 4 LRPs, also 150 Swifts during a shower (Tom Lowe) photo by Jim Almond

Polemere (12 May) - Wheatear still also female Goosander again. Good numbers of Swallows and Sand Martins going through with odd House Martin. Heavy downpour resulted in arrival of 2 Common Sandpiper and 2 Yellow Wagtail also 3 LBB Gull briefly (Martin Ryder)

Venus Pool (11 May) - 2 Ringed Plover and 3 Dunlin swelled to 3 Ringed Plover and 4 Dunlin during a couple of heavy showers, then all left by 4pm. Also Hobby, Common Sand, 4 LRPs and 50+ Swifts amongst the hirundines (Tom Lowe)

Chelmarsh (11 May) - 3 Snipe, Common Sandpiper and Cuckoo (Martyn Owen)

Wood Lane NR (10 May) - 3 Common Sandpipers (Paul Burgess)

Wrekin (10 May) - 4 Wood Warbler, 3 Tree Pipit, Redstart and several Pied Flycatcher (Glenn Bishton)

Chelmarsh (10 May) - Whimbrel on the dam until 4.20pm when if flew northeast. 2 Common Sandpiper and 3 Snipe also present (Martyn Owen)

Polemere (10 May) - female Wheatear in horse paddock for 5th day. Also present Swift, 2 House Martin, 18 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher (now sitting), 2 Linnet, Skylark in song (Martin Ryder)

Whixall Floods (10 May) - redshank, common sandpiper, oystercatcher and a garden warbler (Martyn Owen)

Wood Lane (10 May) - 2 LRP, 6 shelduck (Martyn Owen)

Crosemere (10 May) - 2 corn bunting, garden warbler and 2 yellow wagtail (Martyn Owen)

Battlefield roundabout 'pond' (10 May) - 2 LRP and a dunlin (Martyn Owen)

Long Lane flood SJ635151 (10 May) - 2 shelduck, 4 dunlin, 3 ringed plover and a few lapwing including some recently hatched youngsters  (Martyn Owen)

Priorslee Lake (10 May) - Great White Egret flew west away from the Lake at 7:40am (Ed Wilson)

Venus Pool (9 May) - 2 Dunlin and Common Sandpiper (Richard Vernon & Jim Almond) In the evening: still 2 Dunlin and a Common Sand, as well as a fem Wigeon, fem Goosander and c200 each of Swallows and Sand Martins (Tom Lowe)

Ellesmere (9 May) - 400 House Martins, 200 Swallows, 100 Sand Martins and 100 Swifts low over the water. Smaller numbers of hirundines were over the other meres, with a higher proportion of Sand Martins in those flocks (Tom Lowe)

Venus Pool (8 May) - 10 Swift, 30+ Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, House Martin, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Heron, 4 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 LRP, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Blackcap (Martin Ryder)

Polemere (8 May) - Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Whitethroat, 3 Sand Martin, 9 Swallow, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher (Martin Ryder)

Chelmarsh Scrape (8 May) - 2 Terns (poss Arctic) on Res. Cuckoo, 4 Snipe and 2 Oystercatcher on scrape (Tony Crossman)

Wood Lane NR (8 May) - Common Tern (Jim Almond & Mike Stokes) photo

Chelmarsh Scrape (6/7 May) - Marsh Harrier (prob 2nd sum male) came in to roost at 8.55pm on 6th. Flew out at 8.05am on 7th, high to the north. Also on 7th - Arctic Tern on Res. 1 Curlew, 2 Snipe and 2 Oystercatcher on scrape, 50 Pied Wagtail in to roost (Tony Crossman, John Rogers, Clive Biddulph)

Venus Pool (7 May) - Sedge Warbler in the hedge alongside the disabled parking area, in the evening (Richard & Ann Pearce)

Venus Pool (7 May) - Osprey, flew towards the river at 5.20pm (Helen Griffiths)

Whixall Canal (6 May) - Spotted Flycatcher by the canal towpath (Richard & Ann Pearce)

Dothill, Telford (6 May) - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - photographed (Tim Preston)

Whixall Moss (6 May) - 2 Cuckoo, 3 Snipe, Raven, 5 Hobby - spending most of their time on Fenns (Phil Boardman)

Polemere (6 May) - in the evening; Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail, Whitethroat, Cuckoo heard, Common Sandpiper, 4 Oystercatcher, female Goosander (Martin Ryder)

Long Mynd (6 May) - 2 Hobby (Nigel Barratt)

Hawkstone Park (5 May) - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker & Green Woodpecker all recorded during Dawn Chorus event. Also a singing male Wood Warbler, at least six Redstart and several Pied Flycatcher (Allan Heath)

Chelmarsh (5 May) - Grasshopper Warbler ringed in the morning. 2 male Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and 2 Oystercatcher present. No sign of Gropper in the evening (Tony Crossman)

Wood Lane NR (5 May) - Kittiwake reported at 1.30pm. Flew back in mid afternoon, then out again (Jim Almond) photos Kittiwake present again at approx 8pm (log book)

Whixall (5 May) - 2 Redshank, 11 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover and 1 Common Sandpiper on the floods. 1 Hobby on the Moss (AL, DH, MS)

Shrewsbury (5 May) - Black Redstart at farm next to Albright Hussey Manor hotel, and visiting hotel car park. 9.50am (Jason Kernohan) photo

Long Lane SJ635151 (5 May) - 1 Ringed Plover and 3 Dunlin (J Reeves)

Wrekin (5 May) - 4 Wood Warbler, 2 Redstarts, pair of Pied Flycatchers. All within the first bend area of main track (Mike Stokes)

Long Lane SJ635151 (4 May) - Sanderling, 2 Dunlin and a Curlew. Also 6 Ringed Plover still at 4.30pm (Jim Almond)

Wood Lane NR (4 May) - 8 Dunlin (Yvonne C & Jim Almond)

Chelmarsh (4 May) - Osprey over at 5.30pm, heading north (Ian Barrie) Grasshopper Warbler again, reeling near scrape hide at 11.30am (Yvonne C & Jim Almond) A Dunlin and also Cuckoo again at 9.45am (Tony Crossman)

Whixall (4 May) - 6.00am - 9.15am: female Marsh Harrier (Fenns), Red Kite (Fenns), Grasshopper Warbler (Whixall), 2 female Wheatear (Fenns), Cuckoo (calling single males on both Fenns and Whixall) (Howard Prince) 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Dunlin and White Wagtail on the floods. 2 Cuckoo on the moss late evening  (Yvonne C & Jim Almond)

Polemere (4 May) - Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, 40+ Sand Martin, House Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Little Grebe and 2 Oystercatcher, all late afternoon (Martin Ryder)

Venus Pool (4 May) - Dunlin, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew and 2 Oystercatcher (Jim Almond)

Long Lane SJ635151 (4 May) - 6 Ringed Plover in the morning (Andy Latham)

Wrekin (4 May) - 3 Wood Warbler, 2 Tree Pipit, male Pied Flycatcher and Redstart pair (Jim Almond)

Tilstock (4 May) - Cuckoo heard for the past week, also 3 Wheatear today (James Gale)

Long Mynd (4 May) - male Whinchat in the valley down from Pole Cottage (Jim Almond) photo

Whixall Moss (3 May) - 2 Cuckoo, 1 Green Woodpecker, lots of Tree Pipits and 2 Hobby over at the westen end, 20+ Buzzards (Phil Boardman)

Venus Pool (3 May) - 2 Yellow Wagtail (1m) and 4 Little Ringed Plover (Jason Kernohan)

Wrekin (3 May) - 2 Wood Warbler, 2 Tree Pipit, several Pied Flycatchers and Redstart (Jim Almond)

Chelmarsh (2 May) - 2 Arctic Terns (Tony Crossman)

Polemere (2 May) - drake Garganey associating with Teal and still present at 8.50pm. Also White Wagtail, 10 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, male Reed Bunting, 14 Swallow, 14 Starling. A Vixen with cub at the far side of Pool. Towards dusk Vixen took what appeared to be either a Coot or Moorhen (Martin Ryder)

Chelmarsh (2 May) - Grasshopper Warbler again, reeling near scrape hide at 7.20pm. Then heard again 8.15-9.20pm, also Cuckoo and Woodcock (J Reeves)

Chelmarsh (1 May) - Grasshopper Warbler reeling near scrape hide 8.20-9.20pm at least, also Cuckoo, 2 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher and Reed Warbler (Yvonne C & Jim Almond)

Wood Lane NR (1 May) - drake Garganey at 7pm (Paul Burgess) photo

Venus Pool (1 May) - Whitethroat, Blackcap and Willow Warbler all in song. 4 LRP. Family of Canada Geese with 5 Goslings (Martin Ryder)

Shrewsbury (1 May) - Swifts, at least a dozen 'screamers' in a big dog fight over The Mount at 7.45pm (Nigel Barratt)

Long Lane SJ635151 (1 May) - 2 Whimbrel still opposite floods, in field by the B5063, at 5pm (J Reeves) No sign of Whimbrel at 7.30pm, but Skylark and 2 Curlew (Martin Ryder)

Whixall (1 May) - pair of Med Gulls, 2 Cuckoo, 2/3 Hobby, 3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, Numerous Whitethroats, 2/3 Hobby, a few pairs of Stonechat, 4 Wheatear (Mike and Rob Stokes)

Wheathall, south of Condover (30 Apr) - No sign of Bee-eater at 5pm at Berriewood stud farm or the Ind Estate SY5 7NN (bns)

Wood Lane NR (30 Apr) - 2 adult Med Gulls on island with numerous Black-headed Gulls, 2.45-3.45pm (Peter and Christopher Challinor)

Wheathall, south of Condover (30 Apr) - Bee-eater briefly at 12.45am on wires Berriewood stud farm SY5 7NN (bns)

Wheathall, south of Condover (30 Apr) - Bee-eater still at 9.55am. Moved from the Ind Estate to the fences by the airfield buildings near Berriewood Farm (David Edwards) photo

Long Lane SJ635151 (30 Apr) - 3 Whimbrel opposite floods in field by the B5063, until at least 6.45am (J Reeves)

Wheathall, south of Condover (29 Apr) - Bee-eater on wires at Berriewood stud farm, south of Condover at 4.25pm (Tom Lowe) Present up to 6.45pm, in tree along the north perimeter fence of Condover Industrial Estate (SJ 50308 03849), opposite stud farm (SY5 7NN) photos

Stiperstones (29 Apr) - Ring Ouzel (bns)

Broseley (29 Apr) - 9 Wheatear and 2 Skylark on Pound Lane (John Powell)

Devil's Dingle (28 Apr) - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 'drumming' and observed over period of 30 minutes, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Willow Warbler, pair Redstart, 2 Wheatear (Glenn Bishton)

Buildwas (28 Apr) - Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler (Glenn Bishton)

Ercall Wood (29 Apr) - Wood Warbler (Pete Nickless)

Dudmaston Hall (28 Apr) - male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Green Woodpecker all recorded at during Dawn Chorus event (Allan Heath)

Venus Pool (28 Apr) - male Redstart, Yellow Wagtail, Whitethroat. At 4.40pm a Carrion Crow stole and flew off with a Little Ringed Plover egg (Martin Ryder) 5 Yellow Wagtail at 3pm (Yvonne C)

Chelmarsh Scrape (28 Apr) - Cuckoo, 2 Reed Warblers, Common Sandpiper (Yvonne C)

Long Mynd (28 Apr) - male Whinchat at Pole Cottage at 2.15pm (Rob Vaughan)

Titterstone Clee summit (28 Apr) - Ring Ouzel female by the derelict quarry buildings (bns)

Wrekin (27 Apr) - a walk up the main path and along the track by the nest boxes produced 3 singing Wood Warblers, 1 singing Redstart and 5 Pied Flycatchers. 2 Tree Pipits at the summit. Also seen, 2 Redpolls and 1 Siskin (Ed Wilson)

Cantlop (27 Apr) - Grey Plover. Calling bird flew east over Cantlop Wood at 11am (Tom Lowe)

Tilstock (26 Apr) - 3 Dunlin on flood behind the village hall (Paul Rutter)

Whixall Moss (26 Apr) - calling Cuckoo, 1 Whitethroat and male + female Tawny Owls (call only) and Green Woodpecker (Phil Boardman)

Venus Pool (26 Apr) - adult Mediterranean Gull at 2.20pm. Also, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 LRP, Common Sandpiper and Yellow Wagtail (Martyn Owen)

Chelmarsh (26 Apr) - 3 Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 7 Common Sandpiper, White Wagtail, Water Rail, Cuckoo, Reed and Sedge Warbler singing (Martyn Owen)

Whixall Floods (26 Apr) - Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper (Martyn Owen) Yellow Wagtail and Dunlin (Paul Rutter)

Wood Lane NR (26 Apr) - 2 LRP (Martyn Owen)

Whitemere (26 Apr) - Common Sandpiper on jetty (Martyn Owen)

Battlefield, Shrews (26 Apr) - Common Sandpiper on a small pond near Battlefield roundabout (Martyn Owen)

Nedge Hill (26 Apr) - at least 19 Wheatear at Naird Lane – some in the two fields down to the horses and some in the field on the other side of the lane. Lots of Swallows chasing insects across the grass fields (Richard Camp)

Long Lane Floods SJ635151 (26 Apr) - c10 each of ringed plover and dunlin this evening (J Reeves)

Long Lane Floods SJ635151 (26 Apr) - nr sum plumage Spotted Redshank present til 6.15am when flew north (J Reeves)

Long Lane Floods SJ635151 (25 Apr) - Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 2 Ringed Plover and 6 Dunlin at 6.10pm (J Reeves)

Polemere (25 Apr) - male White Wag in the horse paddock briefly, but no sign of yesterday's 1st-summer possible Blue-headed Wagtail. Lesser Whitethroat and Reed Warbler singing (Tom Lowe)

Venus Pool (25 Apr) - 7 Dunlin and a Ringed Plover flew in together at 7.30pm. Previously seen were 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 LRP, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Shelduck, 75 Mute Swan, 100+ Sand Martin, 30+ Swallow, 3 House Martin, 3 Swift, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 25+ Linnet, 16 Stock Dove. The pair of Great Crested Grebe now have one egg (Martin Ryder) Hobby and Yellow Wagtail at 5.35pm (Pete Nickless) photo by Paul Burgess

Whixall Floods (24 Apr) - 3 Redshank. Also a Dunlin, Yellow Wagtail and Willow Tit (Paul Rutter)

Venus Pool (24 Apr) - 3 Grass Snakes curled up together on black plastic sheet to left of main hide late morning (Martin Ryder & Helen Griffiths) 5 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Cormorant, 2 male 1 female Blackcap plus a further male at Cound Stank. 73 Mute Swans present in the evening (Martin Ryder) photo by Jim Almond

Polemere (24 Apr) - Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper and 3 Wigeon around the pool and an intriguing Bluish-headed Wagtail in the horse paddock (Tom Lowe)

Long Lane Floods SJ635151 (24 Apr) - 3 Ringed Plover, 1 LRP and 2 Dunlin on the floods, Lesser Whitethroat in the hedge (J Reeves)

Priorslee Lake (24 Apr) - 5 Common Sandpipers (J Reeves)

Venus Pool (24 Apr) - 2 LRPs 1 Common Sandpiper (Mike and Rob Stokes) Lesser Whitethroat, Redstart and Sedge Warbler (Jim Almond)

Venus Pool (23 Apr) - pair of Mandarin in the field by Cound Stank. At VP, Little Ringed Plovers and 2 Wheatears (Pete Nickless) 1 Lesser Whitethroat car park/top field, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, White Wagtail. Redstart heard singing distantly far end of top field though not seen (J Reeves) Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 2 LRP, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, White Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, male Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (m&f), 3 Skylark, 25+ Linnet, 2 Great Crested Grebe displayng (Martin Ryder)

Bridges (23 Apr) - 10 Pied Flycatchers and 6 Redstarts (Pete Nickless)

Bury Ditches (23 Apr) - 2 Tree Pipits (Pete Nickless)

Nedge Hill (22 Apr) - male Whinchat in the bottom Horse Paddocks at lunch time. Also 20 Wheatear, male Blackcap and Willow Warbler (Ian Grant)

Venus Pool (22 Apr) - male Mandarin in at 9.30am (Paul Burgess) photo 4 Swifts with hirindines and a White Wagtail (J Reeves) 65 Mute Swan, 2 Curlew, White Wagtail, Pochard 2 drake 1 duck. No further sign of Arctic Tern (Martin Ryder)

Whixall Moss (22 Apr) - Short-eared Owl at 6.30pm. 3 White Wagtail and 1 Yellow Wagtail on the floods (J Reeves)

Venus Pool (21 Apr) - Whimbrel and Arctic Tern (Jim Almond)

Wyre Forest (21 April) - 5 Crossbill (3f) on the north edge of the Wyre Forest in Fastings Coppice at midday (Jon Cartwright)

Beckbury (21 Apr) - 3 Corn Bunting still, singing by the road to Badger (Yvonne C)

Polemere (21 Apr) -  2 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck and a Yellow Wagtail (James Grundy)

Whixall Moss (20 Apr) - Marsh Harrier over Fenns Moss late evening. Whixall Moss: 8+ White Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail  (Paul Rutter)

Whixall & Fenns Mosses (20 Apr) 6-9am - 4+ calling Cuckoo, c12 Curlew, 1 Green Woodpecker, numerous Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler (Howard Prince)

Higher Heath (20 Apr) - fully fledged juvenile Robin in garden (Howard Prince)

Venus Pool (20 Apr) - Arctic Tern still (Jim Almond)

Chelmarsh (20 Apr) - Cuckoo, Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 5 Whitethroat (Yvonne C)

Edgerley (20 Apr) - Cuckoo calling (Rod Farmer)

Arscott, Pontesbury (20 Apr) - Cuckoo heard from the golf course (Dave Barrow)

The Wrekin (20 Apr) - 11+ Tree Pipit, 3 pairs of Pied Flycatcher, 7 Redstart and a male Wheatear (J Reeves)

Whixall Moss (20 Apr) - Cuckoo, 30+ Willow Warblers, 5 Whitethroat, 3 male Brimstones ( Rob Stokes )

Cherrington (19 Apr) - Cuckoo (Steve Jaggs)

Whixall, Fenns Mosses (19 Apr) - 2 Hobby, Cuckoo calling (old railway line), Short-eared Owl, Woodcock, Green Woodpecker (Phil Boardman)

The Mere, Ellesmere (19 Apr) - 6 Arctic Tern (Jim Almond)

Devil's Dingle  (19 Apr) - 3 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Wheatear, Little Ringed Plover pair (Glenn Bishton)

Whixall (19 Apr) - 2 Pintail (m & f) on floods, 2 Wheatear on fields nr Prees branch of canal (Paul Rutter)

Leighton (19 Apr) -  2 Common Sandpiper, 60 Sand Martin (Glenn Bishton)

Buildwas  (19 Apr) - 120 Sand Martin, 2 male Redstart in song, 1 Common Sandpiper (Glenn Bishton)

Venus Pool  (19 Apr) - male White Wag, Arctic Tern still, Dunlin and 3 Common Sandpipers (Tom Lowe) In the evening; 2 Arctic Tern, Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 LRP, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, 90+ BH Gull (Martin Ryder)

Colemere (19 Apr) -Wheatear on Mere field (Paul Burgess) photo

Trefonen (19 Apr) - male Pied Flycatcher and several Redstart (Allan Dawes)

Bridges (19 Apr) - Pied Flycatcher (m & f), Redstart (m & f), Dipper, Grey Wagtail, 2 Nuthatch, Bullfinch (m & 2f), Curlew, Raven (Martin Ryder) 5 Pied Flycatchers (Steve Haycox)

Titterstone Clee summit (19 Apr) - 9am; 2 Ring Ouzels (m & f) by the derelict quarry buildings. Another female on the Titterstone Incline. 20 Wheatears over a wide area. 2 Stonechats by Quarry Farm (Steve Haycox)

Naird Lane, Nedge Hill (19 Apr) - Lesser Whitethroat in hedgerow on  and 10+ Wheatear and four Yellowhammer in fields in Redhill Lane, Telford (Mick Wall)

Chelmarsh Res (19 Apr) - Water Rail, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 16 Goosander (Yvonne C) 2 LRP  (Tony Crossman)

Chelmarsh (18 Apr) - Red Kite briefly in the evening and an Arctic tern drifted through without lingering at 18.10. Two Common Sandpiper were on the dam early morning, increasing to 7 by the evening (Martyn Owen) 2 Water Rail, 2 Curlew, 2 Oystercatche (Tony Crossman)

Bridges (18 Apr) - 7 Pied Flycatcher (5m, 2f), 3 Redstart, 2 Dipper, Tree Creeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Nuthatch & Raven (Helen Griffiths)

Venus Pool (18 Apr) - 2 Arctic Terns (Jim Almond) Early evening; 3 Arctic Terns. Also Wheatear and 52 Mute Swans (Martin Ryder)

Stiperstones (18 Apr) - Red Grouse, Yellowhammer & 4 singing Willow Warblers at Gatton (Helen Griffiths)

Nedge Hill (18 Apr) - 21 Wheatears, Common Redstart, Common Whitethroat (Pete Jordan)

Whixall Floods (17 Apr) - Spotted Redshank and Greenshank still. Very little on Moss in strong winds although a couple of Willow Warblers along access (Pete Nickless)

Nedge Hill (17 Apr) - Redstart on the fence of bottom horse field, Whitethroat by 5 bar gate also 10 Wheatear with another 5 Wheatear in the field next to the road (Ian Grant)

Titterstone Clee (17 Apr) - Ring Ouzel male at 4.30pm (bns)

Ironbridge (17 Apr) - male willow warbler in song (Glenn Bishton)

Venus Pool (17 Apr) - Arctic Tern, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, c100 Sand Martin, 34 Mute Swans, 2 Wheatear in top field (Jim Almond) At 2pm; Female Redstart 40y past large oak in top field, Reed Warbler and Sedge Warbler from Fen Hide, 3 Common Sandpipers (Mike Stokes) photo by Paul Spear

Nedge Hill (17 Apr) - 8 Wheatear, 2 resident Swallows and 2 Chiffchaff, also 6+ Skylarks and 3 Linnet (Martin Grant)

Chelmarsh Res (16&17 Apr) - 2 Oystercatcher (Tony Crossman)

Whixall Moss (16 Apr) - Cuckoo (Andrew Pattison)

Isombridge (16 Apr) - Yellow Wagtail, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, Swallow (Martin Ryder)

Venus Pool (16 Apr) - Whimbrel and Curlew in the morning (Rob Stokes) photo 2 Arctic Tern, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Yellow Wagtail (Martin Ryder) Common Tern at 12.30pm and Arctic Tern at 5pm (Helen Griffiths) Arctic Tern still at 7.15pm, also Common Sandpiper (Jim Almond) photo

Beckbury (16 Apr) - 3 Corn Bunting singing on the road to Badger (Yvonne C)

Brockton, SE of Telford (16 Apr) - 320 Golden Plover still (summer plumaged) at Haven Hills (Yvonne C)

Long Lane SJ635151 (16 Apr) - At 3pm; 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 12 Lapwing, Stock Dove pair, 4+ Skylark, 5 Teal (Martin Grant) Several Ringed Plover and Dunlin still present. Skylark in song (Martin Ryder)

Nedge Hill (16 Apr) - male Common Redstart, male Common Whitethroat, 25+ Wheatear, Willow Warbler. Viewed from the five bar gate leading to horse paddocks (Ian Grant) At 4pm; 3 Yellow Wagtails with horses in lower horse fields. Common Whitethroat, 24+ Wheatear, 1 Fieldfare and 2 Swallows in field from five barred gate (Martin Grant)

Whixall Floods (16 Apr) - Spotted Redshank still (Bob Harris) Spotted Redshank still in the afternoon, also 3 Dunlin (Jim Almond) photos by Jim Almond and Paul Burgess

Whixall Floods (15 Apr) - Spotted Redshank still, also 1 Greenshank and Yellow Wagtail (Paul Rutter)

Venus Pool (15 Apr) - Yellow Wagtail, 2 Little Ringed Plover and 2 House Martins (Jim Almond) 2 Green Sandpiper flew in 7.40pm, Yellow Wagtail, 70+ Sand Martin, few Swallow, 2 LRP, 2 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher (Martin Ryder)

Polemere (15 Apr) - 2 Oystercatcher, 10 Wigeon (Martin Ryder)

Long Lane Floods SJ635151 (15 Apr) - 10 Ringed plover and 5 Dunlin (J Reeves)

Edgerley (14 Apr) - 32 Tree Sparrows in the garden (Rod Farmer) photo

Nr Higford, NE of Norton (14 Apr) - 70 Corn Buntings feeding in recently sown field. 2 Wheatear, 22 Meadow Pipit, several Swallow and 65 Fieldfare in autumn-sown cereal (Glenn Bishton)

Brockton, SE of Telford (14 Apr) - 320 Golden Plover (summer plumaged) at Haven Hills (Yvonne C)

Wood Lane (14 Apr) - 2 Med Gulls until 2.30pm, 3 White Wagtails at 3pm (Paul Burgess) photo by Robert Dowley

Venus Pool (14 Apr) - In the morning: 1 dunlin, 2 LRPs, 2 oystercatchers, 4 lapwing, 4 or 5 yellow wagtails, swallows, sand and house martins, singing chiffchaff, & singing willow warbler, all in the morning (Helen Griffiths) In the afternoon: Dunlin, 7 Yellow Wagtail, many Pied Wagtail, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 8 Snipe, Little Grebe, 2 House Martin, many Sand Martin and Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 42 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck, 2 Green Woodpecker, 30 Linnet, 4 Goldfinch (Martyn Ryder)

Whixall Floods (14 Apr) - Spotted Redshank still present early evening (Jim Almond) photos

The Mere, Ellesmere (14 Apr) - Arctic Tern early evening (Andy Latham) Common Tern at 1pm (Mike and Rob Stokes)

Priorslee Lake (14 Apr) - 2 Swallows and 80 House Martins (Yvonne C)

White Mere, Ellesmere (14 Apr) - Arctic Tern flew through at 7.45am and a Dunlin did a couple of circuits before flying off south (Tom Lowe)

The Mere, Ellesmere (14 Apr) - Arctic Tern flew south through at 7.10am and there were 2 Common Sands on the "prom" (Tom Lowe)

Chelmarsh Res (13 Apr) - 6 Black-tailed Godwit, Sparrowhawk, Blackcap male (Tony Crossman)

Polemere (13 Apr) - Black tailed Godwit (summer plumaged), Swallows, 2 Oystercatcher, Shoveller, Tufted Ducks, Wigeon and Teal (David Jones)

Whixall Floods (13 Apr) - Spotted Redshank still present 8am to 11am at least. Also there, male and female Wheatear, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, Curlew, Snipe and Chiffchaff  (Martin Ryder) Still at 3pm (bns)

Whixall Moss (13 Apr) - Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Curlew, Meadow Pipit, Kestrel (Martin Ryder)

Long Lane Floods SJ635151 (13 Apr) - 47 Blackwit briefly in morning but flew west after 10 mins. 6 Ringed plover, 3 Redshank and 1 Dunlin also present. 3 Swallows flew through (Andy Latham)

Venus Pool (13 Apr) - 2 Yellow Wagtails in the evening (Paul Burgess) 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Yellow Wagtail (Mick Wall) photo by Graham Pagett

Ironbridge (13 Apr) - male Blackcap feeding on crumbs on bird table and male Brambling simultaneously feeding on sunflower seeds on ground (Glenn Bishton)

Chelmarsh Res (12 Apr) - Short eared Owl in the evening, briefly in flight above hawthorn scrub near the fisherman's car park and then to the south. Also Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 2 White Wagtail and a Common Gull on the dam. Around 10 Swallow passed through and a Water Rail was on the scrape (Martyn Owen)

Whixall Canal Floods (12 Apr) - Spotted Redshank (black summer plumaged) at 3.45pm along with a Common Redshank, 9 Pintail and a few Swallows (Tom Lowe) Still present at 7pm (Paul Burgess) photos

The Mere, Ellesmere (12 Apr) - 1w Med Gull late afternoon, also c250 Sand Martins and c70 Swallows (Tom Lowe)

Colemere (12 Apr) - Common Tern (Tom Lowe)

Polemere (12 Apr) - 3 Little Ringed Plover and 2 Little Grebe (Paul Burgess) photo

Venus Pool (11 Apr) - 30+ hirundines - most were sand martins, but also several swallows and 2 house martins. Also, 2 singing chiffchaffs, a singing willow warbler, 2 little ringed plover, two oystercatcher and at least 12 snipe (Helen Grifffiths)

Priorslee Flash (11 Apr) - pair Shoveler, 4 Sand Martins. At Priorslee Lake - Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martins (Martin Grant)

Middle Pool, Trench (11 Apr) - House Martin, 4 Sand Martin, pair Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiff Chaff. At Trench Pool - 12 Sand Martin (Martin Grant)

Wood Lane (10 Apr) - Sand Martin (Paul Burgess)

Chelmarsh Scrape (10 Apr) - Swallow, 3 Water Rail, Snipe, Common Gull (Tony Crossman)

Venus Pool (10 Apr) - 2 Little Ringed Plover and a Swallow (Helen Griffiths) Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Swallow, 4 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, 17 Lapwing and 2 Oystercatcher (Martin Ryder) 2 House Martins along with 2 Swallows and 2 Sand Martins at 5pm (Jenni Hood)

Ellesmere (9 Apr) - Ring Ouzel near the children's play area at The Mere early morning (bns)

Venus Pool (9 Apr) - Willow warbler singing, 2 chiff chaff. A merlin flew over at 4.30pm (Jenni Hood)

Shrewsbury (9 Apr) - Ring-necked Parakeet in Coton Hill area again (Mike Stokes)

Long Lane Floods SJ635151 (9 Apr) - 6 Redshank, 18 Teal (Martin Grant)

Chelmarsh Scrape (8 Apr) - House Martin, 2 Water Rail, Snipe, 3 Pochard, 3 Lapwing (Tony Crossman)

Preenshead, Coalport (8 Apr) - Woodcock in wet woodland (Glenn Bishton)

Titterstone Clee (8 Apr) - 2 Ring Ouzel on lower east slope (bns)

Venus Pool (8 Apr) - Little Ringed Plover, also 2 Sand Martins over the pool. Entries in the logbook report Osprey at 7am and again at 2.45pm (Jim Almond)

Chelmarsh Scrape (7 Apr) - Water Rail (Tony Crossman)

Venus Pool (7 Apr) - Osprey in the evening.

Titterstone Clee (7 Apr) - 9 Ring Ouzel and 2 Wheatear (Mike and Rob Stokes) photos by Jim Almond

Polemere (7 Apr) - female Wheatear on grass by pool to south of hide. Also 2 Lapwing, 1 drake Shoveler, 44 Teal, 8 Tufted Ducks,  52 Wigeon, 1 Cormorant (Dave Barrow)

Titterstone Clee (6 Apr) - 5 Ring Ouzel on the lower south slope below the quarry, in the morning.

Polemere (6 Apr) - 2 Oystercatcher still (Martin Ryder)

Horsehay (5 Apr) - male Wheatear feeding on short turf (Glenn Bishton)

Little Wenlock (5 Apr) - 200 Fieldfare plus 10 Redwing, also two males Skylark in song (Glenn Bishton)

Devil's Dingle, Buildwas (5 Apr) - Little Ringed Plover, male Chiffchaff gave a burst of song, 24 Redwing, 1 Green Sandpiper  (Glenn Bishton)

Polemere (5 Apr) - Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Snipe, Yellowhammer, 2 flocks of Starlings one of 300 and one of 400 flew through also Peregrine reported. No sign of drake Garganey (Martin Ryder)

Long Mynd (3 Apr) - 4 Ring Ouzels (Mike Shurmer)

Aston-on-Clun (3 Apr) - Swallow over (John Tucker)

Whixall Moss (3 Apr) - House Martin over (Pete)

Venus Pool (3 Apr) - 2 Sand Martins over Cound Fishery, by VP (Helen Griffiths) 1 Sand Martin and 9 Meadow Pipit. Also Wheatear reported (Martin Ryder)

Horsehay Pool (3 Apr) - hybrid Ring-billed x Lesser Black-backed Gull briefly late afternoon, but no sign of Mandarin Ducks (Martin Ryder)

Polemere (3 Apr) - drake Garganey (via Dawn Balmer) photo by Jim Almond

Whitcliffe (2 Apr) - Great Grey Shrike seen at 10.40am in flight over clear fell area flying towards Ludlow, near county boundary at SO493743 (Rob Stokes)

Hopesay (2 Apr) - Woodcock at Perry Gutter (SO398829) also seen on 25 Mar (John Tucker)

Priorslee Lake (1 Apr) - Adult Kittiwake to at least 5.20pm (John Isherwood) No sign by 6.45pm (Jim Almond)

Horsehay Pool (1 Apr) - pair of Mandarin ducks still (Jim Almond)

Broseley (31 Mar/1 Apr) - 200+ Fieldfare/Redwings in sheep field off Pound Lane. Also 6 Lapwings (some usually nest there) and small flock of Starlings (John Powell)

Venus Pool (31 Mar) - Sand Martin (Yvonne C)

Whitcliffe (31 Mar) - Great Grey Shrike in clearfell, viewed from the upper Whitcliffe road. Gorsty area Shr/Here border (Dave Pearce)

Horsehay Pool (31 Mar) - pair of Mandarin ducks still (Rob Stokes) photographed

Devil's Dingle, Buildwas (30 Mar) - Little ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 6 Siskin, 2 Redwing and 192 Meadow Pipit (Glenn Bishton)

Craven Arms (30 Mar) - Wheatear along the B4368 near Craven Arms (J Reeves)

Polemere (30 Mar) - Summer plumage drake Garganey in NW corner. Also 65 Wigeon, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Lapwing, 44 Teal, 5 Tufted Ducks and a pair of Shoveler (Dave Barrow) Garganey still present at 2.15pm (J Reeves) photo by Dawn Micklewright

Horsehay Pool (30 Mar) - pair of Mandarin ducks still (J Reeves)

Kinlet (30 Mar) - 100 Fieldfare flew over B4363 (Jon Cartwright)

Buildwas (29 Mar) - 14 Lapwing (several pairs), 1 Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher (courtship display), 14 Fieldfare, Skylark in song, 1 Chiffchaff, Pink-footed Goose still, plus Harris Hawk (escapee) (Glenn Bishton)

Horsehay Pool (29 Mar) - pair of Mandarin ducks (Paul Spear) photographed

Shrewsbury (28 Mar) - Ring-necked Parakeet in gardens in Coton Hill again.

Priorslee Lake (28 Mar) - 1w Med Gull late morning. In the afternoon: juv Glaucous, subad Caspian, ad Yellow-legged Gull and what I believe to be last year's hybrid Ring-billed x Lesser Black-back, with identical bill pattern but in clean-headed summer plumage this time (Tom Lowe) photographed

Candles landfill  (28 Mar) - Glaucous Gull, juv Iceland Gull and a 2w Yellow-legged Gull (Tom Lowe)

Walcot (28 Mar) - Ring-necked Parakeet at top of tree in garden for c5 mins at 1pm, flew off east (Jack Shutt)

Shrewsbury (26 Mar) - Ring-necked Parakeet in gardens in Coton Hill.

Shrewsbury (26 Mar) - 200+ Redwing with 4 Fieldfares at Shrewsbury Town FC car park (on grass adjacent) (David Jones)

Brookside, Dorrington (24 Mar) - 12+ Brambling feeding in the snow with chaffinches, goldfinches and a tree sparrow (Nigel Barrett)

Meole Village, Shrewsbury (24 Mar) - 20,000 Starlings at 6pm before going to roost in trees near the railway line (Jim Almond)

Cherrington (24 Mar) -  12 Corn Buntings in with the sheep at Cherrington Manor Farm. In the same area on 23 Mar, 28 Teal were in a flooded field between Cherrington & Tibberton by the R. Meese (Steve Jaggs)

Chelmarsh Res (21 Mar) - by 6.45pm the gull roost consisted of 370 Lesser Black-backs, 120 Herrings, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (2w & 1w), 3 Common Gulls and 50 Black-heads. 7 Curlew flew over and 3+ Gadwall were on the scrape (Tom Lowe)

Long Lane Wellington (20 March) - on the floods; 133 Lapwing, 17 Golden Plover, 1 Redshank, 3 Dunlin, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Teal, c600 Black-headed Gulls, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 1 Herring Gull (Martin Grant)

Priorslee Flash (19 Mar) - drake Scaup still (bns)

Candles Landfill (18 Mar) - a 3w Caspian Gull until 4.40pm when it flew off (Tom Lowe)

Priorslee Lake (18 Mar) - the juv Iceland Gull again at 4.05pm. 1w Med Gull reported earlier (Tom Lowe)

Wyre Forest (16 Mar) - male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on the Shrops side of Dowles Brook (Pete Nickless)

Venus Pool (16 March) - 2 chiffchaff late morning, one of which was singing (Helen Griffiths)

Candles Landfill (16 March) - The juv Iceland Gull in the morning, along with a 1w Yellow-legged Gull (Tom Lowe)

Priorslee Lake (14 Mar) - Iceland Gull at 1pm. Then seen again at c5pm, also at least 4 Yellow-legged gulls and an ad caspian at c5.30pm (J Reeves)

Venus Pool (13 March) - at dusk; 13 curlew, 150+ lapwing, 9 whooper swans, 26 gadwall, c 40 wigeon, 2 goldeneye & c 50 fieldfares (Helen Griffiths)

Priorslee Lake (12 Mar) - 1w Iceland Gull, 2 ad Yellow-legged Gulls, GBb Gull, Gadwall, Shoveler & Wigeon  (John Isherwood) 1w Iceland Gull present until 5pm when it flew off, also 3 Common Gull (J Reeves)

Priorslee Flash (12 Mar) - drake Scaup still (John Isherwood)

Polemere NR (12 Mar) - 63 Wigeon, 1 Goosander, 7 Canada Geese, 72 Teal, 1 Cormorant, 4 Tufted Ducks (Dave Barrow)

Wellington (11 Mar) - Woodcock flew over garden at 6:40pm (J Reeves)

Ercall Heath, nr Tiberton (11 Mar) - fem Merlin flushed from a hedge (James Gale)

Linley Brook (6 Mar) - Otter found dead on the B4373 Broseley to Bridgnorth road, late evening, having been dead only a few minutes (Pete Deans)

Candles Landfill (6 Mar) -  1w Caspian Gull in the field west of Dog in the Lane and 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (ad 2w 1w) (Tom Lowe)

Wood Lane (4 Mar) - Water Rail showing well, also Grey Wagtail, 3 Siskin c50 Common Snipe, 26 Shelduck, male Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher and 2 Goldcrest (Paul Burgess) photographed

Tern Hill (3 Mar) - flooded field adjacent to the A41, north of Tern Hill: 3 Whooper Swans, 7 Mute Swans, 2 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, c80 Golden Plover and c110 Lapwing (Howard Prince)

Wall Farm, Kynnersley (3 Mar) - 25-30 Waxwings briefly, in hedgerow trees beyond the farm (bns)

Kerry Ridgeway (3 Mar) - Large flock of Yellowhammer, Tree Sparrow and a few Chaffinch in the field opposite the Dog & Duck Cottage a mile and a half short of Bishop's Moat, just inside the County border (Mark Wilson) photographed

Edgerley (2 Mar) - 200+ Common Teal (Rodney Farmer) photographed

Whixall Canal Floods (2 Mar) - 12 Pintail (9 males), c50 Shoveler, c25 Wigeon and1 Raven. Very quiet on the mosses (Howard Prince)

Long Lane (1 Mar) on flood water at Long Lane between Crudgington and Wellington (SJ635151) 18 Shelduck, 2 Dunlin,  1 Golden Plover (J Reeves)

Priorslee Lake (28 Feb) - at 1.45pm there were c500 large gulls including the 2w Glaucous Gull, the 2w Iceland Gull, a 1w Caspian Gull and an ad Yellow-legged Gull, an ad Common Gull and the drake Scaup (Tom Lowe) photographed

Horsehay Pool (28 Feb) - another ad Yellow-legged Gull, and on Candles landfill site there were ad & 1w Yellow-legged Gulls  (Tom Lowe)

Long Lane (28 Feb) - at 11am c300 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 8 GBb Gull, 35 LBb Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 150 Black headed Gull, 25 Shelduck (Paul King)

Noneley (27 Feb) - large flock of 300+ Lapwing in a flooded field near Noneley (about 500 metres NW of Sleap airfield) at SJ475274 (Martin George)

Condover (27 Feb) - female Merlin at Nortin, along the Condover road (Nigel Barratt)

Ellesmere (27 Feb) - 2 adult Med Gulls and an adult Caspian Gull roosted on The Mere (bns)

Horsehay Pool (27 Feb) - 2nd-winter glaucous gull seen briefly (J Reeves) photographed by Jim Almond

Long Lane (27 Feb) - on flood water at Long Lane between Crudgington and Wellington (SJ635151) 25 Shelduck, 3 Dunlin, 240 Lapwing, 3 Golden Plover and pair Teal (Martin Grant)

Prees Heath (26 Feb) - flock of c300 Lapwings flying over Prees Heath Airfield at 8.20am, with at least 6 Golden Plover in the flock (Howard Prince)

Tern Hill (26 Feb) - 3 adult Whooper Swans still present on the flooded field adjacent to the A41 N of Tern Hill, also c35 Golden Plover with c30 Lapwings (Howard Prince)

Condover (24 Feb) - female Merlin at Condover, over Lt Berriewood (Nigel Barratt)

Whixall Floods (24 Feb) - c30 Shoveler & Common Teal, c20 Wigeon, 9 Pintail (7m) at midday. Whixall Moss very quiet, 2 Ravens and 1 Common Snipe the only birds of note (Howard Prince)

Dudmaston (23 Feb) -  no sign of last week's Scaup today. 3 Goldeneye present on Big Pool (Steve Haycox)

Priorslee Flash (23 Feb) - drake Scaup still present at 5pm (Richard Vernon)

Tern Hill (23 Feb) - 3 adult Whooper Swans on flood water alongside A41 at Tern Hill (Allan Heath)

Priorslee Flash (22 Feb) - drake Scaup (J Reeves)

Candles Landfill (22 Feb) - a new 2w Glauc, the big white juv Glauc (reported over previous weeks as a 2w due to its paleness), and the other 2w Iceland Gull from last week (Tom Lowe) photographed

Buildwas (21 Feb) - 1w Caspian Gull until 10.15am when flew off +5 Yellow-legged Gulls (ad, 2 3w, 2w, 1w) and a 1w Common Gull (Tom Lowe)

Candles Landfill (21 Feb) - same 1w Caspian Gull until 12.05pm when flew south +3 Yellow-legged Gulls (3w & 2 2w), an adult hybrid Herring x LBBG, and a leucistic 1w Herring Gull amongst c2,500 gulls (noticeable reduction in numbers of Herrings and GBBGs) (Tom Lowe) photographed

Priorslee Lake (21 Feb) - juv Iceland Gull at 3pm (same as at Candles in previous weeks) (Jim Almond)

Horsehay Pool (21 Feb) - a new 2w Iceland Gull at 3.15pm (different from the 2w of last week based on pattern of bill, mantle and primaries) (Jim Almond via Tom Lowe)

Venus Pool (20 Feb) - drake Pintail asleep on one of the islands. Also 20 Linnet and 2 Green Woodpeckers (Martin Ryder)

Condover (19 Feb) - c60 Golden Plover over Condover golf course (Tim Warrick)

Whixall Moss (19 Feb) - female Merlin at 3pm (Paul Burgess) photographed

Horsehay Pool (19 Feb) - Iceland Gull and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (Paul King) photographed

Venus Pool (17 Feb) - early morning, 13 Whooper, 8 Bewick's and c20 Mute Swans. Later Barnacle Goose flew in with Canadas but they only stayed briefly. 60+ Snipe and 2 Oystercatcher present but no sign of drake Scaup (Martin Ryder) 8 Bewick's Swans flew back in at 5pm (Dawn Micklewright)

Dudmaston (16 Feb) - drake Scaup, 55 Tufted Ducks, 10 Goosander, 1 Cormorant and a Kingfisher. Dudmaston (NT) is open this and next weekend (23/24th) for its annual 'Snowdrop Walk' (Steve Haycox)

Venus Pool (16 Feb) - drake Scaup (from 3.45pm onwards) with the Tufted Ducks. Also 2 fem/imm Goldeneye, 2 Oystercatchers and about 25 Snipe (Dawn Balmer)

Polemere (16 Feb) - 45 Wigeon, 50 Teal (Dawn Balmer)

Venus Pool (15 Feb) - Water Rail, 6 adult 2 juvenile Bewick's flew in at dusk (Martin Ryder)

Edgerley (15 Feb) - several thousand Lapwing (huge flock) – visible from the Royal Hill Pub on fields just across the river (Rod Farmer)

Shrewsbury (15 Feb) - 2 Waxwings feeding on rowan by Greenfields Primary School on Ellesmere Road. Please do not park by the school as you will get a ticket (Richard Vernon)

Venus Pool (14 Feb) - 2 Redpoll, 100+ Lapwing, 75+ Snipe, 3 Shelduck, 2 Raven. Trout Lake - 50+ Wigeon, 3 Little Grebe, 3 GC Grebe (Martin Ryder)

Candles Landfill/Horsehay Pool (13 Feb) - Iceland Gull 1: a new 2w on the pool twice briefly from 3pm. Caspian Gull 3: a 4w seen on the tip and the pool (first seen yesterday on the pool), and two 1w (both seen before). Yellow-legged Gull 8+: 2 adults, a 4w, 2 3w, 3+ 2w. Hybrid 1: an adult presumed Herring x Lesser Black-back (Tom Lowe) photographed

Horsehay Pool (12 Feb) - 4w Caspian Gull (Jim Almond)

St George's, Telford (12 Feb) - 5 Waxwings on Dorran Close and Hollybirch Grove, but mobile (bns)

St George's, Telford (11 Feb) - 5 Waxwings by St. George's Infant School in the afternoon, but mobile (bns)

 Wellington (11 Feb) - 10 Shelduck [3 on 1st Feb], 5 Wigeon and a female Pintail at Long Lane, Wellington on flooded field at SJ636151 (Martin Grant)

Buildwas (10 Feb) - Juvenile Iceland Gull until 9.40, then flew. Ad w Kittiwake, on the floods then flew towards the river being pursued by a imm LBB Gull. Not relocated. Also present, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (ad & 2w) and a 3w Caspian Gull (Andy Latham) The 3w Caspian Gull dropped onto the floods opposite Buildwas village hall around 11.25am, and there were also 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (2w & 1w), no sign the Kittiwake or Iceland Gull from earlier in the morning (Tom Lowe)

The Mere, Ellesmere (10 Feb) - 5 Whooper Swans in the morning, also 6 Goldeneye and 6 Goosander (Martin George)

Venus Pool (10 Feb) - 2 Goldeneye, 7 Pochard, 6 Wigeon, 18 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler, 16 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 52+ Snipe, 30+ Lapwing, Buzzard, 70+ Jackdaw including flock of 60+. 3 adult and 2 juvenile Bewick's Swans flew in 4.48pm followed five minutes later by a further 3 adults (Martin Ryder)

Wroxeter (9 Feb) - at 11.20 the 8 Bewick's were in the same place as Martyn described, visible through a gap in the trees from the church, or more distantly from the riverside lane between Wroxeter and the B4380 (Tom Lowe)

Wood Lane (9 Feb) - Oystercatcher, 5 Snipe, 3 Siskin and a Common Gull. Also, 3 Goosander and 4 Common Gull on The Mere, Ellesmere (Martin Ryder)

Shrewsbury (9 Feb) - 8 pairs of Goosander on the river at Greyfriars Bridge (S Mulcock)

Venus Pool (8 Feb) - 2 Brambling and 3 Redpoll in mixed feeding flock with Goldfinch and Chaffinch. 2 Redwing, Fieldfare and Mistle Thrush. Raven, Shelduck and 2 Goldeneye. Black-headed Gull behaving like Skua harrying Lapwing causing it to drop food whilst feeding in field adjacent to Fen Hide. 140+ Lapwing. 3 adult and 2 juvenile Bewick's Swans flew in 4.45pm (Martin Ryder) photographed by Paul Burgess

Candles Landfill (8 Feb) - 2 Caspian Gulls (ad & 3w), 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (ad & 2w) and the juvenile Iceland Gull. Also 2nd winter Glaucous Gull (same as at Priorslee Lake in the morning) (Kris Webb, John Reese, Dave Kelsall)

Priorslee Lake (8 Feb) - 2nd winter Glaucous Gull in the morning (Kris Webb) photographed

Candles Landfill (7 Feb) - juv Iceland Gull (same as last week), briefly around 2pm. Also a 1w Caspian Gull (a new bird) (Tom Lowe)

Venus Pool (7 Feb) - 3 Redpoll, 15 Linnet, 16 Goldfinch, Green Woodpecker, Goldeneye, 7 Shelduck, 7 Wigeon, 8 Pochard, 5 Gadwall, 13 Shoveler. Trout Lake - 133 Wigeon, 4 GC Grebe, 1 Little Grebe (Martin Ryder)

Candles Landfill (6 Feb) - 2 Glaucous Gulls - Juv & 2w (same bird as at the weekend). Also the sub-adult Caspian Gull and 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (2ad & a 2w) More on Kris's blog (Kris Webb) photographed

Condover Park (6 Feb) - female Merlin at 7.45am (Nigel Barratt)

Venus Pool (6 Feb) - male Sparrowhawk, 8 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 11 Pochard, 18 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, Little Grebe, 180+ Lapwng, 58 Snipe, Raven, 2 Mistle Thrush and male Bullfinch (Martin Ryder) photographed by Paul King

Shrewsbury (5 Feb) - 5 Waxwings eating berries on a small shrub in the garden (Ron Oliver) photographed by Jordon Walker

Priorslee Lake (5 Feb) - 1st winter Caspian Gull late afternoon (same bird as on 12 Jan). Also 2 adult Yellow-legged Gull and 10 Gadwall (Kris Webb) photographed

Venus Pool (5 Feb) - Golden Plover with 260+ Lapwing then flew off calling with part of Lapwing flock. Raven, Mistle Thrush and LBB Gull over. Male Bullfinch. On pool Little Grebe, 2 Goldeneye, 6 Pochard, 5 Wigeon, 62 Snipe, 133 BH Gull (Martin Ryder)

Wroxeter (5 Feb) - 6 adult and 2 juv Bewick's Swans in an arable field in the meander between Brompton and Wroxeter. The only place they could be seen from was near Wroxeter church, although distant (Martyn Owen)

Venus Pool (4 Feb) - 6 adult and 2 juv Bewick's Swans flew in at 4.25pm, followed later by 13 Whoopers (Mick Wall) Early afternoon produced: pair Goosander, 2 female Goldeneye, 10 drake 2 duck Pochard, pair Wigeon, 150+ Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 2 Green Woodpecker with 34 LBB, 30 BH and 5 Herring Gulls over (Martin Ryder) photographed by Paul King

Leighton (4 Feb) - 2w Glaucous Gull again at 11am (Andy Latham)

Richard's Castle (3 Feb) - Great Grey Shrike reported at All Saints Church, SO495708. Track leading east 50m north of church. This site is north of Richards Castle in Shropshire (via Geoff Holmes)

Candles Landfill (3 Feb) - 2w Glaucous Gull in the morning. Flew off at 9.45am, then relocated at Leighton where a pale hybrid (poss Glaucous x GBb Gull) was also seen. At 10.15 the Glaucous flew west along the river, then at 2pm it was seen from the hide at VP, drifting towards Telford amongst a group of large gulls. Also Orinoco Goose at Leighton again (Andy Latham)

Coundlane (3 Feb) - adult Yellow-legged Gull (Tom Lowe)

Venus Pool (3 Feb) - 2.35pm a Barnacle Goose flew in with Canadas. Towards dusk the 6 adult and 2 juvenile Bewicks and at least 2 Whooper Swans arrived. Also seen a lone Siskin feeding in alders near Fen Hide and 150+ Lapwing on the pool (Martin Ryder, Mick Wall, Helen Griffiths)

The Mere, Ellesmere (2 Feb) - 2w Glaucous Gull in the roost (Robert Dowley) photographed

Venus Pool (2 Feb) - 2 adult White-fronted Geese flew in with Greylags at 11.20am. Also 4 Whooper Swans on arrival but these flew out at 9.15am. Also present, drake Pintail, Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 8 drake 2 duck Pochard, 70 Lapwing, 40+ Snipe, 60+ Linnet (Martin Ryder) The two Whitefronts flew out at c4.10pm and the 8 Bewick's Swans (6 adults & 2 juvs) flew into the Trout Lake at 4.20pm (via Tom Lowe) photographed

Candles Landfill (1 Feb) - 2.45pm: 3 Caspian Gulls; a yellow-ringed adult, along with another adult and the pale-billed 1st-winter (last seen 14th Jan). Also a coarsely-marked juv Iceland Gull for a few minutes. There were also an adult and 2 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gulls (Tom Lowe) photographed

Venus Pool (1 Feb) - Pink-footed Goose with the Greylag Geese and an Orinoco Goose with the Canada Geese (Helen Griffiths & Paul Burgess) photographed

Polemere NR (31 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still (Martin Ryder)

Venus Pool (31 Jan) - 4 Whooper Swans, 2 Goldeneye, 4 drake Pochard, 12+ Gadwall, Shelduck, 40+ Snipe, 50+ Lapwing, 200+ Greylag, 2 male Bullfinch, 70+ LBB and 3 Herring Gull over (Martin Ryder)

Polemere NR (30 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still (Paul Burgess) photographed

Tilstock (30 Jan) - c15 waxwings briefly next to the Horshoes pub at 3pm, before flying off north (Paul Rutter)

Venus Pool (30 Jan) - 4 Waxwings flew across the causeway trilling and a Water Rail briefly from Fen Hide. 70 + LBB Gulls and 5 Herring Gulls over. Also seen, 2 Goldeneye, 3 drake Pochard, many Gadwall, 30+ Snipe, 30+ Lapwing and a male Bullfinch (Martin Ryder)

Polemere NR (29 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal and Redshank still, also 80+ Lapwing (Martin Ryder)

Shrewsbury (29 Jan) - 8 waxwings, in or near the Priory Girls School (via Geoff Holmes)

Priorslee Lake (29 Jan) - drake Scaup still (Paul King) photographed

Venus Pool (28 Jan) - 13 Whooper Swans and 8 Bewick's Swans flew in at 4.50pm. Also there, 22 Gadwall, 26 Shoveler, 10 Wigeon, 100+ Teal (not counted), 40 Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard, 2 Goldeneye, 60+ Snipe, 1 Mute Swan.- present on arrival at c11.15am, but flew off to the north at 12.30pm (Helen Griffiths)

Polemere NR (28 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still and 135 Lapwing (Martin Ryder)

Newport (27 Jan) - 28 Waxwings in Greenacres Way (SJ739192) at 11.15 (Martin Grant)

Priorslee Lake (27 Jan) - drake Scaup still (bns)

Polemere NR (27 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still and a Dunlin. Also 90 Lapwing over (Martin Ryder)

The Mere, Ellesmere (26 Jan) - female Scaup and a Shelduck (Martyn Owen)

Priorslee Lake (26 Jan) - drake Scaup still (Andy Latham)

Chelmarsh (26 Jan) - drake Scaup still, 72 Goosander and 3 Yellow-legged Gulls. 2 Whooper Swans until 4pm when they flew south (Martyn Owen)

Venus Pool (26 Jan) - Water Rail from Fen Hide in the morning (Pat Moore) 8 Bewick Swans flew in 4.30pm (6 ad, 2 juv), male Sparrowhawk hunting edge of seed field, 2 Goldeneye, 4 Gadwall (2m), 6 Goosander over, 4 Raven, 70+ Lapwing over, 30+ LBB Gulls over, 18 Linnet (Martin Ryder)

Polemere NR (26 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still, Water Rail and Green Sandpiper (Andy Latham)

Venus Pool (25 Jan) - 8 Bewick's swans (6 ad, 2 juv) - present on arrival at c11.15am, but flew off to the north at 12.30pm (Helen Griffiths)

Polemere NR (25 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal showing well. Also c200 Greylag & Common Teal, couple of pairs of Shoveller, c30 Wigeon, 8 Snipe, single Redshank, a few Fieldfare and Redwing in the paddock (Mark Wilson) photographed

Shrewsbury (24 Jan) - 3 Waxwings off Washford Road, Meole Village, but mobile (Jim Almond)

Horsehay Pool (24 Jan) - 1w Caspian Gull (Jim Almond) photographed

Whixall Moss (24 Jan) - Hen Harrier behind Furbers in the morning. On the floods; 40 Wideon, 16 Teal, 1m Shoveller (Robert Harris)

Priorslee Lake (24 Jan) - 28 Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, 25 Pochard, c99 Tufted Ducks, 1 drake Scaup, c1500 Black-headed Gulls, 3 Common Gulls, c500 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, c100 Herring Gulls and 8 Greater Black-backed Gulls (Ed Wilson)

Polemere NR (24 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still (bns)

Bromfield (23 Jan) - c12 Crossbills (mostly adult males) at a stocking nursery near Bromfield (Mike Stokes)

Polemere NR (23 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still (bns)

Aston on Clun (23 Jan) - Little Egret on the Clun again (John Tucker)

Leighton (22 Jan) - Brent Goose at 11am, feeding with Canada Geese, where the River Severn meanders (Stephen France) Brent Goose and Pink-footed Goose, also the Orinoco Goose. 4 Green Sandpiper flew in at 2.15pm (Martin Ryder)

Venus Pool (22 Jan) - 2 goldeneye, a female pintail, merlin, peregrine, sparrowhawk and 100+ snipe (Helen Griffiths)

Chelmarsh (22 Jan) - drake Scaup still (bns)

Polemere NR (22 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still (Jim Almond & Tom Lowe) 230 Greylag flew in at 4pm, but no White-fronted Geese were with them (Tom Lowe) Also Redshank and 3 Goosander (1m) (Martin Ryder)

Tibberton (21 Jan) - Jack Snipe flew over low and landed no more than 20 yards away at SJ 672 203 just out of Tibberton. 7 Lapwing over the village, landed in a frozen field near Ercall Heath (James Gale)

Polemere NR (21 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal in front of the hide. Redshank, Green Sandpiper, c16 Common Snipe, c200 Teal, c50 Wigeon, Fieldfare plus the other regulars. Highlight was 2 White-fronted Geese dropping in, initially in the field behind the paddock, then on the pool, before flying out with a few Greylag at 2.30pm (Jim Almond) photographed

Candles Landfill (21 Jan) - a 1w Caspian Gull at 2.45pm (same bird as on 17th). Later seen on Horsehay Pool (SJ673073) at 3.45pm (Tom Lowe) photographed

Leighton (21 Jan) - Pink-footed Goose amongst the Canadas by the river. Also an Orinoco Goose (Tom Lowe)

Priorslee Lake (21 Jan) - Scaup still, 15+ wigeon, 2 goldeneye (1m), 1 shoveller, 3+ gadwall, 2 yellow-legged gulls (ad+2w) and adult common gull late afternoon (J Reeves)

Venus Pool (21 Jan) - 3 Whooper Swans at 2.30 pm. also 70+ Snipe (Roger Gibb) Merlin through pool at 11:30, 3 Whoopers arrived at 11:45, Pipit species on ice at midday (Paul King)

Aston on Clun (21 Jan) - Little Egret on the Clun at Coston Bridge, headed off downstream towards Broome (John Tucker)

Edgerley (20 Jan) - 6 Tree Sparrow in the garden (Rod Farmer) photographed

Ryton (20 Jan) - 1100 Linnet, plus brambling, chaffinch, greenfinch, yellowhammer and reed bunting feeding in seed mix. Sparrowhawk made five unsuccessful predatory attempts (Glenn Bishton)

Ditton Priors (20 Jan) - pair of Merlin over the village (David Munn)

Polemere NR (20 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still. Also c160-180 teal, 1 redshank, 26 snipe, wigeon, tufted duck and shoveler (Andy Latham)

Chelmarsh (20 Jan) - drake Common Scoter in the morning, still present at 11.15am. Also, the 1st winter drake Scaup still (Martyn Owen)

Venus Pool (19 Jan) - 4 Whooper Swans flew in at 1pm (Jim Almond) photographed

Wrekin (19 Jan) - 7 Cranes circling close to the Wrekin at around 12.10pm (via Geoff Holmes)

Bridgnorth (19 Jan) - 7 Cranes circling over at 11.30am (John Marshall)

Pen-yr-Estyn Marsh (19 Jan) - 7 Cranes seen from the towpath near the Queen's Head, in fields opposite Pen-yr-Estyn Marsh in the morning, then flew south (via Geoff Holmes)

Newport (18 Jan) - 3 Waxwings in garden (Martin Grant)

Candles Landfill (17 Jan) - at 2.15pm there was a rapidly swelling flock of gulls in the field opposite the end of Dog in the Lane, amongst which was a 1w Caspian Gull (the same bird as at Priorslee on Sat) and a big ad Yellow-legged Gull (Tom Lowe) photographed

Leighton (17 Jan) - Pink-footed Goose amongst the Canadas by the river, along with an Orinoco Goose (Tom Lowe)

Chelmarsh (16 Jan) - 1st winter drake Scaup, in front of the sailing club, at first light this morning. Definitely a different bird to the one present a few weeks ago. Also a Shelduck, Pochard and 3 Gadwall (Martyn Owen)

Priorslee Lake (16 Jan) - drake Scaup still (Jim Almond)

Whixall Moss (15 Jan) - female Merlin & Short eared owl in the afternoon (Rob Stokes) photographed

Candles Landfill (15 Jan) - adult Caspian Gull & adult Yellow-legged Gull in a huge gull flock on field opposite the tip in the morning (Rob Stokes)

Priorslee Lake (15 Jan) - drake Scaup still (Glenn Bishton)

Polemere NR (15 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still on far side of pool, but showing well (Paul Burgess) photographed

Candles Landfill (14 Jan) - a pale-billed 1w Caspian Gull. Also 5+ Yellow-legged Gulls (3 ads, 2w, 1w) (Tom Lowe)

Priorslee Lake (14 Jan) - drake Scaup still (Tom Lowe)

Leighton (14 Jan) - Pink-footed Goose amongst the Canadas by the river. Also an Orinoco Goose (Tom Lowe)

Polemere NR (14 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still (Paul Burgess) photographed

Whixall Moss (13 Jan) - ringtail Hen Harrier at 11.10 - 11.45 when it flew off high towards the floods. Male Hen Harrier on Fenns Moss 11.30 - 11.40 in the area north of the weather station, also one Jack Snipe on Fenns (Howard Prince)

Ryton (13 Jan) - 230 Linnet feeding mainly in wildbird seed mix, plus Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer and Corn Bunting (Glenn Bishton)

Devil's Dingle, Buildwas (13 Jan) - 18 Snipe in unfrozen area of pool, 1 Green Sandpiper and 120 Teal (Glenn Bishton)

Candles Landfill, SW Telford (13 Jan) - 1st winter Caspian Gull (bns)

Polemere NR (13 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still (bns)

Brown Clee (13 Jan) - Short-eared Owl at 15:30, hunting over heather between the Abdon and Clee Burf summits. After about twenty minutes it gained height (to around 100m) and drifted west, I then lost it in the fog/snow. Also 2 Stonechat, 2 Raven and a Meadow Pipit (Martyn Owen)

Whitemere (13 Jan) - drake Scaup. No sign of the Iceland Gull in the roost at The Mere (Andy Latham)

Chetwynd Pool (13 Jan) - 22 Gadwall, 32 Shoveler, 36 Tufted, 3 Goosander (2 males) (Martin Grant)

Crudgington Moor (13 Jan) -  1st winter Whooper Swan still on a flooded field at SJ646174 (Andy Latham)

Priorslee Lake (13 Jan) - drake Scaup still (Tony Beckett)

The Mere, Ellesmere (12 Jan) - Iceland Gull in roost, also adult Yellow-legged Gull (Robert Dowley) photographed

Priorslee Lake (12 Jan) - 1st win Caspian Gull (Kris Webb) photographed

Whixall and Fenns Mosses (12 Jan) - ringtail Hen Harrier at 9.20am on Fenns Moss. 2 Common Snipe on Whixall Moss (Howard Prince) Male Hen Harrier at 4pm on Whixall Moss (Paul Burgess)

Edenhope Hill (12 Jan) - large amount of Yellowhammer feeding by sheep troughs at grid ref SO274886 (Mark Wilson)

Priorslee Lake (12 Jan) - drake Scaup still (bns)

Polemere NR (12 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal still (via Dawn Balmer)

Horsehay Pool (11 Jan) - 3w Caspian Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (ad 2w) in the afternoon. Also 2 Common Gulls (ad, 1w) 2000 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 20+ Greater Black-backed Gulls, 600 Herring Gulls (Kris Webb and Jim Almond) photographed

Venus Pool (11 Jan) - 5 Whooper Swans until c3pm when they flew off east (Helen Griffiths)

Crudgington Moor (10 Jan) -  1st winter Whooper Swan still on a flooded field at SJ646174 at midday (Martin Grant)

The Mere, Ellesmere (10 Jan) - 7 Bewick's Swans reported (2 adults, 5 juvs) (via website)

Venus Pool (10 Jan) - 5 Whooper Swans (one with ring - details to follow). Also Pintail pair, drake Pochard and several Gadwall (Mark Wilson)

Horsehay Pool (10 Jan) - adult Ring-billed x Lesser Black-backed Gull hybrid. Also, a possible Glaucous x Great Black-backed Gull hybrid and 1500+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 20+ Greater Black-backed Gulls, 3-400 Herring Gulls and an adult Yellow-legged Gull (Kris Webb) photographed

Trench Pool (10 Jan) - 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull (Kris Webb) photographed

Priorslee Lake (10 Jan) - drake Scaup still (Kris Webb)

Crudgington Moor (9 Jan) -  1st winter Whooper Swan on a flooded field off Crudgington Lane (Kris Webb) photographed

Tibberton (9 Jan) - Merlin flushed out of a hedgerow at Ercall Heath near Tibberton (James Gale)

Chetwynd Pool (9 Jan) - 25 Gadwall, 3 Goosander and 45+ Shoveler. Also 6 Little Grebe on small farm pools near Sambrook (Kris Webb) photographed

Kinley (9 Jan) - single Brambling, 150+Chaffinch and 20 Yellowhammer in stubble (Kris Webb)

Priorslee Flash (9 Jan) - drake Scaup (bns)

Priorslee Lake (8 Jan) - drake Scaup still showing well just off the dam at 11.15aam, also the female Goldeneye at the North end of the dam (Martin Grant)

Edgerley (8 Jan) - Pink-footed Goose, 19 Whooper Swans (adults) (Jim Almond)

Polemere NR (8 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal showing well at midday (bns)

Candles Landfill, SW Telford (8 Jan) - sub adult Caspian Gull in the afternoon. Also 2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls (bns)

Chelmarsh (7 Jan) - 8 Waxwing just outside the village in the afternoon. Flew off SW down Bakehouse Lane. 1 adult Yellow-legged Gull and 41 Goosander on the Res (Kris Webb)

Buildwas (7 Jan) - 4 Yellow-legged Gulls (1ad and 3 2nd win) on the floods (Kris Webb)

Polemere NR (7 Jan) - drake Green-winged Teal again in the morning, although elusive amongst the tree roots on the far bank of the pool (Geoff Holmes)

Priorslee Lake (7 Jan) - Caspian Gull adult (4-4:20pm), 2 ad Yellow-legged Gulls and the drake Scaup still (J Reeves)

Venus Pool (7 Jan) - 8 Bewick's Swans flew out to the east early morning (bns)

Edgerley (6 Jan) - Brent Goose, Pink-footed Goose, 18 Whooper Swans (adults, one with a red ring), 29 Mute (adults & juveniles), 6 more swans with yellow bills in the far distance (possibly Bewick’s from voice), c300 Wigeon, c100 Teal, c50 Pintail, 11 Shelduck, 14 Goosander, c 500 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, c100 Greylag, c50 Canada, c25 Mallard (Rod Farmer) photographed

Newport (6 Jan) - 12 Waxwings by the The Swan pub (bns)

Whixall Moss (6 Jan) -  Stonechat, Merlin, Short-eared Owl & ringtail Hen Harrier (Mike Stokes)

Venus Pool (6 Jan) - 2 Whooper Swans (Jim Almond) 8 Bewick's Swans flew in to roost (bns)

Polemere NR (6 Jan) - 20 Golden Plover with a Lapwing flock, flew in at 3pm (birdforum) Green-winged Teal drake still (bird news services)

Whixall Moss (6 Jan) -  (7.30-9.00am) Very quiet, c30 Teal all of note. Whixall Floods (9.00-9.30am) 7 Pintail, c30 Wigeon, c1200 Lapwing, c20 Shoveler (Howard Prince)

Adderley (5 Jan) - 10 Waxwings briefly in a private garden in the morning (Allan Heath)

Priorslee Lake (5 Jan) - 12.00-3.00pm: female Goldeneye, pair Gadwall, 10 Pochard, 27 Tufted Duck, pair Mute Swans, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Greater Black-backed Gulls, 75 Herring Gulls, 125 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Martin Grant) 3 Caspian Gulls (2ad) plus 5 Yellow-legged Gulls (2ad, 1st w, 2nd w, 3rd w) in to roost (Kris Webb) photographed

Whixall Moss (5 Jan) - Short-eared Owl at 7.35am (Martyn Owen) female Merlin, Stonechat and Common Snipe in the morning (Howard Prince) In the evening: Short-eared Owl, male Hen Harrier and 2 female Merlin. Willow Tit nr car park (J Reeves & Ian Grant)

Whixall Floods (5 Jan) - c70 Wigeon, c60 Teal, c25 Shoveler, 2 Pintail, c1200 Lapwings and c250 Canada Geese (Howard Prince)

Venus Pool (5 Jan) - 8 Bewick's Swans (2 juv) and 2 Whooper Swans (Jim Almond) Still present at dusk (Yvonne C) photographed by Paul Burgess and Jim Almond

Polemere NR (5 Jan) - Green-winged Teal drake still at back of pool.

Venus Pool (4 Jan) - 2 Whooper Swans, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 10 Gadwall and 63+ Snipe in the afternoon (Geoff Holmes) photographed

Priorslee Flash (4 Jan) - drake Scaup relocated to here (J Reeves)

Polemere NR (4 Jan) - Green-winged Teal still (Paul King) photographed

Candles Landfill, SW Telford (4 Jan) - 2 Caspian Gulls (ad, 2w) Also 6 Yellow-legged Gull (2 1w, 2w and 2 ad) and over 60 Great black-backed Gull (Kris Webb) photographed

Polemere NR (3 Jan) - Green-winged Teal emerged from under trees at 10.45am. Also Green Sandpiper and 5 Common Snipe (Tom Lowe) Still present under the trees at 3.50pm (Jim Almond)

Alberbury/Coedway (3 Jan) - Dark-bellied Brent Goose, c200 Pintail, c250 Wigeon, c400 Teal, 3 Shoveler, Greylag and Canada Geese seen distantly on the floods (Kris Webb & Jim Almond)

Candles Landfill, SW Telford (3 Jan) - probably a 2w Glaucous Gull flew off to roost at 3.30pm (possibly flew south, ie towards Chelmarsh, rather than towards Belvide). Also 5 Yellow-legged Gulls (ad, 3w & 3 2w) amongst c2000 large gulls (probably more Herrings than LBBs but also c100 GBBs) (Tom Lowe)

Buildwas (3 Jan) - 3w Caspian Gull amongst c500 gulls on the extensive floods, also 2 ad Yellow-legged Gulls (Tom Lowe) photographed

Venus Pool (3 Jan) - 2 whooper swans at dusk. Earlier, 130 lapwing, 80 snipe, 10 gadwall, a sparrowhawk, 2 green woodpeckers and a very smart peacock butterfly (Helen Griffiths)

Polemere NR (2 Jan) - Green-winged Teal present. Also 50 Common Teal, 20 Wigeon and 5 Tufted Duck. No sign of Red-crested Pochard reported (Martyn Owen) photographed by Jim Almond

Priorslee Lake (2 Jan) - drake Scaup still present (Kris Webb)

Candles Landfill, SW Telford (2 Jan) - sub adult Caspian Gull and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (1st w & 2nd w) (Kris Webb)

Whixall Moss (1 Jan) - ringtail Hen Harrier, 1 or 2 Peregrine, Raven and Stonechat. Willow Tit on the approach to the Moss and c300 lapwing on the floods (Andy Latham) 2 drake Pintail on floods (Jim Almond) Male and female Hen Harriers at 3pm (Paul Burgess) photographed

Shrewsbury (1 Jan) - Red Kite near Cound (Jim Almond)

Venus Pool (1 Jan) - Kingfisher and 4 Green Sandpiper on the trout pool (Jim Almond)

Priorslee Lake (1 Jan) - drake Scaup still, also 6 Gadwall, 4 Greater Black-backed Gulls and 26 Pochard (Rob Stokes)