Sunday, August 31, 2008

Aug 31st.

Kingsbury WP.
Little Gull juv (Birdguides).

Coton Lake
Black Tern x2 (Birdguides).

Alvecote Pools.
Little Gull x2 juvs (Birdguides).

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Aug 30th.

Shustoke Res.
Arctic Tern x20
Black Tern x6
Sanderling
Hobby (L Johnson, S Seal).
Arctic Tern x5 more later in the day (B Duckhouse).

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x62 (J Judge).
Shag x2
Wheatear
Common Sandpiper x6
Pintail
Hobby (R Mays, D Cox)

Alvecote Pools.
Black Tern x3
Arctic Tern x1
Little Egret x2
Hobby (Birdguides).
Redstart male (T Perrins).

Coleshill GPs.
Green Sandpiper x2
Little Egret (T Perrins, B Duckhouse).

Grandborough Valley.
Marsh Harrier (imm)
Whinchat
Wheatear x2 (R Mays).

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Aug 28th

Bilton Road Rugby
2 Crossbill (J Judge)

Draycote Water
Tree Pipit
4 juv Shag
2+ Raven
Wheatear
Hobby (R Mays B Hazell K Groocock)

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Aug 26th.

Draycote Water.
Wood Sandpiper
Shag x5
Common Tern x5
Ringed Plover
Yellow Wagtail x6
Goosander x5
Wheatear (R Mays).

Monday, August 25, 2008

Aug 25th.

Draycote Water
Shag 5 juv ( M Doughty)
Med Gull 2w
Y L Gull x5
Goosander x5
Little Owl
Barn Owl
Common Tern x4 (R Mays).

Alvecote Pools.
Redstart
Spotted Flycatcher x2
Little Egret (T Perrins).

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Aug 24th.

Draycote Water.
Shag x5 (Juv)
Common Tern x5
Wheatear x4
Common Sandpiper x2 (R Mays, D Cox).

Alvecote Pools.
Redstart x2
Whinchat
Spotted Flycatcher x4 (Birdguides).

Ladywalk.
Hobby x2
Green Sandpiper x6
Snipe x4
Lapwing x70
Goosander (S Cawthray).

Aug 23rd.

Draycote Water.
Osprey
Med Gulls x2
Hobby x2
Wheatear x4
Knot
Peregrine
Shag x6
Curlew x3 (B Duckhouse, R Mays).

Ladywalk / Shustoke.
Marsh Harrier (S Cawthray).

Coleshill GPs.
Little Egret x3
Green Sandpiper x3
Buzzard x12 (S Seal, B Kington).

Ladywalk.
Marsh Harrier
Spotted Flycatcher x4
Crossbill x1 f/o
Hobby x2
Common Sandpiper (S Cawthray).

Friday, August 22, 2008

Aug 22nd.

Coleshill GPs.
Spotted Redshank (B Kington).

Draycote Water.
Shag (juv)
Arctic Tern x1
Common Tern x2
Wheatear x3
Goosander x5 (M Silverman).

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Aug 21st.

Draycote Water.
Raven x2
Shag (L Johnson).
Ringed Plover
Wheatear x4
Yellow Wagtail x2
Lesser Whitethroat x2
Spotted Flycatcher
Common Sandpiper x2
Common Tern x3
Goosander x5 ( S Seal, D Hutton, R Mays, B Hazel).

Coleshill GPs.
Spotted Redshank (B Kington).

Brandon Marsh.
Black-tailed Godwit x3
Dunlin
Green Sandpiper x4
Siskin x2 (A Johnson).

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Aug 20th.

Brandon Marsh.
Green Sandpiper x5
Barn Owl
Common Sandpiper (M Silverman).

Coleshill GPs.
Spotted Redshank (Birdguides).

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Nearby Reports Aug 19th.

Gailey Res.
Black-necked Grebe x4.

Blithfield Res.
Little Stint.

Belvide Res.
Black Tern x34.

Rutland Water.
Wood Sandpiper
Garganey x8
Greenshank x5
Arctic Tern
Little Egret x18
Black Tern x8
Ruddy Shelduck x2
Little Stint
Ruff x9.

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Steve Seal

Aug 19th.

Coleshill GPs.
Spotted Redshank (B Kington).
Green Sandpiper x8
Little Egret x1 (T Perrins).

Shustoke Res.
Black Tern x3 ( S Seal, D Hutton, L Johnson).

Draycote Water.
Sanderling x2
Wheatear x3
Arctic Tern
Common Sandpiper
Dunlin (R Mays).

Monday, August 18, 2008

Aug 18th.

Shustoke Res.
Black Tern x3 (S Seal, D Hutton).

Edgebaston Res.
Turnstone (Birdguides).

Coleshill GPs.
Green Sandpiper x13
Snipe x5
Redshank x1
Little Egret x1 (S Cawthray).

Draycote Water.
Yellow Wagtail x1
Common Sandpiper x2
Wheatear (fem)
Willow Tit (L Johnson).
Goosander x5 (R Mays).

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Aug 17th.

Black Tern ...Bodymoor Heath Water...Photo by S Seal.

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x22
Common Tern x1
Oystercatcher x2
Hobby
Arctic Tern x7 (R Mays).

Lea Marston Lake.
Red Crested Pochard x2 (S Haynes).

Coton Lake.
Redstart fem/ imm (T Perrins).

Boodymoor Heath Water Kingsbury.
Black Tern x5
Arctic Tern x1(T Perrins, S Seal, S Cawthray, J Oates).

Shustoke .
Raven
Common Sandpiper
Common Tern x39 (S Seal, L Johnson).

Morton Baggott.
Garganey in flooded field, (Birdguides).

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Aug 16th.

Draycote Water.
Arctic Skua heading west mid-morning (R Mays).
Yellow Wagtails x4
Y L Gull x1
Wheatear (fem)
Goosander x5 (Kay & Max).

Coton Lakes.
R C Pochard x2 (Birdguides).
Goldeneye (T Perrins).

Brandon Marsh.
Hobby
Green Sandpiper x2 (Kay & Max).

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Aug 14th.

Brandon Marsh.
Med Gull (juv)
Dumlin x5 (P Norman).

Shustoke Res.
Redstart (fem)
Common Sand x2
No sign of B N Grebe (S Seal. B Dukhouse).

Draycote Water.
Whinchat
Common Sandpiper x2
Wheatear x2
Greenshank
Common Tern x2 (R Mays).

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Nearby Reports Aug 13th.

Blithfield Res Staffs.
Osprey x2
Garganey x3
Knot x2
Black-tailed Godwit x4
Greenshank x4
Little Egret
Hobbies x2.

Rutland Water Leics.
Garganey x2

Willington GPs Derbys
Garganey
Greenshank x2

Ogston Res Derbys.
Turnstone
Black-tailed Godwit x2
Greenshank.

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Steve Seal

Aug 13th.

Bentley Woods.
Crossbill x2
Siskin x5 (B Duckhouse).

Draycote Water
Black Tern
Common Sandpiper
Redshank
Oystercatcher
Y L Gull adult (R Mays).

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Aug 12th.

Shustoke Res
Arctic Tern x12 through @ 19-30 (K Wimbush).
Also B N Grebe still present.

Draycote Water.
Arctic Tern x1
Common Tern x3
Pintail (fem)
Hobby
Wheatear (male) (R Mays).

Monday, August 11, 2008

Aug 11th.

Coleshill GPs.
Green Sandpiper x10
Redshank x1 (B Duckhouse)

Shustoke Res.
B N Grebe (juv)
Common Tern x1
Common Sandpiper x1 (L Johnson)

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Aug 10th.

Shustoke Res.
B N Grebe (juv)
Hobby
Redshank
Common Sandpiper
Buzzard x5 (L Johnson , S Seal).

Saturday, August 09, 2008

Aug 9th.

Coleshill GPs.
Green Sandpiper x6
Greenshank x1 (T Perrins)

Haunch Lane.
Green Sandpiper (T Perrins)

Ladywalk.
Crossbill (reported) WMBC line

Shustoke.
Common Tern x5
Common Sandpiper x1 (S Seal)

Aug 9th. Ladywalk

Some recent Ladwalk sightings.
August 2008
5th: 2 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 4 Ruddy Duck (3 male, 1 female).
4th: Little Egret, 3 Snipe, 2 Ruddy Duck, 2 Water Rail, Goosander.
3rd: Redstart, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper.
2nd: Probable 8 Crossbill flew over, Barn Owl, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper.

Friday, August 08, 2008

Nearby Reports Aug 8th.

Leics
Rutland Water.
Spoonbill
Ruddy Shelduck x2
Sanderling
Little Stint.

Eyebrook Res.
Garganey
Little Egret x2
Turnstone.

Notts
Annesley
B N Grebe (juv)
Greenshank.

Staffs
Blithfield
Wood Sandpiper
B N Grebe (summer plumage)
Garganey x2
Black-tailed Godwit x7
Sanderling
Greenshank x7.

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Steve Seal

Aug 8th.

Coleshill GPs.
Sanderling
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper x4
Little Egret (Birdguides).

Shustoke Res.
B N Grebe (juv)
Hobby x3
Common Tern x8
Common Sandpiper ( L Johnson , S Seal).

Dosthill Lake.
Y L Gull
Little Egret x2
Hobby (Birdguides).

Draycote Water.
Common Sandpiper x2
Dunlin x2
Y L Gull
Wheatear x2 (M Silverman).

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Aug 7th.

Shustoke Res
Black-necked Grebe (juv)
Common Sandpiper
Common Tern x2
Hobby x2 (L Johnson).

Kingswood Nuneaton
Hobby over (D Hutton).

Draycote Water
Turnstone
Common Sandpiper x4
Redshank
Common Tern x2 (R Mays).

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Aug 6th.

Shustoke Res.
Marsh Harrier west @ 10-40
Black-necked Grebe (P&L Price).

Brandon Marsh.
Hobby
Green Sandpiper x8
Dunlin x2 (S Chapman).

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Nearby Reports Aug 5th.

Rutland Water
Spotted Redshank.

Eyebrook Res
Wood Sandpiper
Greenshank x3.

Summer Leys NR
Garganey x2 (eclipse drakes).

Upton Warren
Green Sandpiper x4.

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Steve Seal

Aug 5th.

Draycote Water.
Ruff
Common Tern x3
Y L Gull (sub-adult)
Grasshopper Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat x2
Common Sandpiper x4 (R Mays).

Hartshill
Raven over (J Harris).

Monday, August 04, 2008

Aug 4th.

Coleshill GPs.
Green Sandpiper x4
Greenshank x2
Little Egret x3
Curlew
Runged Plover ( B Kington).

Shustoke Res.
Black-necked Grebe (juv)
Common Tern x2 (L Johnson).

Ladywalk NR. (permit only)
Little Egret x3. (Birdguides).

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Aug 3rd.

Shustoke Res.
Black-necked Grebe (juv)
Common Tern x2 (L Johnson).

Whitacre Flashes.
Green Sandpiper
Hobby (J Wesson).

Camp Hill Nuneaton.
Whimbrel x3 over this evening (R Dawkins).

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Nearby Reports Aug 2nd.

Leics.
Rutland Water.
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper x13
Wood Sandpiper
Scaup
Black Tern

Eyebrook Res.
Wood Sandpiper

Cropston Res.
Black-tailed Godwit x3

Worcs.
Upton Warren.
Black-tailed Godwit
Green Sandpiper x9

Notts.
Kilvington.
Black-necked Grebe (adult)

Northants.
Daventry Res.
Black-tailed Godwit x2

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Steve Seal

Aug 2nd.

Wood Sandpiper ...Alvecote Pools..Photo by J Wesson.

Wootton Wawen.
Wood Sandpiper (flew off north west @ 8-00)

Shustoke Res.
Black-necked Grebe (juv)
Common Tern x1
Common Sandpiper x5 (S Seal ).

Alvecote Pools.
Redstart (male)
Wood Sandpiper (unfortunatly on the Staffs side).(T Perrins)

Earlswood Lake.
Turnstone
Arctic Tern (Birdguides).

Friday, August 01, 2008

Nearby Reports Aug 1st.

Leics.
Rutland Water
Wood Sandpiper
Turnstone
Grey Plover.

Eyebrook Res
Wood Sandpiper x2.

Cropston Res.
Little Egret x6.

W Mids.
Sandwell Valley RSPB
Black-tailed Godwit x3.

Staffs.
Alvecote Pools
Wood Sandpiper.

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Steve Seal

Aug 1st.

B N Grebe Shustoke (juv) still present today....Photo by S Seal.

Shustoke Res.
Black-necked Grebe (juv)
Common Sandpiper x3
Dunlin
Hobby (S Seal)

Whitacre Area
Red Kite seen again yesterday (K Wimbush).

Haunch Lane.
Green Sandpiper (S Seal).

Draycote Water.
Hobby
Wheatear
Common Tern x2 ( D Cox,R Mays).