Monday, January 31, 2011

31st Jan 2011

Ladywalk
Brambling x 3, Blackcap x 1 (C Green, D Walsh, E Walsh)

Sunday, January 30, 2011

30th Jan 2011

Leamington Spa
Waxwing x20 along the Grand Union Canal, A425 west of railway station (L Dane)


Brandon Marsh
Bittern still from East Marsh Hide
Waxwing x 2 in car park at 16:45 (Birdguides)

Nuneaton
Waxwing 12+ Wiclif Way (Andy Burnett)
Waxwing x 3, Castle Road Hartshill (D Hutton A Jones)

Saturday, January 29, 2011

29th Jan 2011

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Scaup female (Birdguides)

Friday, January 28, 2011

28th Jan 2011

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Scaup female
Yellow-legged Gull x 1 (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern from East Marsh hide
Egyption Goose (Birdguides)
Pink-footed Goose with Greylag flock (Max Silverman)

Shustoke
Smew redhead (Birdguides)


Pink-footed Goose at Brandon by Max Silverman

Thursday, January 27, 2011

27th Jan 2011

Brandon Marsh NR
Bittern x 1 from West Marsh hide (Birdguides)

Shustoke
Smew x 1 redhead (Birdguides)

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

26th Jan 2011

Seeswood Pool
White-fronted Goose x1 1st Winter still (Colin Green)
Goosander x1

Nuneaton

Waxwing x44 Thorntons Way btw the jnc of Snowdon close & Cromdale Close (D.Hutton)

Kingsbury WP

Bewick's Swan x 9 still at Bodymoor Heath viewed from the canal towpath 500m south of the bridge (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew x 1 drake
Scaup x 1 female (Birdguides)

Ladywalk NR
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Birdguides)

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

25th Jan 2011

Nuneaton
Waxwing 50+ Thorntons Way
Waxwing x5 Kingswood Rd (D.Hutton)


Seeswood Pool
White-fronted Goose x1 1st winter still present (D.Hutton, B.Berry)

Nuneaton
Waxwing x1 Tompkinson Rd on telegraph wires (D.Hutton)

Hartshill
Waxwing
x 3 on the TV aerial of No.34 Moor Road mid-morning (birdguides)

Ladywalk
Bittern
Mealy Redpoll (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Scaup female (Birdguides)

Warwick
Waxwing x 14 in beech tree on Myton Road (Steve Smith)

Monday, January 24, 2011

24th Jan 2011

Nuneaton
Waxwing 60+ Kingswood Rd (D.Hutton)

Seeswood Pool
White-fronted Goose x1 1st winter still
Goosander x3 (D.Hutton)

Alvecote Pools
Pintail x 5
Goosander x 7
Marsh Tit (Jon Morgan)

Hartshill
Waxwing x43 on Tv aerial of No 34 Moor Rd (Birdguides)

Kingsbury Water Park
Smew x3 1 drake 2 redheads on Otter Pool this morning (Birdguides)

Ladywalk NR
Mealy Redpoll
Bittern (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew x1 drake Farborough Bank
Scaup x1 female off the Inlet (B.Hazell,R.Mays)

Sunday, January 23, 2011

23rd Jan 2011

Nuneaton
Waxwing 148 on Kingswood rd in trees opp the junction of Pennine way (Dave Hutton)

Seeswood Pool
White-fronted Goose x 1 1st-winter
Goosander x 6 (Dave Hutton)

Little Shrewley, near Hatton
Brambling x 9 in private garden (Camille Newton)

Nuneaton
Little Egret in a field adjoining Coronation Walk, Weddington, present at dusk (Sonya Johnson)


Church Lawford
Bewick's Swan adult still north of the A428 between Church Lawford and Bretford (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Fishers Mill
Glaucous Gull second-winter late afternoon (Birdguides)

1st-winter White-fronted Goose at Seeswood Pool by Dave Hutton -
last recoded at Seeswood in 1990 http://seeswoodpool.blogspot.com/



Saturday, January 22, 2011

22nd Jan 2011

Nuneaton
Waxwing 90+ Kingswood rd (D.Hutton)

Hartshill
Waxwing x 30 at junction of Moor/Meadow Roads then flew northwest (Birdguides)

Grendon
Waxwing x 18 on St. Nicholas Estate in Baddesley Ensor (Adam Archer)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern still (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew x1 drake
Scaup x 1 female (Birdguides)

Little Shrewley, near Hatton
Brambling x 14 in private garden (Camille Newton)



Waxwings in Nuneaton by Dave Hutton
http://davehutton.fotopic.net/


Friday, January 21, 2011

21st Jan 2011

Nuneaton
Waxwing 70+ Kingswood Rd early afternoon (D.Hutton)

Warwick
Waxwing 20, flying between the trees by the golf centre on Warwick racecourse and trees behind Sainsburys car park (A Anscomb)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Scaup female (Birdguides)

Thursday, January 20, 2011

20th Jan 2011

Draycote Water
Caspian Gull x 2 1st- winter
Yellow-legged Gull in roost
Smew drake
Scaup female (Birdguides)

Nuneaton
Waxwing c.50 feeding on rowan berries in a front garden on Peake Avenue between 14:30 and 15:45 (Birdguides)

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

19th Jan 2011

Fosse Way
Golden Plover, 8 in a field viewed from lay-by beside double gate on the west side of B4455, 300yrds north of monument roundabout with A45 (A.Anscomb)

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Scaup female (Birdguides)

Ladywalk NR
Mealy Redpoll (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Smew x 2 redheads on Otter Pool today (Birdguides)

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

18th Jan 2011

Draycote Water
Smew drake still
Scaup female off inlet
Glaucous Gull 1st or 2nd-winter in roost
Caspian Gull 3rd-winter in roost (Birdguides)

Monday, January 17, 2011

17th Jan 2011

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Scaup female
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (Birdguides)

Sunday, January 16, 2011

16th Jan 2011

Draycote Water
Caspian Gull 1st-winter
Meditteranean Gull 2nd-winter
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Hartshill
Waxwing x 4 still on telegraph wires at the junction of Moor Road and Moorwood Crescent early afternoon (Birdguides)

Saturday, January 15, 2011

15th Jan 2011

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Scaup female
Mediterranean Gull in roost (Birdguides)

Friday, January 14, 2011

14th Jan 2011

Draycote Water
Iceland Gull adult in roost (Birdguides)

Rugby
Waxwing x 4 on Lower Hilmorton Road near Portland Road junction (Birdguides)

Thursday, January 13, 2011

13th Jan 2011

Grendon
Waxwing x 9 in rowans along St. Nicholas Estate at Boot Hill end SP271989 (Birdguides)

Morton Bagot
Waxwing x 15 over Morton Springs Fishery (Birdguides)

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

12th Jan 2011

Rugby
Waxwing at least 8 in Glebe Crescent briefly before flying off at 13:10 (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton
Yellow-legged Gull in roost (Birdguides)

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

11th Jan 2011

Nuneaton
Waxwing 4 on Kingswood Rd early morning (D.Hutton)

Coombe Country Park
Lesser-spotted Woodpecker, one near the bird hide this morning (K.Groocock)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern from East Marsh Hide this morning (Max Silverman)


Bittern by Max Silverman
http://maxsbirdingdiary.blogspot.com/

Monday, January 10, 2011

10th Jan 2011

Church Lawford
Bewick's Swan x 1 adult between Church Lawford and Bretford still, north of A428 with Mute Swans (Birdguides)


Draycote Water
Smew drake still Toft
Pink-footed Goose Inlet (Kevin Groocock)

Sunday, January 09, 2011

9th Jan 2011

Lighthorne
Red Kite, from 9-10am (M Hall)

Draycote Water
Smew drake, off Toft Bay (M Hall)

Saturday, January 08, 2011

8th Jan 2011

Brandon Marsh
Bittern x1 (I Brown)

Coventry
Waxwing, 50+ opposite the Hub Pub (M Ashley)

Friday, January 07, 2011

7th Jan 2011

Coventry
Waxwing x 3, opp the Hub Pub (Birdguides)


Warwick
Waxwing x 30, All Saints Road (Birdguides)

Thursday, January 06, 2011

06th Jan 2011

Grendon
Waxwing x 35, on Boot Hill (Birdguides)

Church Lawford
Bewick's Swan x 1 adult between Church Lawford and Bretford still, north of A428 with Mute Swans (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

5th Jan 2011

Church Lawford
Bewick's Swan x 1 adult between Church Lawford and Bretford still, north of A428 with Mute Swans (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh NR
Mealy Redpoll in Hope Wood near bottom pond dipping pools with x 15 Lesser Redpolls (Birdguides)

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

4th Jan 2011

Coventry
Waxwing x 10, opp the Hub Pub Holbrooks (J Wesson)

Church Lawford
Bewick's Swan x 1 adult between Church Lawford and Bretford still, north of A428 with Mute Swans (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew drake x 1 (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton
Glaucous Gull in Coton Roost
Bewick's Swan x 3 (Birdguides)

Monday, January 03, 2011

3rd Jan 2011

Lea Marston & Coton
Glaucous Gull in roost
Bewick's Swan x 5 (Birdguides)


Draycote Water
Smew x 1 drake off farborough bank (J Wesson, Lee Taylor)
Pintail x 1 drake in Dunn's Bay (Lee Taylor)

Church Lawford
Bewick's Swan x 1 amongst Mute Swans north of A428 between Church Lawford and Bretford (Birdguides)

Coventry
Waxwing x 14, opp the Hub Pub Holbrooks (J Wesson)

Nuneaton
Waxwing x 21 in birch on side of Raywoods (Lloyd Lees)

Sunday, January 02, 2011

2nd Jan 2011

Lea Marston & Coton
Glaucous Gull in roost
Bewick's Swan x 5
Bittern
Smew x 2 (Birdguides)

Church Lawford
Bewick's Swan x 1 amongst Mute Swans north of A428 between Church Lawford and Bretford (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew drake x 1 (Birdguides)

Saturday, January 01, 2011

1st Jan 2011

Ladywalk NR
Bittern (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton
Glaucous Gull juvenile in roost at Coton
Bittern
Smew x 2 redheads
Bewick's Swan x 7 (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern x 2 (Birdguides)

Rugby
Waxwing c.15 on Newbold Road between Essex St and Worcester St early afternoon (Birdguides)