30th Sept 2010

Draycote Water
Lesser Scaup (Max Silverman)
Rock Pipit x 2 (Birdguides)

Lesser Scaup by Max Silverman

29th Sept 2010

Shustoke Res
Little Gull x 8 today.......6 x1st winters , adult and 2nd winter......Birdguides.

Draycote Water
Lesser Scaup adult drake still present west of the windsurfing area mid-afternoon.....Birdguides.

28th Sept 2010

Alvecote Pools
Raven over Gilman's Pool at 2:40pm (Jon Morgan)

27th Sept 2010

Draycote Water
Great Skua briefly in Toft Bay this afternoon (Birdguides)

26th Sept 2010

Shustoke Reservoir
Common Scoter female (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Lesser Scaup drake still between Toft Bay and Biggin Bay
Black Tern (Birdguides)

25th Sept 2010

Draycote Water
Lesser Scaup adult drake in Toft Bay
Gannet west over Country Park (Birdguides)

24th Sept 2010

Draycote Water
Lesser Scaup adult drake in Rainbow Corner late afternoon then flew towards Biggin Bay (Birdguides)

Alvecote Pools
Greenshank x 1
Snipe x 6 on Teal Pool (Jon Morgan)

Earlswood Lakes
Arctic Tern juvenile (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir
Black Tern x 3 this evening (Birdguides)

23rd Sept 2010

Draycote Water
Black Tern x 5
Sandwich Tern x 2
Arctic Tern x 3 juveniles (Birdguides)

22nd Sept 2010

Alvecote Pools
Black Tern x 26 over mill pool
Greenshank x 1
Green Sandpiper (over) (Jon Morgan)

Draycote Water
Black Tern x 8 at least (Birdguides)

21st Sept 2010

Shustoke Reservoir
Little Gull (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Black Tern on Cliffe Pool (Birdguides)

20th Sept 2010

Draycote Water
Black-necked Grebe (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Black Tern (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir
Little Gull (Birdguides)

19th Sept 2010

Shustoke Reservoir
Little Gull (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Black Tern on Cliffe Pool
Greenshank x 2
Ruff (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lakes
Arctic Tern mid morning (Birdguides)

18th Sept 2010

Shustoke Reservoir
Little Gull
Willow Tit (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lakes
Arctic Tern juvenile (Birdguides)

17th Sept 2010

Shustoke Reservoir
Little Gull juvenile still (Birdguides)

Morton Bagot
Whinchat x 2 (Birdguides)

16th Sept 2010

Shustoke Reservoir
Little Gull (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Turnstone on East Marsh Pool (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Yellow-legged Gull x 6 (Birdguides)

15th Sept 2010

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Leach's Petrel from hide till 15:45 when it flew off high ENE (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir
Little Gull juvenile (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Black Tern
Little Gull (Birdguides)

14th Sept 2010

Draycote Water
Black Tern juvenile
Little Gull juvenile
Yellow-legged Gull 2nd winter
Knot flew north (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir
Little Gull (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lakes
Black Tern x 1 on Windmill Pool (Birdguides)

2 of the 3 recent Black Terns at Earlswood
Image by Hughie King

Many thanks to all the local photographers who have sent in photos recently. Keep them coming!

13th Sept 2010

Brandon NR
Turnstone still on East Marsh Pool (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Black Tern x 3 (Birdguides)
Turnstone (Birdguides)

12th Sept 2010

Priors Hardwick
Merlin
Redstart (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh NR
Turnstone on East Marsh Pool
Hobby (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Black Tern x 5 (Birdguides)

Shustoke
Black Tern juvenile (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lakes
Black Tern x 3 (1 adult and 2 juvenilles) on Windmill Pool still (Birdguides)

Black tern by Max Silverman

11th Sept 2010

Earlswood Lakes
Black Tern x 3 (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir
Black Tern juv
Arctic Tern juv (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh NR
Turnstone (Birdguides)

10th Sept 2010

Earlswood Lakes
Black Tern x 2 (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Spotted Redshank juvenile flew north from beach by car park at Hemlingford Water this morning (Birdguides)

9th Sept 2010

Brandon Marsh
Garganey eclipse drake on East Marsh (Birdguides)

Ladywalk NR
Little Stint x 3 over (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lakes
Black Tern x 2 (adult & juv) on Windmill Pool (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Phalarope no sign
Black Tern x 4
Little Gull x 1 (Birdguides)

8th Sept 2010

Shustoke Reservoir
Grey Plover flew SE this morning (Birdguides)

Kingsbury Water
Black Tern x 1 on Hemlingford Water this afternoon and Cliff Pool this morning
Little Egret x 4 (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Phalarope juv off Hensborough Bank, still distant
Little Tern
Black Tern x 3
Little Gull

Wyken
Swift x 2 over Honiton Road/Clovelly Road (Jon Vincent)

Images of recent Curlew Sandpiper at Draycote
and Little Stint at Shustoke
Thanks to Dave Hutton http://davehutton.fotopic.net/

7th Sept 2010

Draycote Water
Red-necked Phalarope off Hensborough Bank, though distant
Black Tern x 6
Little Gull juv
Sandwich Tern x 1
Yellow-legged Gull juv
Arctic Tern over
Grey Plover over (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Black Tern x 1 on Cliffe Pool (Birdguides)

6th Sept 2010

Brandon Marsh
Whinchat x 1 (Birdguides)

Napton Reservoir
Firecrest
Whinchat (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir
Little Stint
Sanderling
Little Egret x 2 (Birdguides)

5th Sept 2010

Draycote Water
Curlew Sandpiper juv
Little Stint x 4 early morning only
Little Gull x 3
Black Tern x 7 (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir
Mediterranean Gull (Birdguides)

4th Sept 2010

Priors Hardwick
Common Redstart
Whinchat
Mandarin on nearby pond (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Curlew Sandpiper juv
Black Tern x 1 (Birdguides)

3rd Sept 2010

Alvecote Pools
Pintail x 3 on Mill Pool (Jon Morgan)

Wormleighton Reservoir
Little Stint x 1
Greenshank x 2 (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Ruff
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir
Meditteranean Gull this evening (Birdguides)

2nd Sept 2010

Draycote Water
Curlew Sandpiper x 4 on Hensborough Bank
Garganey juv off Hensborough Bank, drifted towards inlet
Sanderling
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 (Birdguides)

Waste Hill, Baddesley Common
Common Redstart x 1 (Birdguides)

1st September 2010

Draycote Water
Curlew Sandpiper x 4 (adult and 3 juvs) on Hensborough Bank this afternoon
Ruff
Sanderling
Yellow-legged Gull x 4 (2 adults, 2 juvs), Mediterranean Gull and Caspian Gull in roost (Birdguides)