12th Nov 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water

Green-winged Teal (J.Judge)

6th Nov 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water

Purple Sandpiper (J.Judge)

11th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Whitacre Heath

Curlew x 3 (J.Wesson)

10th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water

Lesser Scaup

Rock Pipit (D.Hutton/R.Dawkins)

Brandon Marsh

Greenshank x 2 (J.Wesson)

9th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh

Greenshank x 2 (K.Yates BMVCT)

Draycote Water

Lesser Scaup

Rock Pipit x 2 (D.Hutton)

8th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Greenshank x 2 (C.Irwin)

7th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh

Black-tailed Godwit

Greenshank x 2

Pintail, fem (A.Anscomb)

Shustoke Reservoir

Whooper Swan x 4 (J.Harris)

6th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Shustoke Reservoir

Arctic Tern (John G)

Brandon Marsh

Greenshank x 2

Pintail, fem (K.Yates BMVCT)

5th Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Shustoke Reservoir

Arctic Tern (John G)

Hartshill Hayes

Red Kite (J.Harris)

2nd Oct 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water

Lesser Scaup (J.Judge)

Brandon Marsh

Pintail, female

Greenshank

Raven (J.Spraggett)

26th Sep 2009

Warwickshire:

Ladywalk

Spotted Crake (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath

Green Sandpiper x 3 (J.Wesson)

Brandon Marsh

Greenshank (A.Burton)

21st Sep 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water

Pectoral Sandpiper, juv

Rock Pipit

Bar-tailed Godwit

Little Gull (Birdguides)

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)

19th Sep 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water

Pectoral Sandpiper (J.Judge)

Bar-tailed Godwit (Birdguides)

Ladywalk NR (permit)

Spotted Crake (Birdguides)

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)

17th Sept 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water

Pectoral Sandpiper, juv still on toft bank (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath

Marsh Harrier (Birdguides)

15th Sep 2009

Warwickshire

Draycote Water

Pectoral Sandpiper, juv still in toft bay (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Tittensor

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

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)

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)

14th Aug

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh

Greenshank x 5 (K.Groocock)

9th August 2009.

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

Kingsbury Water Park
Garganey cliff pool (Birdguides).

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).

3rd August 2009.

Warwickshire

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

1st August 2009.

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Black Tern x3 (Birdguides).

31st July 2009.

Warwickshire

Ladywalk
Curlew x5 (WMBC).

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).

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).

9th July 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh

Lesser-spotted Woodpecker

Green Sandpiper x 2 (R.Mays)

Kingsbury WP

Knot

Middleton Hall/Lakes

Common Crossbill

26th May

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Red Kite this morning (K.Yates)

22nd May 2009

Warwickshire

Wishaw

Hobby (Blindpit Lane) (G.Williams)

15th May 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh

Little Stint

Turnstone x 2

Sandwich Tern x 2 (R.Hopkins)

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)

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)

11th May

Warwickshire

Draycote Water

Wood Sandpiper

Black Tern (Birdguides)

Fishers Mill

Garganey x 2 (Birdguides)

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)

6th May 2009

Nearby Reports

Leicestershire

Rutland Water
Cattle Egret (Birdguides)

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)

4th May 2009

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh

Wood Sandpiper x 1 (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP

Garganey (Birdguides)

17th Apr

Warwickshire

Kingsbury WP
Little Gull
Arctic Tern x 8 (Birdguides)

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)

15th Apr

Warwickshire

Kingsbury Water
Arctic Tern x 2 (Birdguides)

Lea Marston

Kittiwake 

Arctic Tern x 1 (Birdguides)

13th April

Warwickshire

Kingsbury Water Park
Med Gull (Birdguides)

Morton Bagot
Water Pipit (Birdguides)

Lea Marston
Black-necked Grebe x 4 (Birdguides)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

31st Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Green-winged Teal (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Marsh Lane NR
Black-tailed Godwit

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)

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)

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)

27th Mar

Warwickshire

Birchmoor
Ring Ouzel (Birdguides)

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)

25th Mar

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2 (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

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

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)

23rd Mar

Warwickshire

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

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)

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)

20th Mar

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

Canley
Waxwing x 15 (J.Wesson/Birdguides)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

12th Mar

Warwickshire

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

11th Mar

Warwickshire

Kingsbury Water Park
Iceland Gull (Birdguides)

Nuneaton
Waxwing (Birdguides)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

3rd Mar

Warwickshire

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

18th Feb

Warwickshire

Coleshill
Black Redstart (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Firecrest (Birdguides)

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)

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)

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)

14th Feb

Nearby Reports
West Midlands

King's Heath
Waxwing x 12 (Birdguides)

Stubber's Green
Iceland Gull juv (Birdguides)

13th Feb

Warwickshire

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

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)

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)

8th Feb

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (Birdguides)

Coleshill
Firecrest (Eddison Road) (A.Hale)

Alvecote Pools
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Birdguides)

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)

6th Feb.

Warwickshire
Middelton Hall.
Great White Egret.

Hams Hall.
Firecrest sewage outflow.(Birdguides).

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)

3rd Feb

Warwickshire

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

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

2nd Feb

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

1st Feb

Warwickshire
Middelton Hall.
Great White Egret (Birdguides).

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)

30th Jan

Warwickshire

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

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)

28th Jan

Warwickshire

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

27th Jan

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (J.Rankin)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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).

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)