Thursday, November 12, 2009

12th Nov 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Green-winged Teal (J.Judge)

Friday, November 06, 2009

6th Nov 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Purple Sandpiper (J.Judge)

Sunday, October 11, 2009

11th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Whitacre Heath
Curlew x 3 (J.Wesson)



Saturday, October 10, 2009

10th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Lesser Scaup
Rock Pipit (D.Hutton/R.Dawkins)

Brandon Marsh
Greenshank x 2 (J.Wesson)

Friday, October 09, 2009

9th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Greenshank x 2 (K.Yates BMVCT)

Draycote Water
Lesser Scaup
Rock Pipit x 2 (D.Hutton)

Thursday, October 08, 2009

8th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Greenshank x 2 (C.Irwin)

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

7th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Black-tailed Godwit
Greenshank x 2
Pintail, fem (A.Anscomb)

Shustoke Reservoir
Whooper Swan x 4 (J.Harris)

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

6th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Shustoke Reservoir
Arctic Tern (John G)

Brandon Marsh
Greenshank x 2
Pintail, fem (K.Yates BMVCT)

Monday, October 05, 2009

5th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Shustoke Reservoir
Arctic Tern (John G)

Hartshill Hayes
Red Kite (J.Harris)

Friday, October 02, 2009

2nd Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Lesser Scaup (J.Judge)

Brandon Marsh
Pintail, female
Greenshank
Raven (J.Spraggett)

Saturday, September 26, 2009

26th Sep 2009

Warwickshire:

Ladywalk
Spotted Crake (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath
Green Sandpiper x 3 (J.Wesson)

Brandon Marsh
Greenshank (A.Burton)

Monday, September 21, 2009

21st Sep 2009


Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Pectoral Sandpiper, juv
Rock Pipit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Little Gull (Birdguides)

Sunday, September 20, 2009

20th Sep 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Pectoral Sandpiper
Bar-tailed Godwit
Mandarin Duck, drake (M Doughty)
Nuneaton (Chatsworth Drive/Lutterworth Rd)
1 Red Kite (P.Lathbury)

Saturday, September 19, 2009

19th Sep 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Pectoral Sandpiper (J.Judge)
Bar-tailed Godwit (Birdguides)

Ladywalk NR (permit)
Spotted Crake (Birdguides)

Friday, September 18, 2009

18th Sep 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Pectoral Snadpiper, juv
Bar-tailed Godwit
Ruff
Dunlin x 3 (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Osprey (K.Yates BMVCT)

Ladywalk NR (Permit)
Spotted Crake (Birdguides)

Thursday, September 17, 2009

17th Sept 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Pectoral Sandpiper, juv still on toft bank (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath
Marsh Harrier (Birdguides)

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

15th Sep 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Pectoral Sandpiper, juv still in toft bay (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Tittensor
Rose-coloured Starling, juv on church roof (Birdguides)

Monday, September 14, 2009

14th Sept 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Pectoral Sandpiper, juv still in toft bay (J.Judge)

Staffordshire

Tittensor
Rose-coloured Starling, juv on church roof (Birdguides)

Alvecote Pool
Ferruginous Duck, possible juv on Pretty Pigs Pool, viewable from orchard (Birdguides)


Sunday, September 13, 2009

13th Sept 2009


Pectoral Sandpiper.....Draycote Water....photo by Steve Seal..

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Pectoral Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper x 3
Dunlin
Ringed Plover (J.Judge)

Friday, August 14, 2009

14th Aug

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Greenshank x 5 (K.Groocock)

Sunday, August 09, 2009

9th August 2009.

Prior,s Hardwick
Redstart fem still between village and canal bridge 124. (Birdguides).

Kingsbury Water Park
Garganey cliff pool (Birdguides).

Friday, August 07, 2009

6th Aug 2009.

Shustoke Res
Garganey x2
Common Sandpiper x1 (L Johnson).

Fishers Mill
Little Egret x2 (J Harris).

Draycote Water
Black Tern x22
Common Tern x7
Garganey fem/imm (R Mays).

Monday, August 03, 2009

3rd August 2009.

Warwickshire

Priors Hardwick
Redstart fem, between village and canal bridge 124 (Birdguides).

Saturday, August 01, 2009

1st August 2009.

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Black Tern x3 (Birdguides).

31st July 2009.

Warwickshire

Ladywalk
Curlew x5 (WMBC).

Thursday, July 30, 2009

30th July 2009.

Warwickshire

Bentley Woods
Common Crossbill x25 late afternoon (Birdguides).


Staffs

Belvide Res.
Arctic Tern x7 adults mid afternoon (Birdguides).

Hanchurch Woods
Common Crossbill 50 still by lower car park (Birdguides).

Blithfield Res
Black Tern x2
Arctic Tern x1 (Birdguides).

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

29th July 2009.

Common Crossbill Bentley Woods by Bob Duckhouse.

Warwickshire

Bentley Woods
Common Crossbill x20 (Birdguides).

Staffordshire

Belvide Res
Whimbrel x3 flew south
Sanderling
Little Egret (Birdguides).

Hanchurch Woods
Common Crossbill x100+ by lower car park (Birdguides).

Worcestershire

Upton Warren
Bittern on Moors Pool (Birdguides).

Leicestershire

Rutland Water
Marsh Harrier imm male (Birdguides).

Thursday, July 09, 2009

9th July 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Lesser-spotted Woodpecker
Green Sandpiper x 2 (R.Mays)

Kingsbury WP
Knot

Middleton Hall/Lakes
Common Crossbill

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

26th May

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Red Kite this morning (K.Yates)

Friday, May 22, 2009

22nd May 2009

Warwickshire

Wishaw
Hobby (Blindpit Lane) (G.Williams)

Friday, May 15, 2009

15th May 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Little Stint
Turnstone x 2
Sandwich Tern x 2 (R.Hopkins)

Thursday, May 14, 2009

14th May 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Little Tern (A Johnson)

Black Tern x 2 (Birdguides)

Alvecote Pools
Spoonbill (Birdguides)

Fishers Mill
Garganey x 2
YL Gull (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lake
Black Tern x 2 (Birdguides)

Shustoke
Black Tern (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Marsh Lane
Little Tern (Birdguides)

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

13th May

Warwickshire

Earlswood Lake
Black Tern x 4 (Birdguides)

Alvecote Pools
Spoonbill (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
White-winged Black Tern
Black Tern x 12 (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Turnstone (Birdguides)

Monday, May 11, 2009

11th May

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Wood Sandpiper
Black Tern (Birdguides)

Fishers Mill
Garganey x 2 (Birdguides)

Saturday, May 09, 2009

9th May 2009

Warwickshire

Wishaw (Blindpit Lande)
Yellow Wagtail x 3
Wheatear x 6
Corn Bunting x 4+ (G.Williams)

Lea Marston
Common Swift (aberrant) (Birdguides)

Fishers Mill
Garganey x 2 (Birdguides)


Wednesday, May 06, 2009

6th May 2009

Nearby Reports

Leicestershire

Rutland Water
Cattle Egret (Birdguides)

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

5th May 2009

Warwickshire

Ladywalk NR (Permit Only)
Whinchat
Hobby x 2 (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Garganey (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports


West Midlands

Wednesfield
Waxwing x 21 (Ecclestone Road) (Birdguides)

Leicestershire

Rutland Water
Cattle Egret (Birdguides)

Monday, May 04, 2009

4th May 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Wood Sandpiper x 1 (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Garganey (Birdguides)

Friday, April 17, 2009

17th Apr

Warwickshire

Kingsbury WP
Little Gull
Arctic Tern x 8 (Birdguides)

Thursday, April 16, 2009

16th Apr

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Yellow Wagtail x 3 (1 blue headed)
Bittern (K.Yates BMVCT)

Draycote Water
Osprey
Great Skua
Gannet 
Little Gull x 36
Med Gull
Kittiwake
Arctic Tern x 8
Black Tern x 4
Sanderling
Ringed Plover x 2
Dunlin x 7
Wheatear x 3
Great Northern Diver
Yellow Wagtail x 10 (R.Mays)

Hartshill
Marsh Harrier (Birdguides)

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

15th Apr

Warwickshire

Kingsbury Water
Arctic Tern x 2 (Birdguides)

Lea Marston
Kittiwake 
Arctic Tern x 1 (Birdguides)

Monday, April 13, 2009

13th April

Warwickshire

Kingsbury Water Park
Med Gull (Birdguides)

Morton Bagot
Water Pipit (Birdguides)

Lea Marston
Black-necked Grebe x 4 (Birdguides)

Friday, April 10, 2009

10th Apr

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Avocet (Birdguides)
Sedge Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Little Ringed Plover 

Cuckoo
Green Sandpiper
Sand Martin x 300 (M, M & J Phillips, R Mays)

Kingsbury WP
Common Tern x 7 (Birdguides)

Lea Marston
Black-necked Grebe x 4 (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath
Lesser Redpoll x 50+ (J Wesson)

Mealey Redpoll x 2
Reed Warbler x 1 (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lake
Common Tern x 2 (Birdguides)

Thursday, April 09, 2009

9th Apr

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Green-winged Teal (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Yellow Wagtail x 2 (K.Yates BMVCT)
Cuckoo (G.Rowling)

Seeswood Pool
Yellow Wagtail (Birdguides)

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

8th Apr

Warwickshire

Fishers Mill
Garganey x 2 (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Red-necked Grebe
Rock Pipit
Yellow Wagtail x 5 (Birdguides)

Claybrookes Marsh
Cetti's Warbler (B.Hickman)

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

7th Apr

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Red Kite (K.Yates BMVCT)

Draycote Water
Citrine Wagtail male
Red-necked Grebe
Green-winged Teal
Great Northern Diver
Yellow Wagtail x 3 (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath
Osprey (Birdguides)

Monday, April 06, 2009

6th Apr

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Green-winged Teal
Red necked Grebe (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Sandwell Valley RSPB
Waxwing x 55 (for the 5th day!)

Marsh Lane NR (Permit Only)
Jack Snipe x 1

Sunday, April 05, 2009

5th Apr

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Green-winged Teal
Rock Pipit
Yellow Wagtail (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Red Kite (G.Rowling)

Whitacre Heath NR
Brambling x 2 male
Lesser Redpoll x 40
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker x 1
Siskin x 1 (J.Wesson)

Saturday, April 04, 2009

4th Apr

Warwickshire

Middleton Hall
Cattle Egret (Birguides)

Broadwell
Hen Harrier female (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 4
Red-necked Grebe
Green-winged Teal
Yellow Wagtail x 2
Hen Harrier female (many observers)

Kenilworth
Red Kite (P.Haycock)


Friday, April 03, 2009

3rd Apr

Warwickshire

Middleton Hall
Cattle Egret (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Green-winged Teal
Great Northern Diver x 4
Yellow Wagtail x 2 (Birdguides)

Thursday, April 02, 2009

2nd Apr

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Twite
Yellow Wagtail
Green-winged Teal
Great Northern Diver x 4 (Birdguides)

Middleton Hall
Cattle Egret (J.Wesson)

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

1st Apr

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Black-necked Grebe x 7
Avocet
Red necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 4
Red Kite
Osprey
Green-winged Teal (J Judge)

Middleton Hall
Cattle Egret (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (C.Irwin)

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

31st Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Green-winged Teal (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Marsh Lane NR
Black-tailed Godwit

Monday, March 30, 2009

30th Mar

Warwickshire

Fishers Mill
Black-tailed Godwit x 6 (circling) (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Green winged Teal
Red necked Grebe (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (male) (J.Wesson)

Sunday, March 29, 2009

29th Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Osprey
Great Northern Diver x 4
White Wagtail (K.Groocock)

Red necked Grebe (Birdguides)

Alvecote Pool
Osprey (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath
Brambling (1 male)
Lesser Redpoll (20-30) (J.Hoyle)

Brandon Marsh
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (K.Yates)
Swallow x 1 (D.Steeley)
Marsh Harrier (Monica & Tony)

Saturday, March 28, 2009

28th Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Osprey
Great Northern Diver x 2
Iceland Gull
Red necked Grebe
White Wagtail (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath
Curlew x 6 
Lesser Redpoll (40+) (J.Wesson)


Friday, March 27, 2009

27th Mar

Warwickshire

Birchmoor
Ring Ouzel (Birdguides)

Thursday, March 26, 2009

26th Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 2
Kumlien's Gull 2nd-winter or Iceland Gull in roost though distant
Iceland Gull juv
Yellow-legged Gull 3rd winter(Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Swallow x 2
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (K.Yates/BMVCT)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Coventry
Waxwing x 15 (Canley) (J.Wesson)

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

25th Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2 (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Coventry
Waxwing x 15 (Canley) (J.Wesson)

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

24th Mar

Warwickshire

Fishers Mill
Iceland Gull juvenile (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Rock Pipit
Great Northern Diver x 3
White Wagtail x 2
Red-necked Grebe
Nerby female Hen Harrier reported by Flecknoe Road(Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Sand Martin (30+)
Little Ringed Plover (D.Holloway/K.Yates)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Faraday Ave) (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Coventry
Waxwing x 15 (Canley) (Birdguides)

Monday, March 23, 2009

23rd Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 3
Kittiwake adult
Mediterranean Gull 1st summmer (Birdguides)

Sunday, March 22, 2009

22nd Mar

Warwickshire

Kingsbury Water Park
Little Gull (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Faraday Ave) (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Canley
Waxwing x 15 (D.Hall)

Saturday, March 21, 2009

21st Mar

© J Wesson

Warwickshire

Whitacre Heath NR
Little Egret x 1
Curlew x 1 (J.Wesson)

Coleshill
Wheatear (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Yellow-legged Gull
White Wagtail
Wheatear (Birdguides)

Fishers Mill
Wheatear x 2 (Birdguides)


Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Canley
Waxwing (J.Wesson)

Friday, March 20, 2009

20th Mar

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Canley
Waxwing x 15 (J.Wesson/Birdguides)

Thursday, March 19, 2009

19th Mar

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
White-fronted Goose (K.Yates BMVCT)

Ladywalk NR (PERMIT ONLY)
Brambling 19+ (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Canley
Waxwing x 14+ (J.Wesson)

Castle Vale
Waxwing 50+ (Birdguides)

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

18th Mar

Warwickshire

Shustoke Reservoir
Northern Wheatear (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Kumlien's Gull 2nd-winter again in roost
Iceland Gull
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 3 (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Pelsall
Ring Ouzel (Birdguides)

Canley
Waxwing x 15 (J.Wesson)

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

17th Mar

Warwickshire

Rugby
Kumlien's Gull 2nd-winter (Great Central Walk NR)
Iceland Gull juv
Mediterranean Gull (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 3
Mediterranean Gull (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Sand Martin x 3
Stonechat female (K.Yates BMVCT)

Monday, March 16, 2009

16th Mar

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Barn Owl
Chiffchaff x 3 (K.Yates BMVCT)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 4 (3 drakes, 1 female)(Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 3
Marsh Harrier female
Red Kite over (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Birdguides)

Sunday, March 15, 2009

15th Mar

Warwickshire

Earlswood Lakes
Goosander (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Birdguides)

Ladywalk NR (Permit Only)
Brambling x 2
Common Redpoll x 2 (Birdguides)

Rugby
Kumlien's Gull 2nd winter (Birdguides)

Fishers Mill
Short-eared Owl (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 3 (Birdguides)

Friday, March 13, 2009

13th Mar

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 4
Merlin
Sand Martin (Birdguides)

Dosthill Lake
Iceland Gull (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 4 (Birdguides)

Thursday, March 12, 2009

12th Mar

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker x 2 (A.Johnson)

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

11th Mar

Warwickshire

Kingsbury Water Park
Iceland Gull (Birdguides)

Nuneaton
Waxwing (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 2 female (Birguides)

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

10th Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver
Sand Martin x 2
Iceland Gull x 2
Caspian Gull 1st winter
Mediterranean Gull(Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
White fronted Goose
Green Sandpiper (K.Yates BMVCT)

Nuneaton
Waxwing x 15 (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Dudley
Waxwing x 3 (Birdguides)

Coventry
Waxwing x 10 (Tile Hill Station) (Birdguides)

Monday, March 09, 2009

9th Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe (Birdguides)

Nuneaton
Waxwing x 15 (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 2 females from the hide (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Dudley
Waxwing x 3 (Birdguides)

Coventry
Waxwing x 15 (Tile Hill Stn) (Birdguides)

Sunday, March 08, 2009

8th Mar

Waxwing at Nuneaton (D.Hutton)
Warwickshire

Nuneaton
Waxwing x 15 (J.Wesson)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 2 female (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
White-fronted Goose (Birdguides)


Saturday, March 07, 2009

7th Mar

Warwickshire

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Gorsey Lane) (J.Wesson)
Firecrest (Edison Road) (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
White-fronted Goose (K.Yates BMVCT)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup, two females (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver (Birdguides)

Nuneaton
Waxwing x 15 (Birdguides)

Dosthill Lake
Iceland Gull juv (Birdguides)

Friday, March 06, 2009

6th Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Iceland Gull 2nd-winter and juvenile in roost
Great Northern Diver x 3
Mediterranean Gull (Birdguides)

Dosthill Lake
Iceland Gull juv (Birdguides)

Thursday, March 05, 2009

5th Mar

Warwickshire

Dosthill Lake
Iceland Gull x 2 juvenile (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 3 (Birdguides)

Flecknoe
Black Redstart (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Birdguides)

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

4th Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Smew
Great Northern Diver
Goosander x 11 (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 3
Raven x 2 (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Gorsey Lane) (J.Hoyle)
Stonechat (3m 2f) (Coleshill Quarry) (J.Hoyle)

Kingsbury Water Park
Iceland Gull (Birdguides)

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

3rd Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Smew
Great Northern Diver x 3 (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern
White fronted Goose (K.Yates BMVCT)

Monday, March 02, 2009

2nd Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Iceland Gull x 2
Glaucous Gull juv
Mediterranean Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Red-necked Grebe
Smew
Great Northern Diver x 4
Sand Martin (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (K.Yates/C.Irwin)

Coleshill
Firecrest (Eddison Road) (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 4 (Balancing Lakes)
Scaup x 2 (Coton Lakes) (Birdguides)

Sunday, March 01, 2009

1st Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver
Red Necked Grebe
Smew
Yellow Legged Gull
Merlin female (K.Groocock)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (J.Wesson)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (B.Lee)
Peregrine (K.Yates)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Gorsey Lane)
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Firecrest (Eddison Road)(Birdguides)

Saturday, February 28, 2009

28th Feb

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (J.Rankin)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 3 (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Smew (Birdguides)

Friday, February 27, 2009

27th Feb

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Smew
Rock Pipit (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Oystercatcher x 3
White-fronted Goose
Bittern (AKB)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Gorsey Lane) (Birdguides)

Warwick
Waxwing x 7 (by St. Johns) (S.Valentine)

Thursday, February 26, 2009

26th Feb

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Bittern
Barn Owl x 2
Cape Shelduck (female and hybrid - Cape/Australian?)(K.Yates BMVCT)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver
Smew drake
Mediterranean Gull in the roost
Merlin male
Rock Pipit (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Firecrest (Eddison Road)
Black Redstart (Gorsey Lane) (Birdguides)

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

25th Feb

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Smew drake
Great Northern Diver x 3
Mediterranean Gull in the roost (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Gorsey Lane) (Birdguides)
Firecrest (Eddison Road) (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (A.Anscomb)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Kingswinford
Waxwing x 2 (Granville Drive) (Birdguides)

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

24th Feb


© J Wesson


Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Bittern
Ringed Plover x 3
White Fronted Goose x 1 (K.Yates BMVCT)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 3
Mediterranean Gull
Red-necked Grebe
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Gorsey Lane)(J.Wesson)

Whitacre Heath
Little Egret (Railway bridge) (J.Wesson)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Hearsall Common
Waxwing x 16 (Martin)

Monday, February 23, 2009

23rd Feb

Warwickshire

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Gorsey Lane)(Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew
Great Northern Diver x 3 (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Hearsall Common
Waxwing x 16 (Birdguides)

Sunday, February 22, 2009

22nd Feb

Warwickshire

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Gorsey Lane) (J.Wesson)

Coleshill
Firecrest (Eddison Road) (J.Wesson)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Little Egret
Scaup x 3 (Birdguides)

Dosthill Lake
Iceland Gull juv (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Iceland Gull juvenile
Glaucous Gull juvenile
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver (Birdguides)

Saturday, February 21, 2009

21st Feb

Warwickshire

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Gorsey Lane) (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Firecrest (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath
Curlew
Little Egret (from railway bridge) (J.Wesson)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 3 (Birdguides)

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

18th Feb

Warwickshire

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Firecrest (Birdguides)

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

17th Feb

Black Redstart (D.Hutton)
Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Woodcock
Bittern
Pink-footed Goose
White-fronted Goose (K.Yates BMVCT)

Ladywalk NR
Firecrest (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Gorsey Lane) (Birdguides)

Warwick
Common Redpoll (Guys Cliffe) (Birdguides)

Monday, February 16, 2009

16th Feb

Firecrest (D.Hutton)
Warwickshire

Coleshill
Firecrest (D.Hutton,R.Dawkins)

Brandon Marsh
Pink-footed Goose
White-fronted Goose (D.Spencer)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 3
Med Gull x 2
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Stubber's Green
Iceland Gull (Birdguide)

Sutton Coldfield
Waxwing x 11 (Hill Village Lane/Holly Lane)(Birdguides)

Sunday, February 15, 2009

15th Feb

Warwickshire

Coleshill
Firecrest (Birdguides)

Ladwalk NR (permit only)
Brambling
Goosander x 2 (J.Wesson)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 3
Red-Necked Grebe (Birdguides)

Saturday, February 14, 2009

14th Feb

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

King's Heath
Waxwing x 12 (Birdguides)

Stubber's Green
Iceland Gull juv (Birdguides)

Friday, February 13, 2009

13th Feb

Warwickshire

Dosthill Lake
Iceland Gull juvenile
Yellow-legged Gull 2nd winter (Birdguides)

Thursday, February 12, 2009

12th Feb

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Ringed Plover
Barnacle Goose x 2
Pink Footed Goose
White Fronted Goose
Little Egret - Seen Flying N-W across the Reserve! (K.Yates BMVCT)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Stubber's Green
Iceland Gull juv (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Dosthill NR
Common Redpoll (Birdguides)

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

10th Feb

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Goosander, female
Bittern
Pink-footed Goose (K.Yates BMVCT)

Coleshill
Firecrest (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Red-necked Grebe (Birdguides)

Sunday, February 08, 2009

8th Feb

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Firecrest (Eddison Road) (A.Hale)

Alvecote Pools
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Birdguides)

Saturday, February 07, 2009

7th Feb

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Bittern
Yellow-legged Gull 3rd winter (Birdguides)

Middleton Hall
Great White Egret (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Firecrest (Eddison Rd)(Birdguides)

Alvecote Pools
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Birdguides)

Dosthill Lake
Iceland Gull
Med Gull (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Allesley
Peregrine (J.Wesson)

Friday, February 06, 2009

6th Feb.

Warwickshire
Middelton Hall.
Great White Egret.

Hams Hall.
Firecrest sewage outflow.(Birdguides).

Thursday, February 05, 2009

5th Feb.

Warwickshire
Nuneaton.
Hawfinch @ Portland Drive (S Norman).

4th Feb

Warwickshire

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 2 (drake and female) (Birdguides)

Kingsbury Water Park
Short-eared Owl (A.Anscomb)

Ladywalk/Whitacre Heath
Pink-footed Goose (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Mediterranean Gull
Shag
Great Northern Diver x 2 (Birdguides)

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

3rd Feb

Warwickshire

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 2 (road bridge) (Birdguides)

Ladywalk NR (Permit Only)
Pink-footed Goose (Birdguides)

Monday, February 02, 2009

2nd Feb

Warwickshire
Draycote Water.
Great Northern Diver
Shag
Rock Pipit
Golden Plover x26 (R Mays).

Sunday, February 01, 2009

1st Feb

Warwickshire
Middelton Hall.
Great White Egret (Birdguides).

Saturday, January 31, 2009

31st Jan

Warwickshire
Brandon Marsh.
White Fronted Goose
Pink footed Goose (J.Rankin)

Whitacre Heath NR.
Pink footed Goose
Little Egret (viewed from railway bridge) (J.Wesson)

Kingsbury WP.
Pink footed Goose x2 (cliff pool)

Lea Marston Lake.
Scaup x3 (2 x drakes)

Coton Lake.
Little Egret x2 (Birdguides).

Fishers Mill.
Little Egret x2 (K Donaghy).

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Brownhills
Waxwing x 130+ (Silver Court) (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Drayton Bassett Pits.
Smew drake
Peregrine (K Donaghy).

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch (Birdguides)

Friday, January 30, 2009

30th Jan

Warwickshire

Middleton Hall Pools
Great White Egret (showing in a sheep field late morning) (Birdguides)

Thursday, January 29, 2009

29th Jan

Warwickshire

Coleshill
Firecrest x 1 (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 3 (2 drakes, 1 female)
Ferruginous Duck x Pochard hybrid female (Birdguides)

Kingsbury Water Park
Hen Harrier 1st winter male (Birdguides)

Dosthill Lake
Iceland Gull juv (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
Staffordshire

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch
Common Crossbill x 12 (Birdguides)

Longton
Waxwing x 70 (Birdguides)

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

28th Jan

Warwickshire

Coleshill
Firecrest (off Eddison Road at Hams Hall c.SP199914)(Birdguides)

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

27th Jan

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (J.Rankin)

Monday, January 26, 2009

26th Jan

Warwickshire

Hams Hall
Firecrest x 2 sewage outflow Eddison Rd (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Shag x 2
Great Northern Diver x 2 (Birdguides)

Sunday, January 25, 2009

25th Jan.

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Shag
Great Northern Diver x 2
Smew
Yellow-legged Gull (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern x 1 11:15 (A.Johnson)
White-fronted Goose
Bittern x 2 16:45 (S.Valentine)

Hams Hall.
Firecrest sewage outflow Eddison Rd (Birdguides).

Fishers Mill.
Hen Harrier
Great White Egret. flew towards KWP. (Birdguides).

Middleton Hall
Great White Egret (Birdguides)

Saturday, January 24, 2009

24th Jan

Warwickshire

Kingsbury Water Park
Great White Egret (Cliff Pool) (P Softly)
Hen Harrier richards meadow (Birdguides)

Austrey
Waxwing x 2 (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (Birdguides)
White-fronted Goose (D.Steeley)

Draycote Water.
Great Northern Diver
Smew drake
Shag
Y L Gull (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports

West Midlands

Brownhills
Waxwing x 95 (Birdguides)

Shirley
Waxwing x 14 (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Park Hall CP
Long-eared Owl (Birdguides)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Waxwing x 18 (Birdguides)

Friday, January 23, 2009

23rd Jan.

Warwickshire

Coleshill
Hams Hall sewage outflow Eddison Rd.
Firecrest
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper x2 (Birdguides).

Nearby Reports
Staffordshire
Hawfinch fem @ Coppice Hill car park Cannock Chase.(Birdguides)

Thursday, January 22, 2009

22nd Jan.

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
White-fronted Goose
Bittern (K.Groocock)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Mediterranean Gull adult in the roost
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
Leicestershire.
Great White Egret @ Sheepy Parva. (Birdguides)

Furruginous Duck female @ Wistow Pool. (Birdguides)

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

21st Jan.

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
White-fronted Goose
Green Sandpiper (A.Anscomb)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Shag
Smew drake
Great Northern Diver (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports.

Rutland Water Leics.
Black-necked Grebe x2. (Birdguides)

Throckmorton Tip Worcs.
Iceland Gull adult. (Birdguides)

Meir Heath Staffs.
Waxwing x1 (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase Staffs.
Hawfinch x 3
Brambling
Common Crossbill x 18 (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes Staffs.
Bittern (Birdguides)

Shirley West Mids.
Waxwing x 11 (Birdguides)

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

20th Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Shag
Smew drake
Great Northern Diver (Birdguides)
Little Egret
Iceland Gull juv
Med Gull 1st winter
Kittiwake 1st winter (R Mays)

Brandon Marsh
White fronted goose (East Marsh Pool)(D.Spencer)

W.Mids
Stubbers Green
Iceland Gull juv (Birdguides).

Staffordshire
Cannock Chase
Hawfinch x3 (Birdguides).

Doxey Marshes
White-fronted Goose x 24
Bittern (Birdguides)

Monday, January 19, 2009

19th Jan

Warwickshire

Kingsbury WP
Smew drake (J.Hoyle)

West Midlands

Shirley
Waxwing x 15 (Shakespeare Drive) (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Belvide Reservoir (PERMIT ONLY)
Kittiwake (Birdguides)

Swallow Moss
Hen Harrier
Short-eared Owl x 3 (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
Bittern (Birdguides)

Sunday, January 18, 2009

18th Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Rednecked Grebe
Smew drake
Shag (J.Wesson)
Great Northern Diver
Yellow-legged Gull (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Pintail x 2 (M.Phillips)

Staffordshire

Belvide Reservoir (Permit Only)
Common Redpoll x 2 (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
Bittern
White-fronted Goose x 28
Barnacle Goose x 4 (Birdguides)

Cop Mere
Iceland Gull (Birdguides)

Saturday, January 17, 2009

17th Jan

Warwickshire
Draycote Water.
Little Gull 1st winter
Red Necked Grebe
Shag
Great Northern Diver
Smew drake

Kingsbury Water Park
Hen Harrier (richards meadow).

Lea Marston lake
Scaup x4

Brandon Marsh.
Bittern (east marsh)
White Fronted Goose

Fishers Mill
Knot (Birdguides).

Friday, January 16, 2009

16th Jan

Warwickshire
Draycote Water
Red Throated Diver (picked up dead yesterday).
Red Necked Grebe
Smew drake (Birdguides).

Lea Marston.
Scaup x3 viewed from roadbridge.(Birdguides).

Coombe Abbey
Raven (M.Faulkner)

West Midlands

Birmingham
Waxwing x 13 (Kings Norton)(Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Swallow Moss
Hen Harrier
Short-eared Owl x 2 (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
White-fronted x 36
Bittern (Birdguides)

Rugeley
Waxwing x 23 (Birdguides)

Endon
Siberian Chiffchaff (Birdguides)

Little Haywood
Waxwing x 2 (Birdguides)

Thursday, January 15, 2009

15th Jan

Warwickshire

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 5 (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Waxwing x 1
White-fronted Goose (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 4
Smew
Shag
Pink-footed Goose
Little Egret (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Staffordshire

Endon
Siberian Chiffchaff (Birdguides)

Rugeley
Waxwing x 40 (Birdguides)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Waxwing x 5 (Birdguides)

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

14th Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Pink-footed Goose (originally reported as Bean Goose)(Birdguides)

West Midlands

Erdington
Waxwing x 1 (near to Witton Lakes) (Quercus)

Staffordshire

Whitemoor Haye
Bewick's Swan x 5
Whooper Swan x 2 (Birdguides)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Waxwing x 35 (Birdguides)

Madeley
Waxwing x 1 (Birdguides)

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

13th Jan

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
White-fronted Goose x 1 (S Chapman)

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Red-necked Grebe (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 2 (Birdguides)

Grandborough
Waxwing x 6 (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Shirley
Waxwing x 11 (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Endon
Siberian Chiffchaff
Lesser spotted Woodpecker (Birdguides)

Chasewater
Smew (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye
Bewick's Swan x 2
Whooper Swan x 2 (Birdguides)

Monday, January 12, 2009

12th Jan

West Midlands

Shirley
Waxwing x 11 (Shakespeare Drive) (D.Scott aka Reg)

Staffordshire

Chasewater
Smew (Birdguides)

Drayton Bassett Pits
Pink-footed Goose x 1
Little Egret x 2 (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch female (Coppice Hill) (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye
Bewick's Swan
Whooper Swan x 2 (Birdguides)

Sunday, January 11, 2009

11th Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe 1st-winter
Shag
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Middelton Lake.
Glaucous Gull juv, flew towards Dosthill Lake (Birdguides).

West Midlands

Brownhills
Waxwing x 2 (Silver Court) (Birdguides)

Staffordshire
Croxhall GPs.
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Belvide Reservoir (PERMIT ONLY)
Mediterranean Gull (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye
Waxwing x 11 (Birdguides)

Chasewater
Waxwing x 50
Glaucous Gull
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
Red-breasted Goose
White-fronted Geese
Barnacle Geese (Birdguides)

Coldmeece Pools
Iceland Gull (Birdguides)

Saturday, January 10, 2009

10th Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 4
Red-necked Grebe
Red-throated Diver
Shag
Smew
Mediterranean Gull (Birdguides)

Priors Hardwick
Peregrine Falcon x 2 (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Shirley
Waxwing x 11 (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Whitemoor Haye
Waxwing x 10
Whooper Swan x 2
Bewick's Swan x 2 (Birdguides)

Madeley
Hawfinch x 6 (Birdguides)

Drayton Bassett Pits
Bewick's Swan x 3
Pink-footed Geese (Birdguides)

Chasewater
Waxwing x 6
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Park Hall CP
Long-eared Owl x 2 (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
White-fronted Goose x 17
Barnacle Goose x 3
Red-breasted Goose (Birdguides)

Friday, January 09, 2009

9th Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Red-necked Grebe
Red-throated Diver
Merlin
Common Sandpiper x 2
Shag
Blackcap male (K.Groocock)


Ladywalk
Bittern x 1 (J.Harris)

Kingsbury Water Park
Hen Harrier (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Shirley
Waxwing x 27 (Stratford Road/Shakespeare Drive) (M.Griffith)

Sandwell Valley RSPB
Common Redpoll (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch (Coppice Hill) (Birdguides)

Belvide Reservoir (PERMIT ONLY)
Common Redpoll x 3
Yellow-legged Gull (Birdguides)

Park Hall CP
Long-eared Owl x 1 (Birdguides)

Hixon
Waxwing x 11 (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye
Whooper Swan x 2
Merlin (Birdguides)

Longton
Waxwing x 5 (Birdguides)

Madeley
Hawfinch x 4 (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
White-fronted Goose x 20
Barnacle Geese x 2 (Birdguides)

Chasewater
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Thursday, January 08, 2009

8th Jan

West Midlands

Shirley
Waxwing x 25+ (Stratford Road/Shakespeare Drive)(Birdguides)

Birmingham
Waxwing 16+ (Garretts Green Lane) (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Whitemoor Haye
Whooper Swan x 2
Bewick's Swans x 2 (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
White-fronted Goose x 28
Red-breasted Goose (escapee)
Barnacle Goose x 6 (Birdguides)

Madeley
Hawfinch x 5 (churchyard) (Birdguides)

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

7th Jan

Warwickshire

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Iceland Gull adult in the roost (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Red-throated Diver
Great Northern Divers x 2
Red-necked Grebe
Shag
Iceland Gull juvenile in the roost
Caspian Gull adult
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull x 3 (Birdguides)

Rugby
Waxwing, x 1 (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir
Yellow-legged Gull x 2
Green Sandpiper
Dunlin (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Birmingham
Waxwing x 16 (Garretts Green) (Birdguides)

Sandwell Valley RSPB
Waxwing x 3 (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Belvide Reservoir (PERMIT ONLY)
Iceland Gull juvenile in roost
Waxwing (Shutt Green Lane)(Birdguides)

Chasewater
Waxwing x 75 (Birdguides)

Madeley
Hawfinch x 2 (Birdguides)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Waxwing x 25 (Meremore Drive) (Birdguides)

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

6th Jan

Red-necked Grebe (Draycote water)
Red-throated Diver (Draycote water)

Warwickshire

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Baltic Gull possible in roost (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-throated Diver
Great-northern Diver x 4
Red-necked Grebe
Smew male
Scaup 1st winter male
Whooper Swan x 2
Shag x 2
Peregrine
Merlin male
Pintail male
Goosander x 47
Med Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper (R.Mays/D.Hutton)

West Midlands

Wednesfield
Hawfinch x 1 (behind Cineworld at Bentley Bridge) (Birdguides)

Birmingham
Waxwing x 17 (Garrett's Green) (Birdguides)

Stubber's Green
Caspian Gull 3rd-winter (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Madeley
Hawfinch x 4 (Birdguides)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Waxwing x 7 (Birdguides)

Chasewater
Iceland Gull
Smew drake
Waxwing x 40 (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch female (Coppice Hill feeding station) (Birdguides)

Monday, January 05, 2009

5th Jan

Hawfinch (female at Coppice Hill feeding station)
Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Caspian Gull adult in the roost
Yellow-legged Gull x 5
Mediterranean Gull x 1 adult
Red-necked Grebe
Red-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver x 4
Smew drake
Shag x 2 juv
Scaup imm drake
Common Sandpiper (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Birmingham
Waxwing x 17 (Garrett's Green) (M.Griffith)

Staffordshire

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch female (Coppice Hill feeding station) (Birdguides)

Madeley
Hawfinch x 1 (church car park) (Birdguides)

Croxall GP
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
Red-breasted Goose
White-fronted Goose x 2 (Birdguides)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Waxwing x 18

Chasewater
Iceland Gull adult in roost (Birdguides)

Sunday, January 04, 2009

4th Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 4
Red-throated Diver
Smew drake
Goosander 43 (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Birmingham
Waxwing x 17 (Garretts Green Lane) (Kay.D)

Sandwell Valley
Goosander x 14
Mealy readpoll
Mandarin Duck female (Fritz)

Staffordshire

Madeley
Hawfinch, x 8 (churchyard) (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye
Whooper Swan x 2 (Birdguides)

Chasewater
Caspian Gull 3rd-winter in the roost
Yellow-legged Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Waxwing x 30
Smew (Birdguides)

Park Hall CP
Long-eared Owl x 4 (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch (Coppice Hill) (Birdguides)

Saturday, January 03, 2009

3rd Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-throated Diver
Red-necked Grebe
Smew drake
Great Northern Diver x 4
Shag x 2 juv (Birdguides)

Coton Lakes
Little Egret x 1 (J.Wesson)

Fishers Mill
Black-tailed Godwit (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Birmingham [A]
Waxwing x 5 (Garrett's Green) (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Madeley
Hawfinch x 4 (church) (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch x 1 (Coppice Hill)(Birdguides)

Leek
Waxwing x 1 (Birdguides)

Trentham
Hawfinch x 2 (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye [A]
Bewick's Swan x 3 (2 adults and 1 juv)
Whooper Swan x 2
Ruff x 2 (Birdguides)

Friday, January 02, 2009

2nd Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-throated Diver
Red-necked Grebe
Smew drake
Great Northern Diver x 4
Shag (Birdguides)
Mediterranean Gull x 2 adults x 2 1st-winter (Birdguides)

Birchmoor
Golden Plover x 200 (J.Harris)

West Midlands

Walsgrave
Red Kite (M6/M69 jn) (B.Hickman)

Staffordshire

Westport Lake
Iceland Gull (Birdguides)

Park Hall CP
Long-eared Owl x 3 (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch (Coppice Hill feeding station) (Birdguides)

Swallow Moss
Hen Harrier male
Short-eared Owl x 4
Barn Owl

Thursday, January 01, 2009

1st Jan

Happy New Year

Warwickshire

Coton Lakes
Iceland gull (T.Perrins)

Ladywalk NR (Permit Only)
Pintail female
Willow Tit
Goosander (J.Wesson)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 4
Red-throated Diver
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Raven
Common Sandpiper
Shag x 1
Goosander x 20 (Kay.D)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 4
Little Egret
Iceland Gull adult in roost (Birdguides)


Earlswood Lakes
Mandarin Duck drake on Enginehouse Pool (Birdguides)

Bishop's Tachbrook
Peregrine Falcon (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Chasewater
Mediterranean Gull
Smew
Waxwing x 90 (Hednesford Road/Albutts Road) (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch (Coppice Hill feeding station) (Birdguides)

Hanchurch Woods
Jackdaw nordic-race (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye
Whooper Swan x2
Corn Bunting x 60
Bewick's Swan x 3 (2 ad 1 juv) (Birdguides)

Great Wyrley
Waxwing x 3 (Birdguides)

Norton Canes
Waxwing x 80 (Birdguides)