31st March 2010

Shustoke Reservoir
Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail x 2
House Martin x 2
Swallow x 100
Sand Martin x 300 (TVB)

Dosthill
House Martin x 2
Sand Martin x 60
Wheatear x 2

Brandon Marsh
Black-tailed Godwit x 7 (Brandon Birding)
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lakes
Common Tern x 1 from Malthouse Lane causeway. Still present 4:40pm (Matt Griffiths)

Draycote Water @ 7.00pm
Meditteranean Gull (adult)
Swallow (several)
Great Northern Diver x 1 (M.Spirito)

30th Mar 2010

Earlswood Lake
Swallow x 10, Sand Martin x 2 (Birdguides)

Middleton Hall
Swallow
Little Egret x 3

29thMarch 2010

Fisher's Mill
Black-Tailed Godwit x 16 flew South (Birdguides)

Ladywalk
House Martin
Swallow x 20
Sand Martin x 50
Green Sandpiper
Golden Plover x 13 over (TVB)

28th March 2010

Brandon Marsh
Golden Plover x 1 East Marsh Pool at 8.45am (Keith Yates)

27th Mar 2010.

Brandon Marsh
Sedge Warbler (early record)...behind Wright Hide.....K Yates.

26th March 2010

Nuneaton

Red Kite ... over Camp Hill (R. Dawkins)

Baginton Airfield

Wheatear x 2 by fuel tanks, also two Curlew.......D Ludlow.

Bubbenhall

Green Sandpiper x 2 @ Pagets.........D Ludlow.

Coleshill

Golden Plover x 30 in fields by river Blythe........TVB.

Brandon Marsh

Bittern this afternoon............Birdguides.

25th March 2010

Brandon Marsh

Willow Warbler (K.Yates)

L R Plover east marsh

Chiffchaff x 7 .............(C Green)

Draycote Water

Great Northern Diver x 2

Common Scoter (drake)

Wheatear x 2

Kingfisher

Willow Warbler x 4 .....Bob Hazell

24th Mar 2010.

Fenny Compton
Black Redstart...........between pasture field and playing field for its second day...........Birdguides.

Coton
Wheatear from hide this morning.

Ladywalk
Brambling (fem) still on feeders........TVB.

Hams Hall
Wheatear on Faraday Ave.............TVB.

23rd Mar 2010.

Draycote Water
Great Skua
Firecrest
Great Northern Diver x 2
Snipe x 2
Ringed Plover over calling
Sparrowhawk..............R Mays, B Hazell

Haunch Lane
Wheatear (male)............JG.

Ladywalk
Brambling (female)
Willow Tit x 2 on feeders............JG.

22nd Mar 2010.

Earlswood Lakes
Swallow x 2
Sand Martin x 2.........M Griffiths.

Ladywalk
Brambling , Willow Tit , 15 x Goosander..........TVB.

Lea Marston
Little Egret...........TVB.

Middelton
Little Egret x 4 ...........TVB.

Draycote Water
No sign of yesterdays Firecrest.......
Wheatear on farnborough bank
Chiffchaff x 7
Sand Martin x 9.............S Batt.

21st Mar 2010

Napton-on the-Hill
Firecrest .......in small dell to the right of 2nd kissing gate.........Birdguides

Ladywalk
Brambling (fem)....on feeding station...........T Perrins.

Wishaw
Wheatear (male)....Blind Pit Lane............T Perrins.

Morton Baggot
Wheatear x 3 (male), Green Sandpiper , L R Plover x 3 .......JY / RH

Alcester
Wheatear at Kinwarton Dovecote
Black Redstart female still off Tything Road on Arden Forest Industrial Estate this afternoon...Birdguides

Draycote Water
Firecrest
Great Northern Diver x 2
Swallow
Sand Martin x 6 ...............Draycote Birding
Common Scoter drake........Birdguides

20th Mar 2010

Brandon Marsh
Little Ringed Plover x 2
Redshank x 4
Oystercatcher x 2
Snipe x 45
Cettis Warbler x 5
Water Rail x 2.....................K Yates.

Ladywalk
Sand Martin x2 , Green Sandpiper,
Brambling ( feeding station), Little Egret,
Peregrine x 2 ...................TVB.

19th March 2010

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver
Common Scoter (drake)
Sand Martin
Chiffchaff x 8 (Bob Hazell)

Alcester
Black Redstart female on warehouse roof by Blisshome Ltd off Tything Road on Arden Forest Industrial Estate (Birdguides)

Marsh Farm Quarry
Green Sandpiper no general access (Birdguides)

Ladywalk
Brambling...................TVB.

Shustoke Res
Sand Martin x 4 ................TVB.

Coleshill
Wheatear nr Packington Landfill site..........TVB.

Brandon Marsh
Little Ringed Plover x 3 .............R Mays.

18th Mar 2010

Kingsbury WP.
Smew (redhead) on Cliff Pool yesterday evening (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Common Scoter (drake)
Grey Wagtail
Chiffchaff
Sand Martin x 2 (Bob Hazell / Richard Mays)
Caspian Gull 1st-winter and Mediterranean Gull adult (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lakes
Sand Martin x 2 over engine Pool (Matthew Griffiths)

Morton Bagot
Wheatear x 1 (Birdguides)

Coton
Sand Martin x 6 late afternoon........TVB.

Kingsbury WP (southern end).
Sand Martin x 10 late afternoon........TVB.

17th March 2010

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Common Scoter (drake)
Red-crested Pochard (drake)
Barnacle Goose x 4
Snipe (Bob Hazell)


Ladywalk
Green Sandpiper (Colin Green)

Napton Res
Cettis Warbler
Goosander (fem)
Med Gull (adult)..............R Mays.

16th March 2010

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Scaup (female)
Oystercatcher x 2
Goosander 6 female, 1 male.....Bob Hazell
Sand Martin 8.30am....D Johnston

Ladywalk NR
Curlew
Redshank (Lee Johnson)

Lea Marston
Little Egret
Curlew by river (L Johnson)

15th Mar 2010

Ladywalk

Bittern (hide B), also 3 x Woodcock, Green Sandpiper, 2 x Curlew, 12 x Goosander and 5 x Oystercatcher's (TVB)

Jack Snipe (Birdguides)

Draycote Water

Kittiwake in gull roost

Great Northern Diver x 2 (Birdguides)

14th Mar 2010

Whitacre Heath
Little Egret (NT)

13th Mar 2010

Dosthill
Med Gull (adult) and Y L Gull (2ndw) on main lake........TVB.

12th March 2010

Kingsbury WP
Smew redhead on Cliff Pool (Birdguides)

11th March 2010

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Goosander (2 male, 1 female)
Lesser Redpoll x 4 (Bob Hazell)

Kingsbury WP
Smew (drake), though elusive and Green Sandpiper on Cliff Pool (TVB)

10th Mar 2010.

Lea Marston
Curlew x 4 also Little Egret by river (TVB)

Ladywalk NR
Bittern (Birdguides)

9th March 2010

Ladywalk NR
Little Ringed Plover x 1, Goosander x 31 (Birdguides)
Green Sandpiper, Jack Snipe (TBV)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x2 (Birdguides)

8th March 2010

Hartshill
Raven x 8 ...........NT.

Kingsbury WP.
Scaup (fem) on Hemlingford water..........TVB.

Middelton
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker mill plantation....TVB.

Fishers Mill
Curlew x 2 over......TVB.

Lea Marston
Curlew x 8 by river.......TVB.

Charlecote
Little Egret @ Charlecote Park.........Birdguides.

7th Mar 2010

Whitacre Heath NR
Bittern
Cetti's Warbler (RBA/J.Wesson/B.Duckhouse)

Middleton
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in paddock by farm (TVB)

Kingsbury WP.
Scaup (fem) on swann pool (TVB)

Alvecote Pool
Jack Snipe (Birdguides)

Coombe Abbey CP
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 (adult & 1st winter) (Birdguides)

6th Mar 2010.

Draycote Water.
Great Northern Diver x 2 .....off Farnborough Bank.
Smew (drake)........by Inlet.
No sign of Red-necked Grebe................Birdguides.

Fishers Mill
Little Egret...................TVB.

Whitacre Heath

Green Sandpiper ...... J.Wesson

Ladywalk

Curlew x 5 , Little Egret , 27 x Goosander ...........TVB.

5th March 2010

Draycote Water
Smew (drake)
Great Nothern Diver x2
Red-necked Grebe
Oystercatcher
Snipe x3
Goosander - 2 male,2 female....(Bob Hazell)

Alvecote Pools
Common Crane flew north over Laundry Lane mid-afternoon (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Scaup female still on Hemlingford Water (Birdguides)

Lea Marston
Curlew x 5........TVB.

4th March 2010

Draycote Water
Smew - drake
Great Northern Diver
Yellow-legged Gull - adult
Goosander - male and female
Kingfisher (Bob Hazell)

Med Gull x 2 in roost (R Mays)

Ladywalk.
Goosander x 16, Tawny Owl , Redshank , Green Sandpiper (TVB)

Morton Bagot Pools
Merlin (fem) (Birdguides)

3rd March 2010

Draycote Water
Smew - drake
Great Northern Diver
Snipe x 4
Goosander - 3 male, 3 female
Grey Wagtail (Bob Hazell)

Kingsbury WP
Scaup (f) again Hemlingford Water (TVB)

Shustoke Res
30 x Redpoll, 5 x Siskin..........LJ

2nd March 2010

Draycote Water
Smew drake off Farborough Bank
Great Northern Diver x 2 (Birdguides)

1st March 2010.

Draycote Water
Woodcock flew from sewage farm towards toft.....R Mays.
Med Gull (adult) in roost.........Birdguides.

Ladywalk.
Woodcock , 5 x Curlew , 3 x Oystercatcher, 8 x Goosander ...Tame Valley Birding.

Middleton Hall Lakes
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker............Tame Valley Birding