Nearby Reports. May 31st.

Slavonian Grebe Gailey Res Staffs.

Hoopoe Berry Hill Fields (Stoke on Trent) Staffs.

Fulmar Blithfield Staffs.

Red-footed Falcon (morning only) Ingelby Derbys.

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May 31st.

Long Lawford
Probable Female Red-footed Falcon flew south at c4:30pm (J Judge)

Guys Cliffe Warwick.
Ked Kite (over).

Nearby Reports May 30th.

Marsh Sandpiper Rutland Water Leics.

Red-footed Falcon Ingelby Derbys.

Red-backed Shrike West Bridgeford Notts.

Hoopoe Berry Hill Fields (Stoke on Trent) Staffs.

Slavonian Grebe Gailey Res Staffs.

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May 30th.

Draycote Water.
Common Tern x7
Buzzard x5 (R Mays)

Nearby Reports May 29th.

Marsh Sandpiper Rutland Water Leics.

Red-footed Falcon Ingelby Derbys.

Caspian Tern Oundle Northants.

Spoonbill Carsington Water Derbys.

Temmincks Stint x2 Willington GPs Derbys.

Slavonian Grebe Gailey Res Staffs.

Common Scoter x15 Bartley Res W.Mids.

Avocet Kilvington Notts.

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May 29th 2008

Draycote Water
Oystercatcher 3
Dunlin 2
Cuckoo
Hobby 2
Common Tern 4
Common Sandpiper 2 (R Mays)

Woodlands, Rugby
Red Kite over my garden 1605 mobbed by Hobby heading east(R Mays)

Middelton Hall.
Red Kite 12-45 (G Williams)

Brandon Marsh.
Hobbies x4
Cuckoo x5 (M Silverman)

Nearby Reports May 28th.

STOP PRESS
MARSH SANDPIPER...still Rutland Water Leics.

Red-footed Falcon...still Ingelby Derbys.


Photo,s by S Seal.

Willington GPs Derbys.
Temmincks Stint x2
Sanderling x6
Wood Sandpiper

Clifford Hill GPs Northants.
Fulmar

Rutland Water Leics.
Fulmar
Knot.

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May 28th.

Shustoke Res.
Black Tern
Common Tern x7
Swift 1500+ (B Kington).

Nearby Reports May 27th.

STOP PRESS
Marsh Sandpiper Rutland Water Leics........this evening

Stilt Sandpiper Rutland Water Leics.........Flew off West.

Red-footed Falcon Ingelby Derbys.

Temmincks Stint Cossington Meadows NR Leics.

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May 27th.

Draycote Water.
Swift x 2000+
Common Sandpiper
Yellow Wagtail x2
Oystercatcher
Hobby
Cuckoo x2
Common Tern x8
(RM,SS,DH,BH,P&L Price).

Nearby Reports May 26th.

Red-footed Falcon Ingelby Derbys.

Dark-bellied Brent Goose Clifton Pits Worcs.

Sanderling x3 Clifford Hill GPs Northants.

Pink-footed Goose Blithfield Staffs.

Fulmar x2 Rutland Water Leics.
Fulmar Holme Pieerepont Notts.
Fulmar Blithfield Staffs.

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May 26th.

Sanderling 2 and Knot at draycote Water this evening (R Mays)

Nearby Reports May 25th.

Red-footed Falcon (fem) Ingleby Derbys.

Fulmar Rutland Water Leics.

Dark-bellied Brent Goose Clifton Pits Worcs.

Knot x6 Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

Sanderling x2 Upton Warren Worcs.

Garganey Belvide Staffs.

Great Northern Diver Chasewater Staffs.

Black Tern Summer Leys NR Northants.

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May 25th.

Draycote Water.
Dunlin x2
Yellow Wagtail x2
Common Tern
Swift 400+
Common Sandpiper (R Mays)

Shustoke.
Swift 1600+
House Martin 200+
Common Tern x3 (B Kington)

Nearby Reports May 24th.

Red-footed Falcon Ingleby Derbys.

Temmincks Stint Cossington Meadows Leics.

Sandwich Tern Summer Leys NR Northants.

Garganey Belvide Staffs.

Kittiwake Blithfield Staffs.
Arctic Tern x3

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May 24th.

Draycote Water.
Little Tern
Hobbies x3
Grey Plover (R Mays).

Brandon Marsh.
Hobby (C Irwin).

Nearby Reports May 23rd.

Red-footed Falcon (fem) Ingleby Derbys.

Little Tern Summer Leys NR Northants.

Garganey Belvide Staffs.

Grey Plover Cossington Meadows NR Leics.

Sanderling Rutland Water Leics.

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May 23rd.

Shustoke.
Common Sandpiper
Cuckoo (J Harris)

Nearby Reports May 22nd.

Ingleby Derbys.
Red-footed Falcon (f)

Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.
Temmincks Stint x2
Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper

Eyebrook Res Leics.
Grey Plover

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Steve Seal

May 22nd.

Brandon Marsh.
Grasshopper Warbler
Hobby
Spotted Flycatcher (D Hunt)

Whitacre Heath NR.
Hobby
Cuckoo x2
Oystercatcher x2 (J Wesson)

Canal Pool Kingsbury.
Turnstone (S Cawthray)

May 21st.

Draycote Water.
Common Scoter x pair
Common Tern x4
Greenshank (R Mays)

Whittleford CP.
Raven (R Dawkins)

Nearby Reports May 20th.

Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.
Turnstone x2
Avocet
Garganey
Wood Sandpiper

Northampton Northants.
Wryneck

Marsh Lane W.Mids.
Little Egret x3

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May 20th.

Seeswood Pool.
Red Kite
Common Tern x2 (D Hutton)

Fishers Mill.
Turtle Dove (S Payne)

May 19th.

Curdworth.
Harrier sp over M42 @ 9-15 (Birdguides).

Haunch Lane.
Greenshank

Nearby Reports May 18th.

Purple Heron Rutland Water Leics.

Honey Buzzard Willington GPs Derbys.

Wood Sandpiper Holt Prairie Worcs.

Turnstone x2 Rutland Water Leics.
Turnstone Throckmorton Worcs.

Sanderling Stanwick GPs Northants.

Avocet x3 Willington GPs Derbys.
Avocet Croxall GPs Staffs.

Grey Plover Uttoxeter Quarry Staffs.

Knot Marsh Lane W.Mids.

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May 18th.

Greenshank....Haunch Lane....Photo,s by (S Seal).

Draycote Water
Turnstone
Dunlin
Common Sandpiper (J D and P Hall)

Cliff Pool Kingsbury.
Turnstone x2
LR Plover x5
Common Sandpiper x2
Yellow Wagtail (T Perrins, G Rowling).

Haunch Lane.
Greenshank
Redshank x2
LR Plover (S Seal, D Hutton)

Nearby Reports May 17th.

Purple Heron Rutland Water Leics.

Great White Egret Blithfield Staffs.

Roseate Tern Doxey Marshes Staffs.

Temmincks Stint Kilvington Notts.

Avocet Drayton Bassett Staffs.

Grey Plover Whitemoor Haye Staffs.

Curlew Sandpiper Summer Leys NR Northants.

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May 17th.

Haunch Lane.
Greenshank x1 (J Galletly)

Coleshill GPs.
Wood Sandpiper (T Perrins)

Nearby Reports May 16th.

Whimbrel x8 Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

Temmincks Stint Kilvington Notts.

Sanderling x2 Willington GPs Derbys.
Sanderling x2 Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.
Sanderling Grimley New Workings Worcs.

Little Tern Rutland Water Leics.

Ruff Marsh Lane W.Mids.

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May 16th.

Greenshank......Haunch Lane......Photo by (S Seal).

Greenshank......Haunch Lane......Photo by (S Seal).

Greenshank......Haunch Lane......Photo by (S Seal).

Draycote Water

Black Tern

Common Tern x 26 (J Judge)

Haunch Lane.
Greenshank x3
LR Plover x2
Redshank x2 (T Perrins)

Coleshill GPs.
Wood Sandpiper (B Kington)

Brandon Marsh.
Barn Owl (K Groocock)

Nearby Reports May 15th.

Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.
Little Stint
Greenshank
Turnstone x2
Ringed Plover x9

Rutland Water Leics.
Wood Sandpiper

Summer Leys NR Northants.
Wood Sandpiper

Kilvington Notts.
Temmincks Stint

Marsh Lane W.Mids.
Ruff

Doxey Marshes Staffs.
Wood Sandpiper

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May 15th.

Whittleford Nuneaton.
Peregrine
Raven (D Hutton)

Shustoke Res.
Common Sandpiper
Common Tern x4 (B Kington)

Nearby Reports May 14th.

Thrapston GPs Northants.
Black Kite

Summer Leys Northants.
Black Kite
Wood Sandpiper

Malvern Hills Worcs.
Honey Buzzard

Rutland Water Leics.
Avocet
Wood Sandpiper

Upton Warren Worcs.
Wood Sandpiper x4

Marsh Lane W.Mids.
Ruff

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May 14th.

Brandon Marsh.
Cuckoo
Hobby (C Irwin)

Nearby Reports May 13th.

Doxey Marshes Staffs.
Wood Sandpiper

Summer Leys CP Northants.
Wood Sandpiper

Watermead CP Leics.
Temmincks Stint

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May 13th.

Brandon Marsh.
Hobbies x3
Ringed Plover x2 (S Greer)

Nearby Reports May 12th.

Doxey Marshes Staffs.
European Bee-eater (this evening)

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May 12th.

Draycote Water
Sanderling (JD Sells)
Common Tern x20 (B Hazell)

Long Compton.
White Stork (over east) (Birdguides)

Cliff Pool Kingsbury.
Wood Sandpiper (B Duckhouse)

Fishers Mill
Hobbies x2
Turtle Dove (B Kington)

Nearby Reports May 11th.

Black-necked Grebe Belvide Staffs.

Wood Sandpiper Marsh Lane W.Mids.
Wood Sandpiper Summer Leys NR Northants.

Garganey x2 Doxey Marshs Staffs.
Garganey x2 Upton Warren Worcs.
Garganey x2 Attenborough NR Notts.
Garganey Whitemoor Haye Staffs.
Garganey Carsington Water Derbys.
Garganey Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

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May 11th.

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x1 (Birdguides)

Shustoke Res.
Common Sandpiper x2
Hobby x1
Common Tern x5 (S Seal)

Fishers Mill
Turtle Dove
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (G Williams)

W.W.B. Tern Draycote May 10th.

White winged Black Tern...Draycote...Photo by (B Duckhouse).


Draycote,s White winged Black......Photo,s by (S Seal).

An adult White winged Black Tern was present for most of the day at Draycote Water viewed from farnborough bank , this was Draycote,s 8th record. White winged Black Terns breed in Hungary and Bulgaria eastwards into Asia and winter in Africa south of the Sahara. On migration a few join parties of Black Terns and are some-times displaced westwards as far as Britian.
Previous Warwickshire records,
Alvecote Pools 12-07-69
Draycote 24-08-70
Kingsbury WP 27-06-81
Draycote 18-09-82
Kingsbury WP 21-08-83
Draycote 24-09-83
Draycote 26-07-96
Draycote 29-07-01
Kingsbury WP 26-08-01
Draycote 15-07-03
Draycote 23-08-03
Dosthill 01-08-05.

S Seal.........

May 10th.

White winged Black Tern....Draycote......Photo,s by (S Seal).

Draycote Water.
White winged Black Tern
Black Tern x5
Arctic Tern x2 (P&L Price)

Nearby Reports May 9th.

Red-footed Falcon Selston Notts.

Red Kite Cannock Chase Staffs.

Wood Sandpiper Willington GPs Derbys.

Knot Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

Black Tern x5 Stanwick GPs Northants.
Black Tern x1 Kemerton Lake Worcs.
Black Tern x2 Upton Warren Worcs.
Black Tern x5 Belvide Staffs.
Black Tern x14 Blithfield Staffs.
Black Tern x21 Rutland Water Leics.
Black Tern x1 Grimley Worcs.

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May 9th.

Black Tern...Canal Pool Kingsbury.....Photo by (S Seal).

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x23
Common Tern x16
Arctic Tern x2
Little Gull x2
Red Kite (over east)(L Johnson)

Canal Pool Kingsbury.
Black Tern x2
LR Plover x2 (cliff pool)
Hobbies x3 (Fishers Mill) (S Payne)

Shustoke Res.
Black Tern x4
Common Tern x7
Common Sandpiper x1 (S Seal)

Dosthill Lake.
Black Tern x2 (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports May 8th.

Wood Sandpiper Cossington Meadows Leics.
Wood Sandpiper Willington GPs Derbys.

Knot Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

Black Tern x16 Upton Warren Worcs.
Black Tern x8 Belvide Staffs.
Black Tern x20 Rutland Water Leics.
Black Tern x9 Throckmorton Worcs.
Black Tern x3 Attenborough NR Notts.
Black Tern x3 Kilvington Notts.

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May 8th.

Canal Pool Kingsbury.
Black Tern x12 (J Oates)

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x24
Common Sandpiper x2 (B Hazell)

Shustoke.
Common Sandpiper (J Harris)

Cliff Pool / Canal Pool Kingsbury
Black Terns x15 (this evening)
Common Sandpiper x6 (S Cawthray)

Nearby Reports May 7th.

Annesley Notts.
Honey Buzzard x2

Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.
Grey Plover
Sanderling
Knot
Turnstone
Greenshank
Ruff
Little Gull

Willington GPs Derbys.
Avocet

Black Tern x3 Upton Warren Worcs.
Black Tern x5 Eyebrook Res Leics.
Black Tern x3 Long Eaton GPs Derbys.
Black Tern x3 Cropston Res Leics.
Black Tern x6 Stanwick GPs Northants.

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May 7th.

Black Tern......Kingsbury......Photo,s by (S Seal).

Boodymoor Heath Water Kingsbury.
Black Tern x3 (J Harris)

Brandon Marsh.
Black Tern x5 (Birdguides)

Cliff Pool Kingsbury.
Sanderling (WJE)

May 6th.

Alvecote Pools.
Spoonbill x2 flew off at 11-40 (Birdguides)

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x14
Common Tern x7
Common Sand x2 (M Doughty)

Canal Pool Kingsbury.
Black Tern x3 (J Harris)

Whitacre Heath.
Common Tern x3 (J Wesson)

Earlswood Lakes.
Black Tern x10 (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports May 5th.

Stone Curlew Summerfield Worcs.

Honey Buzzard x2 Sawley Derbys.

Spoonbill x2 (over) Willington Gps Derbys (18-45).

Little Tern Marsh Lane W.Mids.

Sandwich Tern Belvide Staffs.

Kittiwake Belvide Staffs.

Black Tern x7 Blithfield Staffs.
Black Tern x5 Aqualate Park Staffs.

Wood Sandpiper Summer Leys NR Northants.
Wood Sandpiper Whitemoor Haye Staffs.
Wood Sandpiper Rutland Water Leics.

Temmincks Stint Wanlip GPs Leics.

Little Stint Summer Leys NR Northants.

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May 5th.

Alvecote Pools.
Spoonbill x2 (R Smith) flew off @ 16-22

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x29 (Birdguides)
Fem Common Scoter (D Cox)
Common Tern x8
Arctic Tern x8
Yellow Wagtail x3 (J Judge, J Richardson)

Brandon Marsh.
Black Tern x4 (Birdguides)
Cuckoo
Hobby
Barn Owl (D Steeley)

Kingsbury WP.
Turtle Dove
Cuckoo (Birdguides)

Ladywalk.
Ruff (B Eaton)

Nearby Reports May 4th.

Bee-eater at 15-30 (over) Marsh Lane W.Mids. (P Johnson)

Wryneck Kirkby in Ashfield Notts.

Honey Buzzard Holme Pierrepont Notts.

Temmincks Stint Wanlip GPs Leics.

Dotterel x4 Lamport Northants.

Turnstone x2 Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

Black Tern x55 Rutland Water Leics.
Black Tern x3 Attenborough NR Notts.
Black Tern x2 Chasewater Staffs.
Black Tern x1 Boddington Res Northants.
Black Tern x1 Marsh Lane W.Mids.
Black Tern x2 Daventry Res Northants.
Black Tern x19 Bredons Hardwick Worcs.
Black Tern x6 Kilvington Notts.
Black Tern x8 Long Eaton GPs Derbys.
Black Tern x5 Cropston Res Leics.
Black Tern x3 Aston-on-Trent Derbys.
Black Tern x2 Belvide Res Staffs.
Black Tern x8 Stanwick GPs Northants.
Black Tern x2 Hoveringham GPs Notts.

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May 4th

Black Tern......Kingsbury......Photo by (S Seal).

Black Tern......Kingsbury......Photo by (D Hutton).

Black Tern......Shustoke......Photo by (P Goode).

Earlswood Lake.
Black Tern (Birdguides)

Shustoke Res.
Black Tern x9 (T Perrins et all).

Hemlingford Water / Bodymoor Heath Water Kingsbury.
Black Tern x2 (S Seal, D Hutton)

Brandon Marsh.
Garganey (B Duckhouse)

Whitacre Heath NR.
Spotted Flycatcher (J Wesson)

Seeswood Pool.
Common Sandpiper x2 (D Hutton)

Nearby Reports May 3rd.

Annesley Tip Notts.
Montagu,s Harrier

Attenborough NR Notts.
Cattle Egret

Rutland Water Leics.
Black Tern x17
Grey Plover

Eyebrook Res Leics.
Green-winged Teal

Chasewater Staffs.
Ring Ouzel

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Mar 3rd.

Brandon Marsh.
Barn Owl
Hobbies x2
Cuckoo (M Silverman)

May 2nd.

Shustoke Res.
Whinchat (male)
Cuckoo
Common Tern x4 (S Seal)

Shipston-on Stour
Hobby (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh.
Hobbies x2 ( B Duckhouse)
Cuckoo (K Donaghy)

Grandborough Valley.
Wheatear x5 (R Mays, D Cox)

Nearby Reports May 1st.

Summer Leys NR Northants.
Black-winged Stilt x2 (mid-morning)

Willington GPs Beds.
Black-winged Stilt x2 (late-evening)

Ogston Res Derbys.
Honey Buzzard

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May 1st.

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x1
Arctic Tern x1
Common Tern x7
Common Sand x2
Yellow Wagtail x2
Hobby
Peregrine
Lesser Whitethroat (L Johnson).

Willoughby / Sawbridge
Wheatear x10
Yellow Wagtails x2
White Wagtail x1 (R Mays, D Cox).

Brandon Marsh.
Hobbies x2
Cuckoo
Barn Owl (M Silverman)